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Online card classes latest class is focused on using Hero Arts products.  Online Card Classes are very well done and I love Hero Arts products so I was very excited about this class.  I made this card based on a lesson from Jessica Frost-Ballas on the Online Card Classes "Stamp Happy" class.

I loved the rich bold colors of Jessica's card and the sparkle.  Her video has some very helpful tips such as how she stamps layering stamps.

I blended three shades of Distress Inks on light pink cardstock and set aside to let dry.  I stamped and die cut the layering butterfly and also diecut a piece of fun foam to add under the butterfly for some dimension.  I heat embossed the sentiment on velum using black Versafine ink and clear embossing powder.  I stamped the floral background image and embossed with a clear glitter powder.  

I  love how this card turned out.  I'm also sharing this at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, "No Designer Paper".

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It's Your Birthday!

Hello!  You are looking at my second card for the A Blog Named Hero Challenge.

I stamped the Hero Arts background stamp, Tropical Foliage Bold Print, with embossing ink on water color paper.  I then applied gold embossing powder around the edges and white in the center.  I heat embossed the background and the sentiment. The leftover white and gold embossing powder mixed together and that is what I used on the sentiment. I smooshed some Distress Inks in green on my craft mat, spritzed the ink with water and smooshed my embossed piece in the ink.  I dried the wet ink with my heat tool and added more layers of ink until I was happy with the coverage.

The Embossing Challenge ends on the tenth, so you still have some time to share your work.

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Sparkle Deer and Forest

The theme at A Blog Named Hero is :

Growing up in Canada I experienced plenty of winter, I never thought that someday I would sometimes miss the snow.  But living in Texas I do sometimes miss the pretty snowy days.  I loved how fresh snow would sparkle.  I embossed the background using Midas Touch embossing powder from Wow (platinum powder with iridescent sparkle).  I sponged pale blue ink around the edges.  I adhered the diecut snowflake border to the bottom. I diecut the merry sentiment four times and layered them together.  I used a glue bottle with a fine tip made for quilling to adhere the Merry diecuts together.  For some more glitter I coated the Merry with iridescent sparkle Nuvo glitter.

Thanks for coming by.  I hope you share your winter inspired cards at A Blog Named Hero.

Hero Arts Products (affiliate links used at no extra cost to you);

Snowflake Edge Fancy Die

Merry Stamp & Cut

Forest and Deer Bold Prints

Heat Tool