A Blog Named Hero

So Proud of You

Hi crafters!  It’s Caren here, hope everyone’s week is going great.  I love that Hero Arts embraces other companies in the stamping industry.  For today’s card, I used the collaboration stamp set – You Make a Difference – from Hero Arts and Pinkfresh Studios.  I knew I had to have this stamp set when I saw it.

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I used the large flower stamp from the set and heat embossed the image and the sentiment on watercolor paper using rose gold embossing powder.  I water colored the flower image using distress inks and a water brush.

I die cut the image and the sentiment using some scalloped rectangles from my stash.  I adhered the image panel to a pink card base.  I also layered the sentiment image on a piece of pink card stock.  I then adhered the sentiment panel using foam adhesive.  I added three pink jewels to finish the card.

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Sig_Caren

Peace, Love, and Prosperity

Hi crafters!  It’s Caren here, hope everyone had a great week.  I decided to stick to this months challenge theme with today’s card.

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I was able to get me hands on some of the new Hero Arts Christmas products at my local craft store.

The first one is the Poinsettia Ornament die.  I love dies like these.  I cut the top layer with silver glitter paper and the bottom layer in black card stock.  I adhered the two layers together with liquid adhesive.  I then found the glittery red piece of patterned paper and adhered it to a black card base.

The sentiment is from a new stamp set from Hero Arts named Holiday messages.  I heat embossed one of the sentiments from this set onto black card stock and silver embossing powder.  I adhered the ornament and the sentiment to the card using dimensional adhesive.

For the final touches on the card, I added silver twine to the top of the ornament and them added three silver jewels to the card.

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Sig_Caren

Stay Golden

Hi everyone, it’s Caren here!  hope everyone is having a great week, I’m looking forward to the short work week next week for the Fourth of July!

Today I have a fun Fishy card to share with you today.

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I used Hero Art’s Fishy stamp and die set to create this card.  I stamped the fishbowl onto some patterned paper that had a slight blue gradient with a few blue speckles.  I also stamped the bottom part of the fishbowl onto brown patterned paper and cut out the sand part of the bowl.  I paper pieced this onto the fishbowl.  I stamped the fish and rocks onto some white card stock and used the dies to cut out the fish.  I hand cut the rocks.

I heat embossed the Stay Golden sentiment onto black card stock and trimmed the piece to fit the sentiment.  The fish, rocks, and bottom of the fishbowl was colored with Copic markers.

I die cut a piece of light brown wood-grained patterned paper with a rectangle die that has wonky stitching.  I backed this piece with a piece of black card stock.  I adhered the fishbowl, fish, and rocks onto this panel.  The sentiment was adhered to the panel using dimensional adhesive.  This was then attached to a white card base to finish the card.

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Sig_Caren

Thanks for Everything

Hello everyone!  Has everyone had a chance to join in on the blog hop for Hero Arts 45th Anniversary?  There are so many awesome creators and giveaways celebrating the greatness of Hero Arts!

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I recently went on a trip to Florida and took along my Zig markers with a bunch of stamped images.  I hadn’t had a chance to use the Venetian Neighborhood Cling stamp yet, so this was the perfect opportunity.  This was such a fun stamp to color!  I love all the windows.  I paired this with a sentiment from the Beautiful Day Agapanthus stamp set.

Don’t forget to join in on this month’s challenge celebrating Hero Arts.

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Sig_Caren

Best Fishes on your Birthday

Hi everyone, it’s Caren and it is my first solo post on A Blog Named Hero.  I’m so excited to join the team.  I’ve been a fan of Hero Arts for about 20 years.  They have been a company who I’ve consistently looked to over the years.

For my card today, I’m featuring the two fish stamps from the Fishy Stamp and Die set.

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I started by stamping, coloring, and die cutting out the fishes from the Fishy Stamp and Die set.  For my background, I used distress ink with the Wave Stencil on a piece of white card stock.  I used the stencil with a darker blue ink first.  Then I used a lighter shade of blue ink to cover the entire panel without the stencil.  This cuts down on the stark whiteness of the card stock.

I then heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set with white embossing powder on a piece of black card stock.  I then back the black card stock with a piece of orange paper that matches my colored fish.  I assembled the card and used foam adhesive to adhere the fish to the panel.

This was a fun card to make and I think it is versatile enough to be given to a guy or girl.  Don’t forget to join in on this month’s challenge for Clean and Simple cards.  I think this card would qualify, how about you?  Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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