It's the Hero Arts 2023 Oh Joy Winter Catalog hop and I'm stoked to be part of it. It's full of amazing products, with styles to suit everyone. There's info on hop participants, a giveaway, and the Hero Arts Stamp-a-Long at the end of this post. Oh, and if you are looking for my on Instagram, you can find me here.
Speaking of different styles, I'm sharing a modern graphic card and a traditional one.
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Holiday Collage Hero Transfers
Haven't used transfers (or rub-ons as we used to call them) in years so I wanted to try these out. They come in a pack of 5 and I used 1 of the 5 designs. Verdict: so fun!
- Swiped a piece of white cardstock with 5 colors of Distress Oxide inks (Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Wild Honey, and Twisted Citron). Let it dry for a few minutes.
- Peeled the backing off the Holiday Collage Transfer sheet and lay it on top of the inked panel.
- Took the stick that comes with the transfers and rubbed until I thought it was adhered. Slowly lifted the transfer and if there were any spots not adhered, rubbed that spot.
- Voila! It took just a minute or two but transferred the entire sheet.
- Die cut with one of the rectangle dies from Nesting Infinity Rectangle Dies and popped up on a card.
- Then I was stumped. Leave as is? Add some flowers in the corners? I had no clue. So I took a break and came back to it the next day.
- Die cut some circles with Nesting Circle Infinity Dies as shown and added a few black dots and decided I was happy. It's colorful, bold, and fun.
Christmas Foliage Stamp, Die & Stencils
Love all things holly and this Christmas Foliage set is no exception. Kept it traditional. Loved having the stencils to color for me. They are the best addition to any set of products. Die cut and added a few of the foliage pieces and some sparkles. Quintessential Christmas!
HERO HOLIDAY 2023 STAMP-A-LONG
You can find info on this event here. And, you can find the optional Holiday Stamp-a-Long bundle to purchase here.
GIVEAWAY
Hero Arts is giving away two $50 gift cards, drawn from the comments left along the hop. Comment on all the blogs for more chances to win. You have until Thursday, August 31 at 11:59 pm to enter. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts Blog.
Hero Arts Creative Team:
Channin Pelletier
Dana Joy
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Lydia Fiedler
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Seeka
Dana Joy
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Lydia Fiedler
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Seeka
Hero Arts Global Team:
Special Guests:
Cathy Zielske
Daniel West
Jaycee Gaspar
Jenn Shurkus
Jennifer Kotas
Jennifer McGuire
Joan Bardee -- ME!
Kelly Taylor
Laurie Willison
Meg Brooks
Nichol Spohr
Ralph Tyndall
Rebecca Keppel
Wanda Guess
Daniel West
Jaycee Gaspar
Jenn Shurkus
Jennifer Kotas
Jennifer McGuire
Joan Bardee -- ME!
Kelly Taylor
Laurie Willison
Meg Brooks
Nichol Spohr
Ralph Tyndall
Rebecca Keppel
Wanda Guess
41 comments:
Beautiful background.
love how original your cards are thanks for the ideas
Great cards, love the pink and green foliage.
Quite lovely and celebratory! Love the bright colors on the first card.
By the way, what did you cut the circles out of? They almost look as if they are magnifying the card below.
Love the Christmas Foliage card. Those die cut pieces added just the right touch. Gorgeous!
The flowers and leaves look so pretty. I like your coloring style.
Lynne - don't know if you can see this, but I die cut the paper with the transfer on it with circle dies. It does look magnified but it is an optical illusion!! thanks
I can tell everyone in the Hop is having so much fun with this release! When I'm done with the Hop I am going to peruse the whole Holiday catalog. Kudos to all the makers and Hero Arts!
I like the new rub ons. They are a lot easier to use and add so much life! I love your little 'doors' on the card
I love the backgrounds! The Christmas foliage is beautiful!
The card with the transfer and ink blending is so unexpected. Love it!
Very fun cards
Fun and creative cards!
Thanks for sharing.
Fun, bright cards.
Great samples. I love the spotlights on the one card and the colors are very beautiful on both cards
Love these pretty cards! Great colors and design! So many wonderful designs in this awesome release!
I especially love the Christmas Foliage stamps, die and stencil and your lovely card using it!
I love your cards! The popped up circles on the collage card looks great!
just hoppin along
thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards! Love the backgrounds.
Great idea on the transfers! Love the subtle dimension on the cards.
Hi, Joan - That first card is fun and interesting. It took me a beat to figure out what you had done (I looked first and read later to confirm). The second card is gorgeous!
Lori S in PA
Love the cards. great colors.
Very nice!
I'm not usually a fan of 'modern graphic', but I have to admit I do like your graphic holiday collage card!
Love your cards Joan!
This stamp (and coordinating stencils) are my favorite from this release and I love how you used them on this beautiful card, Joan!!
Awesome cards!! So fun!
Beautiful cards.
Great cards!
Fabulous! Thanks for the full explanation of using the transfer. Way more cool than the old days. I love all the color. The holly card is very pretty.
Great cards! I love the rub-on transfer card! Thanks for sharing.
I love the collage transfers. I love a LOT of the new line. [Bunny]
I like your colorful and pretty card designs.
Nice cards! I like that you used the rub-ons on one of your cards!
OMG, the card w/ the optical illusion of magnification is just brilliant. TFS! :-)
Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing! 😊
Christmas foliage is so great. Love how you added the dimension with extra pieces
Very fun and different cards! Love what you did with the Hero transfers. Pretty cool!
Hero Arts thinks of a lot of time savers like rub-ons and stencils for coloring! I love the extra die cut circles for interest. Yesterday at the Craft Warehouse I saw all of these products and decided to wait. Not my best decision for the day.
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