create with cheiron

classes scheduled for May & June in NYC and NJ

My classes have been scheduled for May and June! You can see the schedule here.  I have added a new store to the list of places I teach and will be teaching at Paper Anthology in Kenvil, NJ. If you are in the area, I would love to see you in class! 

hey y'all...check out a blog named hero!

If you know me, you know that "hey y'all" is something you probably would not hear coming out of my mouth..but I love this fun Hero Arts stamp set, and I have some really fabulous news to share today over at A Blog Named Hero, head on over to check it out.

tuesday trigger: watercolor butterflies

This dress is the inspiration for this week's Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World. Love the colors and the watercolor pattern, so I thought I would take out my Distress Inks and water brush and see what I could do! I painted a watercolor paper strip with the colors in the dress and added a butterfly embellishment. This layout is from a sketch featured in this month's contest over on the Hero Arts blog:

For the butterfly, I colored acetate with alcohol inks. To make the butterfly look more "real", I stamped a butterfly body on white cardstock from this set so it would show through. 

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the perfect silhouette giftbox

Back with another Silhoutte project. I love this gift box download from Lori Witlock over on the Silhouette store, and I thought it would be fun to pair with this 3-D bow. SO easy to put both of these pieces together, the box folds like a dream! 

I secured the flap with a velcro dot to hold it closed. I'll let you in on a little secret-this is the perfect size gift box to hold a few rolls of washi for a favorite crafty pal. The perfect gift in my opinion! 

silhouette chevron card

Just having some fun playing with all those downloads I have purchased in the Silhouette store for my Cameo. I finally got around to cutting out some of my purchases, including this chevron card. I thought it would make a perfect "boy" birthday card. I gave it a little "something" by adding the newspaper background and a fun sentiment from Wish Big. This is the card shape that I used to make this card. It cut beautifully with my Hero Arts papers too! 

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winner from Monday's post

Just a quick post...the winner of the stamp set giveaway from Monday's post is comment #50-Kerry! (I emailed you Kerry so I can get your stamps right out to you). Thank you again to everyone for your wonderful comments, they really made me smile.

a cut above: day 3

More fun from yesterday's lesson over on onlinecardclasses.com. This lesson was all about shaped cards. One of my favorite types of cards to make and something I just don't think to do all the time when I sit down to create. For my card today I used the ticket frame cut die from Hero Arts. I really love using these dies since they make it so easy to get a perfect cut around your stamped image. This card is a little on the small side, but would be the perfect size to put on a gift! 

a cut above: day 2

I never liked doing my homework when I was in school, but I always like doing it when I am taking any of the classes from onlinecardclasses.com! I am a little late to the game but thought I would start in on the window cards theme from Day 2. The latest class, A Cut Above features a week of lessons on traditional die cutting, and a week on the Silhouette. I love die cutting and consider myself to be pretty proficient, but I always learn something new in these classes and they definitley help spark creativity!

This homework works out perfectly for me since I have been wanting to play along with the second challenge over at A Blog Named Hero and wouldn't you know, the challenge there is "A Card with a View" which is to create a card with a window in it, on it, or through it.

 

Here it is:

fun news to share on the Hero Arts blog today!

I have some fun news to share today. You can check it out over on the Hero Arts Blog! To celebrate, I am giving away one of my new favorite stamp sets:

Just leave a comment on this post by Thursday night and I will pick a winner on Friday morning!

clean & simple saturday: party time!

For my sweet mother-in-law. Heading out to celebrate with her today.