Who is ready to start creating for the holidays? Hero Arts Holiday Catalog is just full of wonderfulness and I am so excited to share cards I created with these new products.

Adorable Peeking Winter Bear Die

I LOVE this adorable little peeking bear! I die cut him three times and then glued the layers together. I lightly ink blended the edges for some contrast and then added a Cranberry scarf and hat. I used Neutral Heros enamel dots for the nose and mouth. The background is die cut from Arctic cardstock with the new Confetti Swirls Die and then backed with a panel of Mist cardstock. The sentiment is from Cozy Study Stamps.

Supplies Used:

• Peeking Winter Bear Die
• Confetti Swirls Die
• Cozy Study Stamps (sentiment)
• Rounded Rectanles Infinity Die (frame)
• Arctic cardstock
• Mist cardstock
• Nautical cardstock
• Cranberry cardstock
• Neutral Hero Enamel Dots (nose and eyes)

Celebrate Autumn

Autumn is a season of breathtaking beauty, with its vibrant foliage and crisp air. It’s the perfect time to channel that inspiration into crafting handmade cards. A die cut card featuring fall leaves is a wonderful way to capture the essence of the season and share it with your loved ones.

My Process for Creating This Autum Foliage Die Cut Card:

• Without removing the Fall Pattern clear stamps from the plastic panel, place the stamps on the sticky mat of StampWheel stamp positioner. Tape Watercolor Paper to the top StampWheel Plexiglass cover. This will stamp your images so they perfectly align with the cover die.
• Stamp with Clear Embossing and Watermark Ink, sprinkle with Rose Gold Embossing Powder and then heat set.
• Tape panel to hardboard, brush water onto the embossed watercolor paper and loosely drop in liquid watercolors. I mixed my own custom colors in a watercolor palette using: Leaf, Orange, Dandelion and Strawberry liquid watercolors. Messy is good when doing this! I let my panel dry on the hardboard.
• Using the Fall Pattern Cover Plate, die cut an overlay from Sand cardstock.
• Using the die from Smile Friend XL, die cut your sentiment 3 times from Cup O Joe cardstock and glue together.
• Lightly ink blend along the edges of the die cut cover panel with Fawn and Root Beer ink to lightly distress your cover panel. This adds a bit of dimension and keeps your panel from looking flat.
• Glue your die cut panel to your watercolored base and add your sentiment.

Winter Mail Critters: The Definition of Cuteness!

I really love my third card! The Winter Mail Critter stamps are the cutest! I have a few pics + directions on how I created this card below, so keep scrolling…..

Key Products Used:

• Winter Mail Critters
• White Holiday Collage Hero Transfers
• Holiday Message Strips Hero Transfers
• Wax Seals and Dies

Hero Arts Christmas Card Tutorial:

I started by die cutting two frames and two “tapes” from the Journaling Photo Frame Infinity Dies Set. I then very lightly blended Paradise Core Ink along the edges of the photo background (using the sticky mat in my Stamp Wheel), stamped the bear and fox with my Stamping Tool and Copic colored the images (colors listed below). I also rubbed on a transfer Merry & Bright sentiment.

The background was so easy! I rubbed on the fun Twas the Night Before lettering from the White Holiday Collage Hero Transfers (RT121) with a bone folder and all the writing transfered to the paper perfectly on the first try. The card background is Paradise cardstock.

I wanted a pop of red, so I stamped and die cut a Merry Christmas Wax Seal using Crimson Core Ink. I also put a dab of Hero Wax Gold to add a little depth and shine to the “photo tape”

I assembled my card with foam tape and it is ready to send.

Copic Colors Used:

• Browns: E27, E15, E13, E11, E5
• Reds: R27, R39
• Pink: RV11
• Blue: B00

Blog Hop Info:

Hero Arts will give away TWO $50 gift cards, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Wednesday, August 28th at 11:59pm PT. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog.

Hero Arts Creative Team:

Channin Pelletier

Charlene Madrid

Heather Ruwe

Ilina Crouse

Jeannie Lieu

Jennifer Kotas

Kailash Naidoo

Karen Brown

Michelle Short

Natasha Polite

Natasha Vacca

Pocono Pam

Rachel Kleinman

Rosie Lopez

Seeka

Special Guests:

Cathy Zielske

Laura Bassen

Mindy Eggen

Final Thoughts

Today I used a bunch of lovely new products from Hero Arts 2024 Holiday Catalog but there are so many other great additions that I know you will love. Thanks for stopping by today and “hopping” with Hero Arts.