Welcome back to my last day of  Trimmings.  I had a couple questions regarding what I thought trimmings are.  Think of embellishing your projects with paper scraps, snippets of ribbon or lace, left over buttons, etc..  Also consider creating projects that can be used for decorating (trimming) the house for the Holidays. I hope that helps.

Today I’ve incorporated a trimming of the silk flower variety along with an inexpensive photo mat board.  I’ve stamped the mat board then added some printed paper, ribbon, corrugated paper, cardstock and a stamped greeting for the holidays.  This would be great gifts for parents and grandparents.

The layering of the trimmings give a nice texture to the finished project. I’m sure it will get touch a lot, so add some extra glue dots!

Supplies

• Antique Flower Background
• Holiday Cheer
• VersaMark Ink
• White Embossing Powder
• Soft Sand Ink
• Other: Basic Grey Paper, Gemstone Flower (Prima), corrugated paper (The Paper Company), lace, ribbon

Remember you still have until Sunday evening at 11pm PST to get your projects loaded into the Flickr pool.  Be sure to tag your creations with Trimming.  I can’t wait to see them all!  I’ll be back next Thursday to announce the winners of the challenge.

Hey there! Welcome to another Stamp Craft Extravaganza Friday! We’re on week 8 of the series already, and I just can’t wait to show you today’s project  –  you’re not going to believe your eyes! Web Artist Barbara Hache took a cute Hero Arts owl stamp and turned it into…

(Click image for supplies and instructions.)

…a purse! How amazing is that?! Barbara says, “This quick project would be perfect for all of the owl lovers on your list! If you have basic sewing skills it is pretty easy to put together. It also uses up some of those wonderful scraps of fabric that you have on hand. I used my favourite Amy Butler fabric to create this dotted owl purse .”

To find out how to create the purse from start to finish, click over HERE and read Barbara’s wonderfully detailed instructions.

“Sew” long for now, see you next time!

Hi everyone, it’s Lisa again — I’m back to announce the winners of last week’s Glitter Challenge. The entries were all simply stunning, sparkling jewels of glittery goodness! WOW. I truly enjoyed looking through them all. (Yep, I really did look through them ALL!)

Now for the winners…

Our Fresh Face Winner – someone who has never won a challenge before — is ScrappinBari (Linda W), with this fabulously glittery ornament featuring the tree from the Clear Design Lots of Merry set!

Now for the Digital Winner! Glitter and butterflies are a natural combo, and jillianavery8222’s hybrid card using the Heart Wings and Long Handwriting digi kits is a beautiful example.  She used glitter glue on the background to add a subtle hint of sparkle:

Third Place goes to vickypgr for her super creative peeking snowman card!  Drink in all the glittery details:

Coming in Second Place is Jenyfur with her wonderful Thanksgiving pumpkin card — yes, glitter truly goes with everything!

And the moment you’ve all been waiting for!  Coming in First Place, we have a sparkling masterpiece by Trace44. She incorporated bunches of glittery goodness on her card, including the glitter-on-acetate technique from the video!

Don’t go away, because we couldn’t stop there — here are some Honorable Mentions that I just had to share, starting with this super creative apple Christmas tree with glittered snowflake ornaments by mabelscrap — too clever!

Next, there’s this beautiful old fashioned Christmas collage piece that nancyljk created to honor her mother’s creativity. I love how she used recycled cards from last year, felt, Poinsettia Art Flowers, the Clear Design Build Your Own, Old Letter Writing and Brocade Cling stamps, and of course — glitter!

Finally, I have one more honorable mention to share with you — this glittery scene by Vera Rhuhay! It’s sweet enough to eat:

Thanks again to everyone who entered the challenge, and congratulations to the winners!  Winners and honorable mentions, please email us your addresses and phone numbers with “Glitter Winner” in the subject line and we’ll take care of your prizes. NOTE: We now have a NEW, separate email address for blog winners to use when contacting us. You can find it over in the blog sidebar under the heading “Email Us”.

If you need an idea for adding that extra little something to your holiday — or everyday! — cards, just check out all of the glittery goodness that was submitted — it’s all right HERE.

Have a sparkly day,

Hi everyone, it’s Lisa here.  I just got back from a meeting at Hero Arts — it was so great seeing the whole Hero crew, including Aaron, Jackie, Todd, Sally, Tami, Jennifer, Nancy, and Shari!  We talked non-stop for four days, and I got to see a preview of the 2010 catalog — speaking of, did you see Sneak Peek #3 HERE?
Can’t wait until December 18th when it will be released!

I wanted you to know that the Glitter Challenge winners are coming around lunch time PST today, because with everything going on I didn’t have a chance to check out all of the entries.

I’m signing off to finish looking at all the glittery goodness,

Here it is — Sneak Peek #3 of the Hero Arts 2010 Catalog!

