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Monday, April 4, 2022

VIDEO: In a Yellow Mood + Giveaway

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Happy Monday! I have some bright and happy cards for you today with a spring garden feel. I repotted some plants this weekend, and I think in one I figured out how an entire bag of soil disappeared in a year. ANTS. I was shocked that it took a full bag of soil to get the plants back up to the top! Crazy. 

The theme for this month's Hero Arts kit covers springy themes, with moms & dads' days products as well. 

My video below will show you how I made this card with the main kit and a sticky mat trick - so I won't spend too much time on it, but ALL the color except the bees comes from the amazing shading stencil that matches the cling stamp in the kit. The die and sentiment are also from the kit. I used the colors in this cube stack for the ink blending. I colored the bees with a yellow Graphit marker (coupon in footer) and added sparkle lacquer to their wings. I used some glitter paper to finish it off and match the wings.

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Here's what the full kit looks like - the dies match the background cling:

So carrying on with my yellow mood, I stamped the other cling stamp - an add-on - in Soft Granite Ink. Then I used the same yellow Graphit marker I used on the bees to color in an offset printing style - one of my fave coloring styles. Then used the layering Happy Father's Day die to cut that panel. I cut it again with grey cardstock, and I pieced the outline and the words back into the opening. Simple & quick! No need for brown dad cards!


I went a little more colorful with the new Mother's Day Die!  The background is a brayer cleaning sheet from an upcoming Gel Press video! It's with Golden Open paints, which make for such vibrant prints. The die makes it easy to use fun backgrounds from my stash - my fave way to use dies like this is with my vast inventory of prints!


The cool thing about shading stencils like the one that matches the kit cling, is you can use them with or without the cling. Without the cling, they have a softer, no-line look. I used the kit ink colors to shade, and then I did sort of a faux eclipse with the hello die. Instead of cutting the background and then stacking, I just cut it from white before stacking - it makes it pop a little bit more. I used dark grey cardstock under two layers of white to get that little outline you see, and added a few sequins. 


There are some fun, mod, crisp designs in the add-ons too. I used this stamp set and dies, and modified one of the mandalas with a Copic Multiliner to give it a totally different feel. There are a million ways to color this, whether you use black & white or color. The sentiment is from this set


I MAY have saved the best for last. This adorable set with animals and their babies is so sweet. I created a Northern lights background with masking tape and pink neon, yellow neon and Summer Sky ink cubes, and then stamped and die cut my bear, and drew him a shadow with my markers. I perched the sentiments from this set onto the edge of my masked background.




I didn't use all the add-ons, so you can see those here:

Here's my video for the kit card - come back for a giveaway!



Here are all the supplies I used today.
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Flowers & Swirls
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DF031 Friend Words Fancy Dies (D) |...
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M&F Animals
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Floral Mandala
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Mother's Day
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Father's Day
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Mother's Day Vase
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Sticky Mats Original Size 3 pack
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Circle Infinity Dies (H)
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AF218 Pink Neon Ink Pad - Hero Arts
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AF220 Yellow Neon Ink Pad - Hero Arts
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Hero Arts Hybrid Ink - Summer Sky
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AF226 Soft Granite Shadow Ink - Hero...
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AF376 Morning Glory Dye Cubes | Hero...
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NK351 Sparkle Clear Lacquer Pen |...
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Copic Multiliner SP Pen - Set of 10 |...
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PS777 Glitter Paper Basics | Hero Arts
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41 comments:

  1. Wow!! These cards are stunning!! You really showcased how versatile the kit is in how it can be used to create such different looks!! I really love the monochromatic look with the yellow!- Dawne Wilcox

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  2. LOVE your cards - your color combos are delicious - really love the grey/yellow father's day card

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  3. Love the card using just the stencils! I had been wondering what that would look like!

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  4. These are all amazing! I LOVE the yellow floral one at the top the most!

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  5. Stunning! What else is there to say lol.

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  6. Wow, the all yellow card is so pretty. And the yellow and grey look amazing together. I love this new color combo...

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  7. Great cards! Thanks for the video! Great tip on using the sticky mats with stencils! The sticky mats are on my wishlist. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. All of your cards were great, my favorite was the mother's day, but the bear with the northern lights is a close second.

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  9. I love your yellow card! And the wings on the bees are so pretty! Your card is the perfect pick-me-up after a crazy day😘

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  10. I love your yellow flowers & rainbow backgrounds, especially the rainbow shadow on the bears! Maryann Ferry

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  11. Amazing cards. That yellow is bright but makes a wonderful card.

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  12. Beautiful job on all of your cards. My fave ones are the yellow. Beautiful job... tyfs :)

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  13. The possibilities are endless with such a great kit!

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  14. I love your yellow roses and bee card! The layering stencil is awesome.

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  15. Such gorgeous cards! Love the colors.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  16. Stunning cards Lydia. I'm loving the yellow! Not always my first choice but always love the results!! I'm intrigued with the masking tape background. I'd love to see how it works. Thanks so much for the great inspiration. Take care! :)

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  17. That last card is so beautiful! I can't wait to try out your technique for northern lights. And that shadow.. brilliant

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  18. I'm a fan of yellow Roses (of course Texas) so your creation is so wonderful.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  19. All your cards are so pretty! Loved the yellow detail flowers! Loved the northern lights card!

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  20. Such a bright and cheery color palette. Very pretty.

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  21. So many beautiful creations, each one lovelier than the last! I do love those bright yellow ones--so happy!

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  22. Your cards are beautiful! I'm from Texas, too, and I love yellow flowers! Your yellow and grey Father's Day card is super cool!

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  23. The bear card is sweet and would be my
    favorite. Love the rainbow of colors
    behind them. Next would be the
    colorful Mother's Day card. thanks
    for sharing txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  24. Beautiful cards! I love that you didn't use the same colours as everyone else and went for bright, sunny yellow instead. My favourite is your last card with the northern lights. That background and the "matching" shadows are really eye catching. This may sound like a stupid question, but I'm from South Africa and the closest I've come to seeing then northern lights is to put seeing them on my bucket list. Are the shadows really colourful, or is it the product of creative license?

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  25. Bright and cheery card, love Texas roses.

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  26. Nice project shares for the kit. I like the sky for the bears.

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  27. It's a lovely set to play with

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  28. Your cards are all beautiful. Thanks for the great video with the tips for using the Sticky Mat. Thanks for showing that you can use the layered stencils without the background die for a lovely card.

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  29. Great choice of colors on all of these cards.

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  30. awesome cards, so pretty! i now need a sticky mat for sure, thanks for the video tutorial :)

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  31. Gorgeous cards--love the Mom's day with the "cleaning sheet" background, just gorgeous!

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  32. Such fun cards, I love the bright colours!

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  33. Such happy, bright & sunshine-y cards!

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  34. Gorgeous cards! I love yellow. :-)

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  35. "AMAZING" KIT, BEAUTIFUL CARDS!

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  36. Love seeing this in such a different color scheme from the others I've seen so far.

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  37. Love all of your cards! Yellow was definitely a good choice.

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