Hero Arts 2017 Spring Catalog Blog Hop!

Hello!!  The Hero Arts Spring Catalog products are now in the Hero Arts online store!  We are celebrating with a hop!  You should have arrived here from the wonderful Wanda Guess’ blog.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Hero Arts blog!

Hero Arts will be giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please comment by Tuesday, February 21st at 11:59pm PT and Hero Arts will announce the winners the following week.

I was so excited to design some projects for today’s hop, my theme is Parisian!


I’m featuring  CM145 Ooh La La:

and CM147 French Treats:

First up is my Bonjour card:

I combined the Ooh La La stamps + coordinating Frame Cuts with the Nesting Circle Dies.  I kept everything clean + simple but simply had to make those sunglasses have green frames💚

Next up is my Oui, Oui mon cheri card:

I stamped the French Treats out on a watercolor panel with Chalkboard Dye Ink.  I colored the images with Zig Clean Color Markers.  Do you see a bit of the Blush Mixed Layering Panel and gold glitter cardstock?

Speaking of French Treats, I took a macaron class a couple weeks ago and this last weekend my girl and I whipped up a batch:

We learned a lot and have some ideas…so be on the look out.  For our first batch, we love the added sprinkles!  They are Hazelnut with Coffee Buttercream.

That’s it for me…up next is my fab teamie, Clare Prezzia!

In case you get lost along the way, here’s the full hop listing:

The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Laura Bassen
Wanda Guess
Amy Tsuruta💚




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242 thoughts on “Hero Arts 2017 Spring Catalog Blog Hop!”

  1. Love love love your cards! LOVING those desserts!!!!!! And those Macaroons look DELISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. I am in love with all of these new layering stamps! If I could I would buy them all! It’s so hard to choose a favorite, they are all fantastic! I would say it’s between the peacock and the poppy. But the coy and water Lilly are great too.

  3. Really enjoyed the little circles you did to highlight the individual stamps – brings everything together.

  9. Oh, I love your cards. Love the way you used the circles to highlight the first card and the foods…yum. They are so unique – Thank you!

  17. Love these cards. They remind me of my childhood in the 50's during the time when "things French" were all the rage.

  21. Love the Parisian theme, and your macarons! The images are so cute…love how you kept the coloring soft. The poodle is especially adorable!

  25. Wow! Love the Parisian theme of these stamps. Paris is my favorite travel destination! Your cards a simply lovely!

  26. Tres magnifique, Amy! I love the French themed cards on Valentine's day! Your macaroons look amazing, too – and super delicious!

  27. Tres magnifique, Amy! I love the French themed cards on Valentine's day! Your macaroons look amazing, too – and super delicious!

  29. Ooh la la, I love your french theme! Beautiful cards. I cannot wait to get my hands on these fabulous new sets.

  30. Mon cheri, c'est magnific. Excuse my spelling if it's wrong. I don't speak french. Your cards are so adorable. Love.

  35. You really did a fabulous job on the cards love the French flair and your color choice.

  36. Oh my goodness, that 'oh la la' set has really got me spinning, I love it, the grey card is gorgeous xx

  39. These sets may not appeal to all, but they sure are the crème de la crème in my view!!! LOve what you've created you genius, you! xx
    =]

  45. I LOVe the card (Hey, Paris, right?) But those macarons are seriously endangering my New Year's resolutions.:-)

  48. When I first saw those French-themed stamps, I had no idea how I could use them. Thank you for the inspiration, Amy!

    Sharlini Nambiar

  53. Ooh la la is exactly what I thought as soon as I saw these Amy! Love the stamps highlighted inside the circles. The pastries will make an awesome background paper. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.

  60. Such cute pretty cards! Love the new stamps! your macaroons look yummy! I want to try baking macaroons, but I'm not much of a baker.

  63. I love the new products but my favorite are the layered sets they help us amateurs seem like professionals.

  74. Cute cards!! Love how you used the small stamps to make such a big impact on your cards. I always struggle with using the smaller stamps to create something!!

  78. Love you SO French card – I have a friend whose favorite trips are to France so this is going to be a must get stamp set for me.

  82. I always like these kinds of stamps, but wonder how much mileage I will get from them. These are some great ideas. Thanks for sharing.

  83. Ooh la la is right…and those Sweet treats? Qui, qui…bring them my way! Sweet tooth tingling! Your macarons…yummo!
    hugs~c

  88. I thought these were the least interesting of the collection but you proved me wrong. I loved your first card with the green-rimmed glasses.

  98. Awesome cards, Amy! I love the Ooh La La set & its already on my wish list.( Which keeps getting longer after seeing all these gorgeous creations!) What a great release!

