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Love Blooms

April 5, 2021

Hello everyone! This month’s challenge (April) is Anniversary. For the challenge announcement post, I created a more masculine card that featured an eclipse technique as well as a galaxy background. This card is pretty much the complete opposite! It features lots of flowers and bright colors.

I started with an A2 sized panel of Lavender cardstock and stamped the small print text in the Sending Love Mail stamp set with clear embossing ink. I used the Floral Love set to stamp, emboss and die cut the Love letters from the lavender panel. I also cut two additional layers of letters from white cardstock to add dimension.

I cut many flowers and greenery out of white cardstock from the Envelope Accessories Fancy dies and Bouquet Accessories Fancy dies. I used Copic markers to color all of the elements in various shades. After coloring, I inlaid one of the white love layers to enable me to place all the lovely flowers. I made sure to cut the flowers down so that they didn’t overlap under the letters. This would have given it a much more bulky look that I didn’t want. After all of my elements were placed on the panel, I glued the remaining Love letters together for the dimensional look that I wanted.

The “you with all my heart” sentiment was white heat embossed onto Amethyst cardstock and fussy cut. I adhered a few scrap pieces of white cardstock on the back to ensure that it would be the same level as the dimensional Love letters. And for one final touch, I used a white and gold Gelly Roll pen to add a little more detail to the flowers within the letters. I think that it makes them stand out just a bit more.

I hope that you find some inspiration in this card and I can’t wait to see what you design for our challenge!

 

 

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Happy Anniversary

April 4, 2021

Hello there! Joy here and I would like to share a card I made for the current Anniversary Challenge.

I started by stamping the flowers and buds from the Hero Florals Poppy Stamp Set on a white Copic friendly cardstock using Intens-ified Black ink. Next, I masked these images and coloured the sky using Cornflower and Navy Shadow Inks and a blending brush. I then inked the ground using Emerald Green Shadow Ink. After that, I splattered Deep Ocean Liquid Watercolor on the sky and Jungle Mist Liquid Watercolor on the ground.

Next, I unmasked the images and coloured them using my Copic Markers. Then I stamped the sentiment from the Many Everyday Messages Stamp Set using Intens-ified Black ink. After that, I splattered White Liquid Watercolor on the entire panel. Lastly, I stuck this card panel on an A2 card base.

Thank you so much for joining me today. Be sure to visit this month’s challenge post to enter your project for a chance to win a gift card to Hero Arts! Have a fabulous day.

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Challenge time for April!

April 4, 2021

Hi crafty friends,

 

I hope you’ve enjoyed your start to April! Instead of our usual beginning on April 1st, we thought we’d surprise you all and host a Blog Hop to celebrate our 9th anniversary! You still have time to head over there and check out all the amazing projects that our guests have made.

Now on to the challenge, which is the same theme as our hop, it’s Anniversary! The DT are sharing with you, the projects they made for the hop.

 

 

‘We hope we’ve shown you all some great inspiration! We’d love to see what you make with an Anniversary theme!

Be sure to enter before 26th of this month at 5pm, for your chance to win one of two gift vouchers for Hero Arts, thanks to Hero Arts themselves, our wonderful sponsors!!

The linky tool is below,

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter


Crafty hugs!

Linda xx

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Challenge Winners March 2021

March 28, 2021

Hello crafters!

Rosie here to announce our winner of the Floral March challenge.

As always, there are two gift vouchers available to two lucky winners, thanks to our delightful sponsor, Hero Arts.

Congratulations to our $50 gift voucher Vivian with this great addition of gold to a bright tropical bold print.

Congratulations to our $25 gift voucher winner Melissa. This Bee themed card with a vellum overlay is so unique. 

Congratulations winners!! Please email us at ablognamedhero@gmail.com and specify which challenge you won.

Thanks so much to everyone for playing, and our beloved Hero Arts for continuing to sponsor us.

See you in April for the next challenge!

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Hello Lovely

March 23, 2021

Hello crafty friends! Dhruvika here and I would like to share a card I made for the current Floral Challenge. It is already spring in my part of the world. And with the little green thumb that I have, I have a white Arum Lily showing up in my garden. Inspired by that lovely flower is a clean and simple card today.

I started with stamping the Arum Lily and the from The Hero Florals Arum lily Stamp Set using the Hero Arts Black Ink Pad and then colored them using Copic Markers. After I was happy with the flower, I fussy cut it.

