Betterpress Snowflakes - 6 Cards!

 I finally used my BetterPress! Why did I let it sit in the box for so long?! I really thought the BetterPress was much more complicated than it really is. It's so so so easy. I realize now there are so many Spellbinders products used with these. Perfect timing with the Hero Arts acquisition! 

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These cards also use my Glimmer Hot Foil machine. I have 3 different color combos to share today (2 of each color). The BetterPress was used with that gorgeous Snowflake from Pinkfresh. These purple cards use Concord and 9th inks Lilac and Fig. I was surprised how well they worked with the Betterpress - just be sure to press very very lightly because those ink pads are juicy!

The cardstocks used for this card are Hero Arts Passion Flower and Plum. I dry embossed the Passion Flower with the Plaid Company embossing folder. Both pieces are die cut with the Postage Stamp Infinity Die.

Time for a blue color combo!

Every sentiment on these cards comes from the same glimmer foil set, Essential Christmas Glimmer Set. The blue and purple foil is from the Satin Pastels Foil collection. 

For some of the sentiments, I cut with a circle die, and the others I just fussy cut around the "edges" of the sentiment. The blue snowflakes use Hero Arts Reactive Inks in Splash, Blue Raspberry, and Blue Hawaii.

Alright, the last ones have an extra splash of bling! And pink!

I'm addicted to this pastel pink! The beautiful snowflakes were BetterPressed with C9 inks in Pink Lemonade and Watermelon. 

I used my Pinkfresh solid foil plate to also foil the negatives of each sentiment. I'm relieved they foiled so cleanly! And that gorgeous background hologram cardstock is from a previous Hero Arts kit.

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All the cards today use the following products:

BetterPress System

Glimmer Hot Foil System

Radiating Snowflake BetterPress Plate

Essential Christmas Glimmer Foil Plates

Postage Stamp Infinity Dies

Platinum 8 Die Cutting System

Plaid Company Embossing Folder

Snowman Postage Card

  Deck the halls with lots of snowmen, fa la la la la....

I finally caved and bought the Waffle Flower Postage Collage! I'm excited to play with this great die and the matching stencils. For my first try, I opted for these sweet Snowmen stencils.

I used Distress Inks to blend through the stencils. The background inks are Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass. The snowman noses are Carved Pumpkin, the stick arms with Black Soot, and the little buttons used Picked Raspberry and Twisted Citron.

I highly recommend some little teeny tiny blending brushes for the smaller parts of this stencil. I use these which you can find on Amazon.

The large snowflake was filled in with my favorite - Glitter Paste. The simple sentiment (I've already used it on three other cards!) is from Concord and 9th Holiday Greetings. I mounted the finished panel on some Peony Cardstock from Hero Arts.

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Penguin and Polar Bear Lilac Lovelies

 Is there anything better than a happy polar bear and a happy penguin?! 

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I wanted to join in the Spellbinders Lilac Lovelies challenge, and the October Small Die of the Month was the perfect fit for it. I just knew this polar bear needed a purple sweater!

I diecut the October Small Die of the Month (polar bear and penguin) from every purple shaded Hero Arts cardstock I have: Passion Flower, Amethyst, and the lights from Plum. I had to bling out the lights and the penguin hat, so I used my Quickie Glue Pen and Prisma Glitter to add the sparkle.

The background uses Lilac Cardstock from C9 that I shaded with Hero Arts Amethyst Ink. The panel was dry embossed with the Plaid Company Embossing Folder from Spellbinders.

Is it weird that the little sentiment is my favorite part? The 'hugs' is die cut from the August Small Die of the Month. But the part that I love is that it's hot foiled. I used a scrap that was foiled with the solid plate and Lavender Satin Foil, and I absolutely love love love how it cut.

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Hero Arts November Release Hop

 It's an exciting day at Hero Arts! The November release is now live and we have a blog hop to celebrate. Be sure to leave comments along the hop for your chance to win a $50 Hero Arts gift card! You have until November 10th to hop hop hop.

My first card uses the November Layering Stencil of the Month, and each layer uses a different Hero Arts Mixed Media product. The card panel base is Sand Cardstock, which has become my go-to color for holiday cards this year!

This beautiful stencil has 4 layers. I let the card dry in between each layer. I first used Berry Wax, then Olive Wax, then Icelandic Wax, and finally Glitter Paste. 

I shared some cards on my blog earlier that used the main November Card Kit - and today I have a fun tag to share.

On one of the included tags, I used the kit stencil with Hero Arts White Paste. Once the paste dried, I loosely painted the tag with Fuchsia and Gold Metallic Spray and the Ocean Blue and Gold Metallic Spray.

Aren't those peeking animals so cute?! I love the variety of animal options - the hedgehog looks perfect with the little tea cup.

I used some new Reactive Glitz Inks in Egyptian Blue and African Violet for the sentiment and snowflakes.

