Hello everyone… It is almost a month Christmas has passed and we ended up with more Holiday themed stamps and dies. Today, I would love to share with you an idea you can stretch your Hero Arts Holiday stamps and dies to make non-Holiday cards.

There are many of Hero Arts Holiday stamps have sentiments that can be used on any occasions the Peace stamp and cut that I used today on my card. I am sharing this project also at a2z Scrapbooking blog.

My card today is also a mixed media card. I use the heat-embossing resist and watercoloring with Ken Oliver Color Bursts on this card.

To create the background I heat-embossed the Hero Arts – Vintage Rose Stem with Versamark ink pad and white embossing powder on a piece of watercolor paper. Then I heat set it with my craft heater.

I sprayed some water mix with Perfect Pearl powder on the paper and sprinkle the color burst powder on it. I dried in between adding colors until I am happy 🙂 Then on my craft mat, I sprinkle some of the Fuchsia, Lime Green, Orchid and Turquoise and sprayed with water to make watercolor paint. I painted the flowers and leaves with them.

Then I dried the whole panel with my craft heater. I stamped the Peace sentiment from Peace stamp & cut set on a piece of vellum with Versafine Onyx Black ink pad, sprinkled some clear embossing powder, then heat set it with craft heater.

I used black cardstock for the card base. Using lots of adhesive on the back of the watercolored panel, I added it on the card base, then I wrapped the vellum around the card using vellum adhesive. And I finished the card with some pearl gems.

a2z Scrapbooking store carries variety of Hero Arts products, including the ones I used on this project today. You can always send a special or custom request to the owner through the store message when you do not see any Hero Arts products that you like. They will get it for you. Also, you will find lots of on SALE/Retiring right now and get extra 15% more of your order of $25 or more (exclude shipping) by using this code: Helen15 (copy paste the code, sensitive case).

I hope this will give you and idea that you can actually use your Holiday stamps for non-Holiday cards 🙂 THANKS a lot for visiting me today and you all have a fabulous day!

Today I am playing along at:

ATSM Challenge #225 – Photo Inspiration

The Mixed Media Card Challenge – January

WAW Anything Goes Challenge Week 266 – 267

Challenge #193 – Anything Goes

Paru’s Card Making Challenge – January

Hello Everyone… I hope you all have a great week so far… From snowy and cold days, this week we have rainy, windy and warmer days. The girls would want to have more extra snow days, but this Mama loves Spring to get here soon… LOL!

It is time for an inspirations… I created a mixed media card and on this card today has that splash of Spring on it… the colors and the flowers, too 🙂

I added the one of the new ODBD – Plum Pizzaz Paper Pad, on the base card with permanent adhesive runner. Then using the Shutter stencil and metal spatula, I added the Ranger Texture Paste on the background. And I set aside to dry.

Then using MISTI, I stamped the flower from A Happy Hello Stamp Set from Our Daily Bread Designs with Moss Green, Yellow, and Purple Spectrum Aqua Markers on Canson Watercolor Paper. Then using the small watercolor brush, I traced the flower to give some watercolor look. Then I stamped it again with Versafine Onyx Black ink pad and added some clear embossing powder, then heat-set it with my craft heater. Then I added some glitter with Spectrum Noir Sparkle Brush. I fussy-cut it with my non-stick micro-tip scissors.

I die cut the ODBD – Stitched Ovals Dies to create the frame. I die-cut the banner from ODBD – Pennant Flags Dies and the matching stitched banner  from ODBD – Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies, too. After I die cut them, I run it through the machine again to embossed them with the same dies to give them extra texture on it. Then I stamped the sentiment on the banner die cut with Versafine Onyx Black ink pad. Papers I used for these die cuts are from ODBD – Plum Pizzaz Paper Pad.

I put all the pieces together using Glue Dots small, medium and thick. I used glue dots becuase I want to have some dimensions to the layers and they will be added right on top of the texture paste. And glue dots will hold them strongly on the texture paste 🙂

And I finished my CAS – Mixed Media Card with some purple sparkly dots using the Ranger Purple Stickles.

