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 :)
your photography takes my breath away!! I love what you did! the chalk effect is fantastic!
These are fabulous! Love the dies!
So beautiful, Lisa! The colors and design are terrific!
Amazing cards, I love them both! I love the background and the colors of the first one and the positioning of the die cuts of the second one. Really gorgeous! Thank you for the inspiration!
Great cards to showcase the stamp and cut products. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love these cards. Seems they could be mass produced fairly easily.
Ooooohhhh….I absolutely love the one with the trees!!! So very cool!!! So pretty!
I love your cards and the dies are awesome so that they can mixed together. Thanks for sharing.
I love stamps & matching dies!
LOVE the tree card….that might have to be my card this year :-)
The stamp and cuts are my new favorite! You have so many endless possibilities! Your cards are beautiful. I love the way you incorporated the stamps into the background!
Beautiful card! Love both of them! Also enjoy the idea of fliping the card base! Just genius! Love the colors too, so great combinations! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cards. I’m soooo inspired. can’t wait to start my Christmas cards… thanks for sharing :)
Love the dies!
I really like the stamps/die cuts. I love the way you overlapped the trees with the color behind.
I’m very fond of using trees for my Christmas cards – love the tree card so much! And, the first one is very nice, too!!
Love the techniques here. Great idea revering the card. TFS Denise
Love the techniques here. Great idea reversing the card. TFS Denise
What fabulous and festive cards you’ve created with this fun technique!
Love both cards and the xmas tree card looks fantastic with the coloured notecard inside out.