Tuesday, May 15, 2018

HERO ARTS 2018 SUMMER CATALOG BLOG HOP + Giveaway


Hello everyone! I'm super excited and so, so honored to be joining Hero Arts for their 2018 Summer Catalog Blog Hop!
If you've been hopping along then you already know that this release includes tons of amazing products. You can purchase the catalog or flip through the pages of the catalog, or download the pdf here. You can shop the entire catalog here
You should have arrived from the wonderful Jeanne Jachna's blog. If you're just stopping by you don't want to miss out on all the fun! You can start from the beginning at the Hero Arts Blog
Hero Arts will be giving away two $50 shopping sprees, randomly drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please comment by Sunday, May 20th at 11:59pm PST. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the week after commenting closes. 
Now, over to my cards. My first card features the beautiful Floral Nasturtium stamp set from the release.


I have been working on my watercoloring skills and the flowers just perfect for watercoloring. They were such a delight to watercolor. I stamped the flowers in black ink off the edge of a watercolor cardstock panel once and then a second time with some masking.


I used Windsor and Newton watercolors to paint the flowers and love the results! The colors I used are based on this image of blooming Nasturtiums that I found on the internet.


I really loved the pop of bright pink in the midst of reds, oranges and yellows and that is what I've tried to replicate on the card.



My second card features the super cute Fennec the Fox Stamp set. I love the how the sentiments go perfectly with the images!


The images are watercolored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. The background is a beautifully textured glittered piece of scrap wallpaper. I got it from an upcycling warehouse I discovered in my neighborhood recently.


Thank you so much for stopping by today. Your next stop on the hop is the awesome Karen Bull. 

Here's the entire hop list in case you get lost along the way


Supplies Used:




CM263 Hero Florals Nasturtium
CM263 Hero Florals Nasturtium
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CM266 Fennec The Fox
CM266 Fennec The Fox
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White Detail Embossing Powder
White Detail Embossing Powder
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MINI MISTI Laser Etched Tool
MINI MISTI Laser Etched Tool
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Embossing Tool
Embossing Tool
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Versamark Watermark Ink Pad
Versamark Watermark Ink Pad
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Nesting Circle Infinity Dies
Nesting Circle Infinity Dies
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Intense Black
Intense Black
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DC151 Hello Stamp & Cut
DC151 Hello Stamp & Cut
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82 comments:

  1. I love all of the new ideas!

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  2. Juhi, your floral design is stunning and oh that fox, soooo cute.

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  3. Lovely cards! Really love your coloring!

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  4. These are gorgeous Juhi! Beautiful designs and coloring.

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  5. Love the nasturtiums! And wow, how clever to use wallpaper for your card background. It's the perfect texture for that card!

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  6. Thank you for sharing your inspiration photo - you really captured the colors and shading in the photo! Great job. That fox is super foxy (love your coloring)!

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  7. Wow, that wall paper you found is just perfect with the fox scene!!
    Looks like the desert/rocks. You did such a beautiful job of using
    the right colors for the pretty flowers. Lovely cards!

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  8. Love the texture on the foxy card. :)

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  9. The colors on your flower card are awesome great color combo...well done and tfs

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  10. both lovely. you have a great sense of color.

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  11. Such a pretty floral card! And I LOVE the textures on your fox card!

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  12. Beautiful job Juhi! I love the watercoloring and this little fox is adorable!

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  13. Really nice cards...such a pretty floral card.

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  14. Loved your idea of using a wall paper as background...superb cards!!

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  15. I love your fox - too darn cute! Thank you for the opportunity to win! :-)

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  16. I didn't know those flowers came in all those colors and the second card is so sweet.

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  17. I found your blog through the blog hop and wow - what wonderful cards! I'm loving this entire new release line from Hero Arts.

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  18. Omg with that little fox he is just so adorb.

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  19. Love your cards! That fox is so sweet!

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  20. Wonderful! Love the backgrounds ... the fox looks awesome.

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  21. Great cards! Your watercoloring is lovely!

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  22. These cards are so sweet- thanks for sharing:)

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  23. Fantastic cards Juhi. Love the bright and cheerful colors of the flowers on the first one... that fox is super cute! The background wallpaper is awesome!

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  24. Wow! Your examples are so inspiring. I look forward to trying out that stunning sooty wash on some watercolors, and ---the little foxxxxxy---so cute. Thank you.

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  25. Love the bright, vivid coloring on your first card, and that fox still makes me smile. Great cards.

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  26. Juhi, These cards are amazing. I love that little smiling fox! The nasturtiums are a favorite of mine. TFS!

