Hey guys!!! Two posts two days in a row! Yahoooo! And, Happy Valentine's Day! The hubs and I are out vintage hunting today, and having a nice lunch together in this gorgeous weather. I hope you are having a delightful heart day too! Today is the awesome and GIANT blog hop celebrating the new 2020 Hero Arts Catalog release! It's Spring, and it's time to craft with color!! I chose some of my favorite brand new products from the catalog to share with you today. I made two cards and can't wait to share!! Be sure to scroll all the way to the end of my post to see the hop list and enjoy the inspiration.
First up is a zesty lemon card with a cute sentiment! Squeeze the day! I used the gorgeous new citrus background stamp along with the new Zest Wishes stamps and dies to create this yellow, cheery card! I always looooove yellow in the Spring, don't you? (supplies are all listed at the bottom of my post) The finished card is a white A2 card base, then layered with kraft and they yellow and white! So fresh!
I stamped and die cut out the lemons, leaves and flowers. I colored them all with Copic Markers in greens and yellows. I hand cut the branch out from the stamp – stamped in brown ink.
The sentiment was stamped onto a banner and then I die cut out a couple more little banners for an accent piece. The focal point with the lemons is two die cut circles in white and yellow. This color scheme goes throughout the card.
Here's a photo of that gorgeous Citrus Background stamp! OOH LA LA! It's red rubber, which means it stamps like a dream. I used white pigment ink and stamped it onto a kraft panel. It came out perfect the first stamp!! Love that about working with rubber.
Here are my Copic colors for the lemons…
I placed the lemons and leaves onto the card using foam dots for more dimension! A few sparkly glitter enamel dots to finish it off!!
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My second card is full of lovely Monstera plants!! I used the new Layering Plants dies and Greenhouse die cut to create a scene! It was such a fun card to create. The finished card is a teal cardstock A2 card base. I layered kraft with white and then all those yummy leaves…
I die cut out a ton of leaves first – in all different shades of greens. I inked all around the edges and the splattered them with white paint. On some of the leaves I used two different colors.
I also inked the pots with shades of terra cotta.
Here is the greenhouse panel. I die cut out the shape using the die. Then I die cut it a second time in white and fit the white part into the kraft opening. I layered a piece of vellum behind that to look like frosted glass!! I like how it came out – looks pretty on top of that teal.
The sentiment was stamped directly onto the kraft… Such a cute sentiment!!
When I put the leaves onto the card I used foam dots to raise them up off the card. Aren't these leaves so beautiful?? I am going to use these a ton!!
PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT! Hero Arts will be giving away THREE $50 gift cards to the Hero Arts shop to some lucky winners drawn from all comments left across the hop.Comment by Wednesday Feb 19 at 11:59pm pst, Winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog next week! Good Luck!
Thanks for coming by on this fun blog hop day to celebrate Hero Arts! The full hop list is at the bottom of my post. CLICK HERE or CLICK the graphic below to see my supplies for today. (Affiliate Links Used). I hope you have a great day! Happy Hopping! XOXO
BLOG HOP LIST FOR TODAY!! HAVE FUN!!
Hero Arts Blog
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Channin Pelletier
Debi Adams
Michelle Short
Caly Person
Emily Midgett
Janette Kausen
Ilina Crouse
Yana Smakula
Daniel West
Lydia Fiedler
Wanda Guess
Seeka
Laurie Willison
Amy Kolling
Erica A-B
Nichol Spohr
Jennifer McGuire
Libby Hickson
Comments
113 responses to “Hero Arts Spring 2020 Blog Hop! Fresh and Pretty!”
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Happy Valentines to you and Mark, hope you have a lovely day together. Unfortunately we are having another SNOW day here in Michigan, oh well… I have spent hours going through the 2020 catalog. There are so many wonderful things. The Heroscapes have totally mesmerized me. The sunflower one is in my budget for next month. Love these wonderful lemons, Squeeze the Day!! I agree the leaves in the Monstera card are too awesome. Thanks so much for sharing these two beauties. Happy Weekend too!
Love your designs!!! Your lemon coloring is gorgeous
I need that green house die! Lovely cards from another great release.
love your ideas!
Your Lemon card is so bright and cheery, it makes me smile. Your second card to me feels like it would make a great masculine card. Thanks for a chance to win and Happy Crafting Everyone!
Your cards are beautiful. Like the new dies and scenic stamps.
Gorgeous cards!
I love your cards, so pretty!
pretty cards!
Lovely cards! I, too, loved those leaves. They are so striking on your card.
Oh that “Squeeze the Day” has me giggling.
So pretty! I love the lemons.
Your cards are gorgeous, and I love all of the little details you added. I didn’t think I needed citrus stamps until I started going through this blog hop… hmm…
Lovely cards – the citrus is so cheerful, and I love the monstera leaves
Your greenhouse card is amazing. I love all your work.
Great cards, especially the greenhouse one with the big plants! But I also really like the way you framed the lemons in the first card. Thanks for sharing!
Nice cards!
Those leaves 🙂
Very nice cards. Thank you for sharing how you made these cards.
This set is so versatile. I love these cards.
I love your creations!!
very stylish cards – love the layering and colors on them
Thanks! Love your “greenhouse” card!
Lovely cards!
Great cards. Love your lemons.
Beautiful cards. They remind me that winter won’t last forever and warmer days are ahead, thankfully.
I love your cards! The use of the leaf dies is wonderful!
The citrus is my favorite! I LOVE how you did it with the kraft paper!
I just love the white on craft! Thanks for sharing you designs!
The lemon card is just wonderful. I love the freshness.
Lovely cards, very inspired
Love your cards!
Great cards!! Your ‘Grown on Me” card is my favorite!
