A Blog Named Hero 5th Anniversary Bash
Hi friends, it’s Nina-Marie here with you today! Did you know that today is a special celebration? Simon Says Stamp is collaborating in a hop with A Blog Named Hero to help celebrate their 5th Anniversary! Congrats to A Blog Named Hero!! In celebration of this wonderful milestone, I’ve created a cute shaker card that features products from both Hero Arts and Simon Says Stamp!
Do you like to combine stamp sets to create custom scenes and effects? It’s one of my favorite things to do! I was really excited to find that the new Hero Arts Purr stamp set pairs PERFECTLY with Simon’s Cuddly Critters Accessories stamp set. The party hat and balloons look like they were made especially for this little cat, don’t you think?? It is fun to see what neat things you can make by pairing different stamp sets from multiple companies together. This allows you to stretch those products even further, which is always a big bonus!
Because celebrations call for lots of fun, I thought this would be a great opportunity to make a shaker card for my party-cat. I used Simon’s Stitched Rectangle dies to make the shaker frame and filled it with a bunch of sequins that coordinated well with the colors of my cat. I used the Meadow and Sunshine mixes inside my shaker.
The sentiment works really well on a card like this because it is bold and large, ensuring that it won’t get “lost” in the busy sequins. I cut the Painted Happy Birthday die from yellow cardstock four times and layered them together to create a dimensional sentiment. All of my stamped and colored images are attached to the card using foam tape.
This card was a lot of fun to put together; I hope you will check it out in the video below! I also hope that it inspires you to pull out some stamp sets you’ve been wanting to use and see how you can pair them together to make something unique and creative!
WATCH THE VIDEO
KEEP HOPPING & GIVEAWAYS!
Make sure you hop along to the next stop of this special anniversary blog hop: the fabulous Jennifer McGuire! If you get lost along the hop, you can always go back to the A Blog Named Hero’s website for the complete blog hop list, as well as additional details.
The 5th Anniversary hop for A Blog Named Hero spans over two days and there are prizes to be won each day! A Blog Named Hero is so thankful for our wonderful sponsors and collaborating companies! Several companies decided to help us celebrate our fifth anniversary with giveaways and they were so generous that we decided to spread the love over both hop days with different prizes to be won each day!
Giveaway prizes total more than $500! To win, leave a comment on each hop stop. We will select winners randomly from different blogs so the more blogs you visit each day, the greater your chances of winning! And be sure to visit the Saturday post from A Blog Named Hero for the list of Saturday hoppers and prizes! Comments must be left before 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, March 28th and winners will be announced on March 30th.
Today’s prizes include the following:
– $50 gift card to Simon Says Stamp
– $50 gift card to Gina K Designs
– $25 gift card to Winnie & Walter
– $25 gift card to Lawn Fawn
– $20 gift card to Avery Elle
– prize pack from Mama Elephant
– gift card from Studio Katia
-one Online Card Class of your choice
-one set of distress oxide inks from Jennifer McGuire Ink
SUPPLIES
Who wouldn’t love to get this bright, sunshiny card!
Stunning and bright shaker. A real feast! This card creates a wonderful mood! Thanks for the inspiration!!!
Awesome shaker card!
Great design! Love the yellow – and the sequins – and the cat … everything!
What a cute card! I love how big the “Happy Birthday” is!
Alas, woe is me, I will never be able to make these b/c I can’t afford copics, but perhaps something similar with cheaper pens.
This is so darn cute! Love the colors- they just pop
What a fun and festive shaker card!
Cute card! Gotta love those cute kitties!
Very nice! Like sunshine in a card.
What a fun shaker card, love!
How cute is this card?! The colors are so bright and lively. They make me happy!
So bright and cute!!
What a FUN, color filled card. Love it!
thanks for a chance to win
Shaker cards are so much fun!
Beautiful Card! Thank you for sharing.
This card is stunning! I really love how the four-layered sentiment pops against the sequins. Absolutely gorgeous!!!
that card would sure make someone smile!
So pretty and bright! I love making shaker cards!!
Thank you for being part of this blog hop. I just finished watching the video for the Happy Birthday shaker card about ten minutes ago. It’s so bright and fun!
Such a fun Birthday card.
Love the colors
Such a fun and festive card!
Love your card! I enjoy seeing stamp sets combined and these are perfect together. Your color choices are great so vibrant and fun!
Such a cute card, very bright and happy. love shaker cards.tfs
Shaker cards are great for celebrations. Thanks for the bright festive card. Also thanks to Simon Says Stamps for being a generous sponsor.
Fun shaker box. Love the bright colors. TFS
Lovely shaker card.
Happy Anniversary Hero.
Thanks for this sponsor
This is a bright happy card…love it!
Love how bright this card is!
Such an adorable card, Nina! Thank you Simon Says Stamp for being one of our sponsors/collab partners at A Blog Named Hero! We appreciate you so much!!!
This card is so fun!!! Love the bright colors :)
The color combo on this card is gorgeous! I’ve yet to make a shaker card, but think I need to get crackin’!
I LOVE the colors…so bright!
Really cute card, I really enjoy watching you videos because I learn a lot.
Oh this card is too cuuutee
great coloring the Image and love the bright sentiment and the Shaker element? I feel party here
Great card miss Lady.
Great design! Love the yellow
Such a fun card. Love all the colorful sequins.
Absolutely love SSS!! Been awhile since I’ve made a shaker card. This one is perfectly festive for anyone’s birthday. Thanks for sharing!
Just love ,i hope to be able to buy some dies soon
So cute & colorful! Thanks for the giveaways and inspiration!
Love how you used the products….your colors inspire me.
Wow, very bright and cute card. Love, love, love shaker cards. Just started making some myself.
What a cute idea! Love the colour combo.
What a fun card!
The cat stamp set is really cute, and so is the card. Lively, happy. interactive shaker card. I love the little kitty toys.
love the litter ciders what a happy card
Very cute card! Bold and bright but not garish. I love it.
What a super fabulous shaker card – I love the happy colors you chose too!