Hero Arts Blog Hop: Spring Catalog

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Hero Arts Spring Catalog Blog Hop! There are some fabulous new products that I found so inspiring and had a ton of fun creating! Be sure to read to the end of the post as there are links to more inspiration, and GIVEAWAY information as well!

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I am only sharing a few of the new products being released today, you can see the full release here. I was so inspired by the new products from Hero Arts I made a bunch of cards to share with you. Let’s get started!

Card Details:

For this card, I started by hot-foiling the new Honeycomb Hot Foil Plate onto the smooth side of Distress Watercolor Cardstock with some gold foil. I am using the Spellbinders, Glimmer Hot Foil System and the Spellbinders Platinum Machine. The Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System works with most die-cut machines, you don’t need a Spellbinders Platinum.

I then watercolored over the honeycomb design with Distress Watercolor Pencils in the following colors:

• mustard seed
• fossilized amber
• wild honey
• vintage photo

I added some splatters using the Vintage Photo and Hickory Smoke Distress Watercolor Pencils. I then scribbled some Hickory Smoke Distress Watercolor Pencils directly onto the cursive text stamp from the Background Texture Strips and then stamped it a few times across the background. I then stamped out some of the images from the Beelieve set, onto Distress Watercolor Cardstock and watercolored them in with the following Distress Watercolor Pencils:

• picked raspberry
• candied apple
• mustard seed
• fossilized amber
• wild honey
• speckled egg
• peeled paint

If you would like to learn more about Distress Watercolor Pencils, I would encourage you to sign up for my online class, where we go over all kinds of information and techniques, you can see all of the details here.

For the sentiment, I die cut 4 “thanks” from Friend Words out of black cardstock and white embossed “you’re amazing” from Friendly Messages on black cardstock. I added these sentiments to the card with black foam strips.

Note: whenever I do ANY embossing, I prep the surface using the Cottontail Embossing Powder Tool.

Card Details:

For this card, I used the new Bee Florals Window Fancy Die, I die cut it from Distress Watercolor Cardstock and watercolored it with Distress Watercolor Pencils. I used the following colors:

• picked raspberry
• candied apple
• mustard seed
• fossilized amber
• wild honey
• peeled paint
• speckled egg
• salvaged patina
• hickory smoke
• black soot

If you didn’t want to watercolor the image like this, there is also a coordinating layering stencil that you could use to add color.

I followed the same steps for creating the sentiment, using Friend Words and Friendly Messages. I also added a few little gems to the card, and also dotted the “I” with one.

Card Details:

I was having so much fun playing with my Distress Watercolor Pencils, and I loved how the sentiments were turning out in the other two cards, I decided to play with the Abstract Butterfly Wing stamp that came out not long ago. I first made a trio of cards with a rainbow color scheme. Using the following Distress Watercolor Pencil colors:

• picked raspberry
• candied apple
• spiced marmalade
• mustard seed
• twisted citron
• salvaged patina
• salty ocean
• shaded lilac

Scribbling the Distress Watercolor Pencil directly onto the stamp, misting with water and then stamping it onto Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I then misted it with water again, stamped it on a new piece of paper, and THEN one more time, misted with water and stamped it onto a new piece of paper. This gives you 3 quick backgrounds, and I love how each of them look so different.

To add some sparkle to these cards I used glossy accents to fill in some of the gaps in the wing, and then sprinked Prisma Glitter. This gives a fun dimensional sparkle!

Since I was loving this outcome I decided to make a few more, with different color schemes. I did a more purple background using:

• seedless preserves
• shaded lilac
• picked raspberry
• villainous potion
• hickory smoke
• black soot

And then I did a more traditional butterfly color scheme using:

• crackling campfire
• spiced marmalade
• wild honey
• fossilized amber
• mustard seed

Remember, there are a lot of other new products to be seen, be sure to check out the full release! See the whole release here.

Cardmaking Supplies Used:

Hero Arts, Spring 2023 release Shop at: HA	Hero Arts, Honeycomb Hot Foil Plate Shop at: HA	Hero Arts, Beelieve Shop at: SSS | HA	Hero Arts, Background Text Strips Shop at: HA
Hero Arts, Friend Words Shop at: HA	Hero Arts, Friendly Messages Shop at: HA	Hero Arts, Bee Florals Window Shop at: HA	Hero Arts, Color Layering Bee Florals Stencils Shop at: HA
Hero Arts, Abstract Butterfly Wing Background Shop at: HA	Spellbinders, Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold Shop at: SSS | PFS	Distress Watercolor Pencils Bundle Shop at: SSS | HA | R	Distress Watercolor Pencils, set 3 Shop at: SSS | HA | R
Distress Watercolor Pencils, set 2 Shop at: SSS | HA | R	Distress Watercolor Pencils, set 1 Shop at: SSS | HA | R	Mobius & Ruppert Brass Pencil Sharpeners Shop at: BA	Blick Arts, Master Synthetic Round #4 Brush Shop at: BA
Ranger Paintbrush Set Shop at: SSS | R	Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer Ranger 4 Ounces Shop at: SSS | R	Flour Sack Cloths Shop at: Misc	Faber-Castell, Collapsible Water Cup Shop at: SSS | HA
Ranger, Heat Tool Shop at: SSS | HA | R	Ranger Glossy Accents Shop at: SSS | shurkus | HA | R	Mini Misti 2.0 Shop at: SSS | LF | HA	Honey Bee Stamps, Aurora Borealis Gem Stickers Shop at: HA
Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter Shop at: SSS | shurkus | LF	Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Distress Watercolor Cardstock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Shop at: shurkus | HA	Tim Holtz, Distress Watercolor Cardstock 8.5 x 11 Shop at: SSS | shurkus | R	Lawn Fawn, Yeti Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | shurkus | LF
Brutus Monroe, Alabaster White Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS	The Rabbit Hole Designs, Cottontail Powder Tool Shop at: shurkus	The Rabbit Hole Designs, Cottontail Powder Refill Shop at: shurkus	Lawn Fawn, Black Licorice 8.5 x 11 Cardstock Shop at: SSS | LF
Scrapbook Adhesives, Black Foam Strips Shop at: shurkus	Wagner Heat Tool Shop at: SSS	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy Shop at: SSS | shurkus | LF	Mermaid Mint Shammy Case Shop at: shurkus
Tim Holtz/Tonic 8.5 Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | HA

GIVEAWAY

Hero Arts will be giving away two $50 gift cards, drawn from the comments left along the hop. Comment on all the blogs for more chances to win! You have until Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 11:59pm to enter. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog.

Next on the hop is: Jennifer Ingle

Full Hop List:

Hero Arts
Hero Arts Creative Team:

Channin Pelletier
Dana Joy
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Kelly Taylor
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
Maria Willis
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Pocono Pam
Seeka
Special Guests:

Carissa Wiley
Cathy Zielske
Daniel West
Jenn Shurkus <—— you are here
Jennifer Ingle
Jennifer Kotas
Jennifer McGuire
Laura Bassen
Meg Brooks
Nichol Spohr
Rebecca Keppel
Sharing on Instagram:

Ralph Tyndall

Alberto Gava

Register for the next Hero Arts Stamp-Along!

Cardmaking 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!