Hello friends! How are you? I am popping in today to share Hero Arts Summer 2016 release with sooo many fun stamp sets and die cuts! All of the Hero Arts products are available in their store HERE today! Yay!
My first card I expanded the fun sand castle from the adorable set called “Beach“. I dampened a textured rag with some blending solution to get lots of texture PLUS added lots of dots with my Copic markers.
To create this beautiful frame I used this die cut and backed my white card stock with some black fun foam for some nice dimension. Super easy… just glue your layers with some glossy accents.
To get a stand alone sand castle I stamped it twice, masked it off with some masking paper and then stamped the castle a third time. I just used a post it note to mask off the bottom portion of the castle for the middle of my castle. (sorry I forgot to photograph this)
For my second card I just had to use the paper umbrella from the new “Let’s Get Fresh” stamp set. I have always been a fan paper umbrellas. The paper umbrella would make a great beach umbrella on a card! To finish off my watercoloring I added some heavy weight vellum and the sentiment from Hero’s “Prayers” set. (a must have)
I also die cut the “prayers” in black foam for …. yup .. you guessed it … for more dimension lol.
BLOG HOP
This is part of a blog hop. You should have arrived from the talented Kathleen Graumuller’s Blog. The next stop on the hop is a rock star Kelly Rasmussen’s Blog HERE. To start at the beginning of the hop, click HERE.
GIVEAWAY
Hero Arts is giving away three $25 gift certificates so make sure to comment along the hop. Please comment by Sunday, May 15 at 11:59pm PT and Hero Arts will announce the winners the following week. Good Luck!
Thank You for your visit today. Soon I will be announcing the NEXT 30 DAY COLORING CHALLENGE. If you don’t want to miss a post register here. Have a great day. Hugs, Kathy
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Blog Hop & Giveaway
Day 30. Optical Illusion Stamping
How about a challenge??
Love love love your second card, Kathy!
Also love your pretty sand castle scen. I’m so not good at creating scenes, but you always rock this.
Marianne x
Those cocktail umbrellas are just perfect <3
Super cute cards,
great masking.
Carla from Utah
Super fun beach scene with that amazing castle~ Great umbrella coloring too!
Loving both cards! As usual the coloring is perfect.
I love both of your projects, especially the first one! LOVE.
Love your sand castles and parasols really nice
These are wonderful. Can’t even say which I like more, they are both fabulous. thanks.
I love both these cards because the have dimension! (That’s what makes cards NOT bought at the store so cool, don’t you think?!) Love this hop- so excited for the color challenge, and love Hero Arts!
I love the beach card, because I always take at least one trip to the beach each year, and the umbrella one is so colorful, I’m loving that one, too! Great cards!
Perfect Beach scene complete with texture n shadows too !! I have a tough time creating scene on a card ,loved what you have done with the castle stamp.Those paper umbrellas look very pretty in bg.
Looking forward to coloring challenge 🙂
Love the sand castle card, it’s really cute!! And the second one is so lovely!
eeeeeep! that sand castle!!!!! luv it!!
Beautiful cards, love your shading on the castle card. Nice work!
Kathy, couldn’t wait to get to your hop and see what you made when I saw your name. Very cute beach scene, lol. I live the black foam shadow behind the white, so going to try that. Thanks for sharing and always inspiring.
I love the new release. Your cards are awesome.
That sneaky crab coming out from behind the castle is hilarious.
love the crab card it is just too cute for words and makes me want to go to the beach. Love the umbrella one too with all the bright colors but with the vellum to mute it. Can’t wait for the color challenge either!
What fun cards! Thanks for sharing.
Love the sandcastle card!
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That scene is perfect
the crab card is getting me super excited for my trip to FL next month!
Always a treat to see your cards, Kathy! Love your amazing coloring.
Both cards are wonderful but love the one with the umbrellas the most. Thanks for sharing!
Knew your creations would be worth the wait of the blog hop! TFS!
Love these both!
Nice cards!
