Hero Arts July My Monthly Hero Blog Hop

Hello friends!! It’s time for another My Monthly Hero release and blog hop!! The new kit is incredible!! It is jam packed with so much, stamps, dies, ink cubes, glittery cardstock and even embossing powder!!

For my first card, I used many of the stamps and dies included in the kit to create a rich underwater scene.

To create this card I first stamped the forefront scene with the stamp set and a MISTI. I started with the most solid stamp and partially stamped it in several ink color. I first started with Thistle Reactive ink, held the ink pad at an angle and inked up just the top portion of the stamp and then stamped it. Next, I inked up the bottom portion with Grape Slush, stamped, and then the very bottom with Blue Hawaii.

I then positioned the second layer, picked it up with my MISTI and then selectively and partially inked the slopes with Splash, Blue Hawaii, and even a little INTENS-ified Black Ink at the bottom. Next, I inked up just the coral and plants in either Pool Party or Taffy. I then positioned the third layer and inked it up with combination of either Creamsicle + Fruit Punch or Fruit Punch + Berry Smoothie. Next, I die cut the landscape out with the matching dies and then die cut a second panel with the second landscape die.

I then ink blended the second scene with Grape Slush, Blue Hawaii, and INTENS-ified Black Ink. Next, I stamped the mermaid and dolphins in INTENS-ified Black Ink and die cut them out with the matching dies. I then ink blended the front of an A2 top-folding card base with Blue Hawaii, Splash, and Pool Party. Next, I adhered all my layers and die cuts to the card front and then finished the card by stamping my sentiment in INTENS-ified Black Ink.

My second card today features some of the add-on stamps and dies apart of this release. I used the Underwater Pattern Bold Prints Stamp, the Sea You Soon Stamp Set and the matching dies

To create this card I first stamped several shells from the Sea You Soon Stamp Set in Inkon3 ink onto Bristol paper. I then watercolored the images in with several Tombow Dual Brush Pens (772, 761, 856, 026, 837, 947, N45, 379).

Once I had finished watercoloring all the shells I then die cut them with the matching dies as well as a story second set out of plain white cardstock. I then adhered the two together to add a little dimension to the shells. Next, I stamped a 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ panel of Arctic cardstock with the Underwater Pattern Bold Prints Stamp in Soft Pool ink.

I then dried my panel thoroughly and then stamped and white heat embossed a sentiment. I then finished the card by adhering the panel onto an A2 top-folding card base made from  white cardstock and then adhered all the shells to the card front.

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts will giving away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, July 19th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

BLOG HOP:

Hero Arts

Amy Kolling

Channin Pelletier  <<<You are here>>>

Daniel West

Debi Adams

Emily Midgett

Ilina Crouse

Janette Kausen

Jenn Shurkus

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Julee Tilman

Laurie Willison

Lydia Fiedler

Maria Willis

Mariana Grigsby

Michelle Short

Mindy Eggen

Nichol Spohr

Seeka

Yana Smakula

I hope you enjoyed my cards today! Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Channin

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VIDEO: Holly Bird Shaker Card

Hello friends!!! Today I’m sharing a new video demonstrating how I created this fun shaker card with the new Holly Bird Combo and the Nesting Hexagon Die Set from Waffle Flower Crafts!! Watch to see how I watercolor this adorable image and then use the Nesting Hexagon Die Set to build a shaped shaker for this cozy holiday card!

Watch below or on my YouTube channel.

To create this card I first stamped the image on Bristol paper in Versafine Onyx Black and then watercolored the image in with Tombow Dual Brush Pens. Next, I die cut the bird out with the matching die.

I then die cut a sheet of pattern paper from the Unicorn Half-Half Lines paper pad with the new Nesting Hexagon Die Set to create a frame. I then used the same set of hexagon dies to die cut white craft foam twice to create two dimensional frames. Next, I trimmed down another sheet of pattern paper from the Unicorn Half-Half Lines paper pad to create a 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ panel and adhered it onto an A2 top-folding white card base.

I then adhered the two craft foam frames, one on top of the other, onto the card front. I then adhered the bird inside and then added foam balls into the well of the shaker. Next, I die cut a piece of acetate with a hexagon die and then adhered the pattern paper frame on top and then adhered both onto the card front. I then finished the card with a white heat embossed sentiment stamped onto black cardstock.

