Enjoy the Little Things!
Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming special guest designer Maria Willis, who is sharing a super fun card showcasing lots of new Hero Arts products! Read on to learn more and enjoy!
Hey everybody! It’s Maria from the Hero Arts Creative team here today and I’m really excited that I get to share some amazing new products from the Hero Arts 2022 Summer Catalog release. This release was focused on Mixed Media art and, in addition to their stamps and stencils, Hero also launched new mixed media mediums including waxes, pearls and a new paste! I’ve included quite a few of these new mediums on my card today so let’s go check it out.
I started with a 4” x 5.25” piece of Luxe White Cardstock and sprayed it with my DIY Reactive Ink sprays (Water Mist Bottle + Water + Ink from Inker). Colors are listed below. Because I added a lot of ink to my spray bottles the colors came out very vibrant. Once my background was dry I started adding my layers. First, I used the Novel Prose Bold Prints stamp and Soft Granite Ink to add some subtle, visual texture. Next, I used the Cobblestone Stencil, the White Hero Wax and a sponge dauber to add some pearlescent sheen. On top of that, I used my palette knife to add Black Hero Wax through the Diamond Stencil. I let the Black Wax dry and then used my finger to gently rub a thin layer of Gold Wax over the top of the Black and to the edges of my background as well. The final step for the background was to splatter it with both White and Gold Glimmer Metallic Inks.
Next, I heat embossed one large and two small dragonflies from the Critter Silhouettes set in gold. I also stamped sentiments from the Art Journal Messages set onto both white and vellum cardstock in Onyx Pigment ink and heat set them with Clear Embossing Powder. I cut the dragonflies out by hand and the sentiments were cut with my paper trimmer. I used my Hero Tools Compact Cutter to cut a vellum circle with my Circle Nesting Dies. After gluing my background piece to a Pitch Black cardbase I then adhered all of the pieces I had cut out to my colorful background using foam tape and glue dots.
The final touch for this card was to add some gorgeous embellishments using my Hero Pearls. I used White, Gold and Pewter Pearls to add details to the dragonflies and the background. I love the metallic finish of the pearls and the extra dimension they can add to a project.
That’s it for today everybody. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have an amazing day!~Maria
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Not a Card with Nina-Marie: Bee Scene in a Mug
Hi, there friends! It’s Nina-Marie here with you today, sharing a mixed media project using Honey Bee Stamps products.
I thought it would be fun to take the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Bugs die set and create a mug scene featuring some bees suspended amongst a garden of flowers.
The bees were colored with Karin Markers and I created their wings from Holographic cardstock.
The little “bee hive” in the scene was created by wrapping twine around a small glue bottle lid. Using recycled items as a base for certain pieces is a great way to help cut down on trash!
I particularly loved how the flowers turned out; I cut them from the Lovely Layers Tulip set from Honey Bee and used Simon’s Pawsitively Saturated Inks to color them.
If you want to learn exactly how I made this project, be sure to watch the video below!
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Doodling with Debby: Magnolia Thank You Reprise
Hi friends! Happy Friday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Debby Hughes in this reprise edition of Doodling with Debby! Be sure to read on and watch the video to learn more!
Hello, it’s Debby here. So often I reach for my Daniel Smith watercolors, but I felt like using watercolor markers for this month’s video, and I pulled out the Karin Brushmarker Pro set that I have. I used just six colors to paint this beautiful Magnolia Background set which I paired with the Swoopy Thank You.
STEP BY STEP HOW TO
- Stamp the Simon Says Stamp Magnolia Background set on Fabriano Cold-Pressed watercolor card in Gina K Whisper ink.
- Tape to a board.
- Use Karin Brushmarkers Pro and a damp paintbrush to paint the image.
- Deepen shadows and define edges with Faber Castell Polychromo pencils.
- Accent highlights with a white gel pen.
- Splatter with White Gouache, Perfect Pearls and ink from the watercolor markers.
- Trim the panel to fit an A2 card base.
- Attach the panel with foam tape to a card base cut and scored from Neenah Desert Storm 100lb.
- Die-cut the CZ Design Swoopy Thank You from Ivory card and vellum.
- Glue the Ivory Thank You to the vellum base layer with Gina K Connect Glue.
- Add small pieces of foam tape to the back of the vellum and attach them to the card front.
- Accent with Nuvo droplets and Eggshell Pearls.
Well, that’s me for this month. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial; you’ll find the video below. Thanks for joining me, and I hope to see you next time for Doodling With Debby.
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