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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Really like the hello die and the cardstock colors
Simple and classy cards!
OMG! i LOVE that Ocean Waves background! Your samples are awesome. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
Great cards. Good inspiration.
Beautiful cards…can’t wait to get my hand on the new card stock colors!!
Lovely monochrome cards.
Cool wave cards and pretty flower card.
Beautiful cards!
All 3 cards are gorgeous! I’m with you on the Ocean Waves background, that is going to get a LOT of use this year lol. I love the colors you used on the Beautiful Day Agapanthus card, just beautiful. Thanks for sharing all 3 and for the always amazing inspiration. (mardy14@bellsouth.net)
Wow!! The embossing with that background is stunning!! Beautiful cards!!
Love the Word die cuts. Really nice cards.
Love the cards and all the new release plus new card stock colors! HA has outdone themselves!
Your cards, and the background stamp are awesome. Great idea with the metallic embossing.
Wow!!! Gorgeous cards, Jess! Love those ocean waves! Stunning! Thanks so much for sharing and your wonderful inspiration!
The Agapanthus stamp is gorgeous! Goes on my wishlist!
Ink smushing looks like so much fun, can’t wait to try it! Beautiful cards, thanks for sharing your ideas.
Trying to comment again. Love the ink smushing idea, looks like great fun. Thanks for sharing.
The wave background stamp looks just gorgeous on the colored card stock embossed in metallic powders. Really beautiful cards.
Truly amazing cards! I so want the ocean waves background stamp after seeing how you used it. I also love your floral card….so simple and sweet!
Good background stamp. Great to see it done in different colors!
Wow, that Ocean Waves Bold Print background stamp makes for some gorgeous cards! And the floral card is beautiful!
That background stamp is amazing! Love the colors of embossing powders with the cardstocks you chose. The yellow one looks like it’s glowing- how fabulous is that! The watercolor one is equally as striking. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful colors! Thanks for sharing!
That background stamp is fantastic, love what you did with it!