Having Fun with Die Cuts!

Hi friends!

I'm not the best at using leftovers of projects... I've had blossoms, vines and leaves from Spellbinders Regal Blooms die set on my desk for weeks... Now I finally decided to put them to good use! 

I paired them floral dies with the super cute dog dies from Regal Pair die set, a sentiment from Sending Sunshine Sentiments stamp set and a Trellis Window Die from Hero Arts. The patterned paper is something I found from my old old stash of patterned papers... No idea where it came from but I love it! 

I played with many beautiful shades from Spellbinders Colorwheel Carstock to get the look I wanted... And I did add a lot of gold to the card with gold sequins, gold paint spatters and gold speciality card stock in the chains and pillows of the doggies. Love gold and pink together! 

I hope this post finds you enjoying summer. Heartfelt wishes! 

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: 4 legged friends

A Cut Above: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Tic Tac Toe Challenge: Patterned Paper, Die Cut, 3d (plenty of dimension in my card, I hope that's ok for 3d!)

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Gardeners Know All the Dirt -Mixed Media Tri-Fold Greenhouse

Hello friends!

I'm here sharing a birthday card I made for a friend: a tri-fold greenhouse card created with dies from Hero Arts and a fun oldie but goodie sentiment from Jane's Doodles. 

The main dies (the greenhouse, pots and greenery) all come from the April My Monthly Hero Kit (also available as the Superhero version with even more dies ). The little snail comes from the fun snail mail themed January Kit and the the May Superhero Kit with the large birthday die (third layer of my card) is also still available! 

I wanted to make a card using the older kits because I know many have of you missed out on the July Kit, it sold out in a heartbeat... So it might be fun to look at the older kits that are amazing to create with as well!

Here are two photos of the card but I highly recommend you to watch the video above for catching all the details. I've shared it also as a reel in Instagram where the quality and detail are better. Click HERE

How to create the pots

I created my own metallic looking pots with red and orange cardstock along with gold card stock. After die cutting the pots I first smudged some black ink to them for "dirt"and then I rubbed gold and silver waxes on them with no specific plan or caution. I simply used my fingers. Final step was to take black water color to a brush and with almost a dry brush to add some black color on top of the wax. This worked very well, way better than my original inking! If you watch the video you'll clearly see the finish in the pots.

Greenery 

The greenery is cut from two shades of green card. After gluing it down I wasn't too happy with the look and ended up using a couple of green Copic markers for adding smudges and texture to the leaves to make them look more lively and to match the mixed media feel of the pots better. 

Die cutting tip!

The plant hanger in the card front and the birthday sentiment inside the card are cut from brown card stock that has tiny golden leaves printed on it. However, when used for intricate die cutting, you can't see the leaf pattern at all but just fun variety in the finish with some gold here and there. 

It's worth checking out your patterned papers and special card stocks and have a think how they might work for intricate die cuts! 

The card design is inspired by THIS VIDEO although I did make my design a tri-fold. 

With my card I'd like to join:

A Cut Above: Anything Goes with Dies

Daisy Chain Challenge: Birthday 

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

Just Us Girls: Use Dies

Time Out Challenges: Photo Inspiration (windows)

Thank you for popping by! 

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More Inspiration with My Monthly Hero for June

Hi friends!

I'm here to share two pretty clean and simple card makes -especially the first one came together super simply! My cards are created with the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kits: the first one can be made with the basic version of the kit, the second one requires the sentiment die from the Superhero version (now sold out). Even is you missed out on the Superhero kit, don't hesitate to grab the smaller kit -it's filled with fun dies and stamps along with the Reflection stencil set for creating amazing looking water! 

Card 1
Hello Summer

CAS card making doesn't get much faster than this! Yummy card stock colors from the kit, fun die cuts in an interesting arrangement and a simply stamped sentiment. 

With my Hello Summer card I'd like to join:

A Cut Above: Anything Goes

Simply Clean and Simple: Anything Goes

Card 2

Hello Sunshine

This card has a bit more mixed media feel but it was still very fast to create! 

I've again used card stock from the kit but this time I gave the shapes quick shading with inks. For the sandy beach I also used card stock from the kit but gave it little extra texture by dabbing brown ink pads and splattering some diluted ink on it. I also added some interest to the stenciled water by tearing the edge to make it look like sea foam. The shadow part of the sentiment die is cut from vellum. 

With My Hello Sunshine card I'd like to join:

Die Cut Divas: Anything Goes

Thank you for popping by and I hope your summer is off to a good start!

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My Monthly Hero for June is Here!

Happy June Everyone!

A new month means there's a new Hero Arts My Monthly available on Hero Arts website! You can choose between  My Monthly Hero kit for $45 ($88 value) or My Monthly Superhero kit for $75 ($155 value).  The kit is called Soak Up the Sun and it is perfect for summer card making! You get summer themed stamps and dies, including sentiments... And a fun stencil set for creating lively looking water. However, from one of my cards today, you'll see that you can actually create faux animal print with it too, lol! 

I'll be using the Superhero kit in my post today. Let's have a look at the kit:

And now let's dive in to some fun summery cards!

I loved this fashionable lady so much that I had to make two cards with her right away! For the outfit of the fabulous blonde beauty I used the water stencil for making a sort of animal print looking fabric. What do you think? I love how both of these turned out. For all other die cutting I've used colored card stock (some of it came with the kit, love those teal ones!) and given them some extra dimension with shading them with inks. The sentiment stamps are included in the kit as well. 

With my fabulous blonde animal print lady I'd like to join:

Time Out Challenges: Favorite Beverage (Coke!)

Just Us Girls: Stencils (used in her outfit)

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

Cut It Up Challenges: Friendship (this goes to a fabulous friend who also happens to love Coke!)

A Cut Above: Anything Die Cut Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Before I go, here's another card made with the kit -this time I created actual water with the water stencil! :) Love the summery pool scene and all the texture in the water. I used some clear paste as my top layer and while it was still a bit damp, I spritzed the panel with Hero Arts Shimmer Mist Spray  and I'm pleased it stuck in the paste and gave more texture and shine. I did spatter some white paint too, just to add even more movement! It might be worth clicking the photo larger so you can see all the details. 

Again I used the card stock from the kit in addition to some marker card -the sun bathing lady is cut from marker card stock and colored with Copics. Sentiment is of course from the kit too. If I've intrigued you to have a closer look of the kit, here are the links again:

My Monthly Hero 

My Monthly Superhero

Thank you for popping by!  

Happy, happy June and happy, happy crafting! 

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Welcome, Little One!

Hi friends!

My colleagues got a new baby, their first child... A sweet little girl. The mum happens to LOVE pink so I could make this card very girly with the pink pillows and bedspread! I love this animal family from Hero Arts, it's from the Die of the Month September 2025, Cozy Critters. I don't often make cards to congratulate for a new family member... But I think this cute die set was so good for a new baby card! The sweet bunny ("the baby") is so cute I can hardly handle it!!! 

The critters are all cut from white Neenah and colored with inks. I used gold card for the bed frame and super old patterned papers from my stash for the bed linen and background. 

"Onnea ja Iloa" is Finnish for "Congratulations and Joy", it translates a bit odd but it makes sense in my mother tongue lol! 

With my card I'd like to join these challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Cute Critters 

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

Just Add Ink: Polka Dots

Sparkles Forum Challenge: 3 of Anything (3 critters)

Farm Quest Home Challenges: Anything Goes

Daisy Chain Challenge: Layer It Up

Die Cut Divas: Celebrations (celebrating new baby)

A Cut Above: Anything Goes

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I'm Joining the DT of Beautiful Blossoms Challenge, Woot Woot!

Hi friends!

Today I have some fun news to share... I'm joining the talented design team of Beautiful Blossoms Challenge! I'm looking forward getting more use for my floral crafting stash because you believe me... I have plenty of it lol! 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge gives you always two choices to join: either Anything Floral Goes OR you can draw inspiration from the inspiration photo provided. It's a monthly challenge running always from the 15th of every month to the 12th of the next month. I hope to see you all blogland buddies joining! 

