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Dang Girl, You’re Beautiful​!​

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Hi everyone! It’s Jessica here, this month it’s all about Stretching Your Stamps and today I have a second card using pieces that were on my craft desk as well as You’re Beautiful and Mix & Match Compliments. To join our challenge check out all the details here. 

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I started by stamping a flower pattern on a stitched oval using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Next, I coloured in the images using Spectrum Noir TriBlend Markers. 

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For the sentiments, I heat set white embossing powder on black card stock. For an added detail I fussy cut around the main greeting. To finish off the card I added teal ribbon, 3D foam tape for dimension and coordinating sequins. 

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

-Jessica

August Challenge

Hi hi hi!

Let’s jump straight into it!

This month we’re challenging you to,

ChallengeStretchStamps

This is such a fun concept and really helps you to get more out of your stamps.

All you have to do is create a project and let us know who it’s inspired by! The linky tool is below and as always you have until September 10th 5pm to join us for the chance to win one of two gift cards from Hero Arts–our beloved sponsors!

We can’t wait to see what you create.

See you again soon!

The A Blog Named Hero team. XX

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter


Winter wishes with a barbie dress

My daughter had this beautiful Elsa dress for her barbie doll….now it’s a snowy sky on a card. Just for the record; She knows all about it and the dress was used to pieces before I cut in it. lol

I am sharing a christmas card for A Blog Named Hero today completing the month og christmas cards on our blog. Take a look and see all thos wonderful cards the design team and our lovely partisipants have made.

But on to my card. I cut the dress to get those snow crystal pieces of fabric and glued it on a piece of white cardstock. I then freehand cut a couple of snowy mounds and popped them up on layers of foam tape to get three hights in my window. I then cut a frame using a stitched frame die and loosely attatched it to my scene.

I stamped and colored the the cute raccoon, the christmas tree and the star from the October 2018 My Monthly Hero kit and colored the images using my copic markers and glued them in and on my frame making the raccoon hold the star wondering how the heck he is supposed to untangle himself and also how to get the lights and star on the big tree. I think he needs some help.

I stamped my sentiment, also from the same kit, on my “ground” using a stamp positioning tool to get it just right.

I used a rectangle die to cut a piece of patterned paper to size and glued it on a white card base before I glued my scene to the middle of the patterned paper.

A fun and very cute way to used broken barbie dresses. Just be sure to ask your kids before stealing them… lol

I wish you all a lovely day. Make it a good one.

July Winners!

Hi Everyone! How fun was that challenge? We had so many beautiful entries, I’m here today with your winners. 

The design team’s top favorite for July was Trina with this gorgeous card!

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And our randomly selected winner for July was Nicole Rinaldi! She made this sweet scene card. 

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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!

Infinity Shaker Card w/ Hero Arts Christmas Goodies

 

Hi Everyone! Kristina Here with another Christmas in July project. You have a few days left to enter our July challenge, I wen non-traditional for this one. 

The Process

  • I started by stamping the Candy Stripe background in versamark ink onto some Bristol Smooth paper, and heat embossing with clear embossing powder
  • Once cooled, I did some ink blending over top, wiping off the excess afterwards to reveal the white strips that resisted the ink.
  • To turn this into an infinity shaker I stuck the card panel into a stamp storage pocket. To close it I trim the storage pocket down so that theres only about an inch and a half on excess past the card. Cut the corners off that flap and use strong double sided tape to fold it over and adhere it down. 
  • To make it into a card that will stand up on its own and have somewhere to write a greeting, I use more strong tape to adhere the shaker down to a white a2 notecard trimmed slightly smaller than a2 so that it’s hidden behind the shaker. 
  • For the front, I die cut a Hero Arts Infinity Tag out of white glitter cardstock and stuck it down to the front with more strong tape & added some ribbon to embellish
  • For my sentiment, I die cut the Hero Arts Christmas fancy die from foil card stock as well as stamped and heat embossed some secondary sentiments onto black card stock. I adhered all of this down to my tag with strong liquid adhesive. 

I hope I’ve been able to give you some last minute inspiration to enter our Christmas in July challenge, I can’t wait to see what you create!!

 

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