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 :)
I love the Christmas tree stamp and die set. Guess it’s about that time again. Thanks for the inspiration!
Lisa, these Christmas cards are gorgeous. I love your colors and design. These new sets of die and stamp are just perfect for this holiday. Thanks for the inspirations. I just need to pin them :D
love the cutouts! these sets of stamps with die are perfect, thanks for sharing
I love the pop of the black it makes the whole card! Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.
Love Christmas, Love Your Cards, Love Hero Arts, I just LOVE everything.
Love the look of your positives and negatives on the same card Lisa. You rock!
Lovely cards! I love that peek-a-boo look with the cut-outs.
Love the stamp and die sets!
Your cards are great Lisa! I love the new stamp/die combos :-)
Love your cards, especially the one with the little Christmas trees, they’re so cute!
How exciting! Never can have to many supplies. Thanks for the opportunity. :)
Love those beautiful snowflakes. Thanks for the inspirational cards
love the use of the die cuts and colors
I love these cards!
Isn’t it thoughtful of Hero Arts to combine the die and the stamp. Takes so much less time to start creating!
Especially like the tree set. The colors you chose are awesome. Thank you!
love the use of positive and negative cut outs
Love, love, LOVE the red and aqua snowflakes card, Lisa! Having dies to match make these stamps so much more versatile! And thanks for reminding me about using HA notecards with color on one side and white on the other – they lend themselves to cards like you’ve made!
Great cards! I love that the stamps and the die cuts come in 1 package!
Wow, love your design ideas!