Welcome to Day 2 of the 2015 Spring Catalog Blog Hop with the Hero Hostesses! You should’ve arrived here from today’s Hero Arts Blog post with complete details of this week’s hop, including prize information. I’m so excited to be joining my very talented hostess sisters this week to showcase some of the amazing new products now available in the Hero Arts Store!
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I combined three brand new stamp (and die) sets from the 2015 Spring Catalog on this card. I thought the cacti from Stamp Your Own Cactus were absolutely adorable so I turned them into a couple to make an anniversary card for my husband.
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To create the sunset background, I scribbled a Versamark pen on the middle portion of the Lines Background (love this!) and heat embossed it on watercolour cardstock. Then I brushed four colours of very diluted Gansai paints and set it aside.
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The sentiment was created using Happy Stamp & Cut. There are several of these versatile stamp and cut sets and you’ll want them all! I used glossy accents to secure the word die to the sentiment strip and adhered it to the card using foam tape on the back of the strip.
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While I waited for the background to dry, I stamped, watercolored and trimmed the cacti and their pots. I applied several layers of Wink of Stella on the flowers and added googly eyes on the couple. After all of the pieces were adhered to the card, I added two enamel hearts to finish the scene.
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Be sure to leave a comment at every stop for your chance to win one of three prize packages from Hero Arts! Your next stop is Suzanne Czosek! Be sure to start back at the Hero Arts Blog tomorrow morning for Day 3 of fabulous inspiration with more of my hostess sisters. Thanks so much for hopping with us this week!
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Fabulous card, both gorgeous and fun. Are you suggesting you and your hubby are a little prickly, lol.
They are just too cute with the googly eyes! I love that you made this an anniversary card!
Emily, this is such a fabulous and adorable card! Love your design and that happy cacti couple with the googly eyes are so fun! What a brilliant anniversary card! Love it:)
I love the cactus, they are both so cute!!
Such a Great Anniversary card Emily Love it!!
I love the googly eyes. So cute!
What fun cacti! Love your card ♥
So fun! Everything is better with googley eyes!
Love your cacti couple! Especially the googly eyes! Great card!
Emily, the googly eyes really make these special and fun! So, so creative!
I'm so excited to see everything in the new Spring catalog!!!
Cute card! Love the googly eyes!
Adorable card! Love all the detail.
Love your creativity.
So cute to turn the cacti into a couple, Emily! Your hubby will love this one. And, I can see that this new release has many tempting stamps/dies in it.
Love those googly eyes on the cactus!
Your cacti are so cute Emily! I love the googly eyes!
These layers are so intricate Emily–so much beautifully inspiring work here!
Wow such a beautiful card Emily and adorable too. Thanks for sharing. Hugs, Kathy
The cactus are so cute with the wiggle eyes.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
I have to bet that your son just loved this one, too… too cute!!
=] Michele
Very cute ! I that the water colored bg with the partial embossed image too
Wonderful Day 2. Like the baby animal.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
This is funny makes me think about how "prickly" we can sometimes be!
Love all the pretty details on your adorable card!!!
Just sooo cute!
Emily, your card is so fun & brilliantly designed! Leave it to Hero Arts to come up with such great products for us all!
oh, how I love this new succulent set! Very cute card!
Cute card you made!
Super cute card and what a way to bring a cactus to life with goggle eyes. I love it. TFS
Oh my goodness, this is so cute, Emily! What a fun card!
Soooo adorable, Emily! Lovin' those googly eyes!
Such a cute card Emily, love your fun design!!
I would never have thought to make an anniversary card with those cacti – you're such a genius, Emily! This is just way too cute!! 🙂
Cute card! I like the googly eyes 🙂
A fun card, Emily, with some great design details. Thanks for the info on making that background! It's been so fun hopping with the hosti! Big hugs.
Love your great cacti! The goggly eyes are fantastic!
love how you did that background!
what a wonderful way to start my day, Emily! you've created such a fun and happy card; i just love the personality the googly eyes give the cactus! brilliant watercolor background too! so happy to be hopping with you today!
gotta luv the addition of the googly eyes!!
Love Love Love the HUMOR~! My FAVORITE kind of cards…they make me smile!!
Oh this is adorable! Love the googly eyes on the cacti!
I love your card! The cacti us adorable and the watercolored background is fabulous!
Such a cute card! I love the cactus with the googlie eyes.
The card is so adorable! Great job!
Love the fun cacti couple with their wiggly eyes.
