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Good morning! Some of the ladies from the Hero Arts Creative Team are hopping along today to show you how well the fabulous products from Hero Arts play with the products from Marvy Uchida! It’s always so fun to try different mediums with different brands, so I hope you’ll enjoy a sample of some of the fun products that Marvy Uchida carries for papercrafters! You should have arrived from Ilina’s blog, and your next stop is Janette’s blog. On to the project!

I love using non-traditional colors for holiday cards. There’s something so fun about opening a Christmas card and seeing something unique and elegant. Marvy Uchida was kind enough to send me a set of the Le Plume markers to play with. They’re a water-based dye marker, and they were perfect for doing a bit of watercoloring! I began by heat embossing the Hero Arts Holiday Foliage Bold Prints background die using Silver Embossing Powder onto some Bristol card stock. I chose to work with Bristol over another brand because the Holiday Foliage background is so very detailed and intricate; I didn’t want any of those beautiful details to get lost in the embossing! I then used the lovely cool shades included in the Le Plume marker set to do some watercoloring in a non-traditional but still wintry color scheme. The markers blended beautifully with a damp paintbrush!

For the greeting, I used silver embossing powder to stamp the classic “season’s greetings” from the Hero Arts Holiday Greetings stamp set, then layered the sentiment strip on a vellum die cut using the new Fancy Ornaments Infinity Dies. I punched a hole in the top of the vellum die cut, threaded some pretty aqua twine and added a twine bow. I trimmed the watercolored panel down and layered it on a piece of minty pool paper.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Now, for some fun giveaway information! Leave a comment on the blogs participating in the blog hop to be entered to win one of two prize packs from Hero Arts and Marvy Uchida! The giveaway closes on Sunday, October 21. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! Find out all of the details on the Hero Arts blog and get linked up to all of the blog hop stops.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hi there! Just a quick reminder… some spectacular sales going on this weekend on Scrapbook.com:

72-hour Sale! 20% OFF all Cardmaking!

Hero Arts FREEBIE “Limited Edition” 3×4 Stamp Set $8.00 MSRP, now $0.00

+Super Low pricing on SBC Daubers

+Super Low pricing on SBC INK PADS

+Super Low pricing on SBC STAMPS

Be sure to check everything out early at Scrapbook.com for the best selection!

 

 

Hi there! Popping in quickly to announce the winner of the $30 Altenew gift certificate…. Thank you to everyone who entered!!

Congratulations to

Lisa Stein!

Congratulations, Lisa! Please contact winners@altenew.com with the subject line Winner from Emily’s Giveaway Hop. Enjoy your new Altenew goodies!

 

Good morning! Today is the day… the July My Monthly Hero kit is now available for purchase, along with all of the fabulous add-ons! The Hero Arts Creative Team is hopping with some incredibly talented guests to showcase these new products and give you some inspiration for when you receive your own kit! 😉 You should have arrived from Clare’s blog and your next stop is Ilina’s blog.

This month’s kit is a darling Summer Carnival theme, and it includes:

6″x8″ stamp set
10 fancy dies
A2 Fancy Die
3 ink cubes (red and blue reactive, white Unicorn pigment)
3 4″x6″ chipboard postcards

This kit is valued at over $70, but is available to you for only $34.99! Talk about bang for your buck. These kits have a tendency to sell out quickly, so don’t hesitate to get your own, because once it’s gone-it’s gone! Afraid you’ll miss out on a future kit? Be sure to subscribe so that you’re first in line to get your own kit each month!

I’ve created two projects today, the first one featuring the main kit itself, and another using one of the adorable add-ons. I know carnivals are supposed to be bright, primary colors, but I wanted to go a different direction with some soft pastels, vellum, and stripes. I started with a panel of white card stock, masking some stripes and using my ink blending tool to blend Soft Sky ink. I peeled back the masking paper to reveal some pretty, soft blue stripes. I also die cut one of the Infinity Tag Frame dies from some more white card stock, then again blended Soft Sky ink to create a custom colored die cut panel.

 I heat embossed and die cut several of the fair elements from the main kit using white embossing powder and vellum, then used my Copic markers to color on the back of the vellum images to create an ethereal, stained glass look. On my blue Infinity Tag Frame die cut, I stamped the smaller silhouette image using Dusty Blue ink for a tone-on-tone look, heat embossed the sentiment in white, then layered all of the die cuts on top using liquid adhesive. I popped up the Tag die cut using foam adhesive, then added some jute twine to add a bit of textural interest.

 

For the second project today, I wanted to use the sweet Ornate Carousel stamp and die set. I had a pastel rainbow in my head, so I used my stencil brushes to blend Soft Pink, Soft Apricot, Soft Yellow, Mint Julep, Soft Pool inks down the front of my white card base. Using the stencil brushes instead of an ink blending tool gives a lighter, more ethereal look.

For the focal image of the card, I stamped and die cut the beautifully intricate unicorn image and the top and base of the carousel using Intense Black ink. I colored the images using my Copic markers, then added some sparkle pen and Crystal Lacquer over the top of my unicorn to give that glossy look of the real horses on the carousel. I adhered the die cuts to a vellum oval die cut, then hid my foam adhesive behind the die cuts and popped it up on the rainbow card front.

Well, what do you think? These images are SO detailed…. they’re just gorgeous to work with!

Now, for a giveaway!!! We are giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. The giveaway closes Sunday, July 8th at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! (If you purchase a kit and then win the contest, Hero Arts will reimburse you for your purchased kit!) Here’s the full hop lineup, so you can leave your comments:

The Hero Arts Blog
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Jennifer McGuire
Kelly Latevola
Laurie Willison
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
May Sukyong Park
Michelle Short
Nichol Spohr
Yana Smakula

Thanks so much for visiting, and good luck!