Let Your Dreams Take Flight

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I'm super excited to be joining the Facebook Inspiration Team for A Blog Named Hero and be a part of this amazing team for at least a few more months :) I took inspiration for today's card from my last year's card from the month of July. This is one of my favourites from 2017 and I had to remake it for this introduction post.

Resnično sem navdušena, da se ponovno pridružujem Facebook ekipi A Blog Named Hero - novega uradnega bloga z izzivi Hero Arts in ustvarjam z ramo ob rami nove izjemne ustvarjalne ekipe vsaj še nekaj mesecev. Današnjo voščilnico je navdihnila ena mojih najljubših voščilnic lanskega leta iz meseca julija. 

I used the same butterfly stamp from Hero Arts (still one of my favourite butterfly stamps ever, unfortunately not available any more) but I used feather stamp from February My Monthly Hero Add-On stamp set Come Fly With Me and Soft Sky Shadow ink. I stamped the Butterfly with Versa Mark and sprinkled Black Sparkle embossing powder over it and I used the same for the sentiment. Since it's the beginning of a new A Blog Named Hero this sentiment really couldn't be more perfect. Just Let your dreams take flight :)

Uporabila sem isto štampiljko metulja (še vedno ena mojih najljubših štampiljk metulja sploh, na žalost pa ni več na voljo), za ozadje pa sem uporabila pero iz add-on izdelkov, del februarskega My Monthly Hero paketa, ki se imenuje  Come Fly With Me in ga odtisnila s Soft Sky Shadow blazinico. Metulja in voščilo sem embosirala z novim Black Sparkle embosirnim prahom, voščilo - Pusti svojim sanjam, da poletijo - pa je res na mestu za začetek novega A Blog Named Hero potovanja :)

Thank you for joining me today and I wish you a great day!

Hvala, da ste se mi danes pridružili in želim vam čudovit dan! 

Simple wedding cards

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I love the look of this Simon Says Stamp Leaves Background stamp and I wanted to use it on craft paper with white embossing and Perfect Pearls. I have two different shades of craft so I used Perfect Pearls on lighter and embossing on darker one.

Zelo mi je všeč oblika listov na Leaves Background Simon Says Stamp štampiljki in želela sem jo uporabiti na kraft papirju z belim embosirnim prahom in Perfect Pearls prahom. V zalogi imam dva različna odtenka kraft papirja, tako da sem na svetlejšem uporabila Perfect Pearls, na temnejšem pa bel embosing. 

I die cut two butterflies and a sentiment from glitter paper and glued it on white embossed card base. Both sentiment dies are from Najlepši par. Second one is die cut from white cardstock but I used Heart of Roses die from Simon Says Stamp instead of the butterflies and added some Pretty Pink Posh sequins for a bit of colour.

Dva metulja in voščilo sem izrezala iz bleščečega papirja in jih prilepila na osnovo z belim embosingom. Na drugo ozadje pa sem prilepila Simon Says Stamp Heart of Roses izrezek in drugo voščilo Najlepšega para. Nekaj barve sem dodala s Pretty Pink Posh bleščicami. 

Valentine's Day is around the corner and then comes the wedding season. You can easily change these two into Valentine's Day cards.

Valentinovo se bliža, potem pa se bo že zelo kmalu začela glavna sezona porok. Preprost in eleganten slog je za poroko vedno aktualen, brez večjega napora pa ti dve voščilnici lahko spremenite tudi v voščilnico za vašega Valentinčka. 

Thank you for coming over and have a great day!

Hvala za obisk in želim vam super dan!

I'm entering this cards into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Add A Sentiment and gallery over at Najlepši par. Voščilnici dodajam tudi v CRAFT-alnica izziv Nov začetek.

CASE a designer

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Lepo pozdravljeni! 

It's Copy a designer challenge over at A Blog Named Hero for this month and I'm CASEing Michelle Lupton. When I think of Michelle I imagine stencils, ink blending, background stamps and watercolour. I went with stencil and ink blending for today. I hope Michelle doesn't mind :)

Ta mesec je na A Blog Named Hero Izziv Kopiraj oblikovalca in za muzo sem si izbrala Michelle Lupton. Ko pomislim na Michelle mi padejo na pamet plastične šablone, senčenje z blazinicami , štampiljke za ozadje in akvarel. danes sem si izbrala kombinacijo plastične šablone in senčenja. Upam, da Michelle nima nič proti :) 

Thank you for coming over and have a great day!

Hvala za obisk in želim vam super dan! 

I'm entering this card into Copy a designer challenge over at A Blog Named Hero.

25 Days of Joy / 25 Dni Veselja # 20

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I really like how this card turned out so I made a variation using some die cut snowflakes.

