Tranquil Terrarium April 2025 Hero Studio Blog Hop

Welcome to the Hero Studio Kits launch and Blog Hop! You should have arrived from the amazing Michelle Lupton If you’re just stopping by make sure you head back to the beginning with the Hero Arts Blog so you don’t miss a chance to win. Hero Arts is generously giving away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, April 6th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog.

This month’s studio is all about those leafy greens. On our cards, not our diets. The card kit and Stamp & Cut of the Month give us some stamp options for layering up those pretty leaves. Or you could opt for the Dies included in the card kit or the Die of the month. Both include good sized leaves. And while leaves might not seem like the most exciting image they are some of the most versatile. Leaves can be used for just about any occasion, feminine or masculine, you name it and a leaf image or die is appropriate. I chose to use them to create a framed scene.

I used the Card Kit this month to create my arch framed scene. I used the die cuts included and cut them all out of white so I could color them with ink blending and copic markers. Before I got started die cutting I used several blue and green inks to create a “halo” around the middle of the card where my focal points will sit. Creating this “halo” effect immediately draws the recipients eye to the focal point. I die cut several of the leaves to be able to build up the entire frame.

Once everything was die cut I ink blended the leaves with both a light and a medium green to create a color base. I then used my Copic markers to add shadows and create dimension. The tree stump, mushrooms, and butterfly were just colored with Copic markers before I adhered their layers together. The arch is included in the kit and was cut out of white. I added a bead of glue around the arch on the backside and adhered the leaves and other elements to create a frame. I then glued the frame down onto my ink blended card front.

I did an additional card with a similar look but switched a few things up. If you don’t have the time or the desire to build a frame yourself out of die cuts you can use a cover plate instead. For my second card I used the Secret Garden Cover Plate and ink blended for that same halo effect. For a bit of extra dimension I die cut a second frame in Pine and used it as a shadow behind the ink blended one. The Tree Stump Fancy die helped me create a similar forest scene to the first card even though I couldn’t find my die cut butterflies. Instead I did some no line coloring to create a butterfly that fit my scene. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do lol.

I think both of these cards came out super cute. The Complimentary color combination of red and green really give it a dramatic POP and I love it! I do have a video showing how both cards came together that will be up later today. In the meantime, don’t forget Hero Arts is having a LAST CALL SALE and there are A LOT of great deals on there for stamps, dies, stencils, inks and even watercolors!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I’m the last stop on the hop, if you missed any stops head back to the Hero Arts Blog so you don’t miss a thing.

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Hero Hues Cardstock Pine
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Tree Stump Fancy Die
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Secret Garden Fancy Die
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White Detail Embossing Powder
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Copic MARKER 100 BLACK
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Copic Marker BG45 NILE BLUE
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Copic Marker YG01 GREEN BICE
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Copic Marker YG03 YELLOW GREEN
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Copic Marker YG17 GRASS GREEN
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Copic Marker YG67 MOSS
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Copic Sketch Marker Y38 HONEY
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ADHESIVE ERASER
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Copic Sketch Marker W1 WARM GRAY
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Copic Sketch Marker R35 CORAL
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Copic Sketch Marker R29 LIPSTICK RED
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Copic Sketch Marker R59 CARDINAL
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Precision Glue Press
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