I hope you enjoy my card and video! Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Channin

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VIDEO: Merry and Bright Happy Gnomes Card

Hello friends!! Today a video to share demonstrating how I created this Happy Gnomes card that I shared for Waffle Flower’s July Release!! This was just a fun and easy card to put together and I hope you enjoy and learn a few things by watching the process!

Watch below or on my YouTube channel.

To create this card I first stamped several images from the Happy Gnome Stamp Set in VersaFine Onyx Black onto Bristol paper. I then watercolored the images in with Tombow Dual Brush Pens.

Once I finished coloring in the images, I then die cut them out with the matching dies. Next, I created a simple mask by fussy cutting a slope out of contact paper.I then ink blended the front of an A2 top-folding card base with the mask and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide to create the look of snow slopes.

Next, I thoroughly dried my card front and then stamped and sliver heat embossed a sentiment from the Classic Holiday Sentiments Stamp Set. I then finished the card by adhering all the images with liquid glue.

I hope you enjoyed my card and video!! Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Channin

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Hero Arts and Honey Bee Partner Blop Hop

Hello all!! Hero Arts and Honey Bee Stamps have partnered together to bring you an awesome new stamp set, You Are Amazing!!! To celebrate Hero Arts and Honey Bee are hosting an inspirational blog hop and GIVEAWAY!!

I love this set! The main image is so clean and graphic and the sentiments in this set are incredible!!

I combined this set with a Hero Art stencil to create a colorful encouragement card!

To create this card I first sprayed the Sun Background Stencil with Pixie spray then positioned it over the front of an A2 top-folding card base made from Dove White Cardstock.

Next, I ink blended over the stencil with several reactive inks, using painters tape to mask off neighboring sections to ink blend each section one at a time. Once, I had finished ink blending, I then stamped the main image from the You are Amazing Stamp Set in INTENS-ified Black Ink onto Kraft cardstock.

I then heat embossed the image with Sparkle embossing powder and then fussy cut the image out. Next, I stamped my sentiment in INTENS-ified Black Ink and then finished my card by adhering my image with foam squares.

Giveaway:

Hero Arts and Honey Bee Stamps will be giving away TWO $50 shopping sprees during this hop – one to the Hero Arts store, and one to Honey Bee Stamps! Winners will be drawn from the comments left across the hop – comment on more blogs for more chances to win! Enter by Wednesday, July 15th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winners will be announced on the Hero Arts and Hoeny Bee Stamps blogs the following week.

Blog Hop List:

Hero Arts

Honey Bee Stamps

Becky Roberts

Bobbi Lemanski

Brenda Noelke

Carol Hintermeier

Channin Pelletier  <<<You are here>>>

Daniel West

Debi Adams

Ilina Crouse

Janette Kausen

Jenny Hall

Jill Hawkins

Kelly Martin

Leanne West

Libby Hickson

Lisa Mensing

Michelle Short

Mindy Eggen

Vera

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Reverse Confetti July Release and Blog Hop

Hello friends! Today I’m joining the celebration over at Reverse Confetti for their newest release!! Part of today’s celebration includes a fun inspirational blog hop!!I have a couple of cards to share so let’s get started!!

My first card features the sweet Snail Mail Stamp Set and Background Builder Stamp Set.

To create this card, I first stamped the front of an A2 top-folding white card base with the Background Builder Stamp Set. I repeatedly stamped the the grid border stamp from this stamp set in several distress inks (Spun Sugar, Abandoned Coral, Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed) till the card front was completely covered.

Next, I stamped a few images from the Snail Mail Stamp Set in Versafine Onyx Black onto Bristol paper. I then watercolored the images in with distress inks and die cut them out with the matching dies when I had finished. I then trimmed down a sheet of vellum to create a 3 1/4″ x 4 1/2′ panel.

Next, I stamped and black heat-embossed a sentiment onto the vellum.  Next, I adhered the die cuts to the vellum with foam squares and then adhered the vellum to the card front by adding liquid adhesive behind the die cuts and the thicker areas of the sentiment.

My next card features the Multi Step Cacti Stamp Set and the This Says it All Stamp Set.

To create this card I first stamped the cacti in several distress oxides and Versafine Onyx Black. I used Evergreen Bough and Pine Needles for the snake plant, Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn for the prickly pear, and Twisted Citron, Crack Pistachio, and Mowed Lawn for the barrel cactus.

I then stamped the pots in Versafine Onyx Black onto Bristol Paper. Next, I watercolored the pots with Iced Spruce Distress Ink to add a shadow and then die cut them as well as all the cacti with the matching dies.

