SCADS of Holiday Cards + Giveaway

*Compensated affiliate links used where possible at zero cost to you. No posts are ever sponsored or paid.*

Hi friends! I have SO many cards for you today because the new Hero Arts catalog is out! I made these in June for the catalog and have been dying to show you these! I won't go into a TON of detail on each card because I will have videos coming up on several of these, as well as lives, but I do want to give you a tour of my favorite things. I've also put these into a quick video. FIRSTLY - let's talk about critters! This critter bundle with adorable little animals is so sweet. On this first card, I paired the little fox with the beautiful new birch stencil.

Like this post? Never miss a post by following me!

I'm pretty sure you knew I was going to have to watercolor these too! I did a fun background technique on this one that I'll show on a live - but how cute are these guys??

I would have REVOLTED if there wasn't some adorable Halloween stuff, and they came through! These super cute peg dolls were so much fun I had a hard time shifting gears to Christmas! I used the new brick stencil in the background and colored the vampire with OLO Markers. (Discount below).

I made a little grouping of the dolls here, and then masked and ink blended around them, creating a spooky green miasma! Muahahahah!

They don't have to be spooky though - look how sweet this one is for fall cards! I added the new grateful die, and did a little faux tearing with the zig zag bold print!

It's my birthday today, and Hero Arts gave me a big present in the Little Buddy set, which was inspired by my very own Clarence!! Since I always call him my little buddy, they named this ADORABLE stamp set after him! I colored him with pencil and I love him so much! 

You can use the Little Buddy with the branch in his stamp set, OR on this gorgeous larger branch die. I have a video coming up on watercoloring this branch next week on the Hero Arts blog so stay tuned for that! The sentiment is from this set of dies.

I LOVE this ultra modern graphic background stamp. I'll show you how I made this card on the next Crafty Hour on the Hero Arts page - it's very easy and fun. This beautiful modern stamp set has a die AND a foiling die!

This GORGEOUS little finch set cried out for colored pencil! I had so much fun doing this. The sentiment is like the Merry Christmas one - it has a die and a foiling die!

You don't even need a calendar when I'm around, because it's officially fall when I make blue pumpkins! This stamp set has a shading stencil, which is what I used here.

There's also a bold, graphic holly berry die. To make this card, I stamped the sentiment on cardstock, and then die cut through it. On the die cut piece, I used OLO Markers and then pieced it back in. So fun & easy - it's like a flat eclipse :).

CURRENT COUPON CODES
20% off anything at Glassboard Studio  - UNDERSTANDBLUE.

10% off anything at OLO MARKER
15% off anything at Marker Universe or any of their other sites - Understandblue15.
10% off at Sweet Sentiment with code UNDERSTANDBLUE
10% off the whole store at A Colorful Life Designs - LydiaFan10
5% off at LBC here with code LYDIA5
Arkon Mounts - 20% off sitewide with code UNDERSTANDBLUE

Want to play with these goodies in a fun online class? Well, you can register for our November event starting today! I hope you'll join us! I will be using the critters & the birch stencil in my class. You are able to purchase class bundles too.

Here's a quick video of my cards with a card or two not shown above. 

Here are all the products I used today.

Winter Critters [ HA ] Birch Trees [ HA ] Brick Wall [ HA ] Halloween Peg Dolls [ HA ] Grateful Words [ HA ] Zig Zag Pattern [ HA ] Little Buddy [ HA ] Acorn Branch [ HA ] Festive Graphic [ HA ] Merry Christmas [ HA ] Finch Greetings [ HA ] Season's Greetings [ HA ] Pumpkin Bunch [ HA ] Color Layering Pumpkin Bunch [ HA ] Holly Berries [ HA ] Stained Glass Angel [ HA ] Holiday 2022 [ HA ] Holbein Artists' Colored Pencils -... [ BLIC ] Hero Arts Blog [ HA ] Holiday Stamp-along [ HA ]

Now we are giving away THREE $50 gift cards in our hop today! Just leave me a comment telling me your very favorite from today! Enter by next Wednesday and they will announce the winner here the following week!

Hero Arts
Channin Pelletier
Daniel West
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Kelly Taylor
Libby Hickson
 💙👉Lydia Fiedler👈💙
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Pocono Pam
Seeka

Special Guests: 

Alberto Gava
Laura Bassen
Nichol Spohr

Enjoy looking through all the new stuff - I sure have!

Loveyameanitbye.