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:

The Hero Arts Blog 

Kelly Purkey 

Jennifer McGuire 

Kathy Racoosin 

Wanda Guess  

Lydia Fiedler 

Alice Wertz 

Amy Tan 

Cheiron Brandon 

Debbie Olson  

Laura Bassen  

Debby Hughes 

Heather Ruwe  

Ilina Crouse 

Isha Gupta  <-- You're here :)

Jenn Shurkus  

Jessica Frost-Ballas 

Joan Bardee  

Karin Akesdotter 

Yana Smakula  

Kelly Rasmussen

Amy Tsuruta 

Clare Prezzia 

Mariana Grigsby 

May Sukyong Park 

Libby Hickson

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Summer Mixed Media Journal Page

Hello everyone! I'm so super excited to share my project as a guest designer at Hero Arts Blog. I don't know if you know that Hero Arts is very special to me as I had my 2 Hero Arts stamps only when I started my stamping journey :). I love their style and products. Thank you Hero Arts for this awesome opportunity.

As soon as I saw the "For You Flowers" and "Flamingo" stamps and "Palm Tree" die, I had this idea to create a mixed media journal page and I am really happy on how it turned out. Check out the Hero Arts Blog HERE on the supplies and how my page came to life :) Here is a sneak peek for you :)

Thanks for stopping by!
I will add the supplies soon.

Thinking of You: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Hello Everyone! Today, I am so excited and honored to be guest designer at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge blog.

I will be sharing my creations with you every week in the month of November :)

This week's theme for the challenge is: Thinking of You and we are showcasing Hero Arts Stamps!

Here is what I created:

I used various stamps by Hero Arts ( Bird, Overlap Circle Frame, CL778: Flower Garden and CL342)to create my card. I used my clean color Zig brush markers and some inks by Imagine Crafts.

Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

Hope to see you play and don't forget to check out awesome creations by the DT's at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog! 

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