Hello Ai (and Hero Arts) Fans!
Today, we are joining in a huge party for our friends at Hero Arts! They are celebrating 45 years in business (WOW!) and we are so thrilled to be friends with such a fun bunch!
We endearingly joke with our friends at Hero about our companies being the "older folks" of the stamp industry (Ai will be celebrating 32 years in July!). You know that friend that always understands? We get to chat like old friends with the awesome team at Hero about the industry over the past few decades, and the joy that is to come!
Congratulations on this major milestone, Hero Arts! Big hugs to you all!
So today, we collaborated again with card designs from Jessica and Niccole using Hero Arts dies and our Ai Stamps!
A 45th birthday is definitely an occasion to celebrate! I couldn't wait to play with the Hero Arts Birthday Message Fancy die, this thing is huge and could be the main focus of any card. Except I'm going to pair it with a stamp that is equally as fun and dramatic! The Art Impressions Girlfriends Spectacular set, with that large of a number you bet the cake will be bright!
There is a card process video below. I'm going to keep things fun and bright by using rainbow colors. I love the look of white on Kraft and I wanted to make the Birthday Die really stand out. To do that I created a backdrop with the Girlfriends Spectacular set using Gina K. Amalgam ink and Neenah Dessert storm cardstock. I kept to a rainbow color scheme for the clothes of these Girlfriends. I love how the kraft cardstock deepens all the colors. I kept the marker count low by using some cool grays colors to shade with. For the white clothing, I used a Prismacolor Pencil.
After die cutting the freshly colored panel with the Hero Arts Birthday die and mounting it to a card base. I also used the beautiful birthday die 3 more times; once with black craft foam and the other two with white cardstock. I layered those 3 together then adhered the stack to the negative die cut area, of the card panel. Topping it off, and to complete the "Happy Birthday" sentiment, I used the happy word from one of the sentiments in the Spectacular set. Which I heat embossed with white embossing powder on black cardstock and trimmed out with scissors.
To add some subtle shimmer I used 3 colors of Alcohol Pearl inks and created a rainbow, then die cut the Yupo paper with the amazing Hero Arts Circle Confetti die. This one is a lot of fun! I didn't use the die cut background but instead, adhered the small rainbow confetti pieces to the panel surrounding the spec wearing girlfriends. If you look closely you might see a 45th enamel pin. being worn by one of the ladies.
Copic Markers
C1, C3, C5
R05, YR04, Y18, G14, B16, V06,
E74, E35. E31, E15, E07
RV85, RV81
Prismacolor Pencil
White
Happy 45th Hero Arts!
45th Anniversary???? Congratulations Hero Arts!! 45 years is certainly something to celebrate.
At first, I thought the card was getting too fancy. But then I thought, what craft person doesn't like a little glitter? I went with blue glitter paper because Sapphire is the traditional and modern gift for 45 years.
I only used the confetti from the Circle Confetti Fancy Die set. I cut out the confetti with the blue glitter paper. I staggered them around the cut out of the Sunburst Fancy Die. I wanted some dimension to my card so I cut out three layers to the word happy from the Ai Flip Card Die and layered them on top of each other. I centered them down the middle of my card front.
I wanted my Crafty Gals to pop so I made a pop-up piece of cardstock to hold my gals. When the card is open the Crafty Gals stand up. I used the sentiment Craftiness = Happiness on inside card top of the card with blue glitter paper framing it. I staggered some confetti pieces around the sentiment to draw your eyes up on the card. I wanted to make sure the Anniversary card was centered around the Crafty Gals. I finished it off with a big Happy Anniversary across the bottom. After all 45 years as a craft company is a MAJOR celebration ... YAY Hero Arts, congratulations!!
Copics used:
B000, B12, B14
C1, C3, C5
E00, E11, E53, E55, E57, E71, E74
G40, G43, G46
R20, R35, R37
Y13, Y15, Y17
YR61, YR65
W1, W3, W5, W7
B000, B12, B14
C1, C3, C5
E00, E11, E53, E55, E57, E71, E74
G40, G43, G46
R20, R35, R37
Y13, Y15, Y17
YR61, YR65
W1, W3, W5, W7
Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!
Thank you so much for stopping by! Here is the full list for the hop!
