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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

I Love Little Baby Ducks, Coffee In A Cup...

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Who doesn't love little baby ducks? Or coffee in a cup? WEIRDOS, THAT'S WHO. 

There's just something so adorable about a baby bird!

I used the super sweet little duckling bundle to stamp and cut my duckling, and then just ink blended the background with Hero Hues. The clouds are ink blended with Unicorn ink. I stamped the grass twice to make it taller, and made a little shadow for my baby duck.



I saw this great meme this past weekend - it said - "the key to eating healthy? Avoid any food that has a TV commercial." Pretty great! I am a gardener, and love growing part of my own food, so this new veggie stamp made me so happy. I stamped it in Unicorn on Pitch Black, put on a true crime podcast, and colored it with my colored pencils. I like the way the white lets you leave natural highlights! The sentiment is this die



There is a new tulip set that has coloring stencils with it. I used JUST the stencil and Hero Hues on kraft, with just the outline stamped in unicorn. The background is my MUCH beloved script stamp.


If you've never seen an artichoke in the ground, make it your mission this spring. It's one of the most STUNNING plants you'll ever see, with an ethereal purple flower and big, structured and lovely leaves. I wanted to capture that glowy purple, so I made an alcohol ink gel print, stamped the artichoke on it, die cut it, added some shading with my colored pencils, and added cardstock strips and a tiny purple heart to focus the sentiments. 


There are two fun new frame dies - I cut this one from masking paper and used it to mask two angled frames that point to my YAY die cut, and I ink blended Hero Hues over the mask and then pulled off the masks to reveal the white design. Fun way to focus on the sentiment. 


Y'all have no idea how hard it was for me not to add the bee from this die set to this card, but I was super committed to my little Van Gogh-ish art gallery scene I was building. After I watercolored the die cuts, I cut this other beautiful frame out of Pitch Black, and rubbed white ink onto it with my finger to highlight the details.

It's IMPOSSIBLE to see here, but I actually created a plaster texture on the white part of the wall, by masking the bottom portion of the mini slim pre-cut card, and adding Hero Paste on the top part, smacking and lifting my palette knife to create the plaster texture. It's so cool in real life - I don't know why I insist on doing techniques that are so hard to photograph! :)


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And look at this exciting news! I'll be teaching in the spring Stamp-Along, so you can sign up here! I will be using the tulip set above! 

Here are all the supplies I used today - come back for a BIG giveaway! TWO of them, actually!

Compact Cutter
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Color Layering Duckling
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Veggie Medley Bold Prints
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Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and...
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Tulip Bouquet Bundle
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DI908 Birthday Cake Pop-up (D) | Hero...
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CG830 Script Bold Prints | Hero Arts
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Artichoke Blooms
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Congrats & Yay
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Looking Glass Bee & Flowers
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Ornate Frame
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Fine Art Frame
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Reactive - Hero Arts
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AF472 Unicorn White + Reinker Bundle...
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PS323 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock...
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NK352 Hero Paste 4oz. | Hero Arts
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Hero Arts Blog
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I am part of the Spring Catalog Blog Hop today - so you have SO much more inspiration waiting for you! Click here to start the hop at the Hero Blog, and leave comments along the way for a chance to win one of THREE $50 gift certificates! And there's a second HUGE giveaway - I'm already jealous of the winners. The new tools, like the Compact Cutter - SQUEE - the wire snips, the reverse tweezers, etc. are live on the site, but not in stock yet. If you hit the Notify Me button and enter your email to be notified - ONE PERSON WHO DOES THIS WILL RECEIVE THE ENTIRE SET OF TOOLS! How cool is that? 



Happy Spring! Loveyameanitbye.








55 comments:

  1. your cards are lovely - there are so many great designs to try out - thanks for sharing

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  2. As always, your variety is amazing and so inspirational! And wow, such a great opportunity. Thanks for sharing such awesomeness!

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  3. All your cards are great - I absolutely love the veggies on the black card stock and also the shadow you created for the baby duck!

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  4. This catalog and your blog is a total disaster to my wallet 😆

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  5. Oh my gosh! I love your little duckling card!!! It is adorable!! Great job!

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  6. The veggies card with the dark background is INCREDIBLE!!! I would love to make something like that!!!

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  7. I absolutely love your artichoke! And with purple being my favorite color, how could I not like it, right?! All very unique and lovely cards! Great coloring, as well. Thank you for sharing your talent!

