Hi friends! Welcome to the Hero Arts "My Monthly Hero" January Kit blog hop! I'm so happy to see you today! The kit this month is yet another fabulous kit (of course!) Lots of products perfect for valentines and looooooove! And the add-ons? Also all super wonderful. All of these products work together seamlessly and beautifully to create love notes, friendship notes and Valentines projects. I was inspired today by my love of vintage things for Valentine's Day. Something so romantic and cheerful about a sweet pink valentine heart and some pretty fonts. I went a little overboard with stamping and die cutting so many elements, but it just truly made me happy to create this card to share today. Thanks for stopping by here on the hop today. Hope you have a wonderful week ahead of you! I'm getting my hair cut and colored today and I cannot wait - long overdue!
You may have arrived here from my amazing friend Shari's blog?! If you want to start at the beginning of the hop, CLICK HERE to go to the Hero Arts Blog. Lots and lots of inspiration for you today. I am always so grateful to join these fantastic crafters in this monthly hop. If you're new to my blog -welcome!
Here is my finished card! The colors were inspired by the paper pad I wanted to use. Kind of muted floral tones and some vintage gold too. My card base and all my elements are made with cream cardstock instead of pure white. This by itself lends a vintage feeling. I also used lots of brown ink to look aged.
One fantastic thing is that there are matching dies for all the stamps! Made it easy to stamp and cut out all these small elements to make my flower bouquet! To make the paper wrapper for my flowers I stamped the image onto text paper and then die cut it out. I die cut a second wrapper and cut the bow out. The bow is colored with a Copic Marker to match.
This is such a pretty font! The pearl in the center was colored to match using the same Copic Marker as I used to color the bow. The pearl is white! You can color white pearls any color you want by using your Copics!
Everything is attached to the card using foam tape. I used two layers of tape in some spots to give variation to the dimension. The smaller background images were stamped with Antique Linen Distress Ink.
I literally could not resist these mini envelope dies!! I made some sweet love notes using cream cardstock, and matching inks to my main card. How totally adorable is the teeny postage stamp? LOVE.
The kit is available NOW! Yippeeeee! Below is a photo of ALL THE STUFF that comes in the main kit. Beautiful and sweet stamps with matching dies, ink pads, envelopes and more! This is a great value for $34.99! The items sold separately retail for $70.00 or more! Hero Arts is very generous with their beautiful kits! The other supplies I used are listed below in my links.
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Shari Carroll from Simon Says Stamp
Beautiful! I love the dimension, the layers, and the bouquet wrap from text paper!
Posted by: Kate B | 01/15/2017 at 09:29 PM
Oh my goodness. I love how you used the printed paper for the paper holding the flowers. It feels very European to me ( I grew up in Germany ). Don't tell anyone, but this was my favorite.
Posted by: Pamela Parks | 01/15/2017 at 08:07 PM
Sweet card, Wanda. Thanks for sharing with us and for participating in this great hop and giveaway.
Posted by: Debbie A. | 01/15/2017 at 06:35 PM
Such a beautiful card! Love the colors and vintage feel! Thank you for the inspiration and the tip on color matching pearls with Copic markers!
Posted by: Gina M | 01/15/2017 at 05:44 AM
I love your card! Just my style. And the baby envelopes are so cute.
Posted by: Sheri elmont | 01/14/2017 at 07:20 PM
Beautiful bouquets. I like the subtle tan in the backbround.
Posted by: Janet Christensen | 01/14/2017 at 06:58 PM
Beautiful card! Awesome new kit! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Lisa A creations | 01/14/2017 at 05:27 PM
Very pretty card. Love the newspaper print around the bouquet.
Posted by: Flo | 01/14/2017 at 04:43 PM
such a cute set!
Posted by: Stacey | 01/13/2017 at 09:03 PM
Wow I really like your card. It really pops!
Posted by: Julia L | 01/13/2017 at 08:05 PM
Love these. The mini postage stamp is adorable!
Posted by: Katy | 01/13/2017 at 03:21 PM
I love your card ! It is so warm and romantic !I love this monthly kit !
Posted by: Melody W. | 01/13/2017 at 12:53 PM
Soo pretty. I love the colors. This card is just adorable. Thank you!
Posted by: Hannah Y | 01/13/2017 at 11:54 AM
Super sweet bouquet!
Posted by: Leni | 01/13/2017 at 09:27 AM
I love the newsprint flower bundle. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Karen Kondrick | 01/13/2017 at 04:01 AM
Such an inspiring card, I am in love with the style and the design!
