Hi everyone! Welcome to the Hero Arts 2018 New Catalog Blog Hop! WOOOOT! Some big giant fun happening today, that's for sure! So many awesome bloggers have come together today to share their favorite products from the brand new Hero Arts Catalog. The products are all live in the Hero Store now – so happy shopping. I always want to share my gratitude about Hero Arts. When I was a baby stamper 24 years ago (!!) I used to actually stalk my favorite local stamp store and WAIT in agony for the new Hero Arts catalog to come out. It was the highlight of my year! My friends and I would look at every project and every page and flag our favorite items…. I have such good and fond memories of Hero Arts. So fast forward a bunch of years, and now here I am helping to launch the catalog. It makes me so happy! Just goes to prove that you never know what life has in store for you!
Today is full of fun projects and great blogs. I know you're going to love it all! Grab a cuppa joe and enjoy the hop! Did you arrive here from Michelle's beautiful blog? If you want to start at the beginning of the hop CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE HERO ARTS BLOG!
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We were very graciously allowed to choose our products to work with for this hop. I was immediately drawn to the brand new wood mounted stamp called Flowering Magnolia. I do love the feel or red rubber and wood! So I used that stamp, and the matching die, to create an elegant card and matching envelope. I also used the brand new (AWESOME) Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors in my project.
This card is slightly larger than an A2. It measures 5.5 x 4.5 inches. I wanted a little extra room on the side for the flowers! I used kraft paper for the card and the flowers. The envelope is from Paper Source and the color is called Paper Bag (Kraft). I kept the color palette clean and classy with black and white and bits of green and yellow. Lately I'm totally addicted to paint splatters too. The white paint is Copic Opaque White watered down with a bit of clean water. The green and yellow parts are the new Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors in Moss and Dandelion. They are so pretty.
I stamped and die cut three of the magnolias on kraft paper. I used the Hero Arts matching die! Perfect cut every time. I used the white paint and the water colors to paint the flowers and set them aside to dry. I stamped a couple of the flowers in black directly onto the card base. The beautiful sentiments on the card and the envelope are from the Hero Arts set called You're So Lovely.
The flowers were layered onto the card using foam tape layers. I love all the dimension of this!!! But it will still be easy to mail.
The new Hero Arts watercolors come in 8 beautiful colors! Here is the packaging and a swatch that I made. YUM. Each one is $5.00. A little goes a long way. I dropped just a couple of drops into my palette to color for my project today.
I found this pretty green and cream paper in my paper stash and used it to make an envelope liner for the matching A6 envelope! It looks so nice together!
For the envelope, I randomly stamped some of the magnolia flowers onto the envelope. I placed a piece of chipboard inside the envelope to give a flat surface and left the chipboard inside the envelope while I watercolored it. It's going to look so pretty in someone's mailbox!! The flower in the photo is from our 35 year old camellia bush in our front yard. It's blooming like crazy right now!
The back of the envelope…(Including paint splatters!)
The inside of the envelope!
Thank you so so so very much for popping by my blog today. If you're a new visitor because of the hop – welcome! Glad to meet you! Please take the time to visit all the blogs today. Everyone has worked so hard to make pretty things to share! XOXO
The next stop on the hop is my friend, the awesome and talented AMY TSURUTA!
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191 responses to “Hero Arts 2018 Catalog Release Blog Hop!”
That magnolia stamp got lots of love!! 🙂 I LOVE your card.
Wanda! Oh my goodness…sooooo gorgeous. I love the coloring on kraft. What a pretty duo!
Such a beautiful creation!! Love how you decorated the envelope too! 🙂
Gorgeous card and I LOVE the envelope 🙂
What a beautiful flower! And I love your envelope too.
Gorgeous cards and matching envelope! Those watercolors are beautiful!
I am loving the liquid watercolors. Your card is wonderful!
Layered magnolias–gorgeous! Everything from the splattered background to the envelope embellishment is praiseworthy!
So gorgeous!!
Those flowers are gorgeous! Love your coloring!
Gorgeous card! I love those magnolias layered up!
Wow! I really like your design and technique using this spiffy stamp. I have 200 wooden stamps that rarely see the daylight these days. Need to get them inked soon.
I have never tried to watercolor on kraft colored paper. This is beautiful. Thanks.
I just love the card and envelope that you made. I’m so happy that Hero Arts has made so many matching dies to go with their stamps and am excited to try the new watercolors as well (Love Love the matching envelope!)
Great ideas! thanks for sharing 😉
Such pretty cards, with great finishing details! Loving the new Hero catalogue!
Such beautiful work! Thanks for the inspiration.
Stunning!
Wanda you created a magnificent card with just that one magnolia stamp. The recipient of that card is truly going to have a beautiful day.
