The Hero Arts 2018 Catalog has officially been launched in the Hero Arts shop! There are so many items I am excited about. Some of my favorites are of course the new liquid watercolors. They are so heavily pigmented that it only takes a drop or two to complete images. I also adore the Dragonfly Fancy die set, the Antique Keys Bold Prints and the new florals and… and…. Truly I just need an extra day in my week. Preferably between Saturday and Sunday. I just want to play all day with all of this goodness!
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So I may have a thing for dragonflies. So much so that I have one permanently inked. This glittery dragonfly was created with the new Dragonfly Fancy Die and Be Creative Tape. I adhered the tape to heavy cardstock and die cut it, tape side up, setting my machine so that it would cut through the release paper of the tape, but not through the cardstock backing. Working from dark to light I removed select areas of the release tape and applied glitter. I buffed it with an old paintbrush to firmly attach it to the tape and tapped off the excess. I moved through the colors, even gradating the color on the wings. Using the dragonfly outline die, I cut into Handmade Watercolor Paper for amazing texture on the face of the panel.
You can see a YouTube video tutorial here on the same technique done a couple of years ago. It was the first video I ever did and have since improved, so go easy on me! It is still viable and provides good information!
The full list of supplies for this project is linked HERE.
I love these Antique Keys too! On my bucket list is the bridge full of locks in um… Paris, I think… Anytime I see images of it I think how cool it would be to attach one of my own. Someday… after I research it a bit, ha!
This card is super quick and simple. I airbrushed it with my Copic markers. It could easily be recreated with Hero Arts inks or Distress Oxides. Then I white heat embossed it and adhered a Swans & Cattails sentiment over a black and white Candy Stripe Bold Prints strip. I trimmed the finished panel slightly narrower than A2 and then adhered it to an A2 (4 1/4 x 5 1/2) folded card base.
The full list of supplies for this project is linked HERE.
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Wow! I’m in love with the dragon fly card!! Superb shimmer! The other one is also lovely!
Awesome projects Janette…that dragonfly = WOW
Love that glittery goodness!! Colors are amazing <3
Janette, I absolutely love your cards. I love Dragonflies and you did an amazing job that card 🙂
Amazing art. Thank you!
I love the dragonfly! And I have to make one like this for a very good friend.
Gorgeous cards! That dragonfly is stunning!
Those dragonflies are gorgeous!
I really love your stunning dragonfly card. I think that die is a must have!
The dragonfly is awesome! Beautiful cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
love this!
Great ideas! thanks for sharing 😉
I love the dragonfly!!
Wonderful cards! I was attracted to the dragonfly card right away.
I also love how the colors make the background key stamp stand out.
Both cards are so pretty, I can’t even choose one over the other. (I do love dragonflies, tho!). Thanks for sharing your talents and providing us with inspiration.
WOW… the details on your cards are fabulous.
The dragonfly is gorgeous. Thanks
Both of your cards are just gorgeous. Thanks for giving the link to your previous video on the glittering technique.
WOW Janette, these are both awesome cards. Love the Antique Keys (AKA skeleton keys) I tend to collect such keys and your card is awesome. I REALLY love your dragon fly, how beautiful and shimmery. So much talent….love them both.
That dragonfly is amazing!
Your cards are gorgeous! I am in love with the key one. I must try it.
Love the sparkle
Your dragonfly looks beautiful. The process of making it sounds like a lot of work. I’m not sure I’d have the patience.
I love your background with the keys. Beautiful colors
Dragonfly – a favorite of mine and your color selection is perfect. Love the card.
Great cards. I love the dragonfly.
Hi Janette,
I love your glitter work on your dragon fly. Nicely done!!!!! Thank you for sharing.
The antique keys, wow! Your colours on the dragonfly are fantastic!
Amazing dragonfly…the sparkle…the shine, WOW!
Your dragonfly card is stunning!
Love the dragonflies!
stunning work – thanks for sharing:)
Your dragonfly is gorgeous ! A girlfriend of mine loves them to, she cannot resist to anything looking like a dragonfly or with a dragonfly : I will have to get this die to create a bunch of cards for her ! Thank you for the inspiration.
I love all the glitter and vibrant/bold colors on your cards, Janette!
Love the glitter on the dragon fly and the keys are really neat
Love those keys too.
Love your cards, wow!!
Really cool ideas – Love the drama of the colors you chose and how they make the images look so rich!
gorgeous glittery dragonfly, Janette!
The dragonfly card is just beautiful. I’ve never tried using creative tape that way. I love that in card making I can always find something new-to-me to learn.
Amazingly beautiful dragonfly!
So so beautiful! I love the dragonfly! The falling keys are so lovely too.
There are so many stamps I love from this release! LOve the dragon fly
These are beautiful bling is always welcome and the ombre is so pretty . I love your cards so much.
