Season of Wonder Blog Hop + Giveaway!

We introduced you to our Season of Wonder 2018 Catalog with this post back in July. You've been seeing the new products available at your favorite retailers. And now the day we've been excited for - we are releasing all of the fabulous new fall, winter and holiday products right here in our shop! From stamps and dies to stencils, Glimmer Metallic Inks, and so much more, you can shop over 80 new products here. We're celebrating with a big blog hop and prizes - more on that in just a moment!

In July, we shared a beautiful new stamp set called Wonder and Magic of Christmas. Today, Creative Team member Ilina Crouse is sharing two other ideas using this set, combining it with other fun new products! Take it away, Ilina...

Hi everyone, Ilina here, and I am sharing a couple cards using the beautiful Wonder and Magic of Christmas stamp set.

For my first card I combined it with few new products: Graphic Snowflake Stencil, Fancy Ornaments Infinity Dies and Gold & Pewter Glimmer Metallic Inks (gold used here).

To make the card I started by stamping the deer using Versamark ink, then embossing with gold embossing powder and die cutting it. Next I die cut two Fancy Ornaments, smaller one from Snow Layering paper, and the next size up using Classic Vellum Layering Paper. Set them aside.

Stamp sentiment on vellum strip and emboss with gold. Adhere to slightly smaller strip, so it creates little vellum border on top and bottom.

Cut 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Pool Layering Paper and dry emboss using the Graphic Snowflake stencil, next dilute little bit of the Gold Glimmer Metallic ink and splatter onto the panel. Assemble your card onto Snow folded note card.

For my second card I used the same stamp set, but created different look. Besides the Wonder and Magic of Christmas set, here I used the Cut-Out Season Fancy Die, Snowfall Glitter, Frost Shimmer Spray and Icicle Sequins

To make the card I started by die cutting the Cut-Out Season die on Navy card stock and trimmed the frame around it. Next I sprayed with the Frost Shimmer Spray. Set it aside to dry.

In the meantime I applied liquid adhesive to my Snow panel and added some snowfall glitter. Set this one aside to dry, too.

Once the navy panel was dry I stamped the tree from the set using Versamark ink and embossed in white. Using foam adhesive I adhered to the white panel with glitter applied to it. As a finishing touch I added few sequins from the Icicle mix and adhered to the Snow folded note card.

And of course it's not a release without a party! We've invited our Creative Team and some of our good stamping friends to join us with an inspiration-packed blog hop. Be sure to leave a little love along the way - we're giving away two $50 shopping sprees to the Hero Arts online store, randomly drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please comment by Sunday, August 26th at 11:59 PM PT and we will announce the winners the following week.

The Hero Arts Blog (you are here!)
Yana Smakula
Wanda Guess
Nichol Spohr
Michelle Short
Megan Hoeppner
May Sukyong Park
Lydia Fiedler
Libby Hickson
Laurie Willison
Kelly Latevola
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Jennifer McGuire
Jenn Shurkus
Janette Kausen
Ilina Crouse
Emily Midgett
Clare Prezzia
Amy Tsuruta
Amy Kolling

As always, enjoy FREE shipping on all US orders over $50 in our online store.

Thanks for joining us today!