I like all details to the card and the matching envelope.
Oh my gosh such a lovely card using a beautiful bloom can’t wait for spring flowers but until then this flower will brighten up the days of winter.
Oh my word Wanda your card and envelope are gorgeous! No wonder Hero Arts has you on their team…. These are just stunning! I LOVE this magnolia, simple stunning!
I am really loving this blog hop! Thanks for sharing!
That flower is amazing Wanda!! I think the simplicity of the design and coloring is super. I adore anything floral and this stamp is so pretty. Thanks for sharing your design with us.
Soft & pretty magnolia flower & that was a great idea putting it in part on the envelope too.
This card is amazing. I love the magnolia!
I really like the kraft background with the delicate colors of the magnolia. Very pretty.
love the matching envelope and the card is beautiful
I’m going to burble! I love your magnolias. I love the envelope liner idea. I LOVE the envelope. Quite Lovely. I’m drooling over the new liquid watercolors too! I can’t wait to start collecting.
Love that magnolia. Great idea to color on kraft, it looks beautiful and the layering is wonderful.
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I love all of the ideas!
Wow–who wouldn’t to get your gorgeous card and pretty envelope in the mail! I have a soft spot for magnolia trees and flowers b/c of relatives in the South who have them. The flowers smell so good! Beautiful stamp
Hi Wanda,
Soooooo Pretty!!! Thanks for sharing.
Elegant card
Magnolias are my favorite trees. The brown background is lovely with your coloring.
Such a beautiful layered card. Love the matching envelope.
very beautiful. That magnolia stamp is so pretty
WOW!!!!! True art
What a pretty card. I love magnolias
I love, love, love your beautiful card! I’m a big fan of fan of matching envelopes too!
Loving the watercolour on Kraft paper!
Beautiful card. I love the finishing touch with the envelope liner paper in a matching colour. Great way to do some stash busting too!
I agree with you; nothing better than red rubber and a wooden block to inspire me and to have such a realistic magnolia makes it all so nice. You did a beautiful card!
Wow this card is a masterpiece including the envelope and liner. Awesome job!
What a beautiful card and coordinating envelope!!!! I wish I was the recipient!!!!!!!
Fabulous. Thank you
I absolutely love the color palette! I’ll have to try it!
Wanda, your card and envelope are a work of art! Fabulous!
BEAUTIFUL! I am getting these watercolors. Thank you for sharing. Love the card and matching envelope.
beautiful!! the combo of kraft and white is so pretty!
Your card is beautiful, Wanda!!! I seriously love that magnolia stamp!!!
Love the matching envelope very pretty
Your card and envelope is definitely elegant!
This is a fantastic card – I love your use of the different base cardstock!
I love this magnolia stamp. Thanks for the inspiration.
I really need to use more kraft card stock, looks great! The envelope is awesome!
As pretty as the card is, I adore the envelope and liner. Thanks for the swatch of new liquid colors.
There are so many stamps I love from this release! Your work is always so beautiful!
Wanda your card is so beautiful. I adore your creativity so much and enjoy seeing all that you create………..Hugs Lyn
Beautiful card and envelope! Love this on the kraft paper background!
Perfect magnolias- thanks for the directions!
Beautiful card, I can’t get over how stunning it is!
Your card is beautiful and with the matching envelope, the set is very elegant !
Awesome card! awesome catalog, awesome company! I think after the watercolors and elephants this magnolia is a favorite.
Stunning card and matching envelope – love the magnolia stamp.
Oh wow, you did an amazing job here!!!!
What an impressive post with all the details on how to create the card and envelope. I really like the use of the Kraft colored card stock which allows the flowers to pop. Excellent job on the coloring! Thank you!
Very classy flowers. Thanks for showing the samples of the watercolors.
I love your Wanda it’s just great! Beautiful card and envelope! Just love this company. Thank you.
Wow! This magnolia stamp is so versatile. Love your colouring and the design of your card. Also, the special touch on the envelope.
What an absolutely gorgeous card and envelope!!! Definitely a work of art!
Your card is beautiful, and the matching envelope is amazing, I am loving Kraft colored paper lately so I just love this card.
I like that you used the white watercolor on the kraft, very nice!
This stamp really got to me…. I love wooden stamps and the fact that it has a die, omg!! Love the card and that awesome envelope. Nicely done.
LOVE this beautiful card, Wanda! Love how you used the kraft.
Great touch on the envelope.
You do such great work! Love the pretty magnolias!
I absolutely love this card! The flower on the envelope adds so much too!
It’s beautiful on kraft cardstock !
Pretty magnolia card! I love white on kraft!
I love your use of Kraft paper, it really makes the flowers really stand out. Great job! Love this set by Hero Arts.
