Society of Stampaholics

2016 Hero Arts Hostess Alumni Blog Hop

 W E L C O M E,   H E R O   A R T S   H O P P E R S!

As you know, the Hero Arts Hosti have been busy playing, and today marks the second of a two-day blog hop featuring fabulous stamps from the new 2016 release and winter catalogue!

 

 

I'm extremely fortunate to be sandwiched between two British beauties: Sally Sherfield and Cathy Andronicou!

 

LAST HOP STOP FEATURED:

The fantastic and fabulous card art of Sally Sherfield!

 

 

S U P P L I E S:

Cardstock: Canyon Clay, Plum Pudding, Stamper's Select White, Summer Sunrise (Papertrey Ink); Stamps: Halloween Trimmings Stamp & Cut, Zig Zag Background (Hero Arts); Inks: Canyon Clay, Harvest Gold (Papertrey Ink), Wilted Violets (Ranger), Onyx Black VersaFine (Tsukineko); Pen: Zig; Accents: gems (Mark Richards), hemp (Hemptique); Adhesives: Stick-It Double-Sided Adhesive, Tombo Tape Runner

 

I N S T R U C T I O N S:

1. Make 4¼" x 5½" card base from Canyon Clay cardstock.
2. Cut 4" x 5½" Summer Sunset cardstock panel and stamp sentiment with Harvest Gold ink.
3. Stamp candy corn with Canyon Clay ink; stamp spider and web with Onyx Black ink.
4. Draw line from web to spider.
5. Stamp Zig Zag Background with Wilted Violet ink on white cardstock for mat and trim to 4⅛" " x 5½".
6. Layer and adhere stamped image panel to mat and then to card.
7. Apply Stick-It Double-Sided Adhesive to Plum Pudding cardstock and die-cut sentiment.
8. Remove Stick-It backing and adhere die-cut sentiment above and to the right of the stamped sentiment so the latter is like a shadow.
9. Adhere gems.
10. Tie hemp into bow and adhere; place gem in bow's center.

 

P R I Z E S   F R O M   H E R O   A R T S

In addition to seeing some great inspirational ideas, Hero Arts will be awarding the following prizes:

• One $25 shopping spree to the Hero Arts online shop (winner will be randomly-drawn from comments left on the participating Monday blogs and Hero Club Blog);
• One $25 shopping spree to the Hero Arts online shop (winner will be randomly-drawn from comments left on the participating Tuesday blogs and Hero Club Blog);
• One bonus prize of pre-selected product from the Hero Arts online shop (again, winner will be randomly-drawn from the  Monday blog comments and Hero Club Blog); and
• One bonus prizes of pre-selected product from the Hero Arts online shop  (again, winner will be randomly-drawn the Tuesday blog comments and Hero Club Blog).

Leave a comment at every stop each day to boost your chances of winning! (Please leave your comments by 11:59 p.m., PST, on Sunday, October 30, for a chance to win.)

(Also, word on the street is that some of the Hosti are offering prizes on their blogs, so there are even more goodies to win!)

 

NEXT HOP STOP FEATURES:

The tremendously and uber-talented Cathy Andronicou!

 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Card: Take Note

I keep forgetting to post my card for the Card Chain Challenges but not this time!

I really like what happens when you pair something "coarse" (like kraft paper) with something sophisticated and shiny (like glittery tape and/or ink).

Here's my February card:

S U P P L I E S

Stamps: My Day - cl717 and Antique Flowered Background - s5264 (Hero Arts); Paper: Desert Storm (Nennah), watercolor paper (Canson); Ink: gold Delicata (Tuskineko), Onyx VersaFine (Tuskineko), and Pine Needles, Chipped Sapphire, Peacock Feathers and Peeled Paint Distress inks (Ranger); Other Media: gold Perfect Pearls (Ranger); Embellishments: gems, glitter tape, cord (Hemptique); Dies: feathers (Simon Says Stamp); Adhesive: dimensional foam tape; Tools: Paper trimmer, scissors, acrylic stamp block, scoreboard, teflon bone folder, Vagabond

