A Blog Named Hero

Partial Masking

55810935_10156068475811156_4844296198728712192_n

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

 

Snowflake Happy Holidays

Hi crafters, it’s Caren here today.  I’m sharing a fun sparkly holiday card for you today.  Since it has snowflakes, I think it meets this month’s challenge – Nature!

ABNH_CB_1027

I die cut the Snowflake Pattern Cover plate from blue card stock.  I adhered it to a piece of silver glitter paper (it’s so sparkly!)  I glued this to my white card base.  I die cut the sentiment from the Happy Holidays Script Stamp and Cut set three times from white card stock.  I glued them together to give the sentiment more dimension on the card.

I added a few white jewels on the snowflakes to finish the card.  I love, love, love this snowflake die.  It is so pretty and intricate and it’s easy to create quick and easy gorgeous cards.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to join in on this month’s challenge – Nature.55810935_10156068475811156_4844296198728712192_n

Sig_Caren

Hello There

Hello!  Seeka here, and today I’m sharing a jungle-themed card that fits right in with this month’s Nature challenge.  I really love the detail of this background die and pairing it with a single, simple image for a clean and vibrant card.

I started by using painter’s tape to tape down a piece of Canson XL watercolor paper onto my work surface. I used a flat brush to add clean clear water over the panel.  Then I sprinkled just a bit of Brush Sea Green Crystal Colour powder around the panel and used more water and a round brush to help spread the color, taking care not to blend too much so that some light and dark variations remained.  I used a heat gun to speed drying and then I repeated the process, to intensify the color, by adding more clean clear water and more Brusho.

When the panel was dry, I die cut it with the Leaves & Vines Fancy Die. I also cut two additional die cuts from 110# white cardstock and set them aside.  To add some texture to the watercolored piece, I splattered some Finetec Arabic Gold watercolor and a bit of diluted Veridian gouache over the die cut. Then I stacked and adhered all three die cuts together.

The toucan is from the Hello Toucan stamp set. I stamped him in black pigment ink onto a piece of watercolor paper and then used several colors of Brusho to watercolor him.  I found that black watercolor was a little bit too gray so I also used black and gray colored pencils to intensify his black features and the tip of his beak.  When I finished coloring, I fussy cut him and ran a black marker around him to darken the white edges of the paper.

I stamped the sentiment, from the Many Everyday Messages stamp set, onto a strip of cardstock and then trimmed one end at an angle.

To assemble the card, I adhered the leafy background onto an A2-sized piece of Neenah Solar White and then adhered the toucan with foam tape.  I slid the sentiment strip under his feet and added a bit of glue to hold it in place.  And finally, I adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base.

Thanks so much for visiting, and don’t forget to join this month’s challenge!

Nature in Winter

Oh my goodness Fall is just flying by and it is almost time to start making my holiday cards, so for our Nature theme this month I started getting out all of my Hero Holiday Stamps!  It is always fun to “shop” your stash and re-visit an old favorite set. For the card below I used the Winter Time Fun set and did some simple masking to create the scene. To start I Die cut the wreath from some white cardstock and stamped the fox and the tree from the set, then cut some simple masks from post it tape to cover them as well as a curved piece to stick on top to create the snowbank.

Then I ink blended the night sky with splash ink very lightly using clarity stencil brushes and then more heavily using Blue Hawaii and then Grape Slush and let it dry thoroughly. I removed the masks and colored Mr. Fox and the tree with Copics and prismacolor pencils on top and added some detail with a micron pan. Finally I white heat embossed the sentiment from the set on a piece of lapis cardstock and some snowflakes on my colored panel. I carefully glued the wreath back on top of the circle and foam mounted it to the card and added some white details with a gel pen and crytal stickles for a little snowy sparkle.

Take a look at this set as it has alot of really sweet little wintry items for your Holiday cards.  Dont forget to join us for the Nature challenge. Link Up for the giveaway is here.> Product Links are below too. 

Happy Crafting, 

October Challenge

Hi Everyone! It’s time for the October Challenge

This month we want to see nature in your projects. Wildlife, foliage, florals, and everything in between. The design team has some great inspiration for you this month. 

 

The linky tool is below and as always you have until November 10th 5pm to join us for the chance to win one of two gift cards from Hero Arts–our beloved sponsors!

We can’t wait to see what you create.

See you again soon!

The A Blog Named Hero team. XX

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter