Hero Arts Winter Blog Hop
Hi everyone! Welcome to the Hero Arts Winter Blog Hop!
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Little known fact about me, I grew up in a log cabin that my Dad built. I loved the new Home for the Holidays set from Hero Arts the second I saw it. I also am a sucker for all things snowflakes, so I couldn’t wait to play with those too!
Card Details:
For this card, I ink blended on the bottom Distress Oxide in Faded Jeans and Seedless Preserves on the smooth side of a sheet of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I then Watercolored the sky with some Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
I stamped the log cabin in Vintage Photo Distress Oxide and with a wet brush I blended the lines out a bit. I stamped the trees in Evergreen Bough Oxide and filled in their trunks with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide. I added a touch of Prisma Glitter with a Quickie Glue pen to the details and snow on the house and trees.
I cut out the new Hero Arts Snowflake Edge Fancy Die with Lawn Fawn Prisma Sparkle Cardstock. I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black from Winter Time Fun.
Card Details:
For this card, I did the same thing with the log cabin and trees as the previous card. I stamped the little snowman with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide and blending it out with a wet brush. For the bottom 3rd of the card, I used a Stamp Positioner and Inked up the new Hero Arts Super & Spice Bold Background with Distress Oxide in Faded Jeans and Seedless Preserves. I gently misted it with the Distress Sprayer of water and stamped on the smooth side of Distress Watercolor Cardstock.
I stamped the sentiment from the new Bundled Up stamp set in Hero Arts Navy ink. I added some Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter with a Lawn Fawn Glue Tube. Gotta love that sparkle!
Card Details:
For this last card, I ink blended all over the smooth side of a Distress Watercolor Cardstock Panel with Distress Oxides in Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves, and Peacock Feathers. I then die cut out the new Snowflake & Ornaments Fancy Die. I cut a strip of vellum and embossed on it with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide and ultra fine clear embossing powder “warm winter” from the Wishes stamp & cut set.
I die cut the word “wishes” from cardstock 4 times and once with Lawn Fawn Pixie Sparkle Cardstock. I layered them with a Lawn Fawn glue tube to create a dimensional sentiment.
Tip: if you wrap the vellum around your card you can use your dot runner to adhere to the back of the card, and you don’t have to worry about adhesive showing through the vellum.
Supplies Used:
 Hero Arts, Home for the Holidays Shop at: SSS | HA |  Hero Arts, Snowflake Edge Fancy Die Shop at: SSS | HA |  Hero Arts, Snowflake & Ornaments Fancy Die Shop at: SSS | HA |  Hero Arts, Wishes Stamp & Cut Shop at: SSS | HA |  Hero Arts, Super & Spice Bold Prints Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts, Winter Time Fun Shop at: SSS |  Hero Arts, Bundle Up Shop at: SSS | HA |  Lawn Fawn, Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock Shop at: SSS |  Lawn Fawn, Vellum Shop at: SSS | |
 Original Misti Shop at: SSS | HA |  Hero Arts, Shadow Ink Pad NAVY Blue Mid-Tone Shop at: SSS | HA |  Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: SSS |  Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Ibt40965 Shop at: SSS |  Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Shop at: SSS |  Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter Shop at: SSS |  Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter Shop at: SSS | |
 Tim Holtz Sizzix SIDEKICK STARTER KIT Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |  Ranger Paintbrush Set Shop at: SSS |  Sakura Quickie Glue Pens Shop at: SSS | 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Shop at: SSS | |
 Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy Shop at: SSS |  3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 0.25 Inch Adhesive Glue Gun Shop at: SSS |  Fiskars Microtip Scissors Shop at: SSS |  Distress Oxide, Vintage Photo Shop at: SSS | |
 Distress Oxide, Faded Jeans Shop at: SSS |  Distress Oxide, Peacock Feathers Shop at: SSS |  Distress Oxide, Seedless Preserves Shop at: SSS |  Distress Oxide, Evergreen Bough Shop at: SSS | |
 Distress Oxide, Hickory Smoke Shop at: SSS |  Distress Oxide, Tumbled Glass Shop at: SSS |
Giveaway:
Next on the hop is: Janette Kausen
Full Hop List:
The Hero Arts Blog
Yana Smakula
Wanda Guess
Nichol Spohr
Michelle Short
Megan Hoeppner
May Sukyong Park
Lydia Fiedler
Libby Hickson
Laurie Willison
Kelly Latevola
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Jennifer McGuire
Jenn Shurkus
Janette Kausen
Ilina Crouse
Emily Midgett
Clare Prezzia
Amy Tsuruta
Amy Kolling
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Great cards, Jenn!
