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:


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  1. jenn says…
    12/16/2012

    Love love. Thanks :-)

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  2. Pjay says…
    12/16/2012

    So lovely how you used the silver embossing and the Hero Arts stamps are awesome.

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  3. Weenie Thomas says…
    12/16/2012

    Silver embossing on vellum looks stunning.

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  4. Vallarie Clegg says…
    12/16/2012

    just love background stamps...use them all the time

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  5. Sandi says…
    12/16/2012

    Love the stamp and the creative way Ali always inspires me.

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  6. Olga says…
    12/16/2012

    What a beautiful stamp from Hero Arts ! He'd to preorder ! Definitely a wonderful layout ! Love this !!!!

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  7. Anette H says…
    12/16/2012

    Love that stamp, and the way you used it!

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  8. Maureen Hayes says…
    12/16/2012

    I have ever embossed on vellum, but now seeing how beautifully your page came out, I will definitely give it a go! I really like that new Hero Arts background stamp and can see using it on lots of projects. Thanks for sharing with us on the hop.

    Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  9. monscrapondingres says…
    12/16/2012

    The silver embossing gives a real classy look to the project and it fits so wonderfully to the season !

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  10. Sally Mesibov says…
    12/16/2012

    Love what you did with this stamp, and loving the silver zing myself!

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  11. margriet says…
    12/16/2012

    Loved this stamp already when coloured but it is so chique with the silver embossing.

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  12. Bobbi's Treasure says…
    12/16/2012

    Love the different ways to use the background stamp. Thanks for the ideas.

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  13. Bobbi's Treasure says…
    12/16/2012

    Love the different ways you used the background stamp!

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  14. Jean Bennett says…
    12/16/2012

    There is so much detail - I love your approach to using this stamp. Great spread.

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  15. Andi Walsh says…
    12/16/2012

    Beautiful on velum with silver! What a great use of this stamp. Hero Arts rocks!

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  16. Rhonda K says…
    12/16/2012

    Ali, you always, always inspire!! I just received my new December stamps and now I really can't wait to use them. :-) But, I also love the idea for embossing this Hero Arts background stamp - gives the looped flowers a whole new look!

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  17. Sonia Tremblay says…
    12/16/2012

    Beautiful stamp and great idea!!!!!

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  18. Lori Whaley says…
    12/16/2012

    Love, love, love the loopy stamp!!

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  19. Sandy says…
    12/16/2012

    This is a great idea. I have started making a calendar book for myself for 2013 what an awesome for my December page. Thank you
    Sandy

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  20. Carol says…
    12/16/2012

    LOVE this idea! Can't wait to get it and try it myself!

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  21. Gabriela says…
    12/16/2012

    Beautiful embossing on vellum, great idea!

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  22. Mel says…
    12/16/2012

    Love the embossed look with that stamp, Ali. You are always so inspiring with so many awesome ideas!

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  23. Nancy S says…
    12/16/2012

    There are so many things you can do with this stamp!

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  24. Rina says…
    12/16/2012

    Silver on vellum looks amazing and the Flower pattern stamp is lovely.

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  25. Laura says…
    12/16/2012

    This looks as fun to make as it is beautiful. A wonderful keepsake.

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