Hello, crafty friends! If you haven’t already heard about Kathy Racoosin’s 30 Day Colouring Challenge, now’s the time to jump in and play along! This is her fifth year hosting this super fun challenge and we’re already on Day 7. Just for fun, Kathy gathered her nearest and dearest Hero Arts friends and artists, plus a bunch of Hero Hostesses for today’s blog hop! If you’ve already started the hop, you should’ve arrived from Sarah Moerman‘s blog.
I created this card by partially inking the Tiny Star Background with VersaMark ink and heat embossing with Hero Arts white embossing powder. I added colour to the starry areas using Festive Berries, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers distress inks.
Next, I coloured the heat embossed stars from Joy to the World and die cut them using the coordinating dies. I loved being able to use the stars on a non-holiday card.
I stamped the sentiment and postmark seal from Acts of Kindness. For the main sentiment, I used Versafine Onyx Black pigment ink and embossed it with ultra fine clear embossing powder. For the postmark seal, I used Versafine Smokey Gray pigment ink and embossed it with ultra fine clear embossing powder.
Finally, I attached the stars with foam tape and embellished with sequins from the Ocean Waves sequin mix. The colours work perfectly with the watercolours.
Hero Arts is generously giving away TWO $25 shopping sprees! All you have to do is leave a comment at every stop for your chance to win. Happy hopping!
Kathy Wade
Arlene McClung
Barb Engler
Linda Wetterlin
Heather Doran
Chiron Brandon
Sarah Moerman
Emily Leiphart
Kathy Racoosin
Now it’s time to head over Kathy‘s blog for the last stop of the hop. Thanks so much for hopping with us!
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Yay Emily!!!! Yay I am so glad you made it and I am in love with your card. It's like a collage of beautiful elements and I love the way you have the color on the top and bottom…sooo inspiring. Thanks for doing the hop today it means so much to me. Hugs, Kathy xxo
Lovely soft colors and I love the partial inking!
Lovely card and colours! 🙂
Very pretty Emily! (you always do gorgeous work though so that is not a big surprise!) TFS!! 😀
Love your soft and elegant design!
Fantastic design, Emily – love your varied mix of stamps! So happy to have had this chance at a little HA reunion with you!
Oh my goodness Emily, this is beautiful! The soft colors are just stunning and I love the little stars! You ladies are SO incredibly talented!
Beautiful!!
Love the soft colors, Emily! Beautiful card!
Whimsical, light and airy, this card is like a fairy sprinkled a lovely little dust of color and light, just love it; thanks for sharing.
Beautiful delicate card! I love your colors and how dreamy it looks!
Such a soft beautiful card.
This is just gorgeous, Emily!!! LOVE. So fun to hop with you! xo
Nice, pretty card!
So soft and pretty and with just the right amount of texture and dimension too! tfs and inspiring! Hugs, Kristina
Your card is just beautiful. One of my most favorites from the blog today.
Very elegant card. I love the sentiment.
Beautiful card. >oe the embossing and the delicate colors you used:)
Beautiful card! Gorgeous color combo. Anyone receiving this card would feel very special.
Love how you used embossing on this card! So beautiful! 🙂
Very pretty!
I love your card!! The colors are so pretty. I love the way you used the background stamp on only parts of the card and your water coloring is lovely. I am definitely going to try that.
Nice soft pastel colors.
Such a soft, elegant card. The colors are very pretty, light and airy. I love the design. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful.
Love how the coloring is done on
the ends of the card. The colors
blend together so well.
The stars are wonderful and blend
in with the color behind them.
Great card.
thanks for sharing.
Love your card. The embossed stars and the soft colors are perfect. TFS
Beautiful soft colors and love the stars! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card! Love the soft colors! Love how everything ties together so beautifully! Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing!
Adorable card!
What a peaceful looking card, just beautiful!
I love the pretty soft colors you used for your card. Thanks for sharing with us.
