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Hello and welcome! The new Hero Arts 2023 Holiday 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 four cards to share today so let’s dive in!

All Is Calm

My first card features the new Three Trees dies. I cut the trees from shades of teal cardstock and from gold glitter cardstock and then added tape on the back of the outlines and fall out pieces to hold them together. I used foam tape to adhere them to a tree and town scene and then added an ink-blended sky, a frame, and a sentiment.

Supplies:

• Three Trees dies
• Tri-Fold Edge Winter Pine dies
• Tri-Fold Edge Village dies
• Arches Infinity dies
• Northern Lights Polar Bears stamp set, Onyx pigment ink (sentiment)
• Paradise cardstock, Bermuda cardstock, Adriatic cardstock, Holiday Sparkle glitter paper (trees)
• Arctic cardstock, Aquatic ink, blending brush (sky background)
• Dove White cardstock

Merry Christmas

My second card features new hot foil plates and a new background stamp. I used tone-on-tone stamping for a subtle background that really lets hot foil bells shine!

Supplies:

• Jingle Bells hot foil plate
• Three Holiday Messages hot foil plates
• Falala Bold Prints background stamp
• Rectangle Infinity dies
• Coral, Dove White cardstocks
• Azalea ink (for the background stamp)

Season’s Greetings

This card features new snowflake hot foil plates that are extra sparkly thanks to Spellbinders Speckled Prism hot foil!

Supplies:

• Three Snowflake hot foil plates
• Three Holiday Messages hot foil plates
• Rectangle Infinity dies
• Lapis cardstock
• Dove White cardstock
• Nautical and blending brush (for the shading at the edges of the sentiment)

‘Tis The Season

My final card features a cute snowman peeking out from behind a tree. The new collection includes a peeking reindeer and a peeking elf, too!

Supplies:

• Peeking Snowman dies
• Merry Foliage stamp set (sentiment)
• Woodgrain Bold Prints background stamp
• Sand, Dove White, Pitch Black cardstocks
• Arctic cardstock, Aquatic ink, blending brush, white gouache (sky background)
• Copic Markers

Thank you so much for visiting! Your next stop is Anna Mahtani.

Giveaway

Hero Arts will give away two $50 gift cards, drawn from the comments left along the hop. Comment on all the blogs for more chances to win! You have until Thursday, August 31 at 11:59pm to enter. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog.