Good morning, and happy Sunday! Today, as a current member of the A Blog Named Hero team, I have the honor of taking part in a blog hop to celebrate A Blog Named Hero’s 5th anniversary! Some illustrious former team members, as well as some A Blog Named Hero friends, are getting together with the current design team to bring you a massive blog hop, complete with some absolutely incredible prizes from some of our previous sponsors. (More on those later! 😉 ) You can see the full hop list on the A Blog Named Hero blog, and you should have arrived here from the incomparable Jennifer McGuire. I’m so happy to be a part of such a fun celebration and in such talented company!
On to the projects!
Hero Arts creates some of the most luscious backgrounds. Truly, their super detailed background stamps are just one of the things I adore most about this company. (Their environmentally friendly business dealings also rank up near the top. Look on your Hero Arts packaging for their environmental mission statement. Love it!) So, for both of my projects today, I have chosen to work with my favorite background stamps for some emboss-resist technique, as well as my favorite flower stamp from Hero Arts.
This project features the Spice Market background. It’s absolutely one of my favorite images. The detail in this stamp is just incredible. I started by heat embossing the image using white detail embossing powder onto an A2 panel of pale gray card stock. I wanted a subtle pattern, but not quite tone-on-tone, and the pale gray card stock helped achieve that. To bring out some of the phenomenal details of the background, I did some ink blending around the edges with Soft Granite and Charcoal inks from Hero Arts. For the floral swag, I used my favorite Hero Arts flower set: Color Layering For You and the matching dies. I cut the flowers from yellow card stock, because white die cut edges on a colored background drive me nuts, then stamped the layers in Papertrey Ink’s Harvest Gold and Hero Arts’s Butter Bar inks. (I chose to ignore the first, most solid layer of the stamp so that the edges of my die cuts remained tidy. #ihavestampingocd) The white flowers were die cut from white card stock, with the detail layer stamped in Soft Granite. The leaves were die cut from the same pale gray as the A2 base, and again stamped with Soft Granite. My greeting, from Lia Griffith’s Hello Spring by Hero Arts, was heat embossed in white onto a rectangle of vellum. I adhered the vellum to my assembled floral swag, then popped it up with dimensional adhesive. The final step was to add some yellow sequins here and there in my flowers to round it out.
My second card for today uses my absolute favorite background from Hero Arts… the Lia Griffith woodgrain background. I adore this background. It’s just stylized enough that it doesn’t scream rustic and primitive, but rather simple and trendy. I again heat embossed this background onto some pale gray card stock using white detail embossing powder, then blended some Soft Granite around the edges. I love how this looks… very faux bois. I again stamped the flowers on yellow, white, and pale gray card stocks, this time making large white blooms stamped with Soft Granite and Charcoal inks, and small yellow blooms stamped with Butter Bar ink. After I had created my flowers, I die cut the Hero Arts Floral Border Fancy Frame from some charcoal colored card stock, then arranged my blooms on it and popped the whole wreath up using dimensional adhesive.
For the greeting, I used the Hello Stamp ‘n Cut, die cutting three of the “hello” from white card stock and adhering them all together to create a dimensional die cut. The coordinating “you brighten my day” was stamped on a strip of white card stock and adhered again using dimensional adhesive. A few shimmering white sequins finished it off and added a touch of sparkle.
A Blog Named Hero is so thankful for our wonderful sponsors and collaborating companies! Several companies decided to help us celebrate our fifth anniversary with giveaways and they were so generous that we decided to spread the love over both hop days with different prizes to be won each day! Giveaway prizes total more than $500! To win, leave a comment on each hop stop. We will select winners randomly from different blogs so the more blogs you visit each day, the greater your chances of winning! And be sure to visit theSaturday post from A Blog Named Hero for the list of Saturday hoppers and prizes! Comments must be left before 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, March 28th and winners will be announced on March 30th.
- $50 gift card to Simon Says Stamp
- $50 gift card to Gina K Designs
- $25 gift card to Winnie & Walter
- $25 gift card to Lawn Fawn
- $20 gift card to Avery Elle
- prize pack from Mama Elephant
- gift card from Studio Katia
- one Online Card Class of your choice
- one set of distress oxide inks from Jennifer McGuire Ink
Good luck and happy hopping!! Your next stop is the fabulous Laura from Lil Inker Designs!
I hope you have a marvelous Sunday and a great week, friends!
Happiness always on your 5 year anniversary ! Beautiful design !
Your two cards are gorgeous!! I love all the detail and colors! Wow!! TFS
The black die cut is so different. Live it! I always do cuts like that in white. Pinning so I have the idea!
Beautiful cards and the subtleties of the color is stunning.
Oh Emily I so love both of these cards. They gray and yellow combinations are beautiful.
Hero Arts does have amazing background stamps! Beautiful work, Emily! Happy 5th Anniversary to A Blog Named Hero!
Gorgeous!!!
These cards are absolutely gorgeous! I love the embossed background stamps and the elegant flowers. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome projects Emily!! I love that the colors you’ve chose, and how you’ve combined the stamps and the die cuts. It is such a pleasure to look at these cards!!
Ok. Those are some beautiful cards! Love the subtle backgrounds.
Oh Emily…these are simply STUNNING.
Wow what a beautiful card
Your color palette is beautiful and I have someone who will love a card done unit. Thanks for the ideas.
Oh i love the color combination!❤
Different color combination
Wow, this gorgeous.. love the black with yellow combination
love the gray and yellow combo in your cards – lovely!
Love the yellow/gray combination. Beautiful cards!
Beautiful are you mixed these items together
I love the cards you made. Happy birthday A Blog Named Hero!
I just love yellow and grey together. I have a friend that has this color theme in her house. Wonderful cards, in fact, they are gorgeous!
Your grey and yellow palette is beautiful, as are your designs with multiple stamp sets. Thank you!
Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing
Absolutely gorgeous! Love them!
Love all of your beautiful cards! The soft backgrounds are really elegant!
Two great cards with a great tutorial–really appreciated reading the reasons behind your chosen techniques. Thanks for sharing these.
I think your cards are so classy! Beautiful!
okay, now I need that frame!! These cards are STUNNING!! I love the colors you chose too!!
Love the background
Your cards are simply gorgeous. I just love the gray backgrounds. It highlights the images.
Simply breathtaking! The colors choices are so chic and rich – a bold and stunning and winning combination! Sensational cards – thanks for sharing!
Happy Anniversary!
I absolutely love the monochromatic card with that pop of color. The yellow just jumps right out.
There are so many ways to use flower stamps. The yellow against the gray background really makes the flowers pop!
Oh my word! how gorgeous in Grey!! TFS
Always a winning color combo!!
Sophisticated and stunning cards!
Love the background ideas!
I love how the yellow flowers really pop against the gray.
Two beautiful, stylish cards, with indeed great backgrounds !
Thank you for sharing your talent !
Warm birthday greetings (it’s mine today as well) from Belgium,
Lieve
I love how the yellow flowers pop against the gray background!
Your cards are stunning and gray and yellow are beautiful together. TFS!
Love, love, your cards, Emily. Thanks for the chance to win the give away!
Your designs are stunning with the yellow and gray color combo! TFS…
I love the backgrounds and I love the gray and yellow together! Very pretty.
Wow, talk about amazing cards!!! I love your color palette!
Happy 5th Anniversary! Thanks for the blog hop. What a beautiful card!
Lovely card!
Such a beautiful card!
Both cards are amazing. Yellow and gray are so nice together and the first card is so elegant.
Like the yellow on gray. Will have to try this as elegant looking.
Love your use of color! It Isa pleasure to meet you and to subscribe!!!
Hello! Love the Hello cards!
Those are gorgeous cards. The yellow just pops against the greys and black…love it.
Love the yellow on gray. Very elegant looking.
Yellow and gray, classic elegant combo. Love that oval frame die.
I just love the colour combinations you used on these cards, they match so well together!
Really beautiful and elegant cards. Love this color combo!
Very elegant!
WOW! Gorgeous tone on tone backgrounds, and lovely composition!
Beautiful cards. I would have never thought of using those colors together
My spice market stamp is well loved but I never thought to use it as you did. Awesome!
What a fun party to be a part of! I love your designs and color combos, and I even have some of the beautiful stamps you’ve used!
Soooooo stunning!!!! I love this color palette! It’s so fresh and clean looking!
Those are gorgeous! I love the pop of yellow against the gray, it’s so pretty.
Love the oval floral frame.
Beautiful cards!
Simply beautiful! Happy Birthday!
Your cards are GORGEOUS!
Lovely cards. Happy 5th.
Love the cards. They are very elegant and classy
Beautiful dimensional cards!
Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Ohmygoodness! Your cards are amazing!!
Gorgeous cards! I love the yellow and grey together! So elegant! Loving this blog hop with all this talent and inspiration! Thanks for sharing yours!
Very pretty cards!
Beautiful elegant cards. Gray, black and yellow go together so well.
Gray and yellow, love it. Wonderful cards!
Me gusta la combinación de colores.
Gorgeous cards!
Stunning cards. I just love the pop of yellow on the monochromatic background. Very creative.
Just beautiful. Love your simple color combo.
