a blog named hero week one and winners announced

Hello Friends,  Anything new since yesterday? Did you notice the bait and switch during the Video Hop? First one to guess what it is will win a goodie bag from me. (hint if you are here that's a clue)

Today is a new day and I am excited and honored to able to participate in A Blog Named Hero's "Dear Santa" extravaganza all month. If you are stuck on inspiration for your holiday cards or just stumped in general ... well.... just be prepared to be blown away with the creativity you see on their blog. 

For some reason I thought I was supposed to create a card set. That's me to mess things up but, someone will be getting a card set soon. The tin that I repurposed for my card set was from this card kit from Simon Says Stamp.
This deer stamp from Hero Arts card was the perfect subject for a holiday card. After stamping the deer in a light color I stamped this background on top of the light deer with a darker Luxe ink. I fell in love with the "Floral Bouquet" background stamp so I had to color it with some Copic markers. The bouquet between the deers antlers was cut from the background. The layering papers are a nice and heavy card stock from Bazzill.

The deer card below was modified into a one layer card to fit into the tin.

The front of the tin was covered with white card stock that I stamped and colored slightly different from the colors on the cards in the set. 

It's easier to compare both cards in this photo.       

Mask off your card stock with masking tape to create a "one" layer card. 

Use the chisel end of your marker to create the look of an additional piece of card stock.

Stamp the deer on a strip of card stock and color with a glitter pen, add a bow and glue between the green lines (be sure to let some of the green show) . Questions? Please send me an email.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED! finally! The winner of the Penny Black Lily stamp was selected from Rafflecopter as seen in this post is Laura J. 

The winner of the Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit as seen in this post is #4 Sandra. 

The winner of Online Card Classes as seen in this post is #79 Ana Kulseth

CONGRATS LADIES. I have emailed you all :) A big thanks to A Blog Named Hero for letting me share them and their talented design team! Check out the inspiring creations here. Have a great weekend. Hugs, Kathy

CARD SUPPLIES ETC. USED TO CREATE MY CARD : 

Deer Stamp Etched Bouquet Canvas Background Love Letter Memento Black Ink Chipboard in a tin Heavy Weight Cardstoc Green Blending Kit Red Blending Kit Post-It Masking Tape! Best Foam Tape EVER