Art Impressions < You are here
Cathy Zielske < Hop to here
Winners will be drawn from people who leave comments along the blog hop over the three-day event - comment all three days for more chances to win! Comment by Sunday, June 2 at 11:59pm PST, and the winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Hero Arts: 3 $145 Gift Certificates, 3 $45 Gift Certificates
Altenew: $50 Gift Certificate
Art Impressions: $25 Gift Certificate
Ellen Hutson LLC: $50 Gift Certificate
Gina K: $100 Gift Certificate
Jennifer McGuire Ink: $100 Hero Arts Gift Certificate, 5 Share Handmade Kindness goodie bags
Laurie Willison: 2 Card Hanger Dies
Lawn Fawn: $50 Gift Certificate
My Sweet Petunia: 1 Prize Bundle (Original MISTI, a set of Creative Corners, a Cut-Align, and a bar magnet)
Online Card Classes: 5 spots in the Stamp Happy In Good Company: Hero Arts class
Pink Fresh Studio: $45 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook & Cards Today: 3 copies of Scrapbook & Cards Today Summer 2019 Issue
Scrapbook.com: $50 Gift Certificate
Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate
Thanks for stopping by. We hope you enjoy a cookie or slice of cake today as we toast to a pillar company in the stamp industry!
As always, Happy Stamping!
287 comments:
1 – 200 of 287 Newer› Newest»Love that confetti die!
Those ladies sure look like they are having fun! I love that birthday cake with the overloaded candles.
I love your cards!!! Your ladies always look happy and cheerful!! Your second card is so cool!! Love it!!
These ladies look like they are having a blast!
Oh that Hero Arts Birthday die is so pretty,I love how it fills up the card!
I have so many AI stamps they're in their own separate container haha! I just received the mansion and can't wake to decorate!
I LOVE that birthday die in the first card. Both of these are really fun and cute cards. Great job ladies!
Oldies but certainly goodies. The industry is lucky to have such pillars as you two around. Thanks for being a wonderful source of inspiration over the years. XO!
Fun use of the confetti die!!!
Love the confetti die card
Great cards - your ladies are so fun and the confetti is a perfect touch!
Such clever cards that provide inspiration!
I love all of the new ideas!
Great tribute for a 45th celebration! Love the cards, and that rainbow leftover paper with the circles will make a great background on another card!
Yay! Designs for us crafters who are slightly longer in the tooth...
The girlfriends card is so much fun! Guaranteed to put a smile on the recipients face. The rainbow colors were perfect for this card.
Super cute use of the confetti die! The girlfriends know how to party!
Love those girlfriend stamps. They fit right in with the Hero Arts dies. Super cards!
Such cheerful cards. Must get that crafty ladies stamp and the confetti stamp. They are just "happy products."
Love that dot background die. so fun on your cards
I love blog hops and Hero Arts because they inspire me to create--thank you!!!
I just love the way companies in this industry support each other. It’s so hard to find any more. Thanks for participating in such a great milestone for Hero Arts. I love the cards especially the rainbow colors and the sweet ladies.
Woohoo! It's a celebration! Thank you so much for supporting Hero Arts and this blog hop/celebrations - it's so great to see companies supporting each other!
Just spent a couple days at the Orlando Scrapbook Expo and I spent the most time in your booth and reading and laughing at all the cards!! Your stamps are the funniest and most exciting to use! Thank you! Happy 45 to Hero Arts!!
Love those girls. I have a number of the "girls" stamps. Happy Birthday to Hero Arts! What a great business.
Love this card and those ladiesš
Such cute cards! What fun to celebrate Hero Arts.
So much fun! I can't believe all these stamp companies are hitting these milestones - that can't mean that I'm getting older! Thank you all for all the fun products you create to let us have fun in our lives!
What fun cards! I want to go to that party!
The circle confetti die is a must-have.
Love the cards. Such fun designs.
These ladies all seem to be having a blast! And I am sure they are celebrating this big birthday, such fun and colorful cards, love them :)
I love these cards! Art impressions are so fun! Thank you for sharing!
The Art Impression ladies are perfect for a happy birthday card.
Congratulations Hero Arts!! 45 years is certainly something to celebrate. Love Art Impression Ladies stamps, so much can be done with them. Thank you for sharing with us.
The Art Impression stamps are always like the friends in your heart. The confetti die would fit nicely in my stash!
Super WOW cards! I smiled my way through this post! Love them!
I have to have that confetti die in my life, it's a must. I love the little extra pop on the cards.