Both cards are beautiful! The background stamps are amazing! I thought it was printed paper at first 😊
WOW …just wow ! My head is spinning with new ideas for my color choices…thank you for sharing !
OMGosh so beautiful! I love them.
Love the yellow and greys together.
the grey and yellow are so elegant together ans yes hero arts makes the best background stamps, I have 2 lol need more haha
Gorgeous cards!
Love the monochrome palette with a pop of color!
Thank you for posting such stunning cards! They are beautiful. Its easy to forget how versatile the color gray is and ‘almost’ tone on tone. Wonderful tutorial.
You should totally do a video on how you created the first card. Your written instructions are great, but I would love to see how you made that card. Its awesome!!
Lovely cards!
Love your cards with the yellow and grays! Thanks for sharing!
Both are stunning and beautiful, Emily!!! Lovely color combo!
Wow, love the gray and yellow!
LOVE this card!! Yellow and Grey are one of my favorite combinations. happy Anniversary!!!
Beautiful colors very pretty elegant greys! Would love to win the blog hop! That would be such a blessing to this stay at home mom!
Elegant and cheery at the same time. Very nice!
oh my goodness, beautiful!
Pretty cards, love the colors used.
Lovely card! Love the yellow and gray together.
I’m really enjoying this blog Hop so much with all the new ideas and techniques that I’m learning. I liked that you used light Gray paper as I have so much of it and often don’t no how to use it. Keep up the good work!
Absolutely beautiful cards!!
Those are fabulous background stamps!!
Your cards are gorgeous! Love the grey and Pop of color – so classy.
Omg these cards are gorgeous! I really can’t choose a favorite!
I really like the color combo you used with the first card. The yellow just pops from the gray. It is beautiful.
Some really pretty card designs! Thank you for the inspiration!
Lovely cards!
I have discovered my love for Hero Arts background stamps through this hop.
Amazing colors
wow! love it
Yellow and gray makes a wonderful color combination, and your cards take that combo to another level. Beautiful cards!
I love blog hops because they are so inspiring–thank you!!!
This is my first time here, and I LOVE your cards! Beautiful!
Gorgeous cards with a gorgeous colour combo. 🙂
Thanks for all the beautiful inspiration. I absolutely adore this color scheme. It’s such a classic and will always be in style. You
Love the yellow and grey. Sophisticated. Your work is so precise! TFS!
Beautiful cards.
These cards offer a sense of peace in their colors. Thank you.
Happy Anniversary!!! LOVE the gray and yellow together! Thinking I will create something with these colors!!
You chosen my most favorite current color combo. Yum! Great card!
Congratulations on your 5th Anniversary… Love your grey and yellow color combination.. very striking card..
Happy Anniversary!! LOVE the gray and yellow together… thinking I will create something with these colors!
I love the color combination of your cards!
Grey with yellow is always so pretty, as are your cards.
Love the grey! Very different.
oh wow love your design magnifique cards and very original
Thanks for the inspiration. I love the grey and yellow color combinations.
SQUEAL!! Such BEAUTIFUL Cards!! LOVE the Colors and the Designs!! Happy 5th Anniversary!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Love these cards. need to visit the grays, something I never think of using!
beautiful! thanks for sharing
Wow! Beautiful cards!
wow! very beautiful cards!! :))
These cards are stunners. They are just so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Wow these are so elegant…love the colour combo.
The cards are so beautiful and the colors are stunning together.
Both of these cards are beautiful – thanks for being part of the hop 🙂
Beautiful cards! Lovely color combo with the gray and yellow! Ha, I too dislike the white edges around solid colored images on a colored background. Not exactly the pop I want to create. 😉 It’s usually the reason why I don’t bother with a lot of the new flower dies. Your tip to use coordinating colored paper for the image when using the die makes so much sense! Thanks for sharing your beautiful designs and tips!
Gorgeous and elegant cards! I love the grey/white/black combo with the pop of yellow – I have actually made a card in that combo quite recently myself, and am also very happy with the result. Yours are truly beautiful!
Great color combination with the gray & the yellow.
oooo!!! big fan of the yellow/grays! really pretty!
I love the color combinations! I have to give that a try!
Your card is gorgeous!!
Very pretty and delicate cards!
Absolutely Stunning! The background is my all time favorite stamp, love the color combination of gray and yellow, so rich! TFS
Love this color combo!
Simply stunning card here today! Love it!
Love the pop of color!
Everyone is so talented. Hero arts have beautiful stamps
oh my!! these cards are stunning!! i love the color combinations. absolutely beautiful!!!!
Such elegant cards!!!
Gorgeous cards! Love the yellow and gray.
