Welcome to Day 4 of the Hero Arts 2014 Catalog Blog Hop with the Hero Hostesses! I'm delighted to be your first stop today. You should've arrived from the Hero Arts Blog. Hero Arts is giving away three big prize packages and winners will be randomly drawn from all hostess blogs each day as well as the five introductory posts at the Hero Arts Blog. The more comments you leave along the way, the more chances you have to win!
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My first card features the Tiny Triangles background, Spring Branch die and Good Luck sentiment set. I used the Pale Tomato, Soft Cantaloupe and Bubble Gum shadow inks.
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From start-to-finish, here's how I made the card:
In contrast to the soft and pretty card, I'd like to share a masculine version using the same Tiny Triangles background and Good Luck sentiment set.
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To create this background, I die cut circles of various sizes from a piece of scrap paper. Then I inked the background with the stamp facing up, laid the scrap on top and pressed the white cardstock into it so that only the ink coming through the circles would stamp on to the cardstock.
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After that, I used the die cut circles and some repositionable adhesive to hold the circles on the stamped areas and protect them from the embossing paste. Then I used the Hero Arts Numbers Background Stencil to apply metallic silver embossing paste. Once the stencil and die cut circles are removed, I end up with a funky mixed media background. After the embossing paste dries, I adhere the panel to a dark grey card base and pop on the sentiment with foam tape.
GIVEAWAYS
In addition to Hero Arts' generous giveaways, I have three of my own!
(1) This first prize consists of two Hero Arts background clings and the winner will be drawn randomly from my blog followers.
(2) This second prize consists of two Hero Arts background clings and the winner will be drawn randomly from my YouTube subscribers.
(3) This third prize consists of two Hero Arts woodblock stamps and will be drawn from all comments left on this post.
If you leave a comment here, follow my blog and are a subscriber to my YouTube Channel, that means you have three chances to win (well, four, since your comment here also qualifies for the Hero Arts giveaways)! You have until 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, January 26th and I will announce all three winners here on Monday, January 27th. Thanks so much for stopping by and good luck! :)
Your next stop is my sweet and talented friend Anita Recksiedler!
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1 – 200 of 289 Newer› Newest»I like the dimension on your cards.
thanks for the chance to win....I'm a follower.
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What cool background techniques!
Such pretty, delicate cards, Emily!
WOW WOW WOW!!!! I love all the cards you made. The first one is so sweet and pretty and the second is so stylist. Your technique also very creative Emily....Thank you for having inspired :)
Gorgeous, love them both!!!
Your cards are absolutely GORGEOUS, Emily! I love them!
Emily, your cards are just so creative! Thanks for the great tutorial too!
Love the cards - great mixed media background on that second card and the first is so feminine and soft. Great start to today's hop! You rock!
Absolutely gorgeous- love these techniques!
Beautiful cards, Emily. Love the gorgeous backgrounds you have created, thanks for the video tutorial. :-)
WOW! What beautiful cards. I'm getting ready to start on my Valentine's Day cards and this is pure inspiration! Thanks!
Beautiful cards Emily. Love the softness and background on the first especially.
Your cards are sooo amazing.....you come up with the most unique uber fabulous ideas! Thanks for the generous giveaways...I follow you wherever you go...like a puppy on a rope hoping to be as cool as you someday ;);). Gabbylou@live.com
What a nice job you did on these cards. Very pretty.
Beautiful cards, love the color combo on the first card. Thanks for a chance to win.
Lovely cards. Like the silver embossing on the birthday card. The prize packs look like they would be fun to play with. Thanks for the chance to win.
What a great job on the background and a wonderful technique I will have to try. I love the color combination on your Love card.
Emily, your cards are fantastic! The technique you used on the second one is incredible and adds so much fun to the card! Love hopping with you!!
Wonderful samples with the new stuff.
I love both your cards but especially the masculine version with it's interesting background. That's an idea I need to try out.