My first DT card for the challenge does take inspiration from the photo. I love the blue and white vase on it and I knew exactly which die to use for this challenge after seeing the photo... The Regal Blooms by Spellbinders. I hadn't used it yet and this was the perfect opportunity! 

The sentiments come from February My Monthly Hero kit by Heroarts. This has been one of my favorite kits from the spring and not only for the sentiment stamp set that is super easy to combine to all kinds of projects! 

The frame die is an oldie from my stash, unfortunately the packaging is long gone so I don't know the brand. Same applies with the patterned papers lol! 

I hope to see you joining our challenge, either with your card inspired by the photo or with your anything floral goes project. There's plenty of more design team inspiration, link tool for your projects and all the challenge details available HERE. 

With my card I'd like to join:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Make It Colorful

A Cut Above Challenge: Anything Die Cut Goes

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

Just Add Ink: Dies

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More Cards with My Monthly Superhero kit!

Hi friends!

I have more cards to share made with the May "Yay Day" kit from Hero Arts.  

Learn all about the My Monthly subscriptions HERE!

In this post both of my cards have been made with the Superhero kit and I love how they both turned out. Let's have a closer look!

Card 1

Sometimes you get very fun looks if you combine stamped images and die cut shapes -I love how this card turned out with the small tags and stamped, die cut and colored in birthday icons! The Superhero kit includes an alphabet die set which was very fun to play with... And the size happens to be perfect for the tags, also included in the kit!  

All stamps and dies come from the Hero Arts May Superhero Kit

With this card I'd like to join the following challenges:

AAA Birthday Challenge: Anything Birthday Goes

Die Cut Divas: Celebrations

Crafter's Cafe: Anything Goes

Love to Craft: Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

Card 2 

If you want to try something different with die cutting, use only one color of cardstock! I went with an all white look here and created texture and color shade difference by bringing in white glitter card, using acetate for the balloon and adding white embellishments too. 

All dies from the Hero Arts May Superhero Kit

With this card I'd like to join the following challenges:

A Cut Above: Anything Die Cut Goes

Crafts Galore Encore: Anything Goes

Daisy Chain Challenges: Layer It Up

Mix It Up: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Thank you for popping by! 

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Colorful Orchids!

Hi friends!

I'm here with a quick post sharing a card I made with some Hero Arts products. Coloring this orchid background took quite some time but I do think it was worth it in the end! I decided on a simple celebratory die cut sentiment to keep the rest of the card very simple. The products I used are:

It's Our Anniversary Stamp and Cut (die cut sentiment)

Everyday Sentiment Strips Stamps

Sentiment Strips Fancy Dies

August 2024 Cling of the Month Orchids

I've colored the flowers in with Copics. The background is so vivid and colorful that I really thought a die cut sentiment was all this card needed in addition to it... Let me know what you think of it! 

I'd like to join:

Try It on Tuesday: Make your own background

A Perfect Time to Craft: Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas: Birthday

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Floral Goes

Allsorts Challenge: In the garden/ AG

Stamping Sensations: Inspired by Nature/ AG

Thank you for popping by!

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More Inspiration With My Monthly Hero for April!

Hi friends!

I'm back with more inspiration for April My Monthly Hero by Hero Arts. The kit is called Plant Lade Society and it's filled with fun dies, stamps and sentiments, perfect for all plant and flower lovers! There's two options: the standard kit for $45 ($88 value) or the Superhero kit for $75 ($155 value). In this post I'm sharing three cards made with the Superhero version of the kit. Make sure to head on over to Hero Arts store for more information about the kits! 

Card 1 

Stamped and marker colored plants 

This card is one of the favorites I've made with the kit! I love coloring in and smallish images like these come to life with some marker coloring so easily and fast. I used shelf stamps and dies from On the Shelf Stamp and Cut set to create my card design with the planters and I love how it turned out! 

I'd like to join:

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations: Inspired by Nature

Card 2 

Die cut watering can with sparkly greenery

The cute little watering can with greenery is a super sweet addition in the kit... Perfect for sweet little CAS cards! I sponged a simple halo blue background for my watering can and simply stamped the sentiments instead of heat embossing, to add to the CAS feel. I've added plenty of glitter glue to the greenery pieces so despite of the simplicity, this card has plenty of texture! Also the heart is shiny, I did the trick where you cover your card stock with packing tape before die cutting it. Works like a charm! 

