Welcome!
Today I am happy to be part of this hop which marks the launch of Hero Arts Color Layering Catalog on the Hero Arts website 
Here’re some details about it:
“Color Layering uses the technique of stamping progressively, building color and detail, resulting in an elegant, dimensional look. We’ve asked our talented group of artists to recommend their favorite colors to best highlight each Color Layering stamp set. The results have been developed into 4-cube ink packs, featuring the championing artist’s name. While the inks were developed with a specific stamp set in mind, the packs offer wonderful and rich versatility; you’ll find they work well with most any set and often produce stunning and unexpected results.”
You will see that Hero has even combined the new ink packs with their Color Layering stamp set (and dies in some cases) into bundles 😀 You can find them by clicking >>>HERE<<<
Therefore, today as part of this release I am sharing the cards and color combos that I created for the Catalog. I want to point out that when Hero Arts gave us this special assignment, I felt so honored! Besides selecting the color combos, creating a project for the catalog, our names and signature were printed on the packaging too! 🙂 🙂 🙂 As you can imagine, I have been on cloud nine since then 🙂
The color combo ink packs are a great way to get a try of different colors, and give them a go on different projects. Anyhow, today I am not writing a lot about the cards, because there are a lot of pictures and inspiration waiting for you along the hop. So, I will only briefly indicate the products that I used for each of the cards. You will find the links to these products by clicking on their names 🙂
The first card features the following products:
Color Layering Bird and Branch stamp set
Color Layering Frame Cuts
Mariana’s Cornflower ink pack
“I chose blue tones for this little bird because they are peaceful and they remind me about the freedom of the sky. A hint of a darker color was just perfect to accentuate the bird and floral details.”
My second card features the following products:
Color Layering Seahorse
Color Layering Seahorse Frame Cuts
Mariana’s Pool ink pack
“Imagining the creatures that live in the ocean, makes me think about fresh and light colors. I stamped this pretty seahorse with layers of soft Pool and Purple, with a final dash of a darker blue to tie the combo altogether. “
Prize: Hero will give away a Color Layering Bundle of their choice to FIVE lucky blog readers – selected from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Comments close Sunday June 19 at 11:59pm pt. Winners will be announced the following week at the Hero’s blog.
Here is the list of participant blogs:
The Hero Arts Blog
Lucy Abrams
Lydia Fiedler
me>>>Mariana Grigsby<<<me
Tami Hartley
Libby Hickson
Nichol Magouirk
Jayne Nelson
Clare Prezzia
Kathy Racoosin
Kelly Rasmussen
Yana Smakula
Amy Tsuruta
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Thanks for stopping by:) Have a wonderful crafty rest of the week!
GOOD LUCK to all!
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Mariana's Blog 
FAbulous cards, Marianna! I already have the bird set and have only inked it up once so I thank you for the inspiration!
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Absolutely gorgeous cards.
I most certainly will need to be *putting a bird on it* with these awesome colors
These are beautiful cards! I do like the blues you selected too. I think I want everything in this catalog 😬
Wonderful cards made! Loving the color hues on the bird and as well as the seahorse! Stamp layering is simply fabulous!
Just hearing the word cornflower reminds me of when I was much younger and got to use my favorite crayon color. Beautiful cards. Love the colors of course.
Oh wow are these gorgeous!
Love the different colorswith the birds. When I was a kid we had a few sea horses in a tank, they are sure unique little creatures. Really do love your seahorses. Thank you for sharing.
BEAUTIFUL cards Mariana!!!
LOVE your inky layers, there is so much dimension in your bird, flowers & leaves and on your seahorse, starfish & shell too, your ink combos are DELIGHTFUL!!!
… I’m starting to think that I NEED ALL of these gorgeous ink combos 🙂
OH wow! Beautiful color combinations as well as your amazing cards!
Love the blue ink layering on the seahorse. So pretty!
Those are gorgeous! These color layering sets offer so many options, I love it!
Finally! A color set for the bird!! Love it!
Such an amazing system that totally takes the guess work out of combining colors for stamping projects!
