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Hero Arts November 2019 My Monthly Hero | 8 Cards from 1 Kit

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Hi everyone, Today I’m sharing the eight cards I made using the Hero Arts’ November 2019 My Monthly Hero Card Kit. And let me
say that this is an amazing kit. Not only for the value but the stamps and dies in this month’s kit are absolutely stunning.

Hero Arts November 2019 My Monthly Hero Card Kit featuring 8 handmade Christmas cards from 1 kit, colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

Card 1

Hero Arts November 2019 My Monthly Hero Card Kit featuring 8 handmade Christmas cards from 1 kit, colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

Card 2

I mainly focused on the images from the main kit in creating these cards with one exception from an add-on.
I first stamped all of the images I planned to use on Bristol smooth cardstock with black ink and heat embossed with
clear embossing powder. Since these images are tiny, I grabbed the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to quickly color
these images in, and die cut them out using the coordinating dies.

Hero Arts November 2019 My Monthly Hero Card Kit featuring 8 handmade Christmas cards from 1 kit, colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

Card 3

Hero Arts November 2019 My Monthly Hero Card Kit featuring 8 handmade Christmas cards from 1 kit, colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

Card 4

For each card, I tried to incorporate some technique that would highlight each card from incorporating vellum, ink blending,
inlay cards or creating a custom background.

While most cards are simple in nature, they are also quick and easy to re-create or mass produce for the upcoming Holiday Season.

Hero Arts November 2019 My Monthly Hero Card Kit featuring 8 handmade Christmas cards from 1 kit, colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

Card 5

Hero Arts November 2019 My Monthly Hero Card Kit featuring 8 handmade Christmas cards from 1 kit, colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

Card 6

The last two cards were probably my most favorite to create. The second to last card incorporates the Decorated Winter
Branches Window Fancy die add-on and simple ink blending for a stunning result. And the last card, probably my
favorite incorporates the Doorway Fancy die as an entire A2 sized card.

Hero Arts Decorated Winter Branches Window Fancy Die combined with ink blending, Christmas handmade cards.

Card 7

Hero Arts Doorway Fancy Die from the Hero Arts November 2019 My Monthly Her Card Kit colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

Card 8

I have a video linked below and on my YouTube Channel of the cards I made using the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit for November 2019.

As always, thanks for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers Used

Light Green 041, Yellow Green 053
Red 020, Wine Red 024, Deep Red 200, Geranium Red 029
Yellow 050, Mustard 067
Mid Brown 065, Oatmeal 064, Dark Brown 062, Light Brown 061
Light Blue 036, Cobalt Blue 036, Haze Blue 302
Light Gray 091, Gray 090, Dark Gray 095
Socks on Kraft Cardstock Pink 25, Light Green 041, Purple 082, Cobalt Blue 031, Red 020
House 031, 036, 022, 024, 053, 047, 065, 062, 064

This card is entered in the following challenges:

A Blog Named Hero | Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge | Your Next Stamp Challenge #128 | The Cat’s Pajamas Challenge #363 |

 

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. Compensated affiliate links used at no additional cost to you. Thanks for your support!


Black Friday Crafty Sales and Specials!

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Happy Black Friday all my Crafty Friends!!! I hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving surrounded by family and friends. Here is a list of all the Black Friday Sales that I have visited and found. Shopping these sales are a great way to support all of the small businesses and stores that we all love. Thanks to each and every one of you for following me on Social Media and YouTube! This passion of mine has been a journey and your support helps me achieve in turning this from a hobby into a dream! These are affiliate links, so these help me feed the kiddos, and to be able to keep crafting for all of you!