Beautiful card, love the soft and pretty colors and the mix of stamp sets and using part of a background stamp. So clever!
Love the light colors choosen
Love the little stars background. Thanks.
OMG ! This is so PRETTY ! I lOVE the watercolor look and the colors you chose. It's so dreamy !
Love the subtle colors and how you applied it to just the corners of the white embossed star background. Really pretty and CAS. I love CAS.
I love the starry background and the combination of distress inks. Thanks so much. And thank you Kathy for this lovely blog hop. I've enjoyed every minute.
Great card. Love the soft colors and the star background. Thank you for sharing and being part of this giveaway
Fabulous card, Emily! I just love the effect of the tiny stars with your beautiful coloring! The bigger stars add the perfect touch!! It was fun hopping with you today!
The little details have a big impact!
What an ARTISTIC take on the water-coloring! I love the soft colored look! Masterfully done, Emily! So happy that you are able to take part in this hop! Sending warm hugs!
Love the embossing
and all the lovely
colors! Cute design.
Carla from Utah
Love the softness you achieved with your colors.
Delightful soft and delicate card, love your colouring!
What a great, soft and simply beautiful card! Love the colours and texture!
Beautiful design and watercolors!!
I could definitely imagine those colors for a lot of different cards! Beautiful!
Well – just blow me away! I just LOVE this card. So fresh, artsy and fun.
Gorgeous card!
Simply gorgeous Emily. Love the watercolor effect with those pretty stars. TFS.
I love coloring with distress inks! They give a beautiful wash of color.
love the soft look and feel of your card. Makes me want to play with my waterolors. thanks
Gorgeous card..love the embossing and soft colors..
I love your background coloring, the stamping and the stars, everything about your card. Amazing as always
Lovely soft colors….like it very much.
Gorgeous card. Love all the little stars and the soft, pretty colors!
Beautiful card. The colors give a sense of peacefulness, sereneness.
Love your stars!
Pretty card, soft lovely colours.
Beautiful. Love the ink and lettering. I will check them out. Thank you.
Love the soft feel of this card!
This is the most beautiful card. I love the embossed stars and the sweet colors you added.
I'm a sucker for anything with watercoloring on it and this is just beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Beautiful and very unique. I love the simplicity of water coloring.
Emily, your card is stunning. I love the softness of the colors and the stars at the bottom are such a super touch. 🙂
LOVE, love, love your card, Emily! Such a wonderful soft dreamy background and I love your design and all the special touches! It has been great fun hopping along with you today:)
Gentle, soft, airy card and sentiment!
Lovely card. I always find your cards and designs inspirational. Thank you!!
Lovely, lovely card
Pretty pretty card! Melanie x
So pretty! I have many Hero Arts products and love that they support Charities.
Oh my goodness! This is a stunning card. Love the softness and the lovely design.
I love the soft pastel colors! Such a pretty card,thank you for sharing your talent.
This card is so ethereal. It not only reminds me of being at the ocean, it also reminds me of being up in the clouds. It's just gorgeous!
So retry!
Pretty card!!! Pretty coloring!!!
How pretty! Love the extra dimension you achieved with the stars. Well done.
Love this card, I never have luck trying to get a faint background, I don't know when to stop lol. I am learning so much from Kathy and all of you wonderful ladies thanks for doing this.
Such a dreamy feel to your beautiful card! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful card, it is so soothing with the pastel colours.
A nice soft background. Love it.
Absolutely gorgeous! Love these colours together!
Wow, that tiny star background is so pretty! So is your watercoloring with the Distress Inks! Beautiful card!!!
Wow I like the soft colors. Awesome card.
Love your card design, so soft and pretty!
Like the colors you used to do your fun background. Love how you did it. So cute.
I sssoooo love this card!
An almost ethereal feel and look to your wonderful project. Great for sparking my imagination. Thanks.
Subtle and beautiful!