  104. Loving your cards! I especially love the French desserts card – I love how you colored them and those accents of colored and glitter cardstock. And the font of that stamp set is so pretty! Thanks for sharing!

  109. You definitely put the wow in ooh la la with the creations including the yummy looking macarons. I've wanted to take a class on making macarons or a cake decorating class at Central Market here in Central TX but the classes are $100+.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

  114. I love these stamp sets. I appreciate the simplicity of your cards. And salivate over your macarons!

  116. my sister is Paris obsessed and so I will have to get those stamp sets! your cards are beautiful

  126. What a chic and very French card! Love the colors and the design of the Bonjour card! What delectable yummies in the second card!

  129. Oui! Oui! These are delightful cards with two very different layouts. They inspired me to bake as well as make cards! Hope you enjoyed the macarons. They look delicious.

  140. So classy and sassy! Love these cards with their simplicity and creativity! Great work and am now a follower. 🙂

  143. Hi Amy ~ Your cards are so sweet and I especially love the first one with the pop of green on the tone on tone. Your macaroons look oh, so yummy Nicely done.
    #kindnessmatters

  145. So pretty, so French! Do I want all the collection? Oui, oui, mon Cheri!!!! merci for sharing!!!

  148. Cute, cute, cute! I was wondering how to use these stamp sets, and your cards are so adorable! Thank you for sharing! 🙂

  152. njjammie cards!!! love the one with the cute small images and a bit of glitter!
    nice work, thx for the inspiration!

  155. Fantastic cards! so simple and fun 🙂
    And your macaroons look sooooo yummy!!
    Thanks for the inspiration! xx

  158. Beautiful job on the macarons, they look so delicious but too pretty to eat. I'm loving the new release products. The French treats stamps are just adorable! TFS!

  159. So… If I order the French stamp set do I also get a batch of your macarons? I really like your bonjour card. When I saw the shirts stamp set I wasnt sure what to do with it, but your card gave me some inspiration.

  163. Cute cards, Amy. Love the French Treats card (fabulous set!) and YOUR Macarons look yummy!! And sound delicious, too. 🙂

  170. I love the products in the 2017 Catalog especially the Fuchsia, Koi and Peacock. But now loving the French Treats too!

  180. Bonjour! And that's all the French I know! Your card is wonderful. I love the clean, simple lines–very elegant! Thank you so much for sharing! (Peg)

  186. Both of your cards are fantastic, I love the french theme you have going on!!! Your macaroons look delicious, I love sprinkles!

  187. Darling Parisian cards, Amy – especially love the circle window one! And yummy macaroons!!

  188. Ooh la la! Super cute images. Love the way you colored them Amy… both the monochromatic and colored look.

  193. Oooh, the french treats card has me drooling!! I always love your card designs and those real macarons are also swoon-worthy!

  195. Ok….seriously these are about the cutest stamps ever made and your cards too. What a sweet set!

  198. Fun cards. I can almost see that poodle walking by; nose in the air on a French boulevard! And your real macarons look yummy!

  204. These are such adorable little French cards! And I love the little desserts and tea cups. So appreciate your talent and inspiration!

  211. As soon as I saw your cards it made me think of my daughter because she is studying French for the first time as a senior. Maybe I should cook up a batch of the macaroons to inspire her along!

  218. Such fun cards! I love the one with the circles-so cute! Your maccaroons look amazing. Great job!

  228. Love your Parisian-themed cards. How cool to do one all in black and white–very chic, and I loved that striped shirt! Your tiny desserts were beautiful, and their color was in great contrast to the black and white accompanying card, so the colors really popped off the black and white–very effective!

    Best wishes,

    Joanne Lowe

  230. France is my favorite place and these cards are so adorable and so french! Thank you for making me smile.

  234. What adorable cards you made. I do a mean French accent so I read your post in my French accent. It made me feel more French then usual. LOL I never took French in a high school class or anywhere else but I can kind of pronounce the words right I think. When I went to Quebec, I knew how to say a few words and one was hello. I'm assuming I pronounced it correctly because the min. I said that, they spoke to me in French! For some strange reason, I was able to understand what they were saying! I don't know how that is possible since I can't hardly speak the language but I did. These stamp's and your card remind me of my trip to Quebec and bring back nice memories.
    Your macaroons? They look really yummy. Am I the only one who thinks they look like acorns? I don't know if that was on purpose or not but when I first saw them that is what I thought. You go girl!

  235. Fabulous fun cards that anyone would love to get! Those macarons look amazing! I will admit I've never had any but they look delish!!,

  238. Ooh la la is right!!! These sets are darling as are your cards and being mostly French, well, I'm gonna have to have these:)

  240. The cards are so adorable. I would never have thought to make cards like yours so I'm really thankful for these layouts and stamp usage. They are inspiring!

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