Wednesday 16 January 2013

Hero Arts Blog Hop!!!


I am so thrilled to be part of the annual Hero Arts Hostess Blog Hop again this year, Hero Arts have a special place in my heart as, finding the HA flickr group was the start of my passion for stamping!!  I hope you are having fun visiting my fellow Hosti's blogs and seeing  the amazing creations, all featuring stamps from the new 2013 release.

Hero Arts will be awarding prizes from randomly drawn comments.  For a chance to win simply comment on any day including each days starting post at the Hero Arts Club Blog.  The more comments you leave the better your chance of winning!
If you find a broken link, you will find a master list of the hop links at the Hero Arts Club Blog. Also please report the link to Tami.

 Its now Day three of this amazing hop and you should have arrived here from Lin's fabulous Blog.
I have had lots of fun creating cards for this hop so my post is quite long !!
































My first card features the  clear set  "New Baby"  and also "Pinstripes "Background".  I have stamped and embossed in white the Pinstripes horizontally and vertically to create a check background which I have then coloured in with copics.

Next I made a set of Thank You cards using the new "Jumping Flowers" stamp the "Say it all " sentiment set and Shadow inks in, Orange Soda, Raspberry Jam, Tide Pool and Grape Juice.













































Sorry for the poor photographs but the weather has be dark and overcast lately.

For my last two cards I have used perhaps, my favourite new stamp "Looped Flower Pattern" cling.
































For the background I inked the stamp with Bundled Sage and Faded Jeans distress ink spritzed with water and stamped, I then distressed with the same inks and a Distressing sponge. The "Jumping Flowers " are stamped in Tide Pool Ink and highlighted with my Distress Markers. The sentiment is the C5594 woodblock sentiment stamp.

























And for my final card I stamped and embossed in white the "Looped Flower Pattern" onto pale blue cardstock. The sentiment is from an old HA set CL148 "Happiness Messages" and the butterfly is from the "Antique Engravings" set.

I hope you have enjoyed visiting my blog,  now you need to hop along and visit Marcy's gorgeous blog.
Have fun and thanks for all your comments!!!



302 comments:

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Jenn Biederman said...

Hi Sally! Love how you stamped the pinstripe twice, embossed & then colored it to look like gingham...perfect for that baby card! I also love the set of flower cards, and the distressing on the looped flower card is beautiful! Love hopping with you this week! :)

Madeline Rains said...

So elegant! Really love them all.

Diane said...

Loving all your cards, my favorite is the baby one. Thanks for sharing.

Cheryl S said...

Your cards are beautiful! The elephant baby card is my fav.

Fiorella said...

The thank you card set is awesome, i like it so much!

Pammejo said...

Beautiful, love all the cards, so elegant. TFS pammejo1@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

Great cards Sally. I love the gift set. How simple...yet so bold and beautiful!

Ava said...

Sally, your card set is fresh and lovely and that elephant is beyond precious.

Chitra Nair said...

Beautiful set of cards Sally, Love the colors..

Jaclyn Miller said...

I love how you've used that circle background. Wonderful creations!

Anonymous said...

Love your cards are different from all the others so far. That is real inspiration. The card set is really beautiful.
Margriet

Laura M. said...

lovely cards! the set is just beautiful! thanks for sharing :)

Terri (blindstamper) said...

Your cards are amazing. I love your CAS style with those first few.

Laura Norris said...

Loved that baby card....so sweet and cute. And amazing that you created the plaid pattern with the pinstripe stamp! Way to go!

Bunnyfreak said...

Love the color for the looped flower card.

Judy Tuck said...

Love the cute set of note cards.

shirley-bee said...

Fabulous cards - I love the thank you set.

sarah said...

I love the thank you card set! I'm going to scraplift those. Simple and beautiful and effective...love it!

Janet Wilson said...

More wonderful cards

Lori B said...

Cute cards-love how you used the strip stamp to make a check background on the baby card. Very clever!

calamity jane said...

Sally I love the card set using Jumping Flowers! What a great gift that would make! Each of your cards are amazing and are the perfect inspiration for me!! Thank you so much for sharing your talent.

