Rainbow Stripes Card ~ May 2020 Hero Arts Monthly Card Kit ~ Card #5
Welcome Friends! Today I’m
featuring another card from the May 2020 Hero Arts Monthly Card Kit.As of the filming of this video, the kit is
still available.
Watch the video to see how I made this card AND fixed some botchy inking. This 5x7 card features 6 different colors of cardstock scraps - the perfect way to use your scraps! This card fits nicely into an A7 envelope.
I’ll be back soon with more inspiration. Leave your questions and comments below.
Until next time. Good day friends!
Rae
Monday, June 22, 2020
Welcome Friends! Today I’m featuring cards from the May 2020 Hero Arts Monthly Card Kit. I received this kit in the mail last week. It's currently still available.
Cards #1&2: Happy Mailbox –
featured in the unboxing video
Watch
the video to see how I made the mailbox shape.
The card fits nicely into an A2 envelope.
Card#3: Sending Sunshine &
Love
This A2
card features the two sun images and one of the flowers from the kit. I used the My Favorite Things Die-Namics
Wonky Frames die set. I used Nuvo White Blizzard
glitter drops to add sparkle and shine.
Card#4: Happy Independence Day This A2
card features a sunburst die-cut panel and paper-piecing technique. I used two
distress oxide inks and a blending brush I placed festive berries red in the
top left corner and add chipped sapphire to the top right corner. Then I moved
to the bottom left with chipped sapphire and to
the right bottom with festive berries again.
I blended them where they met.
Watch the video for the detailed
techniques for creating each of these cards. That’s it for today! I’ll be back
soon with more inspiration using this kit! Leave your questions and comments
below.
Until next time. Good day friends!
Rae
Friday, June 19, 2020
Father’s Day 2020 Card
Hello
Friends! Happy Juneteenth!Juneteenth commemorates
the end of slavery in the United States. President Lincoln signed and enacted the
Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863.However, certain states, Texas being one of them, did not head the
proclamation and slaves did not know that they were free until two and a half
years later. It is said that Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas on June
19, 1865 announcing that the Civil War had ended and that slaves were now
free.The Emancipation Proclamation
outlawed slavery. Read more at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenthand Juneteenth https://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm.
Now,
let’s talk Father’s Day cards.This year
I made slimline cards using Nuvo shimmer powders.These were the easiest.I made the backgrounds at the same time I made
the backgrounds for my Mother’s Day cards last month.
Here’s
what I used:
*Nuvo Shimmer Powders: Storm Cloud & Blue Blitz
*Card base, 110 lb black cardstock
*Card panel layer, 65 lb grey cardstock
*Card panel, Canson XL watercolor paper
*Sentiment, designed and printed but die-cut
using stitched banner dies from Gina Marie Designs
*Water spray bottle
*Double-sided Tape
Background: I first randomly applied the shimmer
powders to the dry watercolor paper, alternating the colors throughout. Then I generously
sprayed the entire panel with water and moved the paper around gently so that
the colors would mix across entire panel.
I soaked up excess water with a paper towel. Once dry, I applied a second layer of powders
and repeated the process to get a richer more masculine mesh of colors. After the background dried I cut the panels
to 3¼” x 7¾” and mounted them to the grey panel layer (measured 3½” x 8”) and
mounted that to the black card base that measures 3¾” x 8½” when folded. To
finish off the card I affixed the sentiment banner. Next, I made custom black slimline envelopes
that measured 4” x 8¾”.
I made several cards so that my husband could send them to close
male relatives. Did you make a Father’s Day card? If so, let me know what you designed?
That’s it for today! I’ll be back soon
with more inspiration! Leave questions and comments below.
Until next time. Good day friends!
Rae
Thursday, June 18, 2020
HERO ARTS ~ MMH KIT ~ MAY 2020 Unboxing ~ Plus Card Sneak Peek Welcome Friends! Today I’m unboxing the May 2020 Hero Arts Monthly Card Kit. I received my shipment last week. As of the filming of this video, the kit is still available.
