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Hero Arts 2018 Catalog Blog Hop
Hi everyone! Welcome to the Hero Arts 2018 Catalog Blog Hop!
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Card Details:
Even though most of us are still experiencing winter weather, my mind is always wandering the summer days and all things ocean 🙂 I just love all the new mermaid and nautical goodies in the Hero Arts catalog!
Using the new Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts Mermaid Set, I stamped the mermaid and the sea turtle and colored them in with Copic markers. Trying to experiment and play with my markers more and I had a lot of fun coloring and shading in these images. I love how the turtle came out!
For the card background, I inked the Mermaid Waves stencil with Salty Ocean Distress Oxide, to fill most of the right half of the card. I then just ink blended the Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink on the remainder of the left side. I folded the card in half and then the front panel I folded back in half to create a fun little accordion fold.
On some scraps of Distress Watercolor Cardstock I inked them in various Distress Oxide Inks ( Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Abandoned Coral, and Picked Raspberry). I then die-cut out a bunch of seaweed and coral from the Hero Arts Coral Fancy Die Set.
For the sentiment, I die-cut “hello” from the Hero Arts Hello Coordinating Set several times with Lawn Fawn Guava Cardstock. I then layered them together with some multi-matte medium. Then I stamped “thinking of you” on a strip of paper with the Hero Arts Ombre Pool to Navy Ink Pad. I couldn’t find my sentiment banner dies (LOL) so I hand cut my own banner (the horror hehehe).
Once I got everything adhered and layered the way I wanted I finished it off by adding some Prisma Glitter to the mermaid with the Lawn Fawn Glue Tube and adding some dots of Nuvo in Morning Dew and Simply White. I absolutely LOVE this card, and hope you find it inspiring!
Supplies Used:
Distress Oxide Inks, Ranger/Tim Holtz
Distress Watercolor Cardstock, Ranger/ Tim Holtz
Glue Tube, Lawn Fawn *PREORDER*
Simply White Nuvo Drops, Tonic
Jet Black Premium Ink, Lawn Fawn
Giveaway:
Next on the hop is: Sean Fetterman
Full Hop List:
The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Kristina Werner
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Yana Smakula
Cathy Zielske
May Sukyong Park
Nichol Spohr
Michelle Short
Wanda Guess
Amy Tsuruta
Lydia Fiedler
Heather Ruwe
Laurie Willison
Clare Prezzia
Iliana Myska
Emily Midgett
Janette Kausen
Jenn Shurkus <—— you are here
Sean Fetterman
Simon Hurley
Joan Bardee
Megan Hoeppner
Lisa Stein
Ilina Crouse
Amy Kolling
Rubeena Ianigro
Kelly Latevola
Libby Hickson
Lucy Abrams
Supplies I used are linked throughout the post. Click on the link and you will be taken to the product. I use affiliate links when available which means if you make a purchase I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support!
Fantastic card! That turtle is so adorable on your card!
This card is amazing!! Love the vibrant colors and the textures and the fun fold!!!
Wow, this card is so much fun!
Wow your card is gorgeous and takes me from the wintercold to a warm summerday! Your background with the Mermaid Waves stencil is stunning. Thanks for your time and effort.
Very nice with the layers and touches of glitter! I like how it folds out also.
Fantastic work – love the vibrant colors
This looks amazing. Love the dimension.
What a gorgeous card! Love your color and dimension. That wave stencil is amazing. Thanks to all!
Thank You! I appreicated your coloring of the mermaid.
I love the coloring of the mermaid! Thank you for sharing your talent!
What a unique creation. I LOVE it!! I’ve seen that wave stencil but it’s just never grabbed my attention …until this card! Your colours, your blending, the scene you created, and the card design all come together to make a gorgeous card!
Love your card. The texture you got on the mermaid is great.
Wow.. Gorgeous..Love the beautiful scene..
What a great card, Jenn! I love all the colors, layering and textures you used! It’s so beautiful!
What a fabulous card! So many details and textures, and the coloring is impeccable. I really like how you incorporated the bright reds and pinks for the coral and sentiment; it adds so much to the scene. Thank you so much for sharing!
absolutely stunning. love the way you used a z-fold card. great composition and colouring. love the glitter accents.
Oh my gosh this card left me speechless! Wow!
Oh my goodness!!!!! ILOVE this card!!! The colors, die cuts, fancy fold, glitter, and of course, the mermaid!!! So beautiful!!
Oh my !! You made such a fabulous card !!
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Love, love, love, how the stenciling is on the inside instead of the front, and loving how it blends into a scene with the accordion fold! Trying to think if I have anything that would work that way (since I don’t have these supplies… yet!). Also totally love the glitter on the mermaid. Its the perfect touch!
Loving how this opens up to complete the scene! So pretty!
