Archives for August 2017

August Challenge Winner

August 31, 2017

Today is the last day of August which means it is the day too announce the winner of our August Challenge which was kindly sponsored by WOW!

Our winner for the August challenge is Foleysfriend

These gorgeous card used WOW! Rose gold powder and some fab masking, a really beautiful card

Please send an email to ablognamedhero@gmail.com to claim your prize from our fab sponsor WOW!

We all loved seeing all your amazing entries and as always we received some really fantastic projects.

Here are a few that caught my eye.

This card by Betty really jumped out at me because it is so simple beautiful. The gold is just perfect.

I love red and black together so when I saw this by Dellamano Designs I loved it, the red butterflies are so pretty.

Lavery Grey used her My Monthly Hero kit to create some really beautiful projects but I loved this one, especially the way the sentiment is being hooked.

A HUGE thank you for everyone that entered the challenge, your entries were all amazing and we hope you will join us in Septembers Challenge.

Happy Crafting.

A masculine card with…. glitter?

August 28, 2017

Good morning! Emily here with you today to share a far more masculine card than I normally share… As I was searching through the {massive} box of cards for a birthday card for my father in law, I realized that I had exactly 3 cards that didn’t have flowers on them and/or weren’t pink. So, he got a card with a dinosaur on it, chosen by my children. (When all else fails, let the kids pick haha!) I feel like this is an area that needs to be expanded in my card stash, so I took the opportunity for my solo post for A Blog Named Hero to start filling in that gap. Because our partner this month is the fabulous WOW! Embossing Powder, I thought it only fitting to use some of their fantastic array of colored embossing powders to create a festive birthday card in a masculine color scheme, though you’ll have to forgive me the glitter. Teehee!

I started with the fantastic Tassels set by Hero Arts. With a little creative masking from a helpful Post It Note, I created two lines of tassels in sparkly charcoal and pale blue embossing powder from WOW! on some medium gray card stock. Next, I heat embossed my sentiment (also from Hero Arts’s Tassels set) towards the bottom third of my A2 card panel, using the same baby blue embossing powder.

Next, I smooshed my Versamark pad onto the bottom of my top folding A2 card base, then covered it in the same glittery charcoal embossing powder and heated it up. I added a thin strip of shimmery pale blue paper to the bottom of my sentiment panel, then popped the whole thing up with some dimensional adhesive.

Fairly simple, but simpler is better for men, yes? Another card to add to the “masculine” stash!

That’s all for me today! Just as a reminder, you still have some time to enter your projects in our current challenge: Embossing! Just be sure to follow all of the rules so that your project is eligible for a fabulous prize from our fabulous sponsor, WOW!

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Simon Says Stamp

Ellen Hutson

Hero Arts

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic week!

Sending Love

August 25, 2017

Hello, everyone! It’s Melissa back with more clean & simple inspiration as I play along with this month’s embossing theme!

Wow! is our sponsor, so I used one of their wonderful embossing glitters to create today’s design.

I used the Hero Arts Luggage Tag Alphabet set, stamping each letter in pink ink and embossing with Wow! Velvet embossing glitter for a fun, sparkly look. Each letter was popped up with foam adhesive for dimension.

The smaller sentiment is from the Hero Arts Sealed with a Kiss set and was stamped in black. I added three clear star sequins as embellishments to finish the design.

Until next time, happy stamping!

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Simon Says Stamp

Ellen Hutson

Hero Arts

You’re So Wonderful

August 23, 2017

Hi.. Friends.. Swapna here with my solo post. This month our sponsor is amazing WOW embossing and our challenge is Embossing. If you have not entered to the challenge then you have left with few days.

Coming to my take on the challenge using WOW products.

I prepared the card base, i used thin washi tape to mask off selected area on card front, applied versa mark ink and gold heat embossed it. I finished edges using versa mark ink. Then i sprayed gold ink on the card front.

I stamped and fussy cut flowers from Colour layering poppy stamp from Hero arts and Hero arts ink pads. Foam mounted flowers and heat embossed sentiment strip. Sentiment comes from Color layering flamingo.

Love how these powders catch details.

I also applied wink of stella on flowers and buds.

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Simon Says Stamp

Ellen Hutson

Hero Arts

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Challenge: Embossing with Wow!, Part Two

August 21, 2017

Good morning! Today we’re back with more Wow! inspiration for our Embossing challenge!! Click the name to visit each designer’s blog for more details!

We can’t wait to see what you create for the challenge! Don’t forget to read our Challenge Rules to make sure you’re eligible to win. Use the link up tool below to submit your entry.

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