MAY KIT INCLUDES:
6" x 8" Clear Stamp Set
7 Coordinating Frame Cuts
7 Envelope Art Icon Fancy Dies
3 Karin DécoBrush Metallic Markers (Gold, Pink & Blue)
5 White A7 Envelopes
5 White A2 Envelopes
Check out the video to see the card sneak peek or check back soon for pictures and details of all the cards I make with this kit.
That’s it for today! I’ll be back soon with more inspiration! Leave your questions, comments, and some love below.
I’ll be back soon. Good day friends!
Rae
Friday, June 12, 2020
Hero Arts ~ MMH KIT ~ APRIL 2020 - Australian Outback, Part 2 Welcome Mates! I'm back today with three more slimline cards using the My Monthly Hero Arts Kit for April 2020. This kit sold out quickly.
Please check out the video using the link above or here.
Card 3: Has a Rainbow
& Birthday Theme - Hoppy Birthday to Roo
I created a rainbow-colored panel using distress
oxide inks: festive berries, ripe persimmon, fossilized amber, mowed lawn,
blueprint sketch, seedless preserves, dusty concord, and chipped sapphire. I
spritzed a little water on the panel to activate the ink to soften the color
blend. Centered and repeat-stamped the Hoppy Birthday to Roo sentiment on the
panel using the HA Intense black ink from the kit. Starting at the top I moved
the cardstock down every 3/4ths of an inch and stamped until I reached the end.
I cut a piece of 40lb Bazzill vellum to 4¼” wide by 8½” tall. I scored the
vellum on the left side at ½” and folded and creased it. I placed my panel
inside the vellum, face up and glued the back flap of the vellum to the
backside of the panel. Next, I die cut the kangaroo from black cardstock and 5
balloons using the Sunny Studio balloon die using 3 different cardstock colors
to form a balloon bouquet. I added colored twine to the base of the balloons to
form balloon strings. Before affixing my kangaroo to the vellum layer of my
panel I fashioned the balloon strings so that it appears that my kangaroo is
holding the bouquet. I placed an acrylic block over it to let it dry a bit.
Next, I trimmed the ends the balloon bouquet strings and added my finished
panel to a 7½” x 8½” side folded card base.
Card 4: Shark Fest -
G’DAY MATE
Features the background stencil from the kit. I
started with 80# Neenah white cardstock cut at 3½” x 8¼”. I inked and blended ocean
waves using salty ocean distress oxide ink and the bottom half of the stencil. I
used the My Favorite Things mini cloud stencil along with tumbled glass distress
oxide ink to create the clouds. Using the Hero Arts intense black ink from the
kit, I stamped the mountains using a stamp from a previous Hero Arts kit. From
that same kit I die-cut the smaller mountain to layer on top of the stamped
mountain. I applied antistatic powder to a scrap of cardstock and used
VersaFine onyx black pigment ink and clear embossing powder to heat emboss my
sentiment. I stamped the birds using a stamp from a prior Hero Arts kit using
the intense black ink. While the panel was drying I die-cut both the great
white shark and the reef shark from the kit twice. I affixed the shark die-cuts
to the panel “in the blue ocean area” with craft tacky glue and added the card
panel to a black, 110lb, 7½” x 8½” side folded card base. This left a black border around the finished
card.
Card 5: BEAUT ~ Aussie
You Soon - G’DAY MATE
Features the beautiful, Hero Arts Tropical
Foliage Bold Prints background stamp. I started with a black slimline panel
measuring 3¾” x 8½”. Using Hero Arts unicorn white pigment ink I stamped the
background stamp and set the panel aside to dry. I taped three progressive-sized
Scrapbook.com square dies together to form my design. I used three different
size squares 1½, 2, and 2½ inches. I layer my black panel with a white piece of
Neenah cardstock about the same size and die-cut the design. I started first
designing the smallest white square. I used the stencil from the kit to color a
little piece of sky and the sun portion of the stencil. I used dusty concord
and fossilized amber distress oxide inks to blend a small portion of the sky.
After the panel dried I heat embossed the sentiment “BEAUT” on the square.
