He is Risen

Hello,  

I love making Easter cards with cute little bunnies and chicks, but every so often it is nice to make a card that on the more serious side.  I found this Silhouette stamp from Blue Knight Rubber stamps.  I like the simple silhouette scene it creates.  It sort of says it all.  I hope you enjoy.  We will be back to cute bunnies soon.  :)

I colored this with watercolor pencils.  The paper is not watercolor, so I only used a tiny bit of water to blend.  It was just enough to add a touch of color. 

An Experiment in Ink

Hello,

Many years ago...when I first took my first stamp class the first think the instructor taught us was the different types of ink and their properties.   This was long before hybrid ink existed.  I've noticed a lot of questions on the topic popping up on social media.    I thought we would experiment a little with dye based inks.  I hope you watch the video to  see how  I created these rich and vibrant sunsets.

You can see more cards:
F A C E B O O K: http://www.facebook.com/purplelakestamps I N S T A G R A M : http://instagram.com/purplelakestamps Materials used: Blue Knight Rubber Stamps: https://blueknightrubberstamps.com/ Distress ink Various Colors: http://shrsl.com/1wbki Blending Brushes: http://shrsl.com/1qwon


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Photos:

This is the Saffron base:

This is the white base:

This is the Yellow Base:


This is the saffron base:

This is the white base:

This is the Yellow base:

M Y C A R D B L O G : http://www.purplelakestamps.com F A C E B O O K: http://www.facebook.com/purplelakestamps I N S T A G R A M : http://instagram.com/purplelakestamps Materials used: Blue Knight Rubber Stamps: https://blueknightrubberstamps.com/ Distress ink Various Colors: http://shrsl.com/1wbki Blending Brushes: http://shrsl.com/1qwon

No copics today

Famous Couples

Hello friends!

Connor and I have our 8 year anniversary coming up.  I thought this would be a fun anniversary card.  Do you have a famous couple your relationship reminds you of?  I know I feel like Miss Piggy sometimes 😃😂😄.  I'm not sure how Connor would feel about being Kermit.

Stamp by Blue Knight Rubber Stamps

Copics used:
Red: R39, R37, R35-- glitter

Wish Big

Hello and Welcome,

This is a really fun stamp by Blue Knight.   It was part of their last release.  Dandelions are so much fun.  I tried to teach Ryan to blow them.   It didn't go very well, but we still had fun.  Who knew weeds could be so much fun. 

Copics used:

Green: G46, G43, G40, YG63, YG67
Yellow: Y21, Y15, Y11
Shadows : W5
glitter

Pink Panther

Greetings,

I'm still playing around with stamps from the new Blue Knight Stamps release.  This panther is my favorite stamp in the release.  For the first few I stamped the panther stamp on pattern paper that had a watercolor feel to it.  These were really easy, fast, and stunning cards to make.  I love silhouette stamps! 

This background was created using the copic airbrush system.  I was trying to create a sunrise scene.

No copics today

You Taste Good with Video

Happy Halloween!!

I'm looking forward to taking the little one out trick-or-treating tonight.   I'm sure there will be plenty of photos and I'll be sure to post a few. 

I do have a dragon card to share with you.  I love the sentiment it is from Blue Knight Rubber stamps (the castle is from there too) .  I colored these up a while ago, but it never made it on the blog.  I think the blue dragon is my favorite, but I wanted to make a purple version too (photos below). 

If you like to see how I colored this card, please click here. 

Do you want to see the video?  Click here

Materials:

Stamps:

Dragon Sentiments: Blue Knight Rubber stamps

Castle: Blue Knight Rubber Stamps

Dragon: KatzleKraft

Copics used: You can find a good deal on them here
Blue Dragon:  B06, B04, B02, B00, YG06, YG03, YG01
Purple Dragon: BV08, BV04, BV02, BV00, RV13, RV11, RV10
Ground: W3, W1, W0

America is Proud

Hello friends,

I'm asked often for cards to send to someone serving our country.  I thought it would be fun to make a red-white-blue card using this layering die.  I love the way it turned out.    The sentiment if from the Blue Knight Rubber stamps collection.  They have a wonderful selection of military stamps. 

No copics today

I'd Choose You.

Greetings!

I love the sentiment on this card.  In my mind this is how love should be.  Sappy huh?  It pairs beautifully with these love birds.  I couldn't decide what color the birds should be...so I made a few one in blue and pink.   I think I like the pink on better.. what do you think?

Stamps and words by : Blue Knight Rubber stamps

 Copics used:

Blue: B05, B02, B01, B00
Yellow: Y11, Y13
Pink: R32 R35, R37

 Copics used:
Pink: R32, R30, R00, R000
Brown: E71, E74
Green: G46, G43
Red: R32, R35, R37

SOAR

Howdy,

The Hot Air Balloon Festival is this weekend.  I love seeing all the colorful balloons over the lake.  It is on my bucket list to see the lake from a balloon on day.  This year.. I'll settle for watching Ryan discover them. 

I created a scene with the hot air balloons  and then used dies to create an eclipse card.  This is one of my favorite techniques.  It is perfect for scene cards like this.

No copics today

I'd fight a Dragon for you...

Hello,

I love magical things.  Mermaids, unicorns, and dragons oh my!  Needless to say when I saw this dragon I needed to color him up!. The dragon, sentiment and castle is from Blue Knight Rubber stamps.  The flame is from MFT.

 There is a little typo here... I already fixed it.  It wasn't too hard to add an "e"

Copics used: 
Blue: B18, B16, B14, B12
Grey: W7, W5, W3,
Brown: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44
Fire: YR07, YR09, Y17
Shadows: W5, W3

MaMa, Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama

  Welcome friends,

I'm sure many of us can relate to this Mama bird.  As a mom you wait patiently for little one to first say Mama.  However in just a blink it seems you hear that word every minute.  This Mama bird looks like she may have heard "Mama"  a few times that day.  Sending LOVE to all you Moms out there!

Stamp by: Blue Knight Rubber stamps

Copics used:
Brown: E70, E71, E74, E77
Blue: B12, B14, B16, B18
Yellow: Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17--YR12,
Green: G40, G43, G46
Grey: W3, W1, W0
Red: R29, R39, R24
Red/Brown: E93, E95, E97
Shadows: W3, W5, 100
Dk. Grey: N9, N7, N5, N3

Land That I Love

Happy Monday,

Check out this Eagle stamp from Blue Knight Rubber Stamps.   It is a beautiful image.  I modified it a little so that the bird holds a flag instead of a fish.     Happy 4th of July!

 Copics used:
Brown: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49
Yellow: Y15, Y00
Shadows : W3, W5

 

Sail Away on a Creative Journey

Hello friends,

I have my first "tutorial" video.    I used the Sail Boat stamp from Blue Knight Rubber Stamps to create a series of cards.  Each card features a different background technique.  This journey has been a great learning experience.   It pushed me to try some new techniques that have been on my wish list for a while.     It is also really neat to see all the background types next to each other.   

Please check out my two videos on backgrounds. 

Hero Arts Video- May 2018

Sail Away-  My Rocky journey through two new techniques. 

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Here are photos of the cards.

Nuvo Mousse:

Alcohol Inks-traditional:

Shaving Cream:

Alcohol ink with water:

Distress Oxide and micro glaze:

Nail Polish:

Glimmer Mist: