It’s here! The 2021 Holiday Catalog from Hero Arts in now live! Today we are doing a blog hop to showcase the amazing products in this release. Believe me… you will not be disappointed. As an added bonus, Hero Arts is running a promotion through the end of the month.
Another exciting announcement is (drum roll)…
Hero Arts is having a Holiday Stamp-Along “Live” Event hosted on Facebook. This event is 2 days, only costs $25 and you can use what you already have in your crafty stash to participate! You can find all the information here.
I have said it before and I’ll say it again, I love a good stencil. I think stencils have a great price point and produce some beautiful results. So get out your blender brushes, inks, and a stencil because we are about to get into the card I have for you today.
For a really good blend, you need to start with a nice smooth cardstock. I personally like Bristol Smooth cardstock. I cut a 6 by 6 inch panel so the Nativity Stencil would fit. The stencil was sprayed with Pixie Spray to ensure it wouldn’t move. This is not necessary. I prefer it because I tend to move my stencil. Over the stencil, I ink blended (from top to bottom): Blue Hawaii, Splash, Thistle, Taffy, Creamsicle and Lemon Drop inks. My intent was to make a sunset scene.
I removed the stencil and used the remaining ink on my brushes to fill in the white areas. For an extra starry sky, I added a bit of water to some Perfect Pearls in Perfect Pearl and Gold. The majority of the “stars” are concentrated at the top and only a few towards the pink/orange area. I gave the panel some time to try and then trimmed the piece to 5 by 5 inches. I couldn’t bear to cut more off… it was just too pretty!
I really wanted a nice word die cut for this card but I didn’t have a holiday one. For this sentiment, I cut out the word “Peace” from the Looking Glass Peace Love Joy Dies. You can’t tell that I cut them from another die with a different purpose. I love being able to stretch my supplies. I did cut this sentiment from white cardstock 3 times and once from the new Glitter cardstock in white for a dimensional sentiment. I adhered the finished panel to a top folding white cardbase that measured 5 by 5 inches.
Give Away:
We will give away THREE $50 gift cards, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, August 29th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Supply List:
- Sunshine Palette Reactive Cubes
- Sea Palette Reactive Cubes
- Floral Palette Reactive Cubes
- Nativity Stencil
- Glitter Paper Basics
- Looking Glass Peace Love Joy
- Dove White Cardstock
- Bristol Smooth Cardstock
- Perfect Pearls (a great alternative would be this)
Thanks for joining me and everyone else today on this fun blog hop!
Stay crafty my friends!
Anchored by Ink 
beautiful card!
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So beautiful, Meg.
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Beautiful and colorful blending, love how your card turned out!
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I love stencils! the sunset effect is beautiful
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