That confetti die is what I need!
Niccole, Your cards are awesome!! The birthday die is super cool and your girlfriends look like they're having a blast! Love the confetti on the first one and the sparkle on the second card. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous cards...love those cute ladies and that confetti die looks super cool!!
love your creative cards - fun techniques and ideas:)
awesome cards. Great way to show the versatility of the confetti die
It's wonderful seeing both companies support each other. The stamps and dies do complement each other so well, as seen on these beautiful creations! Thank you for being part of Hero Arts' 45th Anniversary and for giving us all a chance to win.
How cute to have a crafting friends card. Nice
I love Girlfriend cards! They are so fun and have tons of personality!
I love your cards. They are so cute! I really want to try this.
I love that you support each other as a community. Your materials complement each other beautifully.
Loving both cards and how combining Hero Arts and Art Impressions products makes fantastic cards!
Woweee! That is a lot of work. I have never used copic markers. I do have Prismacolor pencils so maybe I could start with just a few markers and give something like this a try. Really neat cards.
Awesome coloring! :)
Those are some truly awesome and whimsical cards - love them!
I really like the confetti die. It makes a terrific backdrop.
Love the awesome cards! Such a fun stamp of the ladies. Thanks for sharing...
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Those are some fun cards!
Nicole Such fun cards Makes me want to party LIvely coloring
Such fun ideas.
Those are super cute and really fun-filled cards! Thanks for sharing.
Your stamps always make me smile and I love these cards!
Super fun cards!
Love AI stamps and especially this girls card. Love everything about it!
These are two fantastic cards! I had no idea that AI was 32! Just starting to get in with the AI stamps and enjoying them fully. A fun hop to be in on! Great job team!!!!
Thank you for the lovely inspiration! Congrats to Hero Arts!
Beautiful!
Cute!
Love the vintage feel of the stamps
Love these cards! I love art impressions stamps and will get getting some soon! Congrats on 45 years Hero Arts and many more! You are my "Hero"!
I love the HA Confetti background die.
Ok, I think Sunny Shades Girlfriends is my new favorite stamp! Beautiful cards. Thank you for sharing about your relationship whit the Hero Arts team.
love these!.. love Art Impression stamps!
thanks for sharing!
I love AI stamps, they always bring a smile. Thanks for sharing the sample cards, they are all beautiful!
The confetti card was awesome! Congrats to Hero Arts and thanks to AI for being part of the fun!
Love both the cards shown - and the AI Girlfriends stamps are among my favorites too! Congratulations to Hero Arts and AI both, for leading the way and creating so many gorgeous products over these many years!
These ladies sure look like they are having fun! My fave AI Stamp is the one that says “I laughed so hard....” can you older ladies relate!? Lol
Ooh these are so fun! :)
Oh that Birthday die.... that's a for sure!!
Such fun cards! Thanks for sharing with us!
I love these ladies, I purchased the Yoga one but have not had the chance to use it.
Thank you so much for the wonderful creations.
Your cards are adorable and so FUN!!! I love Hero Arts' fancy confetti dies. They make for such fabulous backgrounds.
I absolutely love those quirky ladies and the cards you have made! Cute, cute cards.
Loved those gang of girls having fun on both the cards !
It is so much more fun when you can collaborate and create together! I love your fun stamps and the wonderful celebratory cards you made!
I love these cards so much. Thanks for sharing
I love your cards, they make me laugh!
Happy Anniversary Hero Arts and thank you Art Impressions for your talents and inspiration
These cards are great. Love the girlfriends. I like using the background die confetti to the card.
Such fun cards! I love all the Girlfriend stamps!
Such fun!
Cards to make you smile.
#girlfriendsarethebest
Love these fun ladies! Your card is so fun!
Hi all. I just found this. It looks like fun!
Love love love Ai stamps. So fun and whimsical! I have many. Thanks for taking part in this very cool blog for a very cool company! Beautiful cards! Congrats Hero Arts on 45 years of making great stamps!!
Fun cards! I love when our favorite companies collaborate and support each other, it really creates a creative community!
Love your wonderful cards! Art Expressions images always bring a smile!!
Your cards are so cute! Thanks for supporting Hero Arts!
What fun cards! Thanks for sharing!
Love these fun cards!
Wow.. They are damn cutee.. Thanks for the inspiration..
Love all these cards!!!!!!!
