So excited to share and be involved with the debut of the Hero Arts 2013 Catalogue...
You should have arrived from the uber sweet, funny and talented gal Julie Ebersole if not just head back to the main blog to see the master list..
Unfortunately, for me time has not really been on my side, my stamps arrived a little late and with work being hideously ridiculous leading up to Christmas, this did not leave me a lot of time to just sit and play like I would have liked..
So I made some fairly basic cards, the CAS style that hopefully reaches those readers that may be just starting out in stamping or the ones that really just like a clean palette..
This first one, I embossed the Flower Loop background onto water colour paper and coloured the sections in using Tim Holtz Distress Markers, finishing the card off with a simple sentiment Thinking of You...my photography does not really show how beautiful the colours are in real life..
My second card, I went for a more simple masculine style card, lets face it, most men don't like too much of the flowery type to the cards that they receive..so by stamping the fabulous Tweed Pattern background with the soft granite ink, adding a Thank You sentiment from the Fancy Basics stamp set, adding some black rhinestones and adhering it to a card that one side of the card I added an ombre coloured section using Copics.
Be sure to comment along the way, as Hero Arts have prize packs of new stamps to giveaway to randomly selected comments from blogs, you have until Monday 17th of December to comment and winners will be announced after that date...
Remember, if you find a link that is broken, you can always go back to the master list to view..
I am sure you would love to see some more eye candy, so now lets jump over to Maile Belles to see what fabulous creation she is sharing...
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by today!
Hugs
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406 comments:
1 – 200 of 406 Newer› Newest»Well, for a limited time to play you did a great job Joy! I love them both but that Tweed Background is super gorgeous!
YAY!!! Just LOVE your Cards Joy and Can't wait to get some of these New HA Stamps!!!!
Really like the ombre look on your Thank You card. I like the snow falling on your blog too haha
Love seeing the new HA stamps!
I'm always looking for more manly ideas. Thank you!
Your first card is so soft and beautiful. TFS!
Your cards are beautiful!
Love the subtle background on the first card... That scripty sentiment ... I hope they come in a clear set!
Lovely cards...such great background stamps!
So subtle and so beautiful, Joy! wish you a beautiful Christmas season! HUGS!
I just love those background stamps that you used!! Such pretty clean and simple cards :)
I'm really liking the tweed pattern! you made such lovely cards!
Love your CAS cards Joy, the simplicity is just beautiful!!!
Lovely cards!!
Loooove that "tweed pattern background stamp"
TFS!!
Joy, I love the soft look of both of these beautiful cards.
Super gorgeous cards! I love the soft colors! :)
Both of your background stamps are on my Christmas list! nice CAS - even with a late start!
Beautiful cards.. Love the second one with the touch of blings.. Love it!!
Joy, these are both gorgeous! I love the soft color tones!
A CAS card usually used up lots of supplies but they are always beautifully made and admired! Thanks for sharing!
Love the subtle color on your first card. So pretty!
Both your cards are really fabulous!
Lovely cards! The soft colors make them so elegant!
Even though you didn't have much time, you still were able to make a very cute card. Loving the new HA stamps.
Beautiful cards ~ those background stamps are wonderful :)
Oooohhh NICE cards!!!
Clean, simple, and beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
great cards, love those backgrounds
I really love the cards you created. Both are so lovely!
Awesome CAS cards Joy!!!
Great cards!! I love how you used the Looped flower stamp, beautiful colors!! That tweed stamp is FANASTIC!! Great card!!
LOve your CAS cards Joy, you have highlighted those stamps to perfection!
Love the Thank You card, it's simple yet sophisticated.
oh joy! more cards with 2 of my fav stamps ...gotta have em...luv how u did these..ty for sharing and gle
Really soft cards !!!
Fantastic cards! I am so in love with the two background stamps you used!
I just love the way you're rocking the gradients today, Joy! Fantastic cards.
These are very pretty! Thank you for sharing them!
These are so pretty. Love the background stamps.
Very cute cards, love the ombre effect in the first one.
I like the tenderness in your cards
Marie-Anne
Love what you did with the flower background stamp. So versatile.
BEAUTIFUL! Love the simplicity! :)
Love that tweed stamp too! Great masculine take.
Love these background stamps. So versatile. Love the watercolor effect on first one. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the background stamp cards, quick and simple. thanks for sharing!
Fabulous cards. LOVE the watercolor effect! Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE the simplicity, great cards and I am sure I need those stamps!
I like the simplicity of the cards and wish that mine looked like this.
Loving these background stamps!!!
Awesome giveaways!! Great cards! God bless!
