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
Oh Jessica, you designed some awesome cards! I love them all, the home for the holiday is my favorite! Thanks for sharing.
You’ve done it again, Jess! A whole plethora of gorgeous creations. I love them all! The vellum snowcap on the polar bear card is so clever!
the snowflake card is my favorite
This is such a great release and you showcased so many wonderful ideas! Thank you for sharing your beautiful cards.
You are really creative! Thanks for all of the inspiration! I really have a long wish list!
Great cards! I’m gonna have to get my hands on those blue inks…I can’t resist blue.
Nice cards. I especially like the happy holidays card.
Those polar bears are so cute! 🙂
fabulous array of cards, Jess – they make me want all of these great new products!!
LOVE the neighborhood die! So many ways to use!!
Gorgeous cards – the neighbourhood die is a new fave!
Beautiful variety of cards! I love all these new holiday products from Hero Arts.
Wonderful cards, Jess! I especially love those polar bears–too cute!
Your creations are amazing.
Love the winter woods theme with the log cabins.
Wow! So many wonderful cards. As I scrolled down your blog, the wows just kept coming. Your creativity is awesome. tfs
These cards are all fantastic!
These look fabulous. Bold, daring almost. Fabulous!
Each and every card is just amazing. Such a fun hop
Love all the holiday inspiration! And your creations are so beautiful!
Super lovely cards!
A great new release. Just amazing coloring and designs. I love the polar bears too. Thank you for the inspiration! Just lovely cards.
I love, love, love your colors especially the black and white cards.
All your cards are beautiful! I love the paper layering neighborhood and the snowflake edge.
You’ve done an amazing job with all the pieces. Can’t wait to get started on Christmas!!