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.
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Lisa Spangler <<< you are here :)
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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 :)
Just love these sets and your cards.
beautiful cards! absolutely loving the stamps and the dies.
I always like cards with holes in them, so your card is fab according to me.
love those windows!
Love the snowflake and tree windows, great effect for these new images!
Oh I love those Christmas trees! Awesome! I am so in love with this whole trend of stamps with matching dies!
Love that you are so industrious that you gave us a choice of three fabulous cards! Very clever to have used the dies to have cut-out spaces that draws our eyes to the inside!
I love the depth that using the die cuts give to the cards. Beautiful idea.
thanks for sharing some wonderful cards.
Love the negative space on these cards. I will have to try this!
Beautiful cards!
Fancy, fancy die cutting Lisa! Terrific holiday card ideas with the new Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts!
Both cards are wonderful! I especially like the trees and how some are left cut out and then the others are in the forefront. Great job!
such cheerful cards.
Fun cards, love stampswith coordinating diecuts.
I am in love with your cards!! They are absolutely beautiful!!
I thought I liked the snowflakes better until I took a closer look at the Christmas tree card! I really like them both- great job!
Fantastic cards! I especially like the die cut Christmas trees. It’s so nice to have dies that coordinate with stamps!
Had just purchased the tree and die will certainly have to try this layering technique.
What a clever idea!! I love this card. Must pin.
It’s hard to believe it’s already time to start working on Christmas cards. Thanks for the inspiration.