A Blog Named Hero

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Holiday Sparkle

The Fantastic Merry Christmas Fancy Die from Hero Arts makes cards easy over your favorite backgrounds, and the holly leaf is die inlaid with sparkly paper too and coated with gloss.

The Holidays are approaching fast and this month’s A Blog Named Hero Theme is Sparkle! I am a lover of all thinks sparkly and this is the perfect theme for holiday cardmaking.

Sparkle is also very hard to show in photos so I will explain all of the elements and products I used because these cards are super sparkly IRL (In Real Life). I started with two sets one that I have had for a year and a new one. The deer come from the Wonder and Magic set and I used sentiments from that set and another favorite Hero Arts Christmas Messages set.

The poinsettia card is from one of the first MMH kits but you could easily substitue the lovely woodblock poinsettia from the vault.Red rubber on wood is still my favorite!

I Used 4 kinds of sparkle on this card with a gold watercolored background, gold embossing and finally gold stickles to top it off and give it a modern vintage look.

I hope you enjoy these projects and are inspired to create something sparkly this season. More details on these cards on my blog, and make sure to Join in the very sparkly Giveaway Challenge here where you can add your sparkly card!

Happy card making!

Thankful

Hello crafters!  Is everyone ready for Thanksgiving tomorrow?  I am!  Today I’m sharing a thankful card I made with the You are Loved stamp set from Hero Arts.  I’m thankful for all the wonderful people I’ve met (online and in person!) thru this awesome hobby.

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I stamped the earth image from the You are Loved set and colored it with Copic markers.  I die cut it using Nesting Circle Infinity dies from Hero arts.  I cut a rectangle from white card stock and stamped a sentiment from the same set.

I adhered a piece of black checkered pattern paper to my card base, added my white panel with foam adhesive, and attached the globe with foam adhesive.  To finish the card, I added a red heart droplet.

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I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving.  Don’t forget to join in on the monthly challenge.

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Partial Masking

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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!

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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

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Inspired by Demi Adams

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Hello,  Cha here!  About a month ago, I saw a gorgeous card on Instagram. That card was created by Debi Adams and you can see the card on HERE. I’m a big fan of her cards! I changed a little bit the process because Debi used two pieces of colored cardstock but I preferred to mask and color the piece. The technique that Debi showed to us is how to dry emboss a die-cut image through design. Debi created a beautiful Christmas card with new Hero Arts products but, I created a card for Valentine’s Day, using the same technique. Let’s see!

First of all, I used the Window On Love Confetti Fancy Die from Hero Arts to die cut a piece of masking paper, using the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine. I put the masking piece over a 4,25 by 5,5-inch white notecard in order to blend some colors. Using an Ink Blending Tool, I blended some Distress Oxide Inks – Fired Brick and Candied Apple. Here comes the magic that Debi made. I placed the die again over the notecard, lining up every heart. I temporarily taped the metal die which I used and the notecard. I used the platform in tab 1 from the die-cutting machine. First, I put a cutting pad on this platform, then an embossing pad, added the metal die with the piece of the cardstock and, finally, added the other cutting pad. The metal die has to be upwards in order to create this type of impression. If I wanted more dimension, the only thing that you would need to do is to pass the piece through the die cutting machine several times. I passed through the die cutting machine several times until I was satisfied with the result.

As you can see, the rest of the card is too simple. I die cut some pieces with the metal die “hugs” on white cardstock and gold cardstock. This die comes in the My Monthly Hero kit February 2018 (Love this kit!) which is still available although you can use another one that you already have. I also used the stamp with the phrase “i love you” that came with another kit which is not available anymore but you can look for other stamps with phrases that you can use. I stamped this phrase with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Glitter Gold Embossing Powder. I cut around the phrase by hand.

 

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To finish this card, I added the background on a card base. I stuck three white “hugs” and, on top, I adhered the gold one. I attached the entire piece in the center of the card and glued the phrase underneath with some foam tape. Finally, I added some gold shimmer to some hearts from the background and I added some hearts and iridescent sequins here and there to the background.

 

I hope you like this card and get inspired to upload your cards inspired by another crafter on A Blog Named Hero! There are some days left to join us in this challenge and… you can win some prizes! Let’s see what you create!

Thank you! See you soon!

CHAXI ABNH

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