another fabulous day!

Well, we’re off to a great start this week! We’ve had a lot of Hero Arts fans visiting . . . lovin’ that! We LOVE Hero Arts too!

I suppose you’re wanting to know who the winners are?

Really?

Are you sure?

Okay then. Here they are.

Winner of the stamps:
Michelle V who said:
“Love that Cityscape!! I also really like those stamps...would be great to have them. ;)”

Winner of the dies and embossing folder:
Melanie Arrowood who said:
“This is a fabulous idea! Incorporating two of my favorite things: Quickutz and stamping! Brilliant! I can't wait to see all the samples this week!”

Congratulations ladies! E-mail us your contact information at customerservice@quickutz.com and put QK/HA BLOG WINNER in the Subject line. We’ll get that right out to you!

Now, for a little eye candy!

One of my favorite combo-designers (stamps & dies) is Nichol Magouirk. She has such a way of putting it all together! It truly is eye candy! You just have to pore over all her work to soak in every little detail. For example, check out this page . . . isn’t it amazing?! Look at all the layering, so subtle, yet so wow!

Supplies:
QuicKutz: frame_1479, circle_scallop_LG_1178, circle_scallop_LG_1177, circle_scallop_MED_1186, flower_popup_0942, flower_1021
Hero Arts: K5232 Dot Flourish Border, S5101 Raindrop Background, CL184 Clear Design Thoughtful Messages, CL272 Clear Design All Occasion Messages, CL332 Friendship, CL284 Clear Design Friend, CL291 Clear Design Hello Circles, Small Pearl Gems
Other: Patterned Paper, Crate Paper. Cardstock, American Crafts. Brads, Sassafras Lass & Making Memories. Scallop Punch, Fiskars. Embossing Powders, American Crafts.

Here is a card from none other than Jennifer McGuire . . . Miss Hero Arts herself! This girl is sooooo incredibly talented! I think her name is synonymous with Hero Arts. Her stamping is genius! And it works beautifully on these die cut images from Silhouette! I also love her feature articles in Creating Keepsakes Magazine.

Look closely at all those little details on the card. Think you can figure out all that she did? Hmm . . . let’s see if you got it right.

1. Cut “Wonderful” (phrase_wonderful_1546) title using Silhouette on white cardstock.
2. Stamped “Dots and Lines” stamp with Versamark onto the “Wonderful” title and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
3. Rubbed “Scattered Straw” Distress Ink over the stamped image with a Ranger Foam Inking Tool.
4. Cut flourish (flourish_1019) with Silhouette on white cardstock and rubbed with “Tea Dye” Distress Ink with a Ranger Foam Inking Tool.
5. Adhered all items to kraft card
6. Cut “You” with Silhouette on white cardstock and inked it with yellow ink.
7. Cut Butterfly (butterfly_1510) with Silhouette on white cardstock. Stamped a script Hero Arts image with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
8. Added wire antenna.
9. Adhered Hero Arts Pearls to the body.

I tell you, she’s genius! She made every single Silhouette shape come to life using a few Hero Arts stamps, some ink and some embossing powder. Wow!

Now boys and girls, it’s time for some more giveaways. I looooove giving stuff away! So how about we start with more incredible stamps from Hero Arts. Check out these designs!

And here’s some more totally cool dies and embossing folder from QK!

And because I’m feeling saucy, how about we throw in one of these for a prize! A $25 Silhouette download card!

Just leave a comment in today’s post and we’ll randomly choose three winners and announce them in tomorrow’s post.

And if you’re itching for some more examples, ideas, and tips & tricks, here's a few sites to look at:
Silhouette Idea Gallery
QK Idea Gallery
Hero Arts Learning
Two Peas in a Bucket: Die Cutting
Two Peas in a Bucket:  Stamps

Be sure to check out what Hero Arts is doing—and giving away—on their blog today! And you may want to check out my own blog too, I told you I like giving things away, didn’t I? ;)

[this contest is now closed]

Comments

[Tara]

WOW...another great post! I'm so happy you and Hero Arts have teamed up. I'm learning so much already, I can't wait to see what the rest of the week holds out :D

[Erika M]

Good golly what an awesome giveaway! I'm so totally loving all the inspiration that you've been showing on the blog.

[fiona y]

i really love nichol too! thanks for the chance to win ;)

[Lin]

Holy cow! What great prizes!!! This is turning out to be some week! Thanks for the chance to win!

[Amy V.]

Love all the delicate details in Nichol's layout, so much going on but woven together so perfectly. Hmmm...wonder if I could get my two kids to hug and kiss like hers? :o)

[ann_marie wilson]

All the ideas and products are fabulous. Fingers crossed here!

[Kim Lundstrom]

Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing!

Kim Lundstrom

[Karen]

Hi Thanks for all the inspiration and also for the chance to win

[Angi on the move!]

Love all the inspiration...between Hero Arts and Quickutz I'm set! The more I see the Silhouette, the more reasons I find to get it!

[judyjung]

I am loving the Hero ARts and QuicKutz pairing!! It's like peanut butter and chocolate!

[Teresa]

Wow! What great giveaways. Would love to win.

[MMG]

Yay for eye candy and double yay for blog giveaways!

[cathy]

Oh my gosh, this week is been so fun, and it's only Tuesday!

[Linda D.]

It's great to see the two companies working together. Great giveaways.

Linda D.

[Jenell]

Love the ideas on your website. Great giveaways, too.

[Cindy C.]

I don't own any die cut machine and often wonder what would I do with it, but seeing the cards featured here and on the HA blog this week had opened up my eyes!!

[Pamk]

congrats to the winners from yesterday and another great list of prizes. Love that border but I just love quickutz borders. Don't think they've had a bad one in the bunch.

[Lynne Kramer]

Nicole and Jennifer are tow of my favorites!! I particularly love to see what Nicole does with the Silhouette designs on scrapbook pages. So very inspiring!

[pj4572]

I think saucy will be my word of the week while checking out all the great work everyone has done!!!! I love it all!!

[Daria Zender]

Wow...what a great group of prizes...thanks for a chance to win.

[krolski (kathy)]

Wow, wow, wow!! I love Nichol and Jennifer! Thanks for the awesome giveaways and the chance to win.

[Beth Both.]

Wow! Great Prizes.

[Anette H]

Another great day on the blog!! What a perfect match QK and HA are!!

[sandra]

So simple, yet so elegant. Great card example, cant wait to try it myself!

[Chris S]

Again, beautiful projects! Thanks for the chance - love all the products.