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Hello Everyone! Today, I am grateful to be partaking in the Hero Arts 2017 Summer Catalog Blog Hop with so many kind, talented and amazing people. Thank you, Jennifer McGuire, for the invite. Of course, I said….YES!!!!!
You should have arrived from the sweet and talented, Clare Prezzia. If not, the beginning is at the Hero Arts Blog.
The theme I selected to showcase is kindness. My heart is so happy I get to share with all of you something that is dear to me and that is creating cards in hopes to make someone smile.
For this group of cards I started out by dry embossing a white cardstock panel using the Hero Arts Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies. The dies held nicely together with a couple pieces of surgical tape. The embossing provides beautiful texture, but I wanted to add a little bit of color too. This was easily accomplished by using rainbow colors for card bases and a colored die-cut heart. Sparkle was added to the hearts using a glitter brush pen. Hero Arts You Are Loved Messages, is jam packed with sentiments fitting for everyone. I selected several messages from this set and stamped in black ink directly on the white dry embossed panel. Due to the texture it was helpful to use the MISTI and double stamp.
Coordinating envelopes to add some additional cheer. White embossing on the back of the envelope adds such a fun element. I just love that heart. Oh and the hug.
Most of the time, I make several of the same card. I like to mix it up with different colors and sentiments to make them a little unique. For this bunch, there are three cards per design. Now these cards are ready to be placed in envelopes and given to people in the community. For more information, please visit both of these links (here and here) from Jennifer McGuire, where she discusses the new kindness products, kind campaign and #sharehandmadekindness continuous challenge.
For my next card I used the Hero Arts Love is Love Bold Prints background stamp and created a tone on tone look. I heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Stick with me for awhile and you will not only hear me encouraging kindness, but you will also see me using the word “together” a lot!! I love these two people holding hands and showcased them on a couple of layered hearts. Then I added some Nuvo crystal drops. The sentiment on the inside says, “We’re better TOGETHER”.
Last one for today is a cute 4-1/4″ x 2-7/8″ card. The Hero Arts Kindness is Everything wood block stamp is a beauty. The font is fun and the surrounding flourishes add such a special touch. I heat embossed in clear and then ink blended the background using Hero Arts inks: mint julep, cornflower and passion flower. To complete the card I popped up the panel using craft foam and added some Nuvo jewel drops to the flourishes.
GIVEAWAY
Hero Arts is giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please hop along and comment by Wednesday, 5/24 at 11:59pm PT. Hero Arts will announce the winner the following week.
BLOG HOP
The next stop of the hop is the amazing, Michelle Short.
The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Laura Bassen
Wanda Guess
May Park
Amy Tsuruta
Cheiron Brandon
Yana Smakula
Lydia Fiedler
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Jenn Shurkus
Clare Prezzia
Tracie Pond (You are here.)
Michelle Short
Heather Ruwe
Ilina Crouse
Libby Hickson
The release is now live in the Hero Arts Store.
Enjoy the hop and happy shopping. Do not be a stranger. I have more to share coming up soon. Please follow me so you do not miss out.
Hugs,
Tracie
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AWESOME cards, I especially love your Kindness is Everything card! Great release!
Great cards. What a great way to create an interesting background.
Absolutely adore this set of cards you made! Absolutely adore this stamp set – it has so many possibilities and thank you for sharing some with us! Also love how you decorated your colorful envelopes.
Your cards are CAS perfection, Tracie! Love them all 🙂
Love your cards! thanks for sharing your creativity!
Wow Tracie! So pretty!! I love the idea of making several cards at once…I need to remember that!
Beautiful cards, thank you for sharing with us!
You have created a great group of cards
The You are Loved stamp set will most definitely be my next stamp set added to my stash!!! I love your designs. Would make a great gift!
Awesome cards! I like the layered embossing done with the dies.
First of all thanks for taking part in the Kindness campaign. We all need to sprinkle kindness like confetti. Love all your cards.
Beautiful cards Tracie! I love all of the subtle details and your color choices.
Super fantastic! Love the look that this technique provides! Your card set looks lovely and very happy/cheerful!
I love how you blended the colors on the kindness is everything card! Good color selection So Serene
What a lovely set of cards 😍
These are all simply awesome! I really need this set for making my RAK cards! It will give me even more awesome sentiments to spread the love and joy to even more people! TFS!
Your cards are lovely! I love how supportive they are’ very caring. I love background on the kindness card! I also love that you decorated the envelopes!
Sweet cards! Love the clean look and design.
Your cards are so pretty and so encouraging!
I love the Kindness cards these should have come out a long time ago. I just wish u would put the dies. stamps, and ink sets together instead of finding out later.
Love your set of cards! I’m partial to “hearts” so I must try those! Love the ink blending colors you used on your kindness card! Just gorgeous! This Hero Arts release is amazing! Loving this blog hop with all it’s talent and inspiration! Thanks for sharing yours!
