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Joy To You

Hello there! Seeka here and today I have a holiday card with tropical vibe. I had different intentions when I started this card, but as the background came together it began to remind me of tropical waters and I found myself choosing a floral ornament with a color combination reminiscent of a Hawaiian shirt.

I started by using Embossing & Watermark Ink and Sparkle embossing powder to heat emboss the Abstract Linocut Bold Print background stamp onto an A2-sized piece of Paradise cardstock.

Next, I used the Poinsettia and Ornament Fancy Die to cut the ornament from white cardstock, and the sentiment die from the Joy Stamp & Cut set to cut “joy” from Papaya cardstock. I stamped a small sentiment from the Joy set in Intens-ified Black ink onto a strip of white cardstock.

To assemble the card, I trimmed the background to about 4″ x 5.25″ and then used foam tape to adhere the ornament and sentiments. To finish, I used more foam tape to adhere the card front to an A2-sized card base.

Don’t forget to check out this month’s challenge! The theme is Glitter and Sparkle.

Thank you so much for visiting!

Challenge time!

Hi there crafting friends!

I’m excited to be here with one of our last challenges of the year!

It’s headed towards the holiday season, so we thought you might all be starting to make your christmas cards, and so, our challenge this month is to add some

Yay!

I always love adding a bit of sparkle to my projects anyway so this was a fun one for me, I’m sure it was for the Design Team too.  Lets take a peek at what they made.

So much gorgeousness! 

 

So, as per usual our beloved Hero Arts have sponsored us, and you have the chance to win one of two gift vouchers thanks to them! All you need to do is enter via the linky tool below before 5pm on the 10th December, and you’ll be in the draw!

 

We can’t wait to see what you all create 🙂

 

Sparkly hugs

Linda 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter


WINNERS!

Hi there crafty peeps! 

 

Linda here, and I’m excited to announce our winners of the recent challenge;

The winner of the $50 gift voucher is Natalie with this fantastic card!

The idea of using clear acetate to create a belly-band for the card is genius!

 

And the winner of our $25 gift voucher, is Hannelie with her lovely card

Such an effective use of such a simple technique! We all really loved it.

A big huge thanks as always to our lovely sponsors, Hero Arts who make this all happen!

Winners, please email us at ablognamedhero@gmail.com, to claim your prize.


And thanks to you all for playing along with us this month.


We’ll be back again in a couple of days to announce the new challenge!

 

See you then,

Linda 

A Card with a See-through Element

 
 
 
Hello there! It’s Cha here with another card for this October challenge. Remember that you can use a transparent element to your cards and Hero Arts products to join us in this challenge. There are a few couples of weeks left before this challenge ends. I hope you could join us!
 
For this card, I used the Cloudy Sky Scene Dies, and a piece of acetate to create this card. I picked a Dove folded card and I trimmed the front of the card leaving a strip on the left side so that we could glue the clouds on top and the piece of acetate. So, I die cut the Cloudy Sky Scene Dies from White Dove Premium Cardstock using my Die Cutting Machine, Sizzix. Then, I glued these clouds on the left side adding some adhesive tape on the strip that I left from the folded card. Later, I added another cloud piece behind the main one and added the piece of acetate behind. Finally, I  added another cloud at the upper right corner and cut off the excess. 
 

Now that I had the background planned, I colored the top part of the inside of the card so that you could see the inside from the acetate window. I masked the bottom part and the left side. I put over the Sun Background Stencil and colored it with the Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide inks, using an ink blending tool. I removed the masking pieces and, as you can see in the photo, there is enough space to write the message inside! 
 
 
 
I used the images from the My Monthly Hero kit May 2020. I decided to use the hot-air balloons and the airplane. I colored the images with Copic Sketch Markers. I did not do anything fancy at coloring because I’m not an expert. I also stamped some stars on top of the clouds using some Hero Arts inks – Soft Pink and Rose Madder. I also stamped some hearts here and there with Intense Black ink and colored them with Copics. 
 
 
 
In order to stamp the sentiment, I used the Mini MISTI Stamping tool because I cut with scissors the sentiment strip that comes with the kit so that I could add it at the top left corner. I placed every word on the lid of the MISTI and I stamped this sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink several times. 
 
To embellish this card, I added some dimension to the airplane with the Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen, and I added a little shine to the images with the NUVO Aqua Shimmer Pen. Finally, I added some star sequins. 
 
 
I hope you like this card. Grab your Hero Arts products and create a card today. Don’t forget to join us on this challenge! You can participate in this challenge until November 10. 
 
 
Thank you so much!
 
 

Winter Greetings

Hello everyone.  Hope everyone’s week is starting off great. It’s icy and snowy here today.

My card today is a shaker card.  It features a see thru element which is this months challenge!

My images are from a previous My Monthly Hero kit.  I colored them with Copic Markers and die cut them using the coordinating dies.  My sentiment is from the Stacking Snowflake stamp set.  I filled the shaker part with various sequins from my stash.

Thanks so much for visiting and don’t forget to visit the challenge to link up your project for a chance to win a Hero Arts gift card!