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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Happy Brunch Day!

 I know it's not Sunday, which is the perfect day for brunch, but hump-day Wednesday is the next best thing! 

I imagine they are all dancing in excitement before I pour maple syrup on top of them and eat them :) 

When I saw the egg die I actually first thought it was a sliced avocado! I guess that's the California in me. So since I'm the only one who thought "avo!" I made sure to include an egg, too. This adorable die set is the Spellbinders November Small Die of the Month. I do look forward to getting these each month, and I have been a sub to the small die for three full years now. It's a great value and the dies are always very fun!

All of my dies are cut from various ColorWheel cardstock colors. I also used the Plaid Company Embossing Folder for the background to add some subtle texture.

Oh my gosh and they're drinking little coffees, too. I love them!

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Hey There, Book Worm

 I hope you've been enjoying all of the November Hero Studio inspiration. The book theme is just so much fun and a great mini escape from all the holiday cards filling your feeds! I have two more cards to share that feature different kits from the release. To view my original two cards for the release, visit my blog post here.

I said it before and I'll say it again... this little wormy is the star of the entire release! This card uses the open book dies from the November Card Kit. The worm himself and the 'hello book worm' come from the November Die Set. I used the beautiful new ColorWheel cardstocks to put this one together.

My second card came together very quickly. There was much much less die cutting and gluing compared to my book worm card...

The November Cling Stamp is the star of this card. I can see that checkerboard pattern being popular for summer themed cards, too. I stamped the cling in Dusty Blue and Cornflower for an ombre look. The stamped panel was cut with the Rounded Rectangle Infinity Dies.

The sweet image is from the November Stamp and Cut set. I did some very basic coloring with my Copics, die cut the image, and centered it on some Peony cardstock cut with the Rounded Jewel Infinity Die. I finished it off with some flowers cut from the main November Card Kit.

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YouTube Collab Hop! Pear Blossom x Hero Arts

 Today is very exciting! Pear Blossom Press has teamed up with Hero Arts for a YouTube video hop AND an Instagram Hop. Watch my video for all of the details about my detective holiday card and info on how to enter the giveaway!

I won't go into details of the detective card because the video walks you through alllll the steps. Plus, I have a cute bonus card I want to share info on!

SUPPLIES

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BetterPress System: https://tinyurl.com/4ppfjp5b

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Glimmer Foil System: https://tinyurl.com/yc2f28ba

Magnifying Glass Die Set: https://tinyurl.com/473zny3n

Case Closed Sentiments: https://tinyurl.com/mswwnu5z

Houndstooth Layering Stencil: https://tinyurl.com/5793ytr8

Here for the Presents Sentiments: https://tinyurl.com/9cy4z4hn

Best Gift Ever Bundle: https://tinyurl.com/35ec6sj5

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I have to share my bonus card! I absolutely love love loooove this collection from Hero Arts. Unfortunately, it was released at a very busy/not-so-great time in my personal life, so I didn't have time to use it much. 

The cover plate is from the December 2024 kit called Rainbows and Clouds, but it is currently available to purchase online. I ink blended the cover plate portion (from bottom/lightest to top/darkest) with the following Reactive Inks: Taffy, Grape Slush, Splash, and Blue Hawaii.

The darling clouds are from the Floral Rainbows and Clouds set, colored with Copic Markers. I tucked the Pear Blossom Light behind the top cloud. My idea for this card was that there is always sunshine around the corner on a dreary day.

Thanks for stopping by! Remember to check out my YouTube Video and visit my Instagram for all of the giveaway info!

And Everything Nice Collection from SSS

 Hello and welcome to the HOLIDAYS! It's basically mid-November at this point (where has this month gone?!) and the holiday cards have already taken over. I'm simply here to add a couple more wintery themed cards using new stamps from the Simon Says Stamp "And Everything Nice" collection.

Such a sweet little snowman! I love the birdie helping him wrap the holiday lights. I colored this image using my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. This one stays simple with just the addition of the sweet sentiment, "Snowman Kisses and Warm Winter Wishes".

Both of my cards today use the sweet stamp set called Wrapped in Scarves. My second card uses the other snowman in the set...

It's safe to assume the only thing this snowman is saying right now is, "Wheeeeeee!!!!" The large snowman in the background is also from the Wrapped in Scarves set. I paired the scene with some classic Lawn Fawn Stitched Mountain Dies. All of the snow is cut from white glitter paper to add a shimmery wintery touch.

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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.

Be sure to continue along the hop! Leave your comments for a chance to win $50 to Hero Arts!

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