Beautiful Love the colors you used
Beautiful cards! Love the grays and yellow together. Just stunning.
I lie the monotone with an unexpected splash of color.
Your cards are beautiful. The yellow and grey is a fascinating combo.
Very nice cards..
Such beautiful cards, the yellow just pops on the card.
Gorgeous unique cards. Beautiful.
So pretty. I’m going to be using more yellow and grey this week!!
Beautiful cards. Love the colors you used
Thanks for the inspiration and participation in this blog.
These cards are stunning!
The gray is perfect with the sunshine yellow, awesome cards
Love the cards and color combination, beautiful!
wow sooo beautiful!!! Amazing color combination
Love the gray and the yellow together. Awesome cards.
I love all these great techniques, and this beautiful cards. Thanks for the post! Thanks for the blog hop!
First time on your blog and I love your use of background stamps. Thank you for your tip for no white edges around my flowers.
Like the wonderful pop of yellow with the neutral colors.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
These are amazing! Hero Arts must be so happy with these gorgeous cards made from their designs. 🙂
I have gotten into a white-card-stock-only rut! You have inspired me to embrace the color! Beautiful tone on tone stamping.
Their backgrounds are luscious aren’t they.
Beautiful! I love this color combination
Thanks for sharing your beautiful card!!
love how your cards look. like a old tv show or a commerical love it so soft the colors but with a kick.
Your cards are gorgeous ! I want to remember embossing the background onto Grey! Lovely!
I really like the black and gray shades with the pop of yellow, stunning!
I love the colors you used in today’s card. It is very elegant!
Very nice. Love gray and yellow.
How creative!
You have reminded me that my background stamps are not getting enough love! These are gorgeous!!! And add me to the list who adore these colors!!! Mental note… you apparently can not go wrong with this color combo!
Such a beautiful cards, really love the color you use. 😊
Love how you’ve combined the various textures and dimensions, through backgrounds, die cuts, and attention to detail.
Beautiful cards! Simply stunning! I love the pop of yellow! I goes with the sentiment!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love the colors and that black just makes everything pop!
Gorgeous cards! Love the gray and yellow so pretty and soft. Great job!
Love the classic look of your cards. The colors are beautiful.
Beautiful colors, beautiful cards!
so beautiful!!
OMG! What awesome cards you made. Great job they are so adorable.
I love the gray and white together as well as the wood grain background stamp. It can go with almost anything.
Love your cards…you did a great job!
Gorgeous cards! I love the elegant images and color combo. Pretty backgrounds. What a fun blog hop!
Happy 5th Anniversary to ABNH!! Love the colors you used on your cards, so beautiful!
Stunning cards. Love the gray and yellow.
Emily! These are absolutely fantastic! I adore that stamp set from Lia Griffith, I think it’s highly overlooked because of the size, but the sentiments? AMAZING. (I almost used it in my post.) And also, that Lia background, woodgrain? Also one of my favorites. I agree with your analysis of it, completely. And I did use it in my post, but then didn’t show pictures of it. Ha.
We are so honored to have you on our design team at A Blog Named Hero. Thank you for helping us celebrate.
Wow, absolutely gorgeous cards.
Really enjoy the not so black and white. Stunning
Stunning cards! I love the gray/yellow color scheme, so beautiful!
Beautiful card!
Absolutely gorgeous cards Emily! Stunning texture and dimension. I love the gray and yellow combo.
Beautiful cards and love the soft colors. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Love your cards and the beautiful soft colors. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Oops. Sorry about the duplicate post.
Linda D.
Beautiful card. It would b perfect for so many occasions.
Such beautiful cards. Thank you so much for sharing.
Beautiful cards – very elegant
Stunning card!!
Your cards are gorgeous!
Your cards are lovely. I love the colors.
Thank you for your post! The grey tones on the cards are beautiful.
I have never seen such stunning stamps.
Beautiful cards!
OH MY GOODNESS Emily, both of your cards are just stunners! A fantastic job on them!
These cards are stunning. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful card. Happy 5th!
Wow the grey and yellow color combos ROCK:)
Wonderful cards! I am loving all the gray I have been seeing on cards lately
Oh, I love, love the grey card with yellow blossoms! It is so elegant!
Love the cards! I own these stamp sets and haven’t used them yet!
very elegant Emily!
This colour combo is really striking
Your cards are lovely. The yellow is stunning on the cards.
These are BEAUTIFUL! I just bought Spice Market, and I just used my BFF’s layered flowers set. But now I want to buy all the other stuff you featured. Thanks for the great inspiration!
So gorgeous!
Just love your card designs here!! Thanks for sharing!
These are absