Hey, all!
Today I get to share something really exciting with you! Not too long ago, the amazing Jennifer McGuire at Hero Arts asked if BasicGrey and I would participate in their upcoming "All-Star Paper Week." And of course, we both jumped at the chance and said "yes!" And now that time is here!!
Not only are we going to be sharing projects and showing awesome ideas for using our products in conjunction, but we each will have awesome giveaways to share on our respective blogs! Be sure to keep reading to find out more!
First, is the project I created using BasicGrey and some awesome acrylic stamps from Hero Arts. As alot of you know, I "faux-stitch" on my layouts all the time (no sewing machine and too lazy to hand stitch anymore!) and when I saw these border stamps, I was immediately in love! How easy-peasy do they make it??! I especially love that they can be curved to create a wavy pattern like I did here with hardly any effort at all! And these owls? Who could resist those? Definately not me! They made the perfect compliment to the quirky, fun vibe of our Offbeat line!
Supplies:* Offbeat Casual PP
* Offbeat Nonchalant PP
* Offbeat Novel PP
* Offbeat Chip Sticker ABC
* Hero Arts Clear Design Owl-oween
* Hero Arts Clear Design Dots & Lines
* Other: Bazzill & WorldWin CS, Delta Rubber Stampede Ink, Pop Dots, Berol Prismacolor Colored Pencils
Now, here are some projects from the uber talented Hero artists. Tami Hartley created this with BasicGrey and Hero Arts. Tami said: "I fell in love with
this large scale pod-branch patterned paper from Basic Grey's Offbeat
line when I first laid my eyes on it. I wasn't sure how I was going
to use it on a card, but once I got it home I decided it might be fun
to use for a holiday themed card. (I think the colors from Shari
Carroll's fabulous shabby chic creations were still fresh in my mind!)
To achieve the look I added a strip of stamped snowflakes, a seasonal
framed sentiment, a few pearls --- and voila -- a quick holiday card
with lots of impact!"
Supplies:* Hero Arts Clear Design Frames and Messages
* Hero Arts Sparkle Clear Holiday Messages
* Hero Arts Sparkle Clear Warm Wishes (snowflake)
* Hero Arts Chocolates & Blueberries Queue
* Hero Arts Neutral Card Buttons
* Hero Arts Accent Pearls Combo
* Basic Grey Offbeat Unexpected PP
* Basic Grey Offbeat Eccentric PP
* Other: ribbon, metallic silver thread, machine stitching, pop dots
Jennifer McGuire created this card with BasicGrey and Hero Arts.
Jennifer said: "BasicGrey continually amazes me with delicious papers
that I just have to have. And many of their paper lines work well
with Hero Arts. When I saw their new line, Urban Prairie, I couldn't
wait to use it. And the Hero Arts background stamp is perfect with it!"
Supplies:* Hero Arts DesignBlock Stencil
* Urban Prairie Olio Rub-ons
* Urban Prairie 6x6 Paper
* Hero Arts Clear Gemstones
* White Memories Ink
* Hero Arts Strawberry Notecards
* Other: punches, ribbon
And now I have a fab giveaway from Hero Arts! Jennifer was kind
enough to send duplicates of some of the stamps I requested just for my readers! Simply leave a comment here by Tuesday, October 14th at 11:59pmPST
telling us what Hero stamps and BG line you love most and you'll be entered to win these:
Want another chance to win? Hero Arts will have a great giveaway of an Urban Prairie prize pack today on their blog. So be sure to visit HERE and drop them a line!Thanks so much to Jen and Hero Arts for having us be a part of such a fun celebration!
321 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 321 of 321I will always love Basic Grey's Romani/Gypsy line because it's so colorful and upbeat.
As for Hero Arts, anything out of the new Winter catalog. I love all the cute, whimsical animals in scarfs and hats.
Thanks for the opportunity to win!!
I have only just begun using BG, thanks to the inspiration of your work.. I never would have guessed the stiching came from stamps. Love, Love, Love it all..
My favorite "old" Basic Grey set is Oh Baby Girl and my favorite "new" set is Urban Prairie. My favorite Hero Arts set is the cute little owls.
My favourite basic grey paper is two scoops, not only does the name remind me of icecream, but the papers are yummy too! As for my favourite Hero Art Stamp, it has to be the sparkle clear messages set, I use them all the time and they are easy to position on a project.
My favourite basic grey paper is two scoops, not only does the name remind me of icecream, but the papers are yummy too! As for my favourite Hero Art Stamp, it has to be the sparkle clear messages set, I use them all the time and they are easy to position on a project.
I love those border HA stamps on your layout Kelly! I also am sewing impaired and I would use them a lot. As far as a favorite line from BG, never gonna happen, I'll never commit to just one BG line. I love them all.
I love the Urban Prairie line and the Hero Arts birds.
Thanks for this chance! I love the new Wassail line from BG for the upcoming holidays and the Halloween/fall stamps from Hero Arts are right up my alley!
I love the circles that Jennifer McGuire used on some cards on her blog. There are so many BG sets I like, but one I just love the soft colors of is the Lily Kate collection!
I love those cupcake stamps and the new BG Urban Prairie line.
I am a big Christmas fan, so my fav BG papers are always the Christmas ones. Fruitcake being my all time fav. I love all the Hero Arts stamps, it is hard to pick just one, those new stitch stamps are way cute and I love that you can bend them up to do a wave stitch!
I love all BG lines but my favourite is the offbeat range!..absolutely adore it!
...and my favourite HA stamps would have to be the dotted trees :D
My favorite Basic Grey line is Ambrosia and I love all the collage stamps from Hero Arts.
I love the christmas lines for both! I know, boring, but I just love them.
I really like the 'granola' line of papers....love the earthy blues & tans of it. Thanks for the give-away!
I love BG Urban Prairie and the HA design Block Tree stamps!
Way too hard to choose one favourite from both these great companies!
I LOVE THEM ALL!
Ohhh, my fav line has always been Phresh & Phunky. I could use it forever!!!!!!
I can't say that I have a favorite, but the owl set to too cute. Basic Grey is definitely one that I couldn't pick a fav. Anything bright that they have right now.
Ohhh, my fav line has always been Phresh & Phunky. I could use it forever!!!!!! And Hero Arts - the set that gets the most use is LL001 Box Of Words. It's a great set for scrapbooking and cards!
I like most all HA stamps, use many of them. Basic Grey most recent favs are Sugared and Two Scoops. TY:)
I love all of the Hero Arts stamps, particularly the Christmas ones. As for Basic Grey, the Urban Prairie and Offbeat are my current favorites!
My favorite BG line would be the Ambrosia line. I've been playing around with some of the pp's from it recently and I love the result thanks to the wonderful paper. You can see the 4 cards I've made using Ambrosia papers in my blog! :)
The Hero Arts line I love the most. There are plenty of them but I do love the new long borders and they also have the cutest owl stamps!!
I like the new Urban Prairie line from BG. With Christmas right around the corner, I'm looking forward to using the Hero set Jolly Christmas!
My favorite Hero Arts stamps right now are the cupcakes! I haven't got them yet but there are so many possibilities with them! And really, who doesn't love cupcakes! My fave BG line is Offbeat (for now anyway!). I love the bold patterns and bright colors it offers!
I love flourishes for stamps - any kind. For BG paper, I have to say Recess!
I love the Basic Grey holiday papers. Each year they are the ones I want for my holiday layouts and projects. As for Hero Arts..the birds!
My favorite paper lines from BG are figgy pudding, wassail,and urban prairie. I love to many Hero Arts stamps - some of my favs are clear border stamp sets holiday wishes and branch and leaf long borders.
I LOVE the blush line from BG and my favorite stamps from Hero Arts are anything Christmasy or with owls!
Right now my favorite BG line is the Archaic one -- I love those little dinosaurs!!
My last favorite by BG is Urban Prairie for sure =) colorful, fun and funky looooooooooooove it!!
and from Hero Arts is difficult... all my stamps are HA (lol) but my most used are Bracket and Tags (Clear design)
My fave BG line is Mellow, and I have so many Hero Arts stamps it's hard to choose, but the Design Block Stencil gets lots of use.
I love all BG products and Hero stamps. What a wonderful giveaway.
Love all those projects, thank you so much for sharing...and those owls stamps...LOVE THEM and can think a million ideas to use ALL the stamps on!!
I love all BG but Mellow and Ambrosia are a couple faves...love the border stamps
I love the Basic Grey Offbeat line. I can't wait to get it. For hero arts I love the Design Blocks (all of them) they make such a great background for cards.
Thanks for the chance to win these terrific stamps.
These stamps are so cute--hope I win! And thanks for the giveaway, that is so nice of you!
Jessica (j.ozburn@yahoo.com)
What a fun contest and great samples! My favorite Hero Arts line is rather recent - it was the Seattle collection of Starbucks coffee stamps, etc - SO fun to find things specific to Seattle. Favorite BG line of all time is without a doubt the "Recess" collection - loved the color palette and designs!
