Hi there! Today is the blog hop for this year’s holiday catalog from Hero Arts. You should have arrived here from Debi Adams’s blog, and your next stop is Ilina Crouse’s blog. There are some fantastic new products in this Oh What Fun catalog, with lots of beautiful, classy dies and some adorable new autumn and holiday stamp sets. I have two projects that I created for the catalog to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details! Be sure to read all the way to the end to get all of the information on the giveaways up for grabs!
I stuck with a bold red, silver, black, and white color scheme for both of my projects today, allowing the super detailed and stunning new dies to take center stage. For my first card, I stamped the Holiday Florals Bold Prints background on a panel of white cardstock using Silver ink, then die cut one of the beautiful new Poinsettia and Ornament Fancy Die from the center of the patterned panel. I also die cut another Poinsettia and Ornament Fancy Die from some Cherry card stock.
I wanted to create a shaker card from the negative space with a bright red inlaid die cut, so I backed the patterned die cut panel with acetate and adhered the red detailed die cut piece over the top of the acetate. I also die cut one of the beautiful new Holidays Fancy Message Dies from Pitch Black card stock and adhered it at an angle over the top of my shaker front.
I filled my shaker with some beautiful shimmering sequins and sealed it up! A fun and sparkling project with a hint of elegance using these beautiful new dies from the Oh What Fun catalog.
For my second project, I used the die cut created from the patterned panel from the first project Poinsettia and Ornament Fancy Die as part of the focal point. (Waste not; want not, right?) It had already been stamped with that lovely silver pattern, so I simply black embossed a sentiment from the new Holiday Messages and Icons (which is totally a must-have holiday sentiment set, in my opinion. So many gorgeous greetings with a lovely font.) in the center of the patterned ornament.
In keeping with my bold color scheme, I die cut the fabulous new Paper Layering Poinsettia from some more Cherry cardstock, with leaves of Palm.
I arranged all of the die cuts on a white card base, adding some white Nuvo drops to the poinsettia centers for a bit of extra texture, then adhered everything using foam adhesive for lots of dimension for this bright white card. The final touch was to add a few Ombre Blush sequins!
Well, that’s all for my projects today. There is a veritable creative smorgasbord of inspiration using the new products on this hop, so be sure to check out each stop!
There is a $50 gift certificate up for grabs to help celebrate this latest catalog release from Hero Arts. All you have to do to win is leave comments on each stop on the hop. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! Your next stop is Ilina Crouse’s blog. Happy hopping!
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Debby Hughes
Debi Adams
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
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Jennifer McGuire
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Laura Bassen
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
Mariana Grigsby
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Wanda Guess
Yana Smakula
Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!
What a great ornament–such detail.
Truly beautiful Christmas cards!
Really liked these cards – especially how you used a cut out from the first in the second card! And I’m a sucker for shaker cards – will be making some modeled after yours, thank you! These cards gIve me so many ideas – thank you!
Beautiful traditional colors! Thanks for sharing!
Love the black over the ornament shaker.
Wonderful to get a two-fer. Great cards.
thanks for sharing
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Wonderful cards. Love HA. THANKS FOR SHARING
Amazing cards, love all the detail!
Funcards!
Such classic elegance! Love the red ornament popping against that background w/the sentiment on top.
The shaker card would be such fun to get in the mail!
Nothing puts the “happy” in holidays like a shaker card!
The red is so vibrant
Love the use of the red and silver!
Love your cards. The poinsettias are my favorite!
These are really beautiful. Black, silver, red and white is a gorgeous color combo for Christmas! I love the poinsettias, too!
Gorgeous cards! I love the shaker element and the poinsettias. Thanks for the inspiration.
Great ideas!
the die cut “Happy Holidays” looks almost like wire, I love it!
What beautiful cards!!
Such beautiful cards. I love the ornament.
Love seeing the Hero cardstock in those bold colors. Beautiful cards!
I love your beautiful card <3 I hope I will win so I can get some of these goodies
Awesome cards
I enjoyed all of these cards and the black white and red theme throughout. Way to show case the dies and stamps.
I love the poinsettia diecuts! These are just beautiful holiday creations!
The Happy Holidays on the first card is a beautiful font. And the size is fantastic. But I think I love the second card the best. The poinsettia’s are so pretty.
I love the poinsettia die cut!
Such beautiful Christmas cards! Love the poinsettias…
Thanks so much for sharing.
Both festive and elegant!!
Love the die cut ornament! Thanks for sharing two beautiful cards!
Love the holiday florals prints!
I love the Christmas card ideas! Very cute!
Love these cards – great creativity.
I love the depth of texture, classic and clean but oh so pretty.
