Hero Arts 2018 Catalogue Blop Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today I am delighted to be hopping along to celebrate the release of the new Hero Arts 2018 catalogue products going live in the Hero Store. The new catalogue is packed full of fabulous products and you will see tons of inspiration using them across the hop. You should have arrived here from the amazing Nichol, but if you get lost along the way, I have the full list of hopper below.

 

I am in love with the new Liquid Watercolors from Hero Arts. They are highly pigmented and can be used for lots of different techniques. I have two projects showing them in use today. My first project shows them used for soft water colouring, while the second uses them for a bold background.

 

 

For my card, I started off by stamping the beautiful new Flowering Magnolia stamp on to some Fabriano Artistico Extra White Hot Press watercolour paper. I then water coloured the image using the new Liquid Watercolors. You can see how I water coloured the image in the speed paint video here:

 

I then went around the image with a light grey Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pen to help the image pop. The side of the paper was cut, cutting around the leaf image with scissors. I stamped the Designer Woodgrain stamp (not new but still wonderful!) on to an A2 grey card base for some added interest and then added the watercolour panel on top with foam tape.

 

 

I took the sentiment from the new Color Layering Elephant stamp set and stamped this on to black cardstock using Versamark ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was cut in to a strip and added to the card with more foam tape. To finish off, I added a couple of sequins from the new Seashore mix, plus an Iridescent Jewel.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. 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 logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

My next card shows how to use the Liquid Watercolors for a bolder background. I used the new Mermaid Wishes stamp set for this. This is one of the previous My Monthly Hero kits that was voted to come back as a permanent set. I am so happy that this set has come back. I love it!

 

I started off by cutting the tag from some Acrhes watercolour paper and a Tag Infinity Die. I first layered over a light coat of Indigo, Deep Ocean and Pine Liquid Watercolors and blended these together on the tag. I sprayed a generous mist of Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz over the top and then dried this with a heat tool. Using the watercolour that was left on my craft sheet, I pouched the tag back in numerous times to get a splattered and layered look. I really like how it came out. I then set this piece aside to dry.

 

 

I stamped one of the mermaids from the set using Intense Black ink and coloured her using Copic Markers, adding a little Spica pen to her tail. She was cut out using the coordinating frame cut. I took one of the sentiments from the set, stamped this with Intense Black ink on to white cardstock. I cut this using the new Rounded Rectangle Infinity Dies. The mermaid and sentiment were added to the tag with foam tape. I added some twine through the top of the tag and then finished off with some Seashore Sequins and Iridescent Jewels.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. 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 logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Skin - E13, E11, E00, E000. Hair: E49, E57, E25, E23. Top - BG13, BG11. Tail - BG49, BG13, BG11, BG10, Spica 08 Turquoise.

BLOG HOP:

Here is the full list of participants in the hop:

Hero Arts Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Kristina Werner

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Yana Smakula

Cathy Zielske

May Sukyong Park

Nichol Spohr

Michelle Short - you are here!

Wanda Guess

Amy Tsuruta

Lydia Fiedler

Heather Ruwe

Laurie Willison

Clare Prezzia

Ilina Myska

Emily Midgett

Janette Kausen

Jenn Shurkus

Sean Fetterman

Simon Hurley

Joan Bardee

Megan Hoeppner

Lisa Stein

Ilina Crouse

Amy Kolling

Rubeena Ianigro

Kelly Latevola

Libby Hickson

Lucy Abrams

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away three $50 shopping sprees! Winners will be drawn from comments left across all of the stops in the hop. The more you comment, the more chances you have to win. One comment per blog please. Please leave a comment by February 22nd at 11.59pm PT. The winners will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog. Good luck!

The next person on the stop is the amazing and lovely, Wanda. Thank you so much for visiting me today, I hope you have a lovely time on the rest of the hop and a fabulous day!