I N S T R U C T I O N S

1. This card began its life as a standard 4.25" x 5.5" but was shortened after I stamped the sentiment crookedly. So you can either make it that size or 4.25" x 4.75" (it's final size).
2. Cut a panel that is .5" x .5" smaller than your card base.
3. Apply glitter tape to panel.
4. Stamp sentiment using Delicata gold and heat set.
5. Stamp sentiment again (in black ink) slightly off the original sentiment and set aside to dry.
6. Apply Distress inks to scrap of watercolor panel and spritz with Perfect Pearls solution. (Add gold Perfect Pearls powder to a mini-spritzer of water and shake well).
7. Allow to air dry or use a heat tool. Once dry, spritz again and dry (this will give you extra shimmer).
8. Once dry, die cut two feathers and edge them with Distress inks for some subtle distinction.
9. Stamp feathers with background pattern stamp using Delicata gold ink and heat set.
10. Adhere feathers to card using  foam dimensional tape.
11. Tie bow of black hemp around feathers' quills.
12. Adhere gems.
13. Adhere panel to card with foam dimensional tape.

T I P

After you've finished inking your feathers, have a little more fun by stamping them with a pattern via Delicata gold (or silver) ink. Although the picture doesn't show it, the effect is shimmering and fabulous!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah
 

P.S. This month's CCC prize is a clear stamp set from Stampendous: Hot Air Scapes:

 

Winner of the Hero Arts Hosti Hop

If you were here on February 17, you know I was the first stop on the three-day Hero Arts 2015 Spring Catalog Blog Hop with the Hero Arts Hostesses (say that three times fast). And if you were here to see that, then you also left a comment entering you to win goodies from Hero Arts and this lovely stamp from me:

The hop has ended, the comments were read, (thank you so much to everyone who left one!) and all that remains is to draw a winner to receive this splendid Tropical Background stamp....

(The suspense is killing me!)

According to random.org, the winner is...

And the 11th comment left was made by...

Ava Sloane!!!

Ava, please contact me by March 7, 2015, to claim your prize! If I don't hear from you, I'll have to redraw, so drop me a line, chica!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah
 

P.S. See if you were one of the Hero Arts winners.

Hero Arts Hostess Hop

The Hero Arts Hostesses have been busy playing, and today marks the kick-off of a three-day blog hop featuring the new 2015 goodies! As of today, you can purchase all of these products at Hero Arts!

This is the first stop on the hop, but if you want some more information about the hop and available prizes, Check out the introductory post at the Hero Arts blog.

P R I Z E S   F R O M   H E R O   A R T S:

In addition to seeing some great inspirational ideas, Hero Arts will be awarding prizes from randomly drawn blog comments, so leave a comment at every stop each day (including each day’s starting post at the Hero Club Blog) to better your chances of winning! Also, several of the Hosti are offering prizes on their blogs. (So there are even more goodies to win!)

P R I Z E   F R O M   M E:

I'll be awarding this dramatic cling stamp from the 2015 Spring Catalog, Tropical Background (CG659), to a randomly drawn commenter:

Leave a comment here by 11:55 p.m., EST, on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, to be eligible to win the above stamp. I'll do a random drawing and announce it here on my blog on Friday, February 27.

I made a few cards (tossed quite the salad, you might say - pun intended). ;~D

S U P P L I E S:

STAMPS: Stamp Your Own Salad (CL833), Thanks (DC102); DIE: Thanks (DC102); PATTERNED PAPER: Garden Variety Mini-Deck (Cosmo Cricket); INK: Green Hills (Hero Arts), Key Lime (VersaMagic Chalk), Orange Zest (PTI)

T I P:

Stack three die cuts to make your own version of a chipboard element - it's a great way to create depth and dimension!

And here are two mini-cards; I like to use this 3.25" x 3.25" size when I'm gift-giving.

S U P P L I E S:

STAMPS: Stamp Your Own Salad (CL833), Envelope Pattern (S5507); PATTERNED PAPER: Garden Variety Mini-Deck (Cosmo Cricket); INK: Green Hills, Field Greens, Lime Green (Hero Arts), Rhubarb Stalks (Memento), Pinefeather (PTI); EMBELLISHMENTS: buttons, gems, hemp (Hemptique)

T I P:

The Cosmo Cricket patterned paper didn't come in a beet shade, so I used the Hero Arts Envelope Pattern background stamp along the side of my card instead. This stamp works great with the style of these veggie stamp drawings!