Wow!!! How beautiful and whimsical is this card!!! You have done a great job! So inspiring!!!
Eva
I love the little stars. They are so pretty as is your card.
I like the water color over the white stars
What a gorgeous card! Such a fabulous modern design. It's so unique and I love it!
I too like that you have used the stars for a card that is not seasonal.
Grate idea.
Beautiful card–I love the soft pastel colors! Thanks for sharing!
I love those tiny stars with the little bit bigger ones. Pretty colors and layout!
Love the beautiful soft colors on the background with all those stars.
I love the texture and the lovely colors.
I LOVE your "controlled randomness"! Everything is loose and fluid with that crisp black sentiment – wonderful! Thank you for the inspiration.
LOVE your pretty card!!!
Love the pastels on this magical card! So pretty!
<3 J
jwoolbright at gmail dot com
HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com
Beautiful!!!
What beautiful pastels and stars. Enjoyed your card. Thanks
Love the subtle embossed stars!
I love the soft water coloring and those cute stars on your card! So simple and sweet
Super pretty card. I love the softness of it!
Love the soft pastelly colors in this card. Very pretty!
What a pretty summer pastel card!
Those stars add the perfect dimension.
Lovin' your card, the layout, stamps and esp the soft watercolors. Very pretty and love the stars!
Emily, your soft and subtle stars at the top and bottom of your background are fabulous. You finished it off beautifully, and it's so trendy. Can never go wrong with stars!
I just love the teeny sweet little stars and soft colors! Such a beautiful and unique card design.
Pretty, soft creation Emily.
Such a pretty card! I love your awesome colors & great design!
Lovely card. I like the tiny embossed stars and that the colors are split.
You are so creative! This is inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
So soft and beautiful! Would make a great baby card too with a different sentiment. So pretty!
So sweet. I love your tiny star background. Beautiful.
so soft and pretty!
Lovely card. I might try the partial inking with my HA BG stamps.
Soff dreamy looking card. Well done!
Love the design and the softness of the colors – lovely card.
I adore this card, Emily! The design is beautiful and love the soft colors!
What a fun card. Love how you added the embellishments and even used the stamps as part of that. Thanks!
Such a pretty card! Love the stars against the soft pink, yellow, green and blue.
I hope u make use of this card- it certainly will brighten someone's day! Beautiful soft touches with the background and stunning color combination
Wow! I adore this card. Love the soft Color palette!
I love how the background is so soft, and the stars are more vibrant shades of the same color. Beautiful!
I love the soft, ethereal feel of your card, Emily. Beautiful choice of colours and I just love the use of the stars on this card!
GORGEOUS! Love the design layout and the soft splashes of color on your card!
Love your card and how you've used stars from a holiday set. Thank you for sharing. Happy day and colouring.
Stunning! I love everything about your card.
Wow! Such amazing card! Really beautiful!!! <3
Love these soft and pretty colors. This blog hop is very inspiring.
So wonderful to be able to use stamps for different occasions, isn't it? You are so creative to be able to pull one out of your hat that way! =0)
DELIGHTFUL card Emily!!!
WOW – your DELICATE colours and star-filled design are SO BEAUTIFUL, LOVE IT and the sweet sentiment too!!!
THANK YOU for sharing 🙂
Very pretty card. I like the soft colors.
WOW…. this is one beautiful and gorgeous card, Emily. The coloring and embossing are fabulous!
I love your card, Emily. Great coloring. Thanks so much for sharing with us AND for participating in this great hop and challenge and giveaway.
I love, love, love, love your card, I love how you coloring!
Great job! Love this card!
Love Hero Arts! Really having fun with the color layering stamp sets !
~God bless
Love, love, love this Em! Gorgeous card! It's been fun hopping with you again! 🙂
I really love the pastel colours and the layout as well as the tiny stars 🙂
Very pretty Emily! I wish I could see this one in person.
Beautiful card, I love all the soft colours with the tiny stars shinning through.
