Hi bloggers!
Today, we are happy to continue to celebrate the NEW 2013 Releases from Hero Arts! We're thrilled beyond words to have an exclusive card from Shari Carroll! This beautiful muted color card would surely be cherished by any recipient!
Watch the video to learn how to make this great card:
Here's a zoom in to see a bit more detail, I love the 3 gemstones that she placed inside the rolled rose flower!
Make a card just like Shari's with the following ingredients:
Don't forget to click HERE to view all the new products from Hero Arts 2013 Grand Release!
Blog Candy Alert! Join our following and comment on this post for a chance to win this exclusive Hero Arts set pictured below. Winner to be announced soon, good luck!
Hi bloggers, welcome to volume 3 of the 12 Tilda's of Christmas! Today we have Becca Fabozzi as our guest designer, and I'm excited to show you what she's made, so let's get right to it!
For a similar take on this card, try these ingredients:
You can adorn much more than just cards with your favorite Magnolia stamps! Just look at this adorable creation above! To make something similar, try these ingredients:
For a similar take on this card, try these ingredients:
Thanks for reading! Thanks again to Becca
for letting us feature these beautiful cards! Be sure to check our blog
next Saturday for the third installment! In the meantime, did you know
that there are TWO new
holiday collections from Magnolia this year? Christmas Story & Nativity are both fantastic collections!
Celebrate this feature with us!! This special sale is going on NOW and ending at 11:59 PM
EST STD time on December 25th, 2012 we invite you to enter code 12TILDA
to take 20% off all Magnolia purchases. Please note that this code is case sensitive.
Blog Candy Alert! Please join our following and comment on this blog for
a special SURPRISE parcel (I promise, it'll be good! ;)) The winner
will be announced soon, good luck!
The long awaited day is HERE! It's Release Day for Hero Arts' new 2013 Catalog!
You can see the new stamps and most of the accessories by clicking into THIS LINK in our store. We have many of the stamps in stock, but there are some listed as "preorder". Those will ship as soon as Hero Arts gets them out to us. Be sure to read your way all of the way to the end of our post because our special guest has a coupon code that's valid on all of the new 2013 Hero Arts goodies!
Jennifer McGuire is helping us celebrate by using some of the new Hero Arts stamps in her video below. I love how the inktense pencils she is using makes the card SUPER vibrant in color!
Be sure to check out her clever tip on making the bright orange around her banner match the flowers she colored!
Inktense pencils on the Neenah Desert Storm cardstock POP vivid colors.
There is an extra special surprise for you on Jennifer's blog! She has a hot coupon code for 15% off her favorite things in our Simon store....AND the new Hero Arts stamps are among her favorite things! You won't want to miss the rest of her list :) She has really good taste. Thanks to Jennifer for creating this video for us all to enjoy! We appreciate her friendship and enjoy working with her to bring you extra special inspiration and product focus:)
Jennifer's Supply List:
InLinkz.com
We would love to hear what are some of YOUR favorite new releases in the 2013 Hero Art's catalog? Comment below and you could win a $50 shopping spree from www.SimonSaysStamp.com
Today we're revealing the Simon Says Stamp January 2013 Card Kit! We have lots of fun things
in January's kit! Hopefully you'll love it as much as we do.
Included
in the kit are 6x6 papers from Lilly Bee Designs' Persnickety
collection, canvas buttons from Maya Road, Tim Holtz tickets, embroidery
floss, mini brads, kraft circle stickers, cardstock in a variety of colors, golden yellow ribbon, and a new stamp set I designed specifically for this kit called Very Special.
You can pick up January's card kit, which is shipping soon, for $24.95. Or you can subscribe to receive this kit and future card kits for only $19.95 each (you will be automatically billed each month and the kit will auto shipped to you).
I had the chance to play with the kit a little bit and have two cards for you, plus one has a video. Enjoy!
This year we were able to celebrate Tim Holtz "12 Tags" in a whole new way. I have to admit, now that December is here, it's bittersweet. I loved seeing Tim's new tag each at the beginning of every month of 2012. Having a whole month to share and recreate projects based on each month's tag inspiration had a certain amount of consistency and depth of enjoyment.
But these 12 days of December, I miss the late nights from years past when I would stay awake until 2am and my heart leaped with excitement the moment Tim revealed each day's tag on his blog. The buzz began early each day with Mario showing sneak peeks of Behind The Scenes. Live Twitter and Facebook conversations kept me connected with friends from around the world. The blog commenting would begin the instant Tim posted his tag live. Reading the pages and pages of responses from people all around the world created a sense of community. Scurrying each day to get our interpretation of the tag complete before another tag went live kept us all bustling with excitment. Do you know what I mean? I'll never forget the year there were twins! - 2 tags in one day!
To me, this year is all about savoring the 12 Tags. Taking time to enjoy the artistic process. Opening my mind to ideas and creative risks. Feeling no pressure to meet a deadline. What do you think? It does feel good. What's it been like for you this year?
Tim posted the below video on his blog recently. Be sure to visit Tim's blog for a delightful step by step tutorial with pictures on how he created the tag card above. I learned some cool tips and tricks for working with distress stains. Truth be told, my 5 year old son sat on my lap and watched this video right along with me. He loves to spray inks, and distress stains are no exception. I'll show you what we made together today once the mess is cleaned up and I can get some cool pics. For now, he's putting his finishing touches on the snowflakes and getting very glittery.
One of my favorite things about Tim's tag shown here is that he used a jumbo tag and folded it in half to create a card. The suits me, and my son, perfectly for this holiday season of giving from the heart.
Thank you so much to Tim Holtz for the fabulous idea of 12 Tags and allowing us all in on your journey every step of the way. You have gone above and beyond to share, inspire, educate, and connect people from around the world . From taking pictures of each part of the process, creating videos for us to see things come to life, driving far and wide to reach internet access through snow and storms, for the never ending flow of ideas and inspiration, and so, so much more.
Wishing you a happy holiday season filled with creative charm and surrounded by family, ....and lots of stamping!
