Saturday, August 9, 2008

I have a Secret...

I have been keeping and now I can finally spill the beans!! I received the privilege of being asked to be on the Crafty Secrets Design Team!! I was so thrilled when Sandy from Crafty Secrets asked me to join! I am so honored to be associated with such an amazing and talented group of ladies!!! I absolutely LOVE the vintage style of Crafty Secrets!! Be sure to check out all of the details on the Heartwarming Vintage Blog.

I want to also say Congratulations to Marisa Grossman and Vivian Peters, they were also chosen to join the Crafty Secrets Design Team!! I look forward to getting to know each of the ladies from the design team!

Here is a card that I recently made using some of the Crafty Secret images. I used images from the Cherish and Sweet Kids stamp sets.One of the great advantages to the clear stamps is being able to line them up very easily. I used five stamps to create this scene, the little boy, little girl, large branch, small branch and a cluster of flowers. The coloring was done using Copic sketch markers. After all of the images were colored in then I masked off the images and colored in the grass and the sky using the Copic markers and the Copic air brush system. Then I lightly misted over the entire piece with a pearl mist (Ranger Distress Antique Linen ink refill, Gold Perfect Pearls & water). I know this didn't show up in the picture but it has a very pretty light shimmer to it. I stamped the sentiment on to one of the tag images from the Crafty Secrets Classic paper pad, added the pearl mist and inked the edges. I also added the ribbons, lace, flower, buttons & metal embellishments and assembled as shown. Once the card was all assembled then I added a little touch of glitter with some diamond stickles.

Paper~Crafty Secrets Classic Paper Pad, Prism

Stamps~Crafty Secrets Cherish & Sweet Kids

Ink~Brilliance Graphite Black

Other~Copic Sketch Markers & ABS, Lace, Ribbon, Flower, Buttons, Metal Embellishments, Ranger-Diamond Stickles, Pearl Mist

Thank you so much for stopping by & I hope you are having a Fantastic Weekend!!

Smiles!

Heidi



15 comments:

  1. Heidi, this is just beautiful. You combined all those sets together so well. Congratulations on joining the DT of Crafty Secrets. Looking forward to seeing all the wonderful creations you come up with.
    Marisa

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  2. Beautiful card and beautiful layout.

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  3. Stunning card! And congratulations. Crafty Secrets has some really sweet stamps.

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  4. A big CONGRATULATIONS to you! i'm so happy for you! i'm glad your talents are being rewarded. This is another beautiful card, btw. Have a great day! :)

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  5. This scene is too beautiful to be a card. It needs to be framed and looked at often. Enchanting.

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  6. Well, I already told you how wicked green with envy I am! LOL You are such a talented artist and Crafty Secrets is so lucky to have you designing for them! I am soooooo looking forward to all that you will be creating for them as well! I think all that is happening to you is so . . . in one word . . . WICKED AWESOME!!!!! I am so happy for you! :D

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  7. Congrats my friend. Your card is just beautiful... I can't wait to see what you future posts. You just look like you fit right in!! ;-) Linda Duke

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  8. I can see why you were invited to be a part of Crafty Secrets. This card has to be one of the most beautiful ones I've seen--and I'm picky. What an awesome job.

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  9. CONGRATS SWEET C.S SISTER! WELCOME TO THE TEAM, YOU'RE GONNA BLOW US ALL AWAY! :)

    Lisa Z

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  10. WOW!! Gorgeous design and congrats to you on the DT!!! WOOHOO!! :)

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  11. congrats!! this is a perfect fit for you!! i love their vintage images too!!

    this card is just gorgeous!!

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  12. Beautiful card and Congrats!

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  13. Oh Heidi, you are absolutely torturing me! That is soooo pretty! I ordered that set two weeks ago and now I'm all frustrated 'cause it's not here NOW! lol Gorgeous job, dahling and many congratulations!

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  14. This is really gorgeous!!! tons of detail!!!

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  15. Wow Heidi, What a creative design and your colors are sensational! TFS

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