May 11, 2016

Hero Arts Summer 2016 Blog Hop + Giveaway

Welcome to the Hero Arts summer blog hop, celebrating the availability of the products in the Hero Arts 2016 Summer catalog in the Hero Arts online store! You should have come from the so very creative Jenn Shurkus' blog.

Made two cards with the fantastic Color Layering Seahorse stamp set and, for the first card, the Color Layering Seahorse Frame Cut dies. Although very different, both cards were inspired by my wonderful niece's upcoming wedding in San Diego. I can't wait to to be part of this wonderful day and to spend time by the ocean. Sigh.

The first card, with its clean, bright color scheme, reminds me of the sun and the water.  And, really, it didn't take long to make!  Drew the stripes with a Hero Arts Yellow Dauber (no longer available) and a stencil. Stamped the starfish with Hero Arts Indigo and Summer Sky bold inks.  


The second card was an experiment. I wanted to see whether I could layer black ink over gold and whether black and gold sea creatures and shells would work. Layering Versafine Onyx over Delicata Golden Glitz Metallic worked, and I think the result is interesting (in a good way). The sentiment is stamped in Versafine and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The gold paper is from a deconstructed gold envelope. Just love this sentiment!


Keeping the chat short because there is a lot of eye candy to see in this blog hop.

The next person on the hop is one of my favorite people in the stamping industry -- Julie Ebersole.

And now the giveaways!

Hero Arts is giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please comment by Sunday, May 15 at 11:59pm PT and Hero Arts will announce the winner the following week.

Here's a list of the seriously talented stampers on this hop (I snuck in again!).

The Hero Arts Blog
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Debby Hughes
Jennifer McGuire
Jenn Shurkus
Joan Bardee  (me)
Julie Ebersole
Kathleen Graumuller
Kathy Racoosin
Kelly Rasmussen
Kimberly Crawford
Laura Bassen
Libby Hickson
Lori Craig
Lucy Abrams
Lydia Fiedler
Mariana Grigsby
May Sukyong Park
Nichol Magouirk
Sandy Allnock
Teri Anderson
Wanda Guess
Yana Smakula

MOOD WHEN DONE = Anxious to see what everyone else made!  Oooh, checked them out and these ladies have some serious talent. Oh, and good luck on the giveaways!

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Mary Holshouser said...

Love your experiment.
It went well.
thanks for sharing

Lindarub said...

Love the black and gold on your card.

Unknown said...

cool cards

Vickie said...

Cute summer card. Thanks for sharing.

cindybearj said...

Such cute summery cards. I love the super simple one. Reminds me of a beach t-shirt!

Mary-Anne V said...

These summer images are a great way to perk up someones day.

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

Everything screams beach on here and I love it!

Bunny Dobbie said...

The seaside is my favourite theme! Great cards. Love the Seahorse layers stamp also

Marcia said...

Beautiful cards. Love the sentiments!

Diane Bakehouse said...

Love your cards. I think that's my favourite stamp set in the release so it's great to "sea" your ideas.

Lori S said...

These are cute cards!

Miriam Prantner said...

Love these! The contrast between the yellow and blue on the first card is fantastic and LOVE the pattered paper you created on the second card!

Janet said...

Awesome cards and release!
~God bless
😍

Unknown said...

The colors of the first card are absolutely stunning ! And the black and gold on the second card is a success !

Denise Bryant said...

Love your delightful cards! Fun summery stamps!

LDomroes said...

What fun summer cards!

Sandy Small said...

The gold and black is so elegant!

shirl said...

Love them summer colors.

gabriella said...

I like the black in the cards, that was a welcome suprise

Unknown said...

Love, love love!

Linda T. said...

I think this is my favorite stamp set of the release. I love what you did with it!

Unknown said...

Love the yellow

Satori said...

Cute cards! Love the graphic yellow background against the blue starfish!

nzillingworth said...

makes me think of the beach and everybody loves the beach. grand job

Deborah Kaye said...

Great cards. I especially like the You, me, and the sea one. Perfect!

Laura said...

Great bright colors.

Unknown said...

You have beautiful cards.

Cherri B said...

I love the black on gold! Thanks for sharing!

Laceysocks said...

Beautiful carEs!

Rose Santuci-Sofranko said...

Your cards are so sweet! Thanks for sharing them. God bless! ILuvTheEucharist (at) aol.com

Unknown said...

Of course you used a lot of my favorite color on the first card, yellow. I love it! It totally reminds me of a ship and sailing. Great job. The second card is amazing with the colors! I never thought, like you probably, that gold and black would work but it does! I love it and I am going to have to try those 2 colors together. On these hops nothing seems to amaze me ever!

Arianna Barbara said...

Wow!!!! I love this new release!!! Great cards!!!!

Heather DePasquale said...

I love the simplicity to your cards. The stripes were a perfect fit for a sea feel and the way you used the gold on the second card was perfect. Hero Arts is an awesome company. Thanks for sharing!

Flo said...

Love your summery cards. Those sentiments are fantastic. Thanks.

Rachel W said...

Love the cards.

Laurie2cats said...

Both cards are wonderful. Love the elegance of gold and black together

Anonymous said...

I live at the beach and these cards are perfect! Beautiful!

Sherry Butcher said...

Great cards, love the oceans card. Thanks for sharing.

Unknown said...

So fresh & clean, like a summer breeze. Thanks for the inspiration.

Ladyj711 said...

Very nice... I like this black onyx over the gold. Very striking!

Kris in Alaska said...

Such a cheery color and card!

Unknown said...

Love all the new products!

Becs Attwood said...

Such great projects- love the layering images with gold ink. Thanks for sharing.

Taunya Butler said...

What bright, beautiful, perfect cards for this time of year!! I feel like going on an adventure now!!! Have a great day!!

flip said...

Summer is my favorite season, and these cards are perfect! Great job!

CoolPaperArt said...

nice colors. i hope hero arts does even more color layering sets, they are gret!!!

Kim said...

Nice.

TracyM #6773 said...

FABULOUS cards!!!
LOVE your BRIGHT & CHEERY striped card, ADORE your golden oceans of joy - WOW - the stamping & embossing looks SO LUSCIOUS!!!
THANK YOU for sharing :)

D.Ann C said...

Ooooo I love your fabulous Oceans of Joy card!!

Karen L K said...

That is a very interesting color combination! Dressed up sea look!

Kate B said...

Love both cards - the black and gold work so well together & the bright yellow stripes are perfect for summer!

robiw said...

Beautiful! Love the gold and black!

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