Love this soft looking card – so lovely. Nice bit of kindness on this card, too. Thank you.
So many techniques tied together with calming colors…love this card!
Beautiful soft colors!
I think the tiny star background with the dry embossing then the wet embossing filled by the light inking gives your card a beautiful effect that definitely deserves a try. It could be used with many different tiny/small pattern embossing folders for a simile effect. The whole card shows one how easily beautifully "seasonally" stamps can be used any time of the year with wonderful results! Love the colors, textures, and techniques used on your card!!!
well done!
Your card is so pretty – I love everything about it! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
One of my favorite Hero Arts sentiments!!
I love this soft,pretty card you've made Emily,just beautiful,tfs!AnnB
Love the teeny stars and soft colors.
Love the distress ink coloring. Very nice.
I love the tiny embossed starts! What a great touch of subtle texture and a nice "doodle" look.
So sweet. I like the soft colors and embossing.
I love the design, and how you blended the elements together to create such a pretty soft effect! When you look closely there is a lot going on, but it doesn't look busy at all! Great job!
I really liked the 3D pop up on your work- thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!
Glad to stumble on your blog.
What a stunning card! And so unexpected — I really appreciate the originality! The soft colors are wonderful and I just love the stars!
Beautiful card.
Gorgeous as always Em! I love the colors and the way you incorporated the stars from the Christmas set…so clever. So fun to hop along with you! Hugs 🙂
This is so pretty! I love the soft watercoloring on the borders and the embossed stars, so pretty!
So soft and so sweet. Love the colors.
This is proof positive that letting the colors dry before adding too many layers is a good choice. I love the softness of the colors and the subtle stars in the background. The hint of bit brighter colors on the other elements makes everything work beautifully. I like all the white space in the center, too.
Truly magical Emily!
Your design made my heart happy…
Kathy is right, I love how you did the top and the bottom with color but not the whole card! Wow, that is something new for me! It looks like the post office post marked your card! LOL I love how that looks and how you used the stars from another set on this card. I don't always think to do that and I should. I have some star stencils from Dover that I have to start using.
I am so blown away by how clever and creative everyone was on the hop. My broken foot is so tired from all the hopping its done but I would have been so bummed if I couldn't see all the beautiful cards everyone has done. Now I just have to get as creative as you guys! I've posted some of my art work and cards on Kathy's blog if you want to have a look see. Thanks for letting me see yours!
Very pretty! Love the soft colors.
OMG I love the design and the pastel tone background… Looks fantastic… Thanks for you inspiration… Hugs Ute
Very pretty card!
Fantastic card Emily. Love the white embossed images and the soft water coloring. Great arrangement of the stars and stamped elements.
Such lovely soft colors!
I love the peaceful feeling this card gives.
I really like how you popped the stars up!
This card is amazing!! I LOVE the colors and the soft watercolor!!
The background on this card is absolutely gorgeous! So ethereal. The die cut stars are perfect. What a beautiful card.
Love the soft colors and how you did the star !!! Very pretty !
Love all the stars and the colors on your card.
I love the softness of the colors!
Wonderful card, love the colors, the embossing, the stars. Thanks for sharing.
Love the soft colors and the layout of your card!!
I love the soft colors and the gentle feeling of this card. Serene and beautiful. TFS.
Love your card, it is so pretty. I also like that pop of gray with the postmark.
Love the inking on your card, and love all the teeny white embossed stars!!
like the embossed tiny stars on your card and the soft colors
Such a BEAUTIFUL Card!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Colors and the Design!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Ooooooo! I love this star card! This would be perfect for so many occasions! Thank you for all your inspiration! I have so enjoyed this hop with so many talented crafters.
Elaine
maxandshoji
It's amazing how such restrained & subtle details can combine to have such impact!
I am positively STARRY EYED over this beautiful and wonderful card – love all the soft touches it has!! You are GREAT!!
I love the little stars with the pastels!! So pretty 🙂