The cards are very pretty. The colors are so breath taking. I am thinking that I may “need” all of the stamps and inks in the catalog….
Blue is my favourite color and you have come up with two absolutely stunning cards. Just loved the color layering effect. The unusual color combo on the bird gives it a magical feeling…
Beautiful cards!! I especially love the seahorse hues.
Congrats, two ink packs with your name. Love the color combos. I have the bird set, now I need to get inks. Thank you for the inspiration.
Adorable cards! I love the bird and the seahorse–both are just so beautifully layered!
Take care!
Michele
Beautiful cards! I have the seahorse set, and I am intrigued by your coloring combination.
Beautiful blue bird and peaceful beachy cards, love these sets!
Wonderful cards. I love the colors you chose for your sweet little bird. TFS
Absolutely love the seahorse card!!! Can’t wait to try the set myself.
Both cards are just absolutely beautiful!!!
Love the examples of your ink choices. Right now I’m loving anything related to the beach or water, so that cool seahorse caught my eye. Your color combo for the bird is so different, love it. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve been admiring the seahorse stamp set. What gorgeous cards! The bird looks so sharp in that mix of colours! Very modern.
Love how you have designed your gorgeous cards. I am truly inspired:)
I love all the lovely colour combinations and the fabulous layers. Great projects
Beautiful shades of pool! Love your cards!
I have the bird set but the seahorse is looking quite appealing aswell.
Both of your cards are fabulous! The wine color you used for the bird is unexpected but I love the way it turned out.
Being a birdie lover, I gasped at your first card, choosing my favorite bundle to use. So pretty! And I love the seahorse as well … living near the beach, that set is also special to me.
Your cards are awesome! Love how the layering set adds so much dimension!
Great cards Mariana. Love all of these colours and that bird set is adorable!
Love your cards. The colors in the 1st card are fantastic.
I own that bird set and it’s fun to see your color choices! Your blues are great together on both sets!
I was afraid to try the layering stamps but once I did I was hooked.
The bird is beautiful.
Love the large selection of stamps.
thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards, thanks for the chance to win!
Wow, love the colors chosen to go with these sets. Absolutely gorgeous.
Love those layering stamps. The hibiscus was my favorite until I saw the seahorse. Just lovely!
That wine color with the blues is amazing!
Love the birds and branches! The colors are a great change, they look great!
Great card Mariana. I am so happy about the new bundles and coordinating color layering inks. I always struggle with which colors to use with my layering stamps.
I love the colour combinations on both cards.
the sea horse is fabulous. I will have to get this layering stamp. love it. thanks for sharing
I love these layering stamp sets!
Beautiful cards!
Two of my favorite things, sea creatures and birds! Love both of your fabulous cards!
Love your card, birds are my favorite creature of all time. I love these bundles, such great stamps and inks. Thanks!
trishden948(at)yahoo(dot)com
I am so glad you chose to use different sets of the inks!! Love your beautiful cards and layers of them used together! Stunning!!
Very lovely cards…great colors and layering.
Love the layering . Thanks for sharing.
Sweet little seahorse, love that nautical card.
I have the bird set, thanks for the ideas for making a bluebird. And I love love love the seahorse set, that’s the bundle I will pick if I win. Thanks for the opportunity to win it!
Love blues so I love your cards.
The inspiration cards are gorgeous. And the new ink combos are great news. Wish I could pick up all of them!
Lovely cards!
These cards are beautiful! I love the details. Great color choices too!
great cards. love your colour combinations.
Love the seahorse so…..pretty…thank you for sharing…big hugs
Oh I just love seahorses and you made a great card with one. thanks for the idea
Love the red/blue color contrast. Very striking.
Your cards are lovely! The seahorse, in particularly, really catches my eye…such pretty layers and those blue inks…oh my! Inspired!
~carol
The seahorse is so cute and your cards are delightful!
Your cards are adorable! I love the coordinating sentiments too!
Oh I just love both of these sets!! Great job
Great card!And the colors of bird are perfect!
Love your colors, especially the Pool pack! And your cards are great – thanks for sharing!
