Hello, and welcome to the Hero Arts 2017 Summer Catalog Blog Hop. If you came from the amazing Wanda’s blog, you are right on track! To celebrate a release of 2017 Summer Catalog Collection, I created FOUR clean and simple one layer cards. Here are what I came up with:
For my first card, I started by creating a sea themed background using ombre inks: Mermaid and Tide Pool to Navy. After stamping the shark head image from the Narwhal stamp set, I stamped a variety of sentiments from the Narwhal stamp set to form a shape of shark body.
I created a tropical scene using the Color Layering Parrot stamp set which offers layers of parrot goodness to stamp in just about any array of bright colors. I used various Hero Arts Shadow Inks for a fun, colorful look.
For the next card, I stamped the unicorn image from the Unicorn Stamp & Cut. Then I created a hill image by stamping a heart image multiple times. After coloring my images with Copic markers, I stamped the sentiment from the same set to finish off the card.
For my last card, I stamped the rainbow image from Unicorn Stamp & Cut repeatedly to create a sea with waves. After masking off the waves, I stamped whale mages from the Narwhal Stamp Set and colored them with Copic markers. I finished off my card with the sentiment from the Manatee Stamp & Cut.
Make sure to visit the Hero Arts Store to check out their brand new 2017 Summer Catalog Collection.
Giveaway
Hero Arts is giving away THREE $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Be sure to leave a comment below by Wednesday, 5/24 at 11:59pm PT and they’ll announce the winners the following week.
Blog Hop
It is now time to head on over to the talented Amy’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy hopping!
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Mary-Anne V.
Wonderful cards…love the shark card…that set is great and with the sentiments.
May . 18 . 2017ALICIA HARTFIELD
Beautiful cards, thanks for sharing.
May . 18 . 2017Karen Kashiwagi
Very clever idea using the shark’s head and sentiments attached! I will use this idea with other “heads”, flowers, etc!!!
May . 18 . 2017Sandy Small
Your shark card with the sentiments making up the body is great! I also liked how you used the rainbow to make a wave background. Very creative!
May . 18 . 2017Kathy H
Love the sentiments in this set!
May . 18 . 2017Sharon Taylor
Loving the shark set. Coming from Australia I think this would be a fantastic set to get and the sentiments are wonderful.
May . 18 . 2017Julie Booker
I love how you used different sentiments on the shark card to create a really fun message. Totally awesome and inspirational!
May . 18 . 2017FeM
Your cards are awesome.
May . 18 . 2017Terebene
I like how you put multiple sentiments together on the shark card!
May . 18 . 2017Louanne Collins
Cute cards – fun release! I am loving the new sea turtles in this release.!
May . 18 . 2017nanagretchen
Lovely cards May!
May . 18 . 2017Angelique Vela
Great cards, May.
May . 18 . 2017RACHEL ORR
Love the parrot. It’s my favorite and I can’t wait to have it home in my stash! Beautiful cards!
May . 18 . 2017Kirsty Vittetoe
Beautiful and fun collection!
May . 18 . 2017sherry butcher
wonderful cards, love this summer collection. Thanks for sharing.
May . 18 . 2017Mary Holshouser
Great cards.
May . 18 . 2017so many wonderful ideas.
thanks for sharing.
janscraps
Nice cards, like the shark body idea!
May . 18 . 2017Verna Angerhofer
I love all the wonderful cards you made with these new sets. Thanks so much for sharing.
May . 18 . 2017cmayne
An assortment of WOW showcases, May! I’m especially taken with your shark card; this set has perfect images to make cards for – and with – my nephew!
May . 18 . 2017~carol
Susan T
I love the shark card and all the sentiments. Guess you couldn’t stop at just one.lol
May . 18 . 2017Bertha
I really like the color scheme on the parrot card. Thanks for sharing!
May . 18 . 2017Katie Mowery
May these are awesome! I love how you used images from each set a little bit differently! So clever and creative! The shark is my fav!! 😀
May . 18 . 2017Maria Giselle B.
Love the hill heart!
May . 18 . 2017Linda Tasset
Beautiful release and cards!
May . 18 . 2017Cherryl Sabado
Beautiful cards! Loved them all!
May . 18 . 2017Thanks for the inspiration!