I then trimmed down a sheet of Gray Cardstock down to 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ panel and adhered onto the front of an A2 top-folding white card base. Next, I stamped a sentiment from the This Says it All Stamp Set in Versafine Onyx Black and then finished the card by adhering the die cuts with foam squares.

Blog Hop List:

Reverse Confetti Blog

Carly Tee Minner

Amy Kolling

Caly Person

Tricia Barber

Crystal Thompson

Lisa Henke

Channin Pelletier <<<You are here>>>

Kara Pogreba

Kelly Lunceford

Ali Farmer

Kay Miller

Kathy Schweinfurth

Jeff Lindberg

Brenda Noelke

Janette Kausen

Jeanne Jachna

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Candice Fisher

Susan Wymer

Deanne Kuntz

Adelle Emery

Amy Tsuruta

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Honey Bee Stamps Release and Blog Hop

Hello friends!! Today I’m joining in the celebration over at Honey Bee Stamps for their Summer Release!! Today is the first day of this two day blog hop for this incredible release! I have a few cards to share so lets dive right on in!

My first card features the super fun Luau Stamp Set and the Raise a Glass Stamp Set! You probably don’t know this about me but I’m a big tiki fan! My husband and I have attended tiki events, whenever we travel we have to check out the local tiki bar, and I have a growing collection of tiki cups. So when I saw the Luau Stamp Set I couldn’t wait to turn the tiki masks into tiki cups!!!

To create this card I first stamped the two tiki cups in a combination of distress oxides. I started with the solid layer for the image, inking it completely then stamping it. I then would partially ink up the same layer with a slightly darker color along the edges and then stamp again. This creates a slight gradation and makes the cup appear convexed. Next, I stamped the detail layer in an even darker color.

Green Cup:

• Solid Layer: Cracked Pistachio and partially inked in Lucky Clover
• Detail Layer: Pine Needles

Blue Cup:

• Solid Layer: Broken China and partially inked in Salty Ocean
• Detail Layer: Blueprint Sketch

After I had stamped the cups stamped, I then die cut them with the matching dies. I then stamped the two grass clumps in Mowed Lawn and Pine Needles Distress Oxides and then die cut with the matching dies. Next, I stamped the orange from the Raise a Glass Stamp Set in Wild Honey and Ripe Persimmon and die cut with the matching dies. I then stamped several other images from the Raise a Glass Stamp Set in Memento Tuxedo Black, copic colored them, and then die cut them out with the matching dies.

• Pink: RV23 + RV04
• Red: R17 + R37
• White: BG10
• Purple: V15 + V17
• Flower: Y02 , Y17, YR68, BG10
• Green: G07 + G28

Next, I stamped the front of an A2 top-folding Kraft card base with a sentiment from the Sea Breeze Stamp Set in Versafine Onyx Black. I then finished the card by adhering the die cuts with foam squares.

My next card features just the Luau Stamp Set but this time I kept the masks masks. LOL!

For this card I first stamped an 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ panel of Bristol paper repeatedly with several images from the Luau Stamp Set in Versafine Onyx Black. I then watercolored the images in with Tombow Dual Brush Pens.

• Ukulele: 026, 027
• Masks: 277, 946, 856, 969, 947, 451
• Leis: 055, 933, 451
• Background: 243

When I had finished coloring the panel I then adhered it onto an A2 top-folding card base made from black cardstock. Lastly, I stamped and white heat embossed a sentiment from the Sea Breeze Stamp Set on black cardstock, die cut it with the matching dies and then adhered it to the card front with foam squares.

My last two cards features the new Quilt Triangle Thin Frames Die Set.

To create these cards, I first die cut two set of triangle frames with the Quilt Triangle Thin Frames Die Set out of white cardstock.

I then ink blended each frame with a different Distress Oxide (Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch) in a gradation.

Next, I arranged my triangles, picked them up with a piece of press’n seal, added adhesive and then adhered them to the front of a white or gray A2 top-folding card base. I then stamped a sentiment from the Friend Stamp Set. I used Weathered Wood Distress Oxide for the white card and white heat embossed the gray card.

And that’s it! I hope you enjoyed my cards! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Giveaway: 

Honey Bee Stamps will be giving away a $25 Gift Card for each day of this two day hop! Please comment below to be entered to win.

