Hero Arts | Antique Bee Letter Press Card Trio

March 18, 2024December 26, 2024 Karen Brown1 Comment

3 Square BetterPress letter press Sympathy Cards featuring Hero Arts Antique Bee and Wreath.

I fell in love with Hero Arts Antique Bee LetterPress set. I find the plates to be both elegant and whimsical and thought they would make lovely sympathy cards. I used the gorgeous camel watercolor paper that came in my January MMH Classic kit but Hero Arts Handmade Watercolor Paper would be beautiful too. I stamped on my Message Strips Sentiment in coordinating ink. I trimmed my panel down with the pretty Square Scallop Infinity Die and popped onto a card base made from Cup O’ Joe cardstock.

Elegant LetterPress Sympathy Card

Square Thinking of You Card with Hero Arts Antique Bee and Wreath letter press plates.

I think letter press gives such a high-end result. On my first card I used Moss ink for my wreath.

Using handmade watercolor paper for BetterPress letter press printing.

For card #2, I used Bermuda Ink.

Square BetterPress letter press Thinking of You Sympathy Card.

For card #3 I used Amethyst Ink for the Bee and Pine for the wreath.

I adore the beauty and texture of letter press cards. I hope you enjoyed this post….thanks for stopping by!

Cardmaking Kit · Die cutting · Stamping

Hero Arts | My Monthly Hero January 2024 Release + Blog Hop

January 8, 2024January 9, 2024 Karen Brown32 Comments

January 2024 My Monthly Hero Premium Kit Card

Have you seen the wonderful new Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit for January 2024? The theme is Love, Flowers and Friendship…so versatile!

The Classic Kit is a $70 Value for $36.99
The Premium Kit is a $106 Value for $49.99

Premium Subscription Kit

I can’t seem to get enough of the fun florals in this month’s Premium Kit! (If you would like to see my first card featuring these dies, click HERE. ) I love the fresh look of these blooming dies and I so enjoyed creating and working on the layout for this card.

Die cut floral "Hello Friend" card in aqua, orange, navy and grey.

I’ve listed the products used below:

January 2024 Add-On Cards:

This month’s Add-On Collection is just wonderful! You can see the entire collection HERE. I have two Add-On cards that I wanted to share today.

Love You So Much Die Cut Valentine

Love You So Much rainbow die-cut valentine made using the inlay technique + cover plate die.

The instant I saw this Love You So Much cover die, I knew I wanted to do layers of rainbow color for each band. If you wanted to mass produce cards you could easily change up the color order and do 7+ cards in no time. I used Coral, Peacock, Paradise, Kiwi, Canary, Papaya, Amethyst and Passion Flower cardstock.

Hero Arts Arts Love You So Much Cover Plate + rainbow Valentine - DF-188

Products Used:

Valentine Wreath in Scandinavian Blue

This Valentine Wreath die is SO beautiful! It has the simple yet elegant look of Letter Press and I thought it would be quite striking with a fresh bright blue and clean white color palette. I stamped the wreath with Indigo Core Ink and then die cut the wreath, an extra floral cluster (which I added to the bottom of the wreath) and the sentiment. I cut down an A2 Top Folding Card Base to 4 1/4 x 4 1/4″ and adhered my die cuts with foam adhesive squares.

Hero Arts Valentine Wreath square card - SB-397 and CM-753

Products Used:

SB397 Valentine Wreath Stamp and Die Bundle
CM753 Valentine Wreath Stamp
Indigo Core Ink
Dove White Cardstock (stamped panel)
A2 Top Fold Card (which I cut down to 4 1/4 x 4 1/4″)
Metal Wire Snippers

BLOG HOP:

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, January 14th at 11:59pm PT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Blog Hop Links:

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Hero Arts Creative Team:

Charlene Madrid

Michelle Short

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Special Guests:

I am so glad you could join us for this hop!

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WWC205 – Donna\’s "All About Holidays" Challenge

January 23, 2019 Karen Brown3 Comments

Handmade Valentine\’s are such a nice gift and today at Watercooler Wednesday we are creating projects for the holidays. I came up with a pastel pink Valentine design for my mother. I feel extremely lucky to still have my 83 year old mom. She lives a mile away and we see each other often.

Handmade card embellished with Studio Katia Clear Drops, Nuvo Crystal Drops and Nuvo Aqua Shimmer.

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I designed a wreath using the fun elements in SSS\’s Hello Friends Stamp set. I lightly drew a circle where I wanted the wreath placed and then hand stamped all the cute little elements. The sentiment is from Forever in Time – Sentiments. I colored with Copic Markers: RV04, RV21, RV23, YG01, YG03. And because my mom likes lots of sparkle, I brushed the flowers with Nuvo Aqua Shimmer, added Nuvo Crystal Drops to the circles and heart and placed three Studio Katia Clear drops on the wreath.

Hop on over to see what the other Watercooler Artists created this week for All About the Holidays. I hope you will link your creation too.

I am entering my card in: Just us Girls \”Pastel\” Challenge I was inspired by the color theme \”pastels\”.

Addicted to Stamps and More #325 I was inspired by the \”love\” and \”pink and green\” color themes.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen