Good morning! Today the 2018 catalog is now available at Hero Arts and we’re celebrating with a giant inspiration-filled blog hop!
Mermaid Kisses was one of our most popular My Monthly Hero Kits ever and by popular vote we are rereleasing it!! I was excited to pair it with our new beautiful liquid watercolors for a peaceful ocean scene. If you missed the kit you can finally add the gorgeous mermaid to your collection! You can watch the video below or in HD at my Youtube channel!
I wanted to keep my card simple and let the watercolors speak for themselves. I also wanted to figure out a way to get a soft, more pastel look from the normally bright and bold watercolors! I added a few drops of unicorn white pigment ink reinker to the liquid watercolors and created a watercolor wash for my background. Then I added a few dabs of white pigment ink across the waterline to create seafoam and waves. I heat-embossed that with white satin pearl embossing powder for a little extra shimmer.
Next I watercolored my mermaid using the same liquid watercolors but in a much more saturated form. I added a little sparkle with a spectrum noir clear glitter brush and then added a little extra shine to her tail, shells, and hair ornament with the new lacquer pen. Then I stamped the sentiment from Mermaid Kisses onto the background with versamark and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder. I adhered my little mermaid to the card with foam mounting tape and finished it with a few sparkling clear sequins.
To celebrate the 2018 release Hero Arts is giving away $50 shopping sprees to three lucky commenters randomly selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop so make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop for the most chances to win! Please leave your comments by 11:59PM PT on February 22nd, 2018! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kristina Werner
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Yana Smakula
- Cathy Zielske
- May Sukyong Park
- Nichol Spohr
- Michelle Short
- Wanda Guess
- Amy Tsuruta
- Lydia Fiedler
- Heather Ruwe
- Laurie Willison
- Clare Prezzia
- Iliana Myska
- Emily Midgett
- Janette Kausen
- Jenn Shurkus
- Sean Fetterman
- Simon Hurley
- Joan Bardee
- Megan Hoeppner
- Lisa Stein
- Ilina Crouse
- Amy Kolling
- Rubeena Ianigro
- Kelly Latevola
- Libby Hickson
- Lucy Abrams
Your next stop on the hop is the amazing Yana Smakula! Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!
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OMG❣️ So pretty❣️
That’s beautiful! The background is so pretty and I love the way you added the seafoam with white pigment and the pearl embossing powder.
I love the soft look of the background of your card!
Each stop on the blog hop is soooo different! I’m loving seeing all of these variations.
finally ! they brought back mermaid kisses!!!!
Love how you softened the colors in the background. Just lovely! Thanks for inspiring us to try new products and techniques!
Who doesn’t love mermaids! Beautiful work!
I felt so lucky to have gotten that kit before it sold out and am glad that those who missed it have a chance to get it. I love that in this hop that someone made a card with something I have so I don’t feel bummed about seeing something I have to buy. This is a beautiful card with such a cute little mermaid thank you.
This is so lovely, your background looks amazing with the bold colours of the mermaid. A beautiful job Jessica.
The background is gorgeous and I love the mermaid card.
such a beautiful background… great for any beach-y style card too!
You’ve given two valuable tips that I never knew about before. Thanks Jessica! Your card is lovely.
Great ideas! thanks for sharing 😉
Gorgeous card! Thanks for the inspiration.
Just found you through the blog hop….I will be back, thanks for all the ideas this left me with!
Beautiful card Jessica. Your colors are so very soft and pretty. Thanks for sharing your technique with us.
Adding the white reinker to the watercolors is such a clever idea. Thanks for sharing.
Love your card Jess. And that has been one of my favorite MMH sets also!
Love the idea of the liquid watercolors. Big surprise
when you use them – and most often a good surprise.
Making my own backgrounds is a rewarding experience.
thanks for sharing some wonderful ideas.
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the watercolors are to die for! I can’t wait to start collecting them. I like the idea of adding white to mute the ocean colors. AND I ESPECIALLY like the idea of using the embossing powder to add sea foam. Brilliant!
I can’t wait to try liquid watercolors. Thanks for the inspiration.
I’m really liking the shimmer of the background!
Very pretty, Jessica!
Hi Jess,
Thank you for sharing your great ideas. I love how you added the white ink to the watercolors. Never thought of that. So awesome.
Love the background!