Good morning and welcome to the Hero Arts 2017 Wintertime Fun Catalog Blog Hop! All of the catalog products are now available at the Hero Arts shop and we’re celebrating with lots of inspiration from our creative team and special guests! I have two cards to share today and many more to come in the next few weeks! 😉
My first card uses the gorgeous Holly and the Ivy wood-mounted stamp. I’ll be honest, I totally read the title of the stamps as Holly and the Ivy, apparently didn’t process that, and decided it was a poinsettia in my mind. But when I realized I colored a holly pink I went googling and discovered that there are a few holly variaties that have light pink or red leaves. So um, yeah that’s totally what I was going for! 😉 Ha!
Anyway, with that, first I stamped it several times on a piece of maroon cardstock and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder. Then I stamped it once on a piece of vellum and once on a piece of light pink cardstock and heat-embossed them with gold embossing powder. I added a little bit of pale pink and rose pink shading with copic markers and then added spectrum noir clear sparkle to the pink cardstock and to the vellum. I die-cut them with the coordinating dies and then used a stylus to curl up the edges.
I adhered the vellum and pink cardstock to the maroon panel with foam mounting tape. Then I stamped the sentiment with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder on white cardstock. I trimmed that to a fishtail label and tucked it under the pink cardstock. Finally I added a few champagne sequins and applied a layer of nuvo crystal glaze to the berries to finish the card!
My next card uses my absolute favorite stamp set from the catalog, the adorable Color Layering Fox! I have a thing for foxes and this is one gorgeous stamp!
I decided to create a wintery fox and stamped the layers in shades of grey. I die-cut him with the coordinating die and then set him aside while I worked on the rest of the card. Next I blended Summer Sky, Indigo, and Deep Ocean hybrid ink onto a piece of white cardstock and added a tiny bit of black ink around the top edges. I stamped the whole panel with versamark and heat-embossed it with sparkle embossing powder.
Then I stamped the sentiment from Poster Christmas Carols onto a piece of white cardstock and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder. I tore the white cardstock twice to create rough edges. I swiped the edges with my versamark pad and heat-embossed them with white puff embossing powder. I adhered the white cardstock to the ink blended background and then adhered the fox with foam mounting tape.
To celebrate the release Hero Arts is giving away $25 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 August 30th, 2017! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Cathy Zielske
Wanda Guess
Kathy Racoosin
Ilina Crouse
Clare Prezzia
Yana Smakula
Lydia Fiedler
Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
Amy Tsuruta
Michelle Short
May Park
Libby Hickson
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!
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!!
 Hero Arts Poster Christmas Carols Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Color Layering Fox Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Holly and the Ivy Shop at: HA |
 Simon Says Stamp Copic Markers Shop at: SSS |
 Versamark Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Summer Sky Hybrid Ink Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Indigo Hybrid Ink Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Deep Ocean Hybrid Ink Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Blackboard, 4 cube pack Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Silver Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Sparkle Embossing Powder Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts White Puff Embossing Powder Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Champagne Sequins Shop at: HA |
 Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock 25 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Snow Layering Paper Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Simon Says Stamp Vellum Shop at: SSS |
 Fiskars Titanium No. 5 Micro Tip Scissors Shop at: SSS |
 Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS |
 Wagner Precision Heat Gun Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Sizzix Big Shot Plus Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Ink Round Blending Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refills for Mini Ink Blending Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Mini MISTI Precision Stamper Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios Crystal Glaze Shop at: SSS |
 Scotch Foam Mounting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Scotch ATG Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
That fox is handsome although I am scared of animals like them. Your cards are both gorgeous.
Your cards are beautiful. I love the gold so much.
Very beautiful cards. The fox card is stunning!
Great cards! I am making it a personal mission to replicate the sky on your card. I’ve never used HA hybrid inks, but need to get some as the colors they produce are so vivid!
Yay, can’t wait to see it! I hope you’ll link back here when you do!! 🙂
Gorgeous cards!!!
These are both beautiful! I love the bold blue background!
gorgeous card… looks like a poinsettia to me, too!! but that is the beauty of stamping… you can make something anything you want!
I think the color layering fox might be my favorite, too! I am loving the color scheme you chose, and think the background is a wow factor. Some of my relatives may be seeing something similar in their mailboxes this year 😉
I looked at the holly stamp and thought it was a poinsettia also. You created a beautiful card with the vellum. Thanks for the inspiration.
Your cards are always amazing, but this poinsettia card is just incredible!! Thanks for the the inspiration!
Oh, wow! I started the hop at Lydia’s blog and my wallet is already crying.. maybe I should stop here now! Nah, gotta keep going! Thanks so much for sharing these absolutely gorgeous cards, and for the opportunity to win
Pretty cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Both cards are beautiful, but I really am partial to your lovely night sky and fox.
That fox on that blue is just stunning! I can almost feel the crisp, winter air looking at it.
Jessica,
Beautiful work. Love how you made the quasi-poinsettia work.
Both are just stunning!!! Thanks for the amazing inspiration! 🙂
Jess I love both your cards! The holly poinsettia looks great along with the vellum and gold outline stamping. The fox looks so great and so does that pretty background behind him.
So like the triple stamping to give a realistic look to the fox. All the cards are eye catching.