Good morning! The Valentine’s Collection from Hero Arts is now available and we’re celebrating with a big blog hop and giveaway! I’m sharing a few projects using new stamps and tags from the collection!
Of course I love all things pink and red for Valentine’s Day so I started out with some very traditional tags! I started by stamping the Love is Love cling stamp onto the tags with versamark and then heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. Then I blended Strawberry, Crimson, and Rose Madder bold hybrid inks onto the tags in an ombre pattern. I spritzed them with the new pink shimmer spray from Hero Arts and set them aside to dry while I worked on the rest of the tags. I die-cut the Love die from an earlier release with white cardstock and the rest of the sentiment from older Hero sets. Once the tags were totally dry I adhered the word dies with regular adhesive and the rest of the sentiment with foam mounting tape. Sparkly, shimmery, easy, and perfect to adhere to a sweet treat for the holiday!
My second card uses the cheeky We Go Together stamp set for a fun, punny card! I stamped the banana repeatedly with versamark to create a “patterned paper” and then heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. I watercolored the bananas using the Hero Arts dot palette and then stamped the sentiment on a coordinating strip of yellow cardstock. I adhered the sentiment to the banana panel and then adhered it to a white card base! I think I’ll give this to my husband this year for Valentine’s Day and it’s kinda an inside joke because our rabbit ADORES bananas but our shelties HATES them. So I’ll have to tell him that I’m ‘bananas for him’ in a bunny way not a dog way! 😉 Ha!
To celebrate the Valentine’s Collection release Hero Arts is giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please leave your comments by Thursday, December 21st at 11:59pm PT and the winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Yana Smakula
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Janette Kausen
- Amy Tsuruta
- Ilina Crouse
- Michelle Short
- Clare Prezzia
- Libby Hickson
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Cute, cute!! Love your idea – it’s an awesome twist to traditional styles!
Awesome projects!
Well, the tags are just darling! I love red, black & white for Valentine’s Day. But
the bananas card is so fun!!
Such a fun kit and tags!
The tags are great, but the bananas are my favorite!
Awesome, love the bananas one!
Great tags
How fun!
The hearts tags are quick and clever, while the banana card is fun and cute. Love the ideas for both.
Love the heart tags they are way too cute
I love the banana card, too cute
That banana card is the bomb!
I love those tags! Putting this idea in my “inspiration” for Valentine’s Day.
Great tags and bananas card.
Love the great ideas! That heart is beautiful!
I love your love tags.
LOVe your tags and funny card – always so inspiring:)
What a fun and different way to say happy Valentines Day with bananas !! Love it, and I really like your hear tags as well.
Classical hearts and a funny card : the perfect match ! Beautiful creations !
Love the bananas card! So fun.
Such a yummy banana card, Jess! Your heart tags are so sweet and can’t wait to try my hand at them. Thanks
Love your projects – I especially like the banana card!
Jess, your tags are simply beautiful! I gotta get that bg stamp. And, your banana card just makes me smile.
i’m in love with the bananas, they’re so cute!
The tags are lovely. And, the bananas are so fun. Thank you for sharing