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 :)
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 :)
Cards are gorgeous! I like the dies with matching stamps!
Love your merry trees card.
What a cute idea for a card. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
Love the trees!
Love these!!! I have the ornament stamp and cut set so I will definitely be trying this!!!
Color inside, white outside? Radically simple…I love it!
Just love what you did with those Stamp ‘N Cut sets, Lisa – the tree one with the pool on the inside looks great with the band of red and I love the snowflake one too!
Especially like the second card. I can see how that technique could be used with other dies. Thanks.
pretty seasonal cards. Thank you for a chance to win.
What a clever idea…I want those Christmas tree stamps and dies!
The cutouts are a really good idea. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Love your card… now I need those trees!!
The merry tree card is my favorite card so far!
Totally awesome look with the stamped images & cut-out combination!
too cute.
Great cards! I really like the card with the die cut trees – simple, fun, and striking! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us, and of course, for the chance to win!
I love the let it snow card!
Ohhhhhhhhhhh the trees…I love this card.
What fun cards. The tree stamps and die are darling.
Love coordinating stamps and dies.