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Pop-Up House Card Tutorial

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Pop-Up House Card Tutorial

Hello and happy Leap Day! An extra day this year also means an extra day of inspiration, and today we are thrilled to have Ilina Crouse joining us on the blog with a super clever and fun pop-up project. Take it away, Ilina...! It's a privilege and honor to be a guest on the Hero Arts blog today. When I first saw the little 3-D house die...

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Party Time Piñata

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Party Time Piñata

I'm always in need of more birthday cards and I love to send fun, interactive cards to family and friends. So today I have created a colourful birthday shaker card featuring the sweet Piñata stamp.   To make my card, I first stamped the Piñata on some watercolor paper, then painted it in rainbow watercolors. Once dry, I hand cut it out, and "hung" it on a white tag stamped with sentiments from the Party...

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So Happy For You

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So Happy For You

Hello! There are so many great ways to create dimension on your cards and today I'm excited to show off the fabulous new  [hero_product_link sku="DI159" text="Paper Layering Mum Flower Die"] that brings dimension to a whole new level! To create the card, I die cut the Paper Layering Mum from a circle piece of watercolor paper just slightly larger than my flower. Next, I used...

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Video: Stretching Color Layering Stamps

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Video: Stretching Color Layering Stamps

Who said color layering stamp sets only have to be used for color layering, for creating one multi-colored image? Yes, they work beautifully for that (and always produce stunning results), but can also be stretched in a way. Today I am inviting you to try to use each color layering stamp individually. To be able to better explain what I have in mind I've filmed a...

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It’s the Little Things

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It’s the Little Things

Birds are so pretty and one of the things that I like about them, is their vibrant colors which have always amazed me. Certainly, I can never have enough stamps of little birds, and coloring this type of image with markers can be a lot of fun. Today I am featuring a pretty set of woodblock stamps called [hero_product_link sku="LP409" text="A Little Birdie"]. This set includes five stamp...

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Handwritten Thank You

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Handwritten Thank You

Thank you cards, I don't think we can ever have too many in our stash. Have you seen the beautiful new [hero_product_link sku="G6132" text="Handwritten Thank You"]? I stamped it with the new [hero_product_link sku="AF345" text="Intense Black ink"]. I've teamed it up with the [hero_product_link sku="CL944" text="Color Layering For You Flowers"]. I used the following Shadow Inks: [hero_product_link sku="AF145" text="Soft Apricot"] ● [hero_product_link sku="AF242" text="Soft Cantaloupe"] ● [hero_product_link sku="AF260" text="Dark Quartz"]...

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