I like easy interactive cards and ones that you can do different things with. This one is an example of that because you can use it as intended OR you can do something different. There’s a whole mechanism for this one for a pull but I wanted to use it to create a shaker and that’s what I did!
All my supplies for creating this card will be listed down below (with multiple sources when available) for your curiosity and convenience. Affiliate links used when possible.
Let’s start by taking a closer look at the December Card Kit of the Month.
Includes:
Clear Stamp Set, 6” x 8”
15 Coordinating Dies
Floral Circle Fancy Die
5 Reactive Inkers, 1/2 oz. (Purple Galaxy, Blue Hawaii, Green Apple, Lemon Drop, Fruit Punch)
Plastic Watercolor Palette
There’s a ton of inspiration and the full blog lineup can be found on the Hero Arts blog. You should be coming from Ilina Crouse‘s blog and your next stop will be Jennifer Kotas. The full blog list will also be updated below!
I have two cards to share with you today featuring this month’s kit and one of the Extraordinary Extras.
The first card focuses on the Card Kit of the Month. This Card Kit contains a ton of fun pieces that you can make a colorful card. I did a very simple card using the reinkers with water to create a light watercolor background. Then I stamped the images and sentiments for a very simple card.
My second project focuses on the stamp set from the Extraordinary Extras, Floral Rainbow & Clouds. I stamepd and colored the rainbow and used it as a border to use it outside of its ordinary use. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the images and sentiments and placed it on top of cardstock.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed the two cards I shared today using some of the new Hero Studio collection. Hope you were inspired to create!
Giveaway:
Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, December 8 at 11:59pm PST, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Let’s start by taking a closer look at the November Card Kit of the Month.
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Includes:
CK1024C Clear Stamp Set, 6” x 8”
CK1024D 16 Coordinating Dies & 1 Hole Punch Die
1 Window Die
Holiday Treats Words Cling, 6″x 6″
Washi Sticker Pack, 22 Pieces
Embossing Ink Cube
5 sheets each, Kraft, White & Red Cardstock, 5.5″ x 8.5″
Gold Embossing Powder, 1/2 oz.
White Embossing Powder, 1/2 oz.
Peppermint Embellishments
There’s a ton of inspiration and the full blog lineup can be found on the Hero Arts blog. You should be coming from _____’s blog and your next stop will be _______. The full blog list will also be updated below!
I have two cards to share with you today featuring this month’s kit and one of the Extraordinary Extras.
The first card focuses on the Card Kit of the Month. This Card Kit contains a ton of fun pieces. First and foremost, I’m a coffee drinker so I’m automatically drawn to the coffee cup die cut. I die cut that out of white card cardstock and color it up with copic markers. I also used one of the snowflakes in this Card Kit to stamp with Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink along with White Embossing Powder directly on the cup for decoration. When you color up die cuts, it looks like no line coloring, so I decided to stamp the owl from the main stamp set with Contour Ink, and did more no line coloring with copic markers. I also wanted some pops of red, so I stamped and colored the berries and poinsettia as well. For my background, I used one of the stencils from the card kit with Crimson Core ink to ink up on Sand Cardstock. I popped the images on Ivory cardstock so they would stand out against that background and I love how the stenciled pattern still stands out. Lastly, I stamped a sentiment on the Ivory Cardstock using Intens-ified Black Ink.
My second project focuses on the stamp set from the Mini and Extraordinary Extras, Winter Foliage Pattern. How this stamp set is set up is that it’s to be paired with the Winter Foliage Pattern Cover plate and it’ll die cut all the images, which is really cool and convenient because you don’t have to line each image up with the die. But I wanted to share a quick and easy card with just the stamp set. I went and did ink swiping with the colors of a Christmas rainbow using the Hero Hues Reactive Glitz inks: French Pink, Spanish Orange, Naples Yellow, and Byzantine Green. Then I just stamp the Winter Foliage Pattern right on top. To finish off the card, I stamped with Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat embossed the sentiment using White Embossing Powder on Pitch Black cardstock. I also trimmed down my panel so I could mat it with the same Pitch Black cardstock.
Here’s a little video for this one:
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed the two cards I shared today using some of the new Hero Studio collection. Hope you were inspired to create!
