Hero Arts 2012 Catalog Blog Hop + Giveaway
Welcome to the 2012 Hero Arts Catalog Blog Hop!
GIVEAWAY | Three people will each receive three new stamps from Hero Arts new 2012 catalog.
Here's two of the three sets of stamps that I'll be giving away:
Also, Hero Arts will also be giving away five prize packs that include brand new 2012 Catalog stamps. The five winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received by midnight PST on Monday, December 12, and will be announced on the Hero Arts blog shortly thereafter.
All the new stamps will be available on December 10th. Check out HeroArts.com for a store near you.
IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE, WELCOME! Normally a process post like this would happen over on my Projects blog but since this one includes a giveaway it's happening here (and there's lots of December Daily goodness happening over there). If you'd like to learn more about my site check out my Welcome or About Ali pages.
Here's a look at a stamp I love from the new catalog and the one I'm using in my layout today:
Hello zig zag!
I decided to do a page that highlights some of the things I love about Anna right now.
Here's a look at my process:
I used the new Hero Arts Zig Zag stamp to create a pattern on my white cardstock with Jenni Bowlin Chewing Gum and Malted Milk inks. I didn't stress about making it perfect because I knew I would be adding content on top.
I started by adding a sticker border (Sassafras for Studio Calico) along the bottom - popping it up with foam dots.
I knew I wanted the title to read "Things I love" and I hoped it would fit in that space. Chipboard letters are American Crafts Goodness by Amy Tangerine.
Photo is 4x6 and was printed with a white border.
And yes, another one of those wood flags is popping up here. I love those things.
"Beautiful" is from a set of GCD Studios Melody Ross Soul Food Collection Chipboard Stickers.
For the journaling I used one of my Awakening 4x6 overlays. I opened it in Photoshop, added my text and printed on cardstock.
Along the bottom of the overlay I added a bit of washi tape (I think that came in a Studio Calico kit), her initials in those great little Lily Bee alphabet letter stickers, and an old metal arrow (I think from 7gypsies). Love those arrows. Someone should make those again.
SUPPLIES
Click on the images to link to the products.
Hero Arts Zig Zag stamp is now available here.
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NEXT UP ON THE BLOG HOP
Next up on the blog hop today is my friend Tim Holtz: http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Remember, if you find a link that doesn't work on the blog hop, you can always hop back to the Hero Arts Blog for a list of direct links to all the blogs in the hop.
TO BE ENTERED into this giveaway please leave a comment below sharing your favorite holiday tradition (if you are reading this post on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment). Comments will be closed at 8pm Pacific on Sunday, December 11th. Winner will be included on my December Daily giveaway post on Monday, December 12th. Please be sure to check back or subscribe (click here to get posts delivered to your email box) to see if you are receiving one of the items this week.
LOVE it!! I also love that you did a LO!
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My favorite holiday tradition is spending Christmas Eve with my mom's side of the family. We exchange gifts, have a big dinner and just enjoy each others company. All of my cousins are grown and this year only half of us will be in town. I really miss those days when we were all together.
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Neat stamp! Wonderful layout!
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What a sweet layout. I love the background you made from that one stamp. Super!
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Love this project, the zigzags came out really great
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This is a beautiful LO and the chevron stripes make a perfect backdrop!
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My favorite tradition is bringing out all the old decorations from years past including ones that were on my tree as a little girl and a couple that were on my mom's tree as a little girl.
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love the layout, my favorite time of the holiday season is watching all the excitement of my grandchildren as we approach each day closer to the Christmas.
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What a great giveaway Thank You! Love your layout and the stamp.
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my favorite holiday tradition started by accident. my 2 kids take alternate years reading the night before christmas.On christmas eve about 10 years ago, come christmas time, I would not be able to find the book, so the tradition came that each year we would buy a new illustrated version of The Night Before Christmas. Each year, the child who reads it, makes some notations of the year and who read it and who was in attendance of the reading. Being over 10 years now, it's getting harder to find different illustrators!
Judi
Highland, In
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Love that zigzag! My favourite Christmas tradition is our stories by candlelight with the children every evening of advent, it's a great family time.
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I love the background cling stamps from Hero arts and love how you used it on the scrap page...a simple way to add so much detail and texture.
In our family, our Christmas dinner always included Yorkshire Pudding. I have many fond memories of fallen pudding and wondering what ingredient (there are only 4) that got left out to ruin it. Now that my granny is gone, we've converted to making popover with their own pans and a fool proof recipe...but the tradition and the memories are still there. I take a photo to commemorate another great batch of popovers for each year's scrapbook layout! Silly...I know.
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fabulous chevron background favorite christmas tradition, cookies!!!!
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Love the layout! Great stamp and colors...just like everything about it. Thanx for all the inspiration!!! Would love to win the stamp you used.
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My favorite holiday tradition is baking pumpkin pies. I usually make a traditional holiday meal as well, but this year my daughters requested something less traditional - an ethnic menu. I'm excited to venture into something new & different; plus, they have volunteered to do the cooking!
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I love love, love the zigzag stamps!! Awesome!
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My favourite tradition is preparing our annual Christmas letter to send out with the cards. It has to be funny and short.
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My favorite tradition was making what my mom called 'surprise balls'. A cherry is wrapped in a sweet peanut butter mixture and dipped in chocolate and then nuts. They are very labour intensive but we made them together. We then would place them on cookie sheets in neat little rows and put them in our cold storage.
I used to go downstairs and sneakily eat some before Xmas . The trick was to eat a whole row and space them out so my mom wouldn't notice any were missing. I only confessed this to my mom recently, twenty years after the fact.
Great memories.
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A favorite holiday tradition at our house is making rollout sugar cookies and decorating them with sprinkles and candies. Thanks for the chance to win! I love the stamps!
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My fave holiday tradition is simply putting up our Christmas tree with colorful lights. :)
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what a great layout! when I first saw that stamp it didn't really catch my interest, but it looks great!
I would have to say my favorite holiday tradition is Christmas morning when all the kids and their spouses come over to open gifts and we have a huge breakfast to kick off the day. this year will be even more special with my 1 year old grandson.
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Love the zig zag, thanks for sharing
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We are a family of pranksters so, the holidays are always full of laughter! One of my favorite memories happened when my Dad realized I was under the tree trying to figure out what my presents were (which was a huge NO, NO). He decdided to take all of my presents and add things to them like bricks, pennies, plastic bags and kitchen towels (my mom thought she was going crazy couldn't find the towels for over 3 weeks). By the time I got to open the presents I was so confused as to what was in the packages......The surprise was worth it! I love my family and enjoy the laughter that comes from our love.
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I just love how you can take simple white card stock, ink, and a big background stamp to create your own patterned paper. The background stamps from Hero Arts are so versatile, and beautiful.
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Love the Hero Arts stamps CHEVRON!!! My favorite holiday tradition in making my grandmothers Peanut Butter Fudge. This is a family favorite and I am the only one she taught how to make it. This year my daughter is almost 20 and I am planning on teaching her how to make it also.
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