Love these elegant holiday cards. Thanks for sharing
This is so graphic and perfect!!!!!!
Beautiful! I love those poinsettias.
Very striking
Your cards are striking! I love your use of a background stamp to create interest on the ornament.
I love your card with the die cut poinsettias! I just ordered that die and can’t wait to get it! Thanks for sharing.
I love the practice of using the die-cut from one project on the next – two cards for one that way – both beautiful, and much less waste!
What lovely projects.
Love love love ALL of them!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love how you used the leftover from the first card go make the second!
Wow! Beautiful cards….especially the shaker.
I am always intimidated by shaker cards…but yours was gorgeous! The fact that you used the cut out from your first card for your second inspired me! Love these new images and dies!
Very pretty.
Love the cards. Thanks for sharing. : )
Love your shaker card! The bold red is eye catching! Stunning!
Great detailed cards.
Thanks for sharing
Beautiful shaker card.
The poinsettia die makes such beautiful festive cards…
Fantastic cards -the red & black make a true holiday statement.
What a gorgeous twofer project… Loving this new catalog. Hard to believe another Christmas season will be here soon. Thanks for sharing these outstanding cards.
Love your shaker card!
What a fun shaker card design.
Both cards are lovely. I love the shaker card, so fun! I love the black, white and red colors, it really makes things pop.
Thank you for showing a variety of lovely cards!
Beautiful cards! So creative!
Love the colors here! Red, black and white is so striking.
Both wonderful cards. Thanks for sharing.
those poinsettias are lovely. Great cards.
Love me a shaker card
Beautiful cards, love the black Happy Holidays diecut on the red and black,
The Happy Holidays layering look is very pretty. So much detail.
Very nice and elegant!
I love your cards! 🙂 That shaker card is fantastic.
Poinsettias are lovely! Beautiful!
Love the ornament with the stamped images! Fun fun fun!
Love the beautiful background in the first card! Subtle yet beautiful!
Awesome creations, I especially love the shaker!
Simply gorgeous cards.
A two-fer! Love them both!
I love the idea of a shaker holiday card! Thanks for sharing!
Love the application to create the shaker card. A simple, yet elegant concept!
LOVE both of your cards!!! Gorgeous shaker, one of my faves, and isn’t it always fun to get a second card from the die cut piece of your first card! The poinsettias are a great touch to your second ornament card. Great job Emily!
Beautiful cards! Ready to start making Christmas cards.
Such crisp stunning effects with the reds and black- love them!
Great cards! Thanks for the chance to win and sharing.
Beautiful Christmas cards. Someone will be very happy to receive these. Thanks for sharing your time and talent with us.
Love the red, black and white color combo, great twist on Christmas.
Great cards. Living these new products.
A beautiful card with that great die cut ornament, Emily!Thanks so much for sharing all the wonderful inspiration!
Love what you have created from this new release, wonderful inspiration.
Beautiful Christmas cards
Your Christmas cards are all beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
So very pretty! I seem to be drawn to the background stamps. Dies are my addiction & passion, but you just can’t have too many good background stamps, right?
Love the black and red, nice change from green and red. Thank you for the great ideas!
Beautiful cards. Love the shaker ornament and the poinsettias are gorgeous
Amazing and creative inspiration! Beautiful cards!
Truly awesome cards, Emily! Love the colors & wonderful designs!
Love that shaker card and the bold red color!! So stunning!
All so pretty and different! Great new products! Thanks for the inspiration!
Lovely cards and some fun ones to make.
Lovely cards!
Very pretty.
What a Ggreat way to get two cards for the price of one! I love when this happens. Beautiful results on both.
Beautiful cards.
Very pretty!
Thanks for sharing
All beautiful cards! Especially liked the shaker card! Love that ornament die!
Beautiful cards, Emily. I love your crisp red/white/black and silver colors together!
Lucky will be those who receive your cards. They are both so lovely!
Love how you use the ornament die cut on both cards.
Beautiful cards. Love the ornament card
Love all the cards, truly awesome!
The ornament, poinsettia, all those details make for a fabulous Christmas Card!!
Awesome holiday cards! 🙂
Beautiful cards – love the shaker!
Absolutely gorgeous card-love the poinsettias!
OMG love the texture and depth on the first card. That second card is stunning with those velvety looking poinsettia’s
Lovely!
Thank you for the inspiration!
Your color combination is so striking!
Pretty Cards! Love that you did a 2 for one! So right – waste not want not!!!
Love your cards and the 2 for 1 – Waste not want not!!!
Love both the card designs and the simple color scheme. I’ll have to try the embossing over something already embossed technique. It never occurred to me that such a clear impression of the embossing ink could be possible!
