Hello again. I’m back with some inspiration for the Hero Arts February Release but this time goodies from the Spring Meadow Collection. This one is beautiful and caters more to those who enjoy spring florals vs the cute furry critters. I’m focusing on the stencil/die combo and new sentiments from this collection though.

I love this combo because the stencils and die fit perfectly together but they are both wonderful on their own as well. This first card shows the combo where I stenciled all the layers on a white panel, then diecut the cover from kraft cardstock and layered them together.

I splattered the panel with silver watercolor and added a sentiment strip using the new Everyday Sentiment Strips 2 stamp. It coordinates with the Sentiment Strips die giving you a billion and one sentiments with one stamp and one pass through the die cut machine. It’s brilliant!

After popping up my sentiment strip with a foam strip, I glued the panel to a white card base and finished the design off by tying some ribbon around the top. This card just sings spring happiness to me.

Next, I have a card using the stencils without the cover die and it’s just as pretty!

I chose a different color palette for the flowers and added some teal to my leaves. I also pulled out the detail blending brushes to add different colors to some of the small openings and give a splash of yellow among the cooler feeling tones.

This panel was spritzed with water and splattered with white paint for extra texture. Once that was dry, I trimmed it down to 4×5.25 inches and popped it up on a teal panel. That was glued to a white card base and another sentiment strip was popped up in the center. This time I created a set of simple black ink on white cardstock so they are extra versatile. I just save the extras for future cards which will come in handy for sure!

My next adventure will be to create a card featuring just the cover plate for this and no stencils. Stay tuned for that to come later.

Products used:
Meadow Blooms layering stencils
Meadow Blooms cover plate
Everyday Sentiment Strips 2 stamps
Sentiment Strips cover plate
Foam strips
Liquid glue
Silver watercolor
White paint

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Hi friends! It’s release day for Hero Arts and I’m here with a couple of cards to share featuring goodies from the Egg-stra Special Collection. These little chickies are too cute for words and so fun to color and create with!

I’m also having a blast with this new layered stencil set called Confetti. It’s going to be a great staple for adding texture to backgrounds. This time I used blending brushes and dye inks for 3 of the layers, then sparkle paste for the last one. It changes things up just enough to make it extra fun.

Then I stamped, colored and die cut some chicks and a sentiment from Spring Tweetings. I used copic markers for my coloring, which was super quick and simple. Once the stenciled panel was dry, I trimmed it down to 4×5.25 inches and popped my chicks and sentiment up with foam squares and strips.

Next, I glued a kraft panel to a card base and added the stenciled panel with foam tape to that for more dimension. I finished the design off with glossy accents on the little chick beaks for good measure.

This card barely skimmed the surface of the Spring Tweetings stamp set so I dove right back in to create a fun scene card too!

I changed the colors up on my stenciling so I could use it for my sky. Then I cut ground layers in different green cardstocks from my stash. I glued those together and moved on to playing with my stamps to see how much I could fit in the scene to fill it up in a fun way.

Once that was decided, I stamped and colored everything with copic markers again; cutting it all out with the coordinating dies. I love that the basket die cuts a slit for you to fill the basket easily too. That was a great bonus! Second bonus, there are dies for the sentiments which I love more than I can say!

I adhered everything with a combo of liquid glue and foam squares before finishing this design off with touches of glossy accents just like the first. This time I did the chick beaks and parts of the Easter eggs in the basket.

Products used:
Spring Tweetings stamps and dies
Confetti stencil set
Landscape dies
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Hero Paste glitter
Blending brushes

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Welcome everyone! Today I’ve got a couple of cards to share for inspiration with the November Hero Arts Hero Studio subscription – specifically the layering stencil and die of the month. My second passion to cardmaking is reading so this month just grabbed me by the heart immediately!

My first try at the layering stencil, I went with a ton of bright, happy colors just to play with it. It was so fun and I love how it turned out! Then I grabbed the die of the month set and couldn’t wait to build the sweet book worm, along with both styles of books included.

After creating my images, I took one of the sentiments in the die set and cut it 3 times to layer together, plus a dark blue layer for the top. These are adhered by liquid glue. Then I wove my book worm through the letters, adhering him with liquid glue here and there as well.

I added the books with foam squares, then the worm and sentiment below it with liquid glue and a foam square where needed. I finished things off here with glossy accents on the worm’s glasses because, who can resist that?!? Not me.

For my second card, I went darker on my color palette and finished things off with some Astro Paste for the beautiful gold glitter. This library belongs in a castle somewhere, I’m sure of it!

I went back and forth on what images to add but in reality, this little worm is too adorable not to add to everything for the foreseeable future. So he won and so did this simple little sentiment from the What’s Cookin’? stamp set. They are both popped up with foam strips and his glasses are also finished off with glossy accents.

If you haven’t thought about the Hero Studio subscriptions from Hero Arts, I highly recommend. The themes are so fun each month and you know it’s so fun to have something new to create with regularly! It’s also a steal of a deal compared to retail prices.

