Hero Arts 2017 Catalogue Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today is the day! The Hero Arts 2017 Catalogue is revealed and the products will be available in the Hero Store today. They will be in retailers soon too. Today we have a fun blog hop to celebrate the release. You should have arrived here from the amazing Libby, but if you get lost along the way, there is a full list of participants below.

 

There is so many amazing products in the catalogue that it was difficult for me to choose what I wanted to use today. The catalogue is filled with new stamps, dies, inks, embellishments and so much more! I have made two cards to share with you today. The first uses the gorgeous Artistic Dahlia stamp (wood mounted).

 

I started off with a piece of watercolour paper and stamped the Artsitic Dahlia twice on to it using Versamrk ink. I applied White Embossing Powder to them and then heat set. I then had fun colouring them using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens (colours used listed below the supplies section) along with water and a paintbrush.

Once dry, I added the flower panel to a black A2 card base with tape runner. The sentiment is from the Thanks Stamp & Cut Set (this is in the new catalogue but was released a little while ago).  I cut the thanks from black cardstock three times and stacked them up. It was added to the card with Multi Medium Matte. To finish off, I added a few sequins. Sadly I haven't managed to get my hands on the new Hero Arts Ombre sequins but I can see by the photos that they are gorgeous!

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Please click on the picture or wording to be taken to where I purchased it. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the letters below the product to shop at your favourite store - Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Hero Arts (HA), Seven Hills Crafts (SHC) Amazon (AZ) etc. Products marked with an * were kindly sent to me to use.

Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Tim Holtz Watercolour Cardstock Hero Arts Artistic Dahlia Stamp Hero Arts Artistic Dahlia Stamp Hero Arts Thanks Stamp & Cut Set Hero Arts Thanks Stamp & Cut Tsukineko Versamark Ink Pad Versamark Ink Pad Hero Arts White Embossing Powder Hero Arts White Embossing Powder Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pen Winsor & Newton Cotman Size 4 Round Brush Winsor & Newton Cotman Size 2 Round Brush Faber-Castell Click & Go Water Cup Lucy's Little Things Lagoon Sparkly Shaker Selection *

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+ Lucy's Little Things Delphinium Sparkly Shaker Selection - discontinued
 

ZIG CLEAN COLOR REAL BRUSH PENS - Top Dahlia: 083 Lilac, 080 Violet, 081 Light Violet. Bottom Dahlia: 083 Lilac, 080 Violet, 031 Cobalt Blue. Leaves: 045 Pale Green, 041 Light Green, 040 Green. Shadow: 036 Light Blue.

My next card uses the gorgeous new Color Layering Poppy Stamp Set and coordinating dies. I started off by stamping the poppy heads using three red shades of ink. I used Fresh Peach for the bottom layer, then Pale Tomato and finished off with Red Royal. The inside portion was stamped with Intense Black ink. The stems were stamped with Field Greens ink. These were then cut out using the dies.

I took an A2 black card base and dry embossed the Floral Pattern Stencil on to the front, to give it a little added detail. I then cut an oval of the new Woodgrain Vellum using the new Nesting Oval Infinity Dies. This was added to the card base with Stick It. The poppy stems were added to the card with Multi Medium Matte and then the poppy heads added with foam tape.

The sentiment, from the new Color Layering Fuchsia Stamp Set was, was stamped on to black cardstock with Versamark and then heat set with white embossing powder. This was also added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Midnight Black Accent Pearls.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Please click on the picture or wording to be taken to where I purchased it. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the letters below the product to shop at your favourite store - Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Hero Arts (HA), Seven Hills Crafts (SHC) Amazon (AZ) etc.

Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Hero Arts Woodgrain Vellum Hero Arts Woodgrain Vellum Hero Arts Color Layering Poppy Hero Arts Color Layering Poppy Stamp Set Hero Arts Color Layering Poppy Stamp Set Hero Arts Color Layering Poppy Dies Hero Arts Fresh Peach Shadow Ink Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad - Fresh Peach Hero Arts Pale Tomato Shadow Ink Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad - Pale Tomato Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad - Red Royal Hero Arts Red Royal Shadow Ink Hero Arts Field Greens Mid-Tone Shadow Ink Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad - Field Greens Versamark Ink Pad Tsukineko Versamark Ink Pad Hero Arts White Embossing Powder Hero Arts White Embossing Powder Hero Arts Nesting Oval Infinity Dies Hero Arts Nesting Oval Infinity Dies Hero Arts Midnight Black Accent Pearls

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BLOG HOP:

Here is a full list of the participants in the top:

 

Hero Arts

Jennifer McGuire

Laura Bassen

Wanda Guess

Amy Tsuruta

Clare Prezzia

Yana Smakula

Kathy Racoosin

Debby Hughes

Kelly Purkey

Lydia Fielder

May Park

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Heather Ruwe

Libby Hickson

Michelle Short - You are here!

Jana Millen

 

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from the comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please leave comments by Tuesday, February 21st at 23.59 PT ( Wednesday, February 22nd at 07.59 GMT) and the winner will be announced the following week.

As you can see, the next person on the hop is the amazing Jana. I hope you enjoy the whole hop and get lost of inspiration from it. Thank you so much for visiting me today.  I hope you have a great Valentine's Day!