Showing posts with label #dog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #dog. Show all posts

Monday, March 2, 2020

Hero Arts March My Monthly Hero and a Giveaway!

Hey everybody! It's the first Monday of the month and that means it is time for a new My Monthly Hero Kit release from Hero Arts! I also want to make sure you know that there is a generous giveaway from Hero Arts and the details will be at the bottom of my post.

I decided to go for a bit more of a mixed media look with this kit. I ink blended the background using My Hero Hues Reactive inks. Then I sprayed the background with my shimmer mist and spattered it with my White Glimmer Metallic Ink.
#art, #cardbomb, #cards, #color, #copicmarkers, #copics, #dog, #happybirthday, #heroarts, #ink, #mariawillis, #mymonthyhero, #paper, #papercraft, #stamp, #tonicstudios, #tonicstudiosusa, #nuvo, #mixedmedia, #tree,
I wanted to add some gold gilding flakes so I stamped my tree trunk using a liquid glue. Once that dried to the right tackiness I covered it with gilding flakes and used a dry paint brush to remove the excess. I also painted some extra adhesive onto the background and adding gilding flakes to that too.
#art, #cardbomb, #cards, #color, #copicmarkers, #copics, #dog, #happybirthday, #heroarts, #ink, #mariawillis, #mymonthyhero, #paper, #papercraft, #stamp, #tonicstudios, #tonicstudiosusa, #nuvo, #mixedmedia, #tree,

I wanted the tree to really sparkle and have dimension so after stamping it I added gilding flakes and then a ton of glittering leaves (dragons scales from a past MMH kit). It really catches the light in real life. Oh! I almost forgot to tell you about the sentiment. I used a sentiment from the kit but I did a little bit of stamp surgery on it. Originally it said, "live life in full bloom." I cut the "bloom" off to get the sentiment that I used. 
#art, #cardbomb, #cards, #color, #copicmarkers, #copics, #dog, #happybirthday, #heroarts, #ink, #mariawillis, #mymonthyhero, #paper, #papercraft, #stamp, #tonicstudios, #tonicstudiosusa, #nuvo, #mixedmedia, #tree,


For my second card I wanted to do something a little bit different. I used the swirl stamp to create a background. The super cool thing about this stamp is that if you stamp it once then give it a 180 degree flip... the stamp will exactly together with the first stamped image. I used this method to stamp from left to right across the page. If making the stamp fit perfectly together as described weren't enough, it also fits together from top to bottom making it incredibly easy to put many rows of this image on top of each other to create a cool background. This is what I did using rainbow colors.
#art, #cardbomb, #cards, #color, #copicmarkers, #copics, #dog, #happybirthday, #heroarts, #ink, #mariawillis, #mymonthyhero, #paper, #papercraft, #stamp, #tonicstudios, #tonicstudiosusa, #nuvo, #mixedmedia, #tree,

I used the Wood Frame Infinity Dies to cut a black frame and popped it up on the background. I cut the tree trunk from silver foil. The tree leaves are cut from vellum, heat embossed in Black Sparkle embossing powder and colored from behind with pink copic markers. The final touch was to add sequins followed by Nuvo Dream Drops.
#art, #cardbomb, #cards, #color, #copicmarkers, #copics, #dog, #happybirthday, #heroarts, #ink, #mariawillis, #mymonthyhero, #paper, #papercraft, #stamp, #tonicstudios, #tonicstudiosusa, #nuvo, #mixedmedia, #tree,


Ok, guys, that is it from me for today. Thanks so much for stopping by! Before you go please remember that Hero Arts is generously gifting a $50 gift certificate to one lucky winner. To enter yourself just leave me a comment below (by March 8 at 11:59 pm and you will be automatically entered. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. 

The last thing that I want to make sure you know is that due to production delays, kits will begin shipping on March 16th this month.

Have an amazing day you guys! Bye for now.
Maria




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Monday, February 3, 2020

Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Release and a Giveaway!

Hi everybody! I hope you're Monday is off to a great start but if you're having a little case of the Mondays I'm hoping this blog hop will turn things right around for you. Today is release day for the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit and in addition to a blog hop with tons of inspiration we've also got a giveaway for you (details at the bottom of my post)!

