Hero Arts | My Monthly Hero April Blog Hop. Wet Watercolor
Hello all and thank you for stopping by today to help celebrate the launch of April My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts (more on that below).
My initial reaction when I first got the kit was WHOA! I enjoy waterocloring once in awhile and this kit is a dream come true! The stamp set included in the kit is fantastic and perfect for coloring, the flower is large enough to be able to easily color and add stunning details. The watercolor sampler set is also fantastic, even thought its a sampler there’s still lots of watercolor to be able to color several images and even make a background or two (I shared one on Hero Arts blog the other day, here’s one more project using this kit).
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I used Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper (its the best one in my book so far) and heat embossed the flower and leaves in white embossing powder. My favorite way to watercolor is over wet paper, so I usually like to a lay a layer of clean water over my image and then begin adding color. This way I’m able to get a beautiful transition from a very saturated to almost white.
I used my favorite color combination for this card – yellow, teal and white. The flower was colored using Cad. Yellow Deep Hue and a bit of Quinacridone Gold and for the leaves I used Ultramarine Turquoise.
To make this flower dimensional I also added some physical dimension by shaping the petals with my fingers. Its easier to shape them while the paper is still wet or at least damp.
I used a beautiful Woodgrain background stamp and heat embossed is in white over light gray cardstock for the background of my card. I also added a die cut vellum panel, it serves a double purpose here – mutes a part of the background and helps the flower to stand out and it also houses a white heat embossed Thinking of You sentiment.
To complete this project I also added a few pearls in pastel blue.
MY MONTHLY HERO APRIL KIT
The kit is available for a limited time only – once it’s gone, it’s gone so if love it- better grab it now! If you are into watercolor you are going to love it! I know I do.
You can now subscribe to receive the kit monthly and never miss one!
The kit contains: 4×6 clear stamp set; set of four Frame Cuts dies, designed to cut and stack the flower into a layered element (stamp the rose four times to use with these dies); Paper Layering die, which allows you to pop-up a single stamped rose for a different dimensional look; dot sheet of DANIEL SMITH watercolors in a palette specifically selected for Hero Arts (each dot of paint allows watercoloring of 2-3 images, to give you an introduction to these wonderful paints); waterbrush; heavy cardstock in cream and white; notecards and pearls.
There are 3 optional add-on items:
- Happy Mother’s Day
- Happy Mother’s Day Frame Cuts
- DANIEL SMITH watercolor paints in 15ml tubes – 18 colors in all, the colors used on the Hero Arts Palette dot sheet.
HOP ALONG WITH US!
Want more inspiration? Hop along with us and see lots more creative projects made using this kit.
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Yana Smakula – you are here
- Lucy Abrams – next stop
- Mariana Grigsby
- Amy Tsuruta
- Kelly Rasmussen
- Clare Prezzia
- Wanda Guess
- Joan Bardee
- Sandy Allnock
- Lydia Fiedler
- Kathy Racoosin
- Libby Hickson
GIVEAWAY!
Hero Arts is giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop so be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win!
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Linda Lipford
April 5, 2016That is a truly beautiful card!
cassie d
April 5, 2016Beautiful card. I love your color combo, too.
melissaf123Melissa Friedrich
April 5, 2016Beautiful card,Mohawks for the tutorial!
Liz Krumins
April 5, 2016Love the color combination!
Julie
April 5, 2016That flower is so pretty, as is your card. I also loved the spinner card and scenes you created last week.
Kathryn A
April 5, 2016Wow! Love this! Great colour combo, too.
Amy Mccue
April 5, 2016Your flowers are so soft and beautiful!
Patt H.
April 5, 2016A gorgeous card!! Love that beautiful flower & the wonderful coloring. The woodgrain background paper is a really clever touch also.
Sue D
April 5, 2016Wow–gorgeous card. I like the colors and dimension.
terriavidreader
April 5, 2016Very Nice!
Emma Rose
April 5, 2016Lovely card and kit 🙂
Angie
April 5, 2016Love this. The yellow is gorgeous.
Trish H
April 5, 2016Very pretty card. Love the turquoise color for the leaves and the white on white layer.
Penny
April 5, 2016Gorgeous Card. Really like the colors.
Kelley_R
April 5, 2016Beautiful colors, Yana. The woodgrain background is perfect with the rose; love old fences behind my flowerbeds.
stampinwithaloha
April 5, 2016Very pretty! Love it!
Angela Wood
April 5, 2016Thanks for sharing your beautiful creation.
Jessica
April 5, 2016Love it!
Mimi Peters
April 5, 2016Wonderful card to go with the beautiful kit.
Angela
April 5, 2016Beautiful card! I love all the wonderful layers!
Hazel Hessen
April 5, 2016Such a beautiful card. Looking forward to creating with the kit..
Lesley S.
April 5, 2016Pretty card and like the tip of shaping the petals while the paper is wet….thanks for a great idea!
Vinita Jain
April 5, 2016Sooooo pretty Yana, love it!
Miriam Prantner
April 5, 2016I love all the dimension on the flower and the watercoloring is so pretty!
Elly Booij
April 5, 2016Gorgeous card. Love the flower stamp and your colouring.
Vicky
April 5, 2016This kit is really fantastic. You’re cards from this kit are truly stunning. Thank you.
Debs
April 5, 2016I love the color combination, absolutely fantastic.
bev p
April 5, 2016What a lovely but unexpected color scheme! Thank you.
Holley Downs
April 5, 2016Oh my goodness! I just love your card! TFS!
tsurutadesigns1
April 5, 2016Yana, this is GORGEOUS. The contrast in colors…so pretty!
Dee Ann Matthews
April 5, 2016Fabulous 3-D flower beautifully enhaced by the vellum!
Randa
April 5, 2016What a gorgeous card! Thank you for sharing your time & talent.
Randa McNair
April 5, 2016Gorgeous card. Love the dimension and colors.
Randa McNair
April 5, 2016Lovely.
Randa McNair
April 5, 2016Great cards!
Gloria Westerman
April 5, 2016Your card is so pretty…I love the wet on wet technique also…tfs love it…
blissfullyscrappy
April 5, 2016As always, your card is simply gorgeous!
Jen B
April 5, 2016Lovely card.
Sandra Wingate
April 5, 2016Beautiful card, Ayana. Thank you for the inspiration.
Sandy d
April 5, 2016Beautiful card! Love the color combination.
Sandy D
April 5, 2016Beautiful card – very vibrant color combination!
Linda Green
April 5, 2016This color combination is very pretty. Love the dimension in the flower, and the softness the vellum adds.
Holly Saveur
April 5, 2016WOW!!!! LOVE this….and the kit!
Leanne S
April 5, 2016Very pretty card. Love the colors.
Sharon Klumph
April 5, 2016Yana, I love the color combo and wet technique watercolor you used. Beautiful flowers!
gwenniedpooh
April 5, 2016Beautiful card!
Mary Holshouser
April 5, 2016The flowers are beautiful.
Love how they are layered – look so realistic.
May have to get this kit and try watercoloring.
thanks for sharing.
Gilu
April 5, 2016As always, a lovely card. Love the yellow !
Sharon Coleman
April 5, 2016Oh, such a pretty yellow. Love the card.
Carla Hundley
April 5, 2016Gorgeous watercoloring
and this kit looks like it is
full of wonderful items!
Carla from Utah