Scrapper64 said...

Love the circle shape for the baby card! They're all lovely--thank you for sharing!

Andrea Garland said...

The first card is very sweet, I love that stamp set. And the thank you cards is an amazing gift.

Cyndee Scholet said...

Cute flower cards. What a great idea to make a note card set as a gift!

Kathy H said...

Wish I had that cute baby card. I'm hosting a baby shower in 2 days!

cmu said...

What lovely cards - I love the 'thank you' set and the last one. Stunning.

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

wow sweet to gorgeous! So many wonderful cards! Thanks for sharing!

paperpicnic said...

Spectacular cards! I love how you created the small check background with the pinstripe stamp and then colored the checks! Wonderful!

Colorado Crafter said...

Wonderful cards!!! These new HA stamps are great!!

Daria said...

Beautiful cards! I love the way you used the pinstripe bkg on the first darling card. The set of floral cards is so pretty and crisp. The last two cards are lovely; I like seeing that background in such different ways--the warm version with the distress inks and the elegantly embossed version. Thank you for sharing these.

Loly Borda said...

Awesome cards! I love the variety, your first is so sweet and I love the backgrounds on the first and the last, but all of them are gorgeous! TFS

Robyn said...

Love how you used the pinstripe background to make a checked background, and love the card set and the embossing on the looped background. Wonderful!

Shannon said...

Oh my gosh, your first card is absolutely darling. I love the way you did that background and I'm also a big fan of ribbon, so I like how you added the satin ribbon, it's so sweet. The thank you cards in the different colors are just wonderful. Anyone would be lucky to receive that set as a gift. They are prettier than any set of cards from the stores that's for sure. You're very talented, thanks so much for sharing your work with us all. And thanks for the inspiration.

Anonymous said...

love all your cards but my favorite is the happy birthday card, such an inspiration!

Pajalu said...

Sally I love these cards, it's not just the gorgeous stamps you have used but also the colours. So very stunning! You make beautiful cards, so lovely.

Iris said...

Very sweet cards. Love the Jumping Flowers stamp. Iris

Angie said...

Love the thank you card set!

Cynthia Rose said...

The baby card is fabulous.

Becs Attwood said...

Wow - you have been busy! So many beautiful cards. I love the set you made show-casing some of the gorgeous HA shadow ink colors. Thanks for sharing.

joybear said...

Such sweet projects, love them!!

Karenladd said...

Loving all your cards, especially that baby card...just adorable!

Melissa D said...

What lovely inspiration. The gift card set is cute my favourite is definitely the last one, I love the colours and softness of it.

Carrie R. said...

I love the thank you note set!

Trudi said...

Oh all these cards are so wonderful, love those jumpy flowers, such simple cards and that baby card is just too sweet.

Donna Nuce said...

Loved that looped flower card.

Katie said...

Wow! What a wonderful series of cards! I love your jumping flowers set, they are just so clean and perfect! And your baby card is so so cute, I love how you turned the pinstripe into a checkered background, it looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

Katie B.

Michelle said...

Love all these cards, Sally! Beautiful set of thank you's!

Weenie Thomas said...

The cardset is so beautiful!

Donna said...

I love card sets so your post is very inspiring to me. The colors are lovely as is the stamp set.

mariangel said...

sally awesome cards you are a so talented girl congrats

Michelle said...

Super sweet cards...enjoyed all of your wonderful inspiration.

Maria Doricheva said...

Great use of the new stamps, Sally!

Connie Pruitt said...

Your cards are all pretty!

~amy~ said...

super CUTE...love them all, especially the baby one!

Bonnie said...

All of them are lovely, you have a very elegant style

Gina said...

The looped floral pattern is awesome! Love how you did that!

Deirdre said...

Sooooo beautiful Sally - stunning cards. Thanks for sharing.

Unknown said...

The card set is so useful! I'm making some this weekend, well, similar ones :-)

Pamela Haskin said...

Beautiful work! I especially like the little elephant.

Kris in Alaska said...

Those thank you cards are just so sweet!

