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Acetate Critter Cards – with scenes (Hero Arts bloghop!)

May 24, 2019 by Sandy Allnock 293 Comments [featured_image}

Welcome to my stop on the Hero Arts 45th Anniversary Celebration Bloghop! There aren’t many things that last for 45 years – in crafting especially! Some of my earliest stamps were Hero Arts ones – oh the memories….and they’re still in business all this long time later! See more details about the hop at the end of this post, as well as the link to see who’s next; it’s a 3 day hop so you might want to have a cup of coffee handy for hopping along!

They sent me one stamp set and its dies from their “from the vault” collection of older designs – and do you think maybe they know me a little, by choosing Cute Animals for me to color?? Whee! I combined them with some Acetate cards that have been collecting dust on my shelf….they’re always a fun way to add something super special to a card.

Today’s cards answer a question that comes up about coloring: do I color up to the edge of an image, and how do I do it without the marker blobbing at the edge where I stop? Well here’s a different way for scene-makers to color without that blobby line – just add the stamped image later on. I decided to spend *all*day*long* coloring for this post, though only had the camera on for one of the backgrounds. See pics of the rest of them all below the video!

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Wasn’t that fun? Hopefully it gives another idea for a way to add a scene without having to “stop” your marker stroke when you reach an image – just keep going, and add the image on the front of the acetate! You can certainly add a diecut directly onto the image, too – but the acetate gives it more of a “reason” to be glued on top. And you can also change up the colors from one fall class to make a year’s worth of tree scenes!

Coupon code for classes

If you’re new to me on this hop, HI! I’m Sandy and I love to color SO much that I started a teaching site – Copic classes are of course available as I talked about in the video; but you can learn about colored pencil and watercolor – or drawing classes, Bible Journaling and some inexpensive and super fun art classes for kids. Poke around and you might find something that’ll make your heART happy! And just for fun – I added a coupon code just for blog hoppers…yep it’s our little secret: use code hero to get 10% off adult classes throughout Memorial Day weekend!

The rest of the cards

See the captions below each card with a little more about each one and which class you can learn that background technique.

With this style of card, you can color your heart out on the scene without your marker needing to stop at the edge of the stamped image, thus pooling ink up along that edge.
Frog Card uses a lesson from Autumn Scenes class – a hillside full of fluffy trees in front of a lake with reflections of those trees. The reeds were just made with a dark marker, drawing in a long tall stem and adding a squiggle at the top for each reed.
I’ve created wood elements in a ton of YT videos – there’s THIS one with a wooden wall. You might also consider the Copic Hex Art class, which has wood and 41 more textures you can learn in one class.
Another autumn Scenes lesson – I arranged the trees differently and changed their colors, and added some grasses so the bear had somewhere to sit down.
Blue Skies classes can be taken in Copic or Watercolor (individually or a combo). My poor crooked sentiment wasn’t helped much by my swoop with a black pen, was it? Agh! But I do have relatives who won’t even notice.
Another Blue Skies scene over the plains for this sweet lion.
For a background like this, I refer you to the recent Rose Garden video on YT- very similar idea!

Bloghop!

As always, bloghop celebrations have not only massive creativity to inspire you, but also a huge list of prizes – so you’re going to want to join in on this one! Winners will be drawn from people who leave comments along the blog hop over the three days – comment all three days for more chances to win! Comment by Sunday, June 2 at 11:59pm PST, and they will announce the winners on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

PS: Don’t forget: on my teaching site, you can use coupon code hero for 10% off through Memorial Day weekend on all adult classes!

The next stop on the bloghop is Simon Says!

  • Cute Animal Stamps, Hero Arts
  • Cute Animal Dies, Hero Arts
  • Hero Arts Folded Cards, Acetate
  • Lawn Fawn Ink Pad, Jet Black
  • Copic Markers
  • Neenah Cardstock
  • Black Cardstock
  • Be Creative Tape, 1/8″
  • Foam Tape

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Comments

  1. Karen L K says

    June 2, 2019 at 11:14 pm

    Such a great idea for all those cute animals! I have never seen something like that before. Thanks for sharing your cards.

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  2. Jan says

    June 2, 2019 at 10:20 pm

    Wow, you are an amazing artist! I’ve never seen anything like your beautiful backgrounds. Terrific cards and love your use of acetate also. Thank you.

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  3. S Jameson says

    June 2, 2019 at 9:03 pm

    Thank you for sharing more creative ways to use acetate. Your cards came out so well! Super fun ideas.

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  4. Karenajo says

    June 2, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    Adorable cards! The idea for creating the pretty background scenes and then using acetate to add the focal point on top is wonderful! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  5. Mary J says

    June 2, 2019 at 8:21 pm

    Happy Anniversary. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  6. Andrea B says

    June 2, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    These cards are so creative! I love all the different scenes for these adorable animals. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent!

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  7. Andre M. says

    June 2, 2019 at 5:33 pm

    These are just adorable. The acetate is quite a lovely touch and unexpected.

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  8. Stacey Kowbel says

    June 2, 2019 at 11:08 am

    Such adorable cards! I love your background scenes!

