Home for the Holidays from Hero Arts

 Today, I'm sharing two cards using the new Home for the Holidays release from Hero Arts. 

Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

 

 

50th wedding anniversary card

Today, I'm sharing a 50th anniversary card that I had to make at VERY short notice! The traditional gift for 50th wedding anniversary is gold, and I was going to use some gold glitter cardstock I have, but it just looked too yellow, so I went with Smoky Quartz glitter cardstock from Altenew.  

Thanks for visiting :) 

 

Case me a Christmas Card - Hop 8

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

Today's hop

Today, we’re hopping on Instagram – click HERE to start the hop!    

Here's my cards for today - I'm CASEing Tracey McNeely! (I couldn't stop - I made two versions!)

 

 

This is Tracey's card that I CASEd: 

I included the layout of Tracey's card, and the floral images, but I changed up the colour, I used die cuts instead of stamps, and I included layers, faux stitching, and embellishments.

Your turn!

Now, you’re invited to join! CASE a card from any hop participant, share your creation via Inlinkz HERE, 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 Nov, 12 noon Pacific Time.  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

  

 

 

Hero Studio October release

 Welcome to a blog hop to celebrate the launch of the October Hero Studio release! See below for all the hop info and a chance to win!

 

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, October 5th at 11:59pm PT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Leave a comment on all stops for more chances to win!

Here are the stops on the hop! 

Hero Arts
Nichol Spohr
Seeka
Rosie Lopez
Rachel Kleinman
Natasha Polite
Mindy Eggen
Michelle Short
Michelle Lupton < you are here! < 
Lisa Tilson
Karen Brown
Jennifer Kotas
Jeannie Lieu
Charlene Madrid
Channin Pelletier
Anna Mahtani

Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

 

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. 

 Thanks for visiting :) 

Lovely Letterpress Collection from Hero Arts

Compensated affiliate links may be used - these are at no extra cost to you. I appreciate your support! 

 Today, I'm part of a hop on Instagram to celebrate the release of some new products from Hero Arts. I have used products from the Lovely Letterpress collection 

Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

Happy 50th

Compensated affiliate links may be used - these are at no extra cost to you. I appreciate your support!

 A friend of mine recently had a milestone birthday, so I made this card for her.

 

 Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

Finished in February #2

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Here's another card I made to join in with Donna Lewis' Finished in February challenge! I had this die cut panel in my UFO pile (held together with some Press n Seal), so I added some ink blending and some die cuts (and glitter and shine never go astray!)

 Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

Case me a CHristmas Card with Lee Murphy

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card for 2024 - a Christmas Card blog series!

For more background info on the who, what, where, when, how and why of this series, please visit my first post for this year HERE!

Today's guest

Today, my guest is Lee Murphy. I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

 All of the products I used are linked below :) 

This is the card I Cased: 

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  floral layering stencil, pink and grey, grey on white sentiment, silver gems

Include: pink and grey

Modify: berry and leaves layering stencil, rose gold on white sentiment, peach gems

Exclude: the ink gnome ;)

Spin: Christmas!

Lee also Cased one of my cards - you can find it HERE

Thanks for visiting :)

 

 

Case me a Christmas Card with Cecilia Hsieh

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card for 2024 - a Christmas Card blog series!

For more background info on the who, what, where, when, how and why of this series, please visit my first post for this year HERE!

Today's guest

Today, my guest is Cecilia Hsieh. I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

 All of the products I used are linked below :) 

This is the card I Cased:

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  Numbers cut from glitter paper, birthday sentiment stamped under numbers, purple stenciled floral, gold embossing around edge of mat

Include: Numbers cut from glitter paper

Modify: purple and pink stenciled wreath,

Exclude: birthday sentiment stamped under numbers, gold embossing around edge of mat

Spin: Christmas!

Cecilia also Cased one of my cards - you can find it HERE

Thanks for visiting :)