Enjoy the Journey…

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Hi readers! Happy Monday to you! I hope your week is starting off wonderfully! Today I’m so pleased to be back with guest designer Yana Smakula who made a gorgeous card using some brand new Hero Arts products as well as some great existing product! Let’s have a look!

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Hi everyone! With Spring being just around the corner I thought it would be fun to do some simple watercolor stamping. And to be honest I was itching to play with my new Hero Arts and BasicGrey stamps for quite some time so this seemed like a perfect occasion!

I inked a large waves background stamp using several colors of Hero Arts daubers – I went with brights and neons; added water with the help of a mini mister and stamped it onto a piece of Hero Arts snow white paper. To somehow frame this piece I added machine stitching, I intentionally stayed away from straight lines – I tried to make my stitching look like the stamped waves.

I also stamped and heat embossed several images from the Set Sail set in gold embossing powder onto vellum. I cut them out using my scissors and used them as embellishments for my card.
I layered the steering wheel and added the Enjoy The Journey sentiment from the Set Sail stamp set on top using foam adhesive for a bit of dimension. The sentiment was heat embossed on pool paper from Hero Arts.

I also added a few other heat embossed images and several gold gems onto my stamped panel. To finish my card I used foam squares and adhered my panel onto an A2 top folding card base which I made using Hero Arts Pool layering paper.

Thank you so much joining me today! And big thanks to Simon Says Stamp for inviting me! Have a great day! Hugs!

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Thanks for reading today and thanks to Yana for being our guest today!

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  1. What an unusual card:) love the colors and the wavy stitching you used to complement the nautical theme. Really inspirational!

  2. Yana is one of the most talented lady I have ever seen. This nautical theme is gorgeous and I admire the way she has created waves..truly beautiful :)

  3. Love Yana’s work and this is a wonderful card. She has used some of my favorites from the new Hero Arts release on this card and it is beautiful. Plus, I love a sea themed card or project!

  4. OOOOOO! This is so pretty. I love the sea so this card is right up my alley. First of all, Love the background stamp and the colors used. The images embossed in gold and the sentiment all make this card gorgeous. TFS

  5. Hadn’t seen the wave stamp before. Just put it on my “must have” list.
    Very pretty. I love to do nautical cards.
    thanks.

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