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Good afternoon! I don’t know about you but I am officially ready for winter! And the 2020 Winter Catalog is now available at Hero Arts and we’re hopping along to celebrate!! Today I’m sharing a two cards using the whimsical Wagon and Accessories Fancy Die and the fun Tri-Fold Edge Village Fancy Die!
My favorite parts of autumn generally center around pumpkins, apple-picking, and cooler weather so I thought I’d focus on this new die set today! 🙂 I love that the Wagon and Accessories Fancy Die has pumpkins and present boxes so you can easily create fall or winter scenes! And I know that there are other Hero sets that can be paired with this die to create spring and summer scenes or scenes for different holidays! 🙂 So to start I blended my background onto watercolor paper using Grape Juice, Raspberry Jam, Just Rust, and Butter Bar ink. I used watercolor paper instead of my normal strathmore bristol smooth to get a little bit of texture in the sky to match some of the textures I was creating with the rest of the scene! Next I stamped the older Abstract Fields bold prints stamp onto a scrap of Sand and Chestnut cardstock using Soft Vanilla and Cup o’ Joe ink. I tore the edges of the cardstock to create a rough edge and adhered them over the blended sky. I also stamped the sentiment from Stocking Bouquet onto the sky with Intense-ified Black ink.
Next I die-cut the wagon and parts and lots of pumpkins. I colored them with copic markers and then adhered the wagon together with a mix of regular adhesive and foam mounting tape. Then I used foam mounting tape to add the wagon and pumpkins to the scene with a little dimension!
Then I went wintery with my second card!
I started by blending a soft background of Pale Tomato, Cornflower, and Passion Flower ink and sprayed it with shimmer spray. Then I set it aside to work on the rest of the card.
I die-cut each layer of the Trifold Edge Village Fancy Die onto white cardstock in varying heights. I adhered them together with foam mounting tape for a little dimension. Next I stamped the sentiment from Comfort and Joy Messages with Passion Flower ink and restamped it with Embossing and Watermark ink using my MISTI. Then I heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder to add a little shine. Finally I adhered the dies to my blended background and added chunky glitter to the trees for a little extra sparkle!
And that’s it for me! Head over and check out the winter release and then make sure to hop along for lots of inspiration!!
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Your skies are outstanding! I LOVE the fall scene! BEAUTIFUL!
Amazing cards. Love the colors you chose. The pumpkins look so crisp and your winter scene looks so soft and serene.
Beautiful cards! Love that little wagon that can be so versatile!
Love the winter trifold card. You do beautiful work, thanks!
Beautiful cards!
Such beautiful cards.
Beautiful!
OMG! Your Copic shading of the pumpkins and wagon are on another level! Just wow!
What a lovely card, and the gorgeous new products are amazing
I envy your ink blended backgrounds. The harvest/fall card is just beautiful, not to mention the Christmas one. Thanks.
Ready for cooler temps which happens in Autumn & Winter. Like coloring on pumpkins. Like the white bldg scene.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Jessica, I love the village! your card is great — and so are the colors you chose! And the wagon is perfect, I love autumn and pumpkin too, not sure if we’ll be able to go to pumpkin patches this year — but maybe!
Stunning cards!
Lovely cards, beautiful blending. I’m so ready for cooler weather!
Lovely backgrounds. Your blending is a nice combination of colors
Cute Pumpkin Card. Also love the cityscape cuts
Loving your blending colors. Like glitter but haven’t used chunky glitter. That will have to change.
What a beautiful, simple card using soft pastel colors. I just love how you used the dies on a simple ink blended background. Love the mix of colors.
Beautiful cards! Love this release.
Gorgeous cards!
Love the fall scene, makes me feel cooler (temperature) just looking at it! Winter card is lovely too!
Beautiful cards!!
That wagon and accessories die is sure on my wish list! Lovely card you have made with it!