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Saturday, February 5, 2022

Impossible is Just an Opinion

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Happy Saturday - or Caturday, if you are a cat that reads my blog!

I'm here with a little sneak peek of the new Hero Arts kit! I'm SO excited because it's dreamy, surrealist kit with super fun and artsy images and sentiments - the sentiments especially grab me.

I LOVE surrealism - just before the pandemic started I bought myself and my sister this Dali cookbook. I never got a chance to peruse it - I might need to do that this weekend. 

I studied those artists in college and loved the concepts behind the art. Since Magritte is a personal fave, I had to incorporate the little hat in the kit in my surreal scene. I masked the top 2/3 of the card and used this tutorial and the MIS-T ruler and multiliners to create the floor. Then I cut a mask with my circle infinity dies for the moon, masked the floor and brushed Navy ink all over the rest. I splattered it with a fan brush and white acrylic ink. Then I stamped and cut the door image (the clouds are part of the image) and colored it, and reflected some of that coloring onto the open door. Then I stamped, colored and cut the hat out and floated it in the open doorway. LOVE the sentiment from the kit, which I stamped on the moon.






I'll have a new video with the main kit on Monday and more cards! See you then! Stay warm. 

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22 comments:

  1. Surrealism is one of the few "modern" art styles I like though I moved away from Dali being too grotesque for me, but Magritte is a fav for me too! I have one of his posters in my home. This is an excellent look in his style! The classic hat! :D I only just bought my first Hero kit recently with the city one. Might get this one too.

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  2. Love the bowler hat, but the sentiment is amazing! Very clever work!

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  3. love everything about this ... makes me happy

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  4. what a great card Lydia! I love everything about it, the design, colors, layout just everything!

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  5. Love everything about this card. The sentiment reminds me of something a young interviewee said many years ago: "impossible is just somebody making excuses"

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  6. Now I have to research Magritte! I love the floor and will look for you videos!

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  7. Love this! Reminds me of one of our kids favorite books- Magritte’s Marvelous Hat. Whimsical surrealism at its finest!

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  8. Love this! Reminds me of one of our kids favorite books- Magritte’s Marvelous Hat. Whimsical surrealism at its finest!

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  9. Love this! Reminds me of one of our kids favorite books- Magritte’s Marvelous Hat. Whimsical surrealism at its finest!

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  10. Dali came to mind as soon as I saw some of the samples on the HA blog. My husband is a Dali fan (me, not so much). Love your card though!

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  11. Wow! great card and I love the hat and the sentiment. Great look to this card.

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  12. The sentiments really grab me, too! and I love your card design.

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  13. Great card. Can't wait to see your video and the kit.

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  14. Love the floating hat, just like Magritte. The floor is genius. Looked at the tutorial and loved it, and can’t wait to try it.

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  15. Love the floating hat, just like Magritte. The floor is genius. Looked at the tutorial and loved it, and can’t wait to try it.

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  16. Wonderful artwork. Great patience on floor.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  17. Should I be surprised that your card is so very unique Lydia? Nope! The floor just pops right off the card - love it. I'm going to view the tutorial for it. I'm not a fan of Dali due to the subject matter of a lot of his "art".

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  18. Thank you for providing the ‘how to’ information. The design and colors of your card are wonderful!

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  19. Thank you for providing the ‘how to’ information. The design and colors of your card are wonderful!

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  20. The Alice in Wonderland is just perfect!

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  21. Amazing cards! Love the colors and designs…
    Thanks for sharing.

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