AWESOME AWESOME Cards Emily You Rocked it!! xoxoxoxox
Both cards are so beautiful, Emily! Love the combination of colors and stamps! The vellum branch looks amazing on your first card! The masculine one is so cool with the silver embossed background! Wonderful video too! Way to kick off day #4!
I learnt so much from watching your video Emily. I loved the inking technique for your background stamp, and the way you took it to another level with the second card and combined it embossing paste and stencils. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
love all the wonderful backgrounds you created and the colors & designs are all so great on 3 cards!
Awesome cards and I love the pink background . TFS
Love these cards and their background especially.
The cards are so pretty with the pops of color. Love it. Thanks for the chance to win!
Ur cards are so pretty! Especially love the bubble gum and soft cantaloupe one. Love how you layered the focal point. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE that you did a feminine and masculine version of the same stamps, and they look completely different. The backgrounds are fantastic!! You are amazing!
The cards are gorgeous, and I love the video. I learned best by watching.
Wow!!! I adore the numbers in the embossing paste. I had looked at those templates before and wondered how they'd be used and now I can see!! Love it. Already subscribe to your You Tube channel (you make everything look effortless!) and am subscribing right now to your blog! Thanks for the giveaway, that is very generous of you! x
WOW!! LOVING your AMAZING Card and Video for today!! SO beautiful!! LOVE the pretty colors and the layers!! THANKS for sharing and for the chance to win!! Have a Fabulous Week!! ;)
I love your trick with the background and will definitely try that. Pretty card!
Lovely cards! I like the techniques you used on the backgrounds.
What an impact that tiny triangle background stamp makes! I love the inks you used and thanks for showing us how to ink up the stamp. The embossing paste is a great idea. These cards are great.
The background on your second card was great. I learnt a lot here today, thank you
I love the layers and colors on your first card, although they are all fantastic.
Thanks for the video on how to do the background with the large stamp -- such great results!
Love your stunning designs Emily and all the layers and dimension is just fabulous!!!
I just subscribed to your YouTube channel and via email. Thanks for your extra giveaways.
Beautiful cards Em! Love your video too and the generous giveaways. Love hopping with you this week. :)
Loving what you did, Emily! Those shiny numerals are the coolest! Thanks for sharing.
Love these cards, Emily! The new stamps and dies are so nice. I am a follower, and also a You Tube subscriber.
I love how you used the background stamp in different ways - thanks for the video!
Oh Emily! Love what you did with both cards, so delicate and utterly beautiful, what a feast for my eyes first thing this morning! xoxo Great hopping with you!
Aren't you clever...the "feminine" card is just lovely and sweet with the vellum leaves and the "masculine" card is dynamic and funky. Both are outstanding.
Love both of your cards but especially the 2nd one! I have never seen the metallic paste before. Awesome! Definitely a must have for my stash. This blog hop has introduced me to new designers that I have never seen before such as yourself. You have a new follower on your blog & YouTube. Thanks for the additional giveaway too.
Great color combination for both cards. Interesting background for both cards.
I love both cards and thanks for sharing the techniques for creating them. The color combinations for both are especially nice as well.
Your cards are FABULOUS Emily! I love the way you did the backgrounds.
Like the variety, dimension & layers of your cards.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
Love both versions of your card and I thank you for enabling--that is such a versatile must have set!
I love the card you made with the color combination and the stamp set. the vellum addition was a nice touch. Great Job!
Such beautiful cards. I love the background techniques. The silver embossing paste is lovely. I am working on backgrounds and different techniques. Thank you for sharing you're ideas. I follow you're utube under 499 faith. I am following you're blog by email. Thank you for a chance to win such lovely prizes.
what a great video--loved seeing how you created that beautiful card (the bg esp I couldn't tell until I saw the video). And I love that you used a stencil with stamping. Tfs!
I love the first card and the way you layered the colors.
