August 2018 Hero Arts Release Inspiration!
Hi friends! Happy Monday! We’re happy to welcome special guest designer Libby Hickson to our blog today! She has made four uniquely fabulous projects! Have you seen the latest goodies from Hero Arts?! Take a scroll (<— see what I did there ;)), be inspired, and shop your favorites! Enjoy!
I began by die cutting the Tea Party Fancy Die from watercolor cardstock. I watercolored with several colors of liquid watercolor, including the new Cocoa color for the table, chairs, and branches. Next, using just the outer frame from the die set, I die cut the oval background and added a watercolor wash. Once the piece was completely dry, the message from Spill the Tea was stamped with black ink. The two pieces adhered together for foam adhesive, and a small bow was tied to the table. For the background, I die cut the Woodgrain Texture Fancy Die from white cardstock.
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First, I stamped the cat image in Intense Black ink on Neenah cardstock. The image was colored using Copic markers. Next, I created masks – one to cover the kitty, and one to cover the area outside of the cup. With masks in place, I stamped the flower from the stamp set onto the cup using Unicorn White ink. Stickles were added to the flower center, Black Glaze pen on the eyes to make them twinkle, and fine little whiskers were drawn on with a Copic Multiliner. Once all ink and glitter glue was dry, I die cut the image with the matching die.
To create the background, I made random dots using Copic markers in the same shades of blue and purple used when coloring the main image. The message was stamped using Intense Black ink, and a strip of glitter paper was added – because everything is better with glitter!
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I began by embossing the teacup image from Spill the Tea in white on the main panel of watercolor paper, and also embossing the spoon and mint leaves in white on a scrap piece of watercolor paper. All three images were watercolored using the Hero Arts liquid watercolors, and the spoon and mint leaves were die cut with the matching dies. The spoon and leaves were added to the image using foam adhesive. The message was stamped using black ink, and die cut with Oval Infinity Dies. Ombre Sunshine sequins were added using Multi Medium Matte.
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For this card, I began stamping the foam kitty from the Foam Animals stamp set in Soft Brown ink on kraft paper. Next, I created a mask for the kitty by stamping on masking paper & trimming out. I placed the mask over the kitty, and stamped the coffee cup, lining it up so the foam kitty would be at the top of the cut. After removing the mask, I colored the image using Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils. There are matching dies for this stamp set, but I chose to hand-trim the combined image instead. The heart message bubble from the Kit-Tea Stamp & Cut set was also stamped on kraft paper and die cut.
To create the background panel, I created a mask using the Round Rectangle Infinity Dies and masking paper, using the negative piece left after die-cutting. I placed that over my image and blended on Soft Brown ink.
To finish the card, I added the message in Black ink and adhered the coffee image and heart bubble with foam adhesive.
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Thanks so much for stopping by and thanks to Libby for being our guest!
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Libby always makes beautiful things!!! Love these
Like the tea theme creations especially since I’m a tea drinker.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Thanks for sharing–I’m in love with the kitty in the teacup card!
Fabulous release!!! I love so much Libby’s cards!!!
These are all so cute!!! I’m not sure which is my favorite because I love them all. NICE JOB
These are so cute!
Fun kit with so many sweet stamps!
It’s been fun following the Hero Arts blog, and now it’s a great treat to see Libby’s creations. The purrfect time for tea is delightful!
What fabulous cards. I love this new release!!
Fabulous kit and beautiful work! Thanks for sharing.
Fun new stamps. I love kitties and teacups. I already follow by email.
Absolutely adorable! I love the coloring!
These are so cute. I love this new kit. :)
awww these cards are so cute:)
Awesome projects, I especially love the little rose teacup!
I love the tea cup and of course, the cute little cat sitting on it.
Such fun cards! Great new products!
How fantastic are all of these? Cats in teacups will never get old, and the whole theme of tea is so perfect for my little tea-party-loving nieces. Thanks for showcasing so many different products!
Fabulous cards!
Love the tea party
set. And the foam
critters are darling.
Carla from Utah
The cat cards are super cute. Love the tea theme.
LOVE Libby’s work…these projects are amazing! Who doesn’t love coffee?!
Oh Libby, these are sweet. Love the tea cup images, beautifully done!
Very fun cards.
How cute are all these?! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring!
These are beautiful cards! I especially love the one with the cat in the tea cup and the dotty background :)
I’m a cat person, so I absolutely love “It’s the Purrfect Time for Tea”! So cute!
This is such a cute release. Love it.
Adorable cards! I love the kitty in the tea cup!!!!
Love these cards! The kitty is too cute!
Wonderful set of cards! :)
Your cards are all so lovely!
What a lovely diverse group of cards! I especially like the dotted background of the first cat one!
Wonderful cards. Love the one with the kitty.
Coffee, no line coloring and gorgeous cards! Ooo-la-la!! These are fabulous!!! Great work Libby!
Two of my favourite Cs, coffee and cats xx
Oh my goodness….cats in cups. Can that get any cuter??
What gorgeous cards!! The three C’s–coffee, cats and cardmaking!!
As a real tea-addict I’m so glad that there are more and more teacup-stamps! And this one with the kitty is sooo sweet!
Cuuuuuuuute! Love the kitty in the cup!