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Hero Arts

Hero Arts Creative Team:

Channin Pelletier

Charlene Madrid

Ilina Crouse

Jeannie Lieu

Jennifer Kotas

Kailash Naidoo

Karen Brown

Lydia Fiedler

Michelle Short

Natasha Polite

Natasha Vacca

Pocono Pam

Rachel Kleinman

Rosie Lopez

Seeka

Special Guests:

Mindy Eggen

Kelly Taylor

Simple and Quick Holiday Cards

 If your brain is in a fog and creating is the last thing on your mind right now... these are the cards for you. I am sharing two very quick and easy Christmas cards to help jump start your holiday card stash for the season.

I think what I love the most about these cards is that they use a couple of new Hero Arts woodblock stamps! These sentiment stamps are HUGE and help to fill out the card. 

I worked on these two cards simultaneously. I first cut two pieces of Sand Cardstock and had them both handy. On one piece of cardstock, I laid the Holiday Assortment Stencil on top and sprayed with White Acrylic Spray. I then immediately picked up the stencil, flipped it over, and laid it on top of the second piece of cardstock, lightly pressed it and then quickly lifted up. This leaves me with both a positive and a negative image of the stencil and two card panels finished.

I used the beautiful woodblock sentiment Season's Greetings Calligraphy, which I heat embossed in black glitter embossing powder. I absolutely love how this sentiment becomes the star of the card. To finish it off, I just cut the Sand panel with the Postage Infinity Die and included a couple snowflakes. The snowflakes were cut from black glitter cardstock and the Snowflakes Cover Plate die.

The second card uses the beautiful woodblock stamp called Merry Christmas Calligraphy, which I embossed in Green and Gold embossing powder. This power came from an older Hero Arts kit. 

I'm happy to have two lovely holiday cards in my stash, and they took less than thirty minutes. For me - that's a record!

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Glitzy Tree Inlay Cards

 Have you seen the incredible new holiday releases from Concord and 9th? It's instant love from me!

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The C9 inlay dies are addictive - once you start you're left with leftover and you can't let them go to waste so you JUST KEEP GOING and it's a vicious but beautiful crafting cycle :) My beautiful Spellbinders Platinum machine for quite the workout with these!

Anyways, These three cards feature the C9 Tree Lot Inlay Die. The base of each card uses Sand Cardstock from Hero Arts. I cut the inlay die from each of the following cardstock colors: Avocado, Aqua Sky, and Midnight. I then glued the pieces to the base...

Tip that I wish I realized first - There are three of each style of tree. So if you plan to make three cards at once like I did, you can add one of each style in each color on each card.

Now, I did NOT inlay each of the little ornament circles. I used Perfect Pearls in Silver to save me a lot of time and fuss.

The sentiments on each card are from the Holly Jolly Greetings Dies. I used an old Hero Arts super glitzy cardstock for the main parts of each sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by! Now I'm left with card bases in each of these three beautiful cardstock colors... time to make more inlay tree cards!

Hero Studio November Countdown

 It's time for some sneaks of the latest Hero Arts Hero Studio kit! The fun peeking animals are now in stamp form, and perfect for your holiday cards. Since the Hero Arts website is down for maintenance, please join the countdown hop on Instagram! You can find me at: @rwkrafts

I made two cards today that feature some images from the main clear stamp set and the fun accessory dies (the gift box and stocking... but there are plenty more!).

I had to use this little fox stamp because it reminds me exactly of my puppy, Wicket. The little fox has a pink glittery gift box to pop out of. The Pistachio Cardstock tag was inked with Unicorn Ink and a stencil that's included in the November kit.

The tag portion is mounted on some Nautical cardstock, which has been dry embossed with the same stencil to add texture.

HELLO! THERE IS A SQUIRREL IMAGE IN THIS SET! I REPEAT! A SQUIRREL!!!! On of my favorite animals and they definitely do not get enough respect. This little squirrel gets his very own elf hat and an embossed stocking. I'm sure it's filled with only the highest quality, all natural, organic acorns.

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Do you know the muffin man?

 The Peeking Dies from Hero Arts are becoming a MUST HAVE staple to any collection! The newest addition certainly doesn't disappoint :)

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It's hard not to scream, "Not my gumdrop buttons!" while putting this cutie together :) I die cut the Peeking Gingerbread Man from Sand Cardstock and lightly blended the edges with Cup o Joe ink. The little accents are cut from White Glitter Cardstock and I colored them directly with Copic markers to get the color I wanted.

The background is stamped with the new October Rubber Cling Stamp then cut with the Infinity Postage Dies. Many of the elements also have prisma glitter added for a fun winter shine.

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Holly Jolly Snowy Christmas

 I've been working through the latest October Hero Studio release, which is perfect for all your holiday card needs!

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The October Fancy Die is just beautiful. The added pinecones and lights are such a fun addition. I cut the main die plate from Shamrock Cardstock, misted lightly with Green Shimmer Metallic Spray, and then a mist of the White Acrylic Spray.

The pinecones are cut from Cup O Joe Cardstock, with the little perfect bows from Cranberry Cardstock.

The little lights are my favorite part! They were cut from white cardstock and then lightly painted with Gold Metallic Ink. The shimmer is so lovely in person. Finally, the sentiment is from the Color Layering Holly Branch set and inked in Cranberry.

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