Arabian Nights ~ Once Upon a time...

 

Igjen har jeg funnet frem Hero Arts sitt klubb nydelige klubbkit med '1001 natt' tema dies og stempler fra desember ifjor, denne gang sammen med et par av mine absolutt eldste stempler ~ All Night Media øyenstikkeren må vel være rundt 20 år gammelt for det var allerede et godt brukt stempel da jeg kjøpte det for mer enn ti år siden, og både Lazar StudioWerx snirkel stemplet og Whiff of Joy jenta inni er fra stempelsett jeg kjøpte i 2010! 
De holder seg godt :) Selv om jeg nok har ti ganger flere digitale stempler, så er det fremdeles mine kjære gummistempler jeg elsker mest ♥

I have yet again taken out and played with my fabulous Scheherazade / Arabian nights theme Hero Arts Monthly clubkit from december last year ~ this time pairing it with a couple of my oldest stamps of my collection. The All Night Media dragonfly has got to well around 20 years old by now, as it was already old and well used when I bought it second-hand more than ten years ago. And both the swirl stamp from Lazar StudioWerx and the Whiff of Joy girl inside my card is of a stampset I bought back in 2010! All three gone out of business ages ago...
Talking about oldies but goodies! :) Even if I probably have ten times more digistamps than I do rubber and clear, the sweet rubberstamps will always be my not-so-secret-hoarding-addiction and absolute favourites ♥

You can see my other creations with this Hero Arts kit by clicking here :)

 
I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on] (checked out on April 14th.)
● Allsorts #458. ~ Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes! [March 16th.]
● Happy Little Stampers ~ March: Anything Goes with Dies! [March 31st.]
● LTSCB #107. ~ Anything Goes [March 31st.]
● Crafty Creations #362. ~ Always AG [March 26th.]
● Outlaws Saturday Paper Ala Mode ~ Fantasy & Stories PAM03102018[March 16th.]

EDIT: My card was just featured on the Outlaws forum, thank you :)
.. and I won a prize from Bugaboo also as a March winner at Outlaws ♥

● Retarte #117. ~ Anything Goes [March 26th.]
● Artistic Inspirations #195. ~ Anything Goes [March 18th.]
● Creative Knockouts #236. ~ Diecuts/Punches [March 14th.]

inside detail

Stamps/Images: Hero Arts MMH December 2017 Kit stamps & co-ordinating dies. All Night Media 'Dragonfly'. The Elisabeth Bell rubberstamp girl inside the card, is from the Whiff of Joy 'WOJ April 2010 kit - Scheherazade 1001 Nights'. Creative Stamping magazine issue #42. 'the Enchantment collection' stamp set. Lazar StudioWERX Inc rubberstamp 'Funky Holidays' (swirl). Digital circle journalingframe from Createwings Designs 'Tiny Treasure kit'.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Prima marketing inc. 'Reflections' Designerpapers 6x6 paperstack.
Embellishments: Galerie & Europris rhinestone embellies. Notabene gold glitter gavebånd/paper ribbon.

Tools: I always use my Scor-Pal to score n fold my cards. My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams.

Dies: Fancy window die from the december Hero Arts kit. Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Grand Labels One LF-161'. Sizzix Bigz Tim Holtz Die w Texture Fades embossingfolder 'Layered Butterfly'. Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson Finishing Touches 'Wispy Fronds dies'. Apple Blossom Floral Frames Collection 'Rose Butterfly' die set.
Essentials/Adhesives: Gluedots. Scor-Pal Scor-Tape Double Side Adhesive tape 5inch x 27yd (HUGE! great value bought on Blitsy). 3D foam/mosegummi. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape). Rangers Glossy accents. Misc. Ranger Stickles & Tonic Nuvo drops.

Techniques/Mediums:  I used misc. Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers.  To heat emboss sentiment & the big butterfly I used a Versamark inkpad, a heat gun tool and 'Aladine poudre à embosser OR gold' plus a white Hero Arts embossingpowder.
The background behind the fancy frame die is made with a really tacky sheet of tape behind, then rubbing some yummy Indigoblu Megaflake Chocolate Box gildingflakes on the panel.