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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My Monthly Hero for May is Here!

Happy May Everyone!

A new month means there's a new Hero Arts My Monthly available... Either My Monthly Hero kit for $45 ($88 value) or My Monthly 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 and I'll be back later in May with more inspiration! 

The kit theme for May is "Yay Day", the kit includes lots of additions to your celebratory card making stash: balloon shaker dies, a gift box die, birthday images and sentiments and much more! 

Don't miss any of it, click HERE

Card 1 

In this card I've been playing with the large gift box die and the cute and scripty Happy Birthday sentiment die. I've cut the box pieces from the cardstocks included in the kit and I've then given the die cut pieces a bit more dimension with inks, markers and Wink of Stella. I've also spattered gold water color for extra shine and detail! For the background I used a die called Swirls and Confetti Die -very festive and a perfect addition to use with the kit! 

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

The Paper Funday Challenges: Anything Goes + Die Cuts

Die Cut Divas: Celebrations

Card 2 

My second card showcases the beautiful balloon shaker die and one of the cute Birthday sentiments of the Superhero kit. I was lucky to find sticky back vellum in my stash -I thought it was perfect to use as the highlights of the balloon on top of the clear acetate! 

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

Allsorts Challenges: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

The May kits are great value (as the kits always are!) with versatile and very detailed, fun products that go together super well. I had a blast creating these cards and I'll be back in a couple of days with more cards created with the kit. 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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Card for Challenges

Hi friends!

Ever since I saw the Spellbinders Regal Pair die and other products in the Regal product line... I was obsessed and had to have them! :) I love the antique ceramic dog statues like this and I even own a pair of Staffordshire dog figurines that I keep by my living room window. The Regal Lattice 3d embossing folder is stunning as well so of course that went to cart too... And I'm very happy with my purchases! 

I used patterned papers from my stash that had a vintage feel and coherent color palette for making the background and the figurines. The shiny parts I cut from copper card stock and ended up heat embossing the sentiment with copper embossing powder as well. 

If you are interested in how I created the look for the background, this is what I did:

After dry embossing the folder I took white pigment ink and carefully rubbed and swiped it on the raised areas. I let it dry overnight and on the next day I did the same but with shimmery gold ink. I finished the background with coppery gold paint splatters. 

I'd like to join these challenges:

Just Us Girls: Embossing

Crafting A Cut Above: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Creates: Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

NBUS Challenge: Challenge #84, all dies and the embossing folder are brand new to me! 

Thank you for popping by and I hope you enjoy my vintage dog statues!

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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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March My Monthly Hero is Out!

Hi friends!

I'm excited to be creating with the brand new Hero Arts My  Monthly Kits in my post today! Click HERE for all the details on the My Monthly Subscriptions. These kits tend to sell out so make sure to grab yours fast this month! If I inspire you with my post, I'd love you to do your shopping through my links... It helps me a lot without any extra cost for you! Now let's have a look at this super cute (Legen-Dairy!!) kit and what I've made with it! 

Card 1 

Cretaed with My Monthly Hero kit

The stamp set in the My Monthly Hero kit  has very fun sentiments and I wanted to make them the focal point of my card. I used Hero Arts Neon Inks for all the colorful stamping. The stenciled background is created with white Hero Paste. My card design with the vellum is inspired by one of Hero Arts' artists, Channin Pelletier, who made a wonderful video in February using February's kit (watch it HERE)... Fingers crossed we'll get an inspiring video again this month and I'm pretty sure we do!!

With this card I'd like to join:

Word Power Challenge: Anything Goes

Inkspirational Challenges: Use Stencils

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers: Use Black

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Make Your own Background

Card 2 

Created with My Monthly Superhero kit

My second card uses the same fun stencil from the My Monthly Hero kit, but also the additional stamps and dies that you get if you purchase the the Superhero kit. I wanted to make this card very "milky" so I made a white on white background with paste again and kept the color scheme pretty restricted. Love how this turned out! 

With this card I'd like to join:

Alphabet challenge: V is for volume (dimension)

Creative Artiste Challenge Blog: Anything Mixed Media Goes

Just Add Ink Challenge: Stencils and Dies

Just Us Girls Challenge: Stencils

Crazy is our fame Stencil Challenge: Anything Goes

I'll be back tomorrow with more inspiration with the kits! Thank you for popping by and I hope you liked my projects. xxx

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New Releaae at Hero Arts!

Hi friends!

It's release time at Hero Arts and this new release will definitely cheer you up if you are suffering of a long and cold winter like we are here in Finland! Winter is surely beautiful... But the nature waking up in the spring with beautiful lilacs is even more beautiful if you ask me! Let's have a look what kind of cards I've created with the dies and stamps of the release. 

Card 1

Die Cut There's No One Lilac You 

This card is created with the Layered Lilac Die Set and sentiment from No One Lilac You Samp Set. You could think putting this die cut lilac together takes for ages but actually not at all! There's "officially" 2 layers and the way the die is designed makes it very simple to know where to glue your layering pieces. I ended up adding a 3rd layer by randomly glueing small flowers here and there and I love the way this turned out! I used gold gel pen and shimmery glitter pen for the flower centers and embellished the card with white paint splatters. 

With this card I'd like to join:

Cut It Up Challenges: This makes me happy: using a die that gives very flashy outcome with less effort than the recipient will ever believe! :) 

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

A Perfect time to Craft: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Goes/ photo inspiration

Crafting A Cut Above: Anything Goes

Card 2

Hello Friend

The stamps from There's No One Lilac You stamp set are perfect for clean and simple card making. I used two of the separate lilac stems and colored them with alcohol markers and colored pencils. The sentiment I heat embossed with white. I cut a small label tag to have something behind the flowers (Tag Frames Infinity Dies) and used a cover plate die from Cozy Critters, Die of The Month September 2025 for giving the tag some texture. 

With this card I'd like to join:

Just Add Ink: Sketch

CAS on Friday: Anything Goes

Simply Clean And Simple Challenge: Anything Goes

Card 3

Stamped There's No One Lilac You

The focal point of this card is the main image from the No One Lilac You Samp Set. I've colored it with alcohol markers and colored pencils. I wanted to have a very simple background for this card so all I did was mask off a strip from the bottom of the card and inked a little bit of blue above it. I added gold paint splatters for embellishment. The sentiment is simply stamped, no heat embossing this time!

With this card I'd like to join:

We Love Stamping challenge: Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations: Anything Goes

Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog: No Designer Paper

We Love to Create: Anything Goes

Daisy Chain Challenges: Something New

Thank you everyone for popping by and I hope I've inspired you to check out the New Release at Hero Arts. The florals from this release certainly help in waiting for the spring to arrive! :) 

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