Have you heard about Hero Arts new Stamp & Emboss sets?  Hero Arts and Sizzix are offering an embossing collection that perfectly coordinates with a new line of stamp designs. Here are some samples from their web site that showcase one of these new sets, Silhouette Vines.  These cards were made by Tami Hartley.  I wanted to highlight some samples made with this new line of stamps.  Click here to go to the In Joy Rubber Stamps Web Site

Instructions:

1. Stamp Old Letter Writing with Scattered Straw Distress Ink onto cream cardstock square.
2. Stamp Silhouette Vines over top with Wild Honey Distress Ink.
3. Sponge Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink around edges.
4. Insert stamped piece into embossing folder, lining up image, and run through die cut machine to emboss.
5. Adhere embossed piece to square chocolate notecard.
6. Cut strip from chocolate cardstock and stamp sentiment with cream ink.
7. Cut strip from book text and sponge with Wild Honey Distress Ink.
8. Adhere sentiment and book text strips as shown.
9. Finish with Pewter Metallic Decor.
10. Repeat steps above two more times using different ink colors. Aged Mahogany and Peeled Paint Distress Inks were used in the samples shown.

Flower Soft Country Village Cottage

Flower Soft has "card toppers" which are pre-printed designs that you can embellish with their miniature flower embellishments. The one used here is one of the Country Village Cottages. Of course, you can also stamp a design and embellish it with these miniature flowers.

Just lightly add glue to the areas where you want to add flowers (if you add to much glue, the flowers will clump up and not look as nice). Pick up some flowers in the color you want, and sprinkle them over the glue. Add other colors as desired.

For the grass, the ultra fine Flower Soft worked better. Click here to see what's in stock from Flower Soft.

Dreamweaver Tie Card

We always have a hard time making a card for a man, but Dreamweaver has come out with a tie stencil that makes a really nice card! These cards were designed by Dreamweaver, but I wanted to share the ideas with you. Dry emboss the tie stencil and then, for the card on top (black/gold tie), lay the card down with the Tie stencil over the embossed image and then put the Stripes stencil on top, either horizontally or vertically and stencil with black ink. Then change the direction of the stripes stencil to make the plaid design.

For the card with the diagonal stripes, lay the Stripes stencil at a diagonal on top of the tie stencil and then use a dauber with ink to add your stripes. Notice how the colors have a graduated effect, so you want some stripes to be darker than others. See the cards below for other variations. Notice how changing the direction of the stripes as well as using color varations can change the look of your tie.

Visit our online store to find these Dreamweaver stencils at www.injoystamps.com