Wow your cards are gorgeous I love them even the stuff themselves are gorgeous I would make wonderful gifts I want to win one
The seahorses are adorable!
Very beautiful cards and your choice of colors bundles is amazing ! I particularly love your seahorse cards ! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.
stunning! Love the colors on the bird! 🙂 Bird is the Word!
Love your choice of colors! Amazing blog hop!
Great cards!
Love the cards. The seahorse is so special. Love it for seaside, summer cards.
Wonderful cards!!! Wow! I love both of these stamp sets!! They are at the top of my wish list!!
Love the soft blue on both the birds and the seahorse. Pretty cards.
Your cards are beautiful and you did a great job on using the colors…
well done and thanks for sharing
zullu26@aol.com
I am loving your colour bundle, the mulled wine looks fabulous with all those shades of blue.
Love the card with the seahorse, as this is my favorite stamp set as well!
Tks for the inspiration,
Susanne
Adorable cards! Love these new ink sets!
I have this bird stamp set and have had no clue how to use it! Thanks for the inspiration
That background on the seahorse card is fantastic. Both cards are fabulous!
Two fabulous cards using two fabulous stamp sets!
The blues and purple on your bird card are simply gorgeous. I love both stamp sets you used for your cards.
Love the red/blue color contrast on the bird. I would never have thought of that, but it looks fabulous!
Especially like the Seahorse with the wonderful stamp layering & wonderful background. Have a Bee-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
beautiful cards. . . .love the layering stamps
Seahorses! Love the colors. Beautiful cards.
Striking colour combos and cards!
I love your cards and all of the stamp sets are so awesome!
Love the cards and the color choices, couldn’t pick a fave!
Beautiful color combos you chose for your ink packs! Beautiful cards in today’s post too!
The seahorse is so fun and differnet
These are both my favorite bundles and you did them amazingly~!!! Thanks for the fun hop~!
Beautiful cards. I absolutely love the blues.
Two of my most FAVORITE. I’m so glad you created these.They’re BEAUTIFUL.
Gorgeous colour schemes on both cards! Simply stunning!
What you did with that seahorse was super cute. Cool blue colors.
Gorgeous cards! I love the seahorse card, just perfect for summer. =)
Thank you for sharing your cards! I like the seahorse too.
Beautiful cards, Love the colours in the bird bundle!
Love both of your cards. Don’t have the Seahorse stamp & die set. Would love to win that one. Thank you for sharing and being part of the giveaway.
Love the seahorse card!
Your cards are awesome ! I love these sets, really a great idea.
I love your colors!!! Of course, both of your cards too! Really pretty!
I just keep saying WOW!! WoW!! Wow!! Absolutely love all these colors
I love the blues and purples on both of these cards. They really go well together and the background stamp used on the seahorse card is gorgeous.
I have got to try the bird! Love your colors and the card! I am so inspired. Thank you.
I love both your cards but the seahorse/seashore theme is my favorite. Thanks for the inspiration.
The seahorses are my favorite! Gorgeous!
Fabulous cards! I love the layered bird set!!
Lovely colors -so versatile
Birds and the color blue are favorites of mine. Both of your cards are lovely.
Wow, beautiful! Thanks for sharing and can’t wait to see more!!
I especially love the first card–beautiful colors and CAS design!
Pretty cards! Love the colorful bird!
Absolutely beautiful! And, what a great job on the color combos!
Great cards. Love the color combos.
Beautiful cards! Love the seahorse
The Seahorses are beautiful. And the bird card is stuning as well.
The bird card is gorgeous. I like your choice of colors…stunning.
Fabulous card designs, love the color palette on the bird!!!
OMG, can’t pick a favorite. Love the color palette offered
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing. Loving the color combinations.
Beautiful cards. Love the layering colors!
Two lovely cards! Unusual colors for the bird, but it turned out great.
Lovely cards
Wonderful cards! Love the colors.
Woa beautiful cards and beautiful colour combos!!
Both of your cards are fantastic!
