Today’s post is a fun hop to celebrate the new Hero Arts 2016 catalog! More on that below but I’m going to inundate you with photos as I have two cards to share :D

First up is this one using the You’re So Lovely set. The technique for this card is so simple and yet I find it packs a real punch. To start I stamped the sentiment in the middle of a panel of Arches watercolor card with Versamark and gold heat embossed.

Then I stamped the various flower, berry and leaf images with Distress Markers; coloring directly to the stamp, huffing on them so my breath added a little moisture and then stamping.

After which I took a just-damp paint brush and moved the color around slightly, adding in some shadows here and there by picking up more of the marker colors scribbled on to an acrylic block.

Finally I rubbed around the edges of the panel with Tattered Rose and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks, mounted on to a Desert Storm card base and added a few sequins and rhinestones to accent.

My next card uses the gorgeous Color Layering Large Orchid set. On a panel of Solar White card I stamped the flower layers in Soft Vanilla, Butter Bar and Mango and the leaves in Charcoal.

I accented the flowers lightly with a white gel pen and the leaves with a glitter gel pen before cutting the panel with the A2 Card Curved Edge die to give a rounded swoop to the bottom edge.

I used the same die to help me align the sentiment from the set on a card base cut from Charcoal layering papers and then stamped with Versamark and white heat embossed before mounting the panel with foam tape on top.

BLOG HOP

As mentioned above this post is part of a blog hop to celebrate the Hero Arts 2016 catalog. Hopefully you’ve arrived here from the wonderful Mariana Grisby but if not and you want to hop along from the beginning then pop on over to Hero Arts blog to start and find all the details. 

GIVEAWAY

As part of the hop, Hero Arts are giving away four $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Comment by 11:59pm PT on Sunday, February 14, and they’ll announce the winner on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Hop along and comment for more chances to win!

HOP ALONG

Now it’s time to hop along to the fabulous

Nichol Magouirk!!

Hero Arts
Lia Griffith
Kelly Purkey
Jennifer McGuire
Yana Smakula
Lucy Abrams
Kristina Werner
Kathy Racoosin
Mariana Grigsby
Debby Hughes – you are here!
Nichol Magouirk
Joan Bardee
Lydia Fiedler
Sandy Allnock
Julie Ebersole
Amy Tsuruta
Kelly Rasmussen
Suzanne Dahlberg
Wanda Guess
Clare Prezzia
Tami Hartley
Libby Hickson

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or wording to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support.

Hero Arts YOU’RE SO LOVELY Hero Arts COLOR LAYERING LARGE ORCHID Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® A2 CURVED EDGE Craft DIE s201 Arches COLD PRESS WATERCOLOR PAD 9×12 Neenah 80 LB SOLAR WHITE Neenah 100 LB DESERT STORM Hero Arts Mix Layering Papers Distress Markers FULL SET Tim Holtz SHABBY SHUTTERS Distress Markers Tim Holtz PEELED PAINT Distress Markers Tim Holtz BLACK SOOT Distress Marker Tim Holtz BARN DOOR Distress Marker Tim Holtz WALNUT STAIN Distress Markers Tim Holtz FOREST MOSS Distress Markers Tim Holtz FADED JEANS Distress Markers Tim Holtz WILD HONEY Distress Markers Hero Arts SOFT VANILLA Dye Ink Hero Arts BUTTER BAR Dye Ink Hero Arts MANGO Dye Ink Hero Arts CHARCOAL Dye Ink Tim Holtz TATTERED ROSE Mini Distress Ink Tim Holtz FRAYED BURLAP Distress Ink Sequins – Little Things from Lucy’s Cards Hero Arts ORANGE GEMSTONES Uni-ball Signo WHITE Gel Pen Sakura CLEAR GLITTER PEN Versamark WATERMARK INK Hero Arts WHITE Embossing Powder Hero Arts GOLD Embossing Powder EK Success POWDER TOOL Milwaukee Heat Tool Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Ranger MULTI MEDIUM MATTE 3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE MISTI Stamping Tool MISTI GRID PAPER Pad Martha Stewart MINI SCORING BOARD SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Ranger MINI BLENDING TOOLS Ranger MINI FOAM REFILLS