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Not my style…

September 25, 2014

Hi there,
it’s Christine.
I’d like to be honest with you:
Today’s post could also be about frustration and the feeling that you can’t create a card that you like. I guess we’ve all been there: Today is a mojo-free day for me. 
I just couldn’t think of any good combo and then I came up with this card I knew this was not my style. Not at all. It’s not an ugly card but it does not feel right. Do you know this feeling? What do you do with cards that are nice but not your style? Do you still keep/post them?
I’m posting mine today (because I have nothing else to share today – so sorry!):
It’s a pretty simple card that could also be used as a Valentine’s card. Maybe you like it. I thought the hearts/arrow background would go well with Winnie&Walter’s love sentiment. I added some score lines and a tiny red heart. That’s it.
You already know we are collaborating with Winnie & Walter this month:

Thanks, Winnie & Walter!

You still have some time to play along with our latest challenge:
 

There is a lovely prize from Simon Says Stamp for a lucky winner.

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You’re a gem!

September 23, 2014

Anyone else who loves shaker cards? I think they are just so much fun and I made one with lots of sparkle this time.

On the acetate for the window of the card I stamped the sequins from Winnie & Walter and a sentiment from Hero Arts that went so good with it. I used glitter cardstock as a background and painted the frame with my clear Wink of Stella pen to get even more shimmer. I filled it with some mixed sequins and was so very happy with this really glittery and fun card.

You haven’t missed that we are collaborating with Winnie & Walter this month? I had so much fun using their stamps.

Have you seen the latest challenge? It’s time to grab some patterned papers and play! 

There is a lovely prize from Simon Says Stamp for a lucky winner.

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing all the entries to the challenge. 
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A happy hello!

September 21, 2014

Hello everyone!
Sindhu here with two cards to share with you.
We have a collaboration with the awesome Winnie and Walter this month and I have used their free printable backgrounds coupled with the gorgeous Hero Arts stamps for my cards.

For the first card, I printed the dotted pattern on a piece of white card stock and printed the same on vellum. I stitched (Ahem…yeah, I just called it stitching…I know it’s very bad!) the printed vellum on the printed card stock and I love the result. I then stamped a feather image  from Hero Arts stamp set and finished the card with a sentiment from Hero Arts ‘Flower Garden’

For the second card, I took the remaining printed card stock, keeping it as base, cut out a fish tail banner out of a background printable from the  The Daily Grind Collection Vol. 1: Journaling Cards. I then stamped the cute image from HA ‘Li’l hoot’ stamp set

As always, Simon Says Stamp is our awesome sponsor. 

Don’t forget to enter our current challenge for a chance to win the gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp.

I hope you like today’s cards… See you!
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Making patterned paper with stamps

September 19, 2014

Hi, all, Michelle here!  I love my collection of background stamps – there’s just so much you can do with them!   With these three cards, I tried to make a patterned paper look by stamping and then adding ink in two different ways.

This month, we’re lucky enough to be playing with Winnie and Walter stamps, along with Hero Arts.   I also used two stamp sets from My Favorite Things on this first card. 

 To make the patterned panel, I stamped and white embossed the Fresh Cut: Raindrops background stamp, then used my Tim Holtz spritzer tool with some Distress Markers (Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Peacock Feathers).  I then lightly blended over the lot with the palest colour, which unified the background, and also removed spritzed colour from the embossing. 

 I liked the results of this technique so much, I made two more cards using the same technique!

  This last one is a one layer card. 

 Have you entered our latest challenge?

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Thanks so much to our amazing sponsors, Simon Says Stamp – as always, there’s a prize up for grabs!

http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=634982&b=199868&m=24698&afftrack=&urllink=www%2Esimonsaysstamp%2Ecom

Make sure you visit our challenge post to see all the cards from the design team.

And thanks again to Winnie and Walter for providing some wonderful stamps for us to play with this month. 

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Miss Your Smile

September 17, 2014

It’s time for another challenge, and this time it is all about patterned paper. Which is a great thing, because I love it, and seem to have quite the collection. Patterned paper and this fantastic stamp set from Winnie & Walter? Yes, please. 
All of the papers here are from Lawn Fawn, I used one of the new Spruce woodgrain notecards, and the Hello Sunshine 6×6 paper pad. Stamped the gorgeous flowers from the Winnie & Walter “The Big The Bold & The Extras” stamp set. So many great uses for this set, I know I’ll use it time and time again. 