Giveaway:
Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, October 13th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Hi friends — We’re kicking off the countdown to the October Hero Studio release today and I’m sharing a card using the Clear Stamp & Dies of the Month.
Ok — if you’re a cat lover, this set is definitely for you… and you know those kitties love the Christmas tree around the holidays and they are kinda naughty! I used Hero Arts INTENSI-ified Black Ink to stamp the three cats, the paw print, and the sentiment. I just drew in the lines to create the look of a room right after.
This is one of those cards where the images create the scene and my personal favorite cat is the one clawing down the wall. He adds the dimension to the card and helps create the look of walls on this card.
This was a relatively simple card since it was stamping and then coloring! Hope you liked it!
Head over to the Hero Arts blog for more inspiration using the Hero Studio collection leading up to the release! And then I’ll be back for the Hero Studio blog hop with a couple more projects to share!
Let’s start by taking a closer look at the October Card Kit of the Month.
Includes:
CK1024C Clear Stamp Set, 6” x 8”
CK1024D 16 Coordinating Dies & 1 Hole Punch Die
1 Window Die
Holiday Treats Words Cling, 6″x 6″
Washi Sticker Pack, 22 Pieces
Embossing Ink Cube
5 sheets each, Kraft, White & Red Cardstock, 5.5″ x 8.5″
Gold Embossing Powder, 1/2 oz.
White Embossing Powder, 1/2 oz.
Peppermint Embellishments
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There’s a ton of inspiration and the full blog lineup can be found on the Hero Arts blog. You should be coming from Jennifer Kotas‘s blog and your next stop will be Ilina Crouse. The full blog list will be updated below!
I have two cards to share with you today featuring this month’s kit and one of the Extraordinary Extras.
The first card focuses on the Card Kit of the Month. This was a really fun stamp set where I wanted to use all the images from the main stamp set and I did just that! I went ahead and arranged almost all the images onto a card panel along with one of the sentiments. I stamped my card panel with Intens-ified Black Ink. You definitely can use the coordinating die cuts in the set but I chose to stamp and mask off the images. I wanted to use the Holiday Treats Cling to stamp the background behind all the images. I stamped that with Moss ink. Then all I needed to do was color it up!
My second project focuses on the Cling Stamp of the Month, which I paired with an older stamp set called Winter Town Cheer Stamps. Admittedly, this cling stamp has a lot going on, however, I really didn’t want to color up every last bit — imagine how many markers I would be using! I decided to first create a holiday rainbow card panel. The colors include Red, Orange, Yellow and Green, and I pulled out the cardstocks Kiwi, Canary, Papaya, and Cherry. I trimmed down some strips and adhered them to an A2 card panel. Then I went ahead an stamped the Cling Stamp with Intens-ified Black Ink. I used coordinating alcohol markers to color in the background, but made sure they were just a TAD darker so the images would pop. To finish off the card, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Winter Town Cheer on Pitch Black Cardstock using White Embossing Powder.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed the two cards I shared today using some of the new Hero Studio collection. Hope you were inspired to create!
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Giveaway:
Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, October 13th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Sometimes a simple card is really the way to go. I love big and bold florals but without the detail. It really allows for you to create an easy card. I didn’t even color the entire space! I added a bit of color and that’s really all you need!
Reminder! This is a stamp set that is part of Stamptember — once it’s gone it’s gone. Also, this one comes with a very variations of stamps and dies so be sure to make sure you’re purchasing the one that fits your needs!
All my supplies for creating this card will be listed down below (with multiple sources when available) for your curiosity and convenience. Affiliate links used when possible.
Let’s start by taking a closer look at the September Card Kit of the Month.
Includes:
CK0924C Haunted House 6×8 Clear
CK0924C2 Animal Eyes 3×4 Clear
CK0924D Coordinating Dies & Moon Fancy Die
Halloween B&W Hero Transfers – 2 sheets
Unicorn Ink Cube
NK483 Glow in the Dark Lacquer Pen
Black Watercolor Paper, 10 sheets
Clear Decorative Tape, 2 rolls (white pumpkins and black crows)
There’s a ton of inspiration and the full blog lineup can be found on the Hero Arts blog. You should be coming from Ilina Crouse‘s blog and your next stop will be Jennifer Kotas. The full blog list will be updated below!
