Janette Kausen
Janette Kausen
I’m up over on the Hero Arts blog today sharing Loosely Watercolored Nasturtium. I even created a video tutorial, booyah! Feel free check out the post and video HERE, and learn about my obsession with bristol paper!
Happy crafting! See you soon!
xo, Janette
A*rrrr*iba! Ay-yai-yai-ha-ha! It’s the first Monday of the month and that brings another fabulous Hero Arts My Monthly Hero hop. This month’s kit is celebrating all things fiesta inspired. If this card kit doesn’t bring a smile to your face with summer party fantasies I don’t know what will! I cannot get over the taco dog from the It’s Fiesta Time add-on. Bow-Chicka-Huahua!
Kit availability and shipping: The kit is available for a limited time only – once it’s gone, it’s gone. Kits begin shipping from Hero Arts on Friday, April 6th. Subscribe to receive the kit monthly and never miss one!
Kit contents:
6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set
20 Coordinating Frame Cuts Dies
1 Ornate Floral Border Die
3 Reactive Ink Cubes (Fiesta Red, Fiesta Teal, Fiesta Yellow)
3 6″ x 18″ Sheets Unryu Paper (Assorted Colors)
The value of the kit is $74, but it is sold at $34.99.
If you’d like to find out more about subscribing to the My Monthly Hero kit, where you are sure to never miss out, click here.
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Creating my own floral swags and borders kind of feels like placing that last piece of a puzzle, so satisfying. I created this corner arrangement by stamping the banner (kit) on Neenah 80# cardstock with Intense Black ink. I then masked the banner and began stamping flowers (kit). Now, there is precise masking and then there is what I did…. I just tore my Full Stick Post It in pieces and covered the areas that I needed to. I was not about to fussy cut all those flowers. Crafting can be time consuming, but it certainly doesn’t have to be. I finished off the swag with Copic markers and Clear Ultra Fine embossed the Blanket Pattern Bold Prints (add-on) on Blush Mix Layering paper.
Señor and Señorita mouse (kit) haven’t quite found a home yet, but I wanted to show them to you anyhow. I can’t decide if I want to adhere them near the interior sentiment or if they deserve a card all their own. Or better yet, both!
Find a full list of project supplies HERE.
Okay, so this is my favorite add-on of the release! I am obsessed with this chihuahua. I combined a few elements from both It’s Fiesta Time (add-on) and Cinco de Meow (add-on) to come up with this boozy inspired card. Hot sauce bottles can be beer too, right?
I captured the texture of a tortilla shell by coloring with Copic markers, dampening a terrycloth towel with isopropyl alcohol and pressing it to the shell. Just press and lift for the amount of time it takes for you to say each step – press it and then lift it. It’s that easy. After adding the texture I colored the remaining image. Taco ’bout awesome!
You can find a full list of project supplies HERE.
I’m loving the pink and black color scheme as of late. This card was created with the cake and sentiments from the kit. The black and white strip between the sentiments is the Blanket Pattern Bold Prints and the background cover plate die is the Paper Picado Confetti die.
I adhered the black confetti die cut over the top of a Smooth Bristol panel that I watercolored with Arteza markers. The cake is stamped in Intense Black and colored with Copics. I iced the cake with clear Wink of Stella and a Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen.
You can find a full list of project supplies HERE.
This card was created with the main kit. Yep, that floral frame die, it’s included! This card was featured a few days ago over on a Hero Arts Countdown to Creativity blog post. If you missed it, you can find all the details HERE.
This card would have been even more awesome had I used the new Reactive Fiesta Inks that are also included in the kit! I didn’t quite have my hands on them at the time, but oh boy, when I do… Ay, Chihuahua!
You can find a full list of project supplies HERE.
Giveaway: We are giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. (The winner will be reimbursed if they have already bought the kit) Giveaway closes Sunday, April 8th at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week.
