2011 Hero Hostess Blog Hop!

Hi, there! Welcome to the next stop on the 2011 Hero Hostess Blog Hop! Weren't Lin's creations amazing?! These hops are just so much fun because there's always a ton of great inspiration to be had, all at once. It's like, inspiration overload... I love it! :D

Here's my card for today... I got to play with the new 2011 Poly Clear set CL488 Congrats (click to see larger):


This is a great set... three really beautiful frames, and a handful of frequently-used sentiments to go inside them! I chose this text frame, and stamped it several times: once on the white card base, once on the shimmery green card stock, and then twice more on white card stock scraps. I cut two parts out from the stamped white pieces (text oval and "Thank You" strip), and colored them with Prismacolor pencils and set them aside. I also cut into the image on the green card stock, so the final image would be half on the white, and half on the green, for interest.

Then I stamped the Stripes Pattern on to the shimmery green card stock, and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Once the green panel and image were matched up with/adhered to the white base and image, a swirl of black rhinestones accentuate the swirl pattern on the side of the label image. They also provide contrast to the straight lines in the text and background. Then the colored text oval and sentiment strip were layered with pop dots. Finally, a bright yellow flower tops it off. :)

I'm SO very grateful to Hero for including me in this hop... can't ever say enough about that company! And I'm so grateful to my fellow Hostesses as well... such sweet and inspiring ladies! ♥ And speaking of the other Hostesses, it's time that I direct you onward to fellow Hostess, Suzanne Czosek's blog. I'm excited to see what's she's put together... nothing short of brilliant, I'm sure! ;) Don't forget - if you find a broken link along the way, you can always go back to the Hero Arts Blog (or www.heroarts.com/blogs/club) for the master list of blog links. Also, please email Tami at tami@heroarts.com and provide the blog address that has the bad link so it can be fixed. Thanks!

AND... don't forget to leave a comment, because every comment left along the hop gives you a chance to win new Hero Arts 2011 stamps! But how about ANOTHER give-away... right here on my blog? ;) That's right! I'm feeling particularly blessed these days, and wanted to pay it forward by offering these two fabulous, brand new stamps sets - one of them a new 2011 set! - to a special ink-loving home:

Sweet Wonderful You and Musical Clef
Photo credit: ©Hero Arts

Just leave one comment per person, please, :) and a way for me to get a hold of you. Anyone is eligible. I'll draw a winner this weekend, once the hop has concluded. Good luck!

Thanks for "hopping" by today!

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SUPPLIES:
stamps: Hero Arts CL488 and CG118
inks: VersaMark and Memories black
paper: shimmery green from Jo Ann's and white is Georgia Pacific
misc: Ranger clear detail embossing powder, Prismacolor pencils & Gamsol, Prima black swirl rhinestones & yellow flower, Hero black Gemstones (flower center), fine-tipped scissors, and pop dots.