Black Friday Deals at Scrapbook.com

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  • $10 OFF Coupon
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My Favorite Things Black Friday Deals 

Honey Bee Stamps Black Friday Deals 

  • Save 25% on all HBS brand products
  • Valid Nov. 28 – Nov. 29, 2019
  • No coupon code necessary
  • FREE US shipping on order of $75 or more
  • Get exclusive Holiday FREE BEE stamp with purchase of $35+
  • Get exclusive Holiday FREE BEE stamp & die with purchase of $75+
  • Shop http://shrsl.com/1qgz1 (affiliate link)

Blitsy Has a 60% of One item

Studio Katia Black Friday Sales 

  • Save 38% storewide with Code BF2019
  • Sale Starts 11/27 ends November 30th at 11:59p MT (Not valid on MISTI & The Stamping Village products)
  • Shop http://shrsl.com/1qgys (affiliate link)

Blick Art Materials

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  • Save 25% with Code Black2019
  • Spend $75 and get free US Shipping
  • Crafty Courtyard Subscribers get additional savings
  • Shop http://shrsl.com/1yaee (affiliate link)

Whimsy Stamps Black Friday Deals 

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Your Next Stamp Autumn Harvest | Hello Autumn Handmade Card | Copic Coloring

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Happy Tuesday everyone! I am sharing one last Thanksgiving card with you before we celebrate Thanksgiving! This card is inspired
by the current Your Next Stamp Challenge #127.

Your Next Stamp Autumn Harvest stamp images colored with Copic markers, autumn or fall-inspired handmade card.

I stamped all of the images that I wanted to use onto a piece of Neenah solar white 80lb. cardstock with Memento Tuxedo dye ink
and used my Copic markers to color them in. Once the images were colored in, I used my ScanNCut to cut them out.

Copic Markers Combination

Scarecrow Coat: E49, E47, E37, E35, E33, E50, E53, E55
Scarecrow Face: E15, E13, E11, E00, R22
Nose: E18, E15, E11
Scarecrow Shirt: BG57, BG53, BG000
Pumpkins: YR12, YR15, YR18, E11, E13, E15, E18, E47, E44, E43, G28, YG63, YG61
Rabbits: C5, C3, C1, C0, C00, R32, R20, R30
Birds: E37, E35, E33, E31, E30

Your Next Stamp Autumn Harvest stamp images colored with Copic markers, autumn or fall-inspired handmade card.

Part of this challenge was to incorporate plaid in the design. For my card, I used a piece of plaid patterned paper as a frame
around the focal point area.

I added some fall-inspired clouds to the background using a cloud stencil and Hero Arts inks. To complete this card, I stamped
the sentiment onto a piece of dark brown cardstock and white heat embossed it.

Your Next Stamp Autumn Harvest stamp images colored with Copic markers, autumn or fall-inspired handmade card.

Check out the Your Next Stamp Blog for all of the challenge information as well as design team inspiration for this challenge.

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge | Polkadoodles Digi Chooseday Craft Challenge | Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge | Addicted to Stamps and More | Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog | Crafty Creations Challenge | Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. Compensated affiliate links used at no additional cost to you.
Thanks for your support!


MFT Stamps Captivating Mandala | Easy Water-colored Background | Christmas Handmade Card

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Hi everyone! It seems that my Christmas cardmaking season is off to a slow start so I thought I’d make a quick and simple
Christmas card to add to my stash.

A clean and simple Merry Christmas handmade card featuring MFT Captivating Mandala die set against an ink water colored background.

For this card, I wanted to create a bright background that would perfectly compliment the Captivating Mandala die
by My Favorite Things. I began this card by painting a bright blue background using Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide
ink and Tim Holtz’s watercolor cardstock. I did a little ink smooshing with Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink
and let the panel air dry.

A clean and simple Merry Christmas handmade card featuring MFT Captivating Mandala die set against an ink water colored background.

While the background was drying, I die cut the Captivating Mandala four separate times out of white heavyweight cardstock
and stacked them together for thickness. As a final step, my helper (aka my very eager daughter) sprayed the snowflake with
Glitter Dust in Silver for a little sparkle.
After all of the components were dry, I stamped the sentiment and heat set it with red embossing powder and added the
snowflake to the front with a red piece of thread to tie in the sentiment.

A clean and simple Merry Christmas handmade card featuring MFT Captivating Mandala die set against an ink water colored background.

This card was inspired by the current MFT Sketch Challenge # 463 on their blog. Check out the
design teams inspiration projects for this challenge.

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. Compensated affiliate links used at no additional cost to you.
Thanks for your support!