Blog Hop:

Honey Bee Stamps

Laura Bassen

Joy Baldwin

Carol Hintermeier

Channin Pelletier <<<You are here>>>

Kelly Lunceford

Lisa Mensing

Laurie Willison

Leanne West

Seeka

Becky Roberts

Yasmin Diaz

Kelly Latevola

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Pinkfresh July Monthly Challenge

Hello friends!!! Today starts a new challenge over at Pinkfresh Studio!!

I love color palette for this month’s challenge and it served as my main inspiration for my card!

To create this card I first stamped the rainbow stripes using the Pop Out Rainbow Cling Stamp Set onto a 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ panel of white cardstock. I only stamped five stripes from the set at the upper right and lower left corners in several Pinkfresh ink colors (Ballet Slipper, Berrylicious, Clementine, Ocean Breeze, and Aquamarine). Once I had finished stamping the stripes, I then stamped the flowers from the Keep Going Stamp Set in Detail Black Ink over the rainbows.

Next, I stamped and white heat embossed a sentiment from the Keep Going Stamp Set onto black cardstock and then trimmed the sentiment down. I then cut thin strips of black cardstock, stacked two strips together, and adhered them to the backside of the sentiment to add some dimension. Lastly, I adhered the panel onto a A2 top-folding white card base and then adhered the sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed my card! Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Channin

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Waffle Flower Crafts July Release and Blog Hop

Hello friends!! Today we are celebrated Christmas in July with Waffle Flower Crafts July Release!! This release is so adorable!! So many cute sets that are sure to get you into the holiday spirit even in the middle of summer!!

My first card features the Happy Gnomes Combo Set illustrated by the talent Liz Mytinger! I will have a video for this card this Wednesday, July 6th.

To create this card I first stamped several images from the Happy Gnome Stamp Set in VersaFine Onyx Black onto Bristol paper. I then watercolored the images in with Tombow Dual Brush Pens. Once I finished coloring in the images, I then die cut them out with the matching dies. Next, I created a simple mask by fussy cutting a slope out of contact paper.

I then ink blended the front of an A2 top-folding card base with the mask and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide to create the look of snow slopes. Next, I thoroughly dried my card front and then stamped and sliver heat embossed a sentiment from the Classic Holiday Sentiments Stamp Set. I then finished the card by adhering all the images with liquid glue.

My next card features the adorable Holly Bird Combo illustrated by Big Bear and Bird! A video for this card will be available July 11th.

To create this card I first stamped the image on Bristol paper in Versafine Onyx Black and then watercolored the image in with Tombow Dual Brush Pens. Next, I die cut the bird out with the matching die. I then die cut a sheet of pattern paper from the Unicorn Half-Half Lines paper pad with the new Nesting Hexagon Die Set to create a frame. I then used the same set of hexagon dies to die cut white craft foam twice to create two dimensional frames.

Next, I trimmed down another sheet of pattern paper from the Unicorn Half-Half Lines paper pad to create a 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ panel and adhered it onto an A2 top-folding white card base. I then adhered the two craft foam frames, one on top of the other, onto the card front. I then adhered the bird inside and then added foam balls into the well of the shaker. Next, I die cut a piece of acetate with a hexagon die and then adhered the pattern paper frame on top and then adhered both onto the card front. I then finished the card with a white heat embossed sentiment stamped onto black cardstock.

My next card features the beautiful Poinsettia Combo Set illustrated by Karla Jodoin!

I first stamped and gold heat embossed several images from the Poinsettia Stamp Set on Bristol paper. I then watercolored the images in with Tombow Dual Brush Pens and then die cut them out with the matching dies when I had finished. Next, I die cut the Oversized Peace Word Die three times out of white cardstock.

I then adhered all three on top of each other and then pressed the stack die cut into a Versamark pad and then heat embossed it in gold. I then stamped and gold heat embossed a sub-sentiment from the Oversized Peace Stamp Set onto an A2 panel made from maroon cardstock. Next, I adhered the panel onto an A2 top-folding cardbase made from white cardstock and then finished the card by adhering the rest of my die cuts.

And my last card features the fun Fa-la-la Combo Set illustrated by Liz Mytinger!

For this card, I first stamped the sheep and the light post in Versafine Onyx Black onto Bristol paper. I then watercolored the images in with Tombow Dual Brush Pens and then die cut them out with the matching dies. Next, I ink blended an A2 panel of white cardstock with Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks. I then dried my panel throughly and then stamped and white heat embossed some snowflakes. Next, I stamped a sentiment (this set will be release in August) in Versafine Onyx Black and embossed in clear glittery embossing powder.

