July Hero Studio Blog Hop - ROAD TRIP!

 It's time for a ROAD TRIP! The July 2025 Hero Studio release is perfect for your summer travel projects and I even think this will make a great scrapbook page layout. Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Saturday, July 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! Make sure you log in or sign your name so your comment isn't anonymous!

I've already made five cards with the July Hero Studio kits but today I'll be sharing only two. The first card uses the Hero Scape stamp set from the July Card Kit of the Month.

The stamped image was paired on gorgeous Pesto cardstock (I thought it was a good cactus color!). My goal for the image was to look like Sedona to the best of my ability! How do you think I did? 

(my dad and I in Sedona a few months ago)

My second card today uses the July Cling of the Month called Cobblestone Courtyard.

I really love this kind of cling stamp that has a repetitive pattern that can be used for anything. For the background, I heat embossed the July Cling Stamp with Brass Embossing Powder on Nautical cardstock. I paired this card with the Whole Studio Bonus which is that fun car freshener pine tree.

I also stamped the July Cling in different green inks on Kiwi cardstock before die cutting the tree. I also heat embossed the sentiment in White.

Enjoy the rest of the hop! Leave your comment below for a chance to win a gift certificate to Hero Arts.

Hero Arts

Hero Arts Creative Team:

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

Special Guests:

Nichol Spohr

Lea Lawson

Sheri Gilson

Petal Print Layered Stencil Card

 Layered stencils are great for creating a big impact card in as few minutes as possible. I recently snagged the Petal Prints stencils from C9 and I adore the card that came from it!

I'm also still playing with the Brickyard color challenge. For the leaves I inked up with Sea Glass and Rainforest.

The main flower petals were first inked with Grapefruit, and then a light blend of Sorbet on top. The center of the flowers were inked with Brickyard, and then some Glitter Paste on top.

The sentiment and card border uses Brickyard cardstock. The 'so grateful' die is from the More to Say die collection.

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Tweet Tweet - You Are Amazing

 Tweet Tweet! I saw this adorable little birdie set on the big Concord and 9th sale and I actually placed a separate order just for them. How could I have missed them the first time!?

The first step is using the Tweet Life stencils to ink up the bodies and wings of your little birdies. I ink blended in 5 main colors: Lemongrass, Brickyard, Sea Glass, Grapefruit, and Juniper. I used my mini C9 brushes for all of the blending. The small brushes helped to keep all the different colors separated.

The darling accents to the birds come from the Tweet Life stamp set, which I inked up in Black.

My color palette was inspired by the latest color challenge to use the new Brickyard color. I mostly followed a color combo that C9 calls "Storybook", however I swapped out the Grasshopper color for Juniper because I needed my greens to be a little more different from one another.

The sentiment is from the Mix and Match Everyday Sentiment stamp and die set, stamped in black ink. I used my Spellbinders Platinum Diecutting machine to cut out all the pieces. This set is really fun because you can mix and match all the words to create whatever sentiment you wish.

Have a happy Sunday!

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