Lawn Fawn Happy Harvest | Fall inspired handmade card | Copic coloring

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Hi friends, I hope that your weekend is off to a great start.  I have a fall-inspired card to share with you inspired by
the current LawnFawnatics Sketch Challenge.

Lawn Fawn Happy Harvest stamp and Lawn Fawn Woodgrain backdrop stamp combined with Distress Oxide inked background for a fall-inspired, Many Thanks handmade card.

The theme for this challenge is “Guy Cards” and while this card can be for either guys or gals, I focused the color choice on
more of the darker tone shades for guys.
I began the card by stamping the images onto a piece of Neenah Solar White  80lb. cardstock with Memento Tuxedo
Black ink and used Copic Markers to color these in.

Copic Markers Combination

Scarecrow Shirt: W5, W3, W1, W0, G28, G07, G21
Scarecrow Hat: E29, E25, E23, G28, G07, G21
Overalls: B91, B93, B95, B99THE
Face: E00, E11, E13, R20, R22
Nose: YR04
Black Birds: W7, W5, W3, W1, R22 Beak: W9
Straw: Y21, E55
Steak: E57, E55
Pumpkins: YR65, YR04, YR18, E19, YG25, YG67

Lawn Fawn Happy Harvest stamp and Lawn Fawn Woodgrain backdrop stamp combined with Distress Oxide inked background for a fall inspired, Many Thanks handmade card.

After using the ScanNCut machine to cut out the images, I set those aside to work on the background. I stamped the
Woodgrain Backdrop on a kraft cardstock panel with Lawn Fawn’s Walnut dye ink and die cut a stitched circle from the top center.
On a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock, I ink blended Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Carved Pumpkin
and Ripe Persimmons Distress Oxide ink and splattered brown and white ink for added interest.

To finish this card, I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of black cardstock and heat set it with white embossing powder then die cut it with Fancy Wavy Banner and began adhering the focal point images, popped up on foam tape for a little extra dimension.

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Don’t forget to stop by the LawnFawnatics Challenge Blog and check Design Team’s inspiration projects.

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. Compensated affiliate links used at no additional cost to you. Thanks for your support!


Hero Arts Color Layering Deer Stamp | Christmas 2019 Handmade Cards

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Hi everyone, I hope your weekend is off to an amazing start. This card was inspired by the current A Blog Named Hero Challenge
and features two-color layering stamp sets.

Hero Arts Color Layering Deer stamp combined with Hero Arts Color Layering Christmas Tree stamp images set against a snowy ink blended background to create a beautiful Merry Christmas handmade card.

I absolutely love the Hero Arts Color Layering Deer stamp and wanted to incorporate it into this challenge titled “Nature”.
For me, when I think of nature, I always envision animals that I would find in woodlands.

Since this is a layering stamp, there are three stamps for each image each adding a distinct piece for the overall image.
For the most solid layer, I used Lawn Fawn dye ink in the shade of Butter and stamped it onto a piece of Neenah 110lb. white cardstock.
For the second layer, I stamped the image using Lawn Fawn dye ink in the shade of Doe.
And finally, for the last layer, I used Lawn Fawn dye ink in Walnut shade.
For the legs and face, I simply used Versafine Onyx black ink for a nice and dark impression.
I used the coordinating dies to die cut my image and set it aside.

Next, I used the Hero Arts Color Layering Christmas Tree stamp but this time I only used the most solid layer for a silhouette look.
After stamping the layer with Verafine Onyx black ink, I used the snowy layer stamp and heat set it with Lawn Fawn
Textured White embossing powder for a little snowy dimension.

Hero Arts Color Layering Deer stamp combined with Hero Arts Color Layering Christmas Tree stamp images set against a snowy ink blended background to create a beautiful Merry Christmas handmade card.

For the background, I took a panel of Bristol smooth cardstock and ink blended Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide ink towards the
bottom of the panel after masking off a snowy drift followed by Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink at the top of the panel. I spritzed the
panel with some water and Copic Opaque White ink for some interest.

I then trimmed the panel with a Hero Arts Rectangle die and added fun foam to the panel before adhering it to an A2 sized
Red Velvet by Gina K panel.