Beautiful cards!! Love the white with a hint of colour! The embossed hearts using the dies is a fabulous idea,
I always love your cards and this one is no exception!
Great fun to see how you put your own stamp on the new Hero Arts Summer release Tracie! You have a lovely way of spreading kindness.
What a beautiful card set!!! Love the other ones too!
Pretty cards
I love your cards Tracie! They take me back to a sweet time in the 80s!
I love the simple yet beautiful way you design cards. Thanks for the tips!
You go girl! Love your cards!
Such clean lines on the cards. Colors are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Your cards are so inspiring!
Love those embarrassed hearts! Such a fab idea. Thanks for the inspiration!
Very Cool Technique! Awesome vibrancy and design! Adore Hero Arts!
Love your theme of kindness. Great color choices too. Thank you for brightening my day.
Lovely cards ! 💕
Very pretty cards especially with the great dry embossing. Love how your envelopes coordinate.
I love the colors of your cards. They’re simple but carry a big message.
Very pretty. Love all the fun colors of envelopes.
Very nice and simple.
These are wonderful cards. Encouraging cards are always needed.
Gorgeous set of kindness cards and envelopes!!
I like the simplicity of your wonderful cards.
What beautiful cards! Thanks for the lovely inspiration!
Wonderful cards! I love the colors and designs!
Amazing collection you have created!
Wonderful cards, they are inspiring and I Love the new Collection, Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful cards. So simply but with such a lovely message. Just lovely. Thank you for sharing.
Love these cards! Clean and simple rocks it!
Your Kindness is Everything card is just beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.
Wonderful cards – thanks for the inspiration!
Did you see Jennifer McGuire’s cards? Great minds must think alike. Love it.
Beautiful and simple cards, thank you for caring!
The background on your Kindness is everything card is perfection. Love those colors!
what a good idea to have a group of cards ready
to as needed. The colors are so pretty and
the sentiments are wonderful. I need
to get more organized and do that.
thanks for sharing.
Beautifully simple cards. Love those envelopes.
Your cards are all so beautiful! I love a CAS design.
Wonderful set of heart cards and I like the background for the Kindness card.
Simple and efficient !
Beautiful cards! I love the nesting hearts!
I just had a flashback to the 70’s–remember the “love is” cartoon series. They were very sweet, but weren’t around for long. The images would make great stamps to go with that wonderful background! (If HA actually does it, I want royalties!!! :-)) ) Thanks for some great cards.
Lovely cards! The rainbow of envelopes is so beautiful! 🙂
These are really lovely cards! Spreading kindness is a great mission!
Gorgeous cards! I love their simplicity!
Tracie congratulations on joining the hop!! Your cards, and envelopes, are all fabulous! Always love your designs!
Beautiful kind cards. I think the last one is my favorite.
Love the sets of cards
Lovely cards,your ink blending on the last one is just beautiful! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Wonderful ideas!
Love your beautiful cards! The Infinity dies are fabulous… love the hearts!
Nice cards, great colors!
So simple and stunning. Love the use of the dies and the inspirational messages.
I love the simple designs of your heart cards, and the colorful envelopes to use with them.
Love the cheerfulness and bright colors you used for the kindness cards, definitely gets your theme across 🙂
Love the kindness card and it’s design. Fantastic color choices. Thanks.
Lovely cards and sentiments–I especially love the kindness is everything card!
Great cards. Especially love the teal colored card.
pretty cards and you used my favorite colors, too. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Can’t wait to try them.
Such beautiful cards! I really need these nesting dies in my life! I love the variety in this release! Thank you for the inspiration!
I love the nestable dies, this is something that I do not own, but I will be purchasing them very soon, thank you for sharing these beautiful cards.
Love the color combinations of the heart cards! Kind of you to share your talent!
Wow, someone is going to be blessed, lovely cards
I am also on a mission of kindness, and your cards really are lovely.
Lovely cards! I love your coordinating envelopes. Thanks for sharing!
I like how you can create multiple cards that look so unique.
like how you used the layering dies. . .lovely cards
I love your cards! Very clean and beautiful!
Great job on all your cards!
Wow! These are all beautiful cards. That dry embossing is amazing!
Such happy cards! I bet they make everyone smile 🙂
Nice set of cards!Thank you for sharing 🙂
These are really all so lovely!
Wonderful set of cards! I love that dry embossing!
What fabulous cards. Love the embossed hearts.
Simple, yet stunning cards. Love the dry embossed hearts.
“Love” the wood block stamp. It’s very special.
Your cards are really great love the embossed hearts.
This is a wonderful release, thanks for the inspiration!
Great set of cards! Thanks for sharing.
I love your cards. Thanks so much for sharing.
I love all your cards! My favorite is the “kindness is everything” card. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Beautiful colors and I like the Nuvo drops.
Love what you created; you are so talented.
Love your cards.
Great cards, Tracie!! Love all of these!