Enjoy,

Welcome back!  I hope you’re enjoying the week so far, it’s going by so fast!

The focus of today’s card uses trimmings of string, ribbon, scrap paper, the cut out hole, plus I used  Holiday felt accessories.  Think of this as an example of putting it all together.

Here’s a little shot of the snowflake detail.  Hopefully you can see how the string lays in between the two felt snowflakes.

Supplies

• Clear Design: Holiday Cheer
• Antique Flower Background (on Kraft circle)
• White Notecards
• Felt Snowflakes
• Soft Sand Ink
• Soft Pool Ink
• Memories White Ink
• Snowflake Gems
• Neutral Buttons
• Other: Ranger Glossy Accents, muslin ribbon, hemp string, beading string

Would you like to see how I made this?  Check out my video.

Thanks for joining me.  Lisa will be here tomorrow to announce the winners of her Glittery Goodness challenge.  :o)

Sheri Reguly’s Layout of the Week is such a great mix of colors and patterns — a fun change of pace for those holiday pages! Take a closer look HERE!

Say that ten times fast…  I’m back with some EASY ornament ideas that you can make with your Hero Arts accessories.  I’ve had these ideas in my head for awhile and the time has come to show you.

This first ornament uses the Poinsettia Flowers (about 1 1/2 packs) on a 3″ paper ring that I’ve cut from cardstock.  I’ve folded the flowers in half, then in half again and attached them to the ring with glue dots.  I also stuck in some felt greens and poinsettia.

Supplies

• Poinsettia Flowers
  
• Felt Poinsettias
• Silver Metal Decor
• Other: Ribbon, String, 3″ paper ring (cut from Silhouette or use punches), Glue Dots

This next card uses a clear tag that I’ve cut about 3/4″ off the bottom, then stamped the Flourish Background with White StazOn ink…I added the buttons with Glue Dots. So fun and sparkly!

Supplies

• Flourish Background
• Acetate Tag
• White StazOn
• Neutral Buttons
• Silver Metal Decor
• Medium Accent Pearls
• Small Accent Pearls
• Clear Gemstones
• Other: Ribbon, String, Glue Dots

Hope you’ve enjoyed today’s inspiration…they were so much fun to make!   I’ll be back tomorrow with a couple card ideas and a video.

Have a great day!

Hi Everyone, welcome back!  I’m blogging from California as we are having meetings with my friends and co workers at Hero!  I’m in the Christmas spirit, so this week I thought it would be fun to use “Trimmings” as my theme for the entire week.  Each day I’ll bring some holiday ideas for you using various types of trimmings.

Today I’m working with small scraps and trimmings that would otherwise be thrown away.  By using some of my leftover papers with smaller stamp images (and a bit of sewing) I’ve come up with some holiday cards that you can make in a snap.

Supplies

• Decorate Your Own
• Holiday Sayings
• Chocolates and Blueberries Chalk Queue
• Pumpkin Patch Chalk Queue
• Memories Colonial Blue
• White Notecards
• Neutral Buttons
• Other: Scraps of cardstock (Basic Grey, The Paper Company), hemp string, sewing supplies

Here’s another variation using similar scraps, stamp images but this time I’ve used a bit of ribbon.  Try turning your card vertical to get a whole different look!

Supplies

• Decorate Your Own
• Holiday Sayings
• Soft Sand Ink
• Pumpkin Patch Chalk Queue
• Memories Colonial Blue
• White Notecards
• Star Gems
• Other: Scraps of cardstock (Basic Grey, The Paper Company), hemp string, sewing supplies

Now for our weekly challenge! Create a card, layout, or project that uses an idea for Trimmings, then add it to the Hero Arts Flickr group by 11:59pm PST on Sunday, November 22nd. All entries should be tagged with the word trimming. Please include at least one Hero Arts stamp or digital element on your creations. By entering, you could win a shopping spree of your choice of Hero Arts products from the Hero Arts Online Store! (Shipping charges apply.) Winners will also receive a 2009 Hero Arts catalog, sent separately. The prize amounts are as follows:

• Fresh Face Winner (someone who has not yet won a contest): $50
• Digital Winner (create something using a Hero Arts Digital Kit): $50
• 1st Place: $50
• 2nd Place: $25
• 3rd Place: $15

Think of TRIMMING loosely, consider using scraps of ribbon, paper, lace, dried or silk flowers and accessories.  You could even create items to decorate (trim) the house for the holidays.   I’ll be back tomorrow with some pretty ornaments (using accessories) for the tree.  See you then!  :o)

Hot cocoa + a sweet candy cane + warm mittens = one perfectly charming and cozy Christmas card! I love the way Barbara Hache combined several images from the Clear Design: Cozy Moments set on today’s Card of the Week. This set is chock full of wonderful holiday images and sentiments and you can find it in the Hero Arts Online Store right HERE! For complete supplies and instructions on Barbara’s card, click HERE…enjoy!