Res mi je všeč ta voščilnica in sem zato danes naredila eno variacijo s pomočjo izrezanih snežink. 

I can't believe there is only one week till Christmas. I plan on posting something every day until then. Thank you for coming over and have a great day!

Ne morem verjeti, da je samo še en teden do božiča. V načrtu imam objaviti nekaj vsak dan do takrat, za enkrat pa hvala lepa za obisk in želim vam super dan! 

Mateja

Work Time Wednesday Heart of Roses

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni!

Today I made a wedding card using this beautiful die from Simon Says Stamp. I will have to play with it some more using the negative parts as well. I just love the look of this hearts :)

Danes sem naredila poročno voščilnico s to čudovito rezalno šablono Simon Says Stamp. Še se bom morala poigrati s temi izrezki, tudi negativnimi deli. Res je čudovito srce :)

Thank you for coming over and have a great day!

Hvala za obisk in želim vam super dan!

Mateja

A Blog Named Hero- Playing With Texture

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni!

This month's theme of A Blog Named Hero Challenge is Texture. I tried to add texture to my card without using embossing folder or embossing paste so I played with die cuts.

Tema mesečnega izziva za September na A Blog Named Hero je tekstura oz. uporaba/upodobitev le-te na vašem izdelku. Poskusila sem se izogniti uporabi reliefnih mapic in embosirne paste, tako da sem se malo igrala z izrezki.

The card base is shaded over my favourite Hero Arts stencil at the moment - Map Grid Stencil. I made an oval wreath out of a leave die from Memory Box. I added some shading with different ink pads and curled all the leaves a bit with my scissors. I cut three Leanna Butterflies from Simon Says Stamp, inked the wings and glued them together in the middle. Sentiment is from My Favourite Stamps stamp set. I also added 4 mm Sugar Plum mix sequence from Pretty Pink Posh for some rough texture.

Osnovno voščilnice sem senčila preko moje najljubše stencil šablone trenutno, to je Hero Arts Map Grid Stencil. Venček sem naredila s pomočjo izrezkov listnate vejice od Memory Box-a, ki sem jih senčila z različnimi blazinicami in vse listke rahlo ukrivila s pomočjo škarij. Izrezala sem tudi tri Leanna Butterflies metulje od Simon Says Stamp, rahlo senčila krila in jih skupaj zlepila le na sredini. Voščilo je iz enega izmed setov štampiljk od My Favourite Things. Na koncu pa sem dodala tudi mešanico Sugar Plum 4 mm bleščic za malce bolj ostro teksturo na voščilnici.

I hope you join the amazing design team from A Blog Named Hero this month and show your interpretation of Texture on your project.

Upam, da se pridružite ekipi A Blog Named Hero ta mesec in pokažete svojo interpretacijo teksture na vaših izdelkih.

Have a great day!

Želim vam super teden!

I'm adding this card into Texture Challenge over at A Blog Named Hero.

Friday Fun in Flowers

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I had days of this week completely messed up because we had holiday on Monday so there was no Work Time Wednesday this week. I apologise. But today I have one of my all time favourite stamp sets on my card again. Altenew's Painted Flowers that I combined with Wplus9 Pretty Peonies for some extra foliage.

Tale prosti ponedeljek mi je povsem zmešal dneve tega tedna in posledično ni bilo objave za Work Time Wednesday. Se opravičujem. Sem pa zato danes na plano ponovno privlekla enega izmed mojih najljubših setov štampiljk Painted Flowers od Altenew, pri Pretty Peonies od Wplus9 pa sem si izposodila še par zelenih delov. 

Thank you for coming over and have a great weekend.

Hvala za obisk in želim vam super konec tedna. 

Mateja

A Pop Of Color

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

Today I have a card coordinating with A Blog Named Hero challenge for the month of August that is Pop of Color. I used Altenew stamps and Soft Brown as my neutral colour and added the pop by  using Raspberry Jam and one of peony layers. 

Danes imam za vas voščilnico v skladu s temo izziva meseca avgusta na A Blog Named Hero - Pop of Color. Uporabila sem Altenew set štampiljk in Soft Brown blazinico za nevtralno barvo, ki sem ji dodala Raspberry Jam barvo s pomočjo ene izmed plasti, ki je namenjena senčenju cvetov.

I hope you join the talented ladies over at A Blog Named Hero. You can win a gift certificate for amazing Simon Says Stamp store.

Upam, da se pridružite nadarjenim ustvarjalkam na A Blog Named Hero. Morda vam celo uspe pridobiti darilni bon za spletno trgovino Simon Says Stamp.

Have a great day!

Želim vam super dan! 

I'm entering this card into Pop of Color Challenge over at A Blog Named Hero and gallery at Najlepši par. 