Adorable cards!
I love that stamp set and am glad someone used it.
Beautiful cards, thanks for sharing!
Love your work, so fresh looking, the set of cards is lovely. love the background on the teal card and the silhouette stamp.
Lovely idea and cards!
How fun and great cards too!
Your cards are awesome. So loving and loved the embossed hearts and wonderful sentiments. Great cards.
Nice examples! Keep up the good work!
I love your cards. Thank you so much for sharing them with us.
What great examples! They definitely show kindness.
Such beautiful cards!
Your cards are so colorful and cheerful! Who wouldn’t love to receive one!!!
The kindness stamp set is beautiful! Great for card hugs!
Very nice. Love the colors used on your cards. So bright and joyful.
The kindness is everything stamp is fantastic @
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing…
How cute! Your cards are adorable. Thank you for sharing your cards for inspiration!
Very cute! I love that you showcased some sets that I didn’t see much of on the hop. Thanks for sharing!
L♥ve the whole kindness theme.
Beautiful, clean and simple card set! I love the color combinations.
Love all the different cards
This set of cards and matching envelopes are simply gorgeous:)
Great interpretation of the “Kindness” theme. Just wonderful cards.
Beautiful group of cards. Love the “kindness is everything” stamp.
Thud. Your set of cards is drop dead gorgeous. Love, love the ‘You are Loved’ stamp set.
Beautiful cards, loving the kindness theme!
Such beautiful cards!! I love the set of clean and simple cards. So pretty. The background colors in the last 2 cards are lovely. I love that stamp “Kindness is Everything”
Your cards are wonderful!!
That font is fun!
Love your cards! I especially like the purple and teal one,it’s one of my favorite color combos.
Your cards are perfect. A kind word can mean the world to someone.
Such beautiful cards. Love the colors!
Great clean and simple cards for sharing a bit of kindness! Thanks for sharing!
I love this treatment on your cards, can’t wait to try it.
Love all the bright colors you used for your cards!
Beautiful cards you made here..
Love the cards you created, great theme!
I REALLY like how you mixed the colored CS for the center hearts and borders! brilliant design Tracie!
Beautiful cards! Colorful & fun! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
I love how you embossed the hearts.
Awesome
Loving all your cards
great projects love the fun simplicity
Beautiful in their simplicity and I love them. And I love the background colours of your last card.
Very pretty cards! Love the kindness theme of them…..something the world needs more of.
Great kindness cards and very lovely color combinations.
Awesome cards!
Great cards.
Know one of my favorite things here? The comment on the envelope because I really feel like every card I send contains a hug!! 🙂 Oh and your cards are FABULOUS, too. But I just had to mention how much I love that little stamp!
Love all the hearts and the pops of color you added! All these are just wonderful!
Love the texture of the nested hearts.
those cards are sure to bring joy to the people who receive them. Very nice
Kindness IS everything Tracie and Thank you for being so kind to share your beautiful cards!
Very pretty, I love that the envelopes match!
Your cards look so unique! I really like them 🙂
Very pretty cards! I love your choice of bright colors.
Very pretty cards!
Lovely cards!!
I like the rainbow colored cards with their envelopes.
I’m really inspired by those gorgeous envelopes for sure!
I love the sentiments on these cards and the gorgeous color is to die for! TFS
Love these cards!
Tracie, your cards are beautuful. I love how you used the heart dies to emboss. Kindness and encouragement are the two main themes of the cards I make.
Love all the embossed die cutting!
Great cards and loving this new release!
Love this kindness set. Great card ideas. Hope to receive my set in the mail soon.
Beautiful cards and envelopes too!
Great cards! I love how you used your dies to emboss. It’s a technique that I always forget about and it’s such an easy one with an awesome impact. Thanks for sharing! And I love the kindness theme you chose.
Very clean and simple.
I love how you made a complete set of cards and it would make a wonderful gift! Thank you for the inspiration!
LOve the dry embossing, Tracie… congrats to you!
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I feel allot of love went into these cards great job.
Gonna have to try embossing my dies. Great idea.
I just love all of your cards. The colors are wonderful and that first set is so fun, and I love all the colorful envelopes. Purple and turquoise are one of my favorite color combos.
Love all those bright happy colors!
Your purple and turquoise color combination is just stunning. I really like the heart card with the people holding hands.
Very nice cards, Tracie! I love hearts and the kindness stamps are all so beautiful.
Love the bright happy colors you used, the cards are lovely.
What a great card set with the heart cards! The set would make a wonderful gift!
Nesting the hearts, very clever. All are lovely.
Beautiful cards, great color choices!
Gorgeous!
Love the simplicity of your cards. great cards to share kindness.
The embossed die hearts are fabulous with sincere messages!
Yahooooooooooooo Tracie!
Your projects are simply perfect and so very YOU.
I love how simple and beautiful these are!
Love the simplicity of your cards.