December Daily™ 2012 | Day Thirteen + Hero Arts Blog Hop
In addition to sharing today's December Daily™ spread I'm also participating in 2013 Hero Arts Catalog Blog Hop.
The stamp I'm using from their set of new releases is the Looped Flower Pattern (CG504).
Here's a look at my spread with an embossed vellum page as an insert.
To create the vellum insert page I stamped the background stamp using Versamark on vellum and then dumped some Silver Zing Glitter (embossing glitter) on top before cooking it with the heat gun. I love that silver Zing. Love it.
The heat embossing worked really well on the vellum.
I then cut it to the same size as my photo (about 7.25 x 4.25) and added Hardcover Silver Thickers along the end (and stitched them down for good measure). Those Hardcover Silver Thickers are currently on clearance at Scrapbook.com. I picked these up at JoAnn's yesterday.
"Celebrating December" and "Tis The Season" are part of my December Daily™ stamp set and also got the same embossing treatment.
Here's a look at the back:
Behind the stamped vellum page I added an overlay from Hambly + some of those little silver stars I can't stop using.
I also added a little strip of the stamp (embossed) along the bottom of the journal card. The lines were drawn with a Faber-Castell Silver PITT Artist Pen (awesome).
On top of the photo I drew a line with that same silver pen and added a silver thicker + a cute button from the Studio Calico kit.
GIVEAWAY | Hero Arts will be giving away several prize packs, with winners randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received by midnight PST on Monday, December 17. Feel free to leave a comment below to enter.
NEXT UP IN THE HERO ARTS CATALOG BLOG HOP today is my wonderful friend Jennifer McGuire.
Remember, if you find a link that doesn't work, you can always hop back to the Hero Arts Blog for a list of direct links to all the blogs in the hop.
Here's a link of all my days so far for 2012:
- Day One
- Day Two
- Day Three
- Day Four
- Day Five
- Day Six
- Day Seven
- Day Eight
- Day Nine
- Day Ten
- Day Eleven
- Day Twelve
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love this, ali! the looped flower background is one on my favorite new stamps! :)
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I love that new stamp!
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Just gorgeous!
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WOW!!! Love Love LOVE your Page Ali....So Festive and Perfect!!!
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Wow! Awesome project!!
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So elegant. Love the less is more concept with this stamp.
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That's a gorgeous stamp! I love the way you used it. Always such inspiring ideas on your blog. :)
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the loopy background is calling my name
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Anna rocks! I always love Anna posts. Merry Christmas!
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What an elegant look with that new stamp, it looks fbulous.
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Great giveaway, love your December Daily album!
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This is why I love blog hops I would never have used the stamp this way, thanks for a new idea !
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Really cute idea for that background stamp. Thanks for sharing!
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I love the way this looped flower stamp looks embossed on vellum!!
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Again you make me excited about the inspiring things that can be created with simple products and our own stories. Thank you!
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This Looped Flower background stamp is really stunning!
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Amazing new stamp! Love what you did with it.
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Stamping on vellum - I must try that!
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I love how you used this stamp! Such a great idea! I embossed on vellum for the first time yesterday. :) xx
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I'm so loopy over that background!
LOVE the silver!!!
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What an awesome and festive page! I love it stamped on the vellum!
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The pattern really pop-up with heat emboss on vellum! Nice!
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More inspiration!! I never thought about embossing on vellum. Love it!
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Thanks for sharing your pages everyday...so inspiring!
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I love Hero Arts and this new stamp is just gorgeous. Thanks for your inspiration Ali.
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