Cha Lion

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

Inspired by Demi Adams

October 3, 2019

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Hello, Cha here! About a month ago, I saw a gorgeous card on Instagram. That card was created by Debi Adams and you can see the card on HERE. I’m a big fan of her cards! I changed a little bit the process because Debi used two pieces of colored cardstock but I preferred to mask and color the piece. The technique that Debi showed to us is how to dry emboss a die-cut image through design. Debi created a beautiful Christmas card with new Hero Arts products but, I created a card for Valentine’s Day, using the same technique. Let’s see!

First of all, I used the Window On Love Confetti Fancy Die from Hero Arts to die cut a piece of masking paper, using the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine. I put the masking piece over a 4,25 by 5,5-inch white notecard in order to blend some colors. Using an Ink Blending Tool, I blended some Distress Oxide Inks – Fired Brick and Candied Apple. Here comes the magic that Debi made. I placed the die again over the notecard, lining up every heart. I temporarily taped the metal die which I used and the notecard. I used the platform in tab 1 from the die-cutting machine. First, I put a cutting pad on this platform, then an embossing pad, added the metal die with the piece of the cardstock and, finally, added the other cutting pad. The metal die has to be upwards in order to create this type of impression. If I wanted more dimension, the only thing that you would need to do is to pass the piece through the die cutting machine several times. I passed through the die cutting machine several times until I was satisfied with the result.

As you can see, the rest of the card is too simple. I die cut some pieces with the metal die “hugs” on white cardstock and gold cardstock. This die comes in the My Monthly Hero kit February 2018 (Love this kit!) which is still available although you can use another one that you already have. I also used the stamp with the phrase “i love you” that came with another kit which is not available anymore but you can look for other stamps with phrases that you can use. I stamped this phrase with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Glitter Gold Embossing Powder. I cut around the phrase by hand.

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To finish this card, I added the background on a card base. I stuck three white “hugs” and, on top, I adhered the gold one. I attached the entire piece in the center of the card and glued the phrase underneath with some foam tape. Finally, I added some gold shimmer to some hearts from the background and I added some hearts and iridescent sequins here and there to the background.

I hope you like this card and get inspired to upload your cards inspired by another crafter on A Blog Named Hero! There are some days left to join us in this challenge and… you can win some prizes! Let’s see what you create!

Thank you! See you soon!

CHAXI ABNH

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A New Perspective with Chibitronics

September 3, 2019

Hello there! Cha here and I would like to show you another card for the “Stretch Your Stamp” Challenge. Like my previous card for this challenge, I used a die set but giving it a twist. I hope you feel inspired to create your cards for this challenge! There are a few days left to join us in this August Challenge!

For this card, I used the Hot Air Balloons Nesting Infinity Dies for creating my card but in a different way. The aim of this set is to create a hot air balloon as this set is named but I used this set for creating a light bulb!. I picked two of the dies of the set that I lined them up and die-cut on a piece of white cardstock. I just wanted the frame for creating a bulb-shaped window card. I also used the smallest die from these two dies that I chose to die cut the front and the back of a white folded card so that we can see the inside of the card. I also die cut two pieces on a piece of acetate.

I glued the piece of acetate on the front of the card and started making the circuit for giving light to this bulb. I folded a little piece of cardboard that would hold the battery and glued the piece at the bottom right side of the notecard. I created the light circuit by adding the copper tape which will go from this folded piece of cardboard to the center of the piece of acetate, meaning that I had to create a “road” that goes from the battery to the led lights. I split the copper tape into two fine strips. I added one strip (positive terminal) from the base of the cardboard to the center of the acetate piece and added another copper strip (negative terminal) from the cardboard piece to the piece of the acetate without overlapping both copper strips. I added a yellow led light in the center of the acetate piece, between the two copper strips (the positive and the negative terminals). I made sure that this led light was a little bit on top of each copper strip. I added double-adhesive foam strips around the folded cardboard piece and added the battery correctly focusing on the terminals of the battery and the copper strips.

I created the bulb base on a piece of Silver Mirror Cardstock that I cut with scissors and left aside for a while. Besides, I die cut a small circle on Pitch Black Cardstock from the set Circle Nesting Infinity Dies. The sentiment that I picked was from an old My Monthly Hero kit (August 2017) that is not available anymore but there are many sentiment sets that you can use. I used an anti-static powder tool before I stamped the sentiment on the circle with Versamark Ink. Then, I heat embossed the sentiment with White Embossing Powder. I heat it with my heat tool*. Later, I added double-adhesive foam strips around the acetate piece and at the bottom of the acetate (bulb base), next to the cardboard piece that holds the battery so that I added the circle with the sentiment on top of the battery and the piece that I created as the bulb base next to it, too. I also added another piece of acetate and the bulb frame that I created previously on top of the foam strips that were around the bulb. In the inside of the card, I added a circle previously colored with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink.

To embellish this card, I added some adornments to the base bulb – I did some lines with the Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen and added some silver glitter. What’s more, I also added some dots of Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen here and there and added some gold glitter. I gave some gold shimmer to the frame of the bulb and added some gold confetti and stars on a piece of the acetate and some black confetti around the front panel. The confetti was included in the My Monthly Hero kit February 2019 that is still available.

I hope you get inspired to create cards for our August Challenge that is going to end in a few days! Show us your cards for this month!

Thank you so much!

CHAXI ABNH

Combining Christmas and Summer Stamp Sets

August 3, 2019

C442235B-B0C7-48CD-B38C-5CC80831C322 Hi there! It’s Cha here! I’m at A Blog Named Hero to create a card for the July challenge – Christmas in July! I had never joined this theme of cards and I must say that I love it! There are a few days left to join this challenge (until 10th August) in which you could win some Hero Arts gift certificates! We are waiting for your cards!

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For today’s card, I used Beach and Christmas stamp sets together – Color Layering Waves, Color Layering Sea and Sky, and Color Layering Christmas Tree stamp sets. I used the Mini MISTI stamping tool for all the stamping for more precise stamping.

First, I used the Color Layering Waves stamp set. I used a piece of white cardstock on which I stamped the first layer from the set with Soft Sky Ink, the second layer with Summer Sky Ink and, the last layer with Deep Ocean Ink. I also stamped the first layer onto a piece of masking paper and masked that portion of the sea in order to color the top of the card (the sky) and the bottom of the card (the sand).

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For coloring the top part of the card, I die cut the Safari Sunset Fancy die on a piece of masking paper and added to the top part of the card. I started blending some Scattered Straw Distress Oxide Ink with an oval brush, then I blended some Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink and, I finished blending Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink. Then, I removed the masking paper and blended Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink slightly. I stamped some clouds from the Color Layering Sea and Sky Stamp set with some White Unicorn Pigment Ink. Besides, I stamped some flying birds and the sailboat in the horizon with Soft Brown Ink.

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For coloring the bottom part of the card, I used some alcohol markers (Promarkers and Brushmarkers – Praliné, Cinnamon, Burnt Sienna, Cocoa). Also, I heat embossed the sentiment from the Color Layering Christmas Tree stamp set with Sand Embossing Powder at the bottom of the card. Previously, I used an anti-static powder tool to avoid the powder to adhere in other parts that I didn’t want to. What’s more, I stamped the starfish and the seashell from the Color Layering Sea and Sky Stamp Set with some orange and pink inks that I already had in my stash.

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I stamped the image, the Christmas tree from the Layering Christmas Tree Stamp Set on another piece of white cardstock. I stamped the first layer with Green Apple Ink, the second and the third layer with Green Hills Ink, and the last layer with Forever Green Ink. I decided to stamp a star at the top of the tree with some Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Gold Glitter Embossing Powder. I cut around the tree with scissors although there are some frame cuts for this Christmas tree.

In order to mount this card, I added the Christmas tree in the center of the card, using some foam tape. At the bottom of the Christmas tree, I added the starfish and the seashell with some foam tape, too. Using an embossing pen, I colored the bottom of the Christmas Tree and the bottom of the seashell and the starfish and, heat embossed with Sand Embossing Powder. I added the whole panel on a top-folded white notecard.

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For embellishing the card, I sprinkled some gold glitter to the Christmas tree, using the Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen. Later, I die cut some circle-shaped adornments that I previously color with red reactive ink (Fruit Punch Reactive Ink). I glued the ornaments to the Christmas tree and added some Clear Lacquer Pen on top of each ornament. Finally, I added some shimmer to some elements of the card with a gold shimmer pen.

I hope you really enjoy creating Christmas in July Cards and join us in this July challenge!

Thank you so much!

CHAXI ABNH

Embossed Background & Color Stamp Layering

July 3, 2019

Hi there! I’m on the blog A Blog Named Hero for another card with the June Challenge 2019! Have you already joined the challenge with your sympathy cards? If you don’t, you have some time to do so! Join us uploading your cards until July 10th, 2019 for a chance to win a voucher with 50$ or 25$ on Hero Arts online store!

I made two cards because I was experimenting with some colors. The processes on the two cards are the same, except for the colors.

I started stamping the Venetian Fleur-de-Lis Bold Prints on top of a black piece cardstock, using Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

On a piece of white cardstock, I used the mini MISTI stamping tool in order to double stamping the image. I stamped the flower from the Color Layering Calla Lily stamp set with blueish inks. First, I stamped the first layer with Soft Pool ink, then I stamped the second layer with Summer Sky ink, and I stamped the fine lines of the last layer with Navy Mid-tone Shadow Ink. Later, I followed the same process for stamping the leaves. As the leaves had two layers, I stamped the first one with Moss Bold ink and the second one with Forever Green Mid-Tone Shadow ink. I die cut all the pieces with the coordinating dies.

I stamped the sentiment from the Color Layering Calle Lily stamp set with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I trimmed the sentiment on a strip.

I assembled this card in a very simple way. I first glued a piece of Arctic cardstock on top of a white notecard and over this, I attached the embossed background. I glued the flowers and the leaves together and adhered over the background. I also added the sentiment strip above the flowers and the leaves with some foam tape.

To finish the card, I added some Nuvo Drops English Mustard at the center of each flower. Also, I added different types of sequins to the background – black confetti and blue bubbles sequins. I added some green bubbles sequins on top of the leaves, too. These bubbles sequins came with a past kit, so they are not available anymore but you can find some similar options HERE, HERE and HERE. Finally, I added some gold shimmer to the flowers and leaves.

I also made another card with the same products but different colors. I heat embossed the background with Gold embossing powder. Also, I stamped the flower with Soft Yellow Shadow ink, Butter Bar Mid-Tone Shadow ink, and Orange Soda Shadow ink. For embellishing this card, I just added some gold and black confetti here and there. These confetti embellishments came with the My Monthly Hero February 2019 and it is still available.

I hope you like these cards! Join us to this June Challenge 2019! Thank you!

See you the next time!

Cha