Thank you so much for popping in for a visit today. I’m off to get crafting. I hope you can too! I’ll see you soon!
xo, Janette
I’ll always do my best to link you to shops with products in stock. As you know, inventory levels are always fluctuating and therefor may not be available. Please use the retailer notification buttons to let them know you want more!
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Aye-yai-yai-ha-ha! *Insert my best Cinco de Mayo party call here*
Hero Arts April My Monthly Hero countdown is on! I’ve got the first sneak peek over on the Hero Arts blog here!
xo, Janette
Die D-Lites by Spellbinders are the cutest! They tend to be smaller sets of etched dies that go together to create adorbs vignettes for papercrafting. I’m playing with the Lover Letter dies today. This set includes 5 dies: a foldable envelope, embossed letter and three nesting hearts for about $15. Of course my Littles couldn’t get enough of them so I die cut handfuls of tiny hearts, envelopes and letters. I’ve found them in all sorts of places around the house now! Good for more than just cardmaking, apparently. Perfect for Barbies, or so it seems!
I created this card by first masking off the lower portion of an A2 (4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″) Bristol Smooth panel. I then ink blended Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber and Evergreen Bough Distress Oxides (if you haven’t tried these inks yet, you are missing out!). I then die cut the Love Letter dies from the Echo Park Summer Dreams paper pad. I stamped “I just feel like giving you a card” from Hand Drawn Everyday Messages in Hero Arts Intense Black ink. Then, I adhered all the fun little die cut pieces and sparkling clear sequins.
A happy little card created quickly and easily. It’s headed to the post office on Mail it Monday, just because! Carve out some time just for you this weekend, doctors orders! And by doctor, I mean me!
xo, Janette
I’ll always do my best to link you to shops with products in stock. As you know, inventory levels are always fluctuating and therefor may not be available. Please use the retailer notification buttons to let them know you want more!
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Happy day to you! Today, I am sharing a quick and happy card featuring Hero Arts Abstract Skyline.
Abstract Skyline is a 6x6 red rubber cling stamp. Often, large stamps like these are relegated to backgrounds. While it plays nicely there, it also is remarkable enough to become the focal point. Let’s get started and I’ll tell you how I went about that.
Thank you for spending a bit of time with me today. May all the crafty mojo be with you!
xo, Janette
I’ll always do my best to link you to shops with products in stock. As you know, inventory levels are always fluctuating and therefor may not be available. Please use the retailer notification buttons to let them know you want more!
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Welcome to another fabulous Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Hop! This month’s kit is to “die” for! I kid you not, I eeped a little squeal of delight when I opened the package and saw what was in store for you. I mean, come on, when was the last time you made a card with no sentiment? Yep, I can’t remember the last time for me either!
Kit availability and shipping: The kit is available for a limited time only – once it’s gone, it’s gone. Kits begin shipping from Hero Arts on Friday, March 9th. Subscribe to receive the kit monthly and never miss one!
Kit contents:
6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set
4 Fancy Word Dies
7 Fancy Shape Dies
4 8.5″ x 5.5″ Sheets Basic Kraft Cardstock (80 lb cover)
4 8.5″ x 5.5″ Sheets Basic White Cardstock (80 lb cover)
4 8.5″ x 5.5″ Sheets Basic Black Cardstock (80 lb cover)
Sparkly Sequins 1.5 oz
Silver Sparkle Embossing Powder 0.5 oz
Unicorn White Ink Cube
The value of the kit is $70, but it is sold at $34.99.
If you’d like to find out more about subscribing to the My Monthly Hero kit, where you are sure to never miss out, click here.
