Good morning! I am so honored and thrilled to share a secret I’ve been keeping for a little while! I am joining the Creative Team at Hero Arts! Eeeek! I’ve been pinching myself ever since I received Jana’s invitation and I cannot wait to get started! To celebrate, I created a card to say hello! 🙂 And don’t forget to stop by the Hero Arts blog to meet the other new Creative Team member! 😉
And I discovered something new in the process…the Hero Arts hybrid inks blend gorgeously on cardstock! To begin I blended Orchid, Crimson, and Mulled Wine hybrid inks onto my cardstock with a blending tool. Then I flicked it with a little gold spray and set it aside to dry. Next I die cut the City Skylines from black cardstock. I pressed a versamark pad over the bridge die-cut and then heat-embossed it with Brass embossing powder. Once my background panel was dry I adhered the skyline and adhered the bridge with foam mounting tape. I liked the brass embossing powder so much that I wanted to find another way to use it on my card. I took a few diamond embellishments, smooshed them into my versamark pad, and then heat-embossed them with brass embossing powder to create matching metallic embellishments.
Finally I used the Luggage Tag Alphabet to stamp my sentiment with Intense Black ink and then adhered my colorful panel above! If this is your first time visiting my blog I feel like this is a fairly good representation of my style: colorful with just a little bit of sparkle! 😉 I hope you’ll stop by again and I look forward to sharing Hero Arts creations with you very soon!
I have two Hero Arts stamp sets to send to one lucky commenter! Please leave a comment and let me know what techniques or types of cards you’d like to see from me! I’ll pick a winner on January 5th, 2017 so please leave your comment before 11:59PM EST on January 4th!
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Love , love this card.
wow—congrats!! What a honor! You are truly an asset to that amazing team! I love to learn more inking techniques!
This card is stunning! Thanks for sharing. Happy 2017!
Beautiful cards I love the skyline die. If possible I’d like to see a card using distress crayons or a comparable product, thank you!!
I love to see cards that have a scene on them! LOVE the look of the blending on the gorgeous sky card! WOW! TFS!
BTW: Congratulations on becoming a DT member!
Congrats!!!! This is HUGE and well deserved!
Beautiful card, that background is so rich in color, love it! I would love to see different card designs using the same supplies, to help me see my crafty goodies in a new way. Love your work, you are so very talented. Congrats on the HA gig!
Congrats on making the design team! I’m an instagram follower and love your style and techniques; keep on doing your thing! I love the brass embossing powder and the great idea of embossing the diamonds!
the scene is fantastic. I love that skyline and
then adding the bridge makes it more wonderful.
Congratulations to you and to Hero Arts. You
will make a great combination.
thanks for sharing
Congratulations! Love the bright ink blending on this card so pretty. I’ve learned so much from your posts thanks for sharing, more on water coloring would also be great!
Congratulations! Will look forward to seeing more of your fabulous creativity! I love your interactive cards!
Yay for you!! Congrats on making the Hero Arts team… you are going to knock everyone’s socks off!
Congrats on being on the Hero Arts team!!! I would really like to see more heat embossing 🙂
Love the blending on this card. I would enjoy seeing different card shapes, shaker cards, and water color cards.
Congratulations on being picked for the Hero Arts design team! They made a wonderful choice!! Good luck!
How exciting for you to be joining the Hero Arts team! I would love to see masculine cards, and cards for kids. Happy 2017!!
I would like to see shaker cards!
Congratulations on joining the Hero Arts team!! Your cards are lovely; I would enjoy process and techniques.
Congrats! I will be really looking forward to see more of your art!!!
A huge CONGRATULATIONS to you! Your card is amazing! I especially love the gorgeous blended sky you created. This is definitely a technique that I’d love to see more of! I just subscribed to follow your blog and look forward to seeing all the fabulous projects you’ll create this coming year.
Jessica, you have pretty much nailed my suggestion with this card today. I LOVE scenic cards with Distressed backgrounds! This one is gorgeous and I can’t get enough of them. Great work!
I would love to see more ink blending, watercolor, and vellum. Happy New Year!
Love your work. I would like to see shaker cards mixed with copic
Thank you for the chance
Congrats! That blended background is gorgeous! I’m still new to your aesthetic, so anything you do intriguing and fertile learning ground for me.
congratulations! I need to use more patterned paper, and I would love to see you use some, maybe as a focal point and not just background. And perhaps incorporate some sparkle?!