Have a delicious day with Hero Arts!

 Today, I'm part of an Instagram hop celebrating the release of two new collections from Hero Arts! 

 

 

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Case me a Christmas Card 2025 - Intro

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card 2025 - a Christmas Card series! 

Throughout October, there will be a series of 10 hops – two YouTube hops, and eight Instagram hops. Each hop involves participants CASEing (Copy And Selectively Edit) a card from the next person, drawing inspiration while each creating a Christmas Card. And you can join in!

Background

This series began in November 2016 as a personal challenge to explore different Christmas card styles, with friends suggesting creative ideas. Over time, more cardmakers joined, leading to a format where participants CASE each other's cards. A helpful video by Ardyth Percy Robb outlines a 5-step CASE process—check it out HERE.

This year

This year is a bit different, because I'd love for you to join in! You can join in by making your own CASE, or by commenting on the stops on the hop (either on IG or on YT). 

I'm over the moon excited to share that some amazingly generous companies that I love are offering some super generous prizes! 

 

In Alphabetical order:  

$25 (or £25) gift card from Alex Syberia 

$30 gift card from Altenew

2 x $50 gift cards from Concord & 9th 

$25 gift card from Hero Arts 

$100 gift card from Gina K Designs  

$50 gift card from The Ink Stand 

$100 gift card from My Sweet Petunia   

Online Card Classes will give 3 winners 3 classes of their choice each 

$50 gift card from Paper Rose Studio 

$25 gift card from Pink and Main  

$50 gift card from Simon Says Stamp

$25 gift card from Spellbinders  

$50 gift card from Trinity Stamps 

Your turn!

Now, you’re invited to join! CASE a card from any hop participant, share your creation via the Inlinkz below (that will also be added to each of my blog posts), and you could win a prize from one of our amazing sponsors! Or comment on any of the stops on the hop for a chance to win, too! 

To link up your CASE me a Christmas Card project, first share it publicly somewhere you can copy the link – this can be your blog, Instagram, a Flickr account, your Splitcoast gallery – anywhere that allows you to have a URL or website location to link up, and where we can see your post. 

By linking your project, you are giving me permission to feature your card on my blog and social media, crediting you as the artist.

Entries close on the 7th of November at 6am AEDT (Melbourne time) - which is 6th of Nov, 12 noon Pacific Time.   

All the fun begins on the 1st of October, so keep a lookout for my post then!  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

 

Hey Diddle Diddle

Today, I'm sharing an interactive baby card I made using products from Trinity Stamps, Paper Rose Studio and Hero Arts.

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All the better to eat you with!

 When I saw the September die set on the month from Hero Arts, I didn't see a fox, I saw a wolf in grandmama's nightie! I had so much fun making this card! I created the teeth and bonnet by hand, and hand-wrote the sentiment. 

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Christmas Holly for Paper Rose

 Today, I'm sharing four cards I made using the Christmas Holly suite of products from Paper Rose Studio. 

 I created a panel of faux embossing by cutting a HEAP of holly leaves and berries from white cardstock.

I then adhered the holly leaves and berries to a 5.5x8.5 inch piece of white cardstock in a random pattern with liquid adhesive. When I was done, I cut of anything hanging off the edges, and ran it through my die cutting machine without any die to make sure they were adhered firmly, before using the panel to make four cards. 

 

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AECP Level 3: Stencils Unleashed

Today, I'm sharing a card I made for the Altenew AECP class, Stencils Unleashed. I ink blended over these stencils to give me a starting point, but then used watercolour pencils and a water brush to get a new look. 

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Using up more leftovers

I love using layering stencils that create a 6x6 panel - it means I can usually get at least three cards from one panel!

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Christmas Joy for Paper Rose

 Today, I'm sharing a simple card, a fancy fold card, and an acetate card, all using the Woodland Christmas B paper from Paper Rose Studio. 

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Happy Stamptember - Hero Arts!

Today, I'm joining in with all of the fun of Stamptember for Simon Says Stamp! They very kindly sent me this Hero Arts collaboration stamp set, and of course, I went rainbow. I also returned to my first cardmaking love - Clean and Simple! 

 

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Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero challenge - September

The September Stay Crafty challenge with A Blog Named Hero is based on the song "September" - which has the lyrics "chasing the clouds away", so we're making cards with clouds! I created a panel of rainbow cards, so I made two cards! 

 

 

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