Hero Arts Summer 2021 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today we are celebrating the Hero Arts Summer 2021 Release. This release is wonderful and features lots of new stamps and dies, stencils and tools. We are celebrating with a fun blog hop, more details on that below. For my cards today, I wanted to use two of the new Looking Glass Dies. These dies are wonderful as they create a looking glass effect, hence the name. You can use them in different ways to create a 3D window scene. You can use one layer, two layers or all three. Or you can mix and match the different sets as well!

For my first card, I have used the new Looking Glass Day or Night plus the Rain & Clouds Looking Glass Dies. I started off by die cutting the front panel of a top folding A2 card base with the sun rays die from the Hero Arts Looking Glass Day or Night Dies. I did this so that the card front would have some open areas, so you could look directly through the card itself but you could add acetate on the back or just do it as a layer. 

I then took a panel of Hero Hues Canary Cardstock and cut the same die from that. You can use the Hero Arts Alignment Tool Stencil to help with lining things up. Once die cut, I took Hero Arts Lemon Drop and Creamsicle Reactive Inks and blended this on to the sun with Ink Blending Brushes. This layer was then adhered directly on to the front of the card base, lining it up with the one already cut, using Hero Arts Precision Glue (which now comes in an XL version too). 

I then took a panel of white cardstock and cut the top cloud die from the Hero Arts Looking Glass Rain & Clouds Dies so it lined up with the window. This layer was adhered to the card with foam tape. I took the sentiment from the new Hero Arts Message Strips Stamp & Cut XL and stamped it on to Hero Hues Pitch Black Cardstock with Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. 

It was cut out using the coordinating die and then adhered on top with foam tape. I cut another of the strips (without a stamped sentiment) and adhered it to the inside of the card so that the foam tape would not be seen on the inside. To finish off, I die cut the smallest heart from the Hero Arts Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies from Hero Hues Cherry Cardstock. It was adhered to the sun and then I added a layer of Hero Arts Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen on top. 

My second card uses the Looking Glass Rain & Clouds dies on it's own. I started off by die cutting the top layer of the clouds from the Hero Arts Looking Glass Rain & Clouds Dies from a panel of white cardstock. I then cut the second layer from Hero Arts Classic Vellum Layering Paper. I took a top folding white card base and masked off the edges. 

Using Hero Arts Ink Blending Brushes, I blended Purple Galaxy, Blue Hawaii and Pool Party Reactive Inks. I then spritzed it with Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer Mist before removing the masking tape. Once dry, I adhered the vellum layer flat to the card base and then added the white panel on top with foam tape. 

I took another sentiment from the Hero Arts Message Strips Stamp & Cut XL and stamped it on to Hero Hues Pitch Black Cardstock with Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. It was then cut in to a strip with the coordinating die. It was adhered on top with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Bubbles. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this post is part of a fun, inspiration filled blog hop. Here are all the participants in the hop today:

Hero Arts

Channin Pelletier

Dana Joy

Daniel West

Debi Adams

Emily Midgett

Ilina Crouse

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Libby Hickson

Lydia Fiedler

Maria Willis

Michelle Short - you are here!

Mindy Eggen

Pocono Pam

Seeka

Special Guests:

Nichol Spohr

Jenn Shurkus

Jennifer McGuire

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away three $50 gift cards to the Hero Store, drawn from all of the comments left across all of the stops in the hop. Enter by 30th May 2021 at 11.59pm PT. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts Blog the following week. Good Luck!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really appreciate it. I hope you will check out the rest of the release and have fun on the rest of the hop! Have a great rest of the day!