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Guesting at ABNH today + giveaways!

Posted on November 2, 2014November 2, 2014by Lisa

Hi! Hope you are having a great weekend! I’m guesting over at A Blog Named Hero today and I hope you’ll come and join me. We are having a month long celebration of our favorite things about Christmas. So I just had to use the Hero Arts bottlebrush tree set! Here’s my card: Click on over […]

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I’m guesting over at Simon Says Stamp!

Posted on October 26, 2014October 25, 2014by Lisa

Hey hey and happy Sunday! Hope you’ve been having a great weekend so far. Me? I’ve been busy busy working some things that I can’t show ya, ha! But, here’s a peek at something you can see today over at Simon Says Stamp: I used some new stamps from Hero Arts — well, new to […]

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WCMD #2: More acrylic paint :)

Posted on October 4, 2014by Lisa

Hey again! Here’s another card I made today with my pen & ink fir stamp. :) This one is super clean and simple. I just stamped the fir with white pigment ink on a black 4-bar notecard from Paper Source, then used red acrylic paint to add the berries. Super easy! Love how the red pops […]

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WCMD #1: Playing with acrylic paint!

Posted on October 4, 2014October 4, 2014by Lisa

Hey hey! Did you make any cards for World Cardmaking Day? I made a bunch! I’ve had these ideas kicking around in my brain for months now and finally (!) had a chance to sit down and plan, yay! For this first batch of cards, I broke out my Studio Calico Color Theory acrylic paint. […]

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Hero Arts Christmas Blog Hop

Posted on September 29, 2014October 2, 2014by Lisa

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 […]

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Happy Autumn! (Er, yeah, it’s still 103 here.)

Posted on August 27, 2014August 27, 2014by Lisa

So yeah, summer is still in full swing here in Austin, TX! But I’m over on the Hero Arts blog today with a fall card that I made — using the spring branch die cut + the new Bird and Branch Christmas set. Come join me and I’ll share my techniques. PS. I still can’t […]

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