Your cards are quite lovely!!!! I'm following your blog through GFC and your you tube... kmassman (gmail) Thanks for sharing your wonderful work, the tutorial and for the chance to win!! :-)
Beautiful card--love the soft colors. Thanks for sharing your video.
I just love your creations!!!! Thanks for sharing them with us!
Beautiful cards, LOVED the video.
Emily, these cards are so well designed. I watched your video and really appreciated your explaining the how and why of each design element!
I just love your creations!!!! Thanks for sharing them with us!
Emily,
Love your cards, especially that gorgeous Valentine's card! I also love that you took the time to share a great video.
Thank you for your time and also for your very kind and generous prize! Someone will be very lucky and happy to win!!
Happy Crafting,
Lisa
I love how you used the backgrounds to make your cards. Very pretty.
Those are beautiful! I love the way you inked the background in the first card, very creative.
Love these cards - and that embossing paste - you are a pro!!! Thanks for making the video - I am officially inspired!!!
Wonderful cards Emily! Great idea to show how to use the same stamp in different styles!
You created such cool backgrounds Emily and thanks for sharing your video!
Wow Emily, both of your cards are fantastic! I love your designs and the wonderful techniques you've used! Thanks for the brilliant video too!
Love the idea with the circles cut out! Can't wait to try it. Thanks!!!
I love this use of background stamps. I think I'm going to follow you anywhere.
Lovely cards! Those backgrounds look fabulous! Thanks for sharing your creative process in the video!
Thankyou for the great video showing how you created the wonderful bg on your card!
Beautiful cards! So many ideas..so little time!
Beauitufl work, Emily! I love the gorgeous background that you created for both cards! Way to start today's blog hop!
Love the soft pinks and oranges in that first card! TFS!!!
Beautiful!
Gorgeous cards Emily! I love your video and the stamping technique you used on the background is brilliant! Thanks for sharing and the chance to win :-)
Great cards, great ideas for the backgrounds.
The cards are beautiful and I am so happy to learn the techniques. You have such clarity in your video that I am hoping to find more videos from you. Thank you.
Two Awesome card and more than that...two AWESOME techniques to go with!! TFS!
Beautiful cards!
Gorgeous cards Emily and great video too!!
Two great cards, love the masculine one especially, the silver paste looks great through that stencil!
I love your style, Emily. I really like the backgrounds on both. People who will be taking the upcoming stencil class will all appreciate your masculine card. Thanks for sharing your video too.
Oh my goodness--you are so talented, Emily! Love these cards & you've shown me I clearly need some of these new HA stamps! I'm becoming a follower.
Beautiful cards - love the colors.
isoscia@aol.com
Really pretty backgrounds. I love the ink choices and how you used the stamp 2 different ways. Awesome cards. Thank you for a chance to win. Michelle t
Beautiful cards-- I love the backgrounds that you created on both the masculine and feminine cards!
You are so talented. I love how you come up with ideas that keep inspiring me.
Hugs
Dana
Amazing cards! Love both of them!
Love both cards.
Really love both cards! These are my favourites so far.
Lovely cards Emily! Thanks for the interesting video! I'm subscribe to your Youtube and I'm following your blog! Greetings from Belgium, Annelies
Really think you are creative with colors and use of stamps!! Love it! Thanks for a chance to win!
Your video is fab! Thanks for showing us how you created the card - I am loving the woods background stamp! Hoping I win that one - have a lovely day and thanks for the hop - I am a follower and subscribed to you tube
Love both your cards, the second one is uber cool!
Love how you made the backgrounds for your cards :) Thanks for making a video to demonstrate!
your cards and techniques make me want to buy the stamps so I can make them! love both cards
thanks
Holly
I learned so much from your post. Lots of great new ideas. Thanks
Both of your cards are awesome! I love your background treatments, so fun! :)
i love the technique you showed with the background stamp! beautiful!
