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
What wonderful cards, Wanda.
Posted by: Marisela Delgado | 02/15/2020 at 02:18 PM
Love your lemon card, the white embossed background is great. I will use it on my next card.
Posted by: Chris Handy | 02/15/2020 at 02:06 PM
I especially love the lemon card!
Posted by: Judy | 02/15/2020 at 12:46 PM
Beautiful cards (I love those lemons!).
Posted by: Cyndi Morris | 02/15/2020 at 12:00 PM
I have never seen anything like the Monstera plant card you made. It's fantastic and so much fun in dimension. Great card!
Posted by: Sue | 02/15/2020 at 11:48 AM
Gorgeous! Love the lemon card!
Thanks so much for sharing...
Posted by: Jeanne Beam | 02/15/2020 at 10:34 AM
I'm loving the lemons! Thank you!
Posted by: Claudia K Anderson | 02/15/2020 at 09:50 AM
Loving that lemon card. I love the neutral of the background with the brightness of the lemons! Very beautiful.
Posted by: Karen Judy | 02/15/2020 at 09:32 AM
These are all so fabulous!
Posted by: Holly Flores | 02/15/2020 at 09:14 AM
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
Posted by: Maria Alder | 02/15/2020 at 09:07 AM
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....
Posted by: Debra A Knowles | 02/15/2020 at 07:50 AM
Just beautiful!
Posted by: NickiB | 02/15/2020 at 07:33 AM
Love the Monstera leaves.
Posted by: Deb Selby | 02/15/2020 at 07:24 AM
I love your lemon card is so pretty! I love yellow - it is so warm and inviting. Your card layout is awesome!
Posted by: Rachel Duong | 02/15/2020 at 06:53 AM
Beautiful cards!
Posted by: Kathy J in Ellicott City | 02/15/2020 at 06:05 AM
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.
Posted by: Elisa M Gray | 02/15/2020 at 06:00 AM
You are so talented. Thank you for sharing your amazing creations.
Posted by: Isabel Z | 02/15/2020 at 04:04 AM
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!
Posted by: Ramona Temple | 02/15/2020 at 03:16 AM
I like the layout and the inking of the plants.
Posted by: Scraporcraft | 02/15/2020 at 02:34 AM
Love the Lemon Zest card - great design!
Posted by: Toni | 02/15/2020 at 01:46 AM
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.
Posted by: Dorothy A | 02/15/2020 at 12:04 AM
Great designs! Love these card, specially the lemon one.
Posted by: Holly Lau | 02/14/2020 at 11:46 PM
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!!
Posted by: Helen F | 02/14/2020 at 11:27 PM
Hero Arts has the best background stamps. Love the citrus!
Posted by: Rosie Lopez | 02/14/2020 at 10:03 PM
Love the colors on the lemon - they look so real and refreshing
Posted by: Kristy | 02/14/2020 at 08:36 PM
Great cards. I really like your bright cheery lemons.
Posted by: Judy Inukai | 02/14/2020 at 07:49 PM
Brilliant... paper piecing the leaves, I'm going to steal that idea for sure. Really cute cards. Great catalog release!
Posted by: Carol Wortman | 02/14/2020 at 07:38 PM
So much fun citrus
Posted by: SmilynStef | 02/14/2020 at 07:27 PM
Awesome creations! I especially love the potted plants card!
Posted by: Lagene | 02/14/2020 at 06:45 PM
Great cards!! Your 'Grown on Me" card is my favorite!
Posted by: Patty A Eifert | 02/14/2020 at 05:14 PM
Love your cards!
Posted by: Lindarub | 02/14/2020 at 04:25 PM
Lovely cards, very inspired
Posted by: Carmen Cservenka | 02/14/2020 at 03:44 PM
The lemon card is just wonderful. I love the freshness.
Posted by: Sharon Gullikson | 02/14/2020 at 03:24 PM
I just love the white on craft! Thanks for sharing you designs!
Posted by: Denise Mouton Ferguson | 02/14/2020 at 03:00 PM
The citrus is my favorite! I LOVE how you did it with the kraft paper!
Posted by: Meghan Kennihan | 02/14/2020 at 02:26 PM
I love your cards! The use of the leaf dies is wonderful!
Posted by: Sandy Anderson | 02/14/2020 at 02:13 PM
Beautiful cards. They remind me that winter won't last forever and warmer days are ahead, thankfully.
Posted by: Jackie Parkins | 02/14/2020 at 01:32 PM
Great cards. Love your lemons.
Posted by: Gayle Chrvala | 02/14/2020 at 01:22 PM
Lovely cards!
Posted by: Rema DeLeeuw | 02/14/2020 at 01:04 PM
Thanks! Love your "greenhouse" card!
Posted by: Susan Staudt | 02/14/2020 at 01:03 PM
very stylish cards - love the layering and colors on them
Posted by: Dee Earnshaw | 02/14/2020 at 12:45 PM
I love your creations!!
Posted by: Melissa Leftrick | 02/14/2020 at 12:45 PM
This set is so versatile. I love these cards.
Posted by: Nancy Tolan | 02/14/2020 at 12:38 PM
Very nice cards. Thank you for sharing how you made these cards.
Posted by: Gail Spresser | 02/14/2020 at 12:27 PM
Those leaves :)
Posted by: Wendy Jones | 02/14/2020 at 12:27 PM
Nice cards!
Posted by: Wanda S Radler | 02/14/2020 at 12:18 PM
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!
Posted by: Michele W | 02/14/2020 at 12:07 PM
Your greenhouse card is amazing. I love all your work.
Posted by: sandy M | 02/14/2020 at 12:05 PM
Lovely cards - the citrus is so cheerful, and I love the monstera leaves
Posted by: Laurie Black | 02/14/2020 at 12:01 PM
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...
Posted by: Kimberly McField | 02/14/2020 at 11:52 AM