Posted by: Laura | 01/12/2017 at 11:55 PM
FLOWERS ARE ALWAYS SO USEFUL ANOTHER MUST HAVE
Posted by: NADINE ILLINGWORTH | 01/12/2017 at 11:46 PM
Your card has so much detail, and I'm loving the bouquet of flowers. So stinkin' cute. This kit is awesome!
Posted by: Victoria B | 01/12/2017 at 06:40 PM
Love your card and the kit!
Posted by: Cyndee | 01/12/2017 at 03:27 PM
Awesome layering!! Beautiful card!
Posted by: Judie Attard | 01/12/2017 at 01:54 PM
Love the romanticold school feel to your card!!!!
Posted by: Lorie Cherry | 01/12/2017 at 12:25 PM
What a beautiful, inspiring card! Thanks!
Posted by: Teresa | 01/12/2017 at 11:47 AM
Wow.. Gorgeous.
Posted by: Michelle Varol | 01/12/2017 at 06:53 AM
Always something amazing to find on your blog! Love the vintage feel :)
Posted by: Katie M | 01/12/2017 at 06:23 AM
Great layering and stamping.
Marjeta
Posted by: Marjeta | 01/12/2017 at 05:35 AM
Such an unexpected color combo, I just love it! Nicely done!
Posted by: Lauren | 01/12/2017 at 05:30 AM
Great creations.
Posted by: Nives K | 01/12/2017 at 01:00 AM
Your card is beautiful! It has so many pretty parts to it. Thank you.
Posted by: Laura Peddicord | 01/11/2017 at 09:22 PM
Definitely a lovely vintage floral effect!
Posted by: Kris in Alaska | 01/11/2017 at 08:45 PM
Wonderful kit. Love the design and colors are your card. Great mini love notes. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Susan R K | 01/11/2017 at 08:05 PM
Your card is so romantic and beautiful! Love the vintage style, especially for love themed cards. The tiny envelopes are the sweetest thing!
Posted by: Cris G. | 01/11/2017 at 04:02 PM
There are so many wonderful elements on this card and I love the nontraditional feel of it.
Posted by: Sue McRae | 01/11/2017 at 01:45 PM
Love your pretty bouquet of flowers - great new card kit !
Posted by: karenajo | 01/11/2017 at 01:25 PM
Beautiful card that will be appreciated by someone.
Posted by: Phyllis Sinclair | 01/11/2017 at 01:11 PM
Very pretty card, Wanda! Love the wrapped bouquet of flowers!
Posted by: CathyL | 01/11/2017 at 10:16 AM
Love that tan on cream background and the 'newspaper' wrapping for the pretty flowers!
Posted by: D.Ann C | 01/11/2017 at 09:04 AM
This is beautiful!!! Love the newsprint on bouquet! Awesome job!
Posted by: Kristy Lawson | 01/11/2017 at 08:41 AM
So sweet, Wanda! Love that flower wrapper.
Posted by: Marcie Lovett | 01/11/2017 at 08:00 AM
That is a beautiful card - I love the vintage colour scheme! - and the kit looks super versatile (not just for Valentine's Day).
Posted by: Johanna | 01/11/2017 at 06:51 AM
The vintage feel, the mixed patterns, all of it makes for the perfect valentine's day card. I really love it.
Posted by: Linda S. | 01/11/2017 at 06:17 AM
I really like the way you made the bouquet background look like newspaper! Just a good idea and really makes it look real!
Posted by: Julie Henderson | 01/11/2017 at 05:28 AM
Gorgeous card, Wanda! Love the layers and all the added details.
Posted by: Samantha Houp | 01/11/2017 at 03:23 AM
Such a cute card! The mini love notes are gorgeous too!
Posted by: Manda | 01/11/2017 at 02:35 AM
A beautiful card with gorgeous details!
Posted by: Bonnie E | 01/10/2017 at 11:21 PM
Beautiful card with lots of layers!Love your color combination.
Posted by: Judy | 01/10/2017 at 09:49 PM
Beautiful layering and color combo!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | 01/10/2017 at 09:05 PM
What a pretty card! I do like the tiny stamp stamp!
Posted by: Manda | 01/10/2017 at 07:50 PM
Oh my gosh, LOVE your card! Your bouquet is so pretty, and I just love how you used those itty bitt notes!
Posted by: Clare | 01/10/2017 at 07:47 PM
Your card is so pretty! I love the vintage look.
Posted by: annheidel | 01/10/2017 at 07:30 PM
Gorgeous card! Love the little envelopes and the background of your card is beautiful. Great job.
Posted by: Ericka Strange | 01/10/2017 at 06:15 PM