Love both cards! Thanks for the chance of winning...
I am now a member to everything. I have to say that using multiple die cuts is such a good idea! Thank you!
Holy cow I love both of these cards but especially the first one thanks for the video have a great day
Beautiful cards Emily, especially like the first card. TY :)
Very nice card. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the great video - I never would have guessed how you did that background! Lovely cards. TFS!
So happy to see you on the hop! I love the clever way you played with the triangle background stamp, Emily...your cards are amazing! Thanks so much for the video, too!
These cards are so cool Em! I love the inking that you did on the background in the video and the masking with circles is SO COOL on the second! Now I need silver embossing paste! Thanks for the chance to win all the giveaways too!
Two very classy cards - I love the stamped background on the first card - I might give it a try.
Love your cards and how you made the same stamp seem completely different for the feminine and masculine cards!
Beautiful cards. I love second card!
Simply wonderful! Thanks for the technique tips.
Can I just say Love!
Your cards do have an artsy look, beautiful!!,
WOW! Both cards are simply, GORGEOUS! :) Love the colors and layers of each. Thanks for sharing!
LOVE your cards and the video was great. I will try using two inks on my BG stamps.
Sooo pretty. Love the color choices. Thanks for the tutorial. I get overwhelmed with background stamps... that was perfect.
Super sweet cards! Love the felt elephants!
Oh I'm in love with these cards!!!
I love the techniques on your cards. Those are all fun ways to use a background stamp.
Wonderful cards Emily...love the graphic nature of the last with the embossing and the circles.
Emily your cards are AMAZING! Such cool and creative techniques you used! Way to wow!
Love your cards and creativity!! Your first card is like WOW......and the masculine card is is WOW....nice to see masculine cards. Love the video!!! Thank you.
Beautiful cards Emily! Thanks for the video as well...that always helps jumpstart my crativity :)
Such creativity, Emily!!!
Love how you did the two colours on the background, I would never have thought of that. I love all the background stamps in your giveaway too,such possibilities. Thank you so much for sharing and the chance to win.
Fiona
Fabulous dimension and texture, Emily ... very cool!
Your cards are so
lovely and I like
how you made the
two alike but different.
Carla from Utah
Awesome video and card. Thank you for posting... I love to watch and learn how the experts make cards :)
Love how you made the background on the second card. The different textures look great.
I am a follower of your blog and love your work. Your projects today are awesome, especially the pink one. The background stamp is a must have. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
I am loving your cards. So pretty. I also started following your blog.
Emily you got my attention with the very first card and the tutorial video... Then the second card, aww, and then the giveaways! LOL I was going to subscribe anyways dear! jejeje...
Thanks for sharing!
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You are very creative...love the designs.
Love these cards and the layering techniques, and I love how similar techniques made both a masculine and feminine card. Really great work!
I just loved the heart card but they are all beautiful
TFS your inspiration and love for card making
Love your unique backgrounds...beautiful cards!
Great cards. Thanks for sharing these new-to-me techniques.
Yes! I learned so much! I have to follow you now! I signed up to follow by email and your you tube. You are a great teacher and talented artist! Thank you!
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Thank you for making the videos showing the steps to make your wonderful cards! I find that making masculine cards is always a challenge, so I appreciate the card you made.
I love that inking technique. Thanks so much for sharing. Wonderful cards. I enjoyed seeing a feminine and masculine version.
Lovely card--I like all the layers.
Both cards are awesome and I'm so glad you did the videos. I am a follower
Fabulous cards!! I love great background stamps and Hero Arts always has so many to choose from. I'm afraid to count how many HA background stamps I already own! :)
Wow your cards are fantastic. Your first card is so pretty and sweet. I love the background on your birthday card. I follow your blog!
Great backgrounds! Love those new stamps!
Love the hero arts products
love your techniques - also love your color combos - thanks for the chance to win!