Kris in Alaska
funamom at yahoo dot com

fdgtgrl said...

Thank you for the inspiration !!!
I love the simplicity of your cards: so nice ;)
Sincerely,

Linda said...

fantastic card set, Sally. TFS!

CanadianScraps43 said...

Wow your cards are totally amazing. The different styles are out of this world. I so love yoru card set such a great gift to give to those who need a very elegant way to say thank you. Thanks for sharing such beauties.

Nana Griffin said...

Really cute cards!

Pat McCleary said...

Love them all,but the last one is stunning.

Paper Therapy Ponderings said...

I do love that loopedflwor background
thanks for sharing your creativity

Barb Housner

Robin said...

Your cards are so elegant and beautiful, love the baby card!!

Anonymous said...

I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite out of all these cards! They are all gorgeous!

cinfulcrafts.com said...

Really nice cards! Love the last one! Very elegant!

Dotty Jo said...

Beautiful cards as ever Sally - just perfect to showcase those yummy new products, Jo x

Cathy A said...

Wonderful cards Sally!

Lucy Newton said...

Love you elegant card set Sally!!!

Ellie Knol said...

I just love the new stamps! You've made gorgeous projects with gorgeous stamps!
xx Ellie xx

Renae said...

I love the clean and simple style of the flower cards in the different colors.

maria f. said...

I really love the graphic feel to the looped flower BG. Looks super in aqua.

Karen L K said...

I am liking that looped flower stamp more especially after seeing what you did with it. Nice looking cards!

Emily Leiphart said...

Absolutely love the pinstripes criss-crossed! So clever and beautifully coloured, Sally! The notecard set is fabulous as are the rest of your cards!

Anonymous said...

Great cards! I especially liked your first card, where you created the checked background by stamping the pinstripe background vertically and horizontally. Very clever.

sf_crafter

Helen L said...

All your cards are fantastic!! I love the baby card and the note card set especially!!

Terri Trotter Earley said...

I am waiting for the circle background to arrive at my home LOL!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Helen said...

Beautiful cards. I love the simplicity of the thank you cards. Thanks for the great ideas.

Yvette said...

So many beautiful cards, Sally!

Katarina said...

Lovely cards, alll of them Sally!
I especially like the baby one, have been trying to do some baby cards today and really needed some inspiration.

Delia said...

Beautiful work.

Lisa Carroll said...

Sally, your cards are all so beautiful! LOVE your creative use of the pinstripe background! And your card set is clean and simple perfection! Each card is a work of art. :) Always such an honor to hop with you!

Unknown said...

Beautiful cards! I especially love how you colored in the white spaces of the Pinstripes background! Very clever! Thanks for sharing!

Tere Azua said...

My Goddness, you are very talented card maker!!!!

Cris said...

Your cards are beautiful! I specially love the set, it's CAS perfection!

Elin Larsson said...

Love your CAS-cards especially the babyone :)so sweet!

bluemoon said...

What gorgeous cards and card sets. I love all the stamps you featured here and you really showed them off beautifully! Thx. bluemoonbyniteatyahoodotcom

bluemoon said...

Luv your awesome cards. Lots of inspiration here. Thanks. bluemoonbyniteatyahoodotcom

Cheryl said...

Lovely cards, the baby card is so sweet!

Irma said...

love the cards! so much yummy goodness-all the stamps inspire me to create!

Jen W. said...

What a gorgeous collection of cards! That amazing background on the first card blew me away!

stlbarb said...

Your baby elephant card is darling!!!

Skraperella said...

Such beautiful cards Sally, very delicate and pretty!

Small T said...

Wonderful cards! I absolutely love your card set! :-) xx

albinopi said...

I love the embossed Looped Flowers and the simple Thank You cards in multiple colors.

Linda E said...

Great cards! I especially love the set of note cards!

KristaB said...

Beautiful cards! You've given me lots of ideas! Thanks for sharing!

craftyantoinette said...

Love how simple and elegant your thank you cards are.

Michele Gross said...

I really love that card set! wonderful one layer cards, and the different colors make it a really special set :)

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