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I Melt for You

February 27, 2019

I hope you are having a wonderful day. I’m still trying to figure out where February went lol. I know it is a short month but it went so fast. Anyway, I hope that you have a chance to play along with us in our current challenge “Love is in the Air” using the beautiful color pallet below.

Here is my card for the challenge using the new Pearl Alcohol Inks paired the Hero Arts Color Layering Ice Cream set.

I used the alcohol inks on Yupo paper and blended them with the Alcohol solution until I was happy with the look. These inks have a beautiful pearl shimmer to them and were fun to play with.

Once the ink was dry, I used the Alcohol Lift Ink and stamped the “Love” sentiment from the Hero Arts Snarky Mix & Match set. I stamped the ice creams and cones on some white card stock using some and fussy cut them out. I added the sentiment using Versamark ink and white embossing powder.

For added sparkle I used some sequins in my stash and randomly placed them on the card. I hope you get a chance to play along with us and I can’t wait to see what you create! Thanks for stopping by!

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Hero Arts - Color Layering Ice Cream
Hero Arts – Color Layering Ice Cream
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Hero Arts - Snarky Mix and Match Messages
Hero Arts – Snarky Mix and Match Messages
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Hero Arts Embossing Powder - Detail White
Hero Arts Embossing Powder – Detail White
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Tsukineko - VersaMark Ink Pad
Tsukineko – VersaMark Ink Pad
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Hero Arts - Wagner - HT400 Precision Heat Tool
Hero Arts – Wagner – HT400 Precision Heat Tool
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Love is in the Air!

February 24, 2019

Kim with you today to share some inspiration for the current Love is in the Air Challenge!

For my card today, I decided to play with the fantastic Hero Arts Watercolors! I took a piece of Tim Holtz Watercolor paper and started by adding three drops direct to paper of the HA Pink Watercolor and sprayed water to help with the movement using my Distress Sprayer. I decided to add some HA Strawberry Watercolor ink using the same method to deepen the color and I also added some Distress Paint in Antique Bronze also using the same technique.

Once that was dry, I dry embossed my Love Confetti die and added some “splatter” with the same Distress Paint and added the Picket Fence and Black Soot. I put that aside to dry once more.

I took my New Day Butterflies and stamped the second largest with Versamark ink and used my rose gold embossing powder. I was careful in using my Copic markers so as not to harm my nibs and remove my embossing. I then used the accompanying die.

I took my Tonic mirror cardstock and die cut the Wonderful. I also embossed my secondary sentiment using the same rose gold embossing powder and die cut it from a banner die.

I place all of my elements on the card panel and added some black Nuvo drops to the Butterfly. I also finished off the card with some rose gold sequins with Nuvo White Blizzard glitter drops in the centres.

Thanks for taking the time. All of the products used are listed and linked below. Affiliate links used where possible at no extra cost to you!

Kim

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Every Single Day

February 19, 2019

Hello Crafty Friends! I have a wonderful Poppy card to share with you for this month’s challenge. If you want to see a bonus card I made, hop over to my blog for a special treat!

If you don’t know already, the theme is Love Is In The Air and there is a lovely and rich color palette.

Based on both the theme and the colors, I was inspired to make this card for my sweet valentine! I have had this stamp set since it was released and I never inked it up – oye.

Starting with a piece of of White cardstock, I used my Misti to start arranging my poppies. The colors for the poppies are Cotton Candy, Ultra Pink and Mulled Wine and the stems and buds are in Moss. For the sentiment, from the stamp set All My Love Decorative Hearts and edge of the card I used grape juice. I used black to stamp the stamen and a white gel pen to add details. The panel was trimmed down to 5.25×4 and added to a top folding notecard with craft foam and adhesive. A finishing touch was added with sequins for additional interest.

Remember to check out my blog for the bonus card I made.

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Want to find the products I used? They are listed below for ease of reference. (Affiliated links are used at no cost to you. Thank you!) Click on the icons below each product picture to go to a favorite store.

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Challenge: Love is in the Air

February 15, 2019

Hello and Happy Friday! We’re excited to share our next challenge with you! Our challenge is Love is in the Air and we have a pretty color palette to inspire you!

And now for some inspiration from our Design Team. Click on the picture to go to their blog for more details.


The challenge runs until March 10th and there are two prizes up for grabs. A $50 gift certificate and a $25 gift certificate to Hero Arts!

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Challenge Winners: Crafter’s Choice

February 14, 2019

We have two winners each month. Our chosen challenge winner will win a $50 gift certificate to Hero Arts and a randomly chosen winner will win a $25 gift certificate to Hero Arts!  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!

Our random winner is: Joan!

What a beautiful card! I love the coloring and layout!

Our chosen challenge winner is: Gwendolyn!

Gwendolyn, my jaw dropped when I saw this card! I just love your sketching and the way you set the scene! Perfect execution!

Joan and Gwendolyn, please send us an email to claim your prize. The new Hero Arts catalog is live in the shop tomorrow, and we’d love to help jumpstart your shopping spree!

Our new challenge starts tomorrow. We’re excited and hope you will be as well!

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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.
-Entries accepted until April 7th, and the winner will be announced on the @ablognamedhero page and in the IG stories.
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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 and have fun (and, if you missed yesterday, please visit @ablognamedhero to see yesterday’s participants)! #heroarts #ablognamedhero #ablognamedherofacebookpage #cardmaker #cardmaking #cardmakersofinstagram #cardmakingismysuperpower #papercraft #greetingcards #handmadecards #sharehandmadekindess
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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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