Category: Holiday Cards

Holiday Cards

Have A Ball This Christmas | Hero Arts October 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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Hello and welcome! We’re blog hopping today to celebrate the October Hero Studio collection. These sets are available by subscription so if you’re not already a monthly subscriber, be sure to check out all of the Hero Studio subscriptions options!

This month’s holiday theme is a ball! The October 2025 Card Kit of the Month includes:

  • Deck the Halls with Disco Balls 6×8 Stamp Set
  • Deck the Halls with Disco Balls Coordinating Dies
  • Have a Ball Die Set
  • Gold Embossing Powder .5 oz
  • 10 Sheets of Cardstock- 1 of each color, 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Poppy, Dahlia, Tutu, Blush,  Alabaster, Beeswax, Tuscan, Fern, Seaside, Waterfall)
  • Two Sheets of Gold Matte Paper, 5.5″ x 8.5″ 

Have A Ball This Christmas

This fun card is made with elements and cardstock from the Card Kit of the Month (with the exception of the gold cardstock which is from my own stash; but gold matte paper IS included in the kit).

Merry Christmas

My second card features ornaments from the October 2025 Stamp & Cut of the Month: Sparkle & Shine on a background made with the October 2025 Cling Stamp of the Month: Starlight. I used the same cardstock colors as the first card (included in the kit: Seaside, Waterfall, Tutu, Dahlia, Poppy), matte gold cardstock, and white embossing powder to create the ornaments. Then I used Mist ink to stamp the background panel.

This month’s studio collection also includes a beautiful layering stencil set and a fun die set of twinkling lights!

Thank you so much for visiting! Your next stop is Rosie Lopez!

Giveaway

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, October 5th, 2025 at 11:59pm PT. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Leave a comment on all stops for more chances to win!

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Hero Arts
Nichol Spohr
Seeka < You are here
Rosie Lopez
Rachel Kleinman
Natasha Polite
Mindy Eggen
Michelle Short
Michelle Lupton
Lisa Tilson
Karen Brown
Jennifer Kotas
Jeannie Lieu
Charlene Madrid
Channin Pelletier
Anna Mahtani

Holiday Cards

Joy To The World | Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember 2025 Release

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Hello and happy STAMPtember! If we haven’t met before, welcome! You can always find me here on my blog or over on Instagram.

The Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release is live and today we’re celebrating with a blog party! Visit the Simon Says Stamp blog to see all of the participants, and be sure to take note of this special promo code for an awesome gift with purchase. There are different promo codes across the party so be sure to visit as many posts as you can!

My card today features the new Shiny Baubles stamps. Coordinating dies are also available separately or as a bundle with the stamps.

I used three trios of Pawsitively Saturated Inks and a gray to stamp the ornaments:

Then I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I cut out the images and sentiment and used foam tape to adhere them to a 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ panel of white cardstock that I dry embossed using the Glistening Snowflakes embossing folder. To finish, I glued the panel to a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Cornflower cardstock which I then glued to a top-folding A2 card base.

Thank you so much for visiting!

Holiday Cards

Happy Holidays | Altenew Stampwheel 2.0 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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Hello and welcome! Today we’re celebrating the Altenew Stampwheel 2.0 with a blog hop and giveaway! You can find giveaway information and the full blog hop list at the bottom of this post.

Compared to the original Stampwheel, the Stampwheel 2.0 features a larger work surface, a detachable side, and quarter inch markings on two sides of the base. The larger platform and detachable side are key in making it easy to use large sheets of paper and to position 6×6 stencils so that you can use the included sticky mat as a tool for holding both your stencil and paper in place!

For my cards today, I took advantage of the removable side in order to stamp a circular pattern of mistletoe onto a full 8.5″ x 11″ piece of white cardstock, which I then cut up into four A2 panels to make four cards.

Because the stamping is offset on the paper, I had a variety of patterns on my four A2 panels. Using a variety of supplies, I created four easy cards, each with their own style.

Supplies:

Thank you so much for stopping by! Check below for giveaway details and the full blog hop list to find your next stop!

Giveaway

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by November 19th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on November 21st, 2024.

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Holiday Cards

Merry Christmas | Hero Arts November 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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Hello and welcome! We’re blog hopping today to celebrate the Hero Arts November release. If you’re not already a monthly subscriber, be sure to check out all of the Hero Studio subscriptions options!

November’s Card Kit Of The Month has everything you need to create holiday cards and tags featuring sweet critters!

Merry Christmas

My first card today features a sweet fox from the Card Kit of the month. I stamped him in Intense Black ink and then used Copic markers to color him. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut him out.

Next, I created the wrapped box with the argyle stencil and dies from the kit. The box is made from Arctic cardstock; I used a blending brush and Aquatic ink for the stencilling and to create the darker lid. I cut the the ribbon pieces from Coral cardstock and glued them to the box and lid. I used foam tape to adhere the box, fox, and lid to an arched panel of white cardstock made using a die from the Arches Infinity Dies set, and then I added the stamped and die cut sentiment.

For the background, I stamped the Cling Stamp Of The Month in Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink onto an A2 panel of Coral cardstock to create a subtle tone-on-tone pattern. To finish the card, I glued the arched piece to the background and then glued the completed card front to a card base.

Meowy Catmess

My second card features the November Clear Set + Dies of the Month (Naughty Kitties).

I stamped and Copic-colored the kitty and broken ornaments before die-cutting them. Next, I made a background with the Poinsettia Stained Glass Pattern Stencil and Paradise Core Ink. I created a window panel with a die from the Pointed Arches Infinity Die Set and then used foam tape to adhere it to the background. To finish, I used more foam tape to adhere the kitty and ornaments in the window, added a sentiment, and glued the card front to a card base.

Thank you so much for visiting! Your next stop is Mindy Eggen. Be sure to read below for giveaway details!

Giveaway

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Wednesday, November 13 at 11:59pm Pacific time. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

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