Such a cute idea. Great use of these stamps
Both of these cards are beautiful but the sandcastle one is my favorite!!! LOVE all of your gorgeous shading and texture!! Can’t wait for the next Color Challenge!! TFS!
Beautiful cards. Love the shadow you did on the sandcastle card and I love the cute umbrellas! Fabulous coloring as always. 🙂
The frame is really cool, and I love your design of pretty colored umbrellas!
I love your cards. I think the sand castle is my favorite one though.
Fabulous projects!!
Great cards! I love how you used the umbrellas for a sympathy card – you totally think outside the box!
Love your umbrella card. Love the soft subtle watercolored colors
Absolutely LOVE the Prayers card! Thanks for sharing.
Your cards are little works of art–love them!!!!
Great cards
Gorgeous creations!
I love the Prayers stamp and die set and your use of vellum on your card – gorgeous!
The sandcastle one should be a postage stamp! it looks that good.
Cute cards!
Umbrellas and sand castles are just too cute!
I just love the prayer card with the umbrellas – so cute
The first card is ADORABLE! Love the scalloped frame.
Thanks for the giveaway and have a great day!
awesome cards as always! your sand texture is just incredible- the sky too LOVE it! those umbrellas are super cute and have me wishing for a fruity drink 😉 thanks for constant inspo & the chance to win!
Love the sandcastle! Great job.
Amazing beach scene!
Great idea to layer the vellum on top of colorful print to stamp the sentiment. Both cards are very nice.
Lovely cards.
Great cards! I especially like the texture in your sandcastle card.
That crab card is just adorable!
Beautiful cards. Love the umbrella.
Like how you made your castle
love your cards
Like the coloring, scene & framing of the beach scene. Like the pretty parasols. Have a BEE-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Love your beach card!
The umbrella card is so cute. Love it a lot.
Both wonderful cards. Love the texture effect you produced on the ‘Beach’ card.
Love the vellum card! It is awesome!
As always your coloring is fantastic!
Your coloring just blows me away every time! This does NOT disappoint!! Thanks for all the inspiration to keep trying!
Love the umbrella card! Beautiful!
Squeal! Love these cards! The paper umbrella rocks!
Super fun and cute cards!
Nice card! Thanks!
I love your cards. The masking on the sandcastle is super clever.
TFS, ANNETTE
Kathy you have created such fun cards! I really like the texture created using a rag – looks just like granulations of sand – bravo! The second card is cute and I like the vellum touch to it.
Very summery.
Great cards! I recently did a card that involved masking. It’s kind of challenging at first but once you get the hang of it, it’s fun to see how a background/card scene becomes more realistic!
Two very different cards. I love them both !
The 2 cards are unique – quite different from one another, but equally great!
OK, I love that castle!
I really love this card! The crabs are sooo cute! If I win it will be so hard to choose what I will want to get with it! So many great ideas from everyone! Thanks
The beach card is adorbs!!
Fabulous cards! I love the beach scene and the colors of the paper umbrellas.
How clever are you to make a giant sized castle! Amazing!
What a creative way to get more out of the sand castle die! And I never would have thought to use the umbrellas for a sympathy/prayers card, but with the soft vellum overlay, it just works ! Thanks for getting my crafty gears turning and sharing ideas on using the new products !
Oh, how I love your cards! So good and elaborate, full of details! And yay for the coloring challenge!!!
Love the vellum over the colored umbrellas!
your copic coloring is so wonderful Kathy! great cards!
Great cards, love the sandcastle and little crabby one! He cracks me up!
I really like the vellum sympathy card…soft and elegant!
Beautiful cards. Love the umbrella. Thanks.
card with crabs made me smile
These are terrific!
The cards are absolutely wonderful. They are so different that I can’t choose. I want both!!
Once again, your coloring has my jaw on the floor. Amazing work.
Both great cards!
Very cute cards.
Loved the paper umbrellas and your wonderful shading of colors! The prayers stamp/die set is fantastic!
beautiful cards. . . .love the use of vellum on the prayers card!
ADORABLE
Nice cards! Thanks for sharing them.
Amazing coloring of the sand and sky!