Happy Anniversary Hero Arts! š
What an attractive group of women! So fun.
Such fun cards!! Love the confetti die and those ladies are great!!
Love those sassy ladies. Great cards, great coloring, and designs. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love combining product and do it all the time.
I have as much AI in my collection as I do Hero....so I like seeing you do it too!
I find it comforting to have long term companies in a world where things are changing every single day.
Margot
Happy birthday celebration!
What fun! These stamps are adorable, especially for us ladies "of a certain age"! Add some amazing techniques and you have terrific cards! Love it!!!!!
These ladies always make me smile! I love these cards!
The pop-up card is a riot! I love that you combined products from AI with those from Hero š
FUN card! AND sometimes it is not a bad thing to be "old" because we remember all the cool stamps we got back in the good old days. :) Happy anniversary to Hero Arts!
Perfect AI stamps for HA celebration and the photo! See well known faces there. Yay to all!
I love Hero Arts and I love Art Impressions! Your wonderful stamps are hysterical. I have several and I used them often for cards for my friends (we're all senior citizens). Next on my wish list is "Never too Old to Laugh" -- that one cracks me up!
What fun cards. Enjoying seeing all the creative ideas being shared.
Fun card for a great birthday celebration!
Love the confetti die! Happy 45th to Hero Arts!
Fabulous cards from two of my favorite companies!
OMG! These are sooo fun! I Love how you made the ladies pop up when you open the card! TOO CUTE!
Wonderful collaboration on your card!
S.I. has made some fabulous stamps & I have to laugh each time I see "the ladies". Wonderful humour with so many of them as well. The cards you've made to congratulate H.A. on 45 years are spectacular! Thanks for the video showing the process as I am a visual learner.
The girlfriend stamps are too cute! Love the pop up card using that stamp.
fabulous and fun celebratory cards!!
These are such fun girlfriends stamp! I like to imagine myself right there with them!
Love both of your cards. I have the AI Spectacular set and now I want that birthday die. Thank for sharing your creativity.
Such fun cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love these cards! Creative combo of products from both companies! Thank you for celebrating Hero Arts & sharing your ideas!
Such a fun card. Great way to celebrate 45 years.!
I love these ladies! Fun cards to celebrate an anniversary!
How fun the stamping village must have been. Sure would've liked to be there! tee hee Oh, and I love how happy your card is!
Of course stamping is better together! Great combos of products. Thanks for even more great ideas.
Fun cards! I especially like the first one!
Art Impressions are always so much fun. I've got alot of the "girlfriends" sets, and have such a good time creating with them.
Oh what fabulously fun cards! Congrats to AI on (almost) 32 years - wow!
Great cards. Thanks for all the inspiration.
Love that party card...such a fun combo of stamps and dies!
Your card was so fun. I also love that large "Birthday" die. Happy birthday to Hero Arts!!
Love the concept of the Stamping Village and the support and respect you show one another. Truly inspirational!
very cute cards!
I have always gotten a laugh out of your "friends" great card
Such a fun and happy card! Love the AI stamps paired with HA stamps.
Loved the cards. So much fun and great colouring.
Ha ha! Love your cards! The colors are great and I love all the layers. Very cute!
Love both cards, what a great collaboration!
These are all beautiful and I've been looking for a couple "bigger" card front dies. I love the birthday.
I super love that girlfriend stamp and yes I spotted the pin. ❤️
Oh my goodness, such cute cards!
Thanks for the inspiration.
Cute, cute cards and I love the way that those in this industry like to create and play together. There is room for every one it seems to the benefit of all.
Cute cute cards! So many great ideas! Thank you so much for the inspiration!
Such beautiful cards! Now I want to go make something . . . back later . . .
AI Ladies always make the most fun cards. Love them.
I love the cards and now I really need that confetti die.
Great card! Love the ladies and how you used the die cuts!
What fun cards! Love the pop up card.
I love Ai stamp sets, they are so much fun.
I have enough of the girls to make 1 for each of my golf girlfriends.
Love it
Just love these AI stamps! Thank you.
Love the Girlfriends stamps & have quite a few in my collection. It's fun seeing how you colored each of the girls and the beautiful background you created. thanks for sharing.
This card is so cute! I especially love the confetti die cut background! May have to add that to my collection! Thanks for participating in the blog hop and giving us a chance to win prizes!
I need that confetti die, love all the cards!
