A Blog Named Hero

A Beautiful Scene for the May Challenge

Hello there! It’s Cha here to show you my card for our monthly card challenge. You can still join us in this challenge until June 10 for having a chance to win some gift certificates. Use Hero Arts products and create a wonderful scene for sending hugs from a distance! This challenge is about this difficult time that the whole world is confronting. We want to see your cards! I hope you feel inspired by our cards and show us yours!
To make this card, I picked a piece of 4,25″ by 5,5″ Dove Premium Cardstock and die-cut the cover plate die with a facade of a house that came with one of the Hero Arts kits (My Monthly Hero kit November 2019). I die cut all my pieces with the Sizzix Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine although you could use the one that you have already. Once die-cut, I colored the front using alcohol-based markers (the Copic markers), apart from the Chrismas decoration that surrounds the top window from the front because I wanted to create a decorative arch to put on it. To cover this part, I aligned two of the circles from the HA Circle Infinity Nesting Dies and die cut both at the same time. Then, I cut the extremes with scissors and cut two tiny rectangles to embellish the ends of this arch. I also colored this arch with Copics markers.
The Copic Sketch markers that I used for coloring this card, were the followings:
The bricks: C-00, C-1
The door: B05, B16, B18
The door frame: C-1, C-4, C-7
The floor: 100
The carpet: R27, R46, R89
The lamps: C-1, C-4, C-7
The plants: C-1, C-4, C-7, YG03, YG17, YG67
The arch: C-1, C-4, C-7
At that moment, I thought I could remove the little triangle pieces from the window that is surrounded by the arch, and the lamps that are on each side of the door so that I could add a piece of acetate behind the panel to give some dimension to the card.
Later, I blended some yellow ink. I went for the Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink to color the front part of a White Folded Card base. I put the panel with the facade of the house over the card base and traced the door opening with a pencil. Then, I stamped the sentiment with HA Intense Black ink inside that opening and over the yellowish background. Once stamped, I erased the pencil lines.
I added adhesive foam tape and foam strips behind the card panel and adhered it to the card base later. I decided to stamp the word ‘Welcome‘ on top of the carpet with HA Intense Black ink.


To embellish this card, I decided to glue some envelopes to the door mailbox and in the opening door. I also added the knob of the door with some dimensional glue pen as it is the Hero Arts Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen and also, I added some dimension to the arch. Finally, I added some shimmer to some of the elements of the card, the pavement, and the arch with the NUVO Aqua Shimmer pen.
And this is all! I hope you like this card as I do and see your cards joining us in this challenge that will come to an end soon. Thank you so much and see you the next time!

Watercolor with Metallic Glimmer inks

Hi there! Cha here with another card for our current card challenge that is Watercolor. I hope you are enjoying this challenge as much as I am and I invite you to join us before it comes to an end in a few days. For some inspiration, I will be using some Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic inks for creating my card for today’s post.
First, I picked a piece of watercolor paper in which I stamped the Hero Arts Crafting Tools Bold Prints with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and heat embossed with Hero Arts Ultra Fine Embossing Powder. I had first applied an Anti-static powder tool so that no particles of powder adhere to where I did not want to.
Then, I colored the piece with Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Inks mixing the colors in between. I used Blue Glimmer Metallic, Red Glimmer Metallic, Pewter, and Gold Glimmer Metallic. I let this background dry for a while.
I created the sentiment by stamping one of the phrases from the Hero Arts Crafty Messages Stamp Set. I placed a piece of Hero Arts Mustard Premium Cardstock in my Mini MISTI Stamping Tool and stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx black ink. I heat embossed with Hero Arts Ultra Fine Embossing Powder. Later, I fussy cut the sentiment.
I glued a piece of Hero Arts Pitch Black Premium Cardstock on top of a 4,25 by 5,5-inch white top folded card. Later, I trimmed the sides of the background that I had colored with glimmer inks and adhered to the top of the card base with adhesive foam tape. Finally, I added the sentiment with adhesive foam circles.
I wanted this card simple, so I just added a little bit of gold shimmer on the images with Nuvo Midas Touch Shimmer Pen.
And that’s it! I hope you like this card and feel inspired to create your own watercolor card and join us in this April challenge!
Thank you so much and see you soon!
Stay safe.

Home décor

Hello there! It’s me, Cha! I want to show you this idea for the March challenge. I hope you are going to love this idea for decorating your home. Remember this March challenge is going to end by April 10th. Make sure to use your Hero Arts products to create something different except a card and to join us in this March challenge. Let’s started!

First of all, I picked heavyweight vellum, such as the Hero Arts. I used four sheets of vellum to create this decoration. You can use your MISTI Stamping Tool if you want to but I preferred not to use it because I used a Cling Stamp which is easy to stamp without using a stamping tool. I used the Hero Arts Venetian Fleur-de-lis Bold Prints that is a 6″ by 6″ rubber stamp. I faced the rubber up on my work surface so that I could press the vellum down on top of the stamp. So, I used an Anti-Static Powder Tool first on the vellum sheet and inked the stamp with Versamark Ink. Then, I pressed the vellum down the stamp firmly and I heat embossed this piece with White Embossing Powder. As it is a sheet of vellum, I trimmed the piece down to the size of the stamp (6″x6″) excepting the right side that I left 0,75″ and scored it to create the lap for gluing this to the next side of this candle decor using adhesive tape.

