Colorado Craft Company September 2020 Reveal + Giveaway

Hey there, Artie!! It’s Del! Exciting times here at Del & Artie, Amy from Colorado Craft Company gave me the massive privilege of sharing the reveal for September 2020. Whimsy World takes center stage for this month with designs from Sandra Herrgott of Tiny Sparrow Design. Her drawings and illustrations will enamor you and inspire you to stamp and color in a whole new way.

I have a video tutorial for you inspired by her whimsical coloring. I hope you will enjoy it! You can click here to watch it on YouTube!

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You can watch the video tutorial for all the details on how to create this project! I also have a blog post up on 3C’s blog with a wall hanging project I created with the Fear Not Rose Stamp Set!

List of Supplies!

1. Bless the Lord Stamp Set

2. My Whole Heart Stamp Set

3. Gansai Tambi Watercolor

4. Legion Coldpress Watercolor Paper

5. Fun Foam

6. Intens-ified Black Ink

7. Clear Embossing Powder

8. Bearly Art Glue

9. Jelly Heart Embellishments

10. Neenah Solar White 110lb Cardstock

11. Silver Brush Black Velvet Brushes

12. Wagner Heat Tool

13. Paper Trimmer

14. Bone Folder

15. Scor-Pal

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I hope you enjoyed the video! I am giving away a stamp set to one lucky commenter on this blog post. To enter, just leave a comment here at Del & Artie! I will choose a winner on the 11th of September on Del & Artie Live and will notify the winner in the comments!

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Hero Arts + Honey Bee Partner Release - Blog Hop + GIVEAWAY

Hey there Arties! Today we celebrate the 45 years of Hero Arts blessing the world with kindness! Honey Bee Stamps, an amazing friend of Hero Arts and so many of us, has designed a collaboration stamp set in honor of this anniversary. I two very different cards with the set!

GIVEAWAY

We will give away TWO $50 shopping sprees during this hop - one to the Hero Arts store, and one to Honey Bee Stamps! Winners will be drawn from the comments left across the hop - comment on more blogs for more chances to win! Enter by Wednesday, July 15th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winners will be announced on the Hero Arts and Hoeny Bee Stamps blogs the following week.

Card #1: Repeating Words

To create this card, I stamped out the sentiment, “ETERNALLY GRATEFUL” 5 times on Adriatic Cardstock and heat embossed them all in White Embossing Powder. Then, I trimmed them all down to leave a thin border around each one. Next, I added some Pine Ink to some Adriatic Cardstock to darken it up a bit, then created rectangle blocks to back the words. I popped them all up on a piece of Kiwi Cardstock using foam tape. Next, I trimmed down the Kiwi Cardstock to leave a thin border around the rectangles. Then, I layered it all onto some Canary Cardstock and then to a Dove White card base.

To finish off the card, I heat embossed the final sentiment: “for your friendship” in white on some Pitch Black Cardstock. This repeated word technique I picked up from Online Card Classes Spring Card Camp #2!

Card #2 I Love You

For my second card, I created a more straightforward project with the main image of the stamp set.

To begin, I added some Berry Smothie & Taffy Hero Hues Reactive Ink and to the edges of some Ivory cardstock with a blender brush. Next, I stamped out the main heart image with the same colors, blending them right on the stamp with a blender brush. I repeated this process with the smaller hearts in the stamp set. Finally, i stamped the sentiment in Intens-ified Black Ink and popped up the panel onto the font of a Dove White card base with foam tape.

I hope you enjoy this collaboration and this project. If you have been inspired to shop for these supplies, please consider using the affiliate links in the grid below. I will received a small portion of the sale at no additional cost to you.

Thank you for joining me today and I hope you’ll enter the giveaway and continue on the hop with the list below.

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Hop List

Hero Arts
Honey Bee Stamps
Becky Roberts
Bobbi Lemanski
Brenda Noelke
Carol Hintermeier
Channin Pelletier
Daniel West
Debi Adams
Ilina Crouse
Janette Kausen
Jenny Hall
Jill Hawkins
Kelly Martin
Leanne West
Libby Hickson
Lisa Mensing
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Vera

Spellbinders June Card Kit

Hello Artie! Welcome back to the blog for a look at the Spellbinders June Card Kit. This kit is chock full of invitation and summer bbq fun! You won’t believe all you receive for the price!

From the Spellbinders website:

Join the Card Kit of the Month Club and receive an expertly curated cardmaking kit each month, complete with inspiration. Plus, members get store savings, extra deals, gifts, and more. Click Here to learn more about club membership. 

The June kits are now here! While supplies last for new members. US shipping included in cost. If you sign up in June you will receive the June kit. (Pictured.) Available June 1-30st (AZ Time.) 