I love this cute and festive card! The confetti background is so neat.
I like the girlfriend stamps and the use of colord pencils with markers
Love those cards, thanks for sharing. Didn't realize you have been around for thirty-two years
Fun cards to celebrate Hero Arts and their milestone anniversary! Great collaboration of products for these fun cards!
Super fun cards! What beautiful jobs everyone is doing.
These projects are so beautiful, thanks for the inspiration! I love Hero Arts products.
Carol B
What awesome cards! I do love the ladies. They are always so fun and easy to use in just about any situation. It is hard to believe it has been so long since I started stamping. Wow! And still going strong and always finding new fun and exciting toys to use.
oh wow those ladies, so fun! what a great image!
Wow Happy Anniversary to both Hero Arts and Art Impressions! Together you do make fun cards! Thanks for the humor and I’m sure enjoying the beautiful reactive inks!
Congrats to Hero Arts for 45 and you for 32 coming up!! Way cool!! PatriciaD
Wonderful cards, love the Ai and Hero combo!
What a sweet occasion, love those cards.
wat een geweldige bloghop en wat een mooie kaarten komen er voorbij
groetjes ellen
Nice coloring with Copics and color pencil. I really like how you used the white color pencil. Such nice cards!
Both cards are wonderful!
It’s great to see what you can make when mixing two “older” companies together ��
Thanks for sharing your talents!
Two great cards, they are so fun, happy and colourful !
Thank you for sharing your creativity and talent.
And thank you for sponsoring this amazing, inspirational blog hop.
Thank you for creating two fabulous cards. Congratulations to Hero Arts on 45 years.
Cute cards, love the crafty one the best of course
I love these cards! They are so much fun. I have a few Art Impressions stamps that make me chuckle when I use them. It's nice to see them partnered with Hero Arts. Fantastic mix!
Wow . Wonderful cards ..love these ladies..looks like they are having lots of fun...
Colorful Confetti Background is wonderful. Happy Birthday Hero Arts.
i really like that confetti die they made such a pretty card
A wonderful way to marry fun products from 2 great companies! I love the use of the gorgeous colourful dots to highlight the fun with those super birthday ladies!!! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring us all!
Thanks so much for sponsoring such a wonderful hop!! Love your
stamps just as much as Hero Arts! Jessica and Niccole's cards are
so awesome.
Happy Birthday and here is a shout out to all the older companies. You rock
Just amazing! Both cards are wonderful. Exceptional design and coloring. Love that die! Tyfs, both of you!
Great cards...thanks for all the fun ideas.
Lovely work here by both - I love love the colors and layouts - Happy 45 Hero Arts! Thanks for sharing.
Love the anniversary card.
Haven't made one of these pop-up
cards in awhile. I love your
stamps - they resemble people
like me and I feel comfortable
using them. thanks for
sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Love the ladies, what a fun way to celebrate a friend.
Both cards are so cute! Great use of the confetti die. So creative in your card designs!
Ckeier2000@yahoo.com
such cute cards - love those ladies - they're always having so much fun!!
Love these cards! Thank you for your amazingly wonderful inspiration!
Art Impressions you are my favorite stamp company. I love your watercolor stamps. Great cards!
Wow! Both of these cards are fabulous! I love the party scene Jessica created and the pop-up piece on the inside of Niccole's card is so fun. :)
Lovely Anniversary Celebration creations, Ladies! So glad you joined the Hero Arts hop.
Great cards -- thanks for sharing!
Happy anniversary to Hero Arts! I love that y'all are collaborating with Hero Arts (and other companies) in the stamping industry to celebrate/promote each other. It also doesn't surprise me one bit that y'all are doing so, because AI is made up of wonderful people!
Happy 45th anniversary to Hero Arts! Great product and great company!
Love your coloring design - thanks for sharing!
Really Fabulous cards!!!! I love the pic of you all!!!
I'm so impressed with how you used the circle confetti die. AI is one of my favorite stamp companies along with the outstanding Hero Arts. Congratulations on your anniversary.
WOW such awesome cards!!!!! Totally love those new large word dies!
Such a fun stamp and loved watching you color. You make it look so simple yet your card looks so involved and gorgeous.
Your stamps are so much fun. Thank you for sharing these.
Fabulous cards using both brands... The crafting community is amazing... Happy 45th Hero Arts and soon to be 32 for Art Impressions.
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