I love interactive cards. This is so beautiful. I love the card composition, the colour palette you chose and the detailing on the mermaid. Really lovely!
Fabulous card! Love how the mermaid is just peeking out when the card is folded& your totally awesome coloring! Great job!
Your mermaid card is really fabulous! I love everything about it. Thanks for inspiring me today!
🙂 Marie
This is beautiful! I love the wave background and all the dies. A very “realistic” underwater scene (I know mermaids are unfortunately not real LOL).
Awesome ocean scene card! I am SO ready for spring to get here!
Lovely card. I especially like what you did with the mermaid’s hair.
very pretty card…..love your creativity!
Love every detail of this stunning card!
WOW! What a fantastic card.
What a great Mermaid card! I love the colors you used, and the layout. Great job!
Your Mermaid card is absolutely stunning! Love the detailing on the mermaid. Awesome colors.
Love your card with the beautiful colors and awesome sea creatures! Love the design idea of partially hiding the mermaid!
What a fabulous underwater scene with all the layers and textures!
My favorite colors! What a fun fantasy card.
A very pretty ocean scene. You do a great job featuring the stamp and cut set. TFS.
What a pretty card. Love all the details in this under water scene.
Well that looks like a fun peek thru card. Maybe I will try something like that
Very pretty detailed card.
Love your card, so vibrant and beautiful.
That ombre ink pad looks amazing!
What an amazing card! Definitely one of my favorites of this blog hop! Thank you for the inspiration!
I LOVE this card, just different than the normal fold. And love the way you did the mermaid!
Amazing die work
Awesome card and I love all the layers and textures with the dies! And that turtle, I have a soft spot for those 🙂 TFS!
This is such an awesome card! I love your mermaid! She is stunning!
I like your “under the sea” card. Great colors.
Wow! Your card is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing…
So beautiful!
That stencil made a gorgeous background and I like the unusual fold of your card. It is such a bright, cheery card.
Love this beautiful card. Unique style and gorgeous coloring.
AMAZEBALLS!
Great card! I see you’re coming to my CT neighborhood soon! Unfortunately I’m away that weekend!
Most beautiful card I must say…..thanks for sharing
This is just beautiful, Jenn!! Love the glitter details you added to the mermaid and your inking is always superb! I’m hopeful that this is the year I’ll finally get to take a class with you!
I love your card. I’m drawn to the ocean, blues and greens, turtles, mermaids and glitter. Aside from my personal biases, I enjoyed your fold out card
Very pretty bright and vibrant colors to highlight your HA turtle and mermaid!
wow! I love your card! there is so much detail and dimension. I love the colors you used also! hugs, treen
wow! I love your card! so much detail and dimension! love the colors too! hugs, treen
Such a cool card! Love the stenciled background!
Gorgeous card! Love the mermaid!
So colorful and detailed!
Fantastic card. The mermaid is beautiful.
I so appreciate the close up pix of your card. Really like the use of color and the stamps, stencil, and dies used to create the card.
Wow. Great card and so many cool details!
Wow, what a fabulous card. Thanks!!
Ooh! What a great card! Love all the vibrant colors and the scene you created.
What a cute interactive card. Thanks for sharing. Love your blog and facebook page.
Beautiful creation! Love how you tied everything together with the colors.
Wow this card is stunning! I now have to get the dies and stamps you used. thank you for sharing this card.
I love your card! It’s really gorgeous! Love that Mermaid! Thank you for your inspiration!
Mermaids and turtles oh my. Your card captured my attention right away and sent me off to warmer climes and thoughts of salty waves. I love, love how you combined these beautiful images, backgrounds, die cuts and glittering to create this scene. Thanks so much for sharing your talents and some of the products from the new HA catalogue. Amazing!
Sweet mermaid card!
What an awesome and creative card! Love the ocean look & feel.
This is beautiful! The touches of glitter on the mermaid are fun and perfect! I love that your underwater scene has texture and dimension.
Just beautiful!
I just love how you used the new Hero Arts mermaid set, and the ombre colors are fantastic! Great job!
This card is amazing! Gorgeous! The colors on this card are magnificent.
I wish I had unlimited time. I’d spend a good deal of it learning how to CASE your cards. They always just blow me away. Like today… This gorgeous barnacle encrusted mermaid in the fab underwater scene you created… fintastic!! Now I want to go to Weeki-Wachee and see the live mermaids again. lol!
I love this card! Everything about it works perfectly! TFS
Gorgeous card, beautiful detail!
Fantastic details and beautiful trifold
I’m in love with this turtle !!
I love this card…of course I have a thing for sea turtles ever since I swam with them.
Such an intricate and lovely card! I love the background you stenciled. Thanks for sharing!
Stunning card!
Wow! Your card is simply stunning!!!
