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.
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 ENTEREDinto 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.
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Love being with family! Thanks!
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Thanks for the chance to win!
I have so many favorite traditions but my all time favorite is probably opening advent calendars with my kids.
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We put little happies in each other's stockings until they are overflowing! Then we spend hours opening the gifts one by one.
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What a darling layout! So many possibilities with these new background stamps!
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Love the zigzag background stamp and your project.
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Great stamps! Thanks for the giveaway.
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My favorite holiday tradition is reading the Christmas story before we open gifts. Such a great reminder of why we are truly celebrating.
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Oh what fun...new goodies! I'd love to give one of your sets a good, inky home. Great layout, Anna is adorable. what a sweet smile. Favorite Holiday traditions...there are lots, but one happened just today. I help my Mom decorate her tree, we remember and comment on each ornament as it goes on the tree. Some bittersweet as the person who gave it to her is no longer with us, but it's great to remember them. Anyway enough blathering! Thanks for the chance,
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Love the page you did - how clever the background was I never would have guessed you had made it with a stamp! My favorite holiday tradition is baking cookies to give to family and friends. My 10 year old daughter is going to help me this year and we're hoping to make 17 different kinds (if we don't run out of time.) Thanks for the chance to win some Hero Arts stamps!
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Making gingerbreadmen cookies...I make well over two hundred of them to give to all the children in my kids classes, my neighbors, friends, to the staff at my school and my students and for my family of course!
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First of all, that is a gorgeous layout! What a fantastic prize those zig zags are awesome!
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The kids picking a new decoration each and then packing it away in their own special box after.
Julie
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We do a cookie exchange at work that is pretty fun!
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My boys are 17 and 20 and this year. I've been thinking A LOT about letting go of our family traditions - mostly because my oldest has moved into a house at school and doesn't come home as often as in the past simply because he has created a "nest" for himself and my youngest will be going to college himself soon. So, it's a private joy for me that you've asked this question today and I can say with such a thrill that our tradition - which we will do again this year! - is driving to a local neighborhood to look at their Christmas lights and decorations. When the boys were little, they'd go in their pjs, with lots of quilts and pillows. We'd take a Thermos of hot chocolate,turn up the heater so we could roll down the windows and turn the radio to a Christmas carol station. These days, it's practically the same though we don't wear pjs anymore. It's absolutely one of our most cherished traditions.
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My favorite holiday tradition is lighting the Advent Candles on Sundays...it's a chance to be still as a family and focus on why we celebrate Christmas. :)
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my favorite holiday tradition is playing Whovilleopoly on Christmas Eve with our family. WE have done it ever since my daughter was old enough to play games and she's 23 now and living on her own, but she still makes plans to come and play on Christmas Eve which makes it even more special now.
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That's a fantastic layout and I love all the new stamps you showed!
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My favorite holiday tradition is just being together on Christmas eve, the whole family, after Christmas mass, having dinner, then waiting to open the gifts!
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My Christmas tradition is not labeling the gifts.. then the kids can't peek, because they don't know which one is theirs!
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I had to think about this one a little. We have tons of holiday traditions. Some w/my extended family, some w/my Husband's extended family, some of our own... but my favorite tradition is coming together in the family room to watch Christmas movies. My fav is White Christmas, my Husband's fav is Die Hard and my son's is A Christmas Story.
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