I'm in Haven: Spring Gems Turned Birthday

Christmas Card - Stamps: Stampabilities Believe 02, Penny Black Snowy, Hero Arts Spring Gems - Inks: Distress Ink Wilted Violet, Memento Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts Soft Granite - Prismacolor Colored Pencils: 928, 1051, 956, 1008, 932 - Viva Perlen-Pen Silver Chrome - Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 80lb

I thought the Spring Gems stamp by Hero Arts would be a wonderful stamp to use with rhinestones, with liquid pearls...even coloring with markers and dotting with Glossy Accents...but made two this morning...one with rhinestones and one with liquid pearls...(sorry...my pics don't do the pretty colors of the rhinestones justice!!)... I versamarked and gold embossed...then used rhinestones of all sizes to give the sprays of dots some wonderful color. I versamarked on vellum and gold embossed…

Spring Gems by Hero Arts with Nuvo Crystal accents. Silver embossing powder and washi paper.

Spring Gems by Hero Arts with Nuvo Crystal accents. Silver embossing powder and washi paper.

I thought the Spring Gems stamp by Hero Arts would be a wonderful stamp to use with rhinestones, with liquid pearls...even coloring with markers and dotting with Glossy Accents...but made two this morning...one with rhinestones and one with liquid pearls...(sorry...my pics don't do the pretty colors of the rhinestones justice!!)... I versamarked and gold embossed...then used rhinestones of all sizes to give the sprays of dots some wonderful color. I versamarked on vellum and gold embossed…

I thought the Spring Gems stamp by Hero Arts would be a wonderful stamp to use with rhinestones, with liquid pearls...even coloring with ...

Spring Gems by Hero Arts with Nuvo Crystal Drops in Copper

Nuvo Crystal Drops on Spring Gems stamp by Hero Arts

This week's sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches almost had me stumped and initially, I wasn't going to play this week. If you have read other recent posts, you'll know that one of my current areas of experimentation is in highlighting areas of stamps, so that gave me an idea for this sketch after all. So, I've had a go but I'm not sure what I think. Usually, I know if I like it or not but I keep changing my mind about this one. So, in a moment of feeling fondly about it, I'm going to post it…

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Hello and Happy Monday!! Yesterday was a dark, rainy day that allowed for lot's of crafty time. As much as I love the warmer, sunny weather, I still enjoy rainy days so I can get crafty without wishing I was outside in the sun! So I'll have a few cards to share this week that I made yesterday. ;) But before I get to those, I have a card to share that I created a bit ago with the Hero Arts Spring Gems stamp. I love the fun whimsical look of this stamp and wanted to use it with fun bright…

I wanted to use the Spring Gems in a black, red & white colour scheme. I embossed in silver, added rhinestones (I just HAD to use those black & silver ones!), heat embossed the sentiment in black on a piece of vellum & adhered the sentiment panel to the base of the image. The whole thing was matted on Real Red and Basic Black cardstock to make the bling POP! TFL

Spring Gems by Hero Arts with black Nuvo Crystal accents. Black & gold washi paper and a mix of black & gold embossing powder.

Hero Arts "Spring Gems" stamp