Christmas in July - Caardvarks Challenge

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This is a card for the Caardvarks challenge. The challenge this week is to use a winter theme and is sponsored by Hero Arts.

The green, red and brown from yesterday's Hero Arts Blog is a great combination for me and I've really been inspired by the Clings and Holiday stamps we've been seeing this week. I used the new Striped Circle cling stamp and clear embossed it on green paper, then cut the center out and decorated my wreath. I tried to make the card resemble a door, so the button is there as the door knob.

BTW, my outdoor thermometer says 108. It's hard to be in the Christmas spirit when it's 108.

Supplies:
Hero Arts Striped Circle Cling Stamp - CG101
Ink: VersaMark, brown chalk ink
Ribbon: PTI - Pure Poppy Saddle Stitch
Clear embossing powder
Gemstones
Cardstock: New Leaf & Dark Chocolate (PTI), random cream
Font: CK Ali's Hand (free font!)

4th card for this week's challenge at Hero Arts

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Lisa's video on Wednesday's blog at Hero Arts inspired me to make this card. The colors were great together and she made the technique look easy. So, I thought I'd give it a try. Now, I guess I need to go and get all the tools she used because this was FUN! I am waiting to place a sentiment on the card until I need to use it. (Found that ribbon in my stash - how lucky!!) I placed some clear star glitter pen ink on some of the dots to make them shiny. Hope you can see that.

Supplies:
Pop Stems stamp from Hero Arts (borrowed from Tanna - thank you very much)
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate - all from PTI
Cardstock: Dark Chocolate (PTI) and cream from my stash
Random ribbon
Sakura Clear Star pen

Christmas in July - Caardvarks Challenge

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This is the card for the Caardvarks challenge. Click here for their blog. The challenge this week is to use a winter theme and is sponsored by Hero Arts.

I used the new Hero Arts Striped Circle cling stamp to represent a Christmas ornament. I stamped it in pink and red and then heat embossed it and cut it out. I found a random Christmas tree stamp (not sure where it is from), stamped it in green, colored and decorated it with stickles and gemstones. Then I attached a ribbon and used 3D dots to adhere it to the background that I sewed. Next came the sentiment. It is another random stamp.

It was hard to think of Christmas when it is 104 outside!

Supplies: Hero Arts Striped Circle Cling Stamp - CG101 Random tree and sentiment Ink: Pure Poppy, Hibiscus Burst, New Leaf - all from PTI Clear embossing powder, aquacolor pencils, Dove blending pen, gemstones, Stickles Cardstock: New Leaf (PTI), DCWV mat stack (red and pink)

More Hero Arts

Hero Arts is giving sneak peeks this week of their new stamps coming out at the end of the month. The Blog's challenge this week is to find inspiration in their sneak peeks. I feel like it was kind of a "free for all" challenge open to wide interpretation. Here are my cards so far.

The first card was inspired by Monday's blog post - using red, green and pink. I also wanted to use one of the new Cling stamps they are debuting.

I colored in some of the lines and scallops with Aquacolors and blended. The cupcake is colored and has some Diamond Stickles for glitter. Hope you can see that in the photo! You can follow people's comments by clicking on the link here.

Hero Arts Supplies:
"Write Your Own" Cling Stamp
"Cupcake" Sparkle Clear Set
"Happiness Message" Clear Design Set
Spring Mixed Notecards
Small Blossom Gemstones

For the second card, I loved Lisa's colors of blue and yellow on Tuesday's blog, and I had this new Cling stamp just sitting there staring at me, so I thought I should use it. Since I don't have the Heart Winged Butterfly stamp (kicking myself very hard right now), I stamped the Striped Circle in blue ink and used my Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment is from Clear Design Happiness Messages. (So glad I bought that set - I use it ALL the time!) The cardstock, ink and ribbons are all from Papertrey Ink. You can follow people's comments to this card by clicking here.

I'm trying to participate as much as possible this month since I head back to teaching on August 17th!