Thursday, May 20, 2021

Hero Arts Summer Catalog 2021 Release and Blog Hop

Hi everybody! I am so excited because today is launch day for the new Hero Arts Summer Catalog and it is on fire! You can check out the whole catalog HERE if you'd like to but first join us for an amazing blog hop full of crafty inspiration using the new products. I've got four cards to share with you today so let's get to it!

For my first card I paired the new Brick Wall Bold Prints, the new Message Strips Stamp and Cut, and the Hello There Stamp & Cut. I started by ink blending my background panel in Taffy, Lemon Drop and Splash Reactive Inks.

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Next, I put my background in my Misti along with the Brick Wall Bold Prints stamp and stamped it using Unicorn White Pigment ink. This resulted in my background having a light and subtle look. Now, if you've used pigment ink before you know it can take a little time to dry... I don't always have the patience for all of that waiting so I tossed some clear embossing powder onto the wet ink and heat embossed it. This added extra texture and shine to my "bricks." When I stamped, the ink on my background reacted with the wet ink and some of it lifted off my card and the color stayed on the stamp. I used that residual ink to stamp a second background panel which you will see on my last card today.
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I heat embossed the "I miss you" from the new Message Strips Stamp & Cut in Onyx Pigment ink and clear embossing powder. Then, I mounted my background onto a black card base and added "Hello There" and some enamel dots to finish my card off.
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My next card is a slimline card and although it looks pretty fancy it really wasn't all that hard to make. I recently made a similar card using different products so if you'd like to watch the process you can find that video HERE. I used my slimline stencils to cut out a panel and then ink blended it using Lemon Drop, Taffy and Splash reactive inks (my three favorite reactive inks). Then I used the new Floral Tile Stencil to add Moonstone Glimmer Paste to the background. Now, this isn't a slimline stencil so I just readjusted it and added more paste where I wanted it. 
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I heat embossed the new Succulent Bouquet stamp in silver onto vellum. This is so easy and creates such a gorgeous look! I die cut the succulents and then adhered them to my background using foam which I had cut into small pieces to hide it from sight.
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To finish my card off I added a sentiment using both the Thinking of You Stamp & Cut as well as the Message Strips Stamp & Cut. The final step was to add some jewels and pearls for a little bling.
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This next card was made using the new Looking Glass Canyon Lands dies. This is just one set in an amazing collection of Looking Glass dies and I hope that you'll check them out! There are also two different sized stencils to help you with alignment so that you can always get perfect placement of your dies! I cut all three dies out of separate pieces of cardstock and then colored them with copic markers. I also prepared a background sky using splash ink and White Iridescent Shimmer Spray. 
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Next, I layered my die cuts together making sure that they were properly aligned (when I made this card I didn't have the alignment stencils yet and had to wing it). I adhered the layers using foam tape so that there would be depth to my scene. 
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Once my little die cut scene was properly put together, I used a square die to cut a black card panel. I created a gold frame using two square dies and glued that on to frame the hole. Then I heat embossed my sentiment below the frame. I adhered my little scene to the back of the black cardstock so that it was perfectly framed. I added extra foam tape to the back of the panel and attached it to a cardbase to finish off the card.
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For my final card I used the background that was leftover from my first card using the Brick Wall Bold Prints stamp. I added it to a piece of Mist cardstock and then added my sentiment using the Big Hugs and Message Strips Stamp & Cut dies. 
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I thought the card needed a little something more so I added some tiny arrows from the US Map Infinity Die set.
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Ok, you guys, that's all I've got for today! Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you will continue on with the rest of this inspiration filled blog hop celebrating the launch of the Hero Arts Summer Catalog. Make sure to check out the Giveaway info below and leave a comment right here on my blog to be entered to win!

Have an awesome day!
Maria



GIVEAWAY:
Hero Arts will give away THREE $50 gift cards, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, May 30th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.


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74 comments:

  1. Wonderful backgrounds to your creations.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  2. LOVE what you did with the succulents-just might have to get this set now!

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  3. Love the ink blending with the brick background!

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  4. That slim line card is stunning!

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  5. Really like that first card a lot! OK, I really like them all a lot!

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  6. Love the ink blending and brick background!

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  7. Wonderful cards and gorgeous color combos, thanks for the inspiration!

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  8. I love that thinking of you slimline. It's bright and happy but also elegant.

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  9. What a gorgeous landscape. I love the look

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  10. All of these are great. I really like your bold sentiments with soft backgrounds and that amazing soft rainbow/succulent card. Great work!

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  11. Stunningly beautiful cards Maria, but I wouldn't expect anything less from you!

