My eye doctor has always marveled at the length of my eyelashes - they actually get in the way of those little "this is better or this is better" lens things you have to do when getting your annual vision check and I have to get glasses set that don't touch my eyelashes.
Well it turns out that the gene for long eyelashes is shared with the gene for allergies! Not even kidding a little bit. Read about that here. Do you have allergies and extra long eyelashes? This is also one of the genes that people with celiac disease have too. We are complicated creatures.
Anyway, I have a super lazy technique video for you today with this month's Hero Arts kit which is adorable. It has a sweet, sort of French/Valentine's feel, but is good for the whole year.
I spend a lot of time in my allergy doctor's office (I have to sit there for 20 minutes after I get my shots) looking up inspiration for cards, and one of my favorite things to search for is styles of art. Sometimes I search "styles of modern art" or "historical styles of art" and I just have 20 minutes of pure bliss with cubism and impressionism and who knows what.
One style I love is street art sketching. People who can plein air sketch scenes amaze me - I'm really not good at drawing - but there are a few ways to capture that feeling with stamped images, and this kit image is perfect for recreating that style, so I have a video for you for my first card with that simple technique.
I used the main kit image to stamp the little window with plants, and then I accented it with a Copic Multiliner and my Gelly Roll pen. I used the sentiment from this add-on stamp set and a little heart to finish it off. It's stamped on this beautiful toned pastel paper from Canson.
I always love changing up the way a stamp looks - you know that about me. Here's the video.
But they also have a few add-ons that spoke to my brunch loving heart.
My sister and I used to go to this amazing brunch place called Olivia that sadly is now closed. It was a local farm to table spot that had its own chickens, grew its own veggies and was packed every weekend. The restaurant business is hard. Tip generously and patronize those places you love - we miss this place. It was especially special because I had a lovely brunch with my Splitcoast peeps - Lori and Jenn and her husband Israel there.
Anyway they had amazing mimosas and waffles, and so this layering waffle stamp set spoke to me on many levels. I stamped the waffle in Soft Vanilla, Butter Bar and Pumpkin Pie and cut it with the matching dies. I stamped the strawberries in WAIT FOR IT - Strawberry ink. Then I used this brunch themed add-on set to stamp the champagne bottle and cut it with the matching dies, and colored it with Copic markers.
I cut a circle mask from masking paper with my circle infinity dies, and masked the center of the panel, then used this stencil to create the pattern around it with Butter Bar Ink and my Life Changing Blender Brushes. The sentiment is from this set. I am definitely a brunch queen.
Finally I had to play with the bike die - oh my gosh is this awesome.
I took a Gel Press print that was super simple with this circle stencil (see another card with this print here) and just added the bike die cut from black cardstock and this sentiment for a fun happy scene.
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