Jen Kray

Hi friends and happy Wednesday! This week, A Blog Named Hero are celebrating their 10th Anniversary as a Challenge Blog. They have monthly challenges, to share their love of all things Hero Arts. The celebrations are encouraging everyone to share their favorite card they've made using HA products over the last 10 years. 

Hello there! Today I've dipped into my watercolours and die cuts to create a large tag card, 15cm x 7.5cm.  This is the first time I've die cut into watercolour card and all I can say is...why have I not done this before?! I'm sure you've been doing this for years but to me it's new and I'm EXCITED!  So, I started off with a basic watercolour background for my tag, using  Kuretake Gansai Tambi Japanese Watercolours. I then die cut the  Tonic Beautiful Blooms and again used my watercolours on them. Then I hacked into a Tonic sentiment topper, added a few embellishments and popped it all together. A closer look at the watercolour background and some of the detail.  I used cord, watercolour paper and flower buds to make the centre of this flower. Isn't it lovely? I also used multiple layers of watercolours for a little depth on each flower.  I then cut out a Tonic sentiment topper and layered it with black card to make it pop. The finished tag card is lovely a...

Today I would like to share a few of my makes for the recent 'Boutique Floral' collection from Craftwork Cards. The collection is so beautiful and delicate and I absolutely love it. You can currently see it  here  and further inspiration can be found on Pinterest here .  It's been a hectic month and was nice to check out for a couple hours at a time and sit and craft. I don't know about you but when I come in from a long work day, making pretty things helps me to relax and unwind.  My first share is this really cute crate/gift box that is perfect to fill with chocolates or cookies as a little thank you or just because treat for someone. I've made up a few more of these since and everyone has loved them!   Next I created a 6x6 card and box, which is perfect for that girly birthday.   A 5 minute CAS card using the die cut flowers and double sided papers. Another CAS stamped single layer card with ProMarkers. The Craftwork Cards card blanks take ink really rea...