December Hero Studio Hop - You're Souper

 I do believe that the month of November simply did not exist... seriously... I blinked and it was gone and now we're in December!?

Welcome to the Hero Studio Hop! The kits this month are truly souper ;) Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, December 7th at 11:59pm MT, 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! Make sure you're logged in, or sign your name, so you can enter the giveaway!

I have two cards to share with you today that feature the Die Set of the Month and the Layering Stencils of the month.

Every single kit works with another kit, so you may want to get the Whole Studio for this month. This Fancy Die set was so much fun to play with to create this card. The best part is that the set includes the whole alphabet, so you can really create your own message with alphabet soup :)

The secondary sentiment I added comes from the main Card Kit of the Month. I was sticking to a rust color theme, so to achieve that color I first stamped the sentiment in core inks Pale Tomato and then stamped a second time in Pumpkin ink. It creates a perfect rust color.

My second card features the December Layering Stencils of the Month. I hope you're getting Andy Warhol vibes here!

This stencil set comes with four different stencils that layer on top. I kept mine simple with a red monochromatic look. In order of layer, the inks I used are: Cotton Candy, Azalea, Pale Tomato, and Cranberry. The center of the card uses the Stamp and Cut Kit of the Month...

For the most part, this main ramen noodle image is only colored with stamps and ink from the kit. I just added some BG0000 to the spoon and edges of the cup, and I colored the little veggie pieces green, red, or yellow. Simple simple! 

I hope you love these kits as much as I do! Be sure to hop and leave comments for a chance to win a Hero Arts gift certificate. Make sure you're logged in when you comment; if not it will show as anonymous.

Hero Arts

Seeka

Rosie Lopez

Rachel Kleinman *you are here!*

Nichol Spohr

Natasha Polite

Mindy Eggen

Michelle Short

Michelle Lupton

Lisa Tilson

Karen Brown

Jennifer Kotas

Jeannie Lieu

Charlene Madrid

Channin Pelletier

Anna Mahtani

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Ski-sons Greetings

 We made it to December! To kick off the wintery month I have a fun snowy card to share.

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This entire set is designed so well, so I did buy the bundle! I couldn't leave one behind. The little A-Frame ski house is so cute, and I just had to make it cotton candy colored. Traditional wood houses are not to be found here!

All papers used on this card are from the new ColorWheel cardstock sets.

The skiers are a separate die set (but they are included in the bundle!) and you can mix and match their outfits, boots, hair etc. I made my skier match her fun little house, of course. 

The little ski slope embossing folder really ties it all together.

Wishing you all a happy December ahead!

Thankful For You

 Happy Thanksgiving to all of my friends in the United States! This happens to be my favorite week of the entire year... food, family, good movies, good sportsball, and drinks :) Cheers!

I created a mixed media thankful card for you all! But the actual recipient will be my husband... I will never have enough words to let him know how grateful I am for his support, always.

This card uses some beautiful BetterPress plates by Dina Wakley. I ordered them upon first release many months ago and they've been sitting in my "need to use" bin. I'm sad it took me so long to get to them!

I started by gluing some Dina Wakley collage paper to watercolor paper. Once dried with my heat tool, I then ink blended the edges with Spicy Mustard Ink, then also sprayed the panel with Yellow Metallic Spray and Acrylic Mineral Spray.

Once all of the sprays were completely dried, I started to BetterPress! I started with the press plates that I wanted to ink in Cornflower blue, which are from both the Growing BetterPress Plates and the Flourishing BetterPress Plates. I then inked up the spotted image plates in Espresso Ink, whcih are both from the same sets.

I looooove how much indentation there is with the layers of the mixed media panel. 

Keeping it quick today... enjoy your holiday!

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