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Hero Arts Shadow Inks

Specially designed to use with Hero Arts Shadow Stamps, these subtle washes of ink flow into the paper creating soft edged backgrounds. Whether you use them on tags, cards or the pages of your journal, the possibilities are endless. These pads can be applied directly to the paper for exquisite watercolor washes.

The pads measure approximately 1" x 1" and come in 8 luscious colors: Soft Peach, Soft Rose, Soft Lilac, Soft Stone, Soft Silver, Soft Celery, Soft Sage, and Soft Gold

Price: $1.75 each

School Day Memories Lunch Box
by Mona Gettmann
Remove the handle and fasteners from a Paper Mache Large Lunch Box (5DCLUNCHLG). Cut Child's Day Decoupage Paper 20" x 28" (5CPCHD - Discontinued) into panel. Tear the edges of the panels into panels to fit the sides, the lid of the lunch box, and two panels into the dimensions of the curved side panels a shown. Sponge the edges of the panels with Soft Stone ink (5HA SISTONE). Age the panels with Soft Stone and Soft Wheat (5HA-SIWHE) inks. Attach the torn-edge panels to the Paper Mache Large Lunch Box as shown. Using A-B-Seas Stamp Set (5AMSTAMPSET), stamp text with Jet Black StazOn Ink Pad (5TS-BLACK), between the panels, and along the edges of the lunch box. Place a length of black twill through the holes in the lid to create a handle. Tie black thread through a Newsprint Button (5DD-7080 - Sold Out) and tie a knot. Lace a Black Elastic (5SG-8122 - Discontinued) under the thread on the back of the button and through the holes in an elongated diamond from Heart Charm Set (5DD-7092). Place the prepared Black Elastic through the hole in the front panel of the lunch box. Place second Black Elastic through the hole in the lid of the lunch box. Loop the button under the top Elastic to create a closure. Handwrite or computer-generate a greeting on a small cream gift card. Place the card in a Glassine Envelope (5CB2X2). Attach the envelope to the handle with a cream Handmade Pin with a heart charm attached. Cut out a small child’s face from a Mini Mix Collage Sheet (5ARMIX). Cut an acetate panel and the face panel into the dimensions of a Rectangle Frame Charm (5DD-7093) Sold Out. Slide the two panels into the frame and fold down the prongs. Attach the frame to a length of black fiber. Tie the fiber around the handle.