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Holiday Card Series Day 2: Infinity Snowflakes

November 9, 2022

Hello everyone. Welcome to day 2 of the Holiday Card Series 2022 and let’s use Infinity Snowflakes to make our card. Today we are making a layered snowflake card. Infinity dies are an easy way to make quick cards. Just switch out the colors of cardstock on each layered piece and you have endless color scheme.

Making a card with just one theme (meaning I’m not adding anything to the card besides snowflakes) keeps a card looking harmonious. There is nothing to distract your eye from the snowflakes.

By adding the Hero Arts Glitter Paste, I’m able to add texture to to card without a real design that competes with my snowflakes.

Keeping my color palette in a more neutral palette with just a pop of red helps the card brighten up just a bit.

Today’s tutorial will show you how to create this sparkly card with little happiness in your heart. You can watch the tutorial here on the blog or over on my Youtube channel. A supply list has been added below for your shopping ease.

You can find all videos for this years series by click here. Thanks for joining me today. I’ll see you back here for day 3 soon. Have a wonderful day everyone.

Holiday Card Series 2022 Day 1: Hero Arts MMH November 2022

November 7, 2022

Welcome to the Hero Art My Monthly Hero blog hop for November 2022. You should have arrived here from Channin’s blog. Tis the season… for making holiday tags and decorations! Our November My Monthly Hero release is packed full of darling products you can use to create handmade ornaments, tags, cards and more! The kit includes a large set of 31 scene-building dies that can be combined in countless ways. There’s a message set featuring holiday essentials. The kit is rounded out with ribbon and sequins – the perfect finishing touches for your tags or ornaments!

Kit Contents:
3” x 4” Clear Set
Ornament Building Fancy Die Set
1-3 yards ribbon
6 sheets acetate 5×6
Sequins – snowflake mix
6 white paper 5.5×8.5

Make your gift tags a breeze this year. With my creative juices flowing, I decided to step out of the box and do non traditional holiday colors for my tag. Since I’ve been living in Florida and we seem to only have one season, making brighter holiday cards and tags has become a thing for me. LOL

By using Hero Arts Reactive Inks, being super colorful and bright is easy. For my color combo I used colors which you would see in a sun set. The warm shades of yellow, oranges and pinks is perfect. There is a die that cuts greenery for your tags, however for my tag, Hero Arts Charcoal ink worked magically.

Remember that reactive inks reactive with water. Instead of water, I used the Hero Arts Iridescent Shimmer Spray. I really wish you could see the sparkle on this tag.

I have a tutorial sharing how this tag came together. You can watch it here on the blog or over on my Youtube channel.

For my extra projects, I used the new Hero Arts Mug Tag Fancy die. I mean how cute is this mug of hot chocolate look? When the weather gets a little chilly here in Florida, I love a great mug of hot chocolate.

The inks I used on my mugs were Hero Arts Crimson, Cranberry, Fresh Lawn, Pine, Lemon Yellow and Spicy Mustard. Making pretty ombre mugs makes gift giving fun.

These tags have a TON of sparkle by using the shimmer mist and the Hero Arts Snowflake Glitter.

Thanks for stopping by today. Next on the hopis Daniel. Don’t forget to comment for a chance to win one of the gift certificates. Have a great day and I’ll see you back here soon.

Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Countdown – November 2022

November 6, 2022

Hey everyone It’s countdown day for the soon to be released Hero Arts My Monthly Hero. The November 2022 kit is a smashing good one. If you love creating cards AND tags, yup you need this month’s kit.

This kit has a wonderful fancy die set which allows you so many variations or gorgeous tags and cards. I love a gorgeous tag attached to a gift. But what if your tag and card could be made out of the same die set? Brilliant, I know.

For my card today, I used reds, blues and white as my overall color scheme. Really not a “Christmas” color scheme but I’m stretching my color palette again this year.

Make sure to swing back here again on Monday for the full release and a peek at the kit and all the add-ons. The Hero Arts My Monthly Hero is released and ready to order Monday November 7th at 1:00 PM EST.

See you back here on Monday. Have a great weekend everyone.

Sentiments For Holiday Cards

October 24, 2022

Hey everyone. I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today sharing a tutorial on how to use the Hero Arts Holiday Sentiment Strips to make your holiday cards.

Using the stamp set with the coordinating Sentiment Strips Die, you can make a ton of these cards in no time flat.

So head on over to the Hero Arts blog for the tutorial or you can also watch on the Hero Arts Youtube channel. Have a great day and I’ll see you back here soon.

Hero Arts My Monthly Hero October 2022

October 3, 2022

I’m sooo excited to you all the see the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero for October 2022. This kit not only has the large 6X8 stamp set and coordinating dies, you are also getting a great cling stamp to use as well. You should have arrived here from Channin’s blog. Let’s get into the kit.

Winter has come, direct from the North Pole! The October My Monthly Kit features a darling 6” x 8” stamp set with everything you need to build a magical scene, right down to Santa’s sleigh. The coordinating dies cut out everything in the stamp set, including the messages. There’s a cling background stamp for adding falling snow, and we’ve included two types of white ink to allow you to experiment with different techniques! The kit is rounded out with some gorgeous papers.

• Clear Stamp Set, 6″ x 8″
• 19 Coordinating Frame Cuts
• Snow Dots Cling Stamp, 4.625″ x 5.875″
• 2 Ink Cubes (White Reactive & Unicorn Pigment)
• 2 Sheets of Diamond Glitter Paper, 5.5″ x 8.5″
• 2 Sheets of Snow Glow Cardstock, 5.5″ x 8.5″
• 2 Sheets of Lapis Cardstock, 5.5″ x 8.5″

Kit Value: $79
Kit Cost: $34.99

For my card using this month’s kit, red and gold was my go to color combination. I think red and gold cards are so striking. Making cards is a simple palette really allows for the design to come to life. Mixing up my mediums too by using Hero Arts Gold Wax and Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder.

By pulling just a few pieces from the kit, I was able to create this stunning card. Remember I said that keeping a simple color palette makes a card really shine.

I have a tutorial for you using the kit to show you just how easy this card came together.

You can watch the video here or over on my Youtube channel mzdanajoy. Affiliate inks have been used at no cost to you.

Now for a card using the Sprinkled Dots stencil from the add-ons for this month. For this card, I started by taping off three sections on the card. To add color to this piece, I used Pan Pastels in Permanent Red Shade, Rich Gold and Permanent Green Extra Dark. Once I removed the tape, I used the Hero Arts Sprinkled Dots stencil with Hero Arts Gold and White Paste. This created a lovely background.

Pulling in a earthly element, I decided to place this panel on a Hero Arts Sand Side Folding Card. For the sentiment, I pulled out the Very Merry Christmas Cover Plate. By using just the letter from the die, I was able to get a large sentiment for my card. The sentiment has some weight to it as I stacked each letter three times finishing off with the top letter being in Hero Arts White Glitter Paper.

This was truly an easy and beautiful card to put together.

Next on the hop is Daniel. Make sure to leave comments along the way for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Hero Arts. Have a great week everyone.