Welcome to the Hero Arts "My Monthly Hero - May 2018" Blog Hop!" Hope your Spring is going great! Here we have been enjoying being outside, especially in the evenings... And later this week it's supposed to be 96 degrees! Yeeks. Way toooo early for that nonsense. Summer is coming I guess -whether we're ready or not! I still want a bit more Spring! I had a lovely weekend. Thursday and Friday, I enjoyed spending time with Cindi from Flora & Fauna who was here in Sactown!! (maybe you saw my Instagram Stories!?) Saturday, the hubs and I took the ferry over to San Francisco and went to the Ferry Building Farmers Market. It was the perfect foggy day and the produce and flowers were all so colorful. Things like that really inspire me creatively. Color, texture, flowers...all of it. Such a nice day! Plus, if you are a member of Rising Tide Society, you will appreciate this - I ran into Natalie Franke! She was just as warm and wonderful as I would have imagined! She even took a photo with me. What a surprise treat!
I'm glad to be here with you today launching the newest card kit from Hero Arts. This month's kit is full of cool silhouettes and beautiful dies, with a family tree and family theme. Super clever and unique stamps and dies with very fun accessories. I hope you find some (many) things to inspire you. I have two cards to share today! One was made with the main kit, and the other one I made with some of the pretty add-ons.
You may have arrived here from Nichol's amazing blog!! If you want to start at the beginning of the hop CLICK HERE to go to the Hero Arts Blog! As always, lots of fun and inspiration for you today from my awesome fellow bloggers! I'm always grateful to be included in the Hero Arts lineup! If you're new to my blog today - welcome. Enjoy the hop today! I will always warn you, these kits sell out VERY FAST. (usually the first day) so if you like it, don't hesitate! I know I say that every time, but it's true! Get it while you can! They are such a great value! Each kit is $34.99 and the value is double that, at least. Enjoy the hop today!
My first card is showcasing the pretty frames and silhouettes stamps add-ons. I tried to create a pretty frame wall look with gold embossed frames and rich black silhouettes of the family members. This would be a great Mother's Day card or Anniversary card. I chose elegant colors of gold, white, black and blush pink.
This card started with a soft blush pink card base in A2 size. I layered black and then white for my top layer. I used the very pretty Family Portrait stamp set for this one! I played with the frames and silhouettes on a scratch paper until I found the right combination. Then I embossed all the frames with Versamark Ink and Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder. Next I stamped the family members inside the frames. (The set even includes a cat and dog silhouette!) I added a few Hero Arts pearls for accents.
The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with White Hero Arts Embossing Powder onto black paper and then trimmed to size. The sentiment strip was attached to the card with foam tape. I really love the pretty gold against the black and white. Looks like a gallery frame wall!
My next card was made using the stamps from the main card kit. All of them are silhouettes and there are a million stamps to choose from! A very large sheet of stamps to create scenes as many as your imagination can come up with! I loved the tree branches the most, so I built my card around them. The card base is a White A2 size. I layered orange cardstock and then my top panel was white before I inked it into a sunset!
To create my background I used three colors of Distress Inks (supplies listed below) and the Tim Holtz Blending Tools and kept going over the paper with color until I achieved the evening sunset look I was after. Once the ink blending was done, I used a paint brush and some water mixed with the distress inks to add splatters. Then I used the paint brush again to add white splatters. I can't help myself! Once all of the inking was dry. I used rich juicy black ink and stamped the two branches, the girl swinging, and the squirrel (so cute)! My college has a big swing that looks down over the entire campus and this stamp of the pretty girl swinging reminded me of that!
lastly I added the cheerful sentiment to the lower right corner of the card. I kept it very clean and simple because of all that color going on. These stamps really shine by themselves! I cannot wait to see what everyone else makes with these stamps!! The possibilities are endless really!
The new kit is available NOW! Yippeeeee! Below is a photo of THE ENTIRE KIT CONTENTS! This is a great value for $34.99! Hero Arts is VERY generous with their beautiful kits! The other supplies I used are listed below in my links!
FULL HOP LIST FOR TODAY! ENJOY!
Wow! What a great kit and so versatile. I love how your cards came out.
Posted by: Samantha Coleman | 05/16/2018 at 12:45 AM
I love trees and tree swings and swinging, so I'd love to win this Kit also!
Posted by: Deb | 05/13/2018 at 01:31 PM
What lovely and creative cards you made!!! I love the silhouettes framed on the one card! It is such a great way to celebrate and appreciate the gift of family. And the other "swinging by to say hi" card is so colorful and fun; it really evokes the free-spirited feeling of summer!
Posted by: Denise Ward | 05/12/2018 at 12:41 PM
Great cards- the pretty sunset with the swing is amazing ! Love this kit and the add-ons.
Posted by: karenajo | 05/11/2018 at 08:11 PM
Great colord
Posted by: Liron A | 05/10/2018 at 10:13 PM
Your sunset silhouette card is lovely! The splatters give it so much depth!
Posted by: Sandy Small | 05/10/2018 at 07:58 PM
I love the colors you chose for the background for the beautiful black silhouettes.
Posted by: Lauryne Cunningham | 05/09/2018 at 08:41 PM
Perfect! Love the silhouettes/gold and then the luminous yellow orange background. Can't wait to get this kit! Thanks HA!
Posted by: Heather L DePasquale | 05/09/2018 at 05:14 PM
I ordered the kit. just love the swings! and your background coloring....
Posted by: Barbara-Jean | 05/09/2018 at 05:07 PM
Family is everthing. Love your cards. Thank you
Posted by: Charlsie | 05/09/2018 at 02:14 PM
Beautiful cards. I love that sunset background you created. This kit seems like a lot of fun!