Love both of your cards especially the umbrella one. I live at the beach so both would be perfect for me. Fantastic job.
Oh, mah goodies, that sand castles card is the cutest!!! Love the cocktail umbrellas…must get the Prayers set for my mother.
Stunning cards! The coloring on the first is just superb!! So realistic!
Love the second card as well. So happy and colorful!
Love the giant crab! Hilarious! Those umbrellas are adorable!
Beautiful! Live the colors and techniques used!
Cleverly expanded sand castle and such a cute card – beach vacation soon to come 🙂
Pretty cards. Love the praying/umbrella card.
I LOVE this sandcastle! One of my absolute favorites!
Take care!
Michele
Such cute but amazing shading at the beach and beautiful umbrella card
Two more great new stamp sets–love Hero Arts! And your cards are adorable–love the crabs and the colorful umbrellas!
Nice job on these cards.
Very pretty!
I love the sand castle card! So creative.
The paper umbrella stamp is adorable. The “Sending you Prayers” card is beautiful.
As always you’ve made some amazing cards Kathy.
Love these both ! The beach scene makes me so excited for summer!!!
those crabs are so cute!
I love the way you did the sand castle and then have the crab peeking out from behind. Too cute!
The weather has to get a whole lot warmer, just thinking about putting my toes into a lake gives me the shivers. But playing in the sand to make sand castles sounds like so much fun.
Love your cards. Thanks for sharing,.
Linda D.
I love the sending prayers card. The background umbrella grouping is such a great way to use this stamp.
Love them both, especially the one with the crabs, but I love the little umbrellas
Sandcastles and summer umbrellas….these stamps are perfect for summer cards and you sure nailed it….great cards!
Both cards are great, Kathy!
Love it!
I love both cards Kathy–beautiful coloring and very creative!
Very nice cards. I really like Hero Art’s new line-up.
I love how the little crab is playing peekaboo from behind the sandcastle
Very nice , colorful card
Love the sandcastle and the umbrellas. We just had an opening of the beaches parade not too long ago in our city. We had a sandcastle contest the day before. Love these stamps.
Such fun summer cards! Love the paper umbrellas. So unique. Thanks for your inspiration.
Both cards are great, but my favorite is the sand castle design because of all the texture. You never fail to impress me with your talent.
Amazing work! Your cards are so cute!
I adore those umbrellas. I thought I did n’t need them, but your card is super
Your cards are wonderful!!
What FUN cards! I love the cocktail umbrella…super cute!
Your coloring is amazing!
As always your cards are awesome. But the sandcastle cards is my fav.
Love the water coloring on your cards!
Your cards are so cute.
I LOVE the cocktail umbrellas! Perfect for so many occasions!
I love your sand coloring!
Love those paper umbrellas!
Wow! Love both of your cards, but especially the sandcastle. 🙂
Love love love. Thanks for the giveaway!
Great pair of summer themed cards! Stretching out the sand castle stamp was a great idea and looks super cute! The way you added foam to the border die is how I do it too, usually you see people die cutting multiples, but I find this to be much quicker. Thanks for sharing on the hop! 🙂
Your cards are amazing. I love HA products
Simply beautiful! Really like the sand castle card but loved the bright umbrellas with the awesome sentiment!
Love the new stamps and I love the masking and love the sandcastle and the crabs. Adorable. And the prayers card is lovely. Great ideas!
I have the prayers stamp set and love it, but when you put the black foam behind it I thought it really popped. So pretty!
perfect sandcastles- loved this
Love the sand castle and crab card.
Your second card is beautiful and the sand castle card is fun. Thank you for sharing and being part of this giveaway
I just love the sand castle and crabs!! So creative! Thank you for the inspiration!
Awesome cards – love the sandcastle and beach theme. What a fabulous new release from Hero Arts.
Great cards!
Cute beachy scene, and love your bright umbrellas too!
Super adorable cards…love that umbrella too! Ooh…can’t wait for the challenge…gonna be in Europe for the next 2 weeks hope I don’t miss anything!
