Hello and welcome! It’s Simon Says Stamp release day and the new Splendor release is live in the shop!
I have a quick and easy card to share today; it features the new Fine Floral Stem Die and a few elements from the Lots Of Luck stamp set.
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Hello and welcome! The new Hero Arts 2024 Spring Catalog collection is live and we’re celebrating with a blog hop full of inspiration and a giveaway. If you’d like to start from the beginning, head on over to the Hero Arts blog.
I have three cards to share today so let’s dive in!
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Hello and welcome! It’s release day at Hero Arts and we’re celebrating the February release with a blog hop and a giveaway. If you’ve arrived from visiting Mindy Eggen, you’re right on track!
The February My Monthly Hero Kit is about peace and friendship reminding us that we all share the same sky, the same hopes and dreams. This kit features a 6″ x 8″ clear stamp set filled with beautiful, serene floral images and sentiments that will expand your creative horizons. Also included are a bountiful 17 coordinating dies and 4 tag fancy dies. The kit is rounded out with twine, an ink cube, and a generous amount of white cardstock.
The Premium Kit includes additional elements to extend the potential for more cards and projects – even more Creativity in the Box! In addition to all the Classic Kit components, the highlight of the Premium kit includes a Radiant Sun Stencil and a whopping 48 pieces of ephemera, featuring colorful flowers, hearts, butterflies, and words. Also included is a 3″ x 4″ clear stamp filled with positive messages, word fancy dies, and embossing powder.
My first card features a stamped and die cut image from the kit against a background made with the stencil that is included in the Premium version of the kit. I stamped and colored the bouquet and ribbon with Copic markers and then used foam tape to adhere the image to a background panel made with the stencil. I stamped a small sentiment (also from the kit) and then glued the panel to a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Arctic cardstock. To finish, I glued the card front to a card base.
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My second card features the Groovy Window Fancy Die, one of this month’s add-ons. For this quick and easy card I simply sprayed a 4.25″ x 5″ panel of white cardstock with two Hero Arts Two-Tone Metallic Sprays and then used the Groovy Window die to create a beautiful window in a panel of white cardstock. I glued the two panels together and then added a sentiment made with a stamp and die from the Cosmos and Lavender Bundle. To finish, I glued the card front to a card base.
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Thank you so much for visiting! Your next stop is Heather Ruwe. Be sure to read below for giveaway details!
Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, February 11th at 11:59pm PT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Hello and welcome to day two of the three-day countdown to Monday’s Hero Arts release! The fun new kit (and this link) goes live at 10am PT on February 5th.
For my card today I used Creamsicle and Lemon Drop Reactive inks to create a background using the stencil from the Premium kit. Then I use the small stamp set in the Premium kit to stamp this sentiment which I die cut using a die from the Circles Infinity die set. I die cut a slightly larger circle of vellum which I glued to the back of the sentiment.
To assemble the card, I used foam tape to adhere the sentiment piece to the background and then I glued the card front to a Dove White top-folded card base.
Be sure visit the Hero Arts Blog for giveaway information and to see more inspiration! And, I hope you’ll come back Monday for a blog hop celebrating the new release.
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Hello friend, I hope you’re having a nice weekend! Today I have another card that features goodies from the Simon Says Stamp Sweetheart release. For this card I used the new Tessellating Snowflakes embossing folder and the new Just My Type: Friend layering stencil and die bundle (also available as separate stencils and die set).
I started off by creating the background. I placed a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of white cardstock in the embossing folder and ran it through my die cutting machine, following the sandwich instructions that came with my machine. I turned the resulting panel over so that the smooth side, with indentations pushed down into the panel, was facing up and used a Tim Holtz Medium Distress Brayer to brayer Seafoam ink over the panel. Then I trimmed 3/8″ off both the length and width of the panel.
Next, I worked on the sentiment. I used the four-piece layering stencil set, large blending brushes, and Sweets, Watermelon, Blush, and Peony Pawsitively Saturated inks to create the colorful striped sentiment. The stencils are very easy to line up, especially with the registration marks that are at the corners of each stencil. And, each layer of the stencil includes two sentiments (the other is “thank you”) so it’s an easy two-for-one! I used the coordinating dies to cut out the sentiment, cut two more sentiment shapes from heavy white cardstock, and then glued the layers together to make a heavier and thicker piece.
To assemble the card, I used foam tape to adhere the embossed panel to a 4.25″ x 5.5″ card base and then glued on the sentiment.
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