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  27. These are such clever and creative ways to set the scenes for the new images! Great job and totally in aw of them both!

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  28. Beautiful cards ! Lovely bright colours on the first one and fantastic window on the second one ! At first I thought it was a shaker card with some tiny stones inside it !! Well done, it's beautiful !

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  29. Love both of these cards! Your colors on the first card are just beautiful. And, the second one is just adorable.

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  30. Gorgeous projects!! Your flowers are superb... so life-like! And the card using the super cute fox is just wonderful. Love the background paper you found and used, and your design and use of color is perfect. TFS your talent and inspiration.

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  31. Love your replication of the Nasturtiums. They are edible flowers, although I dont recommend eating the ones on your card! Great coloring!

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  32. Love the brightly colored watercoloring of the floral card and the soft colors of the fox card. Great job!!

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  33. I love blog hops because they inspire me to create! Thank you.

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  34. The fox card is super cute! Love it!

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  35. What a precious little fox! Your coloring is wonderful in the floral and fox card both. Thanks for sharing.

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  36. you did a great job on coloring the flowers. Thank you

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  37. Love the vibrant colors on your floral card and the cool background for the fox.

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  38. Perfect flowers for summer and the little fox is so cute!

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  39. Beautiful cards! that top one with flowers is especially amazing! the colors are perfect!

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  40. Your watercoloring is stunning and beautiful. Thank you for sharing

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  41. very very pretty! love them!

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  42. The colorful bunch of flowers looks fantastic.

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  43. Fantastic cards! I just love Nasturtiums and you so beautifully water colored these. The fox card is so fun - LOVE the wallpaper shine and texture.

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  44. Wow! Both your cards and colors are simply gorgeous!!!

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  45. I love the bright colors you chose on the floral card. The fox is adorable!

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  46. Your nasturtiums are wonderful and that scrap of wall paper you used as a background in the second card looks so like desert sand I thought you had used real dirt. Great job on both cards!

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  47. Wonderful cards. Love the flowers and the adorable fox.
    Thanks for sharing....

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  48. Beautiful flowers and the other card is so sweet.

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  49. The Nasturtiums are so very pretty! And the fox is really sweet! Great cards Juji!

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  50. Really pretty flowers! And, I have a feeling that little fox is going to steal the show!

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  51. Love the Fox card. Flower card is beautiful.

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  52. OH these are super cards! I love finding inspiration pieces to use as a springboard for my cards! Love yours!! TFS ♥

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  53. Very pretty cards! Thank you for sharing!

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  54. Pretty colorful flowers! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  55. Thanks for sharing the picture of your inspiration for color...I love that and the card is beautiful!

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  56. Love your nasturtiums, both the card & the picture. Plus that little fox is so darn cute! What a great idea you had for the background of the window. Who'd have thought? Obviously, you!

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  57. Great cards! I am partial to your fox card. Just love that big-eared cutie.

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  58. Beautiful cards! That Fox is adorable!

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  59. Love the texture behind the fox. Super cool.

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  60. super card, the texture behind the fox is fantastic and makes it look so artistic.

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  61. Awesome cards! Nasturtiums are one of my favorite flowers & yours are beautiful!

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  62. Adorable foxy! Great job on cards!

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  63. Beautiful flowers and love that uocycled background on the second card. So clever!

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  64. Such lovely flowers-great coloring!
    The fox is so cute!

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  65. Beautiful cards :) The flowers are so pretty!

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  66. Very pretty coloring on these designs! :)

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  67. Your floral is gorgeous !
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  68. Wow...what great wallpaper; you were lucky to find it. Your Fennec fox looks really good on it.

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  69. What a great interpretation of the picture you found. Nasturtiums (Nasturtia?) are such a pretty little flowers. I agree that the fennec fox set is a fabulous combo of subject and sentiments, and I absolutely love the wallpaper you used as the background. They are perfect for this card and give it so much depth. Thanks for sharing. I'll have to be more vigilant about mining my scraps!

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  70. Loved both cards. I especially liked the fox with the cute sentiment.

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  71. Your card coloring replicates nature so well! tfs

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  72. Love your floral card, just gorgeous and I'm in love with your fox card--awesome!

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  73. I love your cards. Beautiful colors on the first one and a perfect background for the second. I love those special finds that can be upcycled.

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  74. Fantastic cards. The background on the second one is just amazing!

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  75. Beautiful watercoloring on the flowers! I love how you used some of the same colors in the ombre hello sentiment.
    Your Fennec the Fox card is adorable! The upcycled wall paper was such a clever idea to give the background some texture and dimension.

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