A Blog Named Hero

April Challenge: Watercolour

April 15, 2020

Hello there crafting friends,

We at A Blog Named Hero hope you’re all safe and healthy in this troubling time.

With many of us at home more than usual, we hope that the crafters out there, are taking time for some of our favourite past time, card-making. It soothes the soul and calms the nerves for so many of us, and receiving a handmade card can brighten anyone’s day.

We considered postponing the challenges until all of this Covid nightmare was behind us, but decided against it, because something that can bring a little comfort to us all, is routine and familiarity.

With that in mind, let’s move straight to the challenge.

One winner will be selected by our DT, and win a $50 gift voucher, a second winner will be chosen at random to receive a $25 voucher!

Be sure to enter the challenge (via the linky tool below) by 5pm on the 10th of next month, to be in the running for one of the TWO gift cards from our delightful sponsors, Hero Arts!

See you again soon!

Linda

Let the adventure begin

April 13, 2020

I love reading. Beside cardmaking and scrapbooking and embroidering, reading is my favourite thing to do and I am constantly on the lookout for new, cute bookmarks. This time I decided to make one myself.

I started by inkblending a few blue and purple colors of reactive ink to create a fun deep water background. I splashed a few drops of water on the background to create “bubbles”.

I used the glitter laquer from the November 2019 My Monthly Hero kit and a scrap piece of cardstock to make glittery rays of sunshine down in the water.

I stamped the images form the March 2019 MMH kit using black ink and the sentiment is from the June 2019 MMH kit.

I found these very old bookmark pockets in my stash that I put my bookmark in. I added a bunch of sequins inside the pocket as well. Since I wanted the sequins to move when you shake the bookmark I sealed the pocket shut using my fuse tool.

I completed my project by tying a couple of ribbons in the hole on the pocket.

I hope you will join us in our next challenge that will be published here the 15th.

Until then; Stay safe, stay home and craft with joy.

Hello!

April 6, 2020

Hi There! I’m here today with a quick and simple “any occasion” card that you can wip out in 5 minutes! I love background dies, especially detailed and intricate ones like I’ve used here.

I decided to go for a tone on tone look by cutting my card base and die cut from the same color of card stock. Before cutting the die cut piece, I ran the a2 sized piece of card stock through my Xyron sticker maker to coat the back in adhesive and make it easier to get on the card base.

To finish the card I die cut my sentiment from some shiny gold card stock and adhered down with a liquid adhesive!

Supplies

Hero Arts Hello Fancy Die
Shop at:
HA

Hero Arts Paradise Cardstock
Shop at:
HA

Hero Arts Precision Glue
Shop at:
HA

Home décor

April 3, 2020

Hello there! It’s me, Cha! I want to show you this idea for the March challenge. I hope you are going to love this idea for decorating your home. Remember this March challenge is going to end by April 10th. Make sure to use your Hero Arts products to create something different except a card and to join us in this March challenge. Let’s started!

First of all, I picked heavyweight vellum, such as the Hero Arts. I used four sheets of vellum to create this decoration. You can use your MISTI Stamping Tool if you want to but I preferred not to use it because I used a Cling Stamp which is easy to stamp without using a stamping tool. I used the Hero Arts Venetian Fleur-de-lis Bold Prints that is a 6″ by 6″ rubber stamp. I faced the rubber up on my work surface so that I could press the vellum down on top of the stamp. So, I used an Anti-Static Powder Tool first on the vellum sheet and inked the stamp with Versamark Ink. Then, I pressed the vellum down the stamp firmly and I heat embossed this piece with White Embossing Powder. As it is a sheet of vellum, I trimmed the piece down to the size of the stamp (6″x6″) excepting the right side that I left 0,75″ and scored it to create the lap for gluing this to the next side of this candle decor using adhesive tape.

I created three more pieces like this one. Then, I wanted to create something similar to a square, so I glued each lap to the next piece of vellum until I created this square.

Finally, I added this decorative square on a decorative plate and added artificial candles inside. However, you can create one of these as a vase for indoor plants, cacti or flowers.

I hope you understand this process and like this idea. Also, I hope you get inspired to join us in the March challenge!

Thank you for stopping by and see you soon!

Trio of Tags

March 27, 2020

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. It’s really hard to fathom what is going on in the world right now. I hope that sharing some craftiness can bring a little sunshine into your day.

I’m sticking with this month’s challenge theme of Anything but a card in today’s post. I made three different Christmas tags using various inks and stamp sets from Hero Arts.

ABNH_CB_0327

For my first tag, I ink blended a white tag and a stencil with two ink cubes from Hero Arts – Lime Green and Forest. I then stamped the holly image and Merry Christmas sentiment from the Mini Christmas stamp set, colored the small images with Copic markers, and added a couple of jewels to complete the tag.

ABNH_CB_0327a

My second tag uses the Hero Arts Blue Reactive ink and the Stacking Snowflakes stamp set. I stamped one part of the snowflake in the blue ink and heat embossed the second layer with silver embossing powder. The sentiment is from the November 2017 My Monthly Hero kit.

ABNH_CB_0327c

The third tag features more ink blending with blue inks and then I overlayed a snowflake stencil and used the Unicorn White Hero Art ink. The stamps for this tag are from the Winter Silhouettes stamp set.

ABNH_CB_0327b

There is still time to join the A Blog Named Heroes monthly challenge.

March Anything but a card

Thanks for stopping by!

Sig_Caren