Happy Mother's Day Shaker | Hero Arts

Hello friends and happy Thursday, 

It is with a heavy heart that I must say goodbye to the Hero Arts Global Team😔.  My life right now is just a bit crazy busy so I have had to make some tough decisions and step down from Hero Arts. I am truly blessed to have been a part of this amazing team for the past six months and am so very thankful for the opportunity to work with such an amazing Team and Company!

Don't worry I am not going anywhere, I will still continue with two DTs and occasion guest posts. I just need to lighten my load a little as I need to focus on family and work a bit more.

Alright, let's get on with this post and this beautiful shaker card for Mom. 

CARD RECIPE

• Ink blend the background on Bristol paper using a few of the inks from this My Monthly Hero Kit April 2022 (I also used the yellow from the Sunshine Palette Reactive Cubes.
• Once the background is completely dry, prep it with antistatic powder and stamp out the floral cling stamp from the kit using Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat set with Clear Embossing Powder.
• Center the Mother's Day Window Die on an A2 panel of white cardstock and die-cut out.
• To the back of the panel add an acetate piece to cover the opening.
• Add foam along the edges. 
• Fill with clear sequin and shaker bits.
• Glue to ink blended background.
• Trim shaker panel.
• Attach to the card base with coordinating cardstock. 
• Finish the front of the card with flowers from the Shoes and Hat Fancy Die that have been ink blended.
• Add enamel stickers to the centers of the flowers and the hearts of the die-cut sentiment.

Oh, and have you seen this month's Kit and Add On sets?! They are so awesome!!! Kinda sad I won't get to play with them. Check them out!

My Monthly Hero Kit May 2022

Get Them All May Add-Ons

Wishing all the Momma's out there a wonderful Mother's Day this coming Sunday, especially my Mom who is in Portugal right now looking after my Grandma, and my Mother-in-law. 

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 💖

SUPPLIES

Mother's Day Window Die Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	My Monthly Hero Kit April 2022 Shop at: HA	Shoes and Hat Fancy Die Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Acetate Card Panels Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Precision Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HA
Ink Blending Brushes Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Sunshine Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Clear Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB

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You Are Amazing Frameless Shaker Card | Hero Arts MMHK April 2022 Global Team Blog Hop

Hello my friends, and happy Friday! Welcome to the Hero Arts Global Team Blog Hop. Today our design team is sharing inspiration featuring April's Hero Art Releases. If you have started to hop already you may have come from my friend Erica's Blog and you are on the right track. I will share more about the giveaway and the hop list at the end of the post.

For my project today, I created a frameless shaker card, also known as the flat/edge2edge/infinity card... a design/technique that is near and dear to my heart as I introduced it to the card-making community at Creativation 2020, and these pockets are now available from many companies. For a DIY version, which I still make, and to see where these cards all started click HERE to watch a video, as I won't go into details on how to put it all together. 

CARD RECIPE

• Stamp out the floral image using the 6" x 6" Cling Stamp from the MMHK April 2022 onto Bristol paper using Intens-ified Black Ink. 
• Blend out the background using inks to blend out the colors of the rainbow. I used Hero's Reactive ink cubes. 
• Use the Stencils from the kit to intensify areas of the floral images.
• Use Copic markers to color in the bees.
• I added liquid pixie dust to the centers of the flowers and the wings of the bees.

• Create the pocket for the shaker and fill it with all the shaker bit bling. 
• Add the finished shaker front to a card base.
• Die-cut the amazing, 3 layers of black cardstock and 1 shadow layer using silver glitter cardstock. 
• Stack and glue the black layers for the script dies, to add the finishing shine, coat with top with Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat emboss using a clear embossing powder.
• Stamp out the "you are"using Unicorn Pigment Ink and heat set it using White Detail Embossing Powder.
• Fussy cut the sentiment.
• Glue onto the shaker card front.

GIVEAWAY

To enter the giveaway make sure you leave a comment on every stop of the hop to win a $25 Gift card to Hero Arts. The deadline to leave a comment is April 26th and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts Blog on April 27th.

HOP LINE UP

Anna Celdran Mahtani

Daniel Diaz

Erica A B Andersson

Ilda Dias You are here 👈👋

Jen Kray

Lisa Tilson

Michelle Lupton

Sandi MacIver

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy hopping!

Ilda🌈✨

SUPPLIES

My Monthly Hero Kit April 2022 Shop at: HA	Ink Blending Brushes Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Intens-ified Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Sea Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Nature Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA
Sunshine Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Floral Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Unicorn Pigment Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | HA	White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA
Precision Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Liquid Pixie Dust Shop at: SSS | IO3	Pitch Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS | HA	Glitter Paper Holiday Sparkle Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	A2 Shaker Creator Pocket Shop at: SSS | TS US
Assorted Moonshine Sequins Shop at: SSS	Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB	CRYSTAL CLEAR Emb Pwd Shop at: SSS | IO3

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It's Your Day Mandala Card | Hero Arts

Hello crafty friends! Hope you are all having a wonderful week.

