Spring Instagram Hop with Hero Arts

 It's Instagram Hop Day with the Hero Arts Creative Team! Today there are THREE COLLECTIONS dropping! Join the hop here. 

My card uses items from the perfect-for-spring Blossoms and Birdsongs collection. 

This card uses the Spring Floral Cover Plate cut from the beautiful Azalea cardstock. For a bit of a subtle accent to the background, the Peony cardstock was ink blended with the Sparkle Weave stencil.

Aren't the birdies so cute?! The branch and the birds are from the Branches and Blossoms Die Set (which also comes with its own cover plate to match). 

Be sure to join the Instagram hop for a chance to win a $50 Hero Arts gift certificate!!!

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 Happy St. Patrick's Day! Last night I learned that I do not own a single stamp set even remotely St. Patrick's Day related... so I pulled together some random bits and pieces to create this cute and festive card...

I started with the beautiful new rainbow stamp from Hero Arts. I used a wide range of green Copic markers to make a lovely green tinted rainbow... I even used colors I am certain that I have never ever touched before!

The darling frogs are from a Lawn Fawn set "Beary Rainy Day", and the clovers... the only clovers I own! They are from an oooolllllddddd Lawn Fawn set that I've probably owned for 10 years called Holiday Party Animal.

The background stamp has been on constant rotation for me: Rain Texture Cling Stamp inked with Key Lime Fizz. And that sentiment, I learned, is quite literally the ONLY sentiment I own in my entire stash that uses the word "lucky"! Thank you Ralph Tyndall for the Eight Ball stamp set that saved my card!

Happy St. Patrick's Day 🍀

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New Video - Unique ways to use matching cover plates

 Hello everyone! Happy Monday right after a time change switch! I hope you're feeling rested and ready to create some beautiful spring themed cards. Today I'm sharing a video that shows you a unique way to use the Gardening Tools and Flowers Cover Plate with matching stamp set from Hero Arts. I was determined to go beyond the standard concept of these products!

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The main items used on these cards are the Gardening Tools and Flowers Stamp and Cover Plate Die. I also used the Butterfly Foliage Die, Wood Fence Die, and the Abstract Criss Cross Cling Stamp. With these larger sized dies, I highly recommend using the Spellbinders Platinum 8 Diecutting Machine. I love mine so very much!

The grass is cut from Pesto cardstock and ink blended with Green Apple ink. The fence is cut from Sand cardstock and inked on the edges with Root Beer ink. The background Criss Cross stamp is inked up with Arctic ink on top of an Arctic cardstock base. Each image was colored with Copic Markers.

Thank you for stopping by! Enjoy the video!

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