How fabulous your techniques! Thank you for video taping them, too! Your cards are always pleasers!! Thanks for your giveaway opportunities, too!
Your first card is so pretty! I follow your blog. Thanks for the extra giveaways! I Neeeeeeeeed to win the ROMA stamp as I am heading to Italy in May and it would be perfect for documenting my time there.
love the cards but the second is my favorite. awesome.
Goodness... Emily, you are genius! Love the idea of masking for the background. I need to CASE this idea. Simply brilliant. :)
Wow Em - great videos, soooo professional! Love your cards - both the feminine and masculine versions! Especially love the vines cut in vellum!!
Gorgeous cards. Love the soft, pretty colours you've chosen!
Love the videos! Learned so much, became follower on both blog & youtube!
Love these cards and techniques.
gee now I want some embossing paste - two very different cards - loved both of them thanks for sharing
Barb Housner
Awesome projects! You came up with such clever and cool technique Emily! Thanks for the fab video tutorial!!
Love these! Look forward to seeing the video!
Wow. Beautiful cards. Love the colors!
Love the unique look of these cards.
I love the triangle background stamp, especially with your use of colors.
Great techniques. Love your feminine and masculine versions. Cheers!
Love your cards.
craftymom205 at yahoo dot com
thanks for the video on stencil technique- I've been laying it on too thick!
thanks for showing this amazing technique, you are really kind! and thanks for this amazing giveaways!
Awesome cards,Emily! Love...LOve the video tutorial, so inspiring ♥
Great backgrounds on your cards. I am a follower and a YouTube subscriber.
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I am fascinated with your mixed media background - WOW~ it looks so complicated. I think I'm going to try it! Thank you, not just for the great ideas, but for your generous prize packages.
I liked both unique background techniques. I am a first time visitor to your blog, but will definitely come again. That is one of the things I like best about blog hops, you find new talent and inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
So much talent! Awesome cards! Love the texture!
Wonderful cards. The backgrounds are so neat on both. Great techniques!
These cards are beautiful, but I'm especially loving the background on the first! Gorgeous trio of colors as well :)
Awesome background techniques! Thanks for the videos.
Love both of your cards.....they are gorgeous! Thanks for your very clear videos of instructions. And I like your giving both a feminine and masculine card.
Emily, I really like your graphic, cool cards!
these cards are gorgeous!
Gorgeous cards, love the backgrounds you created!
Following your YouTube, blog and am so glad to see your talents. Your cards are beautiful.
I begin an online stenciled class tomorrow. Maybe I'll learn to make something as pretty as yours!
These are both fantastic.
Gorgeous cards - fab colours and I love the backgrounds - so ethereal!
Thanks for the 2 videos...LOVED them!
Love the embossing and the circles! Really special card!
Wow; what a unique way of making cards!
Love your cards, they have a lovely softness to them!!
I love how you have created the backgrounds for both cards!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for including the videos and another giveaway.
I love the way you used the background stamp! Thanks for the ideas!
Love both of your cards! You always have such great ideas! As always, thanks for sharing your cards with us!
Thanks for making videos for your beautiful cards.
Wow both of your cards are really nice looking. The Love card is so pretty with it's layers and leaves. The masculine card is really interesting with the paste you used and the circle.
Liked both your cards, but especially liked your 2nd card. Loved the metallic ink.
I enjoyed both videos. The circle technique with the silver embossing paste was new to me and very interesting. I will definitely have to give it a try. Thank you for being my favorite blog video teacher.
Oooh, love the gorgeous cards you made. The framed sentiments look so beautiful! I already follow your blog!
I loved the backgrounds you have created for both the cards ! First one is very pretty with delicate vellum leaves and second one is fab masculine card !
Amazing cards, Emily! Love the way you have created the textured background on the masculine card - it looks so cool! Love the look of that stencil. Thanks for the great videos and extra giveaways too :)
Love the way you used the background stamp. Wonderful cards!
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