This is a great release and I love your cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
OMG, cool cards, I really like the dragonfly, its awesome. You know you showed all the products and I had seen the Alphabet soup stamp over on Ellen H. website, and I thought it was so adorable so I searched on and off for a week to find it at Hero’s website with no luck, I always like to buy stamps directly from the manufacture especially if it’s a company I love like Heros Art but I just had No luck so I had to buy it thru Ellen, now I see it listed on your blog, so weird, ellen didn’t have this listed under new stamps and I have had this stamp for awhile, I don’t know why i’m telling you this, lol, I guess I just feel better the mystery is at least solved thanks to you, it was driving me crazy why this stamp would not come up when I searched for it back then so wanted to say thanks for listing ALL the products, I haven’t seen anyone do that yet. Have a great day.
Hi Tracey! Thanks for hopping along today! Hero Arts did release quite a few of the products to other companies ahead of releasing them in their own shop. They are an extremely generous company and my guess is that is a good faith effort to allow those companies the initial sales of the new products. I don’t know why they wouldn’t have been listed under the new items at Ellen Hutson. That does seem strange… other than maybe the fact that new products are coming out so fast these days it got shifted off the newcomers list? Who knows! I am glad you got your hands on it though! <3
Everything is so wonderful! The cards, the products, the catalogue, the ideas!
So many wonderful things, my mind is exploding with possibilities .
Beautiful cards – the dragon fly is exquisite.
Both of the cards are lovely. Unfortunately, the bridge of lover’s locks is no more. The authorities in Paris took the locks off because the weight was damaging the bridge.
What?!? Awe, you totally burst my bubble! That makes me sad. I can understand how the weight of a jillion locks could cause permanent damage though, and I don’t want that either. Thanks for the heads up!
Lovely card!
I love dragonflies and bling and you have given me inspiration to get that lovely detailed design and break out my glitters.
I also enjoy keys, clocks and butterflies. Checking out Hero Arts for sure.
Wow! That dragonfly is jaw-droppingly stunning!
Your dragonfly is beyond amazing….love it!
The dragonfly is simply stunning, what a wonderful card!
Love the colors !!!
These are some really awesome projects
The dragonfly card is stunning!
I’m a pushover for dragonflies also. I watched your video. Most informative.
Gorgeous cards – those keys were my favorite.
Two fabulous cards! Love the sparkle on the dragonflies and the color combo on the second card!
Gorgeous cards, love the dragonflies and the sparkle!
Love the dragonfly
I love the glitter dragonfly. I am a glitter and sparkle fanatic. Beautiful cards.
Your cards are so colorful! Beautiful!
They are gorgeous!!!!
Oh. My.Goodness! The dragonfly is SO Beautiful. Stunning.
Spectacular dragonfly. That was beautiful! Thanks for the great tip on how to get those great glitters where they need to be. Stunning.
love the sparkly dragonfly and the keys were a wonderful idea too.
Great cards! I especially love the keys.
I too love dragonflies- beautiful card! Great technique as well.
Beautiful cards–I especially love the dragonfly!
Amazing cards!! That sparkly dragonfly is my favorite – simply stunning!
Wow! Your cards are simply stunning!!!
I love your colouring!!!
The dragonfly card is stunning and thanks for showing how you did the glitter on your old video. I will have to try it sometime.
This a great release! Thanks for sharing your ideas with us.
I love your cards especially the key card.
I just watched one of your You Tube videos. I am inspired by your artistic coloring and will be trying out your techniques. Thank you so much. Now I’m off to watch some more…
oh my !! how BEAUTIFUL is your dargonfly !! I can’t believe my eyes … Fantastic work there !!
Stunning dragonfly wings. WOW
Love your beautiful cards, especially the antique keys!
Love the dragonfly card! The glitter is so pretty. The Key card is nice too.
Gorgeous dragonfly card and I like the ombre background on the key card.
I just love your use of Hero Arts Fancy Dragon Fly die. It’s so beautiful! Good job!
Your dragonfly card is beautiful. I love the vibrancy of the colors you used.
Squee! I MUST have that dragonfly and do a gift set of those cards for my dragonfly loving BFF!! They’re GORGEOUS!!
Beautiful card!
The dragonfly is STUNNING! The keys….love the boldness of the colors with the white keys. SO fun!
That glittery dragonfly looks fabulous!
Love the dragon fly card…vary pretty!
Great cards and love the dragonfly!
Love the shimmery goodness of your dragonfly card Janette, it’s so beautiful and romantic. So are your keys. I absolutely love that card with its beautifully blended background and all those keys. I too have a secret desire to see the key bridge and attach my own love padlock. Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring!
Beautiful cards! I really love the dragonfly! It turned out absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing with us!
Oh my goodness! That dragonfly is STUNNING. Love it.
The dragonfly card is delightful! love the colors you chose.
That dragonfly card is amazing. So very pretty.
I love both your cards but that dragonfly is stunning! I’ve tried to use that technique with the glitter and found it very difficult so I am totally impressed!
Gorgeous cards but that dragonfly won me over! it’s stunning!
Exceptional cards! One can’t have too many dragonfly stamps and dies:>. That you sprayed the 2nd card with Copic markers reminded me that I need to start using them again! Thank you for the video to review!
Oh man, that dragonfly is stylin’!