Thanks for the fun opportunity!
Elizabeth Smith
Kelly- I just *love* your layout using the Hero Arts stamps and the BG Offbeat line! I have to say that my all-tiime favorite BG line has to be Urban Prairie!!! I have been working with that one a lot lately. As for my favorite Hero Arts stamps, I'd go with Owl Christmas. They are just adorable and perfect for Christmas cards. Thank you for the chance to win some awesome stamps!!!
What a great combo... Basic Grey and Hero arts! Have a wonderful day
I love the LilyKate line from Basic Grey and the faux stitches from Hero. No sewing machine here either Kelly!
this is a great chance to win
I love the stamps, especially the faux stiches. Oh the things I could do with those. Thanks for the giveaway!
I'm really impressed with the Eva and Phoebe lines. Very pretty.
As for Hero Arts stamps, I would have to say I love their quarto sets and of course the owls. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
I'm currently in love with the Offbeat line - love the colors!! I love all the Hero Arts stamps actually, esp the clear stamps sets that have owls and birds in them. They are so cute! :)
elaine t
In Hero arts, I just got the Jolly Christmas set. The winter dressed animals are great for making cards for my young relatives. As it is my newest, it is currently my favorite!
In Basic Grey, the Wassail collection has me drooling. I want it to make my Christmas cards for grownups. My first set was Two Scoops, and I still like that one a lot.
I want to add that the stamps are not the only great thing at Hero Arts. I love their cards, because they they are white on the inside. As to Basic Grey, they too have wonderful accessories and trims for their papers. In the "Boxer" line I bought all the extras (some more then one set) but only got some of the papers. I used the trims and those few papers with the coordinated cardstock, with great results.
What a great pairing....Hero Arts & Basic Grey! I love them both.
Of course, I'd love to win!
WOW! What a great giveaway!!
I just love the Figgy Pudding line and the Urban Prairie lines from Basic Grey.
And my favorite Hero Arts stamps are any of the owl stamps! I just love them!!
Thanks!! Melissa
I love the new Urban Praire and Offbeat lines. I have always enjoyed BG, but these two reflect my personal taste the best. Hero Arts have been my favorite stamp company since I learned about stamping. The acrylic stamps have become a little obsession of mine. I try not discriminate...I have room for all in my home.
I think the Hero Arts Dots and Lines just became my favorite clear stamps! As far a Basic Grey, I love them all, but am in an Urban Prairie mood right now. Thanks!
I love the BG periphery line, and adore the HA owl stamps - any and all!!!!
All owls in heroarts are my favorite. they are just so adorable!
My favorite paper line by basic grey is the one I just got Offbeat - love it :) My favorite stamp by hero arts is the 3 christmas trees
I love everything chipboard by BG! I have an old THANK YOU stamp from Hero Arts, and use it ATLEAST once a week. LOL
I still love Basic Grey's "Recess" and I love all the Hero Art's owl stamps :)
Thanks for participating on the Hero blog! I love the new Urban Prairie BG line and all the Hero owl stamps! Cathy M.
It's kind of hard to narrow down Hero Arts and BasicGrey to my favorites. I are currently enjoying the Halloween clear stamps I got from Hero ARts. As for BasicGrey, I love them all!!!
I really love the new urban prarie bg line and my favorite hero arts stamps are my wavy heartfelt messages.
I love all the BG paper can't pick just one. I also love the Hero Art stamps. Just bought the cupcake ones!!! So cute.
Dawn
I love BG Urban Prairie and Lily Kate. For the Hero Arts stamps my favorite is the big OWL stamp
My favorite basic grey is mellow. That owl set by hero arts is too adorable. Thanks for doing this giveaway. :)
I just love the new BG Granola line and the mini owl stamp set is just too cute!!
I love love love those stitches stamps. They really would be fun to use!! :) Great pages/projects. Lots of inspiration!!
Granola and Figgy Pudding are my favorite BG lines right now - but I love them all!! As for Hero Arts I am crazy about these cupcakes! I also love the "Decorative Birds" and "sweet bird" that is singing!
Ohhh...I forgot to say I love Urban Paririe!!! Just bought the entire line!!!
I love Basic grey - i'm liking the new line Urban praire. and i like the birds and branches clear designs of Hero Art stamps.
I love both Hero Arts and Basic Grey. My favorite Hero stamps are their different "sentiments" - little sayings for cards. I use them all the time. I all the Basic Grey Christmas Lines, and I just picked up some Urban Prairie paper - LOVE the colors.