Hero Arts Color Layering Deer stamp combined with Hero Arts Color Layering Christmas Tree stamp images set against and ink blended background to create a beautiful Merry Christmas handmade card.

To complete this card, I stamped the sentiment with VersaMark ink and heat set it with red embossing powder by Hero Arts, then adhered the threes, popped up the deer with foam squares and added some red gems for a little sparkle.

There is still one more day left to join in on this fun challenge, check here for all of the details.

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge | Polkadoodles Digi Chooseday Craft Challenge | Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge | Addicted to Stamps and More 

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. Compensated affiliate links used at no additional cost to you.
Thanks for your support!


Lemon Shortbread Christmas Poinsettia Girl | Lil Patch of Crafty Friends | Design Team Project

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Hi everyone, today starts the new challenge over on the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog. This month’s exclusive
sponsor is Lemon Shortbread Digi Stamps and they are offering a 3 image prize to the winner. For my card today,
I used Christmas Poinsettia Girl for a very festive-inspired card.

Lemon Shortbread Digi image of Christmas Poinsettia Girl colored with Copic Markers combined with Carta Bella Santa’s Workshop patterned paper background, Christmas handmade card.

I printed the digital image onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock resizing the image to fit an A2
sized card panel. Using Copic markers, I colored the image and fussy cut it out.

Copic Markers Combination

Skin: E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20
Hair: E50, E53, E33, E35
Eyes: B91, B93
Ribbon: R39, R24, R22
Holly Leaves: G28, G05, G02
Holly Berries: R39, R22
Overcoat: R59, R39, R27, R24, R22
White: C2, C1, C0, C00, Blender
Dress: C3, C2, C1, C0, Blender
Poinsettia: R39, R24, R22, YG17, YG11, Y38, Y08

Lemon Shortbread Digi image of Christmas Poinsettia Girl colored with Copic Markers combined with Carta Bella Santa’s Workshop patterned paper background, Christmas handmade card.

For the background, I used two pieces of patterned paper from Carta Bella Paper Santa’s Workshop Collection. The red and
white paper, I die cut with a large stitched rectangle and then layered a slightly smaller die cut panel before
adhering the focal point image.

Lemon Shortbread Digi image of Christmas Poinsettia Girl colored with Copic Markers combined with Carta Bella Santa’s Workshop patterned paper background, Christmas handmade card.

Using a Fancy Wavy Banners Die by Lawn Fawn, I die cut the sentiment banner from white cardstock then
stamped the sentiment with black ink.

I hope you will join us in this month’s challenge for a chance to win a generously donated prize pack of 3 images from our sponsor.
Check out their shop here, and be inspired by their gorgeous digi and coloring page images.

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Digi Doodle Studios Challenge | Polkadoodles Craft Challenge | Polkadoodles Digi Chooseday Craft Challenge | Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge | Cute Card Thursday | Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog | Crafty Creations Challenge | Southern Girls Challenge 

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. Compensated affiliate links used at no additional cost to you. Thanks for your support!


Lawn Fawn Spooktacular | Pearl Alcohol ink Background | Copic Coloring

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Hello everyone, I have one last Halloween inspired card to share, albeit a little late but better late than never! This card was inspired
by the current LawnFawnatics Sketch Challenge and features several products from Lawn Fawn.

Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Stamp set colored with Copic Markers combined with Lawn Fawn Spook Fence Border, Lawn Fawn Spring Showers and Lawn Fawn Grassy Border dies set against a Pearl Alcohol inked background. Handmade Halloween card. #LawnFawn #LawnFawnatics

For this card, I wanted to create a bright green background so I pulled out the Pearl Alcohol inks by Ranger in the colors Alchemy,
Sublime and Envy. I added all of the inks onto a piece of Yupo Paper and played around with adding additional ink,
blending solution and moving the ink by blowing through a straw to create this background.

Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Stamp set colored with Copic Markers combined with Lawn Fawn Spook Fence Border, Lawn Fawn Spring Showers and Lawn Fawn Grassy Border dies set against a Pearl Alcohol inked background. Handmade Halloween card. #LawnFawn #LawnFawnatics

While the background was drying, I stamped all of the images with Memento Tuxedo ink onto a piece of Neenah Solar White
80lb cardstock and colored them in with Copic markers.

