Monday, August 22, 2016

Hero Arts Holiday Release Blog Hop

It's busy day at my blog today. 

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Hello and Welcome! Today I'm super excited to share my creations for this very special Hero Arts Holiday Release Blog Hop! You should've arrived from Ilina's blog, else jump to the beginning over at Hero Arts :)


Now I know it's a bit early for Christmas, but make sure to check out the new Hero Arts catalog ASAP! The new sets are stunning and got my creative juices flowing... I even found myself humming Christmas Carols ;)
Without further ado, here's my first card:


Look at this cute stag from the Color Layering Dear stamp set! I adore the details such as the eyes and legs. As you all know, I like watercoloring and this mistletoe from the Happy Holly Days stamp set is perfect for doing just that. For added dimension, I stamped the script from Vintage Christmas Post stamp set. To finish off the card, I flicked some white splatters so that it would look like it were snowing.

For my second card, I used the bird from the Vintage Christmas Post stamp set:


Here, I did some no-line coloring using the holly leaves from the Happy Holly Days stamp set. I used Derwent Inktense pencils to color the images and used Zig Markers for the background. To add some more diversity to the cluster, I used the pine leaves from the Color Layering Cardinal stamp set.
Here's a close up:


After those two cards I still felt like creating something, so I made this tree ornament with the cute penguin from the Warm Hugs stamp set:


I inked the sky with distress inks and stamped the top part of the pine trees from the Color Layering Snowy Trees stamp set. As the base for the snow globe, I used the coffee cup lid from the Coffee Cup Tags stamp set.

I hope you got a bit into the holiday spirit. Now, how can a Christmas blog hop lack some crafty goodies? Hero Arts will be giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please comment by Sunday, August 28 at 11:59pm PT and they'll announce the winner the following week on their blog. Your next stop is Jenn's Blog. Here's the complete list of participants:

Isha Gupta  <-- You're here :)

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Cheryl said...

Your cards are gorgeous! The deer is my favorite, but the cardinal and penguin are great too!
Thanks for the inspiration.

Rhonda Frerichs said...

Great ideas, I simply love the snow globe card, very creative. Love this release!!

Laceysocks said...

You do beautiful work! Thank you for sharing!

Mrsfish02 said...

Lovely to see you on this hop!! Love your work and these are truly wonderful. I have my eye on the cardinal set. So many great things to choose from. Thanks for hopping and for the chance to win.

Lindarub said...

Love the snow globe card.

Kim Faucher said...

Beautiful classic designs!!

Kentucky Daisy said...

I absolutely love the tree ornament! The penguin is so cute and you've done a wonderful job of coloring him and the background! You could also use this as a tag or add this to a card base for an instant card. It is nice getting so many ideas from one design. Thanks!

Daria Z. said...

All three are just beautiful, Isha! I especially love the cardinal.

Jennifer B. said...

Amazing! Thanks!

Tricia Coffin said...

Beautiful cards - I dearly love your cardinal cards.

Pink Bunkadoo said...

The snow globe is cute and clever.

Mitzi said...

While I like your other two cards, I am really drawn to the second card. Your watercoloring is so stunning. I wish I could make mine look like that!

Oliev said...

Beautiful cards!

Becs Attwood said...

Such beautiful projects. Thanks for sharing!

Unknown said...

Your cards are all beautiful. The cardinal is my favorite. Thank you for sharing.

D.Ann C said...

What a lovely deer card!

Cindi P said...

Beautiful job with the no line coloring! Love the cardinal!

Jenniferk said...

Really beautiful cards! I especially love the first card and how you used the vintage postage stamp script with the mistletoe as the backdrop to the deer, it looks gorgeous!

FeM said...

Wow your creations are awesome. Love them.

Jerzey Girl said...

So many beautiful cards...beautiful and thank you for sharing

Deborah R said...

Beautiful cards, especially love that cardinal!

Cyndee Scholet said...

The penguin snow globe is adorable!

BeckyR71 said...

Way to use several stamps! Love the ingenuity of using the coffee cup for the base of your snow globe ornament. Beautiful card and creations.

Sandy Rizzo said...

Wow, your cards are so beautiful!

Heather DePasquale said...

You have such beautiful coloring on each of your projects. Just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

Jane M said...

Your Cardinal card is gorgeous!

Sharon said...

Gotta love the deer card, hands down.

Leni said...

Gorgeous cardinal bird! Great cards!

Sandy Small said...

I love how you combined the elements!

Unknown said...

The snow globe card with the penguin is my favorite - it's giving me GREAT ideas for other snow globe cards!!! Thank you!!!

Mamaz said...

Thank you for sharing your cards and snow globe.

Deb said...

Oh my you have created such beautiful cards! Amazing stamps and die sets for this 2016 Holiday Season, I do love my Hero Arts Collection and I love adding to it every year. We still send out about 100 handmade seasonal cards.

Kris in Alaska said...

So lovely and a very vintage feel to them!

Janet a.k.a. swanlady21 said...

Such lovely cards - especially like your watercolour cardinal.

Mary-Anne V said...

wonderful cards with these winter animals...love that cardinal the best!

Jean Bullock said...

Your cards look great. My favorite is the ornament. Very cute.

Beth Buss said...

Amazing coloring and detail. Love them all.

Summer Braxton said...

pure art work! just beautiful

Karen @ Misplaced Mojo said...

The coffee cup lid as a base is brilliant! Great thinking!!! Beautiful projects :-)

Kathy Mc said...

Both cards and your ornament are gorgeous, Isha. You are everything look so realistic!

Flo said...

All your cards are great but the one with the deer is so lovely. Love it.

Mariana said...

Your cardinal card is AMAZING!!! It jumped out at me!!!

Unknown said...

I love the snow globe looking effect that was done with the last design! Great job.

Lucy Schmidt said...

The cardinal card is my favorite. I love the softness of the colors. Your talent shines through on all of them. Thanks for taking part in the hop.

Judy said...

I love the stag card!! Great job!

Unknown said...

I love the cardinal and the deer! I'd be hard pressed to chose a favorite!

CoolPaperArt said...

really love that layered deer! It is so awesome- I WANT it haha. Love how Hero Arts has done some amazing sets. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!

Karen L K said...

Really nice cards! I love how you did the holly around the edge of the deer card. And.. that cardinal card is a really great looking card. I am loving the cardinal more and more as a possible favorite from this release.

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Nice design i really like.
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Hithyshi said...

Thanks for sharing

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