Joy, gorgeous cards - these two backgrounds are definitely on my wish list! Hope work gets a bit quieter for you soon:)
love these!
very pretty!
thanks for sharing!
tara
tdpakosta@sbcglobal.net
Beautiful watercolour work Joy! I was inspired to use the Tweed in a masculine way too, and you added just right touch of luster to your idea--well done with the new Hero Arts stamps!
Fabulous cards, Joy! Love the soft colors of the first one and the great masculine design of the second one!
Love the thank you card -- would cover a lot of needs. Love that herringbone stamp.
hope you get some down time soon! these are lovely cards, thanks for sharing.
I love your CAS approach, Joy. Your cards are so beautiful.
Love your cards! The tweed BG is making my heart go pitter patter!!
Wonderful cards. Loving the technique on the first and the great ombre on the second. And huge congrats on SC!
Gorgeous cards!! I love the color gradients!!
Beautiful cards! Love seeing all the new stamps.
These cards are gorgeous, Joy!
Beautiful bg stamps! Cute cards!
I like simplicity, and these cards are wonderful - spare but with oodles of style!
Lovely soft colors. Love the cards! TFS!
love the versatility of that tweed stamps, cute cards
SO cute - I really like the masculine card, what a nice looking card. It's always hard to come up with nice designs for guys, but you've nailed it!
Super elegant card! Love the new stamps!
Thanks for showing a more masculine card; the tweed really works well for this. Great idea for embossing and coloring the looped flower background--so pretty!
Masculine cards are realy tricky, but I really like this one. Great work :)
Beautiful cards, Joy. I see I need to add some background stamps to my must have list.
Great cards - so love these new stamps!
I love the simplicity of your beautiful cards.
Great cards. I really like the way you colored that loop flower patterned stamps.
Really nice cards!
Lovely cards!
Love the background stamp! so simple but so chic!
Love your cards. The ombre is stunning and the water color technique is beautiful too.
Very elegant cards.
loving these background stamps - nice card!
Sandra ltb
Thank for sharing your beautiful cards.
indyqltr@hotmail.com
What great cards.
Thanks for the inspiration for the less girlie cards. didn't even think of that usage...
Thank you for sharing
Those background stamps are wonderful, so many great uses in this blog hop!
Thanks!
Your soft touch on the first card, really makes the details of the background stamp pop. I especially like the tweed background, you are right, perfect for a masculine card.
never apologize for CAS! lovely use of the backgrounds and I love your falling snow
Holly
Nice and simple cards.
Carla from Utah
Great to see some man-cards. This background stamp is perfect for this!
Great cards!
Joy, your cards are beautiful. I love the Looped Flower watercolor one especially. Am in love with all the new background stamps and you cased them wonderfully. Thanks so much and am in envy with all of you who got to play with them first. :) Have a wonderful Holiday and New Years.
Your cards are stunning! Love the new backgrounds!
great cards
tfs
Beautiful cards! These are some of the must have stamps for me!
That tweed pattern is so scrumptious! Great use of the soft granite ink with it!! And congrats on your new DT post at SC! :)
Masculine cards are hard to do & the tweed background solves that problem.
CAS, but stumming! TFS
Lovely CAS cards, Joy! I love the tweed background stamp.
Lovely cards. Those background stamps are very nice.
Very nice CAS cards...these stamps are so great.
I like the manly card. It's so hard to design a good card for guys!
Wonderful cards!
I love your cards and the new stamps!
Love the colours!
Love the two backgrounds you chose. And, of course, I love the way you showcased them. Fun new stamps.
great cards!
Two beautiful cards Joy. Each time I see the Flower loop background I know its a must. I love your beautiful soft colouring.
Love what you did with the background stamp!
Great cards and love your blog.
There is that fabulous tweed background that I have fallen in love with! I love the simplicity of your cards and the gorgeous design. TFS :)
Nothing wrong with CAS cards - love the backgrounds of both!
Gorgeous cards! Your CAS style is fabulous :)
Love your cards!
Great to see how the same stamp is used on a different way and a totally different effect!
I am loving these background stamps. Especially the tweed. Nice card!
These background stamps really make great clean and simple cards! Love how you showed how much you can do with just these!
great simple streamlined cards...
great showcasing of the stamp
ava g
Gorgeous cards! Love the new stamps.
Great cards, Joy! I really love the Tweed background used for a manly card!
Great cards! I can't wait to get some of these new HA stamps to play with.
So many new images and so many ideas for using them. It's a great blog hop. Thanks!
Limited time or not, your work is beautiful! And welcome to SC Creative Team!
SueinMtVernon
Give me a CAS palette any day...I love it, and your cards are perfect and beautiful!
I hope things slow down for you soon...Happy Holidays, and thanks so much for taking the time to share your creativity with us!!!
What terrific new background stamps.
The flower loop is going to be one of my favs! Thanks for sharing the fabulous cards.
Well done!
The new stamps are fabulous and I love what you created with them. Thanks for the ideas!
