Boo! Hey Ghoul-Friends!

 Hey ghoulfriend! I've got some cutie boo-tiful ghosts to share with you today 👻

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I'm really enjoying these Stitched Ghosts (see my previous post for more cuties) and I just love the different sizes and faces that can be made. Each ghost is lightly ink blended with Tumbled Glass. I thought they'd be cute popping out of a big BOO on the card.

The Alphabet Dies are from Hero Arts, and I embossed them with the Ghost 3d Embossing Folder. The colored cardstock is Amethyst and Kiwi.

Boo! Have a great weekend!

Hero Arts + SSS Collab

 I'm sure you are already well aware that it's STAMPTEMBER and yesterday the Hero Arts special collab set dropped! This stamp and die set is very limited. Once it's sold out, it is SOLD. OUT.

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The Celebrate set is beautiful and filled with gorgeous flowers (perfect for coloring) and great sentiments. I didn't grab the dies, but I was able to use my Brother Scan n' Cut to neatly cut these intricate images (best big purchase in my craft room!).

I used my Copic markers to color the gorgeous stamped images. The background uses the Sparkle Weave Stencil that's inked up with brand new Naples Yellow Reactive Glitz Ink (hard to capture on camera, but has an amazing shimmer!). 

For the center area, I stamped some dots (included in the Celebrate stamp set) in brand new Byzantine Green Glitz Ink. The Wood Frame Infinity Die was cut from beautiful Pitch Black cardstock. It's the perfect frame for some gorgeous flowers!

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Halloween Buckets - 90's Style

 I'm loving all the Halloween creations popping up right now. It is always my favorite holiday to create for! The cards I'm sharing today truly hit my 90's nostalgia spot...

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When I saw what my dear friend Wanda was creating with these new Pretty Pink Posh Candy Bucket Dies, the only word that came to mind was NEED!!! There were many years of my life where I would get a Happy Meal every Sunday after church... so you know I collected every single one of these buckets back in the day!

The dies are surprisingly easy to put together, so each of these three cards were done in one quick sitting. Each card starts with a houndstooth pattern paper that I've been hoarding for years... literal years. I can't be the only one that does that...?

Each of the solid cardstocks are from Concord and 9th's Variety Pack, and were inked around the edges with a coordinating Distress Ink. The pumpkin bucket was naturally inked with Carved Pumpkin.

Each card also has a layer of thick Vellum that was dry embossed. To help make the Vellum stand out against the busy pattern paper, I inked the back of the design with the Distress Ink color (here it's Carved Pumpkin).

My Frankenstein bucket was one million percent inspired by Wanda's creation. Each card also has adorable little Stitched Ghosts that are flying out of the buckets. For this bucket, the edges were inked with Twisted Citron.

Aren't those ghosties so cute?! They also come together quickly, and I lightly inked the edge with Tumbled Glass.

For the iconic ghost bucket, I added flying bats instead of ghosts. The bats are from the new Hero Arts Bat Infinity Dies. 

Don't forget your handy white gel pen to add fun eyeballs to your halloween buckets.

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Hero Arts September Release Blog Hop

 This is going to a VERY popular release from Hero Arts! How long have we been eagerly waiting for a full Halloween drop??! The day is here!

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When it comes to Halloween craft products, I get wide eyed OBSESSED over them. It is absolutely my favorite crafty holiday! The card above uses items from the September 2024 Card Kit of the Month. I'd honestly buy it for that haunted house stamp and die alone!

An extra large stamp set with matching dies, a mini stamp set, transfer sheets, glow in the dark lacquer pen, washi tapes, and more more more! Subscribe to the kit today!

Part of the kit is a little mini stamp set which has a variety of funky eyeballs. I used every eye stamp throughout the background of this card, stamped in Orchid and Green Apple. The spooky skeleton stamps (you bet I'll be using those again!) are inked in Charcoal and placed throughout the haunted house.

Now it's time to talk about this haunted house! I embossed it with Black Sparkle Embossing Powder, die cut it with the matching die, and colored the windows with Y15 Copic. The amount of sparkle makes me insanely happy!

My second card today uses the new Bat Infinity Dies. My brain instantly screamed SHAKER CARD! but I can see these being great for scrapbook pages or even home decor banners.

First, a Peony cardstock panel was heat embossed with White powder using the September Cling Stamp of the Month. I die cut 3 of the larger sized bats from the Peony panel. 

I used foam tape to make each bat an individual shaker slot, filled with Hero Arts orange sequins from an old kit. This way, the sequins will never drop all the way to the bottom and will always be seen. I die cut a couple smaller bats from Pitch Black cardstock to glue throughout the open spaces of the card. A simple "BOO!" stamped in Papaya ink finishes off the card!

