Hello everyone and thanks so much for stopping by to help celebrate the launch of Hero Arts Holiday 2018 Catalog (be sure to flip through it – there’s plenty of inspiration)!
Today I have 1 product – 3 ways kind of video featuring a brand new Holiday Foliage Bold Prints background cling stamp from Hero Arts 2018 Holiday Catalog. I was only planning to make one card, but as I started playing I got other ideas popping in my head, so I decided to make several projects. I was filming and editing this video right before I left for vacation, so I apologize if it seems a bit rushed. I was really pressed for time and wanted to get it done before I left.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
As always, I filmed a video tutorial showing how to create this project from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARD DETAILS – ADVANCED
I stamped background in Versafine Onyx black ink on white cardstock and clear heat embossed it to create a raised edge to this image. I used a variety of Copic marker colors for my coloring.
I used the following marker colors:
- Reds: R89, R39, R27, R24, R22.
- Greens: G99, G94, YG03; YG99, YG95, YG93: YG13, YG01, YG00.
- Yellows: YR04, Y35, Y13
- Browns: E79, E37
- B99 for the blue background
For the sentiment for this card I used beautiful “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” sentiment from the Winter Holiday Messages stamp set and I heat embossed it my new favorite embossing powder – gold glitter. I trimmed my sentiment into a little rectangle and I foam mounted it onto my background, which in turn was adhered onto an A2 white card base. Next I used my Tonic Aqua shimmer pen and I added some sparkle and shimmer to the poinsettias. Next, I used Hero Arts Lacquer pen and I added dimensional clear detail over the berries on this background.
This handmade card uses Nuvo Drops to make berries. Want to see 4 other ways you can use Nuvo Drops from Tonic Studios in card making? Check out this article – 5 Ways to Use Nuvo Drops.
Finally, I used my white pen and I added white dots onto the background making it look like snow.
CARD DETAILS – MEDIUM
For my card idea #2, this is a medium difficulty card I decided to heat emboss this background on black paper. I used my new favorite gold glitter embossing powder for a ton of sparkle and I loved the look. This particular powder is not as fine as some of the other powders by hero arts, so it did obliterate some of the detail on this background stamp, but I still think it ended up looking absolutely spectacular. And the best part – it was super easy to do.
I white embossed a sentiment for this card on a piece of red cardstock. I went with a fun message from the Off Beat Holiday messages stamp set – it’s an awesome set with those snarky and not so typical messages for the holiday season. I trimmed this piece into a little V-shape banner and I foam mounted it on my background which in turn was adhered onto an a2 white card base.
To step this background up a bit I used my Nuvo Drops in Red Berry and I coated every berry on the background red.
CARD DETAILS – EASY
For my final card idea, the easiest one for today I once again heat embossed this background, but this time in silver glitter embossing powder – this one is also fabulous for the holiday season. I used Simon Say Stamp Sea Glass cardstock. For my sentiment I used “All I Want For Christmas is you, wink wink” from that same Off Beat Holiday Messages stamp set.
So there you have it – 3 project ideas, super complicated, medium and easy to make using Hero Arts new Holiday Foliage Bold Prints background stamp. I hope you enjoyed this video idea and the cards I shared and will give this a try. Let me know if you’d like me to film more videos like this where I take one product and share 3 ways to use it – from simple to complicated.
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SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Hero Arts Cling Stamp Holiday Foliage Bold Print Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts Clear Stamps Off Beat Holiday Messages Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts Clear Stamps Winter Holiday Messages Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts Gold Glitter Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Silver Sparkle Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Silver Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp White Cardstock 120 LB Shop at: SSS |
 Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ | WF |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Tonic Red Berry Gloss Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC |
 Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Sakura Classic White Bold Line 10 Pen Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ |
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Love all your beautiful cards thanks for sharing such great ideas!
Great cards!! Love the use of a stamp shown three ways- please do more! Thanks
Yana, your projects are GORGEOUS! I am always in awe of your work and this is no exception. Thanks for the process video.
Gorgeous cards as always, background stamp is awesome.
These cards are all so beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your backgrounds are always amazing! These are beautiful. Lovely cards.
Oh my goodness, so gorgeous!!
So much detail! Wonderful!
Thanks for sharing! Love the cards
This is a beautiful stamp and love the variation it offers. Love your cards 🙂
OMG your cards are just gorgeous – thanks for sharing !!
Love the cards and I really like the different levels of cards!
Beautiful cards but I would stick with the gold or silver embossed….all of the coloring is beautiful but I know my limitations. Thanks for showing the different versions.
Lana–these are spectacular! Love the difficult one–lots of time to create, but so worth it!
All 3 are absolutely stunning! I will try for the same effect with my mandala background stamps.
The details are absolutely stunning! I am humbled to be hopping with you today! <3
Your cards are amazing! Love them all.
Love the black & gold with the touch of red- absolutely gorgeous.
The colors on your first card are just beautiful. I am not familiar with the Hero Arts Lacquer Pen. Thanks for using it. I will check it out.
Love all these cards, such a stunning g stamp!
Wow! I love the first card, but I would REALLY have to like someone A LOT to spend that much time on a card. 🙂 The other two cards are more my speed. I hope you have a wonderful time on your vacation. We all need to get away sometimes, even if it’s just for a long weekend.
The gold embossed background is exquisite!
Love how different this gorgeous background looked on the 3 cards. Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
Great cards, and great techniques, too! I appreciate your showing us the various layers of difficulty, too.
Sooooo pretty
I absolutely love the black and gold Christmas card! The red berries and the red cardstock really pop on this card!
Lovely, simply lovely.
Beautiful cards and very inspiring !
Wow. You did a wonderful job with those background stamps! All that coloring would have intimidated me! Just beautiful!
What beautiful cards!!! Thank you for sharing
I love embossing. I’m like a kid everytime I heat it up and it’s starts to melt. Thanks for showing 3 different cards.
STUNNING cards!!!!
Love them all, but the black and gold is my favorite!
Lots of beautiful Christmas colors!!!
Oh my these are so beautiful. I want so many of the new Holiday products.
I do love the format of showing different ways to use one product..I find it really helpful to jumpstart my creativity. And with this background, you probably could have done ten! I love them all, but I also have to say there’s something so rich and elegant in the red/gold/black combination. Thank you so much. Enjoy your trip.
I really love that background stamp. So lush. I hope you do a lot more videos where you show us how to do three (or more) ways to use a stamp using different levels of complexity. That is so helpful!
Wow! Beautiful cards.
these are incredibly beautiful and detailed. I love how versatile it can be.
Fabulous cards, as always!
Beautiful cards – thanks for sharing different ways to use them.
Crazy how one background stamp can look soooo different. Thanks for the inspiration!
These cards are absolutely stunning!
Three very different looks. Your instructions are always very clear.
Wonderful cards. Yes, please make more videos with different ways to use one stamp.
Yana, your cards are beautiful and elegant. The Hero Arts Holiday Foliage Bold Prints background cling stamp is nice! Thanks for demonstrating the techniques you used.
Fabulous cards Yana. The background stamp is stunning. My favorite is the black with gold embossing power. All 3 are very stunning.
Wow, beautiful cards! Love the Foliage background stamp!
Wow, Yana – these are all amazing! Thank you for sharing so many different ways to use the set.
Wonderful cards. Hope you loved your mini vacation! You did an awesome job on all the cards.