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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Beautiful card! Thanks for the ideas!
What a gorgeous background! Love the added sparkle at the waterline! I need those liquid watercolors!
Love the effects you got with the watercolor inks!
I love all of the ideas!
I really like what everyone is doing with the liquid watercolors.
What a GREAT idea adding the Unicorn re-inker to the watercolors. I have definitely got to try this technique!! Thanks for the cool idea..
I love mermaids and your card is adorable. Thanks for sharing
I love mermaids and you did an awesome job on this one. You made the colors pop which I really liked. Thanks for sharing and have a great week..
You did an amazing job of showcasing how subtle and how sarturated the colors could be. <3
I really like mermaids and your water coloring was awesome! The colors bright and goes really well with the mermaid. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week.
Lovely card and thanks for showing the range of colour possible with the liquid watercolor inks…from saturated to subtle.
Oooo, the blending is superb! The watercolors are so smooth!
Love the pastel background.
I love the mermaid kit and think using it with the watercolor backgrounds is perfect!
Love your card, it’s beautiful! Thank you for sharing
Your card is so Sweet… Liking the liquid watercolour… Thaks
Love the background and the embossing.
Love the pastels. Need gthem for spring.
I love that you used lighter colors in the background – it really showcases your beautiful mermaid. Such a pretty card.
Boy this is a stunner.. Love that watercolor and shimmer. I have lots of people in Florida who would adore this…. Nicely done.
I have this set and can hardly wait to use it!
Great background. Just love the serene feel.
Such a beautiful background! I’m always trying for a good ocean scene. You’ve made an amazing one!
Thank you for painting an image and detailing how you mixed the colors to achieve your look! Lovely card and stunning background!
Thanks for sharing your coloring tips.