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Hero Arts is celebrating our 45th Anniversary this year, and we are honored and humbled that Gina K. Designs is joining in the celebration! A special "Partners" Hero Arts + Gina K. Designs 6x8 clear stamp set is available on our website starting today, and at a retailer near you beginning August 9th! The PR101 HA + Gina K. Friendship Blooms is a super-sized set that is filled with one gorgeous floral cluster and 8 messages. We absolutely love it!
Check out this fabulous video tutorial Gina created to highlight the new set. We know you're going to want to give this technique a try!
If you are having trouble viewing this video, you can watch it HERE in HD on YouTube.
Kelly Rasmussen from our team also created a beautiful card to showcase Friendship Blooms in action. Take it away, Kelly!
I absolutely adore the large floral image and how it fills the entire front of a card with one easy stamp. I decided to white heat emboss the image and then use watercolor paints to color in the image. Once the flowers and leaves were colored in, I used a light gold metallic watercolor paint to color in the background around the image.
Once this piece was dry, I placed a piece of printer paper over the top and ironed over the top for about 10 seconds with a hot iron. This technique removes the white embossing and leaves a smooth finish, resulting in a hand-painted look. I also added some paint splatters to bring out the gold and emphasize the artistic feel of the card.
I mounted the panel on a card base made from Amethyst Cardstock. But before I did this I thought the edges of the panel needed some definition. I used some metallic gold watercolor to create a thin border all the way around and this did the trick. Such an easy way to make it look like you have another layer of paper, without adding any extra bulk!
The font combination of the messages in this set are perfection! To finish off the card, I gold heat embossed the message on Amethyst cardstock and popped it up over the top of some gold thread.
BLOG HOP! It wouldn't be a release celebration without some of our favorite artists taking part, now would it? We've put together a fun blog hop and will be giving away one of these gorgeous stamp sets to one lucky commenter, pulled randomly from one of the blogs below! Get your comments in by Sunday, August 4 at 11:59pm PT and we'll announce the winner the following week. Happy hopping!
Hero Arts (you are here!)
Gina K. Designs
Jennifer McGuire
Kristina Werner
Kathy Racoosin
Laura Bassen
Jaycee Gaspar
Yana Smakula
Michelle Short
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Janette Kausen
Caly Person
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
A great big thank you to Gina K. Designs for celebrating with us!
Such a beautiful card!
Thanks so much for sharing…
Lovely.
This is a technique that I have yet to try. You made it look easy and beautiful. Of course, this new stamp set is really awesome and very detailed. This bleach technique showed up beautifully. I must try this today. Hope my bleach isn’t too old! Thank you!
I love this stamp set – the sentiments and quotations are so beautiful.
Beautiful set and great examples of what can be done with it!
These sample cards are both stunning! I have to try the clorox technique—it certainly made a beautiful card. Just wondering if the odor of clorox stays on the card for long… And I will have to also try the technique of ironing away the embossed lines. Fascinating!
This set is just amazing. Lovely sentiments and a big image that makes a statement. Happy anniversary!
Stunning. This image is incredible but your watercoloring makes it magnificent. Just gorgeous, well done. Thank you
Wooowww, amazing stamp set. Beautiful sentiments as usual. Hugs from Portugal
Such a lovely stamp set created for you…
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