My favorite Basic Grey line is Infuse, everything in the line is just gorgeous. My Hero Arts would be the new set I recently purchased Clear Design Birds and Branch.
Thanks for such a great giveaway!
Well, I have to admit I haven't met a BG I didn't like! And I always love the newest the most ... at the time! As for HA stamps ... the new border stamps ... and those you are giving away! I LOVE the stitches ... gotta have it!
It just keeps getting better. I love it... Awesome work....
I love Urban Prairie and the Hero Arts owls!
oh I love the offbeat line! Love all your projects, very inspiring.
I think my new favorite BG line is the Wassail Christmas paper. And I love the Hero Arts cupcakes.
My favorite Basic Grey set so far is Lilykate. That might change though! I love what Tami did with the new Offbeat line. Her card is gorgeous. I would love to have some of the new papers.
I couldn't decided on just one Hero Arts set so I'll say Jolly Christmas and Tree, Birds and Messages.
I love Winter's Butterfly and Oh, Baby Boy. :D
My favorite stamp from Hero is Flourish. While, my favorite BasicGrey has to be the Pheobe collection!
I love the Urban Prairie line and the Hero Arts little letters are my favorite stamps.
This is a wonderful give away for someone to win.
Linda D.
I am still so in love with Color Me Silly....I used it to decorate my scrap room goodies and you mean I have to choose just 1 Hero Arts stamp collection......yikes!!! Right now I love Happy Hello and I am dying to try the new 12" winter releases!
Thanks for the chance!
*gina*
I absolutely love Hero Arts stamps!
What great projects! I love them all!
My favorite BG line is probably the new Urbran Prairie line. I just love the colors! My favorite Hero Arts stamps are their tree stamps. They just have the best trees!
Everything you have created is gorgeous and this is a totally fun week with both Co's working together to get everyone inspired!
My fav. Hero Art stamps are the Sparkle stamps..smaller because I love to work with a small area. Right now I'm working with the "Love That" themed sparkle stamp's..fun for Fall I thought!
My fav. Basic Grey line is "Granola Collection" I think it has a lil' bit for both male and female so it make's it very versatile for anything this time of year! The "Cupcake" collection is AWESOME to!
Thanks for the great give- away's. (mommy_of4@charter.net)
it too hard to pick just one favorite kind of stamps or BG paper so i would have to say all of them .well ok it would have to be the owl-oween set it just got and ,the BG papper is the urban prairie.so please enter me in your giveaway thank you Debbie McGinnis
I have fallen head over heels in love with Ambrosia. Which I just didn't expect I am not an orange person, but the more I look at the more enamored I become. It's just so rich, and warm and toasty-I could go on and on. I love all the Hero Critter Stamps-and most of all Newton the dog. He is the dog we all wanted as a child-just adorable.
OMG, Basic Grey, I'm a total addict. I can't even begin to tell you how many lines I own, or have owned.
Love it!!
My current new BG favourite is Urban Prairie, the first BG line I fell head over heals for was Urban Cuture. I have loved Hero Arts stamps for years and I just love the Clear Design stamps my most recent purchase is Jolly Christmas.
I love the BG new Offbeat! The colors are amazing and they just make me happy. As for Hero Arts, I am in love with their design blocks. The Flouish is my favorite right now. It is amazing and can be used with everything to give just an added dimensional background. I love it!
I hope isn't too late!!!
Love love really love stamps, thanks for the chance to win!!
Kisses from México!
Gina
I like the Wassail line of papers from Basic Grey. As far as Hero Arts, I think their Owl sets this year are very cute!
Offbeat are my favorite stamps and Perhaps my favorite papers - but I really love them all! ~Tanya
Love what you've done with the mix of products, my favourite BG would be Ambrosia, and my favourite Hero Arts stamps are, like you, the faux stitching ones.
I love BG's Cupcake and Oh Baby lines. For Hero Arts, I like the alphabet sets.
i cant get enough of "obscure" from BG and i adore all of my awesome owl stamps from hero arts. i got the christmas owls from their winter2008 catalog. they're so stinkin cute and that set has everything you would need for an amazing christmas/winter page. i also use the DA: owl set quite regularly not to mention the design block flourish. love them!
I love Hero Art stamps!! But I really like all their 4x12 stamps...like the Birthday Expressions, or Long Seasonal Border (All their borders are on my b-day/X-mas wishlist.)
