Hi there, I hope you had a good weekend!
It’s release day at Hero Arts and we’re celebrating the new August release with a blog hop and giveaway. If you’ve arrived from the Hero Arts blog, you’re right on track!
This month’s theme is all about making the most of a stay-cation and I’ve got four cards to share with you today.
For my first card I stamped, colored, and fussy cut an image from the Pool Party Bold Prints background stamp. I just love this lounging lady in her floppy hat!
Next I used Post-It Tape to mask off the bottom portion of a 4″ x 5.25″ panel of white cardstock. Using a blending brush, I blended Pool Party Reactive ink onto the panel, concentrating color next to the mask and letting the color fade to white towards the of the panel. I sprinkled clean clear water over the inked area, let the droplets sit for 5 seconds or so and then dabbed them up with a clean paper towel.
To finish the card, I stamped a sentiment from the older Birthday Hugs and Kisses stamp set in Intens-ified Black ink, adhered the glam lady with foam tape, and then used more foam tape to adhere the panel to an A2-sized card base.
For my next card, I blended Carved Pumpkin, Scattered Straw, Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio, and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks onto a panel of Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock. When the panel was dry, I used clear Embossing & Watermark ink and white embossing powder to heat emboss the Destination Bold Prints background stamp onto it.
I stamped the sentiment, from the You Are Amazing collaboration stamp set, onto white cardstock and then adhered it to a piece of slightly-larger vellum. I used foam tape to adhere the sentiment to the background and then adhered the panel to a card base.
My third card features a cute pup from the Lounging Pups stamp set. I stamped this little guy in black ink and then colored him up with Copics to coordinate with the background, another ink-blended panel using all of the same Distress Oxide colors I used earlier ( except for Peacock Feathers). I used the coordinating dies to cut him out and then used foam tape to adhere him above the sentiment that I stamped in black ink. I trimmed the panel a bit and then used foam tape to adhere it to a card base.
For my last card, I used white embossing powder to heat the Pool Party Bold Prints background stamp onto a panel of Mist cardstock. Then I used Cool Aqua and Turquoise Sea Karin Brushmarker Pro markers, and a waterbrush pen to add some quick shading along the embossed lines.
I heat embossed a sentiment from the older Coloring Layer Mountains stamp set onto vellum and then added some very small pieces of foam tape behind some of the letters before adhering it to the background. To finish, I adhered the panel to an A2-sized card base.
Thank you so much for spending time with me today! Your next stop is the super-talented Nichol Spohr (full hop list is down below!).
Here’s a look at this month’s kit and add ons. And don’t forget to scroll to the bottom for information about the giveaway!
Giveaway
Hero Arts will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, August 9th at 11:59pm Pacific. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Blog Hop List
Hero Arts
Seeka <– You are here
Nichol Spohr
Mindy Eggen
Michelle Short
Mariana Grigsby
Maria Willis
Lydia Fiedler
Laurie Willison
Julee Tilman
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Janette Kausen
Ilina Crouse
Emily Midgett
Debi Adams
Daniel West
Channin Pelletier
Amy Kolling
Nice color scheme and up close look at the add on’s. Thank you!
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Awesome cards! What a great release.
Thanks for sharing.
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Seeka, your cards are brilliant & each one is so different from the other in technique. Your shading & ink blending is flawless. Your Paws & Relax card grabbed my heart.
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OMG, that tone on tone card is gorgeous—very clever!
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Love the colors in this card stunning.
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I love the brightness on the luggage tag card. The tongue in cheek humor made me giggle.
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They are each fabulous, Seeka! Love your lounging pup and the ombre background.
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Glorious cards, Seeka! I have to say those Lounging Pups has stole my heart.
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Your cards are awesome! I love the bright backgrounds and the way you created the Pool Party background on your last card!
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Love your use of the Add-ons!
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Beautiful cards, I love the way you blend and shade your images.
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Love this release, and you really hit it out of the. Ballpark with your lovely cards.
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Love all your cards! That lounging pups set is adorable!!!
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Oh my goodness ! the pup drinking a cold drink in that pool is so stinkin cute! Love the colors you picked! Very beachy and calming! Outstanding kit AND add ons….I’m love with the tag background…destination home yes please!!
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Love your CAS style! Gorgeous cards and beautiful ink blending. What an awesome technique you did on the last card, it’s exceptional!
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A gorgeous set of cards, Seeka! Love the stunning ink blending and my favourite has to be the Pup floating along! Thanks so much for the great inspiration! Take care! 🙂
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Thanks for sharing your lovely cards, I love HA kits, have purchased a few when I just can’t resist! This looks like a terrific one!
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Awesome kit, Awesome creations, I especially love the doggie in the wading pool!
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I am stunned how many different type of cards you can make with this kit. I love the hop 🙂
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When I first saw the stamp I thought she was floating on a chocolate bar! LOL!!! Love what you did with the card.
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Wonderful cards. Your ink blending is gorgeous. I love that “Paws and Unwind” sentiment.
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What beautiful colors! Really interesting shading on the last card. Very inspirational.
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Love how you did the shading on the white emboss for the last card. Very cool effect!
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These are so pretty! I really love the look of the last one. 🙂
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Awesome cards, so much inspiration, thank you!
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“Paws and unwind.” Oh, my gosh, how cute is that card?!
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Love these cards! So much fun!
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Oh wow! Your cards are gorgeous!!! That ink blending is super stunning!
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I like the colors on your cute stay-cation cards.
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Great cards
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