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!
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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 |
pansy47
Fabulous cards! Great job!
Aug . 24 . 2017Lindar C
Fantastic cards, love how you made your backgrounds.
Aug . 24 . 2017Lee
Wonderful cards, as always. How can it be that your “random stamping” is SO much better looking than mine — always! : )
Aug . 24 . 2017Tammy B
Great cards! I love the santa snacks one!
Aug . 24 . 2017Marci Snee
Oh my gosh I just love, love, love these cards. The first one is my FAVVVVVVVV wow.
Aug . 24 . 2017Angie Hall
Thanks for giving us a great preview of many of the new Hero Arts products.
Aug . 24 . 2017Talitha Wright
Love your cards, especially the one with the angels.
Aug . 24 . 2017Christy M
Beautiful cards! Thank you so much for the inspiration.
Aug . 24 . 2017DebSelby
Your cards showcase the great variety in this release. Well done.
Aug . 24 . 2017Hey Jude Cards (Jude U)
Great cards. Love them.
Aug . 24 . 2017stacey
May, all of your cards are so cute, I can’t decide which one I love best!
Aug . 24 . 2017craftygal1
I enjoy looking at all the cards.
Aug . 24 . 2017michelle sullivan
oh love all of them May! Love the texture on the holly one…..
Aug . 24 . 2017Phyllis Freese
You’ve created cards to appeal to everyone. Thanks for sharing your pretty creations.
Aug . 24 . 2017Joanne Lowe
May, THANK YOU for using that Christmas banner set, had you not, I would not have realized that “sending prayers” was one of the stamps, now I HAVE to buy it because I can see how using this set would bring joy and encouragement to so many of my family and friends, especially at times of great need… You put your whole being into your cards, and I can feel that…and as usual, I am more than impressed!!! Loving all of your cards, and I loved that you used some softer, pastel colors in some that had a softer, gentler feel, beautiful!!!
Blessings and best wishes, May,
Joanne Lowe
Aug . 24 . 2017Penny
Beautiful cards.
Aug . 24 . 2017Tanya Suresh
Fun on white!
Aug . 24 . 2017bobbinsew
Such lovely fresh feeling cards, so many ideas!
Aug . 24 . 2017Debbie McKelvey
Your cards are all fabulous! I love how you made the Holly Card into a thinking of you/Sympathy card. the Angel card is just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Aug . 23 . 2017amywazwaz06
The gingerbread men are so cute.
Aug . 23 . 2017Jill
So many beautiful cards, love them all!
Aug . 23 . 2017MJ
They are all so so beautiful! Each for a different reason. Thank you for sharing!
Aug . 23 . 2017Denise Bryant
Fabulous cards! Love the 1st one with the beautiful stenciled background… so elegant!
Aug . 23 . 2017Katrina
All very elegant. I like your color choices.
Aug . 23 . 2017Dolores Holloman
I liked them all u make it difficult to choose just one.
Aug . 23 . 2017