I then die cut the panel with the frame die from the Cozy Cabin Die set as well as blue craft foam and then adhered the two together. I then die cut three trees out of white cardstock using the a tree from the Cozy Cabin Die set and ink blended them with Peeled Paint and Lucky Clover Distress Ink. Next, I adhered the panel and dimensional frame onto the front of an A2 top-folding card base. I then adhered the trees and then finished the card by adhering the sheep and light post with foam squares.

And that’s it! I hope you enjoyed my cards for this release!

Giveaways:

For today’s hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners. You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EDT on July 12th, 2020 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts in this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on 7/15/2020.

Specials:

A kind reminder from Waffle Flower: “We appreciate every order we receive but we also recommend at this time of uncertainties, reserve your resources and use what you have first! Stay positive and healthy!” —–I love this message from Waffle Flower and couldn’t agree more!

Waffle Flower didn’t anticipate the popularity of this release and more stamps will be restocked around July 9th and dies around July 21st.

For those of you who are new to Waffle Flower, they have a Last Chance section on their website that lists many goodies for 25% off until they are gone! This would be a great place to start your collection!

Blog Hop List:

Waffle Flower Blog (Nina)

Alix Davis   

Arjita Sepha Singh  

Cathy Zielske   

Channin Pelletier <<<You are here>>>    

Elyse Robinson  

Galina Filippenko   

Jeanne Jachna  

JJ Bolton   

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Kathy Racoosin   

Keeway Tsao   

Natalia Zubkova   

Rebecca Keppel   

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VIDEO: Two-for-One Stacked Stars Cards

Hello all!! Today I’m popping in to share a fun pair of cards that I created with the new Nesting Stars Die Set and several pattern paper pads from Waffle Flower Crafts!

Two-for-One Stacked Stars Cards

Watch below or on my YouTube channel.

 

To create these cards I first picked out seven sheets of colored paper from Waffle Flowers Half-Half Lines Paper Pads (Unicorn, Enchanted, & Botanical) and trimmed them down to create A2 panels. I then die cut each panel with a star die from the Nesting Star Die Set, starting with the third largest die and then working my way through all the remaining smaller dies. Next, I set all the stars aside and stacked the panels one on top of the other to create a well and then adhered them together.

I then die cut an A2 panel of white cardstock with the second largest star die and then a stitched A2 panel die. Next, I adhered the panel over an A2 panel of acetate, then filled my well with star confetti, and adhered my acetate/white cardstock panel on top. I then finished this card with a sentiment I created with the Magnolia Stamp Set, stamped in Versafine and trimmed down to a strip.

For my second card, I grabbed the stars I set aside from die cutting the panels for the first card. Then I die cut another sheet of colored paper (light purple from the, Unicorn-Line Paper Pad) with the second largest die from the Nesting Stars Die Set.

Then starting with the largest star, I stacked the stars on top of each other but slightly off-set to create a slightly different look. I the adhered the stacked stars onto an A2 panel of white cardstock cut with a stitched border die and then finished the card with a sentiment created with the Magnolia Stamp Set.

I hope enjoyed my cards and video! Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Channin

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Hero Arts + Ink Blot Shop Partner Release

Hello all! Hero Arts and the Ink Blot Shop have partnered together to bring you an incredible new set, Please Deliver! This set works perfectly for adding beautiful details to your envelopes but you could also use it for creating cards as well. For today’s hop I created a fun card with matching envelope.

To create this card and envelop I first stamped a 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ panel of white cardstock and an envelop with stamps from the set in INTENS-ified Black Ink. I also stamped the image of the card inside an envelop onto some scrap cardstock.

I then copic colored all the images in. With my images colored I then fussy cut the card/envelop image out.

Next I finished my card by adhering the panel onto a black A2 top-folding card base and then adhered the card/envelop with a foam square.

Giveaway:

We will give away TWO $50 shopping sprees during this hop – one to the Hero Arts store, and one to Ink Blot Shop! Winners will be drawn from the comments left across the hop – comment on more blogs for more chances to win! Enter by Sunday, July 5th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winners will be announced on the Hero Arts and Ink Blot Shop blogs the following week.

Blog Hop:

Hero Arts

Tifany DeGough / Ink Blot Shop

Channin Pelletier   <<<You are here>>>

Daniel West

Debi Adams

Emily Mydlowski

Ilina Crouse

Janette Kausen

Jessica Frost Ballas

Kelly Latevola

Libby Hickson

Michelle Short

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