Santa's Coming to Town! - Hero Arts
on October 14, 2021

Santa's Coming to Town!

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using the new Vintage Toys Fancy Dies. You can use these dies in so many different ways - cut them from colours of cardstock, ink blend, watercolour, colour with markers - the sky's the limit! For today though, I thought I would keep them simple and paper piece them with some glitter paper.

Vintage Toys by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

I started off by die cutting the bear and nutcracker from the Vintage Toys Fancy Dies set from Dove White Cardstock. I then cut them again from Pitch Black (for their eyes) and gold from the Glitter Paper Holiday Sparkle set.

I added a little tape to the back of them where the eyes are and then simply popped the eyes in place. For the gold areas, I cut the pieces out with scissors and paper pieced them on top of the white die cuts. Adhering in place with Precision Glue.

Vintage Toys by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

For the background, I took a panel of Cranberry Cardstock and stamped Gear Clock Bold Prints on top using Red Royal Mid-Tone Shadow Ink. Once dry, I stamped the sentiment from the Hero Greetings Christmas Gift Shop stamp set on top using Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied Gold Embossing Powder and heat set.

Vintage Toys by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

I took a panel of Dove White Cardstock and cut a Hexagon Infinity Die in to the top middle. I cut the red background down and then adhered the window piece on top using foam tape. Both were then adhered to a top folding card. The nutcracker and bear were added on top with foam tape.

I really love how that gold glitter paper really catches your eye! Thanks so much for stopping by today, have a wonderful day!

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DI957 Vintage Toys Fancy Dies (D) -...
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CG864 Gear Clock Bold Prints - Hero Arts
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CM580 Hero Greetings Christmas Gift...
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DI846 Hexagon Infinity Dies (H) -...
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AF419 Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink...
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PW100 Gold Embossing Powder - Hero Arts
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GW101 Precision Glue - Hero Arts
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PS778 Glitter Paper Holiday Sparkle -...
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PS302 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock...
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PS325 Hero Hues Dove white - Hero Arts
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2 comments

Melissa SunshineHoneyBee,

Clean and simple with style of crisp white with gold.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”

Marie T,

Wonderful design – it’s nice to see a project that features the products without a lot of coloring and embellishment. Considering all the Hero Arts Bold Prints I own, I often forget about simple tone on tone backgrounds. Love the subtle clock with Santa’s coming idea!


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