Hero Arts Anniversary Blog Hop – Day 3
Welcome to Day 3 of the Hero Arts 45th Anniversary Blog Hop!!! I’m honored to be a part of this hop and so proud of Hero Arts for their accomplishments!
I’m taking it back old school to shadow stamps and real flowers. Hero Arts released several “From the Vault” images for their anniversary. Theses stamps were some of my favorites to work with.
I stamped this first card using Smoke Ink with the Aged Shadow Stamp and also used the Hero Arts Dandelion die for my focal point. I’ve kept it clean and simple. This is such a quick card to make!
This next card features a technique I developed when I was with Hero Arts called Stamp Layering. I used the “From the Vault” Real Poppy with Butter Bar and Soft Yellow ink on the blossom portion and Field Greens for the stem.
The technique is simple, stamp with the darker inks first and without cleaning the stamp, ink it up with the lighter colors and stamp once more. The residual color from the darker inks stay on the rubber and will mix with the lighter ink giving you fresh new color tone between the two.
There are amazing prizes offered by some fabulous sponsors!! Leave a comment by Sunday, June 2 at 11:59pm PST on all 3 days of the hop for a better chance to win! Winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog next week.
Ready to hop along? Your next stop is to the amazing Tasnim Ahmed!!
Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic crafty weekend!!!
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I love the fresh simplicity of these designs! Nicely done. <3
Lovely cards. So soft and feminine!! I love the simplicity.
I love the yellow pop of color against the grey background. Beautiful!
Great cards.
Love that background stamp! Thank you for sponsoring this amazing hop!
Simple but stunning I love it! I will be on SSS today to take advantage of 20% of HA !!!! Such enablers Hahahahaha!
This hop is extra special; getting to see the older stamps and it’s been a real treat!
Love how soft and simple these cards look!
Beautiful!
I love all of the new ideas!
Thanks for all the inspiration
Shari,
Love your cards today, gorgeous!!! Great use of products for some simply elegant cards!
What pretty soft colors in these cards. Lovely!
Stunning! Love the beautiful simplicity <3
I love the CAS designs! Such beautiful cards! Happy 45th Hero Arts!
First time here, but I’m sure I’ll be back!
I’m very interested in trying your Stamp Layering technique of streaming with the darker colour and then adding the lighter colour into the stamp before cleaning. I will have to give this a try! Thanks for the ideas and inspirations!
I love blog hops,Hero Arts, and SS because they inspire me to create–thank you!!!
Love the cards! So glad you showed techniques you created with Hero Arts. I still have some shadow stamps in my stash. It will be fun to pull those out and play with them again.
These are just amazing, especially the dandelion!
I just love the simplicity and the neutral colors. So calming.
These are so so gorgeous, I love them both, but the dandelion is simply breathtaking!
Love the card… I love The simplicity!
Love the simple elegance of these cards. I’m thinking that a stack of cards like this would make a wonderful gift set. Thanks for the inspiration!
Great cards.Thanks for sharing
These are my style of cards, I absolutely love love them. Shari you have so much talent, I love how diverse your styles are and that each and every card you make is STUNNING beyond words.
All so soft and pretty!
So pretty! Perfect for spring card making.
I think these cards are just so elegant and simple to make. Love them.
Wonderul layering technique. I have not seen it before! Love the simplicity of these designs.
Beautifully done. Thanks so much for sharing.
I hadn’t seen this puppy stamp before today, and it’s already one of my favorites!
Lovely cards, Shari! Happy birthday, Hero Arts!
Awesome cards, love seeing all the inspiration and techniques used through all these blog hops.
I love the simplicity of these cards, and the softness of the color combo. I could see make many of this type of card. Thanks for the inspiration.
So soft and pretty – the aged background stamp is very cool!
Elegant cards. I love this blog hop, I’m seeing so many different styles! Thanks to Hero Arts for sharing all these talented artists.
Great cards – I love dandelions!
These cards are so different and awesome! :)
Works of art!
love the soft colors on these sweet cards!!
Love these oldies but goodies products and techniques.
Oh my – I had completely forgotten about the aged shadow stamp. Thank you for giving me another chance to add it to my repertoire, and for the gorgeous examples!
I love these bog hops and all the inspiration and these cards above are simple yet beautiful. I love the Smoke ink and Yellow, looks great together!
Very neat idea! Thanks for sharing!
I really love these!
Happy anniversary to hero arts!
Such wonderful cards
I’ve loved seeing stamps from “the vault” in this hop—some of which are in my collection.
Retro doesn’t mean old-fashioned! These are such lovely cards!
I’ve been thinking about what HA means to the stamping industry & they must seem like “the matriarch” to a lot of companies/businesses like SSS. Great cards, Shari.
I really like the yellow flowers card. It is very simple, and can be used for many types of occasions. The sentiment can change to fit whatever…