Archives for 2019

November Challenge Time

November 15, 2019

Hi there crafty peeps, we’re heading well into the busy season now aren’t we?!

This month’s challenge is all about,

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Softly softly! Can’t wait to see what you come up with for this one!

Here are the inspiration projects made by the gorgeous Design Team:

We hope you like them!! Can’t wait to see what you make 🙂

The linky tool is below and as always you have until November 10th 5pm to join us for the chance to win one of two gift cards from Hero Arts–our beloved sponsors!

See you again soon!!

Lovebug wishes

November 13, 2019

Hello everyone. Today I am sharing my last card for the month of nature. I went all huge making a mountain and ocean-card for the last card I shared, so I am going all tiny for my last one.

For this card I used the cute mushroom and ladybug stamps from the December 2018 My Monthly Hero kit to create my scene.

I started by inking my sky using a light blue color. I then inked my grass using a couple of green shades. I splattered some water drops on the grass to make it react and cut it a bit wavy to make it come to life. I glued the sky and grass together and cut them to a long narrow strip. I also cut a thin strip of black cardstock to ground the scene a bit.

I stamped my images and colored them using copic markers and created some highlights using a white gel pen. I then glued my images on to my scene.

I glued the whole thing to a white panel cut to size using a stitched rectangle die and stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set as the images.

Finally I glued my card panel to a green card base and finished the card by making a few droplets with glitter glue.

Be on the lookout for our new challenge the 15th. It is a lovely one.

Watercolour Jungle

November 9, 2019

55810935_10156068475811156_4844296198728712192_n Hi all! Its Gwendolyn here to share a card with you which was inspired by our challenge theme “Nature”. The challenge ends tomorrow 10th November, so you still have 2 whole days to enter the challenge! Watercolor jungle cu I just received the Jungle Frame Fancy die I ordered from Hero Arts (it took 4 days from my order to my doorstep…and I live in Germany!) and I played with it straight away! I randomly watercoloured a sheet of watercolour paper and when it was dry, I diecut 2 frames from it using the Jungle Frame die.

I wanted to superimpose the two diecut frames to give some depth to my jungle so I cut one frame at the corners (pic 1) and adhered the 4 sides first onto my card base, a little more to the centre of the card (pic 2). I then added double-sided foam under my other frame and rotated it before I adhered it on top of the first frame so that it wouldn’t line up with the first frame. (pic 3) Watercolor jungle side To finish, I stamped the sentiment with Hero Arts INTENS-ified black ink, and splattered different gree inks onto the centre of my card.

Well I hope I have inspired you to make a card for our challenge and I look forward to seeing your wonderful creations in the link-up.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

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Hero Arts Build a (Wreath) Christmas Card

November 6, 2019

Hi Friends! I’m back today with another card for our Nature challenge. I’ve used the Hero Arts Build a Tree stamp set, but to make a wreath!

I used 3 different branches from the wreath builder part of the stamp set, in 3 shades of gray/silver to form my main wreath. I then triple stamps, for maximum opacity, the red holly berries & my sentiment over top.

To keep with the monochromatic theme I had going, I mounted the card panel onto some black mirror card, and the onto silver glitter paper.

My finished card is 4.5″x4.5″

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies

Hero Arts Build a Tree Shop at: HA	Hero Arts Reactive Ink Fruit Punch Shop at: HA	Hero Arts Reactive Ink Lime Fizz Shop at: HA	Hero Arts Charcoal Ink Shop at: HA
Hero Arts Soft Granite Ink Shop at: HA

Partial Masking

November 3, 2019

Hello there! It’s me, Cha! Today I’m at the blog A Blog Named Hero showing you my card for this challenge that is going to end in a few days. I encourage you to post your cards with a nature theme in order to win some prizes! Good luck!

For this card, I used an acrylic block in order to stamp images from the Tropical Flowers stamp set on the background here and there. I stamped the images with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink and used white cardstock. Then, I masked the center of the card using one of the dies from the Rectangle Infinity Dies set.

For coloring the piece, I used Copics. I colored the whole piece except for the area just in the center of the card with the masking piece.

I removed the masking piece and traced the lines for the rectangle in the center of the card, using a black pen and a ruler so that I could trace straight lines. I traced these lines several times to make them a little bit wider.

I used one of the sentiment from the same stamp set (Tropical Flowers stamp set). As I wanted to heat embossed the sentiment, I used the mini MISTI to stamp the phrase twice even three times. I used black cardstock. I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink after using an anti-static powder tool. Then, I added some White Embossing Powder and heat it with my heat tool*. I heat embossed the sentiment several times. I cut the sentiment in one strip, and also, I cut the word “sweetest” separately.

I adhered the panel to a white card base and glued the sentiment in the center just in the area that is no colored with foam squares.

I gave some highlights to the flowers using a White Gel Pen and added some small dots to the background with a Gold Gel Pen.

To embellish this card, I added some shimmer to the flowers in the center. Also, I added some iridescent sequins to the background and two little hearts around the sentiment. What’s more, I added dots in the center of the flowers with a Gold Gel Pen and the Mustard English NUVO Drops.

I hope you like this card and… don’t forget to participate in this challenge! We are waiting for your cards! Thank you so much!

CHAXI ABNH