Work Time Wednesday with Happy Mail

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I got a very happy mail from Michell with Hero Arts Map Grid Stencil inside. Thank you, Michelle! :) It's awesome and I had to use it today.

Dobila sem zelo veselo pošto s Hero Arts Map Grid plastično šablono v notranjosti, ki mi jo je poslala Michelle. Danes sem ga morala preizkusiti in sem navdušena nad njim :) 

Thank you for coming over and have a great day!

Hvala za obisk in želim vam super dan! 

Mateja

Voščilnico dodajam v julijsko galerijo Najlepšega para.

Work Time Wednesday with Sizzix

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I forget about these dies that I have from Sizzix. I usually reach for my Memorybox butterflies and leave this stamp-dies combo at the back of my storage. Today I made two cards using Distress ink, stencils, butterflies and some bling :)

Vedno pozabim na te šablone metuljev od Sizzixa. Običajno najprej zagrabim metulje od Memoryboxa in ta set štampiljk in rezalnih šablon ostane v ozadju moje škatle. Danes sem naredila dve voščilnici z Distress blazinicami, plastičnimi šablonami, metulji in nekaj bleščečimi elementi :)

Thank you for coming over and have a great day!

Hvala za obisk in želim vam super dan! 

Mateja

Using Up Your Technique Piece with Hero Arts # 2

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I had a second background piece made from a couple of weeks ago and I used it to make four birthday cards today. I switched up the sentiment a bit and used different Pretty Pink Posh sequins. Today I used star dies in three different sizes.

Imela sem še eno pripravljeno ozadje izpred nekaj tednov, ki sem ga danes uporabila za izdelavo štirih rojstnodnevnih voščilnic. Uporabila sem zvezdice v treh različnih velikostih in malo spremenila voščila. Za nekaj leska sem uporabila različne kombinacije Pretty Pink Posh bleščic. 

Thank you for coming over and I hope you got inspired to look at your technique pieces in a bit of a different way. 

Hvala za obisk in upam, da ste dobili navdih za svoje kreacije, predvsem pa da boste na različne "poskusne" kose kartona gledali na malo drugačen način. 

Voščilnice prijavljam galerijo Najlepšega para za mesec marec. 

Work Time Wednesday Painted Butterflies

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I made three cards with Altenew Painted Butterflies today and I made them all one layer. I set up a challenge for myself and I love this set of stamps. Such a beautiful look.

Naredila sem tri voščilnice, pri katerih sem uporabila Altenew Painted Butterflies set štampiljk in jih naredila v eni sami ravnini. Običajno imam s tem težave in sem si tako postavila dvojni izziv. Resnično je ta set metuljev naravnost čudovit.

First I combined butterflies with Wplus9 Ranunculus stamp set.

Najprej sem metulje dodala cvetličnemu aranžmaju Wplus9, ki sem ga uporabila prejšnji teden.

Second one is combined with Peony Bouquet and Perfect pearls.

Pri drugi voščilnici sem za cvetlični del uporabila potonike, metuljem pa sem dodala nekaj Perfect Pearls. 

And last but not least I made a CAS card using only sentiment and butterflies (with some Sparkling Clear sequins).

In zadnji primer je CAS voščilnica z metulji in voščilom, ki sem jim dodala le nekaj Sparkling Clear bleščic. 

Thank you for coming over and have a great day!

Hvala za obisk in želim vam čudovit dan! 

Mateja

Using Up Your Technique Piece with Hero Arts

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I shared two technique pieces on our A Blog Named Hero Facebook Page last week and today I'm sharing three cards that I made with one of those pieces.

Prejšnji teden sem na Facebook strani A Blog Named Hero delila dve ozadji in danes imam za vas pripravljene tri voščilnice, pri katerih sem uporabila eno izmed ozadji.

I die cut 9 butterflies out of that sponged background. I used three different birthday sentiments in Slovene and added different sparkle element to each - Liquid Pearls, rhinestones and Sparkling Clear sequins.

Izrezala sem 9 metuljev in senčenega ozadja in jih razporedila po treh voščilnicah. Za vsako sem uporabila drugačno voščilo in malce menjala postavitev, na vsaki voščilnici pa je tudi drugačen svetleč element. Uporabila sem Liquid Pearls, draguljčke in Sparkling Clear bleščice. 

This sponged piece would also be perfect for some Easter eggs. They would look adorable.

Tudi velikonočna jajčka, izrezana iz tega papirja, bi verjetno zgledala super. Bo potrebno preizkusiti. 

Thank you for coming over and have a great day!

Hvala za obisk in želim vam super dan! 

I'm entering this cards into A Blog Named Hero Rainbow Challenge, the third one into A Bit O' Green Simon Says Wednesday Challenge and the second one into March Gallery over at Najlepši par.

