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Friday, February 15, 2019

Hero Arts 2019 Catalog Blog Hop & Giveaways

Hello! Welcome to the Hero Arts 2019 Catalog Blog Hop! There is so much inspiration and gorgeous work to be seen by the talented Hero Arts Design Team and special guests.

You can shop the entire new Spring 2019 Catalog HERE!

There are many new products and I am sharing just a few of them so make sure to follow along the blog hop below!! I have 3 cards to share.....let's get started.

My first card uses the Flower Garden Fancy Die and the new Hello Message Fancy Die. I started with a white notecard and ink blended Distress Inks in Twisted Citron, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Shaded Lilac, and Squeezed Lemonade onto specific areas.I layered a white die cut Flower Garden over the top.

I added a die cut Hello Message Fancy Die ink blended with Worn Lipstick. This was layered over a vellum strip and white gems were added for some sparkle.

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My second card uses the Flower Garden Fancy Die in more of a bold way by die cutting it out of black cardstock from Hero Arts. Adhered the die cut to a white panel and layered it over a pool color cardstock from Hero Arts. I would encourage you to try the cardstock Hero Hues sampler pack.....you can feel the thickness and slight texture.

I added my sentiments from the Smile Stamp & Cut and trimmed the banner at an angle. My photo looks speckled but it's actually been sprayed with lots of Sheer Shimmer Spritz. It's gorgeous IRL.

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My third card uses a new stamp set called New Day Butterflies and I've paired it with the Abstract Graphic Texture Die for a very CAS card.

My butterfly white black heat embossed so I could water color using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I added it to a white notecard that was layered with the Abstract Graphic Texture Die done in white. A simple black sentiment strip and a few gems finish this card.

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And did you see the new Mail Delivery stamp set that was a collaboration with all the stamp companies from Creativation's Stamping Village? 100% of the net profits made from this collaboration will benefit The Dreaming Zebra Foundation. I've made some envelope labels using white sticky paper!

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****PRIZES****

Hero Arts will be giving away four (4) $50 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left on all of the blogs along the hop. Comments close on Sunday, February 17 at 11:50pm PST. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

SugarPea Designs / Release Day!

Hello!!

It's Release Day for the brand new release from SugarPea Designs! Each day this week, we shared inspiration using the new release. With several new stamp sets and matching dies.......there's something you are sure to love!

All the NEW products that will be available for purchase starting tonight, February 15th at 6PM EST in the SPD Store.

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We are sharing the last of the goodies for release including Keep Forever Tags and Enjoy Tag Set.

I stamped my diagonal tag in some fun colors onto a die cut panel done with the Postage Stamp SugarCut. They fit perfectly! I added this panel to a coordinating pink cardstock. To embellish, I added a die cut star (from Stacked Stars) out of silver glitter paper, a black white heat embossed banner and enjoy sentiment (from Enjoy Tag Set), along with some silver gems.

Would you like to win? All you need to do is leave a comment on the SPD blog posts. It's really that easy! Winners during our Product Release will be announced on Monday, February 18th.

Amy Kolling Lea Lawson Jeanne Jachna Kelly Lunceford Kerin Sylvester Raluca Vezeteu Simonne Clay Stéphanie Beauchemin Tatiana Trafimovich Vera Yates

Technique Tuesday / Greenhouse Society: Kind Cosmo / Coupon Code

Hello!

I have a special post for today using the newest addition to the Greenhouse Society collection from Technique Tuesday: Kind Cosmo.

I stamped the Cosmo image several times onto a Bristol Smooth panel that was die cut using the new Essential Stitched Labels Crafting Dies. My images were colored with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a water brush. I added a sentiment from the new Lots of Sentiments set and die cut using the Oval and Rectangle Stitched Labels Crafting Dies. Sentiment label was adhered with foam adhesive and coordinating gems (from Studio Katia) were added with Multi Medium Matte.

Now for the coupon code to do some shopping of your own!

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The coupon code is for 25% off all products in the Thank You Stamps category:

https://www.techniquetuesday.com/thank-you-stamps.html

Coupons are good February 15-17.