Love your cards Kathy. I always enjoy your work.
Great cards! What an interesting way to add texture to the first one. I also liked the use of the black foam to mount the white frame. Will definitely be using that myself.
Cute cards.
Poor magnet. Did it have a run in with a buddy?
Love love love the second card, its my favorite, but i also like the first 🙂 its simple but there something striking over the second card.
Cute cards. The crab behind the sànd castle is so cute.
Both cards adorable in their own unique way, such a lovely lovely sandcastle scene and what’s not to love about those gorgeous umbrellas! And I see, the next 30-day colour challenge to be announced soon…. yippeeee!
I must give the black foam for dimension idea! I like the shadow it created!!! Love that prayers die cut!
Kathy,
You are such a rock star. I always love your cards and your creations. Thanks for sharing.
Clever crabs to occupy such a perfect summer home- beautifully done!
Absolutely gorgeous! love how you created the beach look – texture is awesome!
Both of your cards are fabulous and I just adore those little paper umbrellas!!
Absolutely love the sand castle card. So much detail.
Love the new Hero Arts Release, so many funny things to choose from. You rocked the coloring on both card, I especially love the umbrellas in lots of colors. : )
Beautiful cards as always.
Love both of these pretty and summery cards
Love how you built up the word prayers, but even more so is the fact that it looks like you used black under the white. I love that. I’ve used white on white, but never thought to do white on black. Super job!
Great Summer themed cards! I loved the special details in the beach scene and the defining colors in each card! Really great examples of the use and creativity inspired by these Hero Art’s stamps!
Awesome cards:-)
Love your coloring on the beach scene and the use of vellum on the second card.
Always love your cards. Thanks
I agree with you, Kathy, on several things. I love paper umbrellas too- what an adorable stamp!- and the prayers die and stamp set I have and love, AND I love to die cut craft foam for dimension AND use vellum too. Great job on all of it. Thanks so much for sharing with us and for participating in this fun hop.
I love the falling umbrellas and the soft effect vellum gives them. So pretty! I also like the sand castle.
Love sand building.
Love, love, love your Copic coloring! And the sand castle and invading crabs are adorable! The umbrella card is beautiful as well.
Love the texture!
Love both of your cards, I am a fan of paper umbrellas as well!
Omgee I love that sandcastle scene. Fabulous coloring and design. Love the second card with that soft vellum layer too. TFS hugs, Kristina
Thx for more great cards. Love the details on the sand castles.
Now I want to go to the beach. I seriously love the beach scene and the umbrellas. Very cute cards. Thanks for sharing.
Love the snadcastle and those cute crabs. Great summer card. Like the black foam under prayers. Looks so nice. Looking forward to your next coloring challange!
The umbrella card is amazing. Love the colors.
LOVE those drink umbrellas, I think this is a set I’m going to have to SPLURGE on!!
Super cute cards! You are very talented.
Both cards are so great! The first one is just like a picture postcard and the second reminds me of Summer cocktails. Yum!
Wonderful cards. I love that little crab peeking around the sandcastle!
Oooh, these are so pretty! I especially like the beach scene! Your colouring as always is amazing!
Summer Arts Release. Just love the beachy scene. The beach is my happy place.
Sweet castle. Looks like I need to plan our next beach trip
Your life’s a beach card is colored so beautifully! I really love both but that one is just summer to me and beautiful.
Oh, how soft and pretty your umbrella card is! I really like the “prayers” stamp set too!
I can’t pick a favorite between the 2 cards. I like them both a lot.
Beautifully crafted cards, love the technique!!!
I like how you softened the umbrellas with the vellum
Both cards are wonderful! I love the sand castle stamp, and the Prayers set is one of my favorites. Thank you for sharing.
Really nice cards. I love the prayers stamp.
Love both cards. The dimension you managed to achieve is amazing:)
Great colouring as always! And a fun stamp plus the vellum is a great way to get dimension!
Such cute cards – the sandcastle is my favorite! !
I love both of these! Very inspiring- I want to go home and make cards!!!!
Oh How I love your work!! 2 beautiful cards!!
