Hello crafty friends! I'm beyond thrilled to be hopping along with Hero Arts today to celebrate their 45th Anniversary. You should have arrived here from the blog of the very talented Amy Kolling. If you missed any of the stops along the hop, you can go back to the beginning at the Hero Arts blog HERE. If you missed Day 1 of this fun hop, you can find all those stops on this post.
45 years is such an amazing accomplishment for any business, Congratulations to everyone at Hero Arts! I am proud to say that Hero Arts were the first stamps I ever bought and I still love them today. I was lucky to be a Hero Arts Hostess back in 2012, and a member of the Design Team a few years ago as well. I always enjoy all of the innovative products Hero Arts comes out with each year, and look forward to paging through each new catalog. I am so glad Hero Arts has taken some of it's older designs "out of the Vault" for this celebration. There are such wonderful images. For my card today, I have tried out the new From the Vault Flowers stamps and dies along with the brand new Reactive Ink Pads in Taffy, Lemon Drop, and Pool Party.
To create my card, I used the Life Changing Blender Brushes to apply the inks onto a panel of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I always start with the yellow when creating a rainbow and use more than I need, because I always cover up more than I should in the end. I dried the panel with a heat tool, then gave it a couple of sprays of water using my Distress Sprayer, then blotted the panel with a paper towel. Once that was dry, I put the three inks onto my non-stick craft sheet, sprayed them with water and flicked little splatters of color onto the panel with a paintbrush.
Once the panel was dry, I stamped the sentiment. I stamped and cut the flowers several times and arranged them around the sentiment to create a focal point, layering some of the flowers with foam tape. I adhered my finished panel onto a mat of Pitch Black cardstock, then onto a Dove White Top Folding Card.
Now for the prizes! There are SOOO many sponsors that have generously donated their wonderful products for the hop today. I love the sharing that is going on in the crafting community....
Hero Arts: 3 $145 Gift Certificates, 3 $45 Gift Certificates
Altenew: $50 Gift Certificate
Art Impressions: $25 Gift Certificate
Ellen Hutson LLC: $50 Gift Certificate
Gina K: $100 Gift Certificate
Jennifer McGuire Ink: $100 Hero Arts Gift Certificate, 5 Share Handmade Kindness goodie bags
Laurie Willison: 2 Card Hanger Dies
Lawn Fawn: $50 Gift Certificate
My Sweet Petunia: 1 Prize Bundle (Original MISTI, a set of Creative Corners, a Cut-Align, and a bar magnet)
Online Card Classes: 5 spots in the Stamp Happy In Good Company: Hero Arts class
Pink Fresh Studio: $45 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook & Cards Today: 3 copies of Scrapbook & Cards Today Summer 2019 Issue
Scrapbook.com: $50 Gift Certificate
Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate
Winners will be drawn from people who leave comments along the blog hop over the three days - comment all three days for more chances to win! Comment by Sunday, June 2 at 11:59pm PST, and the winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog next week. Your next stop on the hop is the wonderfully creative Claire Prezzia, make sure you hop on over to see what she has created for you today :) All the stops on the hop are listed below in case you missed any:
Hero Arts
A Blog Named Hero
Amy Kolling
Cheiron Brandon
Clare Prezzia
Donna Mikasa
Jana Millen
Jenn Shurkus
Kathleen Graumüller
Laurie Willison
Lisa Spangler
Lydia Fiedler
Nichol Spohr
Scrapbook & Cards Today
Scrapbook.com
SUPPLIES:
Gorgeous card with a beautiful background!
Posted by: Dawn Skene | May 28, 2019 at 09:49 PM
Beautiful, I love the background.
Posted by: Nancy Y | May 28, 2019 at 11:23 PM
The colors blend so well on your bright, cheerful card!
Posted by: Noreen | May 29, 2019 at 12:48 AM
Hi Cheiron. The result you get from those Blender Brushes with the new inks looks so smooth and vibrant. I will have to get myself some. Also I love that simple handwritten look sentiment. It works so well on your card
Posted by: Amy Cairns | May 29, 2019 at 08:27 AM
Love the uncolored florals paired with the blended background.
Posted by: Andre M. | May 29, 2019 at 02:36 PM
well, I think I can make this card, I just need to get some of the wonderful new iks. Love the black and white look of the main image. Great card.
Posted by: Evelyn Larson | May 29, 2019 at 07:30 PM
Love that background, it's a beautiful card!
Posted by: Debbie Parke | May 30, 2019 at 02:04 AM
Such pretty colors on your card and very interesting with the black and white flowers.
Posted by: Karen L K | May 30, 2019 at 02:26 AM
Very cool! Love me a gradient and some black-and-white flowers! And a big hooray to HeroArts for 45 impressive years in the industry!!
Posted by: Nina | May 30, 2019 at 03:16 AM
Your background is fabulous! Thanks for sharing how you do it. Those coloured splatters is such a neat idea, and just makes it more alive.
And adding the uncoloured flowers, it is just sooo cool, love the idea and I am going to case it some time in future! THANKS for the inspiration.
Hugs
Rene
Posted by: Rene | May 30, 2019 at 12:52 PM
Hi Cheiron :) Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! Your card is absolutely lovely!!! Thanks for sharing the inspiration :)
Posted by: Connie | May 30, 2019 at 05:21 PM
this is a very pretty card. Love the blending
Posted by: Sandy M | May 30, 2019 at 06:34 PM
I love the colorful blended background contrasting with the black and white flowers. Very eye-catching!
Posted by: Andrea B | May 30, 2019 at 08:54 PM
Love that blended background!
Posted by: Janet Swanlady21 | May 31, 2019 at 04:38 AM
Wow! Wonderful card and colouring!!!
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | May 31, 2019 at 12:29 PM
Very pretty card! Love the contrast between the colorful background and black and white flowers.
Posted by: Robyn Ikemoto | May 31, 2019 at 03:43 PM
Beautiful card love the blending nice work.
Posted by: Kimberly Ostgard | May 31, 2019 at 09:06 PM
Love these pretty flowers and your colorful background really sets them off! Thanks for the hint about using more yellow on your rainbow colors- these new inks look like they would be great to work with!
Posted by: karenajo | June 01, 2019 at 12:03 AM
So much gorgeous color!
Posted by: Kris Reeves | June 01, 2019 at 02:17 AM
Love you inky background behind your layered flowers. Those inks do look fabulous.
Posted by: Marianne | June 01, 2019 at 08:25 AM
Beautiful card! I love the colourful background!
Posted by: Stacey Kowbel | June 01, 2019 at 11:48 AM
What a stunning card! I love the back and white stamp agains the bright colored background. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Robin Buchholz | June 01, 2019 at 04:24 PM
Just purchased some Life Changing Blender Brushes - they are true to their name!!! Love your colors!
Posted by: Lisa Norstrom | June 01, 2019 at 11:20 PM
Beautiful vibrant card.
Posted by: Patricia Piper | June 02, 2019 at 09:36 PM
I really love this card and the choice of colors. Gorgeous!
Posted by: S Jameson | June 02, 2019 at 11:27 PM
such a great background to start any card with thus making a neat card---thanks for sharing
Posted by: Donna Sicafuse | July 26, 2019 at 11:13 AM