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  8. Out. Of. Control. Who needs heat in California when you have stuff from the new catty - lol!

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  9. Wonderful & ever so cute Duckling. Like the Sunflower Bee looking glass dies but this Bee did not see a Bee on yours.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  10. Love it ALL! That’s going to cost me lol

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  11. How cool is that veggie card?!!! I've just got to try that technique. So glad I found your blog, you are so creative and I'm not!!! Thanks for sharing!

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  12. That artichoke is fabulous! All of your cards are lovely, thanks for the great inspiration.

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  13. Fantastic cards! I love your baby duck, but also the veggie card. And while I don't like actual artichokes, your artichoke card is lovely. Purple always makes me smile.

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  14. So creative, love the tulips on Kraft! See you in April!

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  15. These are all sooooo wonderful! I LOVE the little duck!

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  16. Wow!! Each card was wonderful! I love the artichoke!!

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  17. Such gorgeous cards! Fantastic colors…
    Thanks for sharing.

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  18. Your duck card bring such warm memories. Thanks

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  19. It's the duckling, I just love him. The second I saw him he captured my heart. The cutest ever.

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  20. Such inspiring cards! I just want to go and play with all the things now! Thank you so much for sharing!

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  21. Such a bright and cheerful array of cards!

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  22. So wonderful! Love to find food on cards

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  23. I am excited to order from the new catalog. Thank you.

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  24. i love your cards and ideas. Even if things don't show on photos, it's still fun to learn what yuo did and then try it myself. Thanks!

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  25. What an amazing set of cards shared❤️ I love those tulips and the frame “yay” card (it’s so simple yet full of detail and color!)! Love your creations - sorry I don’t comment more🤦🏼‍♀️ I need to get better at that! #goals

    Loved stopping by tonight❤️

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  26. What an amazing set of cards shared❤️ I love those tulips and the frame “yay” card (it’s so simple yet full of detail and color!)! Love your creations - sorry I don’t comment more🤦🏼‍♀️ I need to get better at that! #goals

    Loved stopping by tonight❤️

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  27. Your cards are awesome! but the artichoke stole my heart. I am a sucker for a punny card.

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  28. love the duck. The sunflowers in the frame is really pretty.

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  29. Wonderful cards. Thank you for sharing.

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  30. Fantastic big batch of cards, Lydia! You have enabled my over-buying once again!!

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  31. The card that just pops out is the YAY die cut card. The Hero Hues are gorgeous! It's a great die cut because there's so many occasions to use it. Thanks for sharing your art!

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  32. Hi, Lydia - My, how you spoil us! This is a treasure trove of beauties to admire!!
    Lori S in PA

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  33. Well done on some sweet cards. That duckling is just too adorable - he has been added to my wishlist. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  34. All of your cards are wonderful. The colouring of your veggies on the black background makes them look so real.

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  35. Thank you for sharing your creations! You did a super job on that chick! Geat coloring!

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  36. Fantastic cards! You always do amazing coloring techniques. That duck looks so realistic and cute. I am loving that plaster idea and your floor. I've never tried making my own wood because I'm just not sure how to color it in.

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  37. Lydia, luv how you added the words as a background for the tulips.

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  38. What a wonderful variety of designs, and love how you added a little shadow for the duckling!

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  39. Beautiful. And very cool effect of the veegie background on black like that.

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  40. Love the card with all the veggies.
    Wonderful coloring. All are great.
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  41. I love how the text background and tulips look together! All of your cards are so pretty!

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  42. Lydia I absolutely adore your offerings! I always rivet to every word of your stories, relate to most, and love them all! I enjoy each and every card! The plaster is an outstanding idea. You are your own special artist that I really enjoy!

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  43. Wonderful cards! I love what you did with the frame, the way you cut it and used it as a stencil, on your "yay" card. Another idea for me to store away for later!

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  44. Cute and pretty cards. Adorable duck and I like the framing of the sunflowers.

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  45. Such wonderful cards! Thank you for sharing.

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  46. Great card designs! Thanks for sharing!

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  47. Beautiful cards! I love the tulips and the Looking Glass design!

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  48. Vicki Breson

    I was just working on a baby card so the layered baby duck is my favorite. Its so cute and something I have seen layered before from any company. Awesome!

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