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Hero Arts <\/a>is celebrating their 50th anniversary this month, and it so happens that some of my mom’s oldest friends will also be celebrating their 50 years together, so I thought it would be fitting to use a collection of coordinating products from Hero Arts as the foundation for their anniversary card. These new to me products are so beautiful and include not only a cling stamp and layering stencils, but also a couple of dies allowing you to cut out a bee or two and some of the flowers. Love it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started with the 6″ x 6″ Flowers and Bees Bold Prints<\/a> cling stamp, heat embossing the image in gold on white cardstock. Then I used the Coloring Layering Roses Stencils<\/a> to apply a soft color palette of buttercream<\/a> and sage greens<\/a> before trimming the panel to 4″ x 5 1\/4″. I was strategic with my trimming so I could die cut two bees from the remaining panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, I layered the trimmed panel on a matte gold <\/a>frame die cut using the Honey Bee Stamp’s Lovely Layouts: Party Frames<\/a>. I used another frame from this set for the center of my card, also die cut from matte gold cardstock, but modified it a bit by die cutting the center area with a nesting circle <\/a>die. This provided the perfect place for the focal point of my card design, the Number Five <\/a>and Number Zero<\/a> Fancy Dies from Hero Arts. I’ve been wanting some of these number dies ever since they were released last year, and I’ve decided I need them all now. I die cut these from matte gold cardstock too and gave them a bit of a highlight by offsetting a white die cut behind them. I overlapped them a bit and attached them with foam squares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I finished my card with the bees I die cut at the beginning and a sentiment from one of my favorite sentiment sets, the Waffle Flower Essential Celebrations Combo<\/a>. Then, I added just a few Vintage Pearls<\/a> from Honey Bee Stamps for embellishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for stopping by and reading all about my double-duty card design celebrating 50 years. Cheers to Gary and Marie and to Hero Arts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hero Arts Flowers and Bees Bold Prints<\/a>
Hero Arts Amazing Fancy Dies<\/a>
Hero Arts Color Layering Roses Stencils<\/a>
Hero Arts Number Five Fancy Die<\/a>
Hero Arts Number Zero Fancy Die<\/a>
Waffle Flower Crafts A2 Layers Die<\/a>
Waffle Flower Crafts Essential Celebrations Combo<\/a>
Hero Arts Nesting Circle Infinity Dies<\/a>
Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layouts: Party Frames<\/a>
Honey Bee Stamps Vintage Pearl Stickers<\/a>
Neenah 110# Classic Crest Cardstock Solar White<\/a>
<\/a>Simon Says Stamp Matte Gold Cardstock<\/a>
We R Makers Quickstik Precision Pickup and Placement Tool<\/a>
Simon Says Stamp Place and Score Embellishment Wand
<\/a>Simon Says Stamp Place and Pierce Embellishment Wand<\/a>
Sizzix Curved Fine-Tip Tweezers<\/a>
Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting And Embossing Machine<\/a>
Misti Precision Stamper Tool<\/a>
Waffle Flower 6.5×8.5 Grip Mat<\/a>
Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue<\/a>
Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Mini Snips<\/a>
Lawn Fawn Bone Folder<\/a>
Scotch 3M Post-It Masking Tape
<\/a>Simon Says Stamp Blending Brushes Large
<\/a>Simon Says Stamp Blending Brushes Small<\/a>
Simon Says Stamp Anti Static Powder Brush Tool<\/a>
<\/a>Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Clear<\/a>
<\/a>Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder<\/a>
Scrapbook Adhesives Thin Foam Squares
<\/a>Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares<\/a>
Simon Says Stamp White A2 Top Fold Scored Cards 120#<\/a>
Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Trio 14<\/a>
Simon Says Stamp Rainbow Splash Buttercream Ink Pad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hero Arts is celebrating their 50th anniversary this month, and it so happens that some of my mom’s oldest friends will also be celebrating their 50 years together, so I thought it would be fitting to use a collection of coordinating products from Hero Arts as the foundation for their anniversary card. 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