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Hello Bluebird / Portrait Pals

Hello everyone!

It's time to celebrate the newest additions to Hello Bluebird. Today is the last day of inspiration before all the adorable sets release for February!

I am such a fan of critter stamps. Introducing some new critters.......Portrait Pals! These pair easily with the new Photo Stack Dies.

I Copic colored my Koala, Tiger, and Elephant and die cut using the coordinating dies. I ink blended some Twisted Citron Distress Ink in the photo frames and added my critters. I ink blended some die cut foliage, Tropical Foliage Die, and added them behind my critters. I added my black Polaroid frames, a few gems, and two stamped sentiments from Typed Everyday.

SugarPea Designs / Sneak Peek Day 4

Hello!!

I am excited to share some of the projects I've been working on for the brand new release from SugarPea Designs! Each day this week, we will be sharing inspiration using the new release. With several new stamp sets and matching dies.......there's something you are sure to love!

I hope you'll join me here over the next 5 days as I share Sweet Peeks for the all the NEW products that will be available for purchase starting this Friday, February 15th at 6PM EST in the SPD Store.

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It's Easter time soon and we have Easter Wishes, Easter Word Die, and Egg Window Die releasing this week.

I started my card with a piece of white woodgrain cardstock and ink blended Tumbled Glass Distress Ink in the upper and lower portions of the paper. A white panel was die cut using the Card Front Element Builder and Bundled Sage Distress Ink was blended in from the center (I didn't care about harsh lines in the center because I will be die cutting the Egg Window out of the center.) When die cut with the Egg Window Die, I was left with beautiful soft green foliage. I added this panel with foam adhesive to my woodgrain cardstock.

The sentiment and bunny were die cut from Rose Gold Glitzy Cardstock and added to the card. To finish the sentiment, I rose gold embossed the 'blessings' under the die cut Easter. As finishing touches, I added a fluffy white pom pom for a tail and some Expresso gems from Pretty Pink Posh.

Would you like to win? All you need to do is leave a comment on the SPD blog posts. It's really that easy! Winners during our Product Release will be announced on Monday, February 18th.

Amy Kolling Lea Lawson Jeanne Jachna Kelly Lunceford Kerin Sylvester Raluca Vezeteu Simonne Clay Stéphanie Beauchemin Tatiana Trafimovich Vera Yates

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Hello Bluebird / Easter Egg Hunt

Hello everyone!

It's time to celebrate the newest additions to Hello Bluebird. We continue to share the adorable sets releasing for February!

Get ready for Easter with some adorable sets coming out this Friday! Easter Egg Hunt is just one of two sets releasing.

Nothing screams spring more than gingham! I started with stamping a pink background using the Country Gingham Background. I added some die cut grass and clouds using the Grassy Knoll Dies. My frame was done with the Gallery Frame #2 Dies and was lighted brushed with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. My images were Copic colored and added with foam adhesive for dimension.

SugarPea Designs / Sneak Peek Day 3

Hello!!

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Today's card is probably my favorite of the release! I LOVE this new set called Tutti Fruiti. My husband and I LOVE margaritas and thought this would be fitting for Valentine's Day!

I had so much fun stamping all the fruit from this set, so stay tuned there will be more coming soon! For all my fruit, I used Avery Elle Pigment Inks (or Fresh Inks if you have them). Pigment inks give AMAZING coverage for solid stamps. No splotchiness that you get from some dye inks.

I paired my limes with one of my all time favorite die sets from SugarPea Designs called Postage Stamp CoverPlate. I die cut all the hearts and postage stamp out of cardstocks and layered them onto a striped paper from Spots & Stripes Brights Paper Pad. I stamped little sentiment strips and hand trimmed a banner edges. I tucked them behind my limes (that were embellished with coarse glitter from Avery Elle) and added a few lime green gems!

Would you like to win? All you need to do is leave a comment on the SPD blog posts. It's really that easy! Winners during our Product Release will be announced on Monday, February 18th.