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Easy Ink Blending Valentine Card: My Favorite Things

January 15, 2024

Hey everyone. Keeping in the Valentine spirit, we are doing easy ink blending Valentine card using My Favorite Tings products. I haven’t used my distress oxides inks in a while so I thought today would be the day I did just that.

Using colors of pinks and purples inspired by my Color Cube, I got to working on a beautiful background. The Full Of Hearts Dieanamic from My Favorite Things was a great option for the ink blended piece. It provided me with a great over for a card and tons of little hearts I can use on additional cards.

The adorable new stamp set from My Favorite Things called Lovely Lions was the perfect addition to this beautiful background.

You can watch the tutorial here or over on my Youtube channel. Affiliate links have been used at no cost to you! I hope I’ve inspired you to keep working on your Valentine’s Day cards. I’ll be back with another card shortly. Have a great day everyone and I’ll see you again!

New Release: Hero Arts My Monthly Hero January 2024

January 8, 2024

Hey everyone. Welcome back. It’s release day for the Hero Art My Monthly Hero January 2024 kits. The classic kit and premium kits are now available for purchase. You should have arrived to my blog from Lydia’s blog. You can see the entire January 2024 Collection here.

Looking for a way to express love, friendship, and joy to your loved ones? Look no further than our January 2024 My Monthly Hero Kit! Let your imagination run wild with this generous Color Layering Stencil set for countless possibilities. This flower-filled kit includes 5 Color Layering Stencils, Fancy Dies, a clear stamp message set, special watercolor paper, and inks: everything you need to create beautiful cards.

The Premium Kit includes additional elements to extend the potential for more cards and techniques – even more Creativity In The Box! In addition to all the Classic Kit components, the highlight of our expanded kit is an abundance of Fancy Dies. We have also included Gold Leaf Flakes, a Sparkle Clear Lacquer Pen, and rounding out this generous kit is a beautiful Pink Gold Metallic Spray!

Classic Kit Contents:

• 5 Color Layering Floral Background Stencils, 5.25″ x 6.5″
• Coordinating Heart Window Frame Cut
• Love You Fancy Dies
• Love Messages Clear Stamp Set, 4″ x 6″
• 6 Sheets of Camel Watercolor Paper, 5″ x 7″
• 3 Core Ink Cubes (Moss, Azalea, Summer Sky)

KIT VALUES Classic Kit: $70 Value for $36.99

For my card today, I did easy ink blending with a few fabulous inks from Hero Arts. Pulling from both kits, this card was created in less time it takes me to drink a cup of coffee.

Beautiful shades of pinks and browns really make this card stunning.

Want to learn more about picking colors for your cards? Check out this video from my holiday card series.

And of course, I have a tutorial for you today. Affiliate links are used at NO COST to you. The links help me keep me keep bringing inspiration content to you. You can catch the video here or over on my Youtube channel.

I also have a bonus card for you today using the new Love You So Much Cover Plate. This cover plate has my heart for sure. By starting with Hero Arts Black Watercolor paper, I die cut out the cover plate. Using Iuilie watercolors, I colored the cover plate. I must say I love this watercolor so very much. If you want to see another card I made using this watercolor, click here.

By spraying the background with Hero Arts Iridescent Shimmer spray, this card really sparkles.

Let’s not forget about the giveaway. We will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, January 14th at 11:59pm PT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Next on the hop is Rose! Have a great time on the hop everyone.

Z Fold Valentine Card: Valentine’s Day Card Series Day 4

January 24, 2022

Hey everyone. Sorry for the delay of the card series. I wasn’t feel well for a few days. Thank you for your understanding. Okay today’s card is a fun an easy Z Fold card. I’m using products from My Favorite Things for the tutorial card and the bonus card. The color palette was pulled from the MFT Sweet Plaid 6×6 paper pad. I love when I can use my pattern paper to pull colors from. It makes creating a color combo so much easier. Here is the first card I created in the tutorial. I love how easy it was to pull this Z Fold card together.

This is such a happy color palette. And I think it would work great for spring cards too.

For the bonus card I used the same paper this time I pulled more of the teal into the color combo with light ink blending. The center heart is made from the Heart Extraordinaire stencil set. As for the sentiment, I used the You Are So Loved stamp also from MFT.

Now this is a super cute card you can make and mass produce by just switching out the pattern paper.

You can watch the tutorial here or you can visit my Youtube channel mzdanajoy. All products used are linked below by an affiliate link at no cost to you.

Thanks for hanging out with me today. I hope I have inspired you today with my cards and color palette. See you back here for another Valentine’s Day card.

Mix Media Valentine Card – Valentine’s Day Card Series Day 2

January 18, 2022

Hey everyone. Welcome back to day two of the series. We are working on mix media valentine cards. Mix media really scares me for some reason, however in today’s tutorial I’m going to embrace it the best way I know how. Ink and water will do the trick. The term mix media is really just using different mediums to create something pretty. So that can be anything from ink to paint to glitter. As long as you have at least two different mediums, you have mix media. Really simple right.

I’m using Hero Arts Hero Hues today as I know they work well with water and create beautiful cards. As I was working on this card I really loved how I was able to create texture without using any thing more than the ink, water and a piece of acetate. I paired up the pretty background with a bold print stamp, a few dies and a simple sentiment.

The soft color of the background works so well with the lines of the Hero Arts Chained Linked Fence Bold Print stamp. Also the Chain Link Fancy Die is the perfect addition to the card for a little bit of raised texture.

Adding a touch of silver to my card with silver matte cardstock for my lock from the Locks Fancy die set from Hero Arts as my center piece on my card. Pulling in all the ink colors for my sentiment keeps my color palette flowing.

I have a couple bonus cards for you as well to show you how else you can use the color palette. This simple colored gradient heart made from Hero Arts glitter cardstock, Hero Arts Infinity Hearts die and the same color inks I used for my background take on a totally different look. Keeping the background simple with an embossing folder makes the heart stand out even more.

And why not use one more medium today. I pulled out my Copic markers to color in this adorable image from Woodware Craft Collection called Valentine Gnome. I have to say, I’m pretty smitten with this card. The Copic makers colors used are:

E11, E13
R32, R43
BG02, BG07
Rv13, RV21
Rv19, RV99
T3, T5, T7
Prismacolor Pencils for added depth

You can watch the tutorial here on my blog or over on my Youtube channel

Pixel Grid Your Valentine’s Day Cards – Valentine’s Day Card Series Day 1

January 17, 2022

Hey everyone. Today is the start of the Valentine’s Day Card Series. The tutorial today is showing you how to use the Ink Blot Shop’s Pixel Grid with Pixel Grid Masks stencils. I think this stencil pack is soo very cool. I paired this stencil with the Sentiment Label Blocks stamp set. The color palette is chocolate with a splash of red and pink. There is also a bonus card using the same color palette with Copic markers.

Here is the card I made using the Ink Blot Shop Happy Mail Heart with Copic markers. The color palette is still the same just the medium has changed. The Copic makers I used for this card were R35, R46, R11, R21, E25, E27 and W02. I used the same Distress Oxide colors for the sentiments

You can watch the tutorial here or over on my Youtube channel mzdanajoy.

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll be back tomorrow with another tutorial and color palette. Have a great day everyone.