I have two cards to share with you today featuring this month’s kit and one of the Extraordinary Extras.
The first card focuses on the Card Kit of the Month. Hero Arts does silhouettes well and they are perfect for creating a little scene. I wanted to play with white space for a simple card. I masked off about two inches for the top, and ink blended five different colors for a fun and bright background. I used Grape Juice, Butter Bar, Azalea, Cornflower, and Papaya.
My second project focuses on the Haunted Romance Fancy Dies, which is one of the Extraordinary Extras. I also paired it with the September Fancy Dies of the Month called Mirror Portraits. I die cut items from using different cardstocks for a bit of variety, but I did use copic markers for the rose die cut from the Haunted Romance Fancy Die because I wanted the added details. Once I had all my pieces, I arranged them on a panel of Cranberry Cardstock, which I darken up the edges of with Charcoal Core Ink. I also stamped out a sentiment from the Halloween Messages stamp set to finish off the card.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed the two cards I shared today using some of the new Hero Studio collection. Hope you were inspired to create!
Giveaway:
Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, August 11th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Hi friends — We’re kicking off the countdown to the September Hero Studio release today and I’m sharing a card using the Card Kit of the Month.
I wanted to feature the main stamp set in this month’s card kit. It’s full of silhouettes and it’s so fun for Halloween! I did a lot of stamping with Hero Arts INTENSI-ified Black Ink and Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink right on top so I could do a bit of heat embossing using Ultra Fine Clear Embossing Powder. It was a lot of stamping but there’s a huge variety of silhouettes to choose from to create a fun scene and I wanted to use as many images as possible.
Once I stamped and heat embossed everything, I pulled out a bunch of core ink colors to do some ink blending. I used Charcoal and Forever Green for the ground. For the lights in the house and the bats in the moon, I used Butter Bar. For the sky, I used Nautical, Grape Juice, and Crimson.
Head over to the Hero Arts blog for more inspiration using the Hero Studio collection leading up to the release! And then I’ll be back for the Hero Studio blog hop with a couple more projects to share!
Happy Holiday Catalog Day! Hero Arts will be giving 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 Wednesday, August 28th at 11:59pm PT to enter. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog.
Today, I’m sharing a card featuring one of the sets from the Hero Arts Holiday Catalog release called Cozy Study. I tend to gravitate towards cards that can easily create scenes because of all the possibilities. You can create a full scene, use the smaller elements to create a background, or even create a mini scene — there’s so many ideas to work with!
For this card, I decided to create a subtle mini scene with a focus on one main image. I decided to mask off half my Deluxe Smooth White Cardstock card panel so I could focus my scene on the top half. I stamped the fireplace, dog, books, candle, and clock with Clear Embossing and Watermark Ink, then covered it with White Embossing Powder, and heat set it. Since embossing powder resists ink, I wanted to do some ink blending right on top to bring color to the top part of this card. I used the colors Spicy Mustard, Moss, and Crimson Core Inks along with the Hero Arts Tool Medium Blending Brushes. I’ll use a microfiber cloth to wipe off any excess ink as well.
My main image was going to be the cozy chair but I decided to also add the sleeping cat right on top. I wanted it to look clean, so I decided to do a bit of masking. I stamped the cat first with Intens-ified Black Ink, masked him, and then stamped the couch right on top. I’ll remove the mask, fussy cut the couch and color it up with copic markers.
I trimmed my card panel just a quarter of an inch so the panel would be 4 x 5.25 and added the panel right on top of an A2 piece of Woodland cardstock so the brown will peek out on the left hand side matching the chair. My last touch was to add the sentiment, stamped with Intens-ified Black Ink right next to the couch. My images and focus pulls to the top of the card, leaving white space but it works very well here.
Thank you for joining me today for the Hero Arts Holiday Catalog blog hop. I hope you have feel inspired with all the different projects and ideas!
• Jungle HeroScape Clear Stamp Set, 6″ x 8″ • 12 Coordinating Dies • 5 Fancy Dies • Jungle Scenics Stencil, 6″ x 6″ • Olive Hero Wax • White Plastic Palette Knife • 3 Reactive Ink Cubes (Key Lime Fizz, Green Apple, Fruit Punch) • 2 Reactive Glitz Ink Pads (French Pink, Byzantine Green) • 5 Printed Sticker Sheets, 6″ x 6″
There’s a ton of inspiration and the full blog lineup can be found on the Hero Arts blog. You should be coming from ‘s blog and your next stop will be . The full blog list will be updated below!