Beautiful cards. Love the new dies release. 🙂
Gorgeous colour palette on these lovely cards.
Great cards! I really like the new cabin & tree stamps from this release, and of course, the Snowflake window die is super!! Thanks for using them all on your cards!
Love your rustic cabin cards. The first house plans we had were for a “log cabin”. I am loving all of these new releases featuring Christmas and winter. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Delightful cards! Can’t wait to get some of the new dies and stamps! The snowflake dies are some of my favorites!
Great cards. The little cabin is so rustic and perfect.
Ok I love the snow both ways and the genius ways you used the snowflakes… under the main scene and in GREEN!!!! Way to go outside the box and it turned out SO WELL!!!
Your cards definitely look magically
I love the cabins… reminds me of Alaska where I live!
Awesome new HA release! Thanks for the inspiration and fun blog hop!
Very cute and homey winter scenes. Each card a master piece. I’m really enjoying this blog hop and checking out all the different takes on the new releases. Thanks for sharing!
So beautiful!
Thanks for all the cards showcasing the new release from Hero Arts.
Fantastic cards! Wonderful designs and so very festive!
Fabulous cards, I love the snow flake circle.
I never thought about flipping the snow border die that was. And scene at top. I love it!!
Beautiful cards! I think the last one was my favorite. I like the blended inks. Thank you for sharing!
Oh so beautiful! Especially like the “When snow falls…” card I’ve only been crafting a couple years and try to send cards every week to whoever I feel needs a pick-me-up. Thank you for the inspiration & chance to win!
Beautiful cards! I love the Home for the Holidays stamp set too. It just brings back so many childhood thoughts of the perfect Christmas.
Loving the blog hop… there’s soon many different ideas… your cards are fab. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards! These ornament dies are fabulous and thanks for the tip on wrapping the vellum around!
Ooh, gorgeous cards! Thank you for sharing, I love the colors!
Lovely cards! More to add to your Christmas Stash. You got me started on mine early as well. Great release from Hero Arts.. So many wonderful new sets!
The talent just keeps coming on this hop! Love the cards and all the sweet little details you took the time to do on your cards! So sweet!
You grew up in a log cabin–that’s super cool! And these cards are gorgeous!
Sweet trio of cards!
All gorgeous cards, but I especially love the last card–the background with the snowflakes are lovely!
Love the scenes with the cabins.
Great winter idea.
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love that new die you used in the third card. Your cards are always so festive and fun! Thanks for sharing your creative talent with us!
It is always amazing how people look at the same product differently. I looked at the bauble die and only saw a bauble, but without the outer die, it cuts the snowflake into the card and it is a whole different look!
All great cards but I really love the “warm winter Wishes” card, the colors are awesome and I love the way the “warm winter” turned out stamped/heat embossed. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the sparkle on these wintry scenes
Beautifully designed cards, great color choices!
Fantastic cards! I love that little snowman!
Your cards are all so pretty! Thanks for sharing them.
I loved the circle cutout the best! That is my favorite style! Simple..yet dramatic
Your cards are amazing. Thank you for sharing.
I love the Hero Arts Super & Spice Bold Background, its the perfect size design.
Such pretty creations. So much as for me to buy out the store.
I love all the detail and dimension in your cards! So pretty!
Thanks for sharing these festive cards!
Luving all three of your wonderful cards. Really put me in the mood for the season. Love your colour choices and the clean lines of your cards. Thanks for inspiring.
Wow! Wonderful cards!! I love the ink blending and all the shimmer! 🙂
Your nature creations sparkle wonderfully.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Great cards!! I love the little houses.