This month's "Life is a Party" Card Kit includes a 6x6 paper pad, clear stamps, an adorable die set, tons of embellishments, and more!

Check out our NEW MONTHLY CARD KIT EXTRAS if you want just purchase select items from the kit or need more embellishments. You can shop the store or add to your cart at the club checkout. Shop Now

Membership Includes:

• A Monthly Card Kit Containing: Dies, Clear Stamp Set, Die Cut Shapes, Paper, Envelopes & Embellishments. Contains at least 200+ pieces and will create 10+ complete cards. $60 Value!

• Project Inspiration: Each kit will feature project ideas with at least one detailed how-to instruction tutorial each month.

• Member Benefits & Savings: Receive exclusive member pricing in the Spellbinders store. Plus receive access to deals, savings, and gifts - only available to members.

For my first card, I created a shaker window element on the front of my card base cutting a rectangle out of a panel with a craft knife. Then, I made an accordion fold with some of the patterned paper to go under the window. Next, I adhered some acetate to the back of the window frame and added some sequins onto the accordion folded paper. I popped up the window over the accordion paper with foam tape and adhered everything to a card base. Then, I die cut and stacked some of the flower elements from using the dies included in the kit and the colored cardstock. I also added a heart and a sentiment ephemera to the front. To finish off the card, I stamped the invitation grid from the stamp set in the kit on the inside.

For my second card, I cut an angled panel out of some patterned paper from the kit and adhered it to the front of the card base with some double-sided adhesive from the kit. I adhered some of the foam letter ephemera from the kit down the front left-hand side to form the words “COME OVER.” Next, I popped up a guitar die cut image to the left and added some sequins to finish it off!

For my last card, I adhered some wood print patterned paper onto the front of a card base and trimmed off the excess. Next, I trimmed an angle onto the front of a white panel and adhered it to the front of the card. To finish off this 2-minute card, I added some of the ephemera and die-cut images from the kit to the front.

This kit has sooo much more to offer, than these three cards can show! You can find tons more inspiration on the Spellbinders website! Also, my friend Marie Heiderscheit, always has some amazing inspiration available on her blog, here!

Let me know what you think about these fantastic kits and my three projects in the comments section below!

If you have been inspired to shop for any supplies, I have left links throughout the post for your convenience. You may also like to see the grid of supplies below! When you use my links, you help support my creative efforts at no additional cost to you! Thank you for faithfully using these links when you shop.

Supplies



Father's Days Gift Ideas

Hey there my friend! I created a list of gift ideas for Father’s Day you can pick up and have delivered ASAP!

Spellbinders May Card Kit

Hello Artie! Welcome back to the blog for a look at the Spellbinders May Card Kit. This kit is chock full of spring time fun! You won’t believe all you receive for the price!

From the Spellbinders website:

Join the Card Kit of the Month Club and receive an expertly curated cardmaking kit each month, complete with inspiration. Plus, members get store savings, extra deals, gifts, and more. Click Here to learn more about club membership. 

The May kits are now here! While supplies last for new members. US shipping included in cost. If you sign up in May you will receive the May kit. (Pictured.) Available May 1-31st (AZ Time.) 

This month's "All the Little Things" Card Kit includes a 6x6 paper pad, clear stamps, an adorable die set, tons of embellishments, and more!

Check out our NEW MONTHLY CARD KIT EXTRAS if you want just purchase select items from the kit or need more embellishments. You can shop the store or add to your cart at the club checkout. Shop Now

Membership Includes:

• A Monthly Card Kit Containing: Dies, Clear Stamp Set, Die Cut Shapes, Paper, Envelopes & Embellishments. Contains at least 200+ pieces and will create 10+ complete cards. $60 Value!

• Project Inspiration: Each kit will feature project ideas with at least one detailed how-to instruction tutorial each month.

• Member Benefits & Savings: Receive exclusive member pricing in the Spellbinders store. Plus receive access to deals, savings, and gifts - only available to members.

For my first card, I created a shaker window element on the front of my card base by die cutting acetate with the main die. Since the acetate was very thick, I trimmed it out the rest of the way with snips. Then I added another die cut element on top, that I had inked up with some Gina K Skeleton Leaves Ink.

Next, I added a sequin mix from my stash to my card in a little pile, doubled up on some foam tape under the shaker window and popped it all up over the sequins. Then, I pulled out some of the adhesive butterflies and stuck them on the front of the window. And to finish off the card, I stamped the sentiment, “hello lovely” to the front with some Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink.