Since I call the SC coast home, I’m especially in love with the seaside set. And your card is fabulous–in fact, both are!
I love your color palette. Especially the wonderful seahorse. Thanks for sharing.
Cute cards.
both cards are just gorgeous!
Cute cards! The color cubes color combinations are wonderful –especially like the bird’s colors!
cute bird love the blue layers
Blues are my favorite! Your cards are beutiful! I love all the bundles!
Would it be selfish to day that I want it all? These stamps are great.
Beautiful cards with lovely colour combinations. Thank you for the inspiration.
I own the seahorse and just love him (her?) It has so many color possibilities.
Fun color combos! Some of the stamp sets area little intimidating, no knowing what colors to use. The new combos really make it easier!
Beautiful color layering and beautiful cards
Kathleen
I’m looking forward to trying different colors.
Great cards! Thanks for sharing.
Great cards.
Both cards are lovely and especially the colors. I really love that seahorse set and think it will have to come join my collection! Thanks for the beautiful inspiration.
Love those color combos. I even have that bird stamp but I haven’t used it yet. So inspired now.
Congrats, love ypur color combos and both sets. The colors on the bird card are gorgeous. I live by the beach so I’m partial to the seahorse set. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
nice to see more layering stamps coming out
Sweet bird and seahorse cards – great layering colors!
Paper Hugs,ljan
I really liked the 1st card a lot, & then I saw the wonderful 2nd card. Colors are fantastic. Thanks for a chance to win.
That bird is really pretty.
Love the bird set. So many possibilities!
Before beginning the hop I picked out 2 color sets, can’t believe both were yours. Love Emma!
I just love all the ink combination packs…I want them all! Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards!
Oh so pretty!! Love all that beautiful color!!
Beautiful cards! The ink sets are brilliant ♥
Wow Mariana beautiful cards and great color choices! This is such fun to see all of the color combos!
Great cards, I especially like the ocean scene card, thanks for sharing!
So many great color combos to choose from, love the ones you chose. Very pretty!
Beautiful cards! I think that the birds are my favourite of all the sets!
My gosh, such
gorgeous coloring
on these cards!
Carla from Utah
Love your cards and this new release!!!
Love the colour sets you’ve put your name to and the wonderful cards you’ve made!
love the seahorse card and the ink colors are awesome!
Your cards are so great, love the colours 🙂
Beautiful cards! I love the blue bird which is my favorite bird and the sea horses are fabulous. Tfs and the chance to win.
Just love those layered stamps!
Loving the colours, great cards
Beautiful card design and the color palette is awesome. I have the fish set and can’t wait to order the pineapple set.
Both cards are stunning, I love the seahorse design so much it is first on my shopping list!
I just love the bird set!
Love those colors! The only problem I see with these stamps is that I want them ALL! They are just wonderful, and as you have shown, the possibilities are literally endless! Thanks so much.
Wow! What amazing release! I love your seahorse card! Very very cute!
mariana, both of your cards are absolutely beautiful! I always love your work!
Great cards!
Both cards are wonderful! I love the colors.
Beautiful cards! I love the seahorse set.
Wow! I thought I loved the flamingo best but now I think I like the Seahorse bundle best! Lovely work!
Fantastic cards! Love the bundles!
Gorgeous looking cards.
Your cards are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
The birds are eye catching – great colours
Love your cards, love the layering on theses stamps!
Beautiful colour combinations in both of your cards.
Those color combos are really interesting! TFS!
WOW… they are FANTASTIC! Fabulous work of layering colors!
Beautiful cards!!
Really love these stamp sets!! It would be a tough choice between the ice cream and sea horse set!
Lovin’ these new color packs. Your seahorse card is my favorite.
I’m so excited to see what Hero Arts has to offer in the color layering realm. You’ve done such a lovely job at choosing just the right colors for what you have done. Great job.
Oh, these are so pretty! I love the layered/shaded look. Both sets are pretty, but I think I like the softer hues better.
Beautiful cards. Absolutely love the layering stamp sets… and all the wonderful color packages. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous cards! I love these stamp sets!