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Love that subtle watercolor background! Who knew cactus make such a cute couple!? Beautifully done, Emily!
How adorable are those little cacti guys!
What a fun anniversary card! Love the background.
What a happy card!! I'm smiling!
Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous!!!
Love these gooogly eyed cacti. This card is so adorable. Makes me smile.
Cactus and anniversary…two improbable ideas that work so well on this adorable card. Love the watercoloring and thanks for the detailed tutorial! Cute and perfect!
Great card
Love that background
Cute and creative card!
Great start to the hop Emily! I love the adorable cactus card. So glad I've been able to hop with you this week! 🙂
So Cute!! Love the new stamp and cut words!
Hehe!!! Totally love your creative genius on the couple theme for this stamp set!!! It's soooo adorable! And really love the delicate look of that background stamp! Fab job! Always great to hop along with you and be reunited with all the sisters!
super cute card
What a fun card!
Beautiful background and adorable cacti pair.
A pair of lovey dovey cacti have never looked cuter! Great idea to have an anniversary theme–I think your hubby will love this!
Aww…how cute is that? I love it! I wasnt into googly eyes before but I have changed my mind seeing this.
Love, love it! So cute!
Awww, super cute! I love this!
Those cacti are so stinkin' cute! I really love the background you created, too. So creative!
Love your card! The combo of watercolors, embossing and the "happy" die cut!
Totally terrific and so much fun! Jo x
Cool card, like it!
Very cute cactus couple. I like the sunset background.
Such a cute card!!! Love that new "Happy" stamp and cut set! That's a definite on my wish list!
Super cute anniversary card!!!
So darned cute!! love the googly eyes 🙂
These cacti with eyes are adorable!
Very cute and creative! Love the sparkly happy!
Love the googly eyes.
Cactus with googly eyes…how could you get any cuter? What a fun anniversary card!
OMG this is too cute!!
What a fun card!
What a fun anniversary card! Love the water color effects and background and just adore the cactus and their googly eyes
Gorgeous card! I love the sparkle. Thanks for the opportunity to win some great products.
The cacti are such fun!!
Fun cards.
super cute! Love those cacti.
Beautiful, funny card ! I love your use of the watercolours on the great background stamp.
Happy Anniversary !
Interesting take on a new stamp set …. nice!
Such a fun card! Love the googly eyes on this. And thank you for telling how you did the background.
Googly eyes are always bring a fun aspect to a project, and yours is well done.
This is so cute! I love the google eyes so much.
I like your prickly couple — what a cute anniversary card!
Awww, so cute. Those really make the cactus come alive. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Love your card! The watercolour is so soft & pretty.
This makes a cute anniversary card. I love the googly eyes.
super fun and beautiful card!!!
Adorable card! I love everything about it! Very clever!
I love it! Those googly eyes really make the card fab!
you have officially made the cutest cacti ever!
Awesome Anniversary card for your husband…I'm sure he'll love it!!
Not the first set I would have thought of for an anniversary card, but it turned out so cute! 🙂
Love the Versamark pen background technique and that cute googly eyed couple, so adorable especially with the flowers "in her hair."
Too cute! Thanks for the detailed instructions.
Darling card, Emily – just love your sweet cacti and how you colored them!!
Such cute cards! I especially like the wiggly eyes!
Super adorable–love the cactus couple and your background.
Super cute card. Hope your husband and you have a great anniversary.
Happy anniversary! Adorable card and love the sparkly sentiment!
This is so cute! Love how you've managed to give a couple of cacti so much personality. Great colours, too.
Love your happy google-eyed cacti!
Cute card!
Oh Emily…. This is super cute!! Love that flowers on the cactus lady, and the googly eyes are cuteeeeee!
So adorable! The cutest couple I've seen.
You know how much I love a good cactus stamp, but what you did with this stamp is total genius. I love, love the background (great close-up shots) and how you added the awesome die-cut "happy." The couple turned out so cute–their wiggly eyes crack me up! You totally rocked this hop!
Love your card…very cute with the googly eyes!
Emily, I love how you were so creative in making the background for your card. It gives interest without overpowering your focal image. Cute.
What a happy card!
So cute. Love the "eyes".
Great card. I love cacti. The googly eyes are such a great touch!
adorable and such great coloring!
Who would put googlie eyes on a catctus…too cute
Love the cacti!
Happy Anniversary!
So cute! Love this set!
OH MY Goodness! So cute card!!!
Love the card…thats an awesome background and die!