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  9. Nancy Y says

    June 1, 2019 at 9:41 pm

    OMG I love these critter (especially pandas) cards! And I love acetate cards. I have to make these!

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  10. Connie says

    June 1, 2019 at 3:02 pm

    Hi Sandy 🙂 I love these acetate cards!!! It really places the emphasis on the critter…and cute they are! I’ve worked a little with vellum but never with acetate…something new to put on my “to try” list! You always inspire me! Thanks 🙂

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  11. Kathy Ladra says

    June 1, 2019 at 2:24 pm

    Thanks for sharing your creativity!

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  12. Robin Buchholz says

    June 1, 2019 at 2:05 pm

    All of your cards are beautiful! I love the cute critters and backgrounds. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  13. ViolaLeary says

    May 31, 2019 at 9:55 pm

    Sandy, your coloring is awesome. I don’t know how you do it, I’m going to commit to more video time with you. Thank you for the awesome lesson

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  14. Kimberly Ostgard says

    May 31, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    Love all your cards cute panda card. Nice blog hop.

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  15. Robyn Ikemoto says

    May 31, 2019 at 5:30 pm

    These critter cards are adorable and super-cool looking with the acetate!

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  16. Arianna Barbara says

    May 31, 2019 at 10:02 am

    Oh wow! Awesome set of cards! Layouts, details and colors are amazing!!!

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  17. Karrie Lasater says

    May 31, 2019 at 6:52 am

    I think you had lots of fun with these cards! They sure look like fun! I love that you used an acetate front panel. These are all so cute I can’t seem to pick a favorite!

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  18. Janet Swanlady21 says

    May 31, 2019 at 4:04 am

    What a wonderful set of cards – so bright and fun. You’ve inspired me with the acetate cards … I must get my stash out and use it! You have made an amazing showcase of Hero Arts stamps and products.

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  19. Teri W says

    May 31, 2019 at 4:03 am

    Wow! Love the acetate cards. Almost looks like the critters are floating! Great color!

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  20. karenladd says

    May 31, 2019 at 12:10 am

    Oh my gosh, you are always so creative and I love these sweet little critter scenes!

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  21. Evelyn Larson says

    May 30, 2019 at 7:12 pm

    hello Sandy, love, love your cards. Beautiful. By the way I would be honor to receive one of your cards even the hipo one with the crooked sentiment.

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  22. Linda Price says

    May 30, 2019 at 5:04 pm

    I like the use of the acetate on your cards-so cute. And your coloring is great-so talented.

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  23. Lindsey says

    May 30, 2019 at 4:24 pm

    Cute critters on the lovely cards!

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  24. Sue D says

    May 30, 2019 at 2:29 pm

    Lots of cute critters on these acetate cards. Love the coloring.

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  25. Lisa Says says

    May 30, 2019 at 1:34 pm

    Your cards are so beautiful ! They remind me of some books I had when I was a kid, with transparent pages layering over the other ones.
    And I admire your copic marker drawing skills as well as the huge amount of work you put in there !!
    You’re such an artist !

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  26. Henriëtte says

    May 30, 2019 at 6:33 am

    Awesome cards Sandy, I love how you made them with the acetate cards and put the critters on top of them. Gorgeous backgrounds as always.
    Thank you so much for showing your great inspiration.

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  27. Surekha Galagoda says

    May 30, 2019 at 6:12 am

    Dear Sandy
    Oh my God your cards and coloring are really out of this world. I was just wondering what acetate cards are. Thank you for teaching all the things i learnt today. I am going to bk mark your blog and come back again. Love and hugs

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  28. Jan Metcalf says

    May 30, 2019 at 5:56 am

    You are a master at coloring! Love the panda card! Pinned your video and will give it a try!

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  29. Debbie Parke says

    May 30, 2019 at 12:55 am

    Such gorgeous cards, I’m gonna have to make some acetate cards now, or even order the card bases from Hero Arts! Very nice .

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  30. Dawn Skene says

    May 29, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    I love all of these cute cards! Thanks for the video showing how to color one of the scenes and explaining the rest.

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  31. Kristen Snoozy says

    May 29, 2019 at 5:35 pm

    Thank you for the tips! I really appreciate your instruction and can’t wait to try this, your backgrounds are amazing

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  32. Melissa Schreifels says

    May 29, 2019 at 8:53 am

    These cards are all so cute! And what a great technique and clever idea. Thanks for the inspiration. Your work is amazing, as always.

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  33. LC Lamothe says

    May 29, 2019 at 7:37 am

    What a fun and brilliant design! Your scenes are the best.

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  34. Wendy Lambert says

    May 29, 2019 at 6:26 am

    Such fabulous cards. The backgrounds are just gorgeous and the critters are so cute. This idea is so clever, I will have to try it.

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  35. Sharon Youngblood says

    May 29, 2019 at 3:12 am

    I love these little critters as well, they just so adorable. Your backgrounds are amazing.

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  36. Noreen says

    May 28, 2019 at 10:25 pm

    Cute little critter cards – so fun!

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  37. Helen F says

    May 28, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    Your cards are so clever an so much fun, Sandy! Love to watch your videos and catch up with your helpful hints and ideas! Thanks for sharing your wonderful inspiration!

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