Mariana, your cards rock! The Pool inks for the seahorses are just what I would pick and how vivid are the bird colors in Cornflower! Great composition.
I love the bird set, your cards and layering them are beautiful.
Love the seahorse card!
I am loving these layering stamps (and dies). Marvelous!
I love this set, the color combo is my favorite.
Love what you created with these pretty kits!
Two beautiful cards. I especially like your beach creature card. The new cube ink sets look great too. I have several on my wish list!
These inks are fabulous! What a cute bird, too!
I like the bird, but really like “oceans of joy.” Thank you
Your bird card is lovely.
Mariana’s Pool is a great set of colors. Love your bird and the seahorse card too!
Love your bird and seahorse cards. The colors and the layering are great. Colors are a “gotta have.”
What beautiful cards – thanks for sharing. I particularly like the colour combo used with the seahorse. 🙂
Love the color choices. Both these stamp sets are on my wish list. I love the idea of color layering.
I like the bird card . I especially appreciate the non-traditional colors you used.
I am totally in love with that seahorse!
I love the color sets, being partial to blues and purples!
MMMMMMMM great choice of colors. Makes me see the bird stamp in a whole new way. I love seahorse no matter what so not really a fair review on my part. Love it.
Wow, incredible cards!! Love your beautiful card with the bird! So gorgeous with the color layering…
I love your little sea horse card – they all are lovely!
These sets are just super. Really neat cards. I especially like the seahorse!
Love the bird card and your choice of colors, I wouldn’t have thought to do it that way.
Gorgeous stamp sets and beautiful sets of inks! Your cards are fabulous! I’m anxious to try these!
Wonderful cards – especially love the seahorses ! Thanks for sharing !
Very nice cards – especially because I love all the blues you used.
Love your color layering card designs!
Love the stamp and ink combos you have all put together. They’re great!
Beautiful color combos and gorgeous cards. I really love the bird.
I love your choice of colors for all the cards and I love both stamp sets. Now which ones do I want? Both of them! I hope I win something because I think I deserve it! LOL You did an amazing job on both cards.
I like the color set you picked and thanks for using it with more than one stamp set
I really like this seahorse stamp set!!
Wow pretty cards. And I like the colors.
Love these cards and that color of blue.
Lovely cards!
WOW! I am loving everyone’s cards!
LOVE THESE STAMPS AND WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU HAVE DONE WITH THEM.
I’m crazy about both of your beautiful designs, Mariana – as I just adore blue! The seahorse is so pretty layered with the purple!
Beautiful cards! I especially love the first one, really like that color combo and the dimension you added!
I love the bird card! It’s simple but beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
I am a cool color person, and I really like the cards you made with these colors. The seahorse caught my eye!!
Lovely cards. I like the soft colors. Thanks
You had challenging colors to work with.
Very pretty cards. Love the color combinations you used.
So lovely. Thank you for the inspiration.
I love the restful colors – what a great idea!
Your seahorse card is just gorgeous!
Great cards. I have the bird set but I really want the seahorse set with the dies and inks too. Thanks.
These cards are so pretty in their shades of blues. Love the seahorse and shells especially. TFS
You chose two of my favorite sets! Thanks for sharing your cards, which really showed off the versatility of these stamps.
Gorgeous cards! Love the blue shades of inks. Love the sea themed card!
The seahorse is absolutely adorable!!
Beautiful colors Mariana!
Both cards are lovely but I really love the seahorse and the colours you used.
Absolutely beautiful!!
I like both of your cards but the seahorse is my favorite. I love the colors and I love the stamp set.
The bird is beautiful, but the seahorse wow!
Love your cards especially the seahorse, love the colours
I think I am going to go broke! LOL, love everything I have seen so far.
Wonderful cards, and I love your colours, but then I love blues and purples. Maybe it’s in the name? My Grrek friends call me Mariana lol.
Love the pop of purple on here!!!
What pretty cards!
Thanks for the giveaway and have a nice week!
I love the colors you used for both cards!!
Cool, very creative designs
These cards are beautiful. I guess I like the blue the best