I created three more pieces like this one. Then, I wanted to create something similar to a square, so I glued each lap to the next piece of vellum until I created this square.

Finally, I added this decorative square on a decorative plate and added artificial candles inside. However, you can create one of these as a vase for indoor plants, cacti or flowers.

I hope you understand this process and like this idea. Also, I hope you get inspired to join us in the March challenge!

Thank you for stopping by and see you soon!

Happy Birthday Card

Hello there! It’s Cha here with another card for a birthday. There are a few days left so that this challenge is going to end. If you have not joined us for this February Challenge, you have an opportunity to do it! If you win, you will get a 50$ gift certificate, also another crafter will be chosen randomly and will get a 25$ gift certificate! Hurry up and upload your birthday cards! Let’s start creating a birthday card!

I decided to make a simple card using several Hero Arts products from two different My Monthly Hero kits. They are not available but you can find other similar products at the Hero Arts store. Remember that there are optional subscriptions in order to purchase these monthly kits. If you are interested, check them out here!

My Monthly Hero kit – July 2018

My Monthly Hero kit – February

First of all, I picked the fancy die that came with one of the kits (the July 2018 My Monthly Hero kit) and decided to create a mask from this die using Masking Paper. I just wanted to use the frame of this die and the centerpiece. Then, I added the masks on an A2-sized panel. For coloring this card background, I used Distress Oxides but you can use the Hero Arts Reactive Inks. The colors that I used were Squeeze Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Wild Honey. Besides, I sprayed some water and some shimmer to this background. I waited a few seconds and removed all the masks from the panel.

As I wanted this card simple, I just stamped a small present on white cardstock with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers – R89, R46, Y19, Y02. I used the Mini MISTI Stamping Tool to get a more crisp image. I used the coordinating die to cut the image. This image was from the February 2020 My Monthly Hero kit  which I said this is not available. I added this image in the middle of the card with some adhesive foam circles.

I stamped the sentiment underneath the image with black ink, Hero Arts Intense Black ink. The sentiment was also included in the February de 2020 My Monthly Hero kit.

In order to arrange this card, I glued a piece of black cardstock on a white card base. I trimmed a little bit the edges of the main panel and glued it on top of the black piece so that a black frame is shown around the central panel.

For finishing this card, I just added some gold shimmer to the present and some confetti sequins to the background.

I hope you are encouraged to take part in this challenge before March, 10th.

Thank you so much!

 

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A Magical Card with Muted Tones

Hi there! It’s Cha! I’m here at A Blog Named Hero to show my card for this November challenge – Muted Tones Cards. I’d always created cards with vivid and striking colors and from now on, I must say that I would like challenging myself by creating cards with softer colors. Yes! It was a challenge for me! For this card, I used one of my favorite cardmaking techniques, masking, to create a magical scene combining some Hero Arts stamp sets. Join us in this November challenge until December 10th for a chance to win a gift card!

I used a piece of 4,25 by 5,5-inch white cardstock. I used my mini MISTI stamping tool to stamp all the images. I placed this piece in the stamping tool and stamped one of the unicorns from the Dragons & Unicorns Stamp Set with Soft Sky ink. I die cut the same image of this unicorn with its coordinating die on masking paper in order to mask this unicorn. Then, I used the Color Layering Sleepy Moon stamp set. I stamped the first solid image from this set with Soft Yellow ink and stamped the same image on a piece of masking paper in order to mask also the moon on the card.

 

Before moving on coloring the images, I preferred coloring the background first as I had all the images masked. I die cut some clouds from the Color Layering Sea & Sky, Frame Cuts on masking paper. I masked some areas on the background and started coloring with Soft Pink ink and Fresh Peach inks, using an Ink Blending Brush. I moved the masked clouds around the background while I colored with the brush. Then, I removed the masking piece from the unicorn and colored around the moon with Soft Yellow ink, using the ink blending brush, too. I removed the masking piece from the moon and stamped the other layers of the moon with Dandelion ink. Later, I colored the unicorn in soft colors with Copic markers. For coloring the unicorn, I did not do anything fancy, I just added some dots to the unicorn to give a little bit of interest as well as the halo around the unicorn that we could see when we removed the masking piece that we die cut with the coordinating die.

I stamped the sentiment from the Dragons & Unicorns Stamp Set with Soft Granite Ink and some stars around the background with Soft Pink Ink.

I hope you like this card and remember that you can join us in this challenge for a chance to win a gift card. Be sure to upload your cards with soft colors before December 10th. We are waiting for your cards!

Thank you so much!

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