A Visit to Hero Arts Factory Store

On Monday and Wednesdays of each week, Hero Arts opens their factory store to the public. Recently I visited, I always find the Hero Arts staff very friendly and inviting. It is fun to look through boxes of product that have been marked down to great prices, some items don't have their full retail packaging, but thats ok with me! 

Hero Arts Factory Store is located at: 

1200 Harbour Way S, Richmond, CA 94804

Here is a short video of what I picked up.

Travel Journal

Today I am creating a travel journal. Once the basic journal design is made, it can be used to make any type of journal you would like. Some great ideas would be a grandma brag book, Mother's Day gift, thank you gift for a coach, etc. You get the idea. 

You will need:

• 3 sheets of coordinating 12" x 12" cardstock. 
• Permanent adhesive
• Stickers
• Photos
• Coordinating paper

To make the mini album:

1. Cut the 12" x 12" cardstock at 6", you will end up with six sheets of 12" x 6" cardstock. Choose one cardstock design to make into the album cover.
2. Trim 1/4" off of the remaining 12" x 6" sheets of cardstock so that you will now have five pieces of cardstock that measure 12" x 5-3/4".
3. Now trim one of the 12" x 5-3/4" sheets of cardstock that match the cover to 5" x 5-3/4".

You should now have cardstock pieces:

• One 12" x 6" (Cover base)
• Three 12" x 5-3/4" (Inside Pages)
• Two 5" x 5-3/4" (Cover extensions)

Score the 12" x 6" piece at 3" and 2-1/2" from each end of the cardstock.

Score the three 12" x 5-3/4" pieces at 3" from each end.

Using permanent adhesive, adhere the 3 scored and folded pieces of the inside pages (12" x 5-3/4") so that it will look like the photo below.

Here is a short video of the completed journal ready for photos and decorations

To watch me make the journal and see it finished, please watch my YouTube video: 

Below, please find a list of supplies I used in the video. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them here. 

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Lawn Fawn - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Wish You Were Here	Martha Stewart Crafts 12-Inch Simple Paper Trimmer	Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Replacement Blades for M281055 and M281056	Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board and Envelope Tool
Tombow MONO Permanent Adhesive Applicator, 1/3-Inch by 472-Inch (62106)	Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive Refills, 3 Pack (62207)	Tombow - Extreme Glue Tape - Permanent	Glue Dots 32900 Glue Dot Desktop Dispenser
Glue Dots Mini Roll	We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile II Big Bite Punch	Sizzix 657900 Big Shot Cutting/Embossing Machine with Extended Multipurpose Platform, Powder Blue/Te	Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair
Sizzix BIGkick/Big Shot/Vagabond Magnetic Platform, 6.125 by 8.875 by .625-Inch	Picture Punch-Round Corners, 3	Copic Sketch Marker - BG53	We R Memory Keepers - Albums Made Easy - Instagram Journaling Cards - Jet Set
We R Memory Keepers - Albums Made Easy - Journaling Cards - Jet Set	Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Collection - 12 x 12 Paper Stash - Destinations	Scrapbook Customs - Military Collection - 12 x 12 Laser Cut Chipboard Pieces - Army Values	Scrapbook Customs Themed Paper and Stickers Scrapbook Kit, Army

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Congratulations Card

Welcome to Tuesday's with Terri! Today we are making a congratulations card using the Secret Garden postcard I colored on March 24, 2015. 

I used Lawn Fawn's Penelope's Blossoms stamps to create the sentiment "congratulations" on the front. Then cut it out using the matching Lawn Fawn dies. 

Attached a peach ribbon to the side of the trimmed postcard and tied a bow and secured the tails to the front of the card using glue dots. 

While this card was fairly simple to make once the postcard was colored, it's bright and sunny, perfect for spring graduations, communions, or engagements. 

To see how I created this card, please see my YouTube video below. 

If you are interested in the products I used in creating this card, please click on the links below. 

penelope's blossoms	penelope's blossoms - lawn cuts	2"x8" grip block with grid	4"x5" grip block with grid
2"x4" block	3.5" round grip block with grid	2.5" round grip block with grid	1.75" round grip block
Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 80# Cover 8.5	Secret Garden: 20 Postcards	Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal) by Ellison	Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair
May Arts 3/8-Inch Wide Ribbon, Peach Satin	American Crafts 24 Extreme Value Neon Ribbon	Tombow MONO Permanent Adhesive Applicator, 1/3-Inch by 472-Inch (62106)	Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive Refills, 3 Pack (62207)
Tombow 62202 Refill for Permanent Mono Adhesive Glue Dispenser, 1/3 in. x 472 in. (6 Pack)	Scotch Pop-Up Foam Squares -.375

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Please join me again next Tuesday for paper crafts. Have a great week!  

Secret Garden Postcard

I don't know about you, but I have loved coloring ever since I can remember, so why stop now? I came across "Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book."


The book has many pages of flowers, gardens, creatures and rambling vines hand drawn by the author just waiting for you to color them in and making them your own. Space is also provided for your continue your own drawings on some of the pages.

Here are a couple of pages I have worked on using gel pens.

My initial thought was to use Copic Markers to color the pages because I love the ability to blend the colors, but I soon discovered that the paper is very porous and the ink is absorbed onto the back of page.

Next I tried gel pens.  The first set of pens I purchased were Fiskars Gel Pen, 48-Piece Value Set. They work great, but some of the neon inks seem to clog up at the tips, but the glitter and metallic pens worked great, plus they're my favorite. When I started to run low on the Fishers' pens I gave Sakura Gelly Roll Metallic Gel Pen Set a try and they were a dream to use. I wish I had purchased the larger  Sakura 64-Piece Gelly Roll Set.

In the video below, I used Crayola 50ct Colored Pencils to color a postcard from the Secret Garden Postcard book. I also used Gambol Oil to blend and shade the colors. 

Here is the finished postcard.

Supplies used in this project:

Crayola 50ct Long Colored Pencils (68-4050)	Secret Garden: 20 Postcards	Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book	Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest & Coloring Book
Fiskars Gel Pen 48-Piece Value Set	Artists' Grade Gamsol Oil Color Size: 2 oz	Stumps And Tortillions Set	Jack Richeson Blending Tortillon Stomps, Size #2, Dia 1/4
Sakura 57360 64-Piece Gelly Roll Artist's Gift Set	Sakura 57370 10-Piece Gelly Roll Blister Card Assorted Colors Metallic Gel Ink Pen Set

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