Very clever designing that sand castle. And the shadow reflected in the sand? So amazing! And the textured rag technique is great. A lot can be learned from seeing your work. So wonderful! And the colors in your umbrella card are so cute. Also love the vellum overlay.
The little paper umbrellas are so cute! I like how you added the different sentiment with them.
FABULOUS as usual. Thank you
Love your cards, both of them are so cute, you always have very nice cards to show, thank you very much!!!!
Your cards are beautifully colored, as usual! Thank you for sharing.
More great cards–love both of them! Can’t wait to hear about the next coloring challenge–I’m traveling soon so it may make things a little difficult. Have to prep stuff to bring along.
Great beach card – love the castle and the crabs!
Love your pretty cards and all the special details that you add! Inspiring and fun!
Such cute card!!
The texture in your first card is outstanding. Both are great cards.
Great card! So cute!
Beautiful cards 🙂
That pointillistic effect on the sand castle scene is just perfect! What a great idea!!!
And paper umbrellas are so much fun 🙂 I really like the idea of using them on a beach scene – maybe a miniature toy beach scene?
Love that whole vellum look. It looks great!
Love the masking on the sand castle!
I like both your cards, they are so beautiful!
That little crab peaking out from behind the sandcastle makes me giggle. As always, I love everything about your cards. Jil
That sandcastle looks like summer!! Gorgeous cards!
Both cards are super cute. I really need to try the technique with the textured rag. It looks awesome.
I just the way the crab is popping out from behind the sandcastle!
Your coloring is the best, Kathy! Not to shortcut kudos, that beach scene is simply adorable as is the great use of the wonderful umbrella. Thanks so much for giving us ideas for these terrific HAs stamps.
Absolutely love both of your cards Kathy, so creative and colorful.
LOVE your cards!
Great cards! Always so impressed with your work. You did such a great job with these sets.
Love both your cards, Kathy. Everything you do is always so professional and perfect. Plus, this is a great hop!
Darling designs, Kathy. I love sand castles and little paper umbrellas.
Two terrific cards! I love Hero Arts!
Love the sandcastle scene with cool texture, clever! Beautiful paper umbrella card too, love the vellum overlay.
Love the colors that you used on this card.
Love both of them. Great masking job with the sandcastle and crabs. And, the umbrella card is lovely. Thank.
I love your sand castle card!
Awesome cards! You always know how to amaze me with your creations. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
I love your sand!
the scene is wonderful – so much depth.
Love those umbrellas.
thanks for sharing.
Great cards! They are both super, but I love the paper umbrella image with the prayers die-cut. Thanks for sharing.
Great summer card reminds me of sand castle contests.
Nicely done cards; especially like the soft vellum look over the colorful umbrellas. The “Prayer” set has awesome sentiments in it.
Such a cute card!
great work, as always
I love, love, love your little sandcastle and crab card. It is so sweet and playful. Thank you for sharing your beautiful work.
As usual your card is stunning.
Love your cards, especially the sand castle.
Such cute cards! The prayers one reminds me of my sister and brother-in-law who are missionaries in Taiwan!
Eeekkkk! I love the cute little crab scene!
Like the little crab peeking out from behind his castle, lol. And the paper umbrella’s card is just perfection!
Amazing color as usual! I love these!
Thanks for sharing!
Love the beach scene & those adorable umbrellas. Your cards are both awesome, as usual!!
I like the frame on the beach card. What a fun summer card!
I like the sand castle and the crabby ! The background is so pretty, too!
Fun designs for summer! Great new releases!
Awesome cards! Love the adorable sand scene, and the umbrellas are fabulous… great colors!
I like both cards. Really like the textured sand. Nice tip.
What wonderful cards! The first is so cute. Those crabs are just having fun. The second card is just light and pretty.
This is so sweet. I love the sandcastle!
The paper umbrellas are wonderful, as is the castle! Your coloring a always marvelous!
I love your cards and I can’t wait for your next challenge!
Awesome cards and release!
