Hero Arts | Summer 2023 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there and welcome as we celebrate the Hero Arts Summer 2023 release, which is out now. This is a wonderful release full of stamps, dies, stencils, hot foil plates, transfers, ink pads and sprays. The release as a whole has a more mixed media feel to it, I think, but a lot of the products can be used in so many different ways. 

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I have actually gone done the route of a more mixed media look. Technically mixed media is combining more than one medium on a project, but I do always think of mixed media as more of a design style! I have created a card and a tile/art panel and combined lots of the new products. 

I started off the card by die cutting a Tag Infinity Die from white cardstock. I cut the bottom off to create a shorter tag. I then blended inks on top from the new Sky Blues Core Ink Cubes set. I used Cornflower and Nautical. I took one of the stamps from the new Mixed Textures Stamp Set and stamped it in the top left and bottom right corners using Nautical Core Ink. 

I splattered on some Gold Hero Wax (I mixed a little with water before splattering with a paintbrush) and then set it aside to dry. I took a butterfly from the Butterfly Hero Transfers set and applied it to Vellum Translucent Paper and fussy cut out with scissors. It was adhered to the tag using a small dab of Precision Glue just behind the body only. 

I stamped the sentiments from the new Encouragement Sentiment Strips Stamp Set on to white cardstock using Intens-ified Black Ink. They were die cut using the Sentiment Strips Fancy Die and then further cut down at the sides before adhering to the tag with thin foam tape. 

I added twine through the top of the tag and adhered it to a US A2 sized white card base, that has horizontal scoring lines on it, using more thin foam tape. 

For my next project, I thought I would do something a little different and create a tile/art piece. I started off by die cutting a Hexagon Infinity Die from white cardstock. I then added a layer of gesso (I actually do not think I needed to do this but I didn't want the layers to dry on the cardstock straight away). I placed the new Large Sprinkled Dots Stencil on top and using the Hero Tools Palette Knife, applied Hero Paste through it in three areas. 

Once the paste had dried, I blended on Core Inks from the new Aquas Core Ink Cubes set (Arctic, Paradise and Bermuda) as well as Indigo from the Sky Blues set. I sprayed on the new Ocean Blue + Gold Two-Tone Metallic Spray, followed by White Metallic Glimmer Ink and then set it aside to dry. 

Once dry, I stamped the new Rough Dot Bold Prints stamp on top in a few places using the taco method that I learnt from mixed media guru Maria (you ink up the stamp in a small area and then fold the stamp like a taco, so that you can just stamp the area you want on to the project). You cannot see it a lot but it does add a little bit more texture and interest to the piece. 

I adhered the hexagon panel on to a Tim Holtz Hard Core Art Panel. I then die cut the new Luggage Lowercase Alphabet Fancy Dies from white cardstock three times and adhered them one on top of each other before adhering on to the tile. To finish off, I die cut three butterflies from vellum using the Butterfly Confetti Fancy Die and adhered them on top, with a silver gem in the centres. 

I think the base of this tile would work great for an underwater/ocean theme too. I think the circles kind of look like bubbles!

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the projects. 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:

This post is part of a fun, inspirational blog hop (with prizes!). For the hop, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Lydia. Next on the hop is the wonderful Mindy. If you get lost along the way, or want to start the hop from the beginning, please head over to the Hero Arts Blog. 

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate the release, Hero Arts are giving away two $50 gift cards drawn from the comments left along the hop. Comment on all the blogs for more chances to win! You have until Sunday, 28th May 2023 at 11.59pm to enter. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts Blog. 

I think that hexagon tile used more products on one project than I have all month combined! ;) Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day!