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.
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Hello and welcome! It’s release day at Hero Arts and we’re celebrating the June collection, including the reimagined Hero Arts monthly subscription program, now with six options! Every month you’ll have the following Hero Studio subscriptions options:
Subscribe by the first of the month to guarantee you receive the product and also get free (US) shipping on all Hero Studio subscriptions. You can add extra product to your order by Thursday of launch week and they will ship with no extra shipping charges. Hero Studio products are also available for purchase without a subscription at full price, while supplies last. Once they sell out, they are gone for good!
This month’s collection features bold urban images and textures. For this card I used the layering sky stamps in the June Hero Studio Cardmaking Kit to stamp the sky in a blend of Dusty Blue and Cornflower Core Inks, with just a bit of Summer Sky at the top, onto a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of white cardstock. For the white cloud layer, I just barely touched a Charcoal ink pad to the stamp before very lightly stamping down.
Next, I positioned the stencil from the kit over the bottom portion of the panel, making sure to overlap the bottom edge of the sky scene. Using an extra large blending brush, I blended a heavy layer of Charcoal ink over the stencil. Then I used a die from the Nesting Rectangles Infinity Die Set to cut the panel down to a smaller size.
For the sentiment, I used Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink and white embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment, which is also from the kit, and then to finish the card I used foam tape to adhere the card front to a card base.
My next card features the June Clear Set + Dies of the Month as well as the Decorative Tile Pattern Stencil. I stamped the images in Intense Black ink and then colored them with Copic markers. For the background, I stamped the floor tile pattern and then positioned the stencil above the floor. I blended Mist ink over the stencil to create a tiled wall.
To assemble the card, I trimmed the panel down and then used foam tape to adhere the stamped images and sentiment. Then used more foam tape to adhere the card front to a panel of Arctic cardstock and which I then glued to a card base.
Thank you so much for visiting! Your next stop is the wonderful Nicol Spohr. Be sure to read below for giveaway details!
Check out my previous post to see how I made this village scene using the June Layering Stencil of the Month!
Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by June 9th at 11:59pm PT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Hello and welcome to day one of the three-day countdown to Monday’s Hero Arts release! The beautiful new kit goes live at 10am PT on August 7th.
For this card, I used dies that are part of the Classic Kit and five colors of Hero Arts cardstock to create an easy, layered forest and mountain scene.
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Hello and welcome! Today we’re celebrating the new Altenew June 2023 Stamps, Dies, Stencils, and More release! If you arrived from visiting Laurie Patterson, you’re right on track. If you’d like to start from the top, please visit the Altenew Blog. Check the bottom of this post for giveaway information and the full blog hop list.
I have two cards to share today; let’s dive in!
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Hello and welcome! It’s release day at Hero Arts and we’re celebrating the April release with a blog hop full of inspiration and a giveaway. If you’ve arrived from visiting Pocono Pam, you’re right on track!
The April release is a fun, eclectic mix of florals and mixed media! The Premium Kit includes a 6″ x 8″ stamp set full of elements to mix and match for creating flower clusters, vases filled with blooms, and interesting patterns – either in the background or right on the flowers and vases themselves! Two red rubber cling stamps add even more pattern options. There are dies to cut out all of the elements, including the messages. An exclusive washi tape with a handwritten script pattern can be added to your design or on your envelopes, and four Core Ink cubes round out the items also available in the Classic version of this kit. The star of the upgraded Premium Kit are the Fancy Dies to cut out vases, greenery, and blooms. The options for die and color combinations are endless! Decorate the vases with the stamps, or use the fun doodle stencil included. The final element is a great set of enamel stickers, which match the fun & funky collage theme of this kit release!
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