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com
Neat cards.
great job!
I think that tweed may just be my new fav bk stamp; but oh ... that flower bk is similar to one of my fav embossing folders too! great blog hop; thanx for the inspiration!
That tweed background looks awesome Joy :0)
I'm glad you had the time to make the lovely cards. I can't wait to play with the new stamps.
These are just stunning! Love the backgrounds!
Susan
Thank you for your lovely cards, We all need ideas for those quick, clean cards,,,
Beautiful cards! Absolutely love the sentiment stamps! Would love to own these! :)
I am of the school that believes less is more,too. I like your cards- very simple and pretty. Thanks for the chance to win!
Love your subtle designs!
I LOVE the background stamps!
Joy I love the soft look of the loopy flowers colors, and your masculine card is perfect and simple. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Love your cards. CAS are my favorite type of cards.
Beautiful cards that really showcase those wonderful Hero Arts background stamps! I especially love the tweed background and it's on my widh list!
CAS and beautiful!
Tweed background would be a great addition to the craft room!
Beautiful cards! These are my 2 favorite background stamps from the release.
I love these new Hero Arts stamps! Thanks for sharing!
Fabulous cards, Joy! Love those background stamps!
I am really enjoying this Hero Arts Blog hop! There are so many wonderful inspiring creations with the stamps. I am drooling over some of them...I am thinking I need to get some of the background stamps, especially the tweed and hexagonal ones!
I love crisp imaged cards; these are lovely.
I think your cards area fabulous and I need so many of these new stamps already!
Really love your cards, awesome!!!!
Love the background stamp and your two versions.
The cards are beautiful - thanks for sharing!
Great cards, Joy! Love the designs - so CAS and trendy :)
Simple, but elegant! Very nice!
Great cards. Really enjoying all the different ways these background stamps are being used by the participants of the blog hop.
Great cards Joy, love the subtle look of the loop flower stamp image.
Both of these are wonderful! Love the subtle colors!
Wonderful clean cards.
Great cards! Can't wait to see the rest of the stamps in this awesome release! :)
Such pretty cards, love your use of the stamps.
I love your cards - they're simple but beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration.
Nice cards. Thanks for sharing.
LOVE your CAS cards.
I love that new stamp flower loop background, and I did not order it, will need to wait for that one maybe I can still get it for Christmas!
Such lovely delicate cards, great use of stamps.
Pretty Cards!!
Love your designs thank you !!
I love the clean and simple style- very classy!
love your style cards are great!
I adore the background stamp and love how your verigrated the colors...Nice to see a masculine card in the line up.
This is what you do when rushed? Amazing. I love that distress marker on embossed background technique and your ombre colored side on the bottom card? So well done!
beautiful soft cards!
I especially love the second card. You're so talented.
Cute cards!
The second card maybe masculine but anyone would be happy to receive the lovely card.
Love your designs, Joy--these cards are very elegant.
WOW that tweed pattern is certainly a winner. I especially like that second card...not only is it fit for a man but it is so ELEGANT!!! great job!!!
Love the soft colors of your first card and the masculine card is just perfect!! so glad you took the time to show us what can be done with these new stamps!! Love your blog!
I agree with other posters, you did a great job even with your limited time!
I love those pretty colors on your first card, Joy! The second one is so perfect for a guy! Awesome work!
Your cards are stunning! Again, the tweed stamp speaks to me!
Your cards are just lovely!
Love the simplicity of these cards.
Your cards are lovely! The softness of the first one is striking!
Great cards, love the simplicity....
I just love your cards, and I LOVE that looped flower and tweed background stamps. I can't wait to add them to my stash! Thanks for sharing another, softer look using these two great stamps!
Loving the soft colors of these cards! TFS!
Very sophisticated way to use these background stamps. Love them.
So soft and pretty.
awesome cards. thanks for sharing.
Pretty! Love this background stamp!
Your cards are wonderful. Simplicity is often overlooked and this is just perfect for the simple quick cards you need.
Thanks for the inspiration
Happy Holidays, hope things slow down soon
Phillane
I really love the masculine card. I'm always looking for new ideas for guy cards. The tweed stamp seems to be very versatile!
love the watercolour technique and can't wait to get these stamps to try it out.
Well I sure can't tell you were crunched for time with these! Fabulous work!
Kris in Alaska
funamom at yahoo dot com
Thank you for sharing your creativity. I like the clean lines of your cards. Great new BG stamp.
Thanks for the CAS examples. I have friends that prefer that and it's not my go to style. Excited about all the new stamps.
Simple styl is so beautiful! Can't wait to get my hands on that tweed background stamp.
Very subtle cards
Love your card design. Can't wait to start playing with the new tweed BG stmp
Wonderful cards...especially the first one!
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