Those poinsettias are a winner. Great cards!
Both cards are lovely, but the second one is my fav
Great use of the Ornamanet die. Would have never thought of using it in the background like that.
Such beautiful cards using some of the same stamps or dies, yet so unique–love!!
Love the silver ink on the delicate Hero Arts background.
Just wonderful use of color combo
I like the contrast of the simple background.
I love the second card. Thank you for sharing
Very beautiful!
Loving the ornament card.
Lovely cards.
These are fabulous
These are so gorgeous!!! That first one is really fabulous with that bold sentiment!
Such pretty cards! I love the color scheme.
I like your beautiful card designs.
I love the red pop of color in these cards. The pretty white background with that splash of vibrant color is really eye catching.
Such darling holiday cards!
Both of your cards are gorgeous! I just love the color scheme you used. 🙂 The new Paper Layering Poinsettia looks wonderful!
So Gorgeous Emily!
These cards are so elegant!
Shaker card is adorable, also the die cut poinsettia on second card adds right touch. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards – I love the simple colour palette – that red is so gorgeous – it really makes those die cuts stand out, and the backgrounds look so simple, but are so elegant with the subtle patterns; with so much depth
Very nice cards.
Emily you can’t go wrong with red & silver as they give a card such a classy look. The Ornament die & the Poinsettia dies are so detailed & your cards are beautiful.
I’m getting excited to start my holiday gifts & cards
Beautiful cards. I love that shaker and the layering poinsettias are gorgeous.
Pretty cards.
The floral Christmas background stamp and your designs created a beautiful set of cards! Thanks for the tips.
Love this color combo. Bold but not overpowering.
Two stunning cards, for sure! I love the dainty effect from using the silver ink for the background.
Gorgeous cards. I love shaker cards.
Love the sentiment. Thanks for showing these
These are beautiful! I always enjoy seeing people make multiple cards with the leftovers from their first one. I agree-waste not, want not. I love those poinsettias. And since I love shakers, I’m a big fan of that first card.
Beautiful cards such striking colors. Thanks for sharing.
It was great to see how you took similar components and made such unique cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful, striking and wonderfully gorgeous cards!
Can’t wait to create with these amazing new sets! You have done such an amazing job creating with them.
Wonderful shaker card! Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous shaker card, and love the second one too. Think I will have to order that holiday sentiment stamp for my sister’s birthday present – she loves Christmas and makes lots of Christmas cards!
Wow stunning cards – thx for sharing your creativity with us
Great shaker.
Lovely, unique cards! Thank you for sharing them!
Love the shaker card
Love that fancy ornament and your use of it!!
I always love seeing the new release, so much fun! Thanks for sharing all this inspiration!
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My favorite is the shaker card. It would make adults & kids happy..
your ornament card gives me an idea to make a 3-D ornament. Thanks
I’m a sucker for a large ornament!
WOW…. I love the shaker element you did with the large ornament. Love, Love, Love it and the poinsettias are beautiful also….
Clever shaker card. Thanks for sharing your creativity and providing ideas for how to use these products.
I love the clean crisp and sparkly look of you cards!
Wow….great cards….I especially liked the shakers….they are some of my favorites always….thank you so much for sharing them.
Great shaker card idea!
I love them so much would make some great embellishments for Christmas ornaments I am working on
Your cards are lovely
This looks like a fun set.
The shaker card is so well balanced. I really enjoy the red detail on the ornament die.
Beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards! Love the ornament die cut and the size of the Happy Holidays one.
great festive cards
That background stamp is sooooooo pretty especially in silver! I love how you used both the negative and positive pieces of the die cut to create to simply gorgeous cards. They are both just beautiful!
I absolutely love these cards! Beautiful!
WOW, gorgeous cards – I love what you did with the ornament die. Absolutely stunning cards.
These cards are beautiful… what an awesome idea to make a shaker from the ornament
Beautiful cards! I love the detail on the poinsettias!
Love all of your holiday cards. My favorite was the shaker card.
Such a lovely card! Love the clean, crisp look.
Gotta love those twofer cards! Both of them are GORGEOUS! Black, white and red really make a card look so classy and elegant, and the shaker adds a bit of fun.
Such pretty cards! Love that color scheme and the shaker ornament!
Gorgeous cards! Love that ornament shaker card!
Your cards are so elegant. Great new products for Christmas.
so pretty
WOW the red and black and white is so stunning together!! Love this card!
Beautiful cards, great inspiration. I really like the shaker card idea.
STUNNING cards, love your color scheme!
Absolutely beautiful cards! Love everything about them – the designs, the dies & stamps, and especially the colors. The red against the white is so eye catching!