This month's kit is all about birthdays and I decided to make a few cards using some of the add-ons from the kit. This adorable dog and funny sentiment are from the Birthday Paw-ty set. There are multiple adorable dogs and many more great sentiments.
#cardbomb, #mariawillis, #heroarts, #mymonthyhero, #cards, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #papercraft, #color, #dog, #happybirthday, #art, #copics, #copicmarkers,
I'm having a bit of a birthday card shortage over here so I decided to stamp the dog and sentiment multiple times and change some details of the cards so that they'd all look different. I colored all of the dogs with my copic markers (E23, E25, E27, E29). 
#cardbomb, #mariawillis, #heroarts, #mymonthyhero, #cards, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #papercraft, #color, #dog, #happybirthday, #art, #copics, #copicmarkers,
I masked off the dogs and bottoms of my cards with masking tape and then I ink blended the backgrounds using Hero Arts reactive inks in Taffy, Lemon Drop, and Splash.
#cardbomb, #mariawillis, #heroarts, #mymonthyhero, #cards, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #papercraft, #color, #dog, #happybirthday, #art, #copics, #copicmarkers,
Then I used the Banner Letterset Fancy Dies to create customized sentiment banners for each of my cards. These banners are so cool! I left all of the letters attached and cut out the whole alphabet at once. It was so convenient and quick to do. I added sequins from the kit to add a little razzle dazzle and called it good for these cards.
#cardbomb, #mariawillis, #heroarts, #mymonthyhero, #cards, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #papercraft, #color, #dog, #happybirthday, #art, #copics, #copicmarkers,


For my next card I used an awesome die called the Happy Birthday Cake Fancy Die. I love this die! It was the first thing I had to use out of the whole stash and I love how quickly I was able to make a shaker card with it. I ink blended the inside panel in Splash reactive ink. Then I ink blended the front panel in Lemon Drop, Creamsicle and Fruit Punch. I used Hero Arts Shimmer Spray to add a bunch of sparkle and shine to this piece.
#cardbomb, #mariawillis, #heroarts, #mymonthyhero, #cards, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #papercraft, #color, #dog, #happybirthday, #art, #copics, #copicmarkers,

Next, I cut the die out of the front panel and I love how the leaves the Happy Birthday sentiment perfectly framed in the middle of the cake. Also, check out those candles! They are so much fun! I covered that opening with acetate, added a layer of foam adhesive, stuffed the card with sequin guts and sealed it all up. I decorated the front of the card with a combination of sequins from this kit, older sequins and enamel dots. I wish you could see how much this card sparkles in person because it's really fun.
#cardbomb, #mariawillis, #heroarts, #mymonthyhero, #cards, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #papercraft, #color, #dog, #happybirthday, #art, #copics, #copicmarkers,


Ok you guys, that's all I've got for you today except for telling you about the generous giveaway from Hero Arts! 

GIVEAWAY!
Hero Arts is giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky winner! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment right here on my blog by Sunday, February 9th at 11:59pm pacific and the winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Let me know if you have any questions and if not, I hope you'll continue on with the rest of the blog hop. The fabulous Michelle Short is up and her projects are always fantastic!

Bye for now and have an amazing day!
Maria Willis


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Saturday, January 5, 2019

Goodbye Sweet Pup-You're My Lucky Star!

Hey Guys! I'm back today with something a little bit different from the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero December kit. This kit is full of magic with gorgeous fairies, an adorable mouse and tons of amazing add-ons. This card is made with one of the add-on sets called Lucky Star. When I saw this dog I immediately thought of some friends who recently lost their sweet dog. They are devastated and I wanted to send them a hug in the mail (in my world cards equal hugs). 

I started by blending the background with Distress Oxide inks. Then I inked up another MMH kit add-on. It's called, Star Light Star Bright, and is a background stamp. It inks up the whole background so I used Versamark ink and then hit it with some clear embossing powder and some heat. This resulted in the whole heart being glossy except for the moon and stars. I used a yellow Distress Oxide ink to sponge in the moon and stars and then used a paper towel to wipe the excess ink from the embossed areas. I added some Clear Wink of Stella to make the cosmos glitter and then I cut the heart out using some dies and my Big Shot. 
#mariawillis, #cardbomb, #card, #handmadecards, #heroarts, #dog, #stars, #copicmarkers, #copics, #timholtz, #distressoxideinks, #stamp, #heart, #condolencecard, #freshlymadesketches

I stamped this sweet, star gazing pup in Memento Ink and colored him in with my Copic Markers. There's a die set that matches this stamp set so cutting out the dog was easy.
#mariawillis, #cardbomb, #card, #handmadecards, #heroarts, #dog, #stars, #copicmarkers, #copics, #timholtz, #distressoxideinks, #stamp, #heart, #condolencecard, #freshlymadesketches

Next, I heat embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock. I added the dog to the sentiment using foam adhesive and then the sentiment to the heart (again with the foam adhesive). I added a couple of star and clear dot embellishments to give my galaxy some dimensions. The background of the card is stamped with one of the smaller stamps (a trio of stars) from the same stamp set. 
#mariawillis, #cardbomb, #card, #handmadecards, #heroarts, #dog, #stars, #copicmarkers, #copics, #timholtz, #distressoxideinks, #stamp, #heart, #condolencecard, #freshlymadesketches

That's it for today you all! Thanks for stopping by for a visit. I'm entering this card in the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge this week. If you'd like to check out their awesome challenge this week you can click here. This is what their sketch is-if it inspires you then you should play along too!



Have an amazing day! See you guys soon!
Maria




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