Laurie's Fabulous Favorites and Kelly's Design Team Tips featuring Ink To Paper

Today I am featuring a couple of new items from Ink to Paper for the Laurie's Fabulous Favorites Challenge this week.  As I get back into my cardmaking work groove, I took time this morning to check out the most recent posts at the Ink to Paper Blog.  I was bowled over by last Friday's Design Team Tips Post at Ink to Paper from my friend, Kelly Lunceford.  I chose to make a card using Kelly's "Rainbow" idea for Laurie's Challenge. 

The Challenge from Laurie is to use some of your Fall favorites to create a card.  If you missed either post, you can find them over at the Ink to Paper Blog. 

©Kelly Lunceford - Kelly's gorgeous card!  

Rainbow is so On-Trend right now, but I confess, normally it's not in my wheelhouse of things to consider first.  Kelly's card and her thoughts about doing rainbow differently, just kind of blew my mind.  Maybe it's because I'm out of the groove and haven't had a whole lot of time to even look at blogs lately, but to me, her idea is totally inspired and is such a great new twist on an older technique. 

Now if you know me, you know that I like to incorporate a bit of gold wherever possible in my cards, so I immediately knew what I would do here. 

Starting with a piece of Cougar Super Smooth Digital White Cardstock, I ink blended all the way around in rainbow order, with a twist.  I used my favorite blending brushes from Taylored Expressions and used the following Papertrey Ink/Ink to Paper inks in this order:  Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Berry Sorbet, Summer Sunrise, Vintage Jadeite, Hawaiian Shores, and Winter Wisteria.  I absolutely love how this panel turned out.  I find that when I use the Cougar Super Smooth Digital White, the ink blending looks more seamless than on any other cardstock with the exceptions of Gina K's White and Neenah Solar White.  Having all three of these papers, I would consider them to be equal in this regard.  I particularly choose the Cougar because it is Bright White rather than soft white and the super smooth surface makes blending easier in my personal experience.  Use whatever you have that works for you. 

Once my ink blending was finished, I hit the panel with a good amount of shimmer mist and set it aside to dry while I stamped and die cut the leaves from the new Ink to Paper Lovely Leaves Stamp and Die Sets.  For all of my leaves, I stamped in a lighter color and then sponged on an additional color all around the outside edges. 

I hope you enjoyed today's post!  I'll be back soon with a new project to share with you!  If you'd like to purchase any of the products I've used, please shop through my affiliate links which supports my blog here:  Ink To Paper. 

February 2019 My Monthly Hero Kit - Art Deco

Hello there!  I know its been quite a few days since I wrote a blog post but I wanted to share this news with you all.  I just became an affiliate for Hero Arts and they actually send a Newsletter out to their affiliates with information to share with my readers, so I wanted to be sure you got to see this month's, My Monthly Hero Kit!

I fell in love with Art Deco Architecture when I was in high school.  Until we moved to Tulsa in 2010, I had no idea that Tulsa boasts one of the nations largest collections of Art Deco Architecture.  They have a Deco District in Downtown Tulsa as well as many other buildings throughout the city and even a museum called The Tulsa Deco Museum.  You can see all the possibilities on the Tulsa Convention and Visitors Bureau page HERE.

While I did order this month's kit with most of the add-ons, I haven't received mine yet, but I'm providing links for you in this post.

Are you ready to party like it's 1922? Step back in time with this month's kit, inspired by the sophisticated glamour and swinging jazz of the era. Your projects will be the bee's knees when you craft with the stylish stamps in this month's kit! We've included a bag of gold and black Mirror Confetti, as well as the prettiest, shiniest silver and gold reflective cardstocks, which look amazing when die cut with this month's Art Deco-inspired Fancy Die. A fun new element rounds out the kit - a smaller stencil of gorgeous architectural design, sized perfectly for handmade cards! Be sure to check it out:

February 2019 My Monthly Hero


The Kit Price is $34.99 and includes the following:

• 6" x 8" Clear Stamp Set
• 7 Coordinating Frame Cuts
• 4.25" x 5.5" Fancy Die
• 4.5" x 5.75" Stencil
• Art Deco Mirror Confetti
• 1 5.5" x 8.5" Sheet of Silver Reflective Cardstock
• 1 5.5" x 8.5" Sheet of Gold Reflective Cardstock

Once the kit sells out, that's it, it is no longer available. As I am writing this, there is still stock to promote.

If you'd like to subscribe to the kit each month, You can sign up for one of three options here: https://heroarts.com/pages/subscribe.

In addition to the main kit, several other products were released this month:

February 2019 Monthly Release



I got several of the add-ons myself and I can hardly wait for my kit to arrive.  There is one die and a background stamp that I am hoping to get later on but since they are not part of the kit, they'll be around after the kit is sold out.

They did a huge Blog Hop on Release Day and you can see all of the projects here:  https://heroarts.com/blogs/hero-arts-blog/february-2019-my-monthly-hero-is-here-giveaway

I hope you enjoyed this update! Shop soon before the kit is sold out.  As always, thank you so much for stopping by!