Hey Wanda. LOVE your style on these flowers. Thanks for swatching out the colors too so I can see what they look like on kraft cardstock. Saw the watercolors at Creativation and feel in love. Sending hugs to you.
Beautiful magnolia card. I like the dimension.
Wow! I love this card and am giggling to know someone else loves paint splatters too.
Gorgeous!!! These water colors look amazing!
Love the way that looks on craft cardstock.
Very pretty. Like the way you did the envelope too
Your card is very pretty. I like the coloring technique that you used.
What a detailed explanation! Thank you for taking the time to do all that and I loved how you tied in the envelope.
Flowers on the envelope too!
Your cards are wonderful! Thank you so much for taking the time to inspire us!
Loving this on the Kraft cardstock!
Love the coordinating envelope. A hint of whats to come in the inside of it. Beautiful job!
Loved the colours on the kraft paper and also the envelope liner too!
Wonderful card and envelope combination, thanknyou for the beautiful inspiration!
Love your card and envelope, Wanda! Awesome new stamp, and I am super excited about the watercolors! can’t wait to try them!
Gorgeous card and envelope!
Beautiful card and matching envelope. Love the magnolia stamp. Very versatile.
Really lovely card! This stamp is beautiful.
So pretty! I just love kraft and white together. Gorgeous stamp too.
I love the magnolia stamp and the lovely card and envelope that you created!
lovely card and envelope
I just love that magnoliastamp and your card just makes me love it more. The envelope is amazingly. Such a beautiful set.
OK, that’s it – I NEED that magnolia stamp!! I love hoe you use different color cardstock to stamp on!
Hello there “a blog called Wanda “ my name is 🌟 and I absolutely LOVE your card, envelope, liner, and everything!!!!! Oh your pretty Camellia that was sitting on the table in your picture, it is exquisite!! You are soooo very talented my dear!! Your magnolia cards are “Yummy. I am going to keep my eye on you , do you teach any classes or anything? This is all new to me, my first blog hop and all so I haven’t ever run around looking at all this stuff. Anyhow, thank you for the fab cards!!! Star
Wow! Your creations are simply stunning!!!
I love your colouring!!!
lovely work ! defenitely love these Magnolias !
So very elegant. LOVE
Excited about the new liquid watercolors! Your magnolia card is so inspiring, love the dimensions & splatters!
Your card is just so….I do not have a word for how it makes me feel. I love your use of kraft and white and green. This whole combo and the stamps….the envelope to go with it!!
Your card is beautiful! The magnolia flowers look like they were just picked and placed on the card! Wow!
I love your card and envelope! The magnolia blossom is just gorgeous and you really made it look fabulous! I love that you did the envelope as well, Thank you for sharing!
Those dogwood blossoms are so beautiful I love the way your envelope turned out like they are floating on a breeze
You captured the colors of these sweet magnolias perfectly and they look so great on kraft! I love the matching envelope… I really need to do more of those.
Beautiful cards!
Just gorgeous!
Beautiful card and watercoloring!
Wanda what a beautiful card. I love the cluster of magnolias and the paint splatters. Thanks for all the detail on putting it together. Your magnolia from your garden is fabulous too. This flower image in the white almost looks like our Provincial flower the “Dogwood” blossom when it’s clustered like that. Thanks so much for sharing. It’s my first time to your blog, and I loved checking out some of your other posts.
An absolutely gorgeous card and envelope. I have also started to decorate my envelopes. I think is makes the card even more special.
So pretty. And I loved your envelope. Nice!
Thank you for sharing your talent!
Love the craft and white. Just stunning! I am going to have that try it out, along with hero arts new watercolours.
What a lovely card, I really like the idea if using craft paper and the way you colored the flowers.
Truly beautifully card and matching envelope. Thanks!
Beautiful. Love the dimensions and watercolor
LOVE this card AND envelope. Both so beautifully done! Those new liquid water colors look like so much fun! Fantastic blog hop with so much talent! Thanks for sharing yours!
Beautiful card. Thank you for sharing the details.
This is just beautiful! Love it!
Wow! This is so pretty! The pretty Magnolias really stand out.
What a beautiful card and envelope! Thanks for sharing..
I never really considered watercoloring on kraft paper; I would have thought it would buckle too much, but I love how those colors turned out on there. Thanks so much for sharing that we can do that!
Love the dimension in your card. The watercolors are so pretty!
OMG! THis is so gorgeous! I love this stamp anyway, but you really made this card spectacular. I cant believe how much i love the envelope also! hugs, treen
Wow stunning card!
Beautiful card.I think I like your paint splatter look. And seeing your garden Camellia reminds me winter won’t last forever.
Oh, Wanda! This is just stunning! I love the kraft background and the white splatters you added. The watercolors are just amazing! Definitely getting them for myself now!