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Hello again. I’m back with a bit more inspiration for the Hero Arts Hocus Pocus Collection. Like I said before, the scattered stars stencil set was so fun and I just kept inking up different color combos. So when I went to create cards, they just kind of put themselves together. This one features another background from that inking session and the Tricks and Treats stamps and dies.

Pulling from the colors in my background, I stamped and colored images from Tricks and Treats, then used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. I played around with the arrangement of my images for a while feeling like the flow of the stars was pulling them across my card.

Once I liked where they were at. I added foam squares to the back one at a time and replaced them in their spot. Then I put the panel in my MISTI and stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set in the upper left corner.

I glued the panel to a card base and finished the design off with some glossy accents and stardust Stickles on various parts of the images. Isn’t it whimsical and fun!?!

Products used:
Tricks and Treats stamps and dies
Scattered Stars stencils
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Blending Brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – sugar plum, black soot, sunflower

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Hello everyone! I’m here today with some inspiration for this month’s Hero Studio subscriptions for Die and Stencil of the Month! I love how the Hero Studio series always coordinates together in fun ways. This month is Fall in the Forest and it’s so fun!

First up I have a fun card combining the die and stencil of the month together! I had to have a first go-around creating all of the critters in the die set and then I couldn’t choose just a couple for my card so I tried stacking them and when they fit, I knew it was meant to be!

It seemed perfect to ink up a panel with the stencil of the month for my panel these critters are peeking around and look at those gorgeous trees! I love how different the are and the way the layers easily build a full panel with lots of color! After inking this panel, I edged it with a gold strip and glued my critters to that.

With everything adhered, I popped the stenciled panel and critters up on a white card base with foam tape. Then I chose a sentiment from and older set and stamped it up the left side. Isn’t it so perfect and lends this card to be great for a variety of occasions.

Next, I have a card using more of the die of the month set, creating a sweet sleeping bear. I used on layer of the scattered stars stencil from the Hocus Pocus Collection to create a starry sky. Once the astro paste was dry from the stenciling I lightly inked the edges with white pigment ink for a foggy, cloudy look.

Then I glued the bed frame to the card base along with the pillow and comforter and popped the bear head up with foam tape. Then I carefully glued his paws to the comforter.

Last, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from another older set, trimmed it into a strip and popped it up with foam squares.

Products used:
Hero Studio Die of the Month
Hero Studio Stencil of the Month
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Embossing & Watermark Ink
Embossing powder
Magic anti-static brush
Reverse tweezers

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Welcome back everyone! Today I’m highlighting the Hero Arts Hocus Pocus Collection with a pair of cards featuring the Boo to You dies, along with sentiments from Season’s Creepings and the Scattered Stars layering stencils.

When I received my package, I hit blending brush to paper with those awesome scattered stars immediately! I couldn’t wait to try different color backgrounds with different color combos on the stars! Then I was sure to die cut all of those fun ghosts and their accessories to see what fun I could create!

My first card features a whimsical take on the starry background and three of the ghosts from the die set. I cut an oval from a piece of black cardstock and popped it up on the stenciled panel to frame my stars.

Then added ghosts and my sentiment with foam squares on top of that. This gives everything a couple of layers for more depth and interest.

My second card has a gray background with a light orange frame cut from two infinity rectangles. I love the look this gives. Then I popped my dressed up witch ghost up with foam squares and finished the design off with another great heat embossed sentiment!

I’ll be back with more inspiration using this collection soon, so stay tuned!

Products:
Boo To You dies
Season’s Creepings stamps and dies
Scattered Stars layering stencils
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks
Foam tape and squares
Embossing and watermark ink
Embossing powder
Magic anti-static brush
Liquid glue

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Welcome everyone! I wanted to also catch you up on some neglected Hero Arts projects that have made it to social media but not yet on here. I’m fortunate enough to create with the Hero Studio Stencil of the Month and Die of the Month and I’m having a blast with it!

This month the theme is Ichabod’s Study and it’s spooky fabulous! I have had so much fun creating and wanted to share my cards thus far.

My first card is created to resemble an old book and uses the stencil of the month. It’s so detailed and beautiful in any color palette! I added a “spine” to the edge and a sentiment from the recent Sherlock themed release which I thought fit the vibe.

Next, I combined the stencil of the month with the frame dies from the die of the month as well. I thought they made a cool and different background setting for my sentiment. Then I trimmed the edge of the front card flap and stamped my sentiment on what is actually the inside of the card on the right side. Isn’t this stencil amazing in bright colors too?!?

Next I had to pull out the full spooky vibes for the Hero Studio die of the month. It’s amazing and has so much potential for spooky, eerie, holiday, bright and cheery! Depends what you fill your frames with or if you fill them at all! I created what I envisioned as a wall in a spooky library in an old mansion.

Have you thought about a monthly subscription like Hero Studio? There are lots of variations for your style of crafting and the products are so fun to create with each month!

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