Happy Halloween

Hello and welcome! It’s release day at Hero Arts and we’re celebrating the September collection. If you aren’t yet familiar with the reimagined Hero Arts monthly subscription program that launched in June, be sure to check out the six new Hero Studio subscriptions options!

My first card features stamps and dies from the September Card Kit of the Month. This kit has everything you need for spooky projects this fall!

To create this card:

Use a die from the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies set to die cut a piece of masking paper and then mask off a a circle just above the center of a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of white cardstock
Use an extra large blending brush to blend Grape Juice and Nautical Core Inks over the exposed areas of the panel, blending the two colors together where they meet. Also blend Nautical over another piece of cardstock; this will be used for the skeletons and sentiment.
Use a small paint brush to splatter a bit of White Acrylic Spray over the top half of the panel; let the splatter dry
Remove the mask and stamp the spooky house and witch in Onyx pigment ink
Use Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink and white embossing powder to heat emboss the skeletons and sentiment, then use the coordinating dies to cut them out
Use foam tape to adhere the skeletons and sentiment onto the card front
Glue the card front to a card base.

I’ve Got My Eyes On You

This card features the September Fancy Dies of the Month as well as a the September Cling of the Month. I love how these come together to create a spooky portrait!

To recreate this card:

Stamp the cling background in Onyx pigment ink onto a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Amethyst cardstock
Cut the frame from another piece of Amethyst cardstock and a piece of gold vellum paper
Glue the vellum frame over the Amethyst frame; using regular glue creates visible streaks which add to the “age” of the frame
Spray the oval part of the Amethyst frame with Royal Purple + Gold Two-Tone Metallic Spray
Die cut the silhouette from Pitch Black cardstock
Stamp the sentiment (from 3×4 stamp set in the September Card Kit of the Month) in Onyx pigment ink at the bottom of the purple oval
Adhere the silhouette with foam tape
Adhere the oval and frame to the card front with foam tape
Glue the card front to a card base

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Giveaway

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, September 8th at 11:59pm Pacific time. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.