Supplies from Our Daily Bread Designs:

• A Happy Hello Stamp Set
• Plum Pizzaz Paper Pad
• Stitched Ovals Dies
• Pennant Flags Dies
• Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies

Other Supplies:

• Shutters – ARTplorations Stencil
• Ranger Texture Paste
• Ranger Purple Stickles
• Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers
• Spectrum Noir Sparkle Brush
• Darice Heavy Weight White Cardstock
• Canson watercolor paper 140 lbs.
• Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad
• Clear Embossing Powder (CTMH)
• Craft Heater (CTMH)
• Micro-tip Scissors (ekTool)
• MISTI stamping tool
• WRMK Evolution Advanced die cutting machine
• Metal Spatula
• ADORNit small watercolor brush
• Tombow permanet adhesive runner
• Glue Dots: mini, medium and thick

THANK YOU for visiting me today! I hope you all have a fabulous blessed day!

I play along at:

Anything Goes – Challenge Weeks #264-265

ODBDSLC282 Color Challenge

Paru’s Card Making Challenge – 1st anniversary challenge

HLS Watercolor Challenge

Hello everyone! It has been a fabulous first week of the New Year for us here and we finally got some snow 🙂 Both of my daughters, especially, are very happy!

Walking into 2017 with faith knowing God holds the future and has planned each day for us according to His will and will give us peace. Keep the faith, my friend for God walks before you and will help you step by step.

Today, I would love to share with you a happy news. Starting this month until March, I am joining STAMPlorations – Theme and Sketch Challenge Team as Guest Designer. So super excited to be part of this team!

You are invited! We would love to see your projects using the theme and/or the sketch of January challenge:

Our definition of mixed media is using stamps and ink, plus at least 2 other elements, either techniques and/or products. And here’s my mixed media card using the theme and the sketch and my new stamp set!

I used the Faith Expressions stamp set and Crisscrossed ARTplorations Stencil on my card. Techniques I used to create my card are stamping, watercoloring, stenciling, and inlaid die-cutting.

Mediums I used are Versafine Onyx Black ink pad, Tombow Dual Brush Pen, Spectrum Aqua Markers, Spectrum Noir Sparkle Clear Glitter Brush, Heidi Swap – Silk Screen, and water for watercoloring the background and painted the stamped flower.

For die-cutting I used ODBD – Snowflake Sky Dies and Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.

The Design Team share their project inspirations on STAMPlorations Blog and I hope you all can play along with us this month! By linking up your projects with this challenge, you have chances to win the prizes from STAMPlorations!

And… you can get 20% off on all STAMPlorations stamps, stencils, and dies by using this code: STAMPGIRLHELEN when you check out, it is a sensitive case, please copy and paste the code. You can use the code to get discounts on all regular and sale-priced items in the store, but can not combine your code with any other discount codes.

And do not forget to also link up your projects that you create using any STAMPlorations products at:

STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge

THANK YOU so much for stopping by today 🙂 Have a fabulous day!

I am playing along at:

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #32 – Put a Stencil on It

Simon Says: Start Afresh

CAS Mix Up January Challenge

Happy New Year to you and your family! Let’s kicking off the 2017 with some creative challenges! I created a mixed media card with some embossing paste, embossing powder, watercoloring and die-cutting.

Hero Arts products I used on my card today are:

• Potted Succulent stamp & frame cut
• Thanks Stamp & Cut
• Petal Stencil Pair

To create the background, I added the Ranger Texture paste on the canson watercolor paper using the one of the Petal Stencil Pair set, then I added the Ranger Princess Gold embossing powder while the paste still wet and set aside to dry while I was working on the potted succulent and die cut.

I stamped and die cut the Potted Succullent. Then I watercolor it with Spectrum Aqua markers. Then I added some glitter using the Spectrum Noir Sparkle clear glitter brush.

Next, I die cut the word thanks out of Black cards stock and black fun foam for extra dimension.

Before I added the watercolored Potted Succulent and sentiment die cut on the card, I heat set the embossing powder using craft heater. I pre-heated the heater for 15 seconds then run it over the card. It was fun to watch the embossing powder melt on top of the embossing paste 🙂 Once it is done, I added  the embellishments with liquid glass glue.

I also stamped the inside card with the sentiment from the Thanks Stamp & Cut set. That finished my card for today. Don’t forget to check out a2z Scrapbooking Store for your crafting supplies and deals, also take extra 15% OFF your order of $25 or more by using this code: Helen15 when you check out!

THANKS a lot for visiting me today and have a fabulous day!

I also link up at:

a2z Scrapbooking blog – Anything Goes

Paru’s Card Making Challenge – January 2017

Anything Goes – Challenge Weeks #262-263

Simon Says: Anything Goes