Busy day on the blog! For my Lawn Fawnatics card please scroll down or click here! For my 25 Days of Christmas Tags post, please click here.
Good afternoon! Today is the release day for the Hero Arts November My Monthly Hero kit and it’s a must-have!! You should have arrived from the amazing Wanda Guess; but if not, you can head to the Hero Arts Blog to start at the beginning! The November kit is now available for purchase at Hero Arts but once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good so make sure to head over and shop soon!
The kit contains:
- 6×8 Clear Set
- 4 Tag Dies
- 4 Shaped Dies
- 60 Assorted Gift Tags (ornament, star, tree & snow flake: colored, kraft, white)
- 10 yards of red & white baker’s twine
- 2 Delicata Ink Cubes (Golden Glitz + Celestial Copper)
The kit value is $72, an amazing deal at $34.99.
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If you visited the Hero Arts blog this weekend you saw that I created a Hanukkah card using the add-on set, Happy Hanukkah!
I wanted to use the same set today to show you that it can be used to create Christmas (or nondenominational holiday) cards as well as Hanukkah cards! My family celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah and I love that this set works so beautifully for both!
I’ve had a thing for polar bears my entire life so I was excited to use this modern bear for my card! I stamped him with versamark and heat-embossed him with silver embossing powder before die-cutting him with the coordinating die. I added a coat of spectrum noir clear sparkle and then a thick layer of nuvo crystal glaze. Then I set him aside to dry while I worked on the rest of the card.
For the background I wanted to create an icy, shimmery winter sky so I began by smooshing Pool, Navy, and Soft Lilac shadow inks onto a craft mat and then I spritzed them liberally with the shimmer spray that was included in a previous kit. I used my fingertip to lightly blend the edges where the colors changed and then pressed a piece of distress cardstock into the ink. I held the cardstock in place for 30 seconds to give the ink time to absorb into the paper. I wanted to see the lines of color so I didn’t want to keep resmooshing my paper into the ink so letting it soak ensured that I’d get better coverage. The texture of the distress cardstock meant that some areas of the cardstock remained white but I think this helps with the wintery, icy look! I did spritz the panel again with shimmer spray to make sure the whole panel just gleams when it catches the light! 😉
I stamped the sentiment onto dark navy cardstock and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder. Then I coated the cardstock with spectrum noir clear sparkle and used one of the dies from the kit to die-cut it. Then I matted it over a tangle of metallic silver thread and adhered it to the background panel with foam mounting tape. I tore a piece of distress cardstock to create a snowy hill for my scene and adhered the bear with foam mounting tape. I matted the background panel to a navy blue card base and then finished the card with a few Frost sequins!
To celebrate the release Hero Arts is giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop so make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop for the most chances to win! If you win and have already purchased the kit you will be reimbursed! Please your comments before 11:59PM on November 12th! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Laurie Willison
- Wanda Guess
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Lydia Fiedler
- May Park
- Ilina Crouse
- Heather Ruwe
- Janette Kausen
- Clare Prezzia
- Libby Hickson
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I adore the wintry look you got behind the polar bear. Thank you for sharing the technique! As always, beautiful cards.
These are so beautiful! Such lovely colors and a great kit + add ons!
I was waiting for someone to use the Pola Bear from the Hanukkah add-on set. You did a wonderful job creating that card!
Thx for the post. Your cards always look great. Love what you did with the background.
Lovely cards!
Thought your background was amazing! Thanks for sharing such a detailed explanation. That is unusual to have a stamp set work for both holidays. Wonderful kit!
Love the background .
Great cards!
Great cards! This kit is so amazing.
The polar bear is so cue and that background is perfect! My eyes absolutely lit up when I saw it and am going to have to try it – thanks for sharing it!
Both cards are gorgeous, but I really love the polar bear. Thanks for sharing your technique
Another great release!
Thanks for sharing this card! Love this background.
These are great! Love how you used some of the non traditional images from Hero Arts. Always nice to see them used and see how they would be used! Very attractive cards, thanks for the inspiration.
Both cards are simple and elegant at the same time. Appreciate how you share your techniques for all to use. Great kit for this wonderful time of year.
Your background is fabulous, I will have to try it, and the polar bear is great!
Lovely cards, I really enjoyed your blog!
Beautiful cards! Love the bear!
Very cool background for this polar bear.
I appreciate all the sparkle on the polar bear card. Thank you for sharing.
Two beautifully shimmery and gorgeous cards!
Wow, Jess! These cards are spectacular! I love the silver details, very festive and wintry!
Both cards are gorgeous! Such a versatile stamp set for the holidays, thanks for showing a couple examples with it.
Your Hannukah card is simply Elegant. The background you created for the polar bear is just Magical! I must try that technique.
I really love your cards…Beautiful!