Posted by: Charlotte E (Lady Joyful) | 05/09/2018 at 11:49 AM
This kit is so much fun. I can imagine 100 things to do with it!
Posted by: Carol Henderson | 05/09/2018 at 11:43 AM
Lovely cards, that orange background is so vivid, and the silhouette family is very classy and elegant! Fantastic new stampkit ♥
Posted by: Hilde Larsen aka. Tindaloo | 05/09/2018 at 11:09 AM
the colors you used for that card work so beautifully together. Thank you for the inspiration!
Posted by: Victoria Luna | 05/09/2018 at 10:12 AM
This could be a Mother's Day gift to myself... Love the girl on the swing. Makes me think of those summer evenings long gone. Hero's kits are always so great. I can't wait for our farmers market to open. But I will because I am so enjoying our lovely spring weather. Nicely done Wanda, thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 05/09/2018 at 09:47 AM
Stunning examples!
Posted by: Debs | 05/09/2018 at 09:29 AM
I love the card you made using the family portraits! The card is so elegant and beautiful.
Posted by: Rachel P | 05/09/2018 at 07:40 AM
Love your cards! This kit has some really awesome stamps and dies in it and I'm excited for mine to ship/arrive!
Posted by: FD91354 | 05/09/2018 at 06:37 AM
Both cards are gorgeous. Love the background on the second card.
Thanks for sharing...
Posted by: Jeanne Beam | 05/08/2018 at 07:34 PM
My big fat fingers got in the way in my comment! Should be an exclamation point, not a question mark at the end. 😕
Posted by: Patt H. | 05/08/2018 at 07:22 PM
Totally awesome cards, Wanda! Those silouette stamps are so cool & your swinging card is perfect?
Posted by: Patt H. | 05/08/2018 at 07:20 PM
Your cards are so pretty. I love the colors you used on the second one.
Posted by: Victoria Banaszak | 05/08/2018 at 05:59 PM
Gorgeous cards you've made, love the elegant heads card and I agree with you on the many used of that style. I love the warm sunny blended card, defiantly the garden on a warm summer day x
Posted by: Andrea Hastilow | 05/08/2018 at 04:16 PM
Great cards, Wanda. You always make beautiful cards.
Posted by: Marisela Delgado | 05/08/2018 at 03:13 PM
Beautiful cards Wanda! I love this kit! There are so many great images in this one! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Lisa | 05/08/2018 at 01:56 PM
This is a fantastic kit. So many options to create beautiful cards. Love your cameo card!! So lovely. The sunset colors with the swing is great!
Posted by: Heather Nelson | 05/08/2018 at 12:47 PM
Beautiful cards! Love your first card!
Posted by: Stacey Kowbel | 05/08/2018 at 12:21 PM
Love this kit! Beautiful cards!
Posted by: Marilyn Patrick | 05/08/2018 at 11:14 AM
Striking cards! So pretty!
Posted by: Julie Haedtke | 05/08/2018 at 11:10 AM
Your cards are so creative, thanks for sharing them
Posted by: Brenda | 05/08/2018 at 10:41 AM
Gorgeous cards, Wanda. Love the squirrel in the tree; sweet! I love watching our squirrels play in the tree in our backyard.
Posted by: Becca Yahrling | 05/08/2018 at 10:19 AM
You’ve made such amazing cards !!
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Posted by: Marjorie DUMONTIER | 05/08/2018 at 07:59 AM
Your cards are absolutely beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Angela Robertson | 05/08/2018 at 07:54 AM
Wonderful card kit, and you created extra special cards. Love the family theme.
Posted by: Jacquelyn Harmon | 05/08/2018 at 07:21 AM
AWESOME cards, kit and I especially love your swinging girl!
Posted by: Lagene | 05/08/2018 at 07:04 AM
Wanda, gorgeous projects, especially the silhouette/family portrait one!
Posted by: Amy Tsuruta | 05/08/2018 at 06:52 AM
The sunset blending is superb! I can’t wait for my kit to arrive.
Posted by: Shannon | 05/08/2018 at 06:23 AM
I LOVE this kit!!!!
Posted by: Erica Ambrose | 05/08/2018 at 05:51 AM
Wonderful cards! I love the beautiful blending on the background for the lovely swing card! <3
Posted by: Karthikha Uday | 05/08/2018 at 05:44 AM
I love your sunset card with the sweet silhouette! A lovely kit!
Posted by: Donna M. | 05/08/2018 at 05:14 AM
I love all of the new ideas!
Posted by: Shanna | 05/08/2018 at 04:40 AM
Your cards are so pretty!!
Posted by: Sabrina Radican | 05/08/2018 at 04:27 AM
Wonderful cards. I really like the framed silhouettes.
Posted by: Sue D | 05/08/2018 at 04:23 AM
Beautiful cards!
I'm totally in love for your second one! The scene is totally adorable and your colouring simply amazing!!!
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | 05/08/2018 at 03:42 AM
Awesome cards. Love the colors.
Posted by: Brenda | 05/08/2018 at 03:39 AM
Beautiful Cards. Love the sunset one!
Posted by: Twylia | 05/08/2018 at 01:17 AM
I really love the new kit and the sunset card you made with it! So many possibilities with this new release!
Posted by: Stef Perry | 05/08/2018 at 12:37 AM
The kit is amazing! Love the die set
Posted by: Ingrid den Hollander | 05/08/2018 at 12:33 AM
Wonderful cards, love the bright colors and the silhouettes are classic.
Posted by: Sharon L. | 05/07/2018 at 11:40 PM
Love how you embossed the frames on the first card. So elegant!
Posted by: Fonda Rush | 05/07/2018 at 11:36 PM