Next, on the middle square I blended the dusty concord and fossilized amber distress
oxide inks to form more sky. Then, using the intense black ink and a branch
stamp from a past kit, I stamped the branch of leaves and the cockatoo. Moving
to the last, larger square, I used mowed lawn distress oxide ink to stamp the palm
tree from the kit. I used dusty concord distress oxide ink and blended with chipped
sapphire distress oxide ink to continue the skyline. Using vintage photo distress
oxide ink I colored the ground brown. I stamped the dingo using intense black
ink. Using craft tacky glue I affixed the black die-cut squares behind the
colored and stamped squares and trimmed about 1/8th” off the sides
of each square. I affixed the black panel to a black, 110lb, 7½” x 8½” side
folded card base.
The finished cards
measures 3¾”x 8½ “and fit into a standard #9 business envelope or create your
own matching envelopes using my DIY Slimline Card Envelope tutorial! Also, if
you missed Part 1 of this series please check out that video. I’ll link both
videos below.
Please leave your questions below. I’m happy to answer them. Soon I’ll feature the May 2020 MMH Kit so stay tuned. I
received my shipment yesterday.
That’s it for today! I’ll be back soon
with more inspiration! Until next time. Good day mates!
Rae
Friday, June 5, 2020
Hero Arts ~ MMH KIT ~ APRIL 2020 - Australian
Outback, Part 1 Welcome Mates! Today I’m featuring two slimline cards I
made with the My Monthly Hero Arts Kit for April 2020. This month’s Hero Arts
Kit has the flair of the Australian Outback and has a ton stamps and dies of
cooI animals, sea life, greenery, a likeness of the infamous Ayers Rock, and
lots of Aussie sentiments!It also has a
full-sized Hero Arts Intense Black ink pad, a beautiful background stencil and
some cherry and birch wood cardstock. This kit has sold out.
This card features the beautiful background stencil from the kit. I started the first card with an 80# Neenah white cardstock panel. I used Fossilized
Amber distress oxide ink for the sky portion of the stencil and Vintage Photo distress oxide ink for the land area
of the stencil. I used an ink blending brush to fade out the color of the sky and sun a bit more to tint the white areas. Next, I stamped the
kangaroo paw plant using a brown die ink.
I staggered the stamping in a triangular pattern and stamped the plant all over the bottom of
the panel alternating as I stamped. I stamped the Ayers
Rock on the panel in Barn Door distress oxide ink three times but didn’t like the
bottom of that image because of the brown ink so decide to stamp again and die
cut it. I trimmed the ends of the Ayers Rock die cut and affixed it to the panel on top of the stamped image. I then die cut the three
kangaroos from black cardstock .Next, I applied antistatic powder to a scrap of black cardstock . I used Hero Arts White Unicorn Pigment ink and clear embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment “Have An Auss-ome Day”. Then I added the sentiment
strip to the panel just under Ayers Rock just a little left of center. I affixed the kangaroos
to the panel using craft tacky glue. There’s
papa kangaroo, mama kangaroo looking back to make sure baby joey isn’t straying
too far behind. Next, I placed acrylic
block on top of the roos to let them dry a bit. Lastly, I added the card panel to a white 7½” x 8½” scored and folded in half~ side folded card base.
Card #2: Aussie You Soon
This slimline care features the
beautiful Hero Arts Tropical Foliage Bold Prints background stamp. I started with a light green colored cardstock panel, stamped the foliage background using Mowed Lawn distress oxide ink. Next I used a dark
green colored cardstock (cut 3¾” x 3½”), stamped the background
leaves using Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment ink. I let the ink dry on
both. I used craft tacky glue to adhere the
dark green cardstock to the card panel. I then cut a 1-inch wide
piece of the cherrywood cardstock that came in the kit. Then I used craft tacky glue to
affix the sentiment strip to the cardstock to cover where the two greens meet
(should have stamped the sentiment first J). I used the Hero Arts
Intense Black Ink that came in the kit and stamped the sentiment “Aussie You
Soon”. Lastly, I die cut the two
koalas from black cardstock and affixed them on either side of the sentiment using craft glue. I added the card
panel to a white 7½” x 8½” scored and folded in half~ side folded card base.
Here's another look at both cards. Be sure to check out my video.
That’s it for today!I’ll be back soon with more cards from this Auss-ome Aussie kit!