Love your card. The way you used dimensions and the googly eyes is so fun. Thanks for sharing!
Very cute card! Love the pink flowers. They are such a sweet touch!
what an awesome card. Just love the whole design.
Super fab card, I'm so inspired Emily!
So cute, love the happy couple
SUPER CUTE card Emily!!!
LOVE IT ALL, from the DELICATE background to the SPARKLING flowers on the prickly cactus … and EVERTYTHING in between – WOW!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your COOL & CREATIVE INSPIRATION – this would be perfect for our 30th anniversary coming up later this year – we're a prickly couple sharing more and more love as each year goes by 🙂
these cacti are so cute with eyes!
What a fun take on an anniversary card. Ha!
Such a fun card, Emily! I love how you added those cute googly eyes, too…so cute!
Love your card it's so fun with those eyes. The background looks fantastic.
Lovely card – so cute.
Your card is so cute Emily! I soooo want this stamp set 😄
Yay, I just bought those sets, Thanks for the inspiration.
Adorable card, love how you popped the cacti up on pop dots, gives the scene great dimension! hugs 🙂
Love that you used these for an anniversary card! too cute!
I never would have thought to use this set for an anniversary card. How creative!
OMGoodness, what an adorable card! The background is beautiful and I LOVE the googly eyes on these cacti!
I live in cactus country–this card is terrific! Love the colors and background is perfect!
YEP love those cactus. The google eyes just makes this card. Excellent job.
What a fun, original Anniversary card! I love the googly eyes!
What a fun happy card and I just love what you did with the background.
ACK! This is sooooo CUTE, Emily! LOVE.IT.
Love the personalities of the cactus couple. Neat background. Thanks
Cute little cactus cards.
The little cacti are so cute.
they work so well in the anniversary card. I can see lots of uses for them.
thanks for sharing a darling card
I must have missed you on the day 2 of this blog. I love the cacti dies and your coloring is spot on. I love how you added the "googlie" eyes. Makes them come to life. I love the die cut sentiment. Great Job! TFS
OK–this is adorable!!!!! 🙂
Great anniversary card. Thanks for sharing
Hehehe! This is so funny! Love the google eyes on here!
Cute card! Thanks for sharing!
Emily, cant say I've ever seen a cacti looking so cute. Great card.
What a fun card! I love the addition of the googly eyes! Thanks for sharing!
Such a fun card! I love these images and the watercolour effect!
This card is so super cute!
Such a cute card. Love the couple of cacti.
Such a cute card – beautiful water-coloring. Thanks for sharing.
Super cute card! I love the colors and fun cactus.
Wow, this is such a fun card and you packed so much in! I love the subtle background and watercoloring, the goggly eyes, the sparkly red word die, it all comes together so perfectly!
Such fun cards!
What a cute card. You just made those cactus come alive! Interesting background too.
SUCH a cute card. Love turning the cacti into little creatures. So creative!
SO CUTE! Love the watercoloured background with the subtle background stamp there too.
Such awesome dimension on your card!
Love the way you anthromorphized the cacti. cute.
Who knew cacti could be so cute. 😉
Adorable, Emily! Loved that you used the cacti as a couple…perfect with the sentiment!!! Loved hopping with you!!
Awesome Card!! I LOVE the FUN Design!!THANKS for sharing and have a Fabulous Weekend!! 😉
Such a fun card! Just want to smile. Thank you!
What a cute card! Especially since it's for an anniversary.
Gorgeous card! Love the cacti with the googly eyes,and the watercolor background is beautiful,thanks for sharing 🙂
How cute to turn the cacti into a couple. Love it.
Oh so sweeet with that wackelig eyes..cute cute card and soft color against that anniversary in blue and white and happy in pink bling so adorable card Emily..
I remember the time I said to you hey why dont you join HA challenge I knew you are great on all Design team member you are really a great card maker and so talented Emily..I was always happy to get encouragement from you and I am happy to knowing you hope one day I can meet you in real life who knows…
nowaday I guess you are busy with all the DT member and has less time to visiting blogs…I miss you but I always remember you Emily..hugs, Monika
Looking at your card, you can fall in love with cacti:-) Beautiful card.
Regards,
Bozena
okay who is the prickly one of the pair? lol
OMG cacti with wobbly eyes. So cute. Hugz
So cute, clever and so very stylish!!! Love your art and how creative you are!!!
Cute card – love the googly eyes! I enjoy seeing how people use the new releases in the blog hops! Thanks for sharing.