~God bless
Hi Kathy,
I love both your cards. Wish my brain worked like yours, thinking up these great ideas. The sand castle is so cute! Love how you enlarged it. Now I need more stamps, must have sand castle! You are always an inspiration! Love ya!
Cute first card and FABULOUS second card! Can’t wait for the next color challenge!
Love how you adapted the castle stamp! Beautiful parasols and prayers card!
Sweet cards. I love the effect you created by masking the castle. Thanks for sharing.
Those parasols are stunning. Love the soft, fresh colors and vellum overlay.
i am going to need a holiday after this blog. summer colours , beach and fun really getting me going.
The umbrella card is so cute!
What wonderful cards! I really like that you used black foam for the dimension.
SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Cards and the New Products being Released!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
It must be a real treat to have a Misti to make a card like this.
Love the little beach scene complete with sand, shells and castles. Vellum is nice on the umbrella card. Thanks.
Super cute! I love how you did the sand castle and the whole Beach stamp set!
Great cards!
I love both cards. This blog hop is really showcasing the whole release.
The beachy crab card is cute but my favorite one is the paper umbrella one. Thanks.
Loved the umbrellas! So colorful! The vellum is great as it showcases the great colors behind it!
Love the great dramatic affects you added to your cards, like the vellum and frame.
I loved seeing how you added to the castle. Thanks for a behind the scenes peek! And looking forward to another 30 day challenge.
Wow!!!! I love this new release!!! Great cards!!!!
Love your cards Kathy!! So creative. Those crabs with the sand castle and how you colored the paper umbrellas, teaming it with the “prayers” die; just beautiful. Love Hero Arts. Thanks for sharing!
Oh Kathy, I just love your cards! The paper umbrella is such a pretty sunny design.
How fun Kathy! Love the crabs making their own little seaside abode. Too cute.
:o) Adorable cards, Kathy! :o) Can’t wait your 30 days coloring challenge. :o) hugs
Love the crab card.
Darling beach scene, love the coloring
Lovely sand castle cards!
The sand castle makes me want to go to the beach!
Great job, love the sandcastles, so cute and fun. Thanks for sharing.
Love your cards! Your coloring is amazing. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love, love, love all of your cards but then I always do. Your beach scene with the sand crab is genius! I love it! I have a sand crab punch but that stamp is cool too. It reminds me of Sponge Bob Square Pants. I also love the paper party umbrellas. They are so cute! I want one to shade me on the beach and even though I am child sized, I’d need a big one. Great cards and great stamps! I want one of each!
Love these colorful cards! The first one is so much fun while the second one is beautiful as well as meaningful! (I have the Prayers stamp set & will have to use your tip of die cutting the word from foam next time!)
Wow KATHY, you really knocked it out of the park this time. Those sand castles are great but I really fell for those parasols. They are just lovely peeking out from the vellum.
Love all the new products!
What fun summery cards. Love that umbrella image. Thanks for sharing.
Great fun cards. I really like the sandcastle. So bright. The umbrella card is just what I am looking for. I brought my umbrellas home from a girls’ fun night, because they were
so cute. Must get this stamp set. Thanks..
Excellent, excellent cards = love the coloring and the vellum overlay!! You are my inspiration as far as colorists go!! AMAZING!!
Great cards! I can’t decide which is my favorite. I really love working with vellum. Thank you for sharing your talents with us!
love the paper drink umbrellas! hope hero arts does even more color layering sets, they are gret!!!
Adorbs.
Love how you colored your beach scene. The dots definitely add texture to the sand.
AWESOME INKING … AS ALWAYS Kathy!!!
I ADORE your seaside scene, the colouring adds such dimension and texture – WOW!!!
THANK YOU for sharing 🙂
They’re both totally sweet!
I love both of your cards!! Amazing coloring!
That beach scene is so great looking. Fun with the giant crabs and just such an interesting textures with your dots & textured rag techniques. The umbrella’s look great too.
These are so beautiful! I love the umbrellas!
Great cars love the umbrellas and their bright colors. So pretty.
Such wonderful inspiration!!
Beautiful cards