Hello, crafty friends! Welcome to Hero Art’s 45th-anniversary blog hop. If you are coming from the Mariana Grigsby’s blog, you are right on track!
My Top 9 Hero Arts Cards
It was my honor being part of the Hero Arts Creative Team from March 2016 to April 2018. These are some of my favorite Hero Arts cards that I created while I was on the team. If you want more details of a particular card, just click on the link below to go to the original post.
- Column 1: Thank You Card, Window Framed Cat Card, Mermaid Themed Watercolor Card
- Column 2: Watercolor Wash Background Card, Succulent Card, Our Friendship Card
- Column 3: Colored Pencil Floral Card, Floral Watercolor Card, Thanks Shaker Card
My Memories with Hero Arts
These are some of the photos I took while I was leading a few Hero Arts Make & Takes at CHA in the past years. I’m so thankful for the great people I’ve met while I was on the Hero Arts Creative Team. By the way, do you know there is “May” at Hero Arts as well? Yes, I met my sister from another mother! 🙂
To celebrate Hero Arts’s 45th anniversary, I created a one layer watercolor card using the following stamps from Hero Arts: Thanks for Being You, Hero Florals Sunflower.
Video Tutorial
I made a video tutorial to show you how to create a watercolor card from start to finish. You can watch it above or in HD on YouTube.
This video includes:
- Preview of Hero Arts 2019 Summer Catalog
- How to watercolor small areas(flower petals)
- How to use a stamp positioner for wood mounted stamping
- Techniques: watercoloring, masking, splattering
- How to fix/enhance the stamping for sentiment in black
- How to add splatters on the background including a quick tip for a beginner
- My craft desk after my project is done – I hope you can relate to my messy desk.
- And more!
I started by stamping the sentiment from the Thanks for Being You Stamp with black ink on the A2-sized Arches Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper. I chose this sentiment because it goes with my large floral images.
Then I stamped the images from the Hero Florals Sunflower Stamp with Hero Arts Black Ink which is waterproof. I masked off one image along the way to fill in the gaps between two flowers.
Next, I colored my images with Mijello Mission Gold 36 Watercolor Set. You can find detailed instruction on how to watercolor your images in my video.
FYI, here is the list of paint colors I used for my watercoloring:
- Flower petals: Permanent Yellow, Yellow Orange, Rose Madder, Crimson Lake, Red Violet, Burnt Umber
- Flower center: Yellow Ochre, Raw Umber, Greenish Yellow, Burnt Umber
To add interest on my background, I splattered the background with some of the paint colors I used on my flowers along with Hero Arts Unicorn White Spray. If you are not good at creating splatters, you could use a tip of your colored pen to add tiny dots. I finished off my card by adding some fine lines on my the petals using a white gel pen.
Don’t forget to watch my video tutorial to learn how to watercolor flowers which have lots of small petals. You’ll also see a peek at my craft room at the end of the video. 🙂
Prizes
Hero Arts is giving away 3 $145 Gift Certificates, 3 $45 Gift Certificates to 6 lucky winners. There are also 13 awesome companies/friends who are celebrating with Hero Arts, and they are offering the following prizes:
- Altenew: $50 Gift Certificate
- Art Impressions: $25 Gift Certificate
- Ellen Hutson LLC: $50 Gift Certificate
- Gina K: $100 Gift Certificate
- Jennifer McGuire Ink: $100 Hero Arts Gift Certificate, 5 Share Handmade Kindness goodie bags
- Laurie Willison: 2 Card Hanger Dies
- Lawn Fawn: $50 Gift Certificate
- My Sweet Petunia: 1 Prize Bundle (Original MISTI, a set of Creative Corners, a Cut-Align, and a bar magnet)
- Online Card Classes: 5 spots in the Stamp Happy In Good Company: Hero Arts class
- Pink Fresh Studio: $45 Gift Certificate
- Scrapbook & Cards Today: 3 copies of Scrapbook & Cards Today Summer 2019 Issue
- Scrapbook.com: $50 Gift Certificate
- Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate
Winners will be drawn from people who leave comments along the blog hop over the three days – comment all three days for more chances to win! Comment by Sunday, June 2 at 11:59 pm PST, and Hero Arts will announce the winners on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Blog Hop
It is now time to head on over to Michelle Short’s blog to see what creation they have to inspire you all. But I’ve got the entire hop list for you below. Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy hopping!
Supplies
I have listed the supplies I used below. I participate in several affiliate programs including Hero Arts(HA), Simon Says Stamp(SSS), and Ellen Hutson(EH). It means I get a small commission at no additional cost to you when products are purchased through links I share here. Thank you for your support.
 Hero Arts Thanks For Being You Stamp Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Florals Sunflower Stamp Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Snarky Mix&Match Messages Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Mijello Mission Gold Watercolor Set Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | HA | AN | AZ | EH |
 Arches Cold Pressed Watercolor Pad Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Hero Arts Unicorn White Spray Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Altenew Watercolor Palette – Medium Shop at: SSS | AN |
 Dahle Self-Healing Cutting Mat 18×12 Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Be Creative Double Sided Tape Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Neenah Solar White Cardstock 80LB Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Uni-Ball White Gel Pen Shop at: SSS | PS | EH |
 Tombow Removable Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Black Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 T-Square Ruler Shop at: SSS | EH |
 EK Success STAMP-A-MA-JIG Stamp Positioner Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Wagner Embossing Heat Tool Shop at: SSS | EH | EH |
 EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Hero Arts 2019 Summer Catalog Shop at: SSS | HA |
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