The first card focuses on the Card Kit of the Month. Hero Arts does silhouettes well and they are perfect for creating a little scene. I also wanted to play with creating a side bar with the dies that come in the card kit as well. I used the larger palm leaf die and cut two of them out of Kiwi cardstock placing them on top of a 1.75 inch strip of Palm cardstock. Then, I used a mix of Deep Ocean and Periwinkle core inks paired with Intensified Black ink to create the little scene on the right hand side. To add a little something extra, I lightly inked Butter Bar on the edge of the card for a bit of color.
My second project features the Fancy Die of the Month, which features Jungle Vines and Critters. I couldn’t resist taking my copic markers to the die cut window but I took a few liberties creating my own oval shape for the frame. Once I finished coloring, I just popped it on top of Pitch Black cardstock so my colored die cut would really pop. For the sentiment, I pulled out the Everyday Sentiment Strips along with the Sentiment Strips Fancy Die for a simple one. I thought that the “Wishing You All The Luck” works so well with this card.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed the two cards I shared today using some of the new Hero Studio collection. Hope you were inspired to create!
Giveaway:
Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, August 11th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Papers: Purple, Blue, and Green Shimmer Vellum, White Lava Holographic, TBD
There’s a ton of inspiration and the full blog lineup can be found on the Hero Arts blog. You should be coming from ‘s blog and your next stop will be . The full blog list will be updated below!
The first card focuses on the Card Kit of the Month. Hero Arts does silhouettes well and they are perfect for creating a little scene. The images also allows me to take advantage of white space for a card! I stamped out my ocean image with Hero Arts Summer Sky Core Ink and that is what my card revolves around. I next stamped out the sailboat, the birds and the sentiment using Intens-ified Black Ink. To add a bit of color to the card, I ink blend Butter Bar, Ultra Pink, Orchid and Summer Sky for a sunset look. I also realized after the fact that my “ocean” was actually meant to be clouds BUT I guess that just shows how versatile this set is!
My second project features the Clear Set + Dies of the Month, which features mermaids and seahorses. I really wanted to do a scene card BUT I opted to go for a simple one to challenge myself since I find the harder for me. I picked out three Hero Hues reactive ink colors: Blue Hawaii, Pool Party, and Splash along with a card panel of the Luxe Watercolor Paper to do some ink smooshing! I used a plastic bag to achieve this fun look — first by adding the ink to a palette or glass mat, spraying a little water and picking up the color with the plastic bag and transferring it to the watercolor paper. My tip is to not use much water so you can get some of that texture. I stamped the mermaid and seahorse, coloring them up with copic markers before using the coordinating die set to cut them out to add to the card panel, which I matted on Peacock cardstock.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed the two cards I shared today using some of the new Hero Studio collection. Hope you were inspired to create!
Giveaway:
Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, July 7th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Hi friends — We’re kicking off the countdown to the July Hero Studio release today and I’m sharing a card using one of the Monthly Minis – Cling Stamp of the Month. For the Monthly Mini – Cling Stamp of the Month, it will be available by subscription at a discounted price ($15 subscription + Free Shipping) or at regular price ($15.99), while supplies last. Available until sold out.
I wanted to feature this really fun cling stamp, which gives you ocean vibes with all the tentacles. There’s a lot going on but once you start coloring, it makes it really easy. I stamped this using the Hero Arts INTENSI-ified Black Ink and the easiest way for me to color this up is to do a bit of ink blending using three colors from the Core Ink line: Butter Bar, Fresh Lawn, and Summer Sky.
Once I inked up the entire panel , I took my black alcohol marker to color up the background, making the tentacles really pop! I used some similar copic markers to add a bit of darker details on the spots of the tentacles.
Now I don’t do this often, but I decided to cut this colored panel up a bit so I could create an artsy look. I really love how it turned out. To finish off this card, I pulled out the Happy Thanks stamp set for a simple sentiment.
Head over to the Hero Arts blog for more inspiration using the Hero Studio collection leading up to the release! And then I’ll be back for the Hero Studio blog hop with a couple more projects to share!
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