The Lovely Letterpress Collection

 Some gorgeous new press plates just dropped over at Hero Arts! The best part about Hero Arts plates is that they can be used with your Glimmer Hot Foil Machine AND with your BetterPress Letter Press system - a twofer!

This card features the new Floral Border plate. I inked the plate with Hero Arts Intense Black ink and used Hero Arts Watercolor Paper as my letterpress paper. It works like a dream in my BetterPress!

I did simple Copic coloring (no shading, just one color per image) which looks so rich and vibrant on this Watercolor paper.

I added some very light splatter with Royal Purple + Gold Metallic Spray and also Bright Yellow + Copper Metallic Spray. I then used the 'hello' sentiment from the new Hello & Thank You plate. I inked up the 'hello' in Fresh Lawn ink and ran it through my BetterPress, then fussy cut to add it to the center of the card.

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It's Your Special Day

 When I excitedly purchased my BetterPress machine many many months ago, I was so intimidated by it that it stayed in the box for weeks (months). I have no idea why, because it is SO EASY to use! I think the beautiful results made me assume it was complicated but that's not the case at all. 

Hero Arts creates the most beautiful plates for BetterPress, and the best part is that their plates are specially created to work with your Glimmer Hot Foil Machine, too! You'll see this Floral Frame plate in many of my cards in the future :) Once you pop you can't stop!

I inked up the Floral Frame in Hero Arts Intense Black Ink. I used Hero Arts Watercolor Paper because it's thick like letter press paper - and cheaper to buy! I colored the image with Copics and added the sentiment from Special Day Butterfly Stamp Set (also brand new!).

Look at that beautiful letter press indentation - swoon! 

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Mixed Media Tag with Hero Arts

 I'm over at the Hero Arts blog sharing my process creating this fun mixed media tag. You can all the step outs over at Hero Arts. Here, I have the quick video for you! It's only 1 minute and 45 seconds... enjoy 😀

Watch the short on YouTube by clicking here.

Here are all of the supplies used:

Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Hero Arts Watercolor Paper

Liquitex Gloss Gel

Hero For You Stamp & Cut

Intens-ified Black Ink

Bright Yellow + Copper Metallic Spray

Bright Green Liquid Watercolor

Tag Infinity Dies

Fuschia + Gold Metallic Spray

Orange + Shimmer Metallic Spray

Hero Paste White

Floral Garden Stencil

Palette Knife

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Hero Arts Studio April Release Blog Hop

 It's time to hop! The April Hero Arts Studio release is called Tranquil Terrarium and I'm pretty certain you're going to looooove it.

The April Card Kit has so many incredible elements to build gorgeous scenes... but me? I just want the dang frog!...

I want to adopt that dang frog and give him all the hugs he wants on his sad rainy day!

This kit card came together so quickly and just uses kit stamps and dies, that beautiful arch die (also included), clear enamel dots (included!), and I colored the images with my Copics.

Be sure to subscribe to this kit because that's the only way to guarantee it makes it to your mailbox!

My second card uses the April Stamp and Cut set, which is truly full of endless possibilities and patterns.

This set comes with a print out of the final mandala pattern you can create with this set. I did a similar interpretation for my card...

I used a big variety of Hero Arts inks to match up the perfect layering combos: 

Lighter green leaves: Key Lime Fizz + Green Hills

Darker green leaves: Fresh Lawn + Pine

Blue leaves: Paradise + Bermuda

Purple flowers: Thistle + Purple Galaxy

Yellow leaves: Lemon Drop + Butter Bar

There are so many unique ways these stamps could be aligned. I can't wait to see what others create with this great set!

Now it's time to hop! Leave comments throughout the hop list for a chance to win a $50 Hero Arts gift card! 🎉 The more comments you leave, the better your chances to win. Remember to sign in or sign your name so your comment isn't anonymous.

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