Hello, and welcome to the Hero Arts 2018 Spring Catalog Blog Hop. If you came from the amazing Cathy Zielske’s blog, you are right on track! I created two cards to celebrate a release of 2017 Winter Catalog Collection.
For my first project, I created a bold floral background card using the Flowering Magnolia stamp from Hero Arts Spring Catalog Collection. I started by stamping the image a few times on an A2 size black cardstock with Altenew embossing ink.
After I heat embossed the images with Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder, I colored them with Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Here is the list of the colors I used:
- Flowers: Pale Vermilion(PC 921), Carmine Red(PC 926), Crimson Red (PC 924), and Magenta (PC 930)
- Leaves: Chartreuse (PC 989), Spring Green(PC 913), Apple Green(PC 912), and Grass Green(PC 909)
I heat embossed the sentiment from the Make A Fountain stamp set with Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder on a piece of white cardstock. Next, I trimmed my sentiment into a banner using a craft knife and ruler.
I finished off my card by mounting the sentiment banner on the card front using 3M foam tape to give some dimension.
Video
I made a video tutorial to show you how to create my card from start to finish. You can watch it above or in HD on YouTube.
For my second project, I created a fun background using the plate image from the Alphabet Soup stamp set. I started by stamping the images randomly on an A2 size Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock with Versamark Watermark Ink.
Then I heat embossed the images with Hero Arts White Embossing Powder and colored them with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens. FYI, here is the list of the colors I used: Yellow(No.050), Pink Flamingo(No.222), Turquoise Green(No.042)
I adhered a sheet of vellum on my card base and mounted my spoons and heat-embossed sentiment banner on the card front using 3M foam tape. By the way, I used the sentiment from the Welcome Neighbor stamp set.
Hero Arts Spring Catalog Collection
These are some of my favorite products from Hero Arts Spring Catalog Collection. Make sure to visit the Hero Arts online store to check out the rest of their awesome new products.
Giveaway
Hero Arts is giving away three $50 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop by Thursday, February 22nd at 11:59 pm PT and they’ll announce the winner the following week.
Blog Hop
It is now time to head on over to the talented Nichol Spohr’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all.You can always start at the beginning of the hop at the Hero Arts Blog. Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy hopping!
Supplies
I have listed the supplies I used below. I participate in several affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp(SSS), Ellen Hutson(EH) and Hero Arts(HA). Compensated affiliate links may be used at no cost to you where possible. Thank you so much for your support.
Magnolia Card
 Hero Arts Flowering Magnolia Stamp Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Make A Fountain Stamp Set Shop at: HA |
 Prismacolor Colored Pencils Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 EK Success STAMP-A-MA-JIG Stamp Positioner Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Metal Pencil Sharpener Shop at: AZ |
 Altenew Embossing Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Wagner Embossing Heat Tool Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Hero Arts Snow Layering Papers Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Altenew Jet Black Cardstock Shop at: AN |
 3M Foam Tape 1/2 Inch Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Hero Arts Black Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Altenew Glue Tape Shop at: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Acrylic Block Set Shop at: AN |
 T-Square Ruler Shop at: SSS | EH |
Spoon Card
 Hero Arts Alphabet Soup Stamp Set Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Welcome Neighbor Stamp Set Shop at: HA |
 ZIG Clean Color Real Brush 36 Set Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer 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 |
Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS | EH |
Altenew Jet Black Cardstock Shop at: AN |
 Hero Arts Acrylic Blocks Shop at: SSS | HA |
3M Foam Tape 1/2 Inch Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Altenew Glue Tape Shop at: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Vellum Paper Shop at: AN |
 Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock Shop at: SSS | EH |
Deepti Aggarwal
Wow!!! Beautiful cards..Love the first one so much..simply Gorgeous..
Feb . 20 . 2018kim benjamin
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Feb . 20 . 2018kittycrafts
Gorgeous cards, as always May! LOVE these. The second one is absolute genius – that background and the colours are just beautiful.
Feb . 20 . 2018Jackie Price
I love that second card. It is so fun with those colours you used! Your first card is gorgeous and coloured beautifully.
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Feb . 19 . 2018Aisha R.
These are such lovely cards.
Feb . 19 . 2018judie90
Beautiful cards! I love the second one!!!
Feb . 19 . 2018Cathy Lillie
I love the cards you created! The flower card is stunning on that black background! Your pencil coloring is so lovely! Your second card is so fun with that creative background!
Feb . 19 . 2018Miriam Prantner
Gorgeous colored pencil coloring on the dark, but that second card is my favorite. I LOVE that background you created!
Feb . 19 . 2018Patty Eifert
Two very different cards! Your first is so pretty, and I love your second fun card. I really like the colors you used together on your Alphabet Soup card!
Feb . 19 . 2018Kristina CraftyPaws
Sooo beautiful! Love the gold with color
Feb . 19 . 2018Annette Reed
Very nice cards. Your pencil coloring is lovely. Thanks for the video.
Feb . 19 . 2018Karen @ MisplacedMojo.com
Both cards are awesome, but May, your flower card is just stunning! I haven’t tried colored pencil on dark cardstock yet, but seeing what you and Yana can do makes me want to try and practice so I can get those results too! So beautiful!!!
Feb . 18 . 2018Eunice B
Lovely card. Thanks for creating a video showing your technique.
Feb . 18 . 2018GabriellaB
Love that you used dark paper, your flowers really pop
Feb . 18 . 2018laurabuehler
Lovely cards!
Feb . 18 . 2018Lindarub
Love your cards.
Feb . 18 . 2018pat smith
This is a lovely card. I enjoy my Prisma pencils and got some tips from your video that will help me improve. Thank you again for the lovely card, showing how to do the coloring on black CS.
Feb . 18 . 2018Barbara-Jean
Beautiful coloring on the flowers and such a festive welcome card!
Feb . 18 . 2018Marjorie DUMONTIER
Your first card is absolutely magnificent !!
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Karen Hale
Love your Magnolia flower against the black cardstock….gorgeous!
Feb . 18 . 2018Karen L K
Wow I just love that flower card! Such beautiful colors on the black background and nicely colored too! That welcome card has nice colors too and it is a creative idea.
Feb . 18 . 2018Lee
Your card is fabulous!
Feb . 18 . 2018Sue McRae
I just love how the flowers pop against the black card stock, very dramatic!
Feb . 18 . 2018Susan Bennett
Such a beautiful card! Thank You:)
Feb . 18 . 2018