A Beautiful Place

This card is on the Hero Arts Blog today and it's my last official card for my Hero Hostess term. These three months have really flown by and I am so grateful to Hero Arts for this amazing opportunity! I decided to combine the Hero Arts July Contest's Summer Adventures theme and technique challenge of Creating Paper Flowers.

I started this card by stamping the Designer Woodgrain on the card base. I used the two small flower dies from Bold Pop Designs to punch many layers of white and mauve Japanese rice paper that I had in my stash. I layered them in alternating colours, secured everything with a brad in the centre and embellished them with buttons threaded with baker's twine. Then I ruffled all the layers to give the flowers dimension. The sentiment frame is from Sending You Love and was die cut with the coordinating Small Tag Frame. The sentiment is from Wonderful World.

I'll be hosting a Hero Arts Scramble the first weekend in August so please mark your calendars! I will announce the exact date and time soon. There will be prizes!! ;)

Sources: Gina K Designs pure luxury white cardstock; Japanese white & mauve rice paper; DCWV glitter cardstock; Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain; Hero Arts+Sizzix Bold Pop Designs; Hero Arts Sending You Love; Hero Arts+Sizzix Small Tag Frame; Hero Arts+Studio Calico Wonderful World; VersaColor Sky Gray pigment ink; Hero Arts Soft Leaf shadow ink; Hero Arts Iris chalk ink; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Basic Grey buttons; The Twinery Honeydew baker's twine; foam tape