Awesome creations! I especially love the potted plants card!
So much fun citrus
Brilliant… paper piecing the leaves, I’m going to steal that idea for sure. Really cute cards. Great catalog release!
Great cards. I really like your bright cheery lemons.
Love the colors on the lemon – they look so real and refreshing
Hero Arts has the best background stamps. Love the citrus!
I love your beautiful cards, Wanda! The stamping of the oranges as a background is so effective! Your greenhouse card is so wonderful with all the 3D leaves and super die cut window! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Great designs! Love these card, specially the lemon one.
So pretty. The lemon card is definitely my favorite! I do like the rubber stamp. I was just thinking how the rubber stamps beautifully the other day.
Love the Lemon Zest card – great design!
I like the layout and the inking of the plants.
I love the lemon card your color choice is right on point! I can only imagine your craft room is totally stocked with fun things!
You are so talented. Thank you for sharing your amazing creations.
I love both of the cards. The yellow with the citrus background really pops. And I love the idea of vellum to look like frosted glass.
Beautiful cards!
I love your lemon card is so pretty! I love yellow – it is so warm and inviting. Your card layout is awesome!
Love the Monstera leaves.
Just beautiful!
I like the window as the background. It’s a great way to use it in a different way…have to use all crafty things in multiple ways to stretch that dollar….
Love the lemon card, so great colours together.
Hope you have a good spring. In the UK it is one storm after another. First Ciara and this weekend we have Dennis, it’s horrible so nice to spend the day inside and make some cards x
These are all so fabulous!
Loving that lemon card. I love the neutral of the background with the brightness of the lemons! Very beautiful.
I’m loving the lemons! Thank you!
Gorgeous! Love the lemon card!
Thanks so much for sharing…
I have never seen anything like the Monstera plant card you made. It’s fantastic and so much fun in dimension. Great card!
Beautiful cards (I love those lemons!).
I especially love the lemon card!
Love your lemon card, the white embossed background is great. I will use it on my next card.
What wonderful cards, Wanda.
I love the springy feel of these cards.
Beautiful cards Wanda!!
I don’t yet have any fruit stamps. Seriously thinking about these.
Beautiful work!
What fun cards! Loving all the citrus-y goodness in the new catalog. And your monsterra card with all those shaded leaves is gorgeous!
I especially love those lemons! Beautiful work on your two cards. Looking forward to the new releases from Hero Arts.
Your cards are so fun!
Great cards. I like the stamped background on the first and the greenhouse panel on the second.
Great cards! Love how you colored the lemons. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
Very cute cards
I like all your cards, but your lemon designs make me want to start coloring right away. Great ideas!
Your cards are great. I love the citrus stamps in this new release and your coloring of the lemon made me want lemonade. I like the greenhouse window stamp on your second card and the layering plants. thank you for sharing.
Oh my!! Beautiful cards!!!! Love those monstera dies, definitley on my want list. You built a great scene with them!
So So gorgeous! I want the whole citrus line and the Heroscapes and the garden and greenhouse die! Just to to pretty!
I love the lemon card with Squeeze the Day! Great job with your coloring.
Great cards Wanda! LOVE the white ink stamping on kraft for that first one 🙂
I truly love the inspiration. Good job!
Love, love the citrus card!!! It is so vibrant and absolutely gorgeous!!!
I wouldn’t have thought to do the potted plants that way! nicely done!
Love the greenhouse card.
the pots and all of the leaves
make an interesting scene.
the fruit background stamp
is a great idea. thanks for
sharing.
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Both so fun!!
Both cards are fun and I love them but “Squeeze the Day” makes me grin the most!
Your cards are just beautiful!! They are so detailed and the shading of yellow is just great!
Love the scene with the potted plants and the greenhouse, delightful!
Love your lemon cards…thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks for sharing all of your gorgeous cards. Love the lemon card, I can see lemons hanging on the tree outside of my craft room window, yours look pretty darn good!
Love your cards, Wanda, especially the cheery lemons! That background looks awesome! Thanks for all the wonderful inspiration!
Wanda I just love your cards. The vibrant lemons and what imagination you used creating the pot with palm leaves love them ❤️
Super cards! Real fruity! And luscious looking!
Great set of cards! Thank you for sharing!
Love both cards! The citrus one looks great. Really like your use of Kraft cardstock
Beautiful, fresh and creative – fabulous cards!
Sweet cards!
I love your ideas using the citrus stamps. I bought them both when my store got them several weeks ago. Yellow is such a happy color. Had to have them! Great ideas on the plant and window dies as well. TFS and for the opportunity to win.
Amazing cards Wanda. Love the new images and dies. The lemons look so cool! The white images look great in the background. The greenhouse panel looks awesome.
I am in love with those new dies, those greens look so realistic!
Very creative! Love the idea of the potted plants.
Amazing cards! Those lemons look so fresh!
Love the lemon card and the way you used white ink on Kraft cardstock!
Wow, the white ink on the kraft card stock is fabulous and simple. I love lemons, their smell, their bright yellow flesh and the sparkle of their skin as they catch the light. This card is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. My wish list keeps growing, but my boys are both in college. So difficult to choose for my 60th birthday next month!!
Fabulous cards! I love the you’ve grown on me card!
I didn’t think I would like the greenhouse die cut however now that I have seen some ideas I love it!
Awesome cards! Really loving the Monstera plants!
Great cards! Loving the Monsteras ♥
What nice cards! Love what you did with the lemons! Very creative with that vellum for that window. I like the look of those leaves too.
So fresh and sunny! Love your cards.
Valerija xx
Fantastic cards .. love the monstera leaves!!
so beautiful!
Awesome cards!
What gorgeous cards!