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Challenge time for July~

July 15, 2019

Hi there,

It’s already past the midway point of the year–where is time flying to?!

We thought we’d have a bit of fun this month and challenge you to make a card thats based on,

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Get something ready now for the end of year madness! Its up to you whether you make one card, or something that’s easy to mass-produce, so you’re really ahead of the game come December.

Now the DT have created a huge range of cards to inspire you, we’ve gone from muted country tones to super bright and brilliant! There’s something for everyone.

Here they are:

We hope that you’ll join us! The linky tool below (and the challenge) will be open until 5pm on the 10th August, so make sure to get your entries in before then!

Can’t wait to see what you create!

See you soon!

An elephant remembers everything

July 13, 2019

Hello everyone. I hope you are all having awonderful day wherever you are. I am here today to share with you a conclusion of the month of sympathy before we will be back shortly to present a new and fun theme for you.

My last card for you this month is a card that can be used for sympathy as well as friendship and love. I love this elephant from the June My Monthly Hero kit. He is so adorable. I decided to use him with the sentiment from the May 2018 My Monthly Hero kit, because, as you know, an elephant never forgets the beautiful moments.

I also wanted to use the thorn tree die, but since I am on my summer vacation I didn’t have my die cutting tool with me. So…I needed to be creative. I used my die as a stamp in my stamp platform, raising the platform up using fun foam. My image was barely visible so I traced the image using a black pen and voila…the thorn tree could be used.

I colored the thorn tree and my elephant using copic markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen.

I cut my card panel to size using a stitched rectangle die and then ink blended my background using the following ink colors on white cardstock:
Grass: Green hills and Nest
Sky: Just rust, Orange Soda and Ultra pink
For the blending I used blending brushes to create an almost canvas-like texture.

I attatched my images using foam tape and stamped my sentiment using black ink before adding even more foam tape behind the panel to raise it up from my white card base.

I finished the card by scattering a few sequins on the card coordinating them to the color beneith.

Be sure to come back the 15th to see our new challenge.

Make yourself a lovely day.

June Challenge Winners

July 11, 2019

Hi there!

I’m excited to share with you the winners of our May Challenge.

Thank you all for playing along, some gorgeous projects were submitted this month, truly inspirational!

We have two winners each month. Our chosen challenge winner will win a $50 gift certificate to Hero Arts and a randomly chosen winner will win a $25 gift certificate to Hero Arts!

The winner of the $50 gift certificate to Hero Arts and DT choice is:

Jess Franciso shared this beauty that blew us away. Look at that ink blending!

The winner of the $25 gift certificate to Hero Arts via random.org, is:

Gail submitted this clean & simple sympathy card with a pop of color!

Congratulations Winners! Please send us an email at ablognamedhero@gmail.com and we’ll set you up with those prizes! And, of course, many thanks to Hero Arts for sponsoring our challenge!

We’ll see you all again very soon for the new challenge that starts on the 15th!

Hero Arts Agapanthus Sympathy Card

July 6, 2019

Hi Everyone, Kristina here, I hope you’re having a great weekend. There’s a little bit of time left on the June ‘Sympathy‘ challenge so I’ve got one more piece of inspiration for you. I’ve combined several stamps set here to make this floral sympathy card.

The challenge runs until the 10th and you can link up your projects over on the Main Challenge page.

The Process

I started by die cutting two different sizes of circle infinity dies from two shades of green card stock to create a layered step down window.
After adhering the two window pieces together I used the opening to lightly trace a circle on a piece of watercolor paper
To do my watercoloring I first painted clean water to fill my circle, then added Deep Ocean Liquid Watercolor in two layers, letting it fill up what will be the background for my window.
While that dries, stamp, color, and cut out your stamped images. I used Copic Markers for my coloring.
To assemble I adhered the two green card panels onto the watercolor paper, and then arranged my florals and adhered them down with a strong liquid adhesive, stamping my sentiment last so the placement was perfect
For final embellishments I added some sequins, which I topped with glossy accents for a little extra shine, and adhered the whole thing down to an a2 sized top folding card base.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies

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Embossed Background & Color Stamp Layering

July 3, 2019

Hi there! I’m on the blog A Blog Named Hero for another card with the June Challenge 2019! Have you already joined the challenge with your sympathy cards? If you don’t, you have some time to do so! Join us uploading your cards until July 10th, 2019 for a chance to win a voucher with 50$ or 25$ on Hero Arts online store!

I made two cards because I was experimenting with some colors. The processes on the two cards are the same, except for the colors.

I started stamping the Venetian Fleur-de-Lis Bold Prints on top of a black piece cardstock, using Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

On a piece of white cardstock, I used the mini MISTI stamping tool in order to double stamping the image. I stamped the flower from the Color Layering Calla Lily stamp set with blueish inks. First, I stamped the first layer with Soft Pool ink, then I stamped the second layer with Summer Sky ink, and I stamped the fine lines of the last layer with Navy Mid-tone Shadow Ink. Later, I followed the same process for stamping the leaves. As the leaves had two layers, I stamped the first one with Moss Bold ink and the second one with Forever Green Mid-Tone Shadow ink. I die cut all the pieces with the coordinating dies.

I stamped the sentiment from the Color Layering Calle Lily stamp set with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I trimmed the sentiment on a strip.

I assembled this card in a very simple way. I first glued a piece of Arctic cardstock on top of a white notecard and over this, I attached the embossed background. I glued the flowers and the leaves together and adhered over the background. I also added the sentiment strip above the flowers and the leaves with some foam tape.

To finish the card, I added some Nuvo Drops English Mustard at the center of each flower. Also, I added different types of sequins to the background – black confetti and blue bubbles sequins. I added some green bubbles sequins on top of the leaves, too. These bubbles sequins came with a past kit, so they are not available anymore but you can find some similar options HERE, HERE and HERE. Finally, I added some gold shimmer to the flowers and leaves.

I also made another card with the same products but different colors. I heat embossed the background with Gold embossing powder. Also, I stamped the flower with Soft Yellow Shadow ink, Butter Bar Mid-Tone Shadow ink, and Orange Soda Shadow ink. For embellishing this card, I just added some gold and black confetti here and there. These confetti embellishments came with the My Monthly Hero February 2019 and it is still available.

I hope you like these cards! Join us to this June Challenge 2019! Thank you!

See you the next time!

Cha