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Hero Arts Creative Team:

Channin Pelletier

Charlene Madrid

Ilina Crouse

Jeannie Lieu

Jennifer Kotas

Kailash Naidoo

Karen Brown

Lydia Fiedler

Michelle Short

Natasha Polite

Natasha Vacca

Pocono Pam

Rachel Kleinman

Rosie Lopez

Seeka

Special Guests:

Nichol Spohr

Ralph Tyndall

Mindy Eggen

A Super Spooky Hero Studio Countdown

 It's time to get spooky! The Hero Studio September countdown has begun - make sure to comment on the countdown posts for a chance to win the kit before you can buy it!

My card today features the spooky September Layering Stencil of the Month. I did a lot of different color combos but this one was my favorite - the cotton candy sky combined with the darker eerie bats really made me smile :)

The sky is inked with Peony first, then a touch of Cotton Candy, and a tiny smidge of Butter Bar. I used my large blending brush for this open space on the stencil.

The haunted house uses inks first in Granite, then Charcoal, and finally Nautical. I also added some Glow in the Dark Lacquer to the windows. The batty bats were die cut from another soon-to-be-released product... stay tuned!

The grass portion was masked off because I wanted separate colors for the house compared to the rest of the card. I used my handy Post-It Tape to build a mask, and then inked the grass. 

Instead of a traditional sentiment on the front, I opted for just the number 31. Black Wax was spread over a new Halloween Words stencil to act as a sentiment.

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Sightseeing Safari Card

I've been determined to use all of the sets from the Hero Arts August 2024 release... especially this beautiful stencil...

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This card uses the lovely new Jungle Scene Stencil. I love how this one stencil can be used in different ways to create a variety of designs.

I started by inking the stencil first in Charcoal and then on the top portions of each "scene" were inked again with Nautical. I used my small blending brushes for this step.

I then cut three scenes that I wanted for the card, and mounted them on Pitch Black Cardstock. Each little frame is like a mini work of art!

The background panel of the card uses the gorgeous new August Cling of the Month rubber stamp, which has a beautiful orchid pattern throughout. It's stamped with Embossing Ink on Nautical Cardstock, and heat embossed with Silver powder.

Finally, the 'big thanks' sentiment (fitting for the elephant, I thought!) is from the August Clear Set and Dies of the Month. It was embossed with White powder on Pitch Black cardstock.

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Hero Arts Holiday Catalog Release Hop

 Happy Hero Arts Holiday Release Day! Be sure to visit every blog on the hop, get an eye-full of inspiration, and leave comments for a chance to win one of TWO $50 gift cards to Hero! You definitely don't want to miss this.

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I have FIVE CARDS to share today! I am thrilled that each of these cards was published in the 2024 Holiday Catalog.

Holiday Products Used:

Geometric Holiday Stencil

Festive Pattern Bold Print

Snowflake Pattern Cover Plate

Offset Holiday Messages Bundle

I absolutely loved creating this card as it includes several new products and just looks like cotton candy filled icicles. (The Adult Disney in me was channeling It's a Small World... did I succeed?). This card panel began with the Geometric Holiday Stencil that I inked in Soft Blossom and Dandelion. I kept the stencil in place on the panel, and then stamped the Festive Pattern Bold Prints stamp with Granite Ink. THEN again while keeping the stencil in place, I spread Glitter Paste on top with the palette knife. NOW I'm finally ready to remove the stencil.

I finished off the card with some snowflakes cut from Arctic Cardstock and the new Snowflake Pattern Cover Plate. The sentiment is from another new set called Offset Holiday Messages. Finally, I added some Hero Hues Enamel Dots to follow along the pattern of the snowflakes.

Holiday Products Used:

Little Finch Woodblock Stamp

Holiday Foliage Stencil

Wreath and Finch Letterpress + Foil Plate

Joyful Christmas Message Bundle

This card is much more traditional with it's festive green and red colors. It features the beautiful woodblock Little Finch stamp, which I colored with Polychromos Colored Pencils and fussy cut. The background panel begins with Shamrock Cardstock that was die cut with the Rounded Jewels Infinity Dies. I then inked with Pine Ink through the Holiday Foliage Stencil. Next, I hot foiled in gold with the Wreath and Finch Letterpress + Foil Plate using my Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Machine.

I glued the Shamrock panel onto a lovely Cranberry card base. The Little Finch was added with foam adhesive, and then I included the sentiment. The Merry Christmas stamp is embossed in Gold and die cut from the Joyful Christmas Messages set.

