Monday, September 22, 2025

Perfect for Autumn - Apple Themed Collection

 When it comes to autumn-themed projects, we often gravitate towards fall leaves and a brown, red, orange color combo. The new I Pick You collection from Hero Arts has reinvented autumn with beautiful apple themed products.


I actually have three cards to share today that mix and match parts from this collection. I couldn't stop playing - it is such a pretty set! My first card features the Apple Branch stamp and dies. I colored the apples and leaves with my Copic markers, and did my best to mimic of a Honeycrisp apple color. I've been attached to the woodgrain textures lately, so I have backed this gorgeous stamp on a piece of Arctic cardstock with the Woodgrain Texture Die.


The star of this collection is the Apple Frame Layering Stencils with the matching dies. This second card focuses on just the dies, but you will absolutely want the bundle with this set. I die cut the apples and leaves from colored cardstock and lightly ink blended the edges to give some depth. The lovely sentiment on all of my cards today is from the You're Golden stamp set


This card is why you need the layering stencils AND the die set! I love all of the color combinations I've seen from other design team members. The top layer of the apples is also perfect for glitter paste!!

Here are some close up pictures of each of my cards...






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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Thackery Binx, is That You?

 Hello spooky friends! I just love the card I'm sharing today because it reminds me of so many animals in my life and favorite movies from my childhood...


How cute is this little black cat?! When I was little we brought home a new kitten and were deciding on a name. The movie Hocus Pocus had just come out, so I declared this very loved cat would be named Binx! Was this cat a black cat like in the movie? Definitely not. Didn't matter. Although we did get a black cat a few years later that we named Inky 😁


This fun Halloween card uses the September Small Die of the Month from Spellbinders and a hot foiled sentiment from Spooky Season. When I got the Spooky Season set I hot foiled aaallll the sentiments with my Glimmer System in a variety of foil colors. So now I have a whole pack of sentiments ready when I need them.

Quick post today so here it is! Happy crafting!


P.S.... Hocus Pocus is one of my favorite childhood movies and just today I learned the brother's/cat's name is THACKERY and not ZACHERY. I'm embarrassed.



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Monday, September 15, 2025

Boo to You! 3 Halloween ATCs

 I'm over at the Hero Arts blog today sharing a tutorial video of how these fun mixed media ATCs came together! You can watch the full video on youtube here - thanks for the thumbs up and for subscribing!



In the video I walk you through how to build each ATC. There are many similarities that each card shares, so just making small changes keeps each one unique.


Main Supplies Used for ATC 1:


Main Supplies used for Card 2:



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