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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

SCADS of Holiday Cards + Giveaway

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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.


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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 :).

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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
 ðŸ’™ðŸ‘‰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.












50 comments:

  1. Happy birthday, Lydia! Miss you bunches! My favorite card is the very first one - love that little fox all curled up and my (close) second favorite is the blue pumpkins - who doesn't love a blue pumpkin?!

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  2. All of your critters are so cute. I love how you colored the squirrel. I really love the animals...

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  3. Ohhhh such fabulous designs!!! Of course too dang adorable!! Annnnd Holly and I are already signed up for the event and ordered the bundle!! We can't wait!!!!

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  4. I love the fall cards! Great Halloween ones~!

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  5. Wow, Lydia! Each card card was better than the one before! I loved them all. Thank you for sharing.

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  6. Wonderful variety. Like the critters. My younger dog not so much on real critters because she chases them out of the yard.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  7. Happy Birthday! And what a perfect present! And your card is the demo on the HA site! :D Great pencil work! That acorn branch die needs to live with me....great run of cards! Margot

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  8. Holy smokes, Lydia!! You spoiled us rotten!! So many superb cards. The wildlife ones are my faves - especially CLARENCE!!! Wow, is that cool!! Love the acorn branch, too!
    TFS and way to go to the entire HA team!! What a release!
    Lori S in PA

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  9. Beautiful work. That last one with "Merry Christmas" is my favorite.

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  10. Your cards are all so adorable.... I love the Halloween peg dolls and your squirrel is sooooooo cute....:) tyfs :)

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  11. I love your watercolored cards. The fox and bunny card and the acorn branch card are beautiful.

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  12. Wow!! I love them all but that graphic holly berry die is my favorite. Love the bold colors and design

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  13. Beautiful cards! My absolute, hands down favorite is the abstract green Merry Christmas card! I'm swooning over that one 💕

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  14. OMG, Lydia, you were very busy doing all those cards. I loved the first two cards with the soft water color blue backgrounds. They showed off the beauty of the animals. And, yes, I'm so happy HA included some halloween stamps and even named the vampire peg doll after Clarence. I hope you had a grweat birthday; that was a beautiful gift.

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  15. Incredible! I love your colouring for the cute winter critters!

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  16. So many FABULOUS creations here, you've done some awesome work with all the inky backgrounds and showcasing all these beautiful stamps, but my most favorite of all is little Buddy. OMG I fell in love with him when I first saw him on the Hero Arts blog. And you've colored him so beautifully too! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  17. Love all your cards, especially the one featuring your little buddy. Clarence.

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  18. love the acorn branch, not something you see often and it is such so pretty!!

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  19. You have been very busy. When you have
    fun stamp sets to work with, it's easy to get
    carried away. Love them all. thanks for
    sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  20. Great cards! The little fox is my favorite! But they are all fantastic...

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  21. Fabulous assortment of cards! I love the fall and holiday designs in this release! I especially love the fox and the bunny, and the acorns are so pretty! Beautiful coloring!

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  22. Can I just say I LOVE the blue pumpkins! (Clarence is pretty cute too!)

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  23. Such beautiful cards and each is so different from the next. And a Happy Birthday to you. (My Mom celebrated 100 years on August 21st) Thank you for all of the inspiration. I look forward to the Stamp-Along in November.

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  24. Love the little goblins. The Seasons Greetings
    with the bird is beautiful. Great cards. thanks
    for sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  25. Great cards! I love the brick wall background!

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  26. Great cards and I was wondering if someone was going to feature some Halloween! TFS!

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  27. Love that large holly berry die and your flat eclipse technique!!

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  28. .Such gorgeous cards! Love the critters, especially the squirrel.
    Thanks so much for sharing.

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  29. Love the adorable animal cards!
    Great idea doing the Pumpkins in Blue, fun to see non-traditional colors.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  30. OMG! I love the fox and bunny, the grateful pumpkins and the holly!

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  31. Hope you had an awesome birthday Lydia, woot woot!! All of your cards are amazing but the one with the fox and bunny snuggling up to eachother has my heart.

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  32. What a fabulous collection of cards!! My favorite is the one with the fox and little bunny; so sweet!!

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  33. I love your style! Your cards are fantastic!

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  34. WOW! You covered so many Holidays beautifully! Love them all!

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  35. Fantastic cards! I love the pretty scene on the first card... the colors bleeding into each other... I really like Fall images! Thank you for the inspirations!

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  36. Beautiful cards!! That birch stencil one is amazing! I ordered and now wish I got that one 🤦‍♀️

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  37. I adore birch trees so that stencil is right up my alley!

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  38. Wow - so many great cards! I especially love the watercolor fox and bunny - just adorable.

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  39. I think that the Halloween Peg Doll Vampire is soooo cute! Great cards!

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  40. You went to town. My favorite is the blue pumpkin card. Those are really pretty.

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  41. Fabulous cards. Love the fox and squirrel.

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  42. The fox and the rabbit are just adorable on your holiday card- definitely my favorite.

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  43. Wonderful cards, Lydia! I love those sweet little animals. So special the way you've coloured them.

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  44. Wow so many cards and I like that you highlighted the critters!

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