A Blog Named Hero

Winners for May

Hi crafting friends,

I’m here to announce the winners of our May challenge.

We had such a lovely selection of entries to look at, it was really inspiring to see how you all sent hugs from afar 🙂

Thanks to our generous sponsor Hero Arts, one winner chosen by the design team, will win a $50 gift voucher. That crafter is:

 

Cardogram

and a second winner, chosen at random.org will receive a $25 gift voucher. That crafter is:

Kailash

Congratulations! Please email us at ablognamedhero@gmail.com and let us know your contact info so we can arrange your vouchers for you.

 

Thank you to everyone who played along, and as always, our beloved Hero Arts for continuing to sponsor us!

 

See you soon with the next challenge!
Linda x

Sending you feathery sunshine

For the card I am sharing today I have dug very deep in my stack of My Monthly Hero kits, all the way back to February 2018 to be exact. I had this idea to choose one image and let it “rain” down on the left side of the card.

I chose the feathers in that particular kit, but this can of course be done using all kinds of images.

Lise Mariann Alsli Sending you sunshine

I started by rummaging through my Hero Arts inks and found the colors; Grape Juice, Passion Flower, Orange Soda, Just Rust, Reactive sea glass and a nameless pale aqua color also from the February 2018 MMH kit.

I then stamped my three feathers several times using my Mini Misti layering the dark and light tone of the colors to create depth and movement in the feathers.

I used a silver glitter pen to draw a few details on each of the feathers making the card glitter and change as you turn it.

Lise Mariann Alsli Sending you sunshine

When I was happy with the images I die cut them using the coordinating dies. I also die cut a large white card stock rectangle using a stitched rectangle die to create my card panel and also a smaller stitched rectangle to stamp my sentiment on.

I then glued my cascading feathers down the left side of the card panel and cut the excess of the sides. I stamped my sentiment, also from the same kit as the feathers, on the small stitched rectangle and glued it in the bottom left corner of the card panel.

To finish my card I glued the panel to a glimmery aqua colored card base.

You have one day left to join our “Hugs from a distance”-challenge. I hope to see your card amongst the other wonderful creations.

Wish you all a wonderful day wherever you are.

A Beautiful Scene for the May Challenge

Hello there! It’s Cha here to show you my card for our monthly card challenge. You can still join us in this challenge until June 10 for having a chance to win some gift certificates. Use Hero Arts products and create a wonderful scene for sending hugs from a distance! This challenge is about this difficult time that the whole world is confronting. We want to see your cards! I hope you feel inspired by our cards and show us yours!
To make this card, I picked a piece of 4,25″ by 5,5″ Dove Premium Cardstock and die-cut the cover plate die with a facade of a house that came with one of the Hero Arts kits (My Monthly Hero kit November 2019). I die cut all my pieces with the Sizzix Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine although you could use the one that you have already. Once die-cut, I colored the front using alcohol-based markers (the Copic markers), apart from the Chrismas decoration that surrounds the top window from the front because I wanted to create a decorative arch to put on it. To cover this part, I aligned two of the circles from the HA Circle Infinity Nesting Dies and die cut both at the same time. Then, I cut the extremes with scissors and cut two tiny rectangles to embellish the ends of this arch. I also colored this arch with Copics markers.
The Copic Sketch markers that I used for coloring this card, were the followings:
The bricks: C-00, C-1
The door: B05, B16, B18
The door frame: C-1, C-4, C-7
The floor: 100
The carpet: R27, R46, R89
The lamps: C-1, C-4, C-7
The plants: C-1, C-4, C-7, YG03, YG17, YG67
The arch: C-1, C-4, C-7
At that moment, I thought I could remove the little triangle pieces from the window that is surrounded by the arch, and the lamps that are on each side of the door so that I could add a piece of acetate behind the panel to give some dimension to the card.
Later, I blended some yellow ink. I went for the Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink to color the front part of a White Folded Card base. I put the panel with the facade of the house over the card base and traced the door opening with a pencil. Then, I stamped the sentiment with HA Intense Black ink inside that opening and over the yellowish background. Once stamped, I erased the pencil lines.
I added adhesive foam tape and foam strips behind the card panel and adhered it to the card base later. I decided to stamp the word ‘Welcome‘ on top of the carpet with HA Intense Black ink.


To embellish this card, I decided to glue some envelopes to the door mailbox and in the opening door. I also added the knob of the door with some dimensional glue pen as it is the Hero Arts Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen and also, I added some dimension to the arch. Finally, I added some shimmer to some of the elements of the card, the pavement, and the arch with the NUVO Aqua Shimmer pen.
And this is all! I hope you like this card as I do and see your cards joining us in this challenge that will come to an end soon. Thank you so much and see you the next time!

It’s Been Too Long

Hi everyone, it’s Caren here today bringing you a clean and simple card.

ABNH_05272020

Anyone else feel like it’s been too long since you saw your friends, ate out at restaurant, or went to a store?  It’s been weeks for me!

Anyway, I used one of my all time favorite stamps sets to create this card – Safari Wild About You.  I used three different shades of yellow/orange distress inks to create my background.  I then stamped the animals, tree, and sentiment in black ink.  I layered this onto a black panel with dimensional foam adhesive and added the panel directly to my white card base.

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget about this months challenge – Hugs from a Distance.

MAY Hugs from a distance

Sig_Caren

Beautiful World

Hi there, Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card using the Beautiful World stamp set.  I love this globe wrapped in flowers and it felt perfect for this month’s challenge theme: Hugs From a Distance.

I started by stamping the globe onto Neenah Solar White using Intense Black ink. Then I colored the image using a collection of Copic markers.  I used YG03, YG25, and YG17 for the continents and leaves, and B11 and B12 for the oceans.  For the large pink/red flowers, I used R21, R22, and R27, and for the yellow/orange flowers I used Y08, Y17, Y38, and YR07.  I cut out the image and set it aside.

Next I used Clear Embossing & Watermark ink and white embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment near the bottom left of a 4.25″ x 5.5″ inch piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock. 

Then, using foam blending tools, I blended four colors of Distress Oxide Inks onto the panel to create the background.  I started with a loose circle of Wild Honey and then, around that circle, I added some Ripe Persimmon, taking time to work back and forth between the colors to blend them.  Next I added a ring of Festive Berries, blending that in with Ripe Persimmon.  And last, I added Seedless Preserves, mostly to the bottom corners of the panel and with a touch to each of the upper corners.  I used a clean paper towel to gently buff away any ink that was sitting on top of the heat embossing.

To assemble the card, I backed the globe with foam tape and then adhered it to the background.  Then I adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base.

Thanks for coming by!   Don’t forget to visit this month’s challenge post for more inspiration and to link up your project for a chance to win one of two Hero Arts gift cards!