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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.

SUPPLIES

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.

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!

Please help support A Blog Named Hero by shopping through our links for our sponsor, Hero Arts. These are affiliate links, at no additional cost to you. We appreciate your support!

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!

Magnolia Congratulations

February 8, 2019

Hello everyone, it’s Juhi here sharing a floral card for our ‘Crafter’s Choice’ Challenge.

I don’t know about you but I am already dreaming about spring. Even though we were lucky enough not to have a very cold winter here in California, the last few days have been really cold. I live on a street lined with Magnolia trees and I can’t wait for them to bloom!

I’ve tried some no line coloring with Prisma Color pencils on kraft card stock. On hindsight, I feel I should’ve used shades of yellow and cream color to shade the flowers.

I hope you like my card. There’s still a couple of days left to play along the Crafter’s Choice Challenge. We love to see what you create.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Supplies Used:

White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: Hero Arts	MINI MISTI Laser Etched Tool Shop at: Hero Arts	Embossing Tool Shop at: Hero Arts	Versamark Watermark Ink Pad Shop at: Hero Arts
Intense Black Shop at: Hero Arts	CM261 Hero Florals Magnolia Shop at: Hero Arts	DI198 NESTING RECTANGLE INFINITY DIES Shop at: Hero Arts