Good morning! The 2019 Catalog from Hero Arts is now available and we’re celebrating with a big blog hop and giveaways! I’m sharing a few cards using some of my favorite new products from the release!
To start I ADORE this Ocean Waves Bold Print background stamp and I paired it with our new cardstocks and silver sparkle embossing powder!! I stamped it onto Adriatic cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with silver sparkle embossing powder. Then I trimmed it down to an A2 panel and adhered it to one of our new top folding Dove White card bases! Next I die-cut the Happy Message Fancy die with the same Adriatic cardstock three times and adhered them together before using the new precision glue to adhere it to my background panel. Finally I stamped the sentiment from the Hero Greetings: Sending Smiles on Dove White cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder. I trimmed that down to a thin label and adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape!
I repeated the same basic idea using gold glitter embossing powder with Papaya cardstock! All our new cardstocks are heavyweight between 100-111# and come in the yummiest colors! You can also purchase a sampler pack that contains an A2 panel of each color to easily see the full range!
My last card features the gorgeous Beautiful Day Agapanthus with liquid watercolors! I stamped it onto watercolor paper with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. I dropped a little mulled wine and purple liquid watercolors onto a scrap sheet of acetate, spritzed them with water, and then smooshed the acetate over my embossed flower to add a little color to the panel. Then I lightly painted the agapanthus with purple and mulled wine liquid watercolors. I also added a little dandelion liquid watercolor to the stamens and moss to the stem. Next I stamped the sentiment from the Beautiful Day Agapanthus set with versamark on Pitch Black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. I trimmed that down and adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape. Finally I adhered the watercolor panel to an A2 panel of Lavender cardstock and adhered that to a top-folding Dove White card base!
To celebrate the new release Hero Arts is giving away four $50 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please leave your comments by Sunday February 17 at 11:59pm PST and the winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Caly Person
- Emily Midgett
- Ilina Crouse
- Janette Kausen
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Michelle Short
- Nichol Spohr
- Yana Smakula
- Amy Kolling
- Debi Adams
- Jennifer McGuire
- Julee Tilman
- Kathy Racoosin
- Kelly Latevola
- Laurie Willison
- Lydia Fiedler
- Maria Willis
- Libby Hickson
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the rest of the hop!
And through the 17th save 17% off your entire purchase at Simon Says Stamp with the code SANV783 (including all the new Hero Arts products!) 😉
Interested in the products I used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!
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Your Cards are really pretty!
WOW! That ocean wave background is fantastic! Lovely cards!
Your Lily of the Nile flower is so pretty. NICE job.
What an interesting pattern. It reminds me of when I have done some tiling—the adhesive looks like that pattern. It’s fun to swirl it. I like your colors, and the simplicity.
Awesome cards…Love the texture of hello cards so much..
I can’t wait to order from this catalog. Thank you for sharing Jessica.
Gorgeous CAS cards! I love how you used that awesome Ocean Waves background stamp- the colors are beautiful!
I love your sparkly texture. Fun use of that background stamp
These are really cool! I love the way the cards look like they have these gorgeous textured backgrounds! Awesome!
Take care!
Michele H.
crimsonowl@comcast.net
Oh what wonderful cards! Love the texture on the Hello cards and the floral is perfectly sweet and subtle.
Love that! Thank you for sharing!
using the background stamp that way makes the color of the paper pop!
love the backgound alot
The Papaya card stock looks so yummy
Such fun crads!
The ocean wave background is so useful and elegant to anchor anything appied to a card!
The ocean waves stamp makes a elegant setting for anything!
Love that background stencil. Great cards.
The Ocean Waves background stamp is so awesome! Both cards are gorgeous.
Great background! I love the monochrome look! You do great work!
Wonderful cards, inspiring
These are all amazing. I love the background stamp and the texture from embossing. The hello die has really caught my eye and these cards just make it pop. Of course I love the flower too. Simply said, your creativity is evident with these.
I can see why you love the Ocean Waves background stamp, it makes such stunning patterns, especially with the heat embossing! The agapanthus is just such a delight! Love both of your cards Jessica!
How cool is that Ocean Wave background?!! And I think I like it better in the sand colors (papaya and gold) that you used!!!
That is a very versatile stamp. I loved the one you embossed as it really contrasted with the coloured cardstock.