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!) 😉
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Gorgeous cards!
Fabulous work!!
Wow Jessica you just used two of my favorites from the new catalog, the stunning Ocean Waves Bold Print Background Stamp and the awesome Beautiful Day Agapanthus Stamp set. You made gorgeous cards with both of them! Thank you so much for this inspiration and have a great weekend.
Wonderful cards!
Love, love, love the hello cards! Thank you for sharing.
Fantastic cards! Love the large word dies, and that paper!
You’ve shown me I need to learn to use those watercolors! Beautiful
Very pretty! I love the look of that Ocean Wave background stamp!
Very nice cards!
WOW!! What awesome CAS cards!!!
That wave stamp is impressive! Beautiful work.
Jess, I can understand you really liking that Ocean Waves background stamp! Love the cards you created with it & those new colours do look “yummy”. I also like the CAS style of your last card. Pretty.
Thanks.
Beautiful cards. I love the texture the Ocean Waves Stamp adds.
Beautiful! the embossed background is so elegant, and the flower card is lovely
All three cards are gorgeous! I love the ocean waves background stamp in gold and silver embossing powers. It’s such an elegant effect. I love the smooshing technique. I’m inspired to make some cards today.
Oh that background stamp is the bomb! Love it and what you did with it! Gorgeous cards
Awesome cards! thanks for the inspiration!
Great cards. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome cards. Love the floral one and the Orange hello.
Two beautiful cards and designs. Thank you so much for creating – so we can get inspiration and also create!
Okay, so the bold waves background stamp is great. BUT the color of the papaya cardstock is amazing!
Love love love that ocean waves background stamp! It looks like it makes creating a quick card easy and elegant st the same time!!
Gorgeous cards! I love the background stamp! Wonderful design and texture for your cards! And the agapanthus flower is lovely too!
This ‘Hello’ is one of the best script dies ever! I thik I need that one too!
That background stamp is the BOMB…..love it….beautiful cards..