Cute cards! Thank you for sharing!
Great cards, love that Sparkle cardstock!
Great ideas. Thanks for sharing your inspiration.
Very lovely and festive cards!!
Love your cards. I am also a cabin girl, but especially a snow girl from Montana!
Great ideas. Love the cabin scenes.
Cute cards!
Wow! So many cards and such great inspiration! Like you, I LOVE snowflakes (until I have to drive in them after they’ve piled up@ Lol!) All of your cards are gorgeous, but I’m really drawn to the cozy little cabins with the snowflake border die. Stunning!!! Thanks for sharing–have a wonderful day!
So hard to choose a favorite, they are all wonderful, but I love the snowflake ornament die. Just gorgeous!
It’s a very nice set. I’m looking forward to seeing all the great ideas.
Wonderful Christmas cards!! You’re very creative!!
Sweet cards. Love all the sparkle. Nothing like a log cabin to make you feel warm and cozy and think of winter. Love the vellum tip.
These are all well done and you have done yourself and HA proud with them! Love the glitter accents on the cabin cards, and the warm wishes paired with the snowflakes is a delight, as is the ink blending. Thank you.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Great projects…..I am loving this new release….it’s going to hurt my wallet though….lol
And hey….I think I might have to try turning myself upside down, because I would never have thought to use that die that direction…..Great job…thank you so much for sharing…hugs
Fantastic release with so many wonderful products. My favourites are the dies, and you’ve used them beautifully.
Your cards are beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.
Log cabins kind of epitomize home, don’t they? I miss ours. . .although i don’t miss feet of snow and trundling out to get wood for the stove.
Your cards are lovely. Thank you
Your cards are lovely. They make me love the idea of winter but in reality, I don’t always.
Your scenery cards are so cute.
A great new release. Great coloring, tips, and designs. Thank you for the inspiration! Just lovely cards.
Very pretty cards!
Nice cards!
Every time you make a post I’m amazed at your creativity! Once again you’ve given us great cards!
Jenn, I like the creative way you’ve used these products on your cards…thanks for sharing your outside the box creative designs.
Wow your creations are amazing.
Just love these cards. I hope you come back to scrapbook Centrale soon.
Love the log cabin.
Love the log cabin stamp!
Gorgeous inspiration! Love your backgrounds!!
I just love the colors you used on your trio of cards. The glittery snow is my favorite element.
the snowflake ornament and snowflake border are two of my favorites from this release and love how you’ve used them on your cards, Jen!
Awesome cards! 🙂 Thanks for sharing them!
So many things I love about your cards. I love the way you placed the snowflake border “upside” down. I love the heat embossed warm wishes on vellum, I love the chunky glitter snow line, I love your blending, and I love log cabins. How awesome that you grew up in one.
I want to live in one of those cabins.
I love the blended winter skies and backgrounds that you made, and the cozy cottage stamped images.
Such darling cards!
Thanks for sharing your talent and beautiful work!
How cool that you actually lived in a log cabin! I really love your creativity!
So cute, no way to deny winter is on it’s way….Labor Day weekend & Back to School right around the corner!! I really like the “Nature Listens” card.
Great new Hero Arts release and I love the cards you created from these products. 🙂
Love the ink blending and the cabins are super cute.
Hello Jenn, love cards and I like how the ornament card looks like its glowing.
Great cards! My Dad wanted me to build a log cabin in the woods, sorry I didn’t. Anyway you do show off snowflakes well too. Thanks for sharing your cards and talents. Have a wonderful day.
not ready for winter yet, but the cards are beautiful.
all wonderful! Gotta say I have to have the ornament with snowflakes die set. It was the simplest thing you showed but I just love it — and all the sweet cabin cards too!
Beautiful stamp and cards
I love these awesome creations. Jen! The houses are absolutely wonderful!!
What fabulous cards Jenn! Love the touches of glitter and shine you added to them all!
Love, love, love the little houses. So cozy for a winter card, seasonal or otherwise. Great job. Thanks for sharing these.
Sweet cards! Love the glitter and the release!
Beautiful cards, love the color combinations.
