Hero Arts On The Prairie

Hello and I'd like to wish everyone celebrating today, a Happy Father's Day.  I'm planning on traveling to see my parents/family next week, so I'll be able to celebrate with my own Dad then! 

So today, I've got a card to show you.  I purchased this new die, "On The Prairie" by Hero Arts.  I was really excited to play around with this and wow, do I ever love it!  I started by cutting the skull out and then with the negative, I inked my card base so that when I popped the skull up, the eye and nose holes would be darkened.  I like the look!  I then cut out the flowers in 3 colors along with the foliage and arranged them around the popped up skull.  Lastly I added a few pearls from Queen and Co. to add a little extra pizazz!

Thanks for stopping, enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

The sentiment is from an old CTMH set, September Word Puzzle D1310R

Close To My Heart - One In A Melon

Hi everyone, it's Wednesday and I'm celebrating this gorgeous weather we're having here in South Carolina with a pretty floral card.

I'd mentioned in the blog title that this set is a mystery!  Just last week, I visited my local scrapbook store, #ScrapbookCreations in Spartanbug, SC.  They were hosting their annual used stamp sale, where many crafters brought their used items to be sold.

There were many older sets that had no labels.  Such as this wood mount set by Stampin Up.  There was no name on the packaging.  But I adore the flowers and there's also some watermelon images too.  One large slice and then some tiny ones along with a few other florals.  

I was goofing around stamping with my friend Jade the other day and just created this card for fun.  In addition to the mystery set, I also stamped the sentiment from another mystery set that Jade passed along to me.  

I watercolored the images using Tombow markers on Bristol Smooth cardstock.  I had these little bee brads, so I added one to give it a little extra and I think it works perfectly!

Thanks for visiting..if you happen to know the name of this SU set, I would love to know!  Thanks for visiting, enjoy the rest of your week!