What a beautiful card…loved it
Absolutely stunning!
Gorgeous card. I really love that Magnolia stamp.
Oh, no! Another HA flower that MUST go into my collection. Your card an envelope are such a beautiful ‘tease’. And your real flower is lovely. It would be nice to see something bloom [in WI] right now. LOL
So beautiful!
What a awesome combo you made Wanda with this gorgeous flower stamp
Your card design is lovely, Wanda. You made the magnolias look so real, and I love the partial print on the envelope flap.
Beautiful card and I love that you created a matching envelope as well! TFS!
Love the magnolia stamp and your card and envelope created from it are awesome! 🙂
Lovely card and matching envelope! I’ve been inspired to use some of the kraft paper I have!
I love this magnolia card and can’t wait to get it! Really pretty.
That is just stunning!
I love magnolia trees! Your card really does the blossoms justice! Thanks Wanda!
Love the Magnolia stamp, your card is amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Fabulous Wanda, and the envelope brings the card to extra heights.
Such a beautiful card. Love the while on craft stock
Love how the magnolia looks on the kraft card stock and your matching envelope is wonderful!
Beautiful card! I’m in love with this Magnolia stamp.
Beautiful.
Oh my goodness, absolutely stunning! Who wouldn’t smile if they found that gorgeous envelope in there mailbox.
I forget how lovely an envelope can be made. love wha tyou have shared.
So, so pretty! The liquid watercolors are surprisingly bright on the colored cardstock for being transparent colors. Unless I misunderstood, and you added white to the 2 colors too, making them opaque. Pretty either way!
I love how you layered your flowers , this would look fabulous on a layout
You made such a stunning piece of art !
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This is lovely. I love the look on Kraft and the decorated envelope is a great addition.
Pretty card & envelope! Really want to try those bottled water colors!
I haven’t seen this flower done on kraft yet. Thanks for the ideas
I’m loving the opportunity to see the same used in numerous ways! Beautiful!
I’m loving the opportunity to see this stamp used in numerous ways! Just beautiful!!
So pretty! I hadn’t thought about painting with the Copic white, but I love the results!
Stunning card. I love the beautiful magnolia cluster.
Very pretty. Love the matching envelope.
I have a thing for craft card! This is simply beautiful! I love the matching envelope!
Such a beautiful card! I love that you used kraft cardstock. The matching envelope is so lovely and a nice surprise for the recipient!
Very pretty
Beautiful! especially love what you did with the envelope. That flower is beautiful.
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Wow !! Gorgeous..Love both of them.
Wow!! What a stunning card!! That magnolia is beautiful on its own but you did an amazing job of making it gorgeous. Love the colours you used and the flowers just stand out on the kraft paper. And the envelope is a nice added touch. Love love love!!!
So beautiful, love the kraft and how the flowers look on it. The paper source envelopes are great with the liners too.
lovely card, water coloring is not my strong area, but I am so wanting these water colors they look amazing
Wow Wanda! Perfect as usual. Love the soft colors and even the envelope. Thanks to all for a great release!
Love Love Love the magnolia stamped on kraft paper!! Must copy this idea! Thank You!!
Wow that is a fantastic card! That is a great idea to use the kraft for the flowers and put them on the kraft. Love it. That magnolia is such a nice image.
White against the kraft cardstock is gorgeous. Lovely card.
Gorgeous card!!
I wouldn’t mind getting this card in the mail 🙂 Love it!
I can’t wait to try the HA watercolors! Dreamy!!
What a beautiful way to use this gorgeous stamp – great color coordination with the envelope lining as well – beautiful work Wanda.
Your magnolia card is beautiful! I can’t believe you found that green paper for the envelope that matched perfectly. Thank you very much for sharing your work.
Fantastic card! I love the clean and classy colours you used – perfect!
Love the composition of this card, it’s so elegant
These white Magnolia blooms make me smile, they are gorgeous!!
Your flowers are so real looking! Love the envelope, too.
Hey Sister – long time no see! I’m about to get crafty again (really more for work and community stuff, not blogging — I have actually had to BUY cards lately. The horror!), and this is one of the new stamps & dies I’ve purchased because of this amazing card. Durant, the city I live in, is the “Magnolia Capitol of Oklahoma.” The college that my husband is President of is nicknamed “The Campus of One Thousand Magolias” and we used to live in the (ugh! That house…) Magnolia House on campus. My real estate LLC is named Magnolia Realty, even! Anyway, I’m basically going to copy your card and call it my own and everyone around these parts will ooh and aah and I will telepathically give you credit. So whenever you feel a little tickle in your nose, that’s not allergies, it’s someone in Oklahoma thinking of you! Love you, friend!!!