Good morning! Today the 2018 catalog is now available at Hero Arts and we’re celebrating with a giant inspiration-filled blog hop!
Mermaid Kisses was one of our most popular My Monthly Hero Kits ever and by popular vote we are rereleasing it!! I was excited to pair it with our new beautiful liquid watercolors for a peaceful ocean scene. If you missed the kit you can finally add the gorgeous mermaid to your collection! You can watch the video below or in HD at my Youtube channel!
I wanted to keep my card simple and let the watercolors speak for themselves. I also wanted to figure out a way to get a soft, more pastel look from the normally bright and bold watercolors! I added a few drops of unicorn white pigment ink reinker to the liquid watercolors and created a watercolor wash for my background. Then I added a few dabs of white pigment ink across the waterline to create seafoam and waves. I heat-embossed that with white satin pearl embossing powder for a little extra shimmer.
Next I watercolored my mermaid using the same liquid watercolors but in a much more saturated form. I added a little sparkle with a spectrum noir clear glitter brush and then added a little extra shine to her tail, shells, and hair ornament with the new lacquer pen. Then I stamped the sentiment from Mermaid Kisses onto the background with versamark and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder. I adhered my little mermaid to the card with foam mounting tape and finished it with a few sparkling clear sequins.
To celebrate the 2018 release Hero Arts is giving away $50 shopping sprees to three lucky commenters randomly selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop so make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop for the most chances to win! Please leave your comments by 11:59PM PT on February 22nd, 2018! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kristina Werner
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Yana Smakula
- Cathy Zielske
- May Sukyong Park
- Nichol Spohr
- Michelle Short
- Wanda Guess
- Amy Tsuruta
- Lydia Fiedler
- Heather Ruwe
- Laurie Willison
- Clare Prezzia
- Iliana Myska
- Emily Midgett
- Janette Kausen
- Jenn Shurkus
- Sean Fetterman
- Simon Hurley
- Joan Bardee
- Megan Hoeppner
- Lisa Stein
- Ilina Crouse
- Amy Kolling
- Rubeena Ianigro
- Kelly Latevola
- Libby Hickson
- Lucy Abrams
Your next stop on the hop is the amazing Yana Smakula! Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!
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Thanks for sharing how you mixed your colors. That’s something I have trouble doing
That background is such a pretty wash and I love how even it is!
Beautiful card! The background you created is gorgeous especially with the shimmery waves! I don’t know how to use watercolors so I really appreciate the tutorial!
What a beautiful card! Thanks for the inspiration!
Reminds me of the little mermaid, I love it!
What a beautiful watercolour background you’ve created! I love the white pigment ink you added to get the muted colours. And the seafoam on the shoreline adds so much interest and dimension. Just a beautiful card!
Very cute. I love the way you did the water. Thanks for all the helpful instructions.
Lovely card – I like your idea of adding the pigment ink to the watercolours and you made a dreamy background! TFS!
Beautiful card…Love the colours so much..
Thanks for sharing your technique of adding the pigment to the watercolours to achieve the soft effect. Lovely card!
So beautiful, love these water colors
so beautiful!
Wow! Love these HA watercolors. Thanks for sharing your beautiful card.
I really enjoyed watching you tone down the bright colors. Thank you!
Your background is so amazing. A perfect background for you lovely mermaid.
beautiful mermaid on a beautiful background!
Gorgeous watercolour wash. Love it! 🙂
Such a pretty card! I love the colors.
Love your card! 💕
Beautiful card! I love the colour gradient you chose!
Sweet card, love the dreamy ombre background!
Love the soft colors behind the mermaid
I love your watercolor wash. Beautiful.