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First, I ink blended Ultra Pink, Crimson and Orange Soda on Snow Layering paper, and then die cut Thanks. I then lined up the sentiments I chose, along with the die cut to ensure proper spacing. I inked up you and the top half of for with Orange Soda after covering the remaining stamps with a scrap paper. After stamping onto Snow Layering paper, I moved the scrap paper down and added a second piece so that only the bottom half of for and the top half of everything you do was exposed. I inked up in Dandelion, stamped, and repeated the process through the remaining colors. There is only one you included, so I did have to shift it down. I planned for most of my color changes to be in the middle of the sentiments for a more dramatic rainbow effect. I like to overlap the colors a smidge for a smooth transition. To finish, I added a black and white strip cut from the add-on Bold Confetti Graphic Die.
This card was created by die cutting you from the same ink blended paper in the project above. I white detail heat embossed the sentiments on black layering paper and a RV13 Copic colored Snow layering paper.
After stamping the donut from Food Puns in Intense Black ink, I Copic colored it in RV000, RV10 and RV13 for the frosting. The cake portion of the donut is E30, E31 and E35. Sprinkles are Y06, YR15, B04 and FV2.
The background was created by misting the new White Iridescent Shimmer Spray over black Midnight Mix Layering Paper. I placed a few drops of the spray onto my craft mat and pressed the paper into it for additional texture. Then I layered a black Bold Graphic Confetti die cut on top of the misted background.
After fussy cutting the donut and running the RV13 Copic over the are sentiment, I adhered them all in place and lifted are with dimensional adhesive.
A full project supply list is linked HERE.
Giveaway: We are giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. (The winner will be reimbursed if they have already bought the kit) Giveaway closes Sunday, March 11th at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week.
Thank you so much for popping in for a visit today. I’m off to get crafting. I hope you can too! I’ll see you soon!
xo, Janette
I’ll always do my best to link you to shops with products in stock. As you know, inventory levels are always fluctuating and therefor may not be available. Please use the retailer notification buttons to let them know you want more!
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You guys, I whipped together a couple of quick cards with what might be my favorite Hero Arts February Add-On, Come Fly with Me. Life is too short to work with products I don’t like, so you won’t find any of that here. What you will find today is 2 cards created in under 40 minutes total. Come Fly with Me is an encouragement clear stamp set with sentiments like Be Free, Dream, With Brave Wings She Flies, Let Your Dreams Take Flight and more. Awesome stamps sets don’t require a ton of time, just a few simple techniques to allow the image and sentiments to take center stage.
This first card was created easily thanks to the Misti Precision Stamp Tool. I used antistatic powder over the Bristol panel, masked the fly aways, and inked the feather with Versamark. After gold heat embossing the feather only, I left the stamp in place on the lid of the Misti and cleaned it throughly with Hero Arts Ultra Clean (the best stamp cleaner on the market, in my opinion!), swiped it with a damp absorber and blotted it dry. With one color at a time I used a rainbow of Tombow Dual Brush Markers to color each of the fly aways and stamped them each 2x. I finished the Bristol framing mat by coloring with each of the same markers, in rainbow order, diagonally across the areas of the panel that would show. I then quickly ran a water brush over them to meld the colors together. I ran the damp panel through my Minc to flatten and speed the drying process. I stamped the sentiment in crisp Hero Arts black dye ink. To finish up I mounted the feather panel to the mat and adhered the combination to an A2 folded card base.
This, the quicker of the two cards, was created by masking the top portion of the Bristol card panel, leaving about and inch and a half exposed at the bottom. I then used Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron Distress ink to blend left to right, leaving the far right white. I spattered a bit of water, removed the masking and speed dried the panel with my heat tool. Then I stamped the dandelion in black dye ink. To finish up this quickie, I heat embossed a sentiment on a black scrap, adhered it across the panel and applied the panel to an A2 folded card base.
We don’t always, and maybe not even often, have a ton of time to craft. Don’t let that keep you out of your craft therapy sessions. Quickies are treat here and there too! 😉
xo, Janette
I’ll always do my best to link you to shops with products in stock. As you know, inventory levels are always fluctuating and therefor may not be available. Please use the retailer notification buttons to let them know you want more!
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