Hello Friend

Here's a card I made simply because I wanted to colour some florals. The stamp I used is Sweet as Honey from Hero Arts, I coloured the image with my Copics as usual and used the matching die to die cut the image. I then ink blended a rectangle on the background, stamped my sentiment (it's from the Hero Arts set Wild Columbine), adhered the image and embellished the card with some half pearls.

I'm entering this to:

* Allsorts Challenge: Challenge 825 - What Makes You Happy? (it's all here on the card: colouring, cardmaking, floral stamps, and friends)

* Just Add Ink Challenges: Challenge #754 - Choose Two (I chose Die Cut and Flower)

Hugs

Here's a quick and easy card I made with some Hero Arts products. I used stamps from the With Sympathy stamp set with their matching dies, coloured the images with my Copics and added a bit of white gel pen here and there. Then I die cut the window with the Trellis Window die, placed some patterned paper behind it and adhered everything in place. The Finnish sentiment is also die cut and it translates as 'Hugs'. Lastly, I embellished the card with some purple gems.

I'm entering this to:

* Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: May 2025 - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (my something with eyes is the butterfly)

* The Paper Funday Challenges: May 2025 Challenge #76 - Anything Goes

Spring Garden

I made a card with the gorgeous Alex Syberia Designs stamp called Spring Garden using only a part of that stamp (I masked half of it off). I coloured the image with my Copics before die cutting the panel with Spellbinders' Essential Arches die. I also die cut a bit larger panel from dark green cardstock with the Essential Arches dies to be placed behind the stamped panel. I stamped my sentiment ('Congratulations' in Finnish) on the panel before adhering it on the green panel with foam adhesives. For the background, I used a piece of patterned paper. Lastly, I embellished the card with some brown gems.

I'm entering this to:

* The Flower Challenge: Challenge #102 - Add Spots or Stripes (my 2nd entry)

* As You See It Challenge: Challenge #348 - Spots or Stripes

* Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Florals Goes

For Mother

Happy Mother's Day! I'm sharing the card I made for my own Mom. The stamp I used is Stamping Bella's Bundle Girl with a Cornflower, a little bundle of a girl with a huge flower - quite perfect for Mother's Day, I think. I coloured the image with my Copics, die cut the panel with My Favorite Things die and ink blended some Distress Oxide ink to it before stamping the sentiment (Finnish for 'For Mother'). I then die cut another panel with Lawn Fawn's Lacy Rectangle Stackables die and adhered the stitched edge panel onto it. For the background, I used some pretty patterned papers and a border die cut with an My Favorite Things die. Lastly, I embellished the card with some half pearls.

I'm entering this to:

* Stamping Sensations: May - Feminine

Flower Bouquet

I've got a birthday card to share. I made this with the Hero Arts stamp Togetherness Flower Bouquet and I coloured the image with my Copics. I then used Pinkfresh Studio die Diagonal Stitched Rectangles to die cut the stamped panel and the black panel. Before mounting the stamped panel onto the black panel with foam adhesives, I stamped my sentiment which says 'Congratulations'. I embossed a piece of white cardstock with a Penny Black embossing folder Texture and matted it to a piece of black cardstock before adhering them to my card base. Lastly, I embellished the card with some half pearls.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Beautiful Blooms

* Seize the Birthday: Challenge #305 - Flowers

Blue

Here's a birthday card I made with mostly Pinkfresh Studio products. The stamp I used is Beyond Measure, I coloured the image with my Copics before cutting it with the matching die. For the background, I used a piece of patterned paper and a beautiful frame die cut with Ornate Oval Frame die. The die cut sentiment is Finnish for 'Congratulations' and the card is embellished with some black gems.

I'm entering this to:

* Pinkfresh Studio: May 2025 Challenge - Frame It Up

* The Flower Challenge: Challenge #102 - Add Spots or Stripes (the patterned paper has tiny dots arranged in groups of four)

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Gardening Tools

Happy May Day! I'm hoping that May will bring warmer weather so I can gather my gardening tools and get to work in my garden again. Until then, I'll have to make do with gathering gardening tools on a card as I've done here. I used Hero Arts Gardening Tools & Flowers stamp and cover plate die on this card, as well as Trellis Window die. I coloured the little images with my Copics. For the background, I masked a rectangle and ink blended some Distress Oxide inks in Bundled Sage and Rustic Wilderness on it. I also splattered the masked rectangle with some water to lift off the inks. The sentiment is Finnish for 'All the Best' and it's heat embossed on a strip of dark brown cardstock. After adhering everything in place, I embellished the card with some sequins.