November Hero Studio Hop!

 The best time of the month is here! November's Hero Studio has arrived and it is perfect for all the book lovers in your life. Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Wednesday, November 5th at 11:59pm PT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Leave a comment on all stops for more chances to win!

My first card features the November Card Kit of the Month. I love the book stacking die and the included stamp set allows you to really personalize the message you want to share.

The colors I used for the book stack are (from the top down):

Celestial cardstock with Stone Wash ink

Breeze cardstock with Dusty Blue ink

Malibu cardstock with Cornflower ink

Beeswax cardstock with Butter Bar ink

Card Kit of the Month includes everything in this photo!

Part of the card kit includes another full die set that has little flowers and the leaf die. I used that to decorate around the book stack with the lilac flowers.

My next card features the darling Laying Stencil of the Month called On the Shelf.

Don't you love that stencil?! For inking up each stencil layer, I used inks Dusty Blue, then Stone Wash, then Arctic, then Dandelion. To make the card look like a mini book, I added the green cardstock strip along the left side and stamped it with a design from the Card Kit set.

I added the adorable worm from the Die Set of the Month (he really is the star of the entire release, in my opinion) and the open book is from the Card Kit.

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Hero Arts
Anna Mahtani
Channin Pelletier
Charlene Madrid
Jeannie Lieu
Jennifer Kotas
Karen Brown
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Polite
Rachel Kleinman *You are here!*
Rosie Lopez
Seeka
Nichol Spohr

Fa La La La Latte

 It is the week of Halloween so naturally... I have a holiday card to share! Don't worry, I didn't use red and green this time 😉

This card uses the brand new Letterpress and Foil plates from Hero Arts. I was super inspired by a card from Michelle Short , although she uses foil and I'm mimicking the look with my Unicorn Ink on a dark cardstock (Plum). So, this card is created using my BetterPress. I first used the Cup of Cheer Santa image with the fun sentiment in the BetterPress. I paired this system with my Spellbinders Platinum 8.5 Die Cutting System - which gives me perfect results every time!

The background (although it just peaks out a bit) uses the Celebration Plate, which I inked with Nautical and also ran through the BetterPress. Both layers were then die cut with my favorite Postage Infinity Dies.

Super quick and simple! Thanks for stopping by!

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Best Gift Ever - New Collection Dropped!

 There's a new collection dropping today at Hero Arts! The Best Gift Ever collection is a perfect holiday bundle, but it is also perfect for celebration cards of any occasion. Today I'm sharing three cards with the new set and they all happen to be holiday cards... when the time comes I can easily recreate with a birthday or a baby sentiment :)

I highly recommend saving a couple bucks and getting the Best Gift Ever Gift Boxes Bundle! The bundle includes the Gorgeous Giftwrap Layering Stencil, Gift Boxes Die Set, and the Wrap it Up Letterpress + Foil Plate. I used all three of those items for the card above. The sentiment comes from the Here for the Presents Letterpress + Foil set, which I did run through my BetterPress machine.

My second card uses just the Gift Boxes Die Set, and the Wrap it Up Letterpress + Foil set. I foiled the bows using my Glimmer Machine and Silver foil. Then I ink blended the cut out boxes with Key Lime Fizz, Green Apple, and Fresh Lawn. The sentiment is also foiled with silver (so hard to photograph!) from Here for the Presents Letterpress + Foil set. I did cut the Peony cardstock background from my favorite Postage Infinity Dies and also splattered with White paint.

Last one! This card uses the same sets as card 2, and I simply followed the pattern of the how the box die set is laid out. I kept this one nice and simple!

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