Love both projects!
Awesome cards! Love that glittered dragonfly!
Love the glittery dragonflies, and the ombre background on your 2nd card is perfect!
Love that dragonfly! beautiful use of color.
How gorgeous! hugs, treen
Hi Jannette,
WOW what a lot to choose from in the new release, I love what you have selected Jannette to use. Of course you had to use the dragonfly as he is so pretty and you made him even prettier with the glitter. I have seen this technique of buffing the glitter on double sided sticky paper done before but never attempted myself. I really should have a go as I have plenty of glitter in my stash. The antique key background stamp is so cool too. Amazing!
Two awesome cards here. Your dragonfly is so sparkly and I love it.
Your keys card is inspiring
Wow, your dragonfly is just beautiful! The depth of dimension you achieved with the glitter is so cool!
Dragon fly is super cool…. pretty cards….thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards. That dragonfly is stunning.
I also love dragonflies. Unfortunately we don’t see many in WI anymore. You card is so shimmery and stunning.
So beautiful!
Both cards are so gorgeous. Thanks so much for sharing..
Thanks for giving us 2 very classy cards. Love the sparkle and attention to detail on the dragonflies.
Ooooh, love that sparkly dragonfly!
Wow! That dragon fly is stunning!
Your cards are both gorgeous, but that dragonfly! Just WOW! It is stunning! TFS!
Beautiful work! I’m partial to dragonflies too.
Your cards are so gorgeous! Love the colors and sparkly dragonfly! Thanks for the inspiration!
That dragonfly is so pretty, love the sparkle!
What beautiful cards.
The dragonfly is STUNNING!
I love shimmer so the dragon fly card is my favourite. Thank you for sharing.
lovely cards, great glitter in the first and beautiful blending in the second.
Your sparkle looks like you had a lot of FUN
Awesome cards.
Just lovely! I have a thing for dragonflies too, and for locks and keys as well, so these two items are on my wish list. Thanks for the inspiration.
The sparkle on the dragonfly is amazing!
WOW, Janette, your dragonfly card is stunning. Also love the locks and keys, gorgeous background against the white keys. Always enjoy seeing your creations and watching your process on the videos. Thank you.
These are beautiful and though I love them both, the dragon-fly card has to be my favorite. 🙂
These were so well done. I still have my first dragonfly stamp, and use it often. Needless to say the bright dragonfly card you did was my favorite. The keys were great, also! You did a great job on both.
Stunning cards! I love the rich colors and the shine on the dragonfly is fabulous.
Both cards are so lovely but that dragonfly is breathtaking! Thank you so much for this great inspiration!
I am stunned by that dragonfly card! Loving it!
So lovely. Love all the glitter on the dragonfly. The background behind the keys looks wonderful!
I love the key card and how beautifully blended the colors are! Thanks for inspiring me today!
🙂 Marie
Two lovely cards but what an interesting technique and finish on the dragonfly card! Sounds tricky but I would like to give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
The sparkle on that dragonfly looks absolutely fantastic!
Love the glittery goodness of your dragonfly!!! I have done this technique before but with a much less detailed die. And the key card is just gorgeous!!! Love the colors!
Oh my goodness ! Your dragonfly is absolutely luxurious !!
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The dragonfly is soooooo stunning!!!
Amazing cards! The first one is stunning!
Great cards. The dragonfly is stunning.
I love how you did the sparkles on the dragonfly. So striking. And I really like the simple key design too. You created a lovely gradient of colors with your markers; I’m so impressed, because airbrushing seems even more difficult than ink blending to me! (And yes, the lock bridge is in Paris. It’s called the Pont des Arts, but sadly they no longer allow you to put locks on it, because the accumulated weight of all those padlocks started causing structural damage. Such a bummer.)
lovely cards … love the shimmer …
Wow! The dragonfly card is stunning! Besides all the colorful sparkle, I love how you inlaid it into the beautiful watercolor paper! The tutorial was very helpful in explaining the technique you used!
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WOW!!! Gorgeously Gorgeous…My goodness..that dragonfly’s wings are so so beautiful…Love your cards..
oh your dragon fly is beautiful, some great new stamps from hero arts
Wow! Ýour dragonfly is so beautiful. I love all the colours of glitter that sparkles so nicely against the black. The black watercolour paper really does add texture and interest. Thanks for the video tutorial too.
Especially love your dragonfly! Thanks for sharing! Great release!
I am in love with the dragonfly! Will put that on my list to get. Thank You!
Sparkle! And a dragonfly made out of glitter… Awesome! 🙂
so very pretty!
Great cards Janette – so talented
Such pretty cards! I love dragonflies too and love what you did with that die and the glitter. Pretty darn impressive the way you did the color change on the wings. I think I need to get that die.
I love your gorgeous cards. The glittery dragonfly is awesome with the glitter! And the Antique Keys are also great, the background of this card is great. Thanks for these inspiring examples.
What a clever idea with the dragonfly, love how it glitters!
Wow the glittery dragonfly is stunningly beautiful!!
Wonderful cards! The dragonfly is gorgeous!