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Thanks | Hero Arts February 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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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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Have A Good Day

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!

Giveaway

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.

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You Make My World Brighter | Hero Arts February 2024 My Monthly Hero Countdown + Giveaway

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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.

Thank you so much for visiting!

Friendship Cards, Just Because Cards

Hello Friend | Simon Says Stamp Sweatheart 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.

Thank you so much for visiting!

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

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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!

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Oh, Hello There | Simon Says Stamp Sweetheart Release

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Hello there, crafty friend!

The new Simon Says Stamp Sweetheart release is live and there are so many fun products to choose from! I have a few projects to share over the coming couple of weeks and I hope you’ll come back for a blog hop in a few days!

My card features the new Regal Hearts cling stamp. I created an ink-blended background with Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry, and Villainous Potion Distress Oxide inks and when it was dry, I used Wow Embossing Pad and Hero Arts White embossing powder to heat emboss the Regal Hearts pattern onto the panel.

Next, I used Versafine Clair Nocturne ink to stamp a sentiment from the Hello There Animals stamp set onto white cardstock. I die cut the sentiment using the coordinating dies (the stamp and die set are also available as a bundle) and then used foam tape to adhere the sentiment to the background. To finish, I used more foam tape to adhere the card front to a top-folding card base.

Thank you so much for visiting!