October Challenge at Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero!

Hi friends!

We have a new fun challenge for you at Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero: Mellow Yellow, Use the color yellow in your project! You can use other colors too, but make sure to add yellow! 

I played with a bunch of fun Hero Arts products in my card:

What's Cooking Stamp and Cut set

Classic Caserole Die Set

Daisy Mosaic Stencil

I started my card by coloring in the cute mouse cook from the What's Cooking Stamp and Cut set with Copics. I also colored a pie and a piece of cheese... And his super cute yellow apron! I then cut a bunch of caseroles from the Classic Caserole Die set and assembled them on a simple background that I had made with the Daisy Mosaic Stencil. I then placed the mouse on top, stamped the sentiment and called the card ready after a couple of gold paint splatters! 

I hope to see you playing along. There's plenty of design team inspiration along with all the challenge details HERE. Play along and you could win a $50 gift card to Hero Arts shop! 

I'd like to play along:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Bright and Colorful

Allsorts Challenge: Woodland Critters (my mouse has left the woods and moved into kitchen though!)

Die Cut Divas Challenge: Anything Goes 

A Cut Above: Anything Goes

Thank you for popping by and happy crafting!

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Hero Arts October Studio Release + Time Out Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends!

It's a new month... And that means there's a new Hero Studio Subscription Release! Learn all about Hero Arts Subscription products HERE and act fast... Once they are gone, they are gone!

October Studio is all about Holidays. I've played with the Stamp and Cut of the Month, the Die Set of the Month and the Layering Stencils of the Month. Let's have a closer look! 

Card 1

Stamp and Cut of the Month 

Reminder card for Time Out Challenges!

This mixed media card was very fun to make! I white heat embossed the ornaments on a scrap of shimmery watercolor piece that I have had lying around my desk for a long time already. I also did plenty of gold heat embossing... And the background is gold watercolor that I have been blowing around with an alcohol ink tool. 

With this card I'd also like to remind you of our Pick Two challenge at Time Out! The challenge is still running for about one week and your task is simple: Pick Two (or more) prompts from the list below and use them in your project. I went with 4: Season (Christmas), Edge (the white edge), Metallic (all the gold embossing and watercolor in the background) and Spatter (yes, I love paint spatters!). I hope to see you joining us, all the challenge details can be found HERE.

Card 2

Die Set of the Month + Stamp and Cut of the Month

The Die set of October is so cute! I love these strings of holiday lights. The set has many variations of the string shapes so you can create your custom look easily! I used gold cardstock and Stickles glitter glue for the lights and just plain white card for the strings- I wanted to go for an almost monochrome look with a touch of gold. The bauble and sentiment come from the Stamp and Cut of the Month again. 

With this card I'd like to join:

The Holly and Ivy Challenge: Anything Christmas Goes

Card 3

Layering Stencils of the Month + Stamp and Cut of the Month

I hope you agree that this pink Christmas tree looks pretty amazing!! I love how it turned out. I enhanced the baubles with Copics to make them stand out more and then used the sentiments from Stamp and Cut of the Month for greetings. Love how they fit thee baubles perfectly! I've used a lot of Stickles glitter glue on top of my inking to make the tree super festive... And of course some paint spatters again! 

This would also be a good card for Time Out by the way... This time I've even added "monochrome" to the mix so I'm using 5 prompts out of 6! :) 

With this card I'd like to join:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Think Pink

ABC Christmas Challenge: Trees

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Trees 

 Card 4

Layering Stencils of the Month + Whole Studio Bonus

I stenciled a traditional green tree this time... But with lots of glitter and shine! I heat embossed one layer of the layering stencil with silver embossing powder and there's again plenty of Stickles both on the tree and in the baubles. The sentiment die is something you'll receive for free if you decide to buy ALL the Studio products... And it's pretty amazing! I love the swirly font and the large size. 

That's all from me today, thank you for popping by! I hope you'll check out the Hero Arts October Studio products and our challenge at Time Out. Happy Crafting! 

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