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The chance to live in a log cabin is marvellous, apart from the spiders, marvellous. Great blended cards, I struggled with blending no matter how I try but is great to see your three amazing cards where it’s been used, with stamps & dies like these no wonder you are snowflake obssessed.
Really like your cards, especially the scene with the little snowman.
Jenn, your cards are stunning. This is a fantastic release and you have created some fantastic cards. TFS
Great cards.
Sweet cards Jenn
WOW! The backgrounds you created are amazing! I love the blues and purples!
Love the nature listens one, so cute
Awesome cards, this is a wonderful blog hop!
Beautiful cards, Jenn!!! I love the log cabins and how you watercolored them. I’m still on the Distress Oxides fence so I’ll have to use my Distress inks to replicate the look. I just didn’t want to commit to full size ink pads so that’s the main reason why I’m hesitant to pull the trigger on the Oxides, but you are making it so tempting…. LOL
I love how you blended out the colors on your last card – so AMAZING!!
I love, love, love these amazing cards! the colors are amazing, the ideas for each design and layout are super creative!
Wonderful cards – beautiful colors.
What a wonderful array of ideas for these cards!!!Beautiful wintry colors!!
Such a great release!
Your cards are lovely and those little cabins are so cute!
Great cards!
Great cards with some wonderful inspiration!
Great color combos on all of your cards
Beautiful cards. This is such an exciting release. I love the new dies.
Your cards are beautiful and very inspiring !
Great inspiration…thanks for sharing!!!
Great cards and thanks for the tip on attaching vellum😀
Too cute
Great cards, thanks for sharing!
Very creative cards! Love the snowflakes!
Love, love, love your cards. I’m a sucker for snowflakes, too. Probably because I live in Florida where we don’t get any! 🙂 Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Your glittery cards are charming!! Love how you used the Snowflake Edge Fancy Die!!
The first card is so neat! Love the look of the snowflakes falling in / on the lake.
Wonderful use of “sparkle”! Great job!
Beautiful cards. Frosty vellum always feels wintery!
Love the glitter touches on your cards–just enough for a glamours look!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Fabulous cards!
Love the colours of these cards. And those dies ara amazing!
lovely work – thanks for the ideas !!
Love this release! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great cards, love the colors.
Jenn, you always manage to do such cute things. I adore that bitty snow fella. Happy hopping with you today! XOXO
Those cabin stamps are so cozy and fun, great work!
Such beautiful cards. Love the colors and designs.
Thanks for sharing…
Great cards! Love the log cabin & house stamp set as well. We lived in a log cabin similar to this one, except we had a porch on the front & back with overhanging roof. My husband fell the trees, & did all the building.
Loving all the sparkle going on with your beautifully designed cards.
Love the cabin/snowman scene!
Fabulous cards…love all the different looks and techniques using these holidays stamps and beautiful detailed dies. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love your pretty winter scenes! That little snowman is the cutest!
Wonderful cards, all. I love the new release too.
Thank you for sharing your cards!
Love the blue/purple color mood on your card samples.
Warm Winter Wishes card is screaming my name… This is my 1st time visiting.. Thank you for showcasing your creativity.
Gorgeous cards!!
Thanks for showing creative ways to use the new Hero Arts products!
I too have a thing for snowflakes and houses. Love the cards.
Love the little cabin and winter scene. Love the small designs background stamps too. Very versatile all year long!
These inks will be so nice to use for Christmas projects and cards.
Each card is simply lovely and unique.
Great dimension on your cards – just wonderful!
Your cards are great; I especially love the two with the log cabins- so warm and inviting!
Your cards are swoon-worthy! Love them all!
cute cards. thanks as always for sharing.
These are fabulous and great inspiration for the Christmas cards I need to start.
Thanks for sharing.
Tracey.x
AWESOME creations! I especially love the blue winter wishes card!
What fun cards! Great designs! love how you used the dies.
Great Cards! I love anything with snowflakes too. Thank you for sharing.
Great cards! I love the colors and the ink blends
I need a little log cabin stamp. That one is perfect. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love these!! And love the special meaning, how interesting that you grew up in a log cabin!! xo
These are wonderful…LOVE the colors!