I love your colouring!!!
So clever to make your card a tri fold!! I would of never thought of that! And your scene is delightful 🙂
I love the wonderful ocean scene that you created and the accordion style of your card!
Love this idea. Very creative. The turtle turned out great. Love the Mermaid as well. Can’t wait to get my hands on them.
What a FUN mermaid! I TOTALLY adore how you added texture with the glitter. Neat idea!
So gorgeous! love how you featured these new products!
How clever! This is really amazing!
I absolutely love all the bright colors. Beautiful card.
Love this mermaid card.
Wow you got me dreaming of the ocean too great card! Love the accordion fold and the turtle
Great job, Jenn! Love the mermaid and turtle.
What a fabulous card! Love your “seaweed” it really adds so much!
Wow! Stunning scene – I love how it stretches across the fancy fold.
Yes the turtle is a cutie but the coloring of your mermaid is beautiful.
An awesome card! Love the whole scene!
Such a wonderful card ! Love it a lot.
Wonderful card, thank you for sharing!
What a colorful work of art!
What a fantastic card! Your talent and creativity are amazing . Thank you for the wonderful ideas.
This card is amazing! So much detail and a lot of fun.
This mermaids is so wonderful!!!! Making it into a folded card was a great idea. Nicely done.
Lovely card!
Gorgeous card – love all the texture and dimension.
Your card is really stunning ! The colors are perfect as is the set-up of the card. It’s really a great creation.
Wow this is gorgeous Jenn!!! Loving the fold on this card too letting the mermaid peek out from behind. Super cute!!
Gorgeous card, Jenn!! Love the fold out and wave stencil, all your beautiful colors and coloring., and that great stamp set! Outstanding!!
Amazing card – thanks for the idea!
I like the unique fold. You’ve created such a magical underwater scene.
This is a great release and I love your cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
This card is so cool. The colors ,layers and look of this card are so pretty.
Your card is a master work!
I feel ya on the water scenes. I’ve been a bit obsessed lately. That turtle is so adorable and amazing in the little stamp!
The accordion card is a fabulous way to show off both the turtle and the mermaid in a fabulous ocean!
Stunning card, so much detail, fantastic colours and so much detail. Love Hero Arts they have such great products and thank you for your inspiration. Di.
That’s a fabulous stamp set and your cards are so pretty.
what a fantastic trifold card – gorgeous colors!!
Amazing card! Love everything about it!!
Such a fun design! I love the accents you added to the mermaid and her hair!
How fabulous is this card!!
Love the dimension on the card
This card is fabulous! Love the beautiful background and scene that you have built!
I seriously love this card! There is so much to look at and the colours are amazing!
Beautiful card!
This is stunning, fantastic creation!
Hi Jenn,
What a wonderful underwater scene. Beautifully done. Thank you for sharing.
Great layered scenic card. Just beautiful.
I use my ombres constantly
I love your card. Beautiful vibrant colors and the mermaid is great
What a jazzy background. I like the dimension of the seaweed.
Love the turtle
wonderful card!
hugs
Your card is lovely. I love the organic look you gave it!
I love all of the ideas!
Beautiful card Jenn!
Fabulous coloring! The seaweed adds the perfect finishing touch.
Oh, such a great card! I love love the colours.
Awesome underwater scene–I like the card fold.
Wow ! You did a great job coloring and placing the elements of this beautiful card. Thanks.
wonderful 3D effects on your card and the colors are so vibrant!
I can’t wait for warmer temps – these cards help with the winter blues. Thanks for inspiring us!
Amazing card!!
Such an amazing card. Love the mermaid items and that stencil is everything!!!
love this!
Great ideas! thanks for sharing 😉
💕 love 💕 that card and Mermaids rock
Beautiful card! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great card! I’m sure your recent vacation provided some creative ideas. Thanks for sharing your creative talents with us.
OMG Jenn you did it again!!! that mermaid card is so awesome!!!! i’m jealous!
WOW Jenn, this is beautiful. The colours are so bright and pretty and especially perfect for the mermaid image. Well done.
Incredible card. I love all the details and layering. And the special fold. This card is apiece of art!
The colors are so beautiful! They pop off the card! I love that turtle!
Looks like you will be within an hour or so of me in April (Legacy Paper Arts)…I’m on the hunt for details now so I can attend!
Very pretty.
Hugs
Such a great card! That turtle is adorable! 🙂
What an amazing card! Thank you for sharing.
I like the different card folds and the challenge they give for art. I think your card is awesome!
This card is stunning! I love everything about it….the turtle, the mermaid, the waves. Very unique looking too.
Jenn, your cards are amazing. SO much detail , just gorgeous 🙂
Ah this card is amazing!!
Jenn, your card is amazing!
Fantastic creation!! Love your take on the dies!