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  12. Great cards! The slimline one is especially stunning.

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  13. I love the cards with the large sentiments.

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  14. Beautiful backgrounds and scenes!

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  15. Stunning cards! I love those colors!

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  16. Awesome cards!! The colors are perfect!!

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  17. Great cards and colors! Can't wait for my catalog so I can start on my wish list with the window dies coming in first, then anything ocean/beach, then florals.

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  18. Background coloring is beautiful, lovely cards!!

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  19. Beautiful colors and love the backgrounds.

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  20. You're ink blending is just beautiful! Great use of the new products.

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  21. Wow Maria!! Love all your card inspirations! I specially like the thinking of you one -- its wonderful!

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  22. Bright and beautiful cards with a fun summer feel. I really enjoyed these.

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  23. Your backgrounds are so pretty and I just love the Looking glass scenes

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  24. Beautiful.. hello there super catalogue, I'll be thinking of you and all the pretties!

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  25. Your use of color is wonderful. Each card is such a treat, I really like the white pigment ink used with the stamp, nice subtle texture.

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  26. Wow! Fantastic cards! I love the vellum succulents!

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  27. Love the color blending on the brick wall background

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  28. Your cards are beautiful! I especially love the blended backgrounds.

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  29. Your cards are beautiful! I love how you blend all your backgrounds and then add to them!

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  30. The Black really makes your card stand out.
    Thanks for sharing!

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  31. Thanks for the boatload of inspiration using Hero Arts supplies.You used lots of styles & interesting color combos.

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  32. I’m fascinated with the looking glass dies. Yours reminds me of Red Rock in Colorado.

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  33. I’m fascinated with the looking glass dies. Yours reminds me of Red Rock in Colorado.

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  34. stunning cards - so varied and fresh - thanks for sharing

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  35. Gorgeous cards! Awesome colors and backgrounds...
    Thanks for sharing.

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  36. Bright and cheerful cards, the colours are so vibrant. Loving the look of the brick wall stencil!

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  37. Love the mix of colors in the
    slimline card. All are wonderful.
    thanks for sharing
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  38. Awesome cards, love the soft blended backgrounds. I almost didn't recognize the succulents embossed on the vellum. Thank you for sharing your beautiful cards.

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  39. Marisela Delgado said: Beautiful cards! mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  40. These are so pretty! I love your awesome color combos and the beautiful designs!

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  41. Terrific cards! So creative and inspiring!!

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  42. Beautiful cards, love the background colors of the first three. So bright and fun. tfs

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  43. Great cards, love the colors, ink blending is beautiful!

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  44. Great group of cards, Maria. Lovely ink blending.

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  45. I love every card you made. Thanks for sharing.

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  46. Very nice. I love the multi colors of your backgrounds...it reminds me of candy floss.

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  47. the vellum succulents are stunning

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  48. Such amazing inspirations.
    Love from India :)

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  49. Wonderful cards! I love the big bold sentiment dies and the way you've used these stencils ad vellum is gorgeous!! Thanks so much for your super inspiration! Stay safe! :)

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  50. Great cards! Thanks for sharing.

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  51. These are beautiful! I love the name of your blog.

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  52. Wonderful variety and great choice of colors.

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  53. I absolutely LOVE the blending on the Thinking of You card!

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  54. Beautiful cards. Your blending is wonderful.

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  55. pinks, blues, purples, you're calling my name. Beautiful cards. I love the subtleness of the brickwall background...

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  56. Hello There and Thinking of You...BEAUTIFUL COLOR CHOICES!! Love the blends!

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  57. Bright and beautiful cards. Thank you for sharing.

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  58. Maria, I absolutely love you blending techniques. Great cards.

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  59. Thank you for the inspiration! Very creative cards

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  60. Wonderful cards! I love the sending a happy hello card - beautiful design!

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  61. Wow, your thinking of you card is just gorgeous, well all for your cards are but u know what I mean. LOL

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  62. Love what you did with the succulent bouquet. Beautiful!

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  63. I really like the colors you picked for your background on the first card and it is really cool that you got a second background from that technique as well.

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  64. Beautiful colors! Lovely card designs!!

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  65. Great variety of cards. I like the idea of using clear embossing powder to set the pigment ink quickly and for the reassurance that it won't rub off.

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  66. Great color shares. Nice color combinations.

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  67. I liked the colorful backgrounds and the bold sentiments. Each of them shows background colors that can help make those sentiments pop. Thanks for sharing.

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  68. Wonderful cards.. Love them both.. So difficult to say which I like the most.. But yes the last one is my favorite

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