I really wanted to create a Father’s Day card with even though my dad passed away 12 years ago. My dad always wore glasses, so this card makes me miss him so much. I made a video tutorial showing you how I created my card from start to finish. If you are having a problem viewing this video, please try watching it HERE on YouTube. […]
Happy Friday, stampers! Today we’re very excited to introduce Hero Arts Color Layering 2016! Click HERE or on the cover image to check it out page by page. Did you see some stamps you recognize? That’s because this catalog expands upon our popular collection of Color Layering stamp sets in a fun, new way! We […]
Last week we joined in the MISTI May-nia fun – with Iliana, the inventor of the MISTI, giving away a Mini MISTI every day during the month of May! Yay! We loved reading all of your kind comments on our blog post, and today we’re excited to announce that the winner of the Mini MISTI […]
Yesterday, Mariana shared two fabulous ideas for using the Waves Stencil and today I’m back to share three more ways to use this versatile stencil. More often than not, I use my stencils to create full and partial backgrounds on my cards instead of patterned paper. And what I really love about stencils is the variety of both soft and bold patterns that you can create by simply changing your ink and paper colors.
The new Destination stamps collection is one of my favorites from the new Summer Catalog. The stamps that are part of it include some of the main cities of the U.S. and they are perfect to create cards, postcards, document your trips or even to use on your scrapbook pages. Today I am sharing a couple of cards featuring Kelly’s Chicago, which is one of my faves.
Today I wanna share a pair of cards and a video showing several different ways to spice up your die cuts. For this first card, I stamped a background using the anchor from the Hipster at Heart stamp set and some white heat embossing. I used Pool and Soft Pool to color the background, and to set the stage for the die cut, I cut a simple flag panel of vellum.
Believe it or not, the school year is wrapping up here in Georgia next week, and it’s time to finalize some teacher gifts! Every class at my kids’ school has a nickname – The Monkeys, The Hippos, The Butterflies, etc. My son’s teacher this year is Ms. Carroll, and her class is called Carroll’s Campers. I […]
Hi everyone! We have a heap of giveaway winners to announce today. Let’s get right to it! Drumroll… For the 2016 Summer Catalog Blog Hop, there are three lucky winners. Each will receive a $25 shopping spree to the Hero Arts Online Store: ► From Kathleen’s blog – Elaine Weberg, who said “I’m hungry for […]
Ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, gelato…I’ve never met a frozen treat I didn’t love! Naturally, when the Color Layering Ice Cream set came out, it was an immediate favorite and has since become my go-to set for birthday cards. It works for anyone! Today’s card was inspired by some of the yummiest raspberry gelato ever…
Ever since Hero Arts added an outer frame die to their Paper Layering die collection I can’t stop playing with their designs, the Palm Tree die in particular. There are two main ways I like to use these dies in my cardmaking and I’d like to share both in this blog post, so keep on reading!
At first glance the stamp String Background might puzzle you, like it did me. But once I started thinking and foraging for ideas, I found three very different ways to use this stamp!