I then adhered the flower using the 3D foam tape on a panel cut from Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Dove White  using the the Rounded Rectangle Infinity Dies .  I then stamped the sentiments using the Hero Arts Black Ink Hello from Hero Florals Nasturtium Stampset and Lovely from Hero Arts Arum Lily Stampset. I also added a yellow twine to for some added interest.

To create the base of the card, I used the Hero Hues Dove White Top Folded Cardstock. I ink blended very gently with Hero Arts Pool Mid-tone Shadow Ink to add some depth behind the rounded panel. And then added the rounded rectangle panel with 2 layers of 3D foam tape to elevate it from the cardbase.

Thank you so much for joining me today. Be sure to visit this month’s challenge post to enter your project for a chance to win a gift card to Hero Arts! Have a beautiful day.

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Hi there! Gale here as we continue our month long Hi there!  Gale here as we continue our month long anniversary celebration!  Please like and follow this page, then enter your project on our blog for a chance to win 1 of 2 $50 gift cards!  For more info on my project, please visit https://www.thedarbycreekdiaries.com/2021/03/ABNHanniversaryhop.html  Take care!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our birt Thank you to everyone who participated in our birthday celebration Instagram Hop last week! It was so lovely to celebrate with past and present design team members. The winner has been chosen randomly from comments on day 2, stop 7, and the winner is @waterlily57 ! Congratulations! I will send you a DM to let you know how you can collect your prize!
This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is celebrating the 9th anniversary of our first challenge! To help us celebrate, we have invited some design team alumni and special guests to join us for an Instagram hop over two days! We also have one $50 Hero Arts gift card to be won! This will be drawn from all the comments on all the stops, so the more you hop and comment, the better your chance to win.
The full hop list can be found at the bottom of this post, and you next stop is @art_of_albara
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-Follow @ablognamedhero. Please don’t follow just to unfollow after the giveaway is over.
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-Optional: tag your friends - one per comment.
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By entering the giveaway, you confirm that you are over 13 years of age, and agree with Instagram’s terms and conditions, as well as release Instagram and Facebook of any responsibility. This giveaway is not sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram or Facebook.
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This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is celebrating the 9th anniversary of our first challenge! To help us celebrate, we have invited some design team alumni and special guests to join us for an Instagram hop over two days! We also have one $50 Hero Arts gift card to be won! This will be drawn from all the comments on all the stops, so the more you hop and comment, the better your chance to win.
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The full hop list can be found at the bottom of this post, and you next stop is @lindatracedesigns
Rules:
-Follow @ablognamedhero. Please don’t follow just to unfollow after the giveaway is over.
-Like this post and leave a comment.
-Optional: tag your friends - one per comment.
-Entries accepted until April 7th, and the winner will be announced on the @ablognamedhero page and in the IG stories.
-No giveaway accounts.
By entering the giveaway, you confirm that you are over 13 years of age, and agree with Instagram’s terms and conditions, as well as release Instagram and Facebook of any responsibility. This giveaway is not sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram or Facebook.
***Good luck, have fun, and make sure you come back tomorrow for day 2!
#heroarts #ablognamedhero #ablognamedherofacebookpage #cardmaker #cardmaking #cardmakersofinstagram #cardmakingismysuperpower #papercraft #greetingcards #handmadecards #sharehandmadekindess
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Gale here! We're gearing up for the 9th Anniversa Gale here!  We're gearing up for the 9th Anniversary celebration of our blog!  Be sure to visit Instagram for our giveaway hop on April 1st-2nd filled with stops from your favorite Hero Arts artists!  For more info on this easy and fun project, please visit thedarbycreekdiaries.com
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What is better than Birthday cake? Birthday cake w What is better than Birthday cake? Birthday cake with flowers 🙂 There are still a few days left on our Floral challenge and you can see details of my card on my blog. Have a great day, Mateja M
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Hi! @jenniferkotas here with another card for the Hi! @jenniferkotas here with another card for the Floral Challenge. There’s still a few more days to enter your own project. More info on my blog. #ablognamedhero #ablognamedherofacebookpage #heroarts
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Here's easy and elegant inspiration for the "A Blog Named Hero's" current floral challenge! The details are on my blog (link in bio!). Enjoy!
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