For my second card, I stamped out the jar image from the stamp set and colored it in with blue-green Copic markers. I stamped some of the butterflies inside the jar and colored them in, too, with one extra outside the jar. Then, I fussy cut it all out and set them aside. Next, I added some Pool Party ink from Hero Arts in a gradient from the bottom corner. Over that, I stenciled in the leave by die cutting them out and using the negative space as a stencil.

Then, I added a few strips of the patterned paper from the pad in the kit along the bottom. Next, I die-cut the Lovely word twice in white and once in metallic cardstock and stacked them up for dimension. I stamped just the word “hello” on the jar and adhered the die cut “Lovely” under it.

To finish off the card, I colored in the sprigs with Copic markers, adhered them to the front of the jar and popped everything up with dimensional square adhesives from the kit.

For my last card, I stamped out the kitty and sentiment from the kit onto the front of one of the included card bases using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink. Next, I colored in the cat image with cool gray Copic markers and added grass around him with a Mono Drawing Pen. Then, I die cut the flowers several times from white cardstock. I adhered them in an array around the kitty, colored in the centers with a blue-green Copic marker, and added a stem with my Mono Drawing Pen.

Finally, I stamped butterflies up above the kitty with Blue Raspberry ink from Gina K. Then, I added some black definition to the centers and antennae with a Mono Drawing Pen.

This kit has sooo much more to offer, than these three cards can show! You can find tons more inspiration on the Spellbinders website! Also, my friend Marie Heiderscheit, always has some amazing inspiration available on her blog, here!

Let me know what you think about these fantastic kits and my three projects in the comments section below!

If you have been inspired to shop for any supplies, I have left links throughout the post for your convenience. You may also like to see the grid of supplies below! When you use my links, you help support my creative efforts at no additional cost to you! Thank you for faithfully using these links when you shop.

Supplies



Hero Arts - May 2020 My Month Hero Blog Hop + GIVEAWAY

Hey there Arties! Today is release day for the My Monthly Hero Card Kit and add-ons!! May brings us lots of rain and rainbows and flowers, and a little lightning! And this month also features lots of fun envelope art supplies and projects. Check out everything included.

Kit Contents:

• 6" x 8" Clear Stamp Set

• 7 Coordinating Frame Cuts

• 7 Envelope Art Icon Fancy Dies

• 3 Karin DécoBrush Metallic Markers (Gold, Pink & Blue)

• 5 White A7 Envelopes

Kit Value: $79.99

Kit Cost: $34.99

Card #1 Lightning Strikes Twice

I created several cards and envelopes with the main kit and add-ons. You can watch a video introduction of the kit and add-ons here along with a lightning background tutorial using Hero Hues Reactive Inks and a white gel pen.

I won’t go into the details for these first projects, here, because I detailed them on the video!

Card #2 Rainbow and Balloons

This cloudy sky scene dies really steal the show in this release. I think I’ve seen them on half the project. They are a must add-on. Here, i made stencils out of them and used Hero Hues Reactive Inks to blend them onto the panel.

I die cut the balloon dies from the kit and fussy cut the rainbow and clouds image. I colored it in with Copic Markers for a bright rainbow! Did some popping up on foam tape and fun foam and voila!

Card #3 This Time with Glitter

Card 3 is just a lighter background with a darker rainbow. This time I added glitter to the hot air balloons!!

Card #4 Let’s Dude This Up

For my last card, I used the Airplane Fancy Die and colored it in with warm gray Copics. I used the Sun Background Stencil and Cloudy Sky Scene Dies to create a subtle background with White Unicorn Pigment Ink. The sentiment comes from the main kit stamps and I heat embossed it on black card stock.

I hope you have enjoyed this release and these projects. If you have been inspired to shop for these supplies, please consider using the affiliate links in the grid below. I will received a small portion of the sale at no additional cost to you.

Thank you for joining me today and I hope you’ll enter the giveaway and continue on the hop with the list below.

GIVEAWAY: We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, May 10th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

From Hero Arts: Hero Arts remains closed due to the shelter-in-place order. We have only limited capabilities at this time. Currently we estimate that shipping will begin on May 15, and continue until all boxes have shipped. We are so appreciative that so many have continued to order despite knowing we have long delays. Thank you for your patience, support, and kind wishes. It means the world to us, and we send love and appreciation your way.

Hero Arts

Amy Kolling

Channin Pelletier

Daniel West

Debi Adams <--go here next

Heather Nichols

Ilina Crouse

Janette Kausen

Jennifer McGuire

Jen Shults

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Jill Hawkins

Julee Tilman

Laurie Willison

Libby Hickson

Lori Craig

Lydia Fiedler

Michelle Short

Nichol Spohr