Glassy and glossy poppies

I love this new-to-me image of poppies from Hero Arts!  It works well with the "Glassy Accents" technique from  the April/May 2010 Technique Junkies newsletter. ( The color might be unusual, but I've planted a "purple" poppy two years in a row--without any success.)

Because card design is a definite challenge for me, I searched the Mojo Monday archives.  I looked for a design that would work with the poppy image I had already stamped and colored with Copic markers.  (My green marker developed a leak toward the bottom of one stem, so I shortened the image when cutting it with the Nestabilities die.)                

(Click on photo for closer view)

Another Hero Arts image

This card was made for the Technique Junkies blog, but I've decided to post it here too.  It's one of my several new Hero Arts floral images and I used the Marker Wash technique to color it.   The card is 5 inches square. (The background script stamp on the flower and the sentiment are also from Hero Arts.)

Continuing with Hero Arts flower in black and gold

As I continue with my HA black and gold flower images, I have created a relatively simple card with some special details. (click for closer view)  The black strip illustrates a Technique Junkies technique called 'mono dies.'  I've doubled the flower image by attaching the small version to the center of the large flower with a gold brad.    "Imagine" is one of my favorite sentiment stamps; it's from Stampers Anonymous.    The background patterned paper is from the La Creme matstack again.

More black and gold Hero Arts

Continuing my black and gold exploration of the Hero Arts flower (see previous blog post), I've made a "Petite 4" card that fits in a standard short envelope.  The card measures 3x6.  (Click on images for close up views.) This card design was featured in the January Technique Junkies newsletter.

The sentiment on the front is from Impression Obsession;  the one on the inside is from Rubbernecker.