Hey hello, and welcome to my stop on the Hero Arts Handmade for Christmas blog hop. Here’s the list of the amazing artists who are hopping today — I’m so happy and honored to be among them.
Hero Arts
Lisa Spangler <<< you are here :)
Hero Arts
Lisa Spangler
Kelly Rasmussen
Donna Mikasa
Tami Hartley
Cheiron Brandon
Jennifer McGuire
Mariana Grigsby
Lucy Abrams
Libby Hickson
Yana Smakula
Wida Miller
Now that the bookkeeping is out of the way, on with my cards!
Stamp & Cuts
Today I have two cards to share with you! Both of the cards are made with stamps and matching dies from the Stamp & Cuts collection.
The dies and stamps come packaged together and there are so many great designs to chose from! Here you can see the ones that I used:
Now, how about a closer look at the cards? :)
Let It Snow
The snowflake card uses the Let It Snow Stamp & Cuts set. I started off by stamping a blizzard of snowflakes with tide pool ink on a pool notecard.
Then I cut two windows out of the front, stamped two more snowflakes, cut them out, and adhered them behind the windows. I added one more snowflake to the front and that was that!
Merry Trees
I also used a pool notecard for the tree card, only this time I reverse folded it so that the pool part was on the inside.
Next I die cut some trees out of the front of the card, then stamped more trees, cut them out, and layered them over top.
So cool, right?
Giveaway
Hero Arts will be giving away one GRAND PRIZE that includes an assortment of stamps, inks, stencils and dies valued at over $75. Two $10 Hero Arts Online Store gift cards will also be awarded. The three prize winners will be randomly selected from all comments received on the participating designers’ blogs, so the more comments they leave along the hop, the better their odds of winning. The giveaways will close at 11:59pm PST on Thursday, Oct 2, with the winners announced on the Hero Arts blog on Friday, Oct 3.
Keep on Hopping
Your next stop on the hop is Kelly’s blog — I can’t wait to see what she’s made!
Thanks so much for joining me today. xo
Supplies
I’ve linked ya up to the Hero Arts Shop and Simon Says Stamp below! You can also find Stamp & Cuts at local stamp stores + JoAnn Fabrics. Just sayin :)
Love the cards and the dies you used with the stamps. Nicely done.
The trees are my favorite
Love these cards, especially the tree card!
the let it snow is my fave!
Cute cards … I especially like this technique of cutting out a shape on the front of the card. Also liked the non-traditional colors! Thanks for sharing these ideas.
I love these cards! Thank you for sharing and the opportunity to win :-)
Love the Stamp and Cuts, they are great!
Lovely cards. Good job!
These are so cute and cheerful. Love the colors
The repeated shapes work really well., .both stamps and windows echoing each other… nice
I just love those cards. I’ve never worked with die cuts before and am looking forward to trying them out.
Love the cards! Looks super easy with the stamp & cuts! Thanks for sharing!~kim
Love the die cuts being offset from the cut-out spaces! Also love the combo of the aqua with the green and red for holiday cards!
Great idea for die cuts and stamps! Thanks for all the great ideas!
love your cards especially snowflakes i miss winter!
Very creative use of the pool note card. The cut outs are the perfect background to the stamped trees. …and you can never go wrong with pool!
Great cards. Love the cut outs!
Absolutely gorgeous cards.
I love your festive Christmas cards. My favorite is those awesome trees in all their beautiful designs!
Lisa, these cards are gorgeous. I love how you used the dies.