Good morning! The 2018 Season of Wonder Collection from Hero Arts is now available and we’re celebrating with a big blog hop and giveaways! I’m sharing a few projects using new products from the release!
First up is this adorable polar bear duo! I’ve had a thing for polar bears since I was a young kid…most kids collect brown teddy bears, I only wanted polar bears (which weren’t always easy for my parents to find!). So when I saw this set I was SO ridiculously excited! To start I stamped the polar bears from Polar Greetings on white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. I added a little shading with copic markers and then die-cut them with the coordinating dies! I also stamped the iceberg on vellum and heat-embossed it with silver glitter embossing powder. To create my background I blended bubble gum, dark quartz, pale tomato, cornflower, stone wash, and navy ink on a piece of strathmore bristol cardstock. I used post-it tape to mask the top and bottom while I blended to create the sky and water. Then I took a piece of white cardstock, ripped it to create a rough “snowy” ice cap and adhered it over the background to cover the line of ink blending. Finally I stamped the sentiment with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder!
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My second card uses the fun Paper Layering Neighborhood die to create a card with very little stamping! 😉 I started by die-cutting the paper layering die with white cardstock. Then I took a piece of vellum, laid it over the back of the die, and traced inside the outline of the die. I trimmed off the excess and then adhered it behind the die. Then I used a copic marker to color each of the windows. I let that dry for a bit so the ink wouldn’t smear on the vellum. While that was drying I stamped the sentiment onto dark navy cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. Once the vellum was dry I adhered my neighborhood to the navy card panel. Finally I added a little glue and snowfall glitter to the tops of each house and tree to create a snowy wonderland!
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My next card uses some of the gorgeous new dies in our release! To start I die-cut the Snowflake Edge Fancy die with silver glitter and white cardstock. Then I die-cut the Holiday Word Fancy die with pool layering paper. I stamped ‘happy’ onto a black card base with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. Finally I layered and adhered the dies to the card panel! Simple but striking…you could easily change up the colors for a more traditional red and green palette or go even more crazy with teal and pink…tons of options! 😉
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Here are a few more cards I created with the new release and if you click on the photo you’ll be taken to the tutorial!
To celebrate the Season of Wonder release Hero Arts is giving away two $50 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please leave your comments by Sunday, August 26th at 11:59pm PT 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
- Yana Smakula
- Wanda Guess
- Nichol Spohr
- Michelle Short
- Megan Hoeppner
- May Sukyong Park
- Lydia Fiedler
- Libby Hickson
- Laurie Willison
- Kelly Latevola
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Jennifer McGuire
- Jenn Shurkus
- Janette Kausen
- Ilina Crouse
- Emily Midgett
- Clare Prezzia
- Amy Tsuruta
- Amy Kolling
I am wild about the whole release and your gorgeous cards; but, I am absolutely, hopelessly in love with those polar bears!
Wonderful cards. My favorite — the adorable polar bears!
Enjoy seeing United color combos. The glad tidings winter cabin scene is one of my favorite cards in the blog hop
I love the polar bear and the snowflakes the best but then it is hard to pick just one. Love your creativity.
LOVE polar bears! Cute cards!
Love the Polar bears!!! And Vellum for the ice block…clever!!
I love all your cards, but the happy holidays card with black background is my favorite. I like everything about it!
Oh my goodness! I’m not sure which is my favorite!
Lovely cards and great ideas.
I cannot even pick a favorite! I love each and every one of these, but the colors are amazing and I can only hope to create cards as lovely.
So many great projects here, with lots of interesting design ideas.
Love the snowflake edged card, the dies are fantastic.
Stunning cards, as always! I love the beautiful blended sky you created on your polar bear card!
Thanks for the Inspiration using these Amazing goodies from Hero Arts!
I love the polar bears! So sweet! Great job on all your cards!
This release is gorgeous! I am getting excited to make (my first ever) Christmas cards! I will be using the ornament die for sure
Such amazing cards, Jess. You have a real talent and I appreciate you sharing it with us. Love this new release. 🙂
Wonderful cards. The snowflake border one stands out for me…I might actually get some of those made for this year.
You are right! The polar bears rock!
Love your cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Sweet cards! Love the variety and the release!
These are wonderful cards. Thank you for your great inspiration. And your talent! I love hero arts
Wonderful cards!! You did a great job showing off the products. The double layered snow flake die on black is so elegant.. Love the way you created it.
Wow Jessica, these cards are simply amazing! Each one is even more beautiful than the one before it!
Your cards are just gorgeous. I love lots of the new dies in this Hero Arts release. 🙂