Hello all and welcome to Day 3 of Hero Arts 2016 Summer Catalog (to be released on April 18th) Preview. We are sharing a peek at the new Paper Layering dies and I can tell you right away – they are to DIE for! Especially the palm tree.
Seriously, even if you haven’t got any palm trees where you live (there are none here in Ukraine), you can still use them for a card and dream about a tropical getaway while making it. At least that is what I was doing – I was remembering our Sri Lanka vacation and dreaming about the next time we will get to go to the tropics.
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I’m also using one of the new Color Layering stamp sets – Flamingo (I have another card in the catalog using this set, I’ll share it later); every time I look at this set all I can picture is a sunset in gorgeous warm red and yellow colors and flamingos standing against it.
My flamingo was stamped using several colors of ink and heat embossed in Clear Embossing Powder to make the colors pop. This is very similar to a technique I shared in my “Sparkling Gold Fish” card post.
The Palm Tree Paper Layering die has two parts to it – the paper layering part and the outline (and you can see how those two look together on the top photo), I only used the paper layering part for my card today and die cut subtle palm trees in the background.
First I did lots of ink blending to create this sunset-type background. I used quite a few colors of ink from Hero Arts and I have them all listed at the end of the post in the supply section.
I layered the die cut background onto a black panel to create deep shadows under the die cut leaves and lifted the leaves up a bit with my fingers to create physical dimension.
I also added quite a few clear drops from Pretty Pink Posh to embellish the background on this project.
Do you have any favorites from the catalog already? I wonder what products you are most excited about. Feel free to share below!
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I just love those tropical, warm colors. Nice work Yana
You are amazing. This is gorgeous and love the way you used the palm tree die.
Hello what a gorgeous card! Amazing!
Love the bright warm colours! Gorgeous card!
gorgeous card. LOVE the dimensional palm trees. They are so original and make the card POP:)
Love the tropical colors and how you created the background for this flamingo.
You are amazing. Love the card and the way you used the palm tree die.
I love how you used the layering die for the background! So neat!
Funny, I thought about making a card last night combining the flamingo & palm tree – I’m so glad I didn’t bother, it would not have turned out this gorgeous!!!! Love it, Yana!
Seriously cute Yana. I love this palm tree & flamingo. Your card is amazing!
Lovely card! And so perfect for a FL girl like me … we have lots of Flamingoes and Palm trees! 🙂
Wow! So much color! Love!
Gorgeous color combination of Palm Tree die and fabulous flamingoes!
That’s amazing!!! I love it, the flamingos, palm trees, and the sunset just plain awesome.
What fun!
What an amazing card, Yana. I love your color combos.
Great card! Can’t wait to see the new catalog! 🙂
Absolutely love this! The palm tree in the background is just enough to stand out and that flamingo is fabulous!! Thanks so much for sharing. Can’t wait to see all the fun new products.
So striking and love your creative use of the palm tree, gorgeous card!!!
Very pretty!!
That’s so funny–when I saw the palm tree on the Hero Arts website, my first thought was that it would look great with the flamingo I saw yesterday! But i would not have thought to use it the way you did on your fabulous card–so pretty!!
The way the palm cuts your background adds something wonderful to your card. I love it!
I love the background, very clever technique! Such a happy card!
Gorgeous card – I love the background with the die cut trees!
What a neat design! I absolutely love the palm tree!
Yana, gorgeous as always! I love how you made the flamingos color stages to the background. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
Love the black background under the palm trees.
Awesome colors and great use of the die!
Love this flamingo and the colors on this card!
That is an excellent flamingo, and your color blending is fabulous!
Love the dies with the partial cuts to make items look more realistic.
The tree is great – the coloring of the flamingo is wonderful.
thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous use of the Die and love those bright colours.
Love those subtle palm trees in the background and the flamingo looks amazing!
Love that palm tree in the background. great texture.
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I would love to see the flamingo in life………..beautiful.
Ok this has got to be the best card ever!
Beautiful card!..I am inspired to create!!
I love the subtle palm tree. So beautiful!
Such a cool card! I love it!
Can we say amazingly gorgeous?! Love the palm tree with the flamingo…definitely my favorite of the release, although my wishlist grows each day!
Love this card! And we have both pink flamingos and palm trees, in Mumbai.
Absolutely stunning, Yana! Love this card so much.
The tree die is awesome!!! Gorgeous card!!
This is Beautiful, Yana! Seriously Gorgeous! So much to love about this one!
Fabulous!
Absilutely adorable! I love all of your work, Yana!!!
Love your card – it really evokes the tropics!
Beautiful card! I love that flamingo.
the color, the texture, wow! those dies are amazing!
Beautiful background colors. TFS