I finally got around to playing with the new Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit for April 2022 and Add Ons. This kit is so awesome for many occasions coming up, especially for those of us who love flowers. I definitely will share a couple of cards featuring the new kit soon, but for today's card, I am focusing on one of the Add On sets, specifically the Floral Mandala Bundle.

This card could be used for really any occasion. I love making cards like this so that I can just quickly stamp a specific greeting on the inside and make it a birthday card, a wedding card, or any other reason that it would be your day. 

CARD RECIPE

I began this card by cutting a piece of HA Plum Cardstock to A2 size. I then used 3 Distress Oxide Inks to blend out the top of the panel (see list below).

Once the ink blending was dry, I stamped out 3 of the Mandalas and the sentiment from the Floral Mandala Bundle, onto the panel using Versa Mark Ink and then heat set it using Gold Embossing Pwd. I then die-cut the 3 Mandalas using the coordinating dies. To prevent the white from showing under the die cuts I glued the ink blended panel onto another piece of Plum cardstock. I then popped the die-cut Mandalas back into place using foam to elevate each one of them.

For a touch of bling... cause I always need to add bling to my cards 😆,  I trimmed the panel down slightly and then glued it to a Gold Glitter piece of cardstock cut to A2 size. This was then glued onto a 5x7 Ivory card base. I also added some gem stickers to the Mandalas and Pearls.

Hope this pretty Mandala Card inspired you today. I love how this simple card turned out. 

Thank you all for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🔆

SUPPLIES

April Add-Ons Shop at: HA	Floral Mandala Bundle Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Plum Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Ink Blending Brushes Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | SB | HA
Glitter Paper Holiday Sparkle Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Precision Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Chipped Sapphire Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Prize Ribbon Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB	Black Foam Dots 1/4" Shop at: HBS	Raw Honey Gem Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Gold Foil Pearls Shop at: SSS | SK	Embellishment Wand Shop at: SSS | SK

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Mixed Media Rainbow Art Card | Hero Arts

Ink smooshing, ink blending, stamping, embossing, die-cutting, this card has it all! Hello friends, join me and the Hero Arts Global team for a fun Instagram Hop and you could win a $50 gift card to the shop. Click here 👉 HERE.

CARD RECIPE

I began by adding color to a 6x6 piece of cardstock by ink blending using a rainbow of reactive ink cubes. I then ink smooshed the same ink onto the panel to add a layer of detail. Once it was dry I trimmed off the panel to A2 size and reserved the extra piece for the flowers. To the trimmed panel, I used the Abstract Expressionist Bold Prints to add the design to the background. I then stamped the other piece of the panel using Pop Art Flowers and then die-cut them with the coordinating dies.

To the A2 panel, I then used a couple of the colored embossing powders from the My Monthly Hero Kit March 2022 to heat emboss onto the panel. 

Next, I added Hero Paste using the Abstract Frames Stencil. Once that was dry, I added glue from a zig pen to the raised areas and let it dry a little until it was tacky. I then pressed a scrap piece of glimmer foil into the tacky areas to leave some gold foil behind. 

I then die-cut the Museum Frame Fancy Die and added it to the colorful panel at an angle and then to the center of the frame I added the Pop Art Flowers that I had die cut earlier. To embellish the centers and tie in the gold from the background, I added some gold pearls.

And finally, this masterpiece was finished with a quote from Andy Warhol, that I then fussy cut and glued in place.

I hope you enjoyed this Mixed Media Rainbow Art Card. I had so much fun getting inky and creative with this. If these kinds of cards weren't so time-consuming, I would definitely be making more. It's the dry time that kills me! Do you have any tips for fast mixed media sessions? Let me know!

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🌸🌼

SUPPLIES

Sea Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Nature Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Sunshine Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Floral Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Ink Blending Brushes Shop at: SSS | SB | HA
Abstract Expressionist Bold Prints Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Intens-ified Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Abstract Frames Stencil Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Hero Paste Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	My Monthly Hero Kit March 2022 Shop at: HA
Museum Frame Fancy Die Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Pop Art Flowers Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Pop Art Flowers Frame Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Creative Quotes Shop at: SB | HA	Unicorn Pigment Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | HA
White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA	Precision Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	ZIG Glue Pen Shop at: SSS | HBS	Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS
New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB	POLISHED BRASS - Glimmer Foil Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Gold Foil Pearls Shop at: SSS | SK

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