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Archives for July 2017

July Challenge Winner!

Good morning! Today is the last day of July, which means that our Floral challenge is officially over. Thanks ever so much to our fabulous sponsor from this month, the wonderful Winnie and Walter.

Our winner for the July Challenge is Denise!

Denise created a lovely project using one of the recent My Monthly Hero kits.

Denise, please send an email to ablognamedhero@gmail.com to claim your prize from our fabulous sponsor, Winnie and Walter!

We so enjoyed seeing all of your stunning creations. We had so many truly amazing entries, but here were a few of my favorites:

Cecelia entered our challenge with a gorgeous variety of projects. I thought that this project, particularly, with it’s beautifully colored flowers and lovely soft ink blending, was simply gorgeous.

I also thought that this lovely project by Coni was heavenly with those beautiful shades of blue.

And lastly, this card from Betty caught my eye with its truly unique treatment of the die cut, as well as its lovely color scheme.

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in our challenge this month! So many stunning entries. We’ll be back in a few days with our August challenge. Have a great day!

Floral Thanks

Hello, Everyone!  It’s Melissa today with some more clean and simple inspiration!  This time, I’m sharing a tag embellished thank you card!

Winnie & Walter has been our sponsor this month and I happen to adore their The Big, the Bold, the Extras set!  The images are so beautiful!

I die cut a stitched tag to serve as the main panel and then stamped a Hero Arts chevron pattern in blue along the lower edge.  The banner is a layered image and I stamped the background in blue, spritzing it lightly with water before stamping it on white cardstock.  The outline was stamped in black.  I stamped the simple sentiment (Winnie & Walter You’ve Got Love Mail set) in black and added two blue sequins (Walter’s Sparkly Shaker Collection) as embellishments.  The banner was cut out and popped up on the tag using foam adhesive.  The flowers are also layered images.  I stamped the background in Hero Arts Butter Bar yellow ink and then the outline in blue to match the chevron pattern.  I added flower center images in orange, adding a little sparkle with a Wink of Stella clear glitter brush marker.

The center flower was cut out and popped up with foam adhesive.  Once the main panel was assembled, it was popped up on the card base for even more dimension.  Blue and yellow is one of my favorite color combinations and the flower images in this set are perfect for it!

Today is the last day to join in our Florals challenge, so hurry and link up your creation for your chance to win the prize!  Be sure and use your Hero Arts stamps to qualify!

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Hi.. Crafty folks..

I am Swapna here with my post to share. This month’s challenge is Florals and hope you have entered already.

Here is my inspiration for the challenge.

I used In bloom Winnie & walter stamp set with various Hero arts mid tone and shadow inks. Stacked 3 happy diecuts and covered it with clear wink of stella and glossy accent.

I Added glossy accent on flower centres and heat embossed strip also.

Love those dot look.

Thank you so much for visiting.

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Christmas in July!

Good morning! Emily Midgett here with you today… on July 24. I’ve been getting so many “Christmas in July” posts in my feed and email that I just had to pull out my own Christmas supplies and create a project! Luckily, both Hero Arts and our partner for the month of July, Winnie and Walter, have some gorgeous holiday stamps.

I decided to step out of my normal creative box and do something a bit more monochromatic with a chalkboard technique. To start, I heat embossed the two deer from the Hero Arts Deck the Halls mini set by Lia Griffith onto some black card stock. Next, I placed the beautiful sentiment and foliage sprigs from Winnie and Walter’s Merry and Bright with Evelin T Designs in the center, along with some snowflakes from the Snowflakes by Lia mini set from Hero Arts, and white heat embossed them all.

To create my “chalkboard,” I find that a combination of different strengths of white is important. I use white embossing, white pigment ink, white gel pen, and white colored pencil to create different depths on my card front. To my heat embossed panel, I stamped more snowflakes using white pigment ink, then added further little dots of snow using my white gel pen. I also added some little flourishes here and there with my white pencil. Finally, I swiped my white pigment ink pad around the edge of the black panel, then dabbed my finger in the ink and brushed it over the greeting and some of the snowflakes, to give the illusion that I’d erased something.

The final step was to adhere my chalkboard panel to a shimmery white card base using dimensional foam adhesive!
Now, it’s your turn! Simply use your Hero Arts stamps (and hopefully, Winnie and Walter if you have them!) to create your own project! The theme this month is florals, so pull out those pretty flower stamps and add your project to our link up! Be sure to follow all of the rules so that your project is eligible to win the prize from our fantastic sponsor, Winnie and Walter!
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Ellen Hutson
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Thanks so much for visiting! Have a marvelous day!

Ink Blended Ombre

Happy Friday, friends!   Kimberly here with another dose of floral inspiration for you – have you entered our challenge yet?   You can find out all the details HERE!For my card today I wanted to create a fun ombre look for my background.   I blended multiple shades of Hero Arts Shadow Inks (Passion Flower, Bubble Gum, Soft Cantaloupe & Pale Tomato) to get the gradation.   Next I stamped several of the flowers from Winnie & Walter‘s In Bloom: Eva’s Favorite Flowers all over my inked background.    These flowers are too fun….they remind me of the Spirograph I had when I was a kid!  

To finish the background piece off, I sprayed the entire thing with Thermoweb Silver Glitter Dust.

For the sentiment, I began by inking Versamark direct to paper and then coated it with Wow embossing powder in Midas Touch.   After heat setting it, I die cut the Hero Arts Hello Stamp & Cut sentiment and adhered it in the center of the card.   I stamped and heat embossed the supporting sentiment on a strip of black cardstock and adhered it with foam adhesive.

I love how the background sparkle and the sparkly embossing powder add that finishing touch to the card!   I hope you join our challenge this month – I’m looking forward to seeing what you create!!

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Ellen Hutson
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