Welcome back to friendship week here on the blog! Today I have the special honor of introducing our newest Web Artist, Kelly Rasmussen! 

Kelly is super talented — I stand in awe of her simple, elegant designs.  You can learn more about her HERE in her Hero Arts Artist Bio.

As you may recall, Kelly was Sally’s pick for our very first Win-A-Day On the Blog Contest — you can read more about their day together HERE. Sally told me that she is so sweet and a true gem!

And, we didn’t know it at the time that she was picked, but she is Tami’s little sister. She is the one who introduced Tami to stamping — kicking and screaming from the sounds of it, ha ha ha!  We are so glad that she did.  What talented sisters!  And they are good friends, too!  Tami says:

“It’s true…Kelly introduced me to stamping many moons ago!  I was living in California at the time and she flew out for a visit and brought an entire suitcase full of stamps and supplies for us to play with.  I was in awe of her then, and I am in awe of her now. I love that we can share this hobby…the stamping as well as the shopping part!  Everything is more fun with her. :)  I’m lucky enough to have received (probably hundreds!) of Kelly’s gorgeous creations over the years. Each one is tucked away in a special box. Most of all, I’ve been lucky to have her as a friend for my entire life. She inspires me in so many ways. Kelly, here’s to you!  I’m so happy for you and I love you!  Congrats, little sis!”

Now, check out this friendship card that Kelly made in her signature style.  I just love everything about it — the layout, the colors, and her clever use of the Screen Shadow and the swirl from the Clear Design: Big Circles set.  Feast your eyes…

Card by Kelly Rasmussen

Featured Supplies:

• Screen Shadow
• Clear Design: Big Circles
• Clear Design: Thoughtful Messages
• Light Kraft Long Notecards
• Pool Notecards
• Colorbox Chalk Ink Queue - Pumpkin Patch
• Soft Pool Shadow Ink
• VersaMark Stamp Pad
• White Embossing Powder
• Spring Felt Buttons
• Art Flowers White & Cream
• Assorted Crystal Gemstones
• Other: white cardstock, Nestabilities scallop squares, buttons, teal permanent marker (to color gems), ribbon, twine, sewing

Kelly’s Tips:

• The screen shadow stamp is perfect for a subtle background. You can stamp images over the top of it without being too distracting.
• Hero Arts gemstones fit perfectly into the center of the felt flowers.
• To keep focus on your stamped image, stick with a solid colored ribbon. With my card, a white satin ribbon worked perfectly.

I just couldn’t resist making a card inspired by Kelly’s color scheme of pool + browns using some of the new stamps from the just released What’s Cooking Supplement!

Card by Lisa Spangler

Featured Supplies:

• NEW Clear Design: Birthday
• NEW Dots
• NEW Wood Finish
• Teal Gemstones
• Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue
• Soft Sand Shadow Ink
• Chocolate & Blueberries Chalk Ink Queue
• Light Kraft Long Notecards (for the chocolate chip cookies!), Crimson, Chocolate Notecards
• Other: ribbon (Bazzill), colored pencils (Prismacolor)

Lisa’s Tips:

• To color the chocolate chip cookies, stamp them on a  Light Kraft Long Notecard, then add shading with a cream colored pencil
• If you see a layout that you love, why not try to modify it?  I loved Kelly’s layout, but my background piece was much bigger than hers.  So, I used a pool strip + moved it up instead of the white ribbon, and used the stack of cookies as my vertical element.
• This color combination is great for masculine cards.

YAY, Kelly!  Welcome to the Hero Arts team! Can’t wait to see what you come up with for Cards of the Week + other Web Artist projects! Can’t wait to get to know you better, too!

Please join me in welcoming Kelly — I know she’d love to hear from you!  You can leave her a comment here on this post.

Hooray for friendships new + old!

PS.  There’s still time to enter the friendship giveaway! Click on over here to this post to enter.

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