Holiday Products Used:

Kaleidoscope Snowflake Bold Print

Perforation Cover Plate

Snowflake Pattern Cover Plate

Joyful Christmas Messages Bundle

I love this card because it is all about SNOWFLAKES! The Kaleidoscope Snowflake Bold Print rubber stamp was embossed in White Powder on Nautical Cardstock. I then die cut it from the beautiful (and super versatile) Perforation Cover Plate. This panel was mounted on Ultra Pink Cardstock, which you can see peeking through the perforation dots.

The finished panel was then sprayed with White Iridescent Shimmer Mist and Blue + Shimmer Metallic Spray. The snowflakes are cut from the Snowflake Patterned Cover Plate and glued in a diagonal pattern. The sentiment from the Joyful Christmas Messages bundle is embossed in White on Ultra Pink cardstock.

Holiday Products Used:

Fall Pattern Cover Plate

Fall Pattern Stamp

Joyful Christmas Messages Bundle

Now I have an autumn themed card to share! This Fall Pattern Cover Plate is so great because it gives you a beautiful background, but also several individual leaves that can be used on a second card. The background uses Sand Cardstock that I heat embossed in Brass powder with the new Fall Pattern stamp set (which pairs perfectly with the cover plate). Then the panel was sprayed with Orange Shimmer Metallic Spray and Bright Yellow and Copper Metallic Spray.

With the cut out Fall Pattern Cover Plate from Espresso Cardstock, I placed it on top of the embossed leaf stamped panel. I then misted the entire card with Iridescent Shimmer Mist.

Holiday Products Used:

Winter Town Cheer

Etched Winter Scene Bold Print

Bold Graphic Hot Foil Plate

The final card I have published in the catalog is actually from my very first official Hero Arts blog post! I'm so honored they included this beauty in the catalog. Please visit the original post for all the details!

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Hero Arts Creative Team:

Channin Pelletier

Charlene Madrid

Heather Ruwe

Ilina Crouse

Jeannie Lieu

Jennifer Kotas

Kailash Naidoo

Karen Brown

Michelle Short

Natasha Polite

Natasha Vacca

Pocono Pam

Rachel Kleinman

Rosie Lopez

Seeka

Special Guests:

Cathy Zielske

Laura Bassen

Mindy Eggen

Hawaiian Inspired Birthday Cards

 Channeling Hawaii for these birthday cards today...

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I could basically smell the Hawaiian florals in my mind while I was coloring these stamps. Aren't they beautiful?! The main images are all from the Hero Studio August Clear Set and Dies. I used my Polychromos pencils to try to get the most realistic coloring my unartistic hands could manage. I'm pretty happy with the result!

The main floral images for both cards today were stamped on Dove White Cardstock with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink. Once I colored them with the Polychromos Pencils, I used the matching dies to cut the images with my Compact Cutter. This first card has the birthday sentiment stamped in Bermuda Ink.

The background uses a panel of Ultra Pink Cardstock, which I stamped with the lovely Flowers and Swirls Bold Print in Azalea Ink. I also mounted the Birds of Paradise flowers on a white cut out from the Pointed Arches Infinity Dies.

As you can see, the second card follows the same card design as the first. For the background panel this one uses Papaya Cardstock with Tangerine Ink for the Flowers and Swirls Bold Print. I also added some Clear Enamel Dots to both cards. They look like dew drops on a humid morning :)

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Smile! Tropical Cards with Hero Studio

 I'm on a mission to use every single product from the Hero Arts August 2024 release because everything is just that good! So here we goooo...

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Today's card duo features the August 2024 Hero Studio Layered Stencil of the Month. I defaulted to my color combo of choice this year, teal and purple... with a touch of Glitter Paste! I couldn't help it!

 The Layered Stencil has four layers - the first layer was inked with Paradise, then Bermuda, then Passion Flower, and finally Amethyst. The final stencil layer was also given a spread of delicious Glitter Paste (yummy on the eyes).

The large 'smile' die was cut from Glitter Cardstock that I inked with Passion Flower, then backed on Pitch Black cardstock. The 'celebrating you is easy' sentiment is from the Composition Notebook Messages Stamp and Cut. The whole panel is layered onto Passion Flower cardstock.

With the stencil panel cut in the middle with Rounded Rectangle Dies, I used the border for this second card. The center is inked with the palm tree stencils from the August 2024 Card Kit of the Month. I inked the palms in Aquatic and added a little parrot on top (also from the card kit). 

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Other tools used:

Hero Arts Blending Brushes

Hero Arts Compact Cutter

Hero Arts Palette Knife