Hello, and welcome to the Hero Arts 2017 Winter Catalog Blog Hop. If you came from the amazing Michelle Short’s blog, you are right on track! To celebrate a release of 2017 Winter Catalog Collection, I created FOUR cards. Here are what I came up with:
For my first card, I placed my stencil over the A2 size Fog Gray cardstock and applied some Wendy Vecchi embossing paste over the Pop Pattern Stencil on partial areas. Then I applied some gold embossing powder and heat set it to add some texture/shimmer.
I stamped leaves and berries from the Color Layering Holly stamp set on a piece of white cardstock with following Hero Arts inks: Soft Olive, Moss, and Strawberry. I heat embossed the detail layer of leaves with gold embossing powder and fussy cut the leaves using scissors.
Next, I gold embossed the banner, stamped the sentiment in black, die-cut the banner using the Christmas Banner Stamp & Cut. I finished off the card by mounting the leaves, berries, and sentiment banner on the card front using foam tape.
For the second card, I created a random background by stamping the images from the Santa Snacks Stamp & Cut. Then I colored the images with Copic markers and added some dots between the images with Altenew Artist Markers Set A: Jet Black.
Then I stamped the sentiment from the Jingle All The Way Stamp & Cut with watermark ink on a piece of black cardstock. After heat embossing the sentiment with white embossing powder, I die-cut a tag using Hero Arts Numer It Stamp & Cut and pop it up using foam tape on the card front.
I also created a watercolor card using the Angels stamp set. I stamped the images with Intense Black Ink on Arches watercolor paper and watercolored them with Mijello Mission Gold Watercolor Set. I applied some ink splatters to add some interest to my background. The sentiment from the Angels stamp set was stamped in black.
For my last card, I used my favorite cardmaking formula: one-layer stamped background. After stamping the sentiment at the bottom of the card front, I stamped the images from the Winter Silhouettes stamp set with following Hero Arts Inks: Soft Cantaloupe, Green Hills, Soft Brown, Aegean, and Cotton Candy.
That’s all for today. Make sure to visit the Hero Arts Store to check out their brand new 2017 Winter 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, 8/30 at 11:59 pm PT and we’ll announce the winner the following week.
Blog Hop
It is now time to head on over to the talented Libby Hickson’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy hopping!
 Hero Arts Color Layering Holly Stamp Set Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Christmas Banner Stamp & Cut Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Santa Snacks Stamp & Cut Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Angels Stamp Set Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Winter Silhouettes Stamp Set Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Pop Pattern Stencil Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Soft Cantaloupe Ink Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Green Hills Ink Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Aegean Ink Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Black Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Hero Arts Moss Ink Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Strawberry Ink Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Soft Brown Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Hero Arts Cotton Candy Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Arches Cold Pressed Watercolor Pad Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Wagner Embossing Heat Tool Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Versamark Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Mijello Mission Gold Watercolor Set Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Hero Arts Snow Layering Papers Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Copic Sketch Markers Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush #2 Round Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush #12 Round Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Hero Arts Number It Stamp & Cut Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Hero Arts Soft Olive Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Spellbinders Platinum Diecut Machine Shop at: AZ |
 3M Foam Tape 1/2 Inch Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Viva Palette Knife Set Shop at: SSS |
 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
PA808
WOW! At first, I thought you used Vellum or Parchment paper for your Sending Prayers card base! So Elegant with texture paste embossed with Gold embossing powder. Your Angel card IS so Angelic! Both ARE Beautiful Works of Art! Well done!
Aug . 23 . 2017Kathy S
What magnificent cards and looking Ve that you use the stamps to create background images. Thanks for sharing.
Aug . 23 . 2017Melissa SunshineHoneyBee
Like the variety. Like the gold shine, the multi-stamping & more.
Aug . 23 . 2017Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Janelle
Wonderful details on your cards. The first one is my favorite. I’m trying to learn to use stencils and that is inspiring.
Aug . 23 . 2017Parker
That first card of yours is so fantastically colored, and the banner fits perfect. I like how you used smaller stamps to make a terrific background with great color-combining. These are an inspirational delight.
Aug . 23 . 2017margessw
All your cards are lovely but the first with the golden textured background is stunning!
Aug . 23 . 2017Pam Schexnayder
Love all of your cards.
Aug . 23 . 2017Miriam Prantner
What a wonderful set of cards! I love the variety! My favorite is the first one, it’s so lovely and delicate.
Aug . 23 . 2017Jeanne Beam
Really nice cards. The angel card is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing….
Aug . 23 . 2017sherri scott
I love anything you do!
Aug . 23 . 2017Michelle H
May, your cards are always beautiful. So many different styles in these cards. But the happy holidays card is my fave. Great colors and design.
Aug . 23 . 2017Roberta S.
All of your cards are beautiful my favorites are the 1st, 2nd and 4th card. Thank you for sharing.
Aug . 23 . 2017Kathie Krawczyk
Your angels are just beautiful. I love the colors and style you chose.
Aug . 23 . 2017JBeran
Beautiful cards. The gold embossing on the holly is fabulous. Thank you for sharing.
Aug . 23 . 2017suzand18
Stunning cards. Your angels are gorgeous. Love the embossing in the background.
Aug . 23 . 2017Kerry
I was waiting for someone to make a background with the cookies!!
Aug . 23 . 2017Kimberly Ostgard
Very nice cards sweet angel card.
Aug . 23 . 2017Thanks for sharing!
Have a blessed day!
Kimberly
Celeste Goff
What gorgeous cards May! I especially love the first one with all of the gorgeous gold details!
Aug . 23 . 2017Kirsty vittetoe
Sweet holiday collection!
Aug . 23 . 2017Jackie Bednar
I love the soft look of your holly card but I think my favorite is the shillouette background you created.
Aug . 23 . 2017Crystal Burns
Love the winter silhouettes card and the santa snacks card.
Aug . 23 . 2017Tracy A
Why, oh why, did you create so many wonderful cards? Now I have to buy more stamps and dies because I love everything you made.
Aug . 23 . 2017Isabelle
Wow, this is a big release ! And visibly, you were greatly inspired. All your cards are stunning !
Aug . 23 . 2017Leanne in Cali
Great cards and they are all so different! Love your style and ideas using many colors and stamp sets!! Thanks for sharing on the blog hop.
Aug . 23 . 2017Catherine Smith
What Beautiful cards, I love them all, thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Aug . 23 . 2017