Copic Markers Combination

Bat: C9, C7, C5, C3, R22
Cat: C9, C7, C5, C3, R22
Jack O’ Lantern: E19, YR07, YR15, YR65, Y15, YG63, G28
Ghost: C3, C1, C00, R20
Hat: V17, V15, V12, V000

Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Stamp set colored with Copic Markers combined with Lawn Fawn Spook Fence Border, Lawn Fawn Spring Showers and Lawn Fawn Grassy Border dies set against a Pearl Alcohol inked background. Handmade Halloween card. #LawnFawn #LawnFawnatics

Once the background was dry, I added Distress Micro Glaze to seal in the color, then began working on the rest of the components.
I die cut the Spooky Fence Border, clouds from Spring Showers and Grassy Border from black cardstock, then stamped the
sentiment on the border and heat set it with white embossing powder.
Once I adhered the border to the background all there was left to do is to place the images and adhere it to the little scene.

Don’t forget to stop by the LawnFawnatics Challenge Blog and check the Design Team’s inspiration projects.

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

 Addicted to Stamps and More | A Gem of a Challenge |Creative Fingers Challenge Blog | Crafty Creations Challenge | Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. Compensated affiliate links used at no additional cost to you.
Thanks for your support!


Sugar Pea Designs Indian Summer | Give Thanks | Copic coloring

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Hi everyone! I have a little fall-inspired card to share with you, featuring Sugar Pea Designs’  most adorable raccoons from Indian Summer stamp set.

Sugar Pea Designs Indian Summer stamp colored with Copic markers combined with Sugar Pea Designs Large Striped Cover Die background which was ink blended with Distress Oxide ink for a fall inspired handmade card.

I first stamped the images onto a piece of Neenah 80lb. Solar White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo ink and used Copic markers to color in the images. For the raccoons, I used all of the Warm-Grey Copic markers in a different combination, listed below. I used the ScanNCut to cut out all of the images.

Copic Color Combination

Raccoon’s Head: W7, W5, W4, W3, W2, W0
Ears: R11, W00
Mask: W9, W7, W5, W4, W3
Face: W1, W0
Hands/feet: W7, W5, W3
Belly: W3, W2, W1
Tail: W7, W5, W3
Tent: E43, E40, R39, YR14, YR15, Y02
Headband: YR07, YR02, E43
Pumpkin: E19, YR07, YR04, YR15, Y15, G28, YG63

Sugar Pea Designs Indian Summer stamp colored with Copic markers combined with Sugar Pea Designs Large Striped Cover Die background which was ink blended with Distress Oxide ink for a fall inspired handmade card.

For the background, I used one of my favorite cover dies called Large Striped Cover Plate by Sugar Pea Designs. I die cut the panel three times from Bristol smooth cardstock to allow me to build up in dimension. The most top panel, I ink blended using Carved Pumpkin on the top half and Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide ink in the bottom half. To brighten up the bottom half, I went over the area with Festive Berries Distress Oxide ink.
At this point, I had all of the elements for this card and I was ready to begin adhering the components together. After stamping the sentiment with Versamark ink, I added brown sparkle embossing powder and heat set it with my heat tool.

Sugar Pea Designs Indian Summer stamp colored with Copic markers combined with Sugar Pea Designs Large Striped Cover Die background which was ink blended with Distress Oxide ink for a fall inspired handmade card.

I added the three frames, two white and the ink blended frame to an A2 sized card base and inlaid the ink blended stripes to create some height for the panel.
At this point, all I had to do was to add the focal point images which I popped up with foam squares. And lastly, I added some shimmer on the raccoon with the Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Sparkle pen.

This card was inspired by the current Sugar Pea Designs Mix it up Challenge for October 2019.

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Polkadoodles Digi Chooseday Craft Challenge | Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge | Creatalicious Challenge | Word Art Wednesday | Creative Moments Challenge | Time Out Challenge | 

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. Compensated affiliate links used at no additional cost to you.
Thanks for your support!