To make my flowers, I stamped the solid flower image onto the patterned paper with versamark ink. Then clear embossed. Once that was cool, I used the outline flower image with versamark, and then white embossing powder. By the way, I use Hero Arts white and clear embossing powders. I just love them, they never disappoint. 
Stamping onto the already embossed image is a little slippery, but I embraced this effect. I thought it was more watercolor – like, and didn’t mind if my hand slipped. Also, you can see in this next picture that when you emboss the white atop the clear, it kind of melts into the clear, and becomes what I’m calling “painterly”. I absolutely love it. Happy accident. 
To make the leaves, I didn’t have any green paper. I didn’t let that stop me. I used Hero Arts Field Greens ink over some blue paper. Then I used the same stamp and versamark, so that I could clear emboss the leaves. Then the white, again, with the outline image. And you’ve got some pretty leaves. A little fussy cutting, some assembly, and all is done.  
I know you’ve got a bunch of patterned paper in your stash, so please make sure to join us on this challenge. You could win a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp. Have you been following their Stamptember goings on? So much fun. Hide your wallet. Hide MY wallet. 

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Thank you to everyone who participated in our birt Thank you to everyone who participated in our birthday celebration Instagram Hop last week! It was so lovely to celebrate with past and present design team members. The winner has been chosen randomly from comments on day 2, stop 7, and the winner is @waterlily57 ! Congratulations! I will send you a DM to let you know how you can collect your prize!
This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is celebrating the 9th anniversary of our first challenge! To help us celebrate, we have invited some design team alumni and special guests to join us for an Instagram hop over two days! We also have one $50 Hero Arts gift card to be won! This will be drawn from all the comments on all the stops, so the more you hop and comment, the better your chance to win.
The full hop list can be found at the bottom of this post, and you next stop is @art_of_albara
Rules:
-Follow @ablognamedhero. Please don’t follow just to unfollow after the giveaway is over.
-Like this post and leave a comment.
-Optional: tag your friends - one per comment.
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This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is celebrating the 9th anniversary of our first challenge! To help us celebrate, we have invited some design team alumni and special guests to join us for an Instagram hop over two days! We also have one $50 Hero Arts gift card to be won! This will be drawn from all the comments on all the stops, so the more you hop and comment, the better your chance to win.
***
The full hop list can be found at the bottom of this post, and you next stop is @lindatracedesigns
Rules:
-Follow @ablognamedhero. Please don’t follow just to unfollow after the giveaway is over.
-Like this post and leave a comment.
-Optional: tag your friends - one per comment.
-Entries accepted until April 7th, and the winner will be announced on the @ablognamedhero page and in the IG stories.
-No giveaway accounts.
By entering the giveaway, you confirm that you are over 13 years of age, and agree with Instagram’s terms and conditions, as well as release Instagram and Facebook of any responsibility. This giveaway is not sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram or Facebook.
***Good luck, have fun, and make sure you come back tomorrow for day 2!
#heroarts #ablognamedhero #ablognamedherofacebookpage #cardmaker #cardmaking #cardmakersofinstagram #cardmakingismysuperpower #papercraft #greetingcards #handmadecards #sharehandmadekindess
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Gale here! We're gearing up for the 9th Anniversa Gale here!  We're gearing up for the 9th Anniversary celebration of our blog!  Be sure to visit Instagram for our giveaway hop on April 1st-2nd filled with stops from your favorite Hero Arts artists!  For more info on this easy and fun project, please visit thedarbycreekdiaries.com
Hello! Michelle here sharing a card at #ablognamed Hello! Michelle here sharing a card at #ablognamedherofacebookpage  for the floral challenge at #ablognamedhero 
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What is better than Birthday cake? Birthday cake w What is better than Birthday cake? Birthday cake with flowers 🙂 There are still a few days left on our Floral challenge and you can see details of my card on my blog. Have a great day, Mateja M
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Hi! @jenniferkotas here with another card for the Hi! @jenniferkotas here with another card for the Floral Challenge. There’s still a few more days to enter your own project. More info on my blog. #ablognamedhero #ablognamedherofacebookpage #heroarts
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Here's easy and elegant inspiration for the "A Blog Named Hero's" current floral challenge! The details are on my blog (link in bio!). Enjoy!
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Michelle here today, and I'm sharing a floral card Michelle here today, and I'm sharing a floral card on the #ablognamedherofacebookpage  for the floral challenge at #ablognamedhero 
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