Firday Fun finishing the cards

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I promised three finished cards on Wednesday and here they are.

V sredo sem obljubila dokončane voščilnice in to je to.

First one is a Thank you card. I combined craft and green. I added some Pretty Pink Posh sequins and Wink of Stella on the frame and sentiment. 

Na prvi voščilnici sem združila kraft in zeleno barvo. Dodala sem še različno velike bleščice Pretty Pink Posh in nekaj Wink of Stella bleščic na okvirju in izrezku hvala. 

I stamped a full peony in purple for my second one along with a few leaves and cut them all out. With an added circle die and some embossed cardstock I stamped half on my sentiment in black (Best) and die cut the other one (wishes) from black cardstock. I had to add some Stickles glitter in different shades. 

Za drugo voščilnico sem odtisnila in izrezala cvet in par listov. S pomočjo šablon sem izrezala še krog in suho embosirala par trakov kartona. Del voščila sem odtisnila s črno blazinico, drugi del pa sem iz črnega kartona izrezala. Nisem se mogla upreti in sem na različne dele dodala različne odtenke Stickles bleščic. 

I kept it simple for the darkest background. I die cut two butterflies and the Congratulations sentiment from silver glitter paper and added a silver strip on the left side and a decorative piece of white cardstock on the right side. This could easily be a wedding card with that colour scheme. 

Za najtemnejše ozadje nisem želela pretiravati. Iz srebrnega bleščečega papirja sem izrezala voščilo in dva metulja ter dodala še ozek trak na levi strani. Da sem malo razbila pestro ozadje, sem na desni strani nalepila dekorativno izrezan kos belega kartona. Morda bi to lahko bila poročna voščilnica za poroko v takšni barvni shemi. 

Thank you for coming over and have a great end of the week.

Hvala za obisk in želim vam super konec tedna. 

Mateja

I'm adding the first card into March gallery over at Najlepši par, second card into Floral Work It Wednesday Challenge and Touchy Feely Challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge (dry embossed strips) and finally the last card into Take a Leap Into the Unknown Simon Says Monday Challenge (wedding card).

Work Time Wednesday with Hero Arts and Distress Markers

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

At the beginning of the year there were a bunch of goals flying around even in the crafting community. One caught my attention. Jennifer McGuire said that she will try to make multiple cards in one go. If you're making one, you can easily make two. I tried that today. I love this poppy stamp set from Hero arts and I used Distress markers to colour stamp and then spritzed some water and stamped it. I repeated water and stamping again and got two images. It would be a waste not to make the second impression since it is softer, but still beautiful.

Na začetku leta je bilo povsod ogromno novoletnih zaobljub in ciljev tudi v ustvarjalnem svetu. Ena izmed teh izjav mi je ostala v glavi. Jennifer McGuire je rekla, da je v novem letu njen cilj narediti več voščilnic na enkrat. Če delaš eno, je zelo hitro lahko narejena še ena. To teorijo sem danes preizkusila. Štampiljko Hero Arts sem pobarvala z Distress markerji in vse skupaj poškropila z malo vode. Naredila sem odtis in postopek z vodo ponovila še enkrat. Drugi odtis je svetlejši, vendar bi bilo škoda, da ga ne bi naredila. 

Thank you for coming over and have a great day.

Hvala za obisk in želim vam čudovit dan! 

Mateja

I'm adding the second card into A Blog Named Hero A Bit of Sparkle Challenge. 

Work Time Wednesday with Najlepši par

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

Today's focus is a stencil that has a corner flower cluster and two big sentiments Thank you and Congratulations. I utilized the flowers for my first card and used some modellier creme from Viva. I stamped my bear on the inside and coloured him with my watercolour pencils.

Danes sem se osredotočila na plastično šablono Najlepšega para z dvema napisoma in kotom z rožicami. Na prvi voščilnici sem uporabila del z rožicami in preko šablone nanesla nekaj Viva modelirne kreme. Na sredino sem odtisnila medvedka in ga pobarvala z akvarelnimi barvicami.  

My second card is a super vibrant one. I sponged three primary colours over the Congratulations part and made a rainbow sentiment. I cut it out and glued it on my stencilled background. I had to add a butterfly that I also sponged and some Stickles.

Druga voščilnica pa je zelo barvita, saj sem s pomočjo treh primarnih barv preko šablone nasenčila mavrične čestitke in jih nato izrezala. Napis sem prilepila na osnovo, na katero sem preko druge šablone senčila ozadje. Morala sem dodati še metulja, ki sem ga pobarvala na enak način, za piko na I pa je bilo še nekaj Stickles bleščic. 

Thank you for coming over and have a great day!

Hvala za obisk in želim vam čudovit dan! 

Mateja

Voščilnici dodajam v februarsko galerijo Najlepšega para.