I'd like to join:

A Cut Above Challenge: Anything Goes

Pick 3 Challenges: Text, Die Cuts, CAS

Dragonfly Dreams Challenges: CAS

Card 3

Die cut tulips on a vase

These tulip dies would have a third layer, but in my excitement of making the card, I didn't realize to use it lol! I do think they still look like tulips though so no harm done. :) I combined the dies and stamped sentiments from the kit with a beautiful frame die called Floral Window -I just love how the vase pops from the background! 

I'd like to join:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas: Birthday

Before I sign off for today, here are still the product photos of the kits. Make sure to check them out HERE if you are intrigued! 

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April My Monthly Hero Kits Are Here!

Happy April Everyone!

A new month means there's a new Hero Arts My Monthly available... Either the standard kit for $45 ($88 value) or the Superhero kit for $75 ($155 value). In this post I'm sharing one card made with the standard kit and another with the Superhero version. I think this might be my favorite Hero Arts kit this year so far! I had a blast and ended up making 7 cards during one weekend... I love this "Plant Lady Society" kit, it's so fun!

Card 1 

Shaker Card With My My Monthly Hero Kit

Immediately after seeing the greenhouse die I knew I wanted to make a shaker card. I used a lot of white scrap card stock for creating the shaker -I figured glueing several die cuts together was a more sturdy option than using foam behind the shaker window. It did work out super well and I'm so pleased of the end result! I also cut many plants, hanging pots and of course the cute cat from the kit too, using the card stock that comes in the kit. I wanted a very subtle background so I used the Birdsong Script Background stamp for stamping a tone on tone background. The heat embossed sentiment comes from the stamp sent included in the My Monthly Kit. Have a look at the whole kit in the photo below!

With this card I'd like to join these challenges:

A Cut Above: Anything Goes

Make My Monday Challenge: Hobbies (gardening)

Allsorts Challenge: Springtime/ Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft: Anything Goes

Card 2 

Colored in Die Cuts with My Monthly Superhero Kit

The star features of this card are the stunning floral die cuts that come in the Superhero kit. I cut them from the card stocks that come in the kit and added some Copic marker shading to them. I used sentiment stamps from the kit as well, again heat embossed with white powder. I found some dark teal card from my stash, I think the flowers pop beautifully from it! Have a look at the Superhero kit in the picture below:

With this card I'd like to join these challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Emboss It 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Thank you for popping by!

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More Inspiration With March My Monthly Hero... Focus on the Milk Carton Die!

Hi friends!

I'm here with two more fun cards with the new March My Monthly Hero kits by Hero Arts. These cards are made with the Superhero version of the kit (larger kit with more products) but also highlight products available in the smaller My Monthly Hero kit. These kits are great value and sell out fast... So grab yours before it is too late!

Card 1

Stenciled and Die Cut Milk Carton - Our Friendship is Legen-Dairy

One of the very cool products of the Superhero kit is the milk carton stencil that you can cut out with matching dies and color it super realistic looking. I love the way this turned out using only two ink colors but bigger and smaller blending tools for color and intensity variation. I wanted to keep this card very clean and simple to make the stunning milk carton really pop... And I love the fun, sweet sentiments too! 

With this card I'd like to join:

CAS on Friday: Cute

Just Add Ink Challenge: Stencils and Dies

Just Us Girls Challenge: Stencil

We Love Stamping Challenge: Anything Goes

Card 2

Die Cut Milk Carton - It's Your Birthday, Milk it!

This card is a bit less CAS with a very layered look, stenciled background ( I used a clear, glossy paste) and plenty of die cut details. The milk carton die is the same one that matches the stencil of the first card so you can get really different looks with just the die (My Monthly Hero kit) or die and stencil combo (My Monthly Superhero kit). 

I'd love to hear which look you prefer -the detailed, stenciled look or the clean, crisp, die cut look! 

With this card I'd like to join:

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

A Cut Above Challenge: Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Make Your Own Background

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Thank you for popping by and I hope you liked my projects. xxx

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