NEXT HOP STOP:

the one... the only... my super-talented, Rockin' Retreat Roomie...

Kelly Booth with Lovin' the Life I Color!

Thanks for stopping, and have a blessed day!

Deborah

 

Hit a broken link? Visit the Master List of Hop Links to get back to the fun! 

Report broken links: [email protected].

 

 Have you signed up for the Card Chain Challenge this month?

 

Hero Arts Hostess Hop 2014

Today marks the kick-off of a week-long blog hop featuring the new 2014 stamps! We have five days of some major eye candy made by none other than those butt-kicking, name-taking, red-hot, card-making mamas known as the Hero Arts Hosti!

If you just arrived, I'm the first stop on the hop. If you want to see the introductory post at the Hero Arts blog, go here.

P R I Z E S:

In addition to seeing some great inspirational ideas, you have a chance to win some of this fabulous new product yourself! Hero Arts will be awarding prizes from randomly drawn blog comments, so leave a comment at every hop stop each day (including each day’s starting post at the Hero Club Blog) to better your chances of winning! Also, several of the Hosti are offering prizes on their blogs. (So there's loot to boot!)

S U P P L I E S:

*Hero Arts Clear Stamps YAY! CL752 2014	*Hero Arts DESIGNBLOCK TINY FLAGS Rubber Stamp s5881 2014	*Hero Arts Clear Stamps YOU ARE THE BEST Studio Calico 2011 ST510	*Ranger STICKLES FROSTED LACE White Clear Glitter Glue
*Hero Arts Bling GEMSTONES CLEAR Gems ch181	*My Mind's Eye MISTLETOE MAGIC Enamel Dots MM1019	*Ranger Adirondack DYE INK PAD STREAM Turquoise

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Not pictured above: Paper: Intense Teal, Marshmallow (Bazzill); Inks: Mediterranean Tide (Fresco), Celadon, Pacific (VersaColor)

 

T E C H N I Q U E   I N S T R U C T I O N S:

The sentiment stamp on this card was stamped twice with two different inks to give it a 3-D feel. I think this can be a really effective technique on cards for the guys in your life. I like to stamp with the lighter ink first. When you stamp the second image, you can either eye-ball your stamp's placement or you can use a stamp positioner. Either way, just stamp the new image a little to the side and/or a little higher/lower than the original image. The resulting effect will depend on the distance and angles between the two images.

 

NEXT HOP STOP:

the one, the only - my favorite Roomie! - the super-talented...

Kelly Booth with Lovin' the Life I Color!

 

Hit a broken link? Visit the Master List of Hop Links to get back to the fun! 

Report broken links: [email protected].

 

Thanks for stopping, and have a blessed day!

Deborah 

Day #19: Use It Up! - Two More Tags for the Mister

How's that holiday season coming along with all y'all?

I'm not sure where I am in the whole process.

Oh, wait. I do, too, know where I am... I'm behind.

;~D

So to help me get caught up, let's just move on to Tag #1:

and Tag #2:

 

And now I'm off to deliver shredded cheese to Gigi's class party - they're having tacos.

Feliz Navidad it is!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

P.S. Check back tomorrow for Card #21 in the Use It Up! December Card Challenge!

Day #17: Use It Up! & Curtain Call Challenge

I'm late posting today because I decided to make a new card so I could enter it in the Curtain Call Inspirational Card Challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Let it Snow Challenge.

Today's card is a good example of a card design that went all wrong, and the more I worked to fix it, the more it refused to right itself. (There's a reason our eye likes diagonals to go uphill left-to-right, but yours truly just had to buck the system - and got properly spanked for it, I might add.) I finally utilized some of my new Purple Onion stamps and decided they would have to carry the day (or card, if you will). (And if some of these Stacey Yakula stamps won't save your bacon, you might as well fry - LOVE 'em!)

S U P P L I E S

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Not pictured: Cardstock: Pomegranate, Fountain (American Crafts); Stamps: Juniper & Silver (Stacey Yakula for Purple Onion Designs)   

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

P.S. Check back tomorrow for Card #18 in the Use It Up! December Card Challenge! It's also my Day Three as the December Guest Designer at Crop Stop!