Hero Arts Spring Catalog Blog Hop And Giveaway

Hello crafty friends. I am so excited to bring you some items from Hero Arts Spring Catalog today! I can’t believe how many awesome products Hero Arts has brought to us.

A few things before we get into the cards. Hero Arts is having a Spring Stamp along April 14-16th 2023. Here is what the Spring Stamp Along includes:

Cost: $45 Early Bird, increasing to $50 on March 15

Join us for two days of card classes at our sixth Stamp-Along event!

During this virtual event, you will have the opportunity to create at least ten beautiful cards from start to finish, learning tips and tricks from some of your favorite cardmakers. The class videos will be live-streamed on YouTube; you will receive the private YouTube links prior to the event. In order to be able to comment, ask questions, and interact with other students on YouTube, you will need an account with Google. There will be an optional Facebook group for community building and some pre-event lives, but having a Facebook account is not required to view the actual classes from our event artists! (This is a change from previous Stamp-Alongs!) You can watch everything live as it happens and “stamp-along,” or you can choose to view when it is convenient for you. There will be giveaways throughout the event – everyone who registers will be eligible for the drawings; you need not be present to win.

You can check out additional details and sign up here!

The Stamp-Along image is the perfect introduction to my first card using the “Bee Florals Fancy Window Die” and “Color Layering Bee Floral Stencils”.

1. Cut the Bee Florals Window from white cardstock.
2. Using the Color Layering Bee Floral Stencils, ink blend your favorite spring time colors.
3. Cut multiple additional panels to add dimension behind the colored panel and glue together.
4. Ink blend a light blue color onto a white panel and stamp the Friendly Messages in black ink.
5. Center the blue ink blended panel and sentiment into the middle of the floral panel.
6. Add the panel to a strong card base.
7. Adhere some flat sequins and apply glitter to the wings of the bee.

I did not want to alter this beautiful panel much. I kept it quite simple so the gorgeous texture and color layering could stand out.

Supply List:

• Bee Florals Window Fancy Die
• Color Layering Bee Florals Stencil
• Friendly Messages
• Inks: Intensified Black, Cotton Candy, Taffy, Key Lime Fizz, Green Hills, Lemon Yellow, Butter Bar, Contour, Root Beer and Dusty Blue
• Cardstock: Dove White
• Flat Sequins
• Glitter Pen

For my next card, I chose a favorite of mine… Lily of the Valley Fancy Die. This flower is special because it is my birth month flower but I also have some sweet memories of picking small bunches at my childhood home.

1. Die cut the leaves and stem of the Lily of the Valley from green cardstock.
2. Add shading with a darker green ink.
3. Die cut flowers from white cardstock and ink blend a very light amount of pink ink.
4. Adhere all elements of the flower together and set aside to dry.
5. Cut a panel of kraft cardstock to 4 by 5 1/4 inches.
6. Blend pink ink through the Stripe Stencil concentrating more color on the outside edge.
7. Using a light gray ink, stamp the script from the Background texture strips onto the background.
8. Rough up the edges of the panel for added texture.
9. Add the flower to the striped panel.
10. Stamp and die cut the sentiment from the Friendly Messages.
11. For a final touch, add clear gems.
12. Adhere the finished panel to a top folding kraft card base.

I absolutely love the look of this card. I added many different elements and textures. Fun Fact: In Victorian times, the Lily of the Valley symbolized a “return to happiness”.

Supply List:

• Lily of the Valley Fancy Die
• Cardstock: Dove White, Meadow, and Sand
• Ink: Cotton Candy, Green Hills, and Soft Granite
• Background Texture Strips
• Stripe Stancil
• Friendly Messages
• Clear Drops

I hope you enjoyed my inspiration for you today. Please don’t forget to hop along for your chance to win a gift card from Hero Arts!

Giveaway:

We’ll 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 at 11:59pm to enter. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog.

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Hero Arts Creative Team:

Channin Pelletier

Dana Joy

Emily Midgett

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Jessica Frost-Ballas

Kelly Taylor

Libby Hickson

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Maria Willis

Michelle Short

Mindy Eggen

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Special Guests:

Carissa Wiley

Cathy Zielske

Daniel West

Jenn Shurkus

Jennifer Ingle

Jennifer Kotas

Jennifer McGuire

Laura Bassen

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