Love Cards – SkyPaperScissors

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

January’s Hero Studio collection “For the Love of Stamping” features a charming vintage typewriter, timeless hearts, and elegant florals. This collection is perfect for crafting heartfelt cards, love notes, and valentines for the ones you cherish most.

My first card features the January Card Kit of the Month. This kit is absolutely packed with stamps and dies! For the easy layered typewriter, I stamped in Paradise and Aquatic Core Inks, and Onyx Pigment ink. Then I used the coordinating die to cut it out. I also stamped and die cut the sheet of paper with the sentiment using other elements included in the kit.

For the background, I used the included large cover die from the kit to cut a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Ultra Pink cardstock (a half sheet is included in the kit). I love the beautiful texture this creates!

To finish, I glued the typewriter and sheet of paper together and then used foam tape to adhere it to the Ultra Pink panel. Then I glued the card front to a card base.

My next card features the Lots Of Love stencil. I blended Amethyst and Ultra Pink inks over the stencil, concentrating the pink in the center of a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of white cardstock. Then I used a two heart dies from the Card Kit of the Month to cut a small heart from the center of the stenciled panel, and a slightly larger heart from a piece of Passion Flower cardstock.

I glued the stenciled panel to a card base and then used foam tape to adhere the Passion Flower and stenciled hearts over the negative space left when I die cut the small heart out of the panel.

To finish, I die cut the sentiment from Iris cardstock using a die from the Love & Hearts die set and popped up at the center of the card front.

Thank you so much for visiting! Your next stop is Nichol Spohr. 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 Thursday, January 9 at 11:59pm Pacific time. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Blog Hop List

Hero Arts
Hero Arts Creative Team:
Anna Mahtani
Channin Pelletier
Charlene Madrid
Jeannie Lieu
Jennifer Kotas
Karen Brown
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Polite
Natasha Vacca
Rachel Kleinman
Rosie Lopez
Seeka <– You are here
Special Guests:
Nichol Spohr
Kelly Taylor

Just Because Cards, Love Cards

Hugs & Kisses | Simon Says Stamp Sweetheart Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 SkyPaperScissors

Hello and welcome! Today is day one of the Simon Says Stamp blog hop celebrating both the Smitten and Sweetheart releases and I’m very glad you’re here! If you’ve arrived from Lea Lawson’s blog, you’re right on track. And, if we haven’t met before you can find me here on my blog and also over on Instagram.

My card today features the gorgeous new Whirl Diamond Plate die and the Hugs & Kisses dies. I started off by using foam blending tools to blend Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide inks over a 4.25″ x 5″ panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock.

When the ink was dry, I used the Whirl Diamond Plate to cut it, taking care to keep the resulting panel upside down and to let the fallout pieces stay in place. I added foam circles to the backs of the fallout pieces, removed the release paper, and then placed a 4.25″ x 5″ panel of white cardstock over the piece to adhere it to the fallout pieces. Then, I rotated the Whirl Diamond Plate frame by 180 degrees and used more foam tape to adhere it to the panel.

Next, I die cut the sentiment three times from heavy white cardstock. I stacked and glued the layers together and then glued them to the background. To finish, I glued the card front to a card base.

Thank you so much for visiting! Your next stop is Jean Doeringsfeld. Be sure to check below for the full blog hop list and information about the giveaway, and don’t forget to swing by the Simon Says Stamp blog tomorrow to kick off day 2!

In case you missed it, here’s a card I shared earlier in the week that features the new Regal Hearts cling stamp!

Giveaway

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comments section. Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on January 17th, 2024. The winner can email Simon Says Stamp to claim their prize.

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Simon Says Stamp Galleries

Are you making projects with Simon Says Stamp products? Share them in the Simon Says Stamp galleries or just browse for inspiration! Visit the Smitten gallery and the Sweetheart gallery!

Just Because Cards, Love Cards

Love You | Hero Arts January 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

January 8, 2024January 21, 2024 SkyPaperScissors

Hello and welcome! It’s release day at Hero Arts and we’re celebrating the January release with a blog hop and a giveaway. If you’ve arrived from visiting Ilina Crouse, you’re right on track!

Looking for a way to express love, friendship, and joy to your loved ones? Look no further than the January 2024 My Monthly Hero Kit! Let your imagination run wild with the generous Color Layering Stencil set for countless possibilities. This flower-filled kit includes 5 Color Layering Stencils, Fancy Dies, a clear stamp message set, special watercolor paper, and inks: everything you need to create beautiful cards.

The Premium Kit includes additional elements to extend the potential for more cards and techniques – even more Creativity In The Box! In addition to all the Classic Kit components, the highlight of the expanded kit is an abundance of Fancy Dies. Hero Arts has also included Gold Leaf Flakes, a Sparkle Clear Lacquer Pen, and rounding out this generous kit is a beautiful Pink Gold Metallic Spray!

For my card today, I used elements from the Classic Kit. First, I used the stencils and blending brushes to create a floral panel. Though the kit comes with three gorgeous colors of ink, I used different colors from the Hero Arts line: Lemon Yellow, Creamsicle, Azalea, Grape Juice, and Mist. Then, I used the coordinating heart die to cut out a floral heart from the panel.

Next, for the background, I positioned the new Heart Burst stencil over a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of white cardstock and used the blending brush that I used with Grape Juice to brush lightly over the stencil. I did not re-ink the brush, there was plenty left on it from having blended the floral pattern. Then, I die cut the “love you” sentiment three times from white cardstock and stacked and glued the layers together to create a thicker sentiment.

To assemble the card, I used foam tape to adhere the heart to the background and then I glued the sentiment over top. Finally, I glued the card front to a top-folding card base.

And here’s another look at the card I shared over the weekend. This one uses elements from the Premium Kit.

Thank you so much for visiting! Your next stop is Natasha Vacca. 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 Sunday, January 14th at 11:59pm PT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Blog Hop List

Love Cards

Love | Hero Arts January 2024 My Monthly Hero Countdown + Giveaway

January 6, 2024January 7, 2024 SkyPaperScissors

Hello and welcome to day two of the three-day countdown to Monday’s Hero Arts release! The beautiful new kit goes live at 10am PT on January 8th.

For my card today I used dies from the Premium kit to die cut blooms and the sentiment out of Azalea, Ultra Pink, and Coral cardstocks. I also cut some small flowers from cardstock I created with goil foil that’s included in the kit.

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Love Cards

Sending Love | Hero Arts January 2023 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

January 9, 2023February 5, 2023 SkyPaperScissors

Hello and welcome! It’s release day at Hero Arts and we’re celebrating the love- and Valentine’s-themed January release with a blog hop full of inspiration and a giveaway. If you’ve arrived from visiting Pocono Pam, you’re right on track! You can start from the beginning by visiting the Hero Arts blog.

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, the January My Monthly Hero kit celebrates the “perfect match”. The centerpiece of this kit is dies to create a faux matchbox, which lies flat on your card or project and can be decorated and filled with the numerous stamps and dies included in the kit. But don’t stop there, let your imagination go wild with all of the possibilities this kit contains! Use the images on their own, build repeating patterns, or add them to planner pages, journals, and more! There is a beautiful stencil included, perfect for backgrounds or mixed media projects. The kit is rounded out with a pack of fun heart-themed sequins and five sheets of gorgeous cardstock.