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Hero Arts + Gina K Designs Partner Release Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAY!)

26 Jul

Good morning!  We are honored to be partnering with our good friend, Gina K, to release this incredibly gorgeous stamp set Friendship Blooms as part of our ongoing 45th Anniversary celebration!

Friendship Blooms

Here’s what I created using the new set!

Hello Sweet Friend by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Hero Arts

I decided to keep my card simple and allow the gorgeous stamp to shine!  I started by using my MISTI to stamp the arrangement onto a piece of Azalea Hero Hues cardstock with versamark just to give me an outline of the stamp.  Then I blasted it with a heat gun so the ink wouldn’t smear.  Next I took two darker polychromos colored pencils, madder and pink carmine and lightly shaded the flowers.

Hello Sweet Friend by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Hero Arts

Again I didn’t want to take much away from the details of the stamp so I kept at it with a very light hand.  Once I was finished I placed the panel back in my MISTI and restamped it with versamark.  This time I heat-embossed it with white satin pearl embossing powder.  Stamping over the colored cardstock gave it a slightly pink hint.  I stamped the sentiment from Friendship Blooms onto the panel with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  Then I trimmed the panel down and adhered it to a white top-folding card base.  Finally I finished the card with a few rosewater jewel drops and a layer of spectrum noir clear sparkle over the flowers.

To celebrate the release we giving away a Friendship Blooms set to one lucky commenter!  Leave a comment on all the hop stops by Sunday, August 4 at 11:59pm PST and one winner will be chosen randomly from a hop stop and announced next week on the Hero blog!!  You should have arrived from Michelle and Janette is your next stop!

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fantastic day, and enjoy the hop!

Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!

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Comments

  1. Becky Green says

    July 26, 2019 at 12:12 pm

    This is SUCH A GORGEOUS IMAGE, Jessica! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Hero Arts! You did a WONDERFUL JOB with this!!!! ;)<3

    Reply
  2. Louise H. says

    July 26, 2019 at 1:12 pm

    I love the monochromatic look of your card. Very striking.

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  3. Jackie T Bednar says

    July 26, 2019 at 1:13 pm

    What a great idea to color the image first then emboss it. Thanks for the tip

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  4. Pat Gasko says

    July 26, 2019 at 1:28 pm

    Oh so fabulous. So simple. So bright in Azalea.

    Reply
  5. Lee says

    July 26, 2019 at 1:31 pm

    a beautiful card, nice take on the gorgeous set. Love the result and appreciate that the process looks do-able!

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  6. Vizma Schlundt says

    July 26, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    So eye-catching and simple! Love it!

    Reply
  7. Lee Ann Leytem says

    July 26, 2019 at 2:02 pm

    Beautiful set and great examples of what can be done with it!

    Reply
  8. Irene Mendes says

    July 26, 2019 at 2:11 pm

    Wooowww Jess, your card is Simple and Elegant, and I love it. The stamp set is absolutely stunning as usual. Hugs from Portugal

    Reply
  9. Darlene De Sario says

    July 26, 2019 at 2:16 pm

    Jessica its lovely. Thank you.

    Reply
  10. Tracy Ware says

    July 26, 2019 at 2:21 pm

    Absolutely beautiful 💗

    Reply
  11. Verna Angerhofer says

    July 26, 2019 at 2:22 pm

    I love that stamp set and your card is absolutely gorgeous.

    Reply
  12. Lindar C says

    July 26, 2019 at 2:28 pm

    Wow! The satin pearl embossing powder is perfect with this card! So pretty!

    Reply
  13. Peggy Bishop says

    July 26, 2019 at 2:35 pm

    Very nice

    Reply
  14. debsmart says

    July 26, 2019 at 2:44 pm

    What a gorgeous card! It really shows of the beauty of this stamp set.

    Reply
  15. Mary Anne Anne Wirth says

    July 26, 2019 at 2:59 pm

    Jess, this is a simple, but, elegant card. Very nice job. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  16. Jo Anna says

    July 26, 2019 at 3:18 pm

    Love your card/ very creative. Gorgeous stamp set too! Thanks for sharing

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  17. Jeanne Beam says

    July 26, 2019 at 3:19 pm

    Beautiful card and stamp set!
    Thanks so much for sharing…

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  18. Angie Cammack says

    July 26, 2019 at 3:25 pm

    Jessica, this is gorgeous! I love the white heat embossing on this card, but I’m terrified of using my colored pencils. Maybe this would be a way to get me started. Thank you for such wonderful inspiration today! 🙂

    Reply
  19. Judie Fralick says

    July 26, 2019 at 4:09 pm

    Beautiful card! Beautiful stamp set. Thank you for sharing.

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  20. Michele W says

    July 26, 2019 at 4:15 pm

    Gorgeous card! Like the idea of doing the coloring before the embossing. Sounds like it would make the coloring much easier, especially with colored pencils. The light hand you used when coloring was perfect as was the use of the satin pearl embossing powder. Gave the flowers a much softer look than a bright white would have. Thanks for the inspiration and great tips!

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  21. Penny Hanuszak says

    July 26, 2019 at 4:21 pm

    jess thanks for walking us through all the steps you took to create this beautiful monochrome Friendship Blooms card. Love that Hero Arts Azalea cardstock it’s so vivid, and colouring the image and then stamping and heat setting it again, just added so much more amazng colour details to this card. I imagine in realy life it really shimmers and sparkles. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.

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  22. stampingrama says

    July 26, 2019 at 4:37 pm

    Lovely! Love it!

    Reply
  23. Allison Nesbitt says

    July 26, 2019 at 4:43 pm

    So vibrant. The embossing just pops on your beautiful cardstock.

    Reply
  24. Lisa Moline says

    July 26, 2019 at 4:52 pm

    So simple and yet so beautiful! I love the use of the colored pencils to add dimension to the flowers!

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