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Spellbinders has dies for what they call kinetic cards. Those are moving or interactive cards.

Interactive dies sometimes look intimidating, but these new kinetic dies from Spellbinders are super easy to use!

I quickly created an interactive card and decorate it with pretty butterflies.

I added an eyelet lace frame from the new Eyelet Lace Frame die to my second shutters card.

I love how you can have the sentiment be a surprise on the inside.

Check out how easy these cards are to put together in today's video.

And check out the new dies below. Thanks for stopping by!

In my recent Stocking Stuffer for Cardmakers video,

I tried out the Karin DecoBrush Metallic markers and asked if anyone was interested in seeing more ideas on how to use them in cardmaking and the answer was a resounding YES! So today I am sharing three ways to use the Karin DecoBrush Metallic and Pigment markers on cards!

The best thing about these markers is that they work on lots of different surfaces. So, they show up beautifully on black cardstock.

They work on acetate too!

Envelopes can get expensive! So I decided to try The Stamp Market's Standard A2 Envelope Die and Envelope Liner Die. Plus I grabbed their Basic Stripes 6x8 Patterned Paper pad.

These dies are so easy to use! Plus I love that you can make an envelope any color you want and the coordinating liners are so cute!

Not only are these envelopes easy to put together, they also perfectly fit even a dimensional A2 card!

Check out this video to see the dies and how they work!

Check out the supplies I used down below. Thanks for stopping by!

I had a bit of a coloring breakthrough using the SketchMarker Basic 1 Set! The ink blends so easily and the bullet nib tip makes it so simple to scrub out harsh lines between colors!

I had so much fun coloring this stamped image from Hero Arts!

If you've ever struggled with alcohol marker coloring I highly recommend this set. It amazes me that for such an affordable price they are refillable and they will have replaceable nibs in 2022! Plus this set is 36 markers out of their FOUR HUNDRED color palette! I will definitely be adding more of these to my stash! Check them out in today's video!

You may remember I reviewed a set of Arrtx brushmarkers in this video:

I LOVE them! They are super juicy, come in great colors and make it really easy for beginners to color in stamped images for cards.

So when Arrtx reached out and asked if I would like to try their latest holiday set, I jumped at the chance!

This time I tried the Alp markers which have a bullet tip on one end and a chisel tip on the other. And I LOVED them! I was able to color this entire holiday card with JUST the 12 markers included in this set (10 alcohol markers and 2 metallic paint pens!)!! Plus I think this is some of my best alcohol ink coloring! Check it out and see the colors from this set swatched out in today's video!

Grab this set while it is still on sale! The links are all below! Thanks for stopping by!

Arteza reached out to me to see if I'd like to try out any of their fabulous art supplies and I realized that I had not yet done a video on watercolor pencils! They kindly sent me their 120 watercolor pencil set as well as watercolor brushes and a watercolor paper pad!

The first thing I do with new art supplies is swatch them out with Waffle Flower swatch stamps and dies!

Once I saw how the colors looked on paper and how they reacted to a certain amount of water, I went to work picking colors for my first poinsettia card:

But, when you have 120 colors, one card with traditional colors is not enough! So I set to work creating poinsettias based on a color combo I imagined from the Nutcracker fairy portion of Fantasia!

I am not a watercolor artist, just a cardmaker, but I had so much fun watercoloring both sets of flowers and love the way the Arteza pencils, brushes and paper worked so well together!

Check out the video to see the colors swatched out and to see both cards!

Welcome to the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero December 2021 Release Blog Hop! The December My Monthly Hero kit is a reminder that no matter where we live, near or far, in cities or in neighborhoods - through it all we're here for each other. The kit includes a lively cityscape cling background stamp, a beautiful new cover plate die, and a clear stamp set containing useful messages for welcoming new neighbors, or letting friends and family know you are thinking of them. The images in the clear set have coordinating dies as well. Rounding out the kit is our popular Pitch Black cardstock, ink cubes (perfect for blending a gorgeous sunset) and adorable clothespin embellishments.

What I really love about all the stamps and dies in the main kit and add ons is that they are all so unique and versatile at the same time!

Whether you're making a card for a new neighbor...

Now onto the hop and giveaway! Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, December 12th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Here is the whole hop list!