As for Basic Grey I love all their papers...but I like the Sugared collection.
oh wow, I love your work! THanks for the giveaway! I love BG perihpery and Hero Arts clear small alphas, I so want them all!!!
Thanks Alex
It's hard to pick just one Basic Grey paper line since they are all fabulous. Same goes for Hero Arts stamps. (Those owls are pretty cute though!)
My all time fave is Stella Ruby, (2nd fave is Periphery) and with Hero I love those cupcakes..the one you show in the picture - they are a timeless classic! :)
i would have to say my favorite BG line at the moment is the Offbeat collection. i'm fond of any pp that can be used for boys but that one is especially great!
my favorite Hero Arts stamp is definitely the adorable Owl-oween. as soon as i saw it on your lo i knew i had to have it!
thanks for all the great inspiration!
alauna carroll
partywithmeamc@yahoo.com
Wow, I am in awe!! Just beautiful work! I soo love any and all of Basic Grey's paper! I couldn't pick just one if my life depended on it. And "a" fav stamp? Well that would be anything in the "bird" line-owls, penguins, hummingbirds, ANY birds! Well, really, any stamp, I just love 'em all and my scraproom shows it! Thanks for being so generous and giving away some awesome stamps, both are on my "wishlist"! (fingers crossed).
I love the Hero Arts Owl stamps...reminds me of a poem from 4th grade.
And Urban Prairie has brought me back to the Basic Grey fold. I wandered away for a year or so, but am back with this bright colorful line!
Phoebe and Blush come to mind immediately. Not that I love the others any less. I happen to be using these papers right now so their names are fresh in my minds. As for Hero Arts, I dont have any of their clear stamps ( I know, horrible isint it?), so all of their clear ones (esp the 12 by 12) are my new fav. Priya
My favourite line from BG is Archaic, and I love the owl stamps from Hero Arts - they are so cute!!!
I love the Birds and Branches set right now and the Wassail line from Basic Grey! Thanks for the fun ideas and great prizes!
Oh I have that cupcake set, I would love to see what you have done with it. I would love to use the BG paper that Tami used in her card, Offbeat. I just love those colours. any Hero stamps would work as they are that great but I love love to try the travel border set or the jolly christmas set.
Basic Grey's Urban Prairie and Hero Arts Double Flourish stamp.
My favorite paperline at the moment is Urban Prairie, I love the colors in that line. And for Hero Arts, all the clear stampset are great.
I just love the new ambrosia line! And Love to combine it with the birhday messages set from Heroarts
Basic grey.. my fav line gotta be OffBeat.. and Hero Arts, well.. i would have to say Birds and Branches!
I love a lot of Hero Arts stamps, but my favorites are nature ones: trees, branches, flowers etc.
My new BG favorite is Urban Prairie, but I have had a lot of fun with mellow too.
I love Basic Greys christmas papper, so I would have to say Wassail :) My favorite stamp sets from hero arts is clear design butterflies and all other stamps with animals on them :)
PS Im not anonymous I just dont have a blog yet. My email address is makaon@hotmail.com
Oh - these are so sweet - I've just started playing with acrylic stamps and I LOVE LOVE LOVE them already - So i do really need to have more!!!
Lovely greetings from over the ocean!
Katharina (;
Love the Ambrosia and Eva line...haven't got them yet though!!
Love love the owl stamps by HA..they're so cute..never thought I'd say that about owls...
Hugs from across the seven seas..
Tejal
I'm still in love with the good old BG Urban Couture line. So elegant.
From Hero Arts I love the owl and cupcake stamps the most. :)
I have two fav lines at the moment - Urban Prairie for my girls and Offbeat for our son - suits their personalities perfectly! As a newbie to stamping have purchase a couple of the Hero stamps, love my owl set and use it lots! Your blog always makes me want to go and scrap!!!
i love the cupcake line and the hero arts month stamps.
Wow what a great chance to win. I 've just bought my Hera arts Christmas owls stamps and the BG paper pad EVA with the matching colored buttons. Just
love them all. Greetings from the Netherlands Margriet
I think I love all the basic grey papers. As for the Hero Arts stamps I must say that my favs are their realistic wildflowers.
My favorite Hero Arts set is Fancy Scrolls and BG paper is Blush. Love 'em!
I love anything Basic Grey puts out that has pink in it. I also love Hero Arts owl stamps. The are cute!
Love those stitching stamps...definitely going on my wish list for Christmas!
~Lois
What a great page! I just love your playful style!
You were the Scrapbook Page of the Week at Card of the Week.com. You can see the original post here.
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