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Encouragement Cards, Just Because Cards

You Are Extraordinary Wonderful Amazing | Hero Arts November 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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Hello and welcome! We’re blog hopping today to celebrate the November Hero Studio collection. These sets are available by subscription so if you’re not already a monthly subscriber, be sure to check out all of the Hero Studio subscriptions options!

This month’s book theme is so cozy! The November 2025 Card Kit of the Month includes:

  • To Be Read Pile 4×6 Clear Stamp Set
  • To Be Read Pile Coordinating Dies
  • Happy Place Die Set
  • Professional Bookworm 3×4 Stamp & Cut
  • Gold Hero Wax, 1 oz.
  • 10 Sheets of Cardstock- 1 of each color, 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Bellini, Coral, Carrot, Terra Cotta,
  • Beeswax, Saffron, Tuscan, Peridot, Seaside, Waterfall)

You Are Extraordinary Wonderful Amazing

For this card, I used the fun To Be Read stamps and dies from the Card Kit of the Month. I die cut the individual books from Coral, Carrot, Terra Cotta, and Tuscan cardstock (included in the kit) and then glued them to the base layer that I cut from white cardstock. I chose different spine designs and titles and stamped them in Onyx Pigment Ink.

Next, I used the November 2025 Cling Stamp of the Month: Checkerboard to create a tone-on-tone checkered background. I started with a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Chiffon cardstock and then used Ultra Fine Clear embossing powder to heat emboss the pattern.

I trimmed about half an inch off the length and width of the checkered panel, keeping the checkered pattern as centered as possible. Then I used foam tape to adhere the stack of books and more foam tape to adhere the card front to an A2 card base.

You Are The Best, End of Story

My next card features the November 2025 Layering Stencils of the Month: On the Shelf.

I used Pale Tomato, Dandelion, and Cornflower Core Inks to stencil the different stencil layers. Then, I used white embossing powder to heat emboss a stamped image from the November 2025 Stamp & Cut of the Month: One Page at a Time set onto Dahlia cardstock before cutting it out when the coordinating die.

To assemble the card, I glued the stenciled panel to an A2 card base and then glued a strip of Dahlia cardstock which I scored, three times vertically, with a bone folder. I glued on the stamped image to finish.

Thank you so much for visiting! Your next stop is Nichol Spohr!

Giveaway

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, October 5th, 2025 at 11:59pm PT. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Leave a comment on all stops for more chances to win!

Blog Hop List

Hero Arts
Anna Mahtani
Channin Pelletier
Charlene Madrid
Jeannie Lieu
Jennifer Kotas
Karen Brown
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Polite
Rachel Kleinman
Rosie Lopez
Seeka <– You are here
Nichol Spohr

Animal Cards, Fall Cards, Thank You Cards

Fall Is My Favorite Color | Hero Arts September 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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Hello and welcome! We’re blog hopping today to celebrate the September Hero Studio collection. These sets are available by subscription so if you’re not already a monthly subscriber, be sure to check out all of the Hero Studio subscriptions options!

This month’s fall theme is so cozy! The September 2025 Card Kit of the Month includes:

        • Fall is my Favorite 6×8 Stamp Set
        • Fall is my Favorite Coordinating Dies
        • Treehouse Die Set
        • Sunset Enamel Dots
        • Brown Twine, 1 yard
        • 10 Sheets of Cardstock- 1 of each color, 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Truffle, Merlot, Cinnamon, 
                     Terra Cotta, Carrot, Coral, Bellini, Beeswax, Saffron, Tuscan)

Fall Is My Favorite Color

For my card, I stamped, colored, and die cut three pumpkins and then framed them using a stenciled panel out of which I die cut an arched window. I used foam tape to create some dimension between the stenciled panel and a card base and then used foam tape to adhere the pumpkins.

Supplies:

Thankful For You

My second card features the sweet Cozy Kitty bonus die set when you purchase The Whole Studio which includes ALL 5 of the monthly subscriptions in one discounted buy. I die cut the pieces of the kitty and his little friend from color cardstock and then glued the pieces together. Then I used foam tape to adhere the critters to the arched fallout piece from the first card I made and framed it with another arched panel. To finish, I glued the arched piece to a white card base and stamped a sentiment from the Card Kit of the Month.

Supplies:

Thank you so much for visiting! To start the hop from the beginning, head over to Hero Arts.

Giveaway

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Friday, September 5th, 2025 at 11:59pm PT. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Leave a comment on all stops for more chances to win!

Blog Hop List

Hero Arts
Anna Mahtani
Channin Pelletier
Charlene Madrid
Jeannie Lieu
Jennifer Kotas
Karen Brown
Lea Lawson
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Polite
Nichol Spohr
Rachel Kleinman
Rosie Lopez
Seeka <– You are here

Birthday Cards, Celebration Cards

Happy Happy Happy Birthday To You | Hero Arts March 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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

My first card features the Card Kit of the Month. This kit has bows galore and a gorgeous cover plate that creates a streamer effect that is perfect to frame a celebratory sentiment. I blended Amethyst, Ultra Pink, Pale Tomato, Dandelion, Green Apple, and Cornflower Core Inks across a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Dove White cardstock. Then I used the cover die the cut another 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of of white cardstock as well as a panel of Paradise cardstock, making sure to keep the large center fall-out piece from the Paradise panel. I glued the white cover piece over the ink-blended background and then glued the Paradise fall-out piece into the center opening.

I heat embossed and die the happy sentiment three times using white embossing powder and Paradise cardstock. I also heat embossed the smaller sentiment onto the card front. Using foam tape, I adhered the three die-cut sentiments to the card front and then I glued the card front to a card base.

It’s Your Day

My second card features the super fun Layer Stencils of the Month: It’s Your Day set. Just a few easy-to-line-up stencil layers and your choice of colors creates a fun full-A2-sized card front! For this quick card, I blended a rainbow of colors over the stencils and onto a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of white cardstock: Amethyst, Ultra Pink, Pale Tomato, Papaya, Dandelion, Green Apple, Cornflower, and Summer Sky. Then I used die from the Rounded Rectangles Infinity dies to trim the panel. To assemble the card, I used foam tape to adhere the stenciled panel to an Ultra Pink card base.

Thank you so much for visiting! Your next step in the hop is Nichol Spohr!

Giveaway

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Saturday, March 8 at 11:59pm PST. 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
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Polite
Natasha Vacca
Rachel Kleinman
Rosie Lopez
Seeka <– You are here
Special Guests:
Nichol Spohr
Rebecca Keppel

Holiday Cards

Merry Christmas | Kristina Werner With Concord & 9th Inaugural Release!

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Hello and welcome! It’s release day for Kristina Werner’s brand new line with Concord & 9th and I’m so excited to share a few cards with you. You can find her amazing new release over in the Concord & 9th shop, and be sure to check out C9’s new holiday release as well! I’m really in love the sophisticated, clean, and graphic designs, and Kristina’s gorgeous lettering makes for a beautifully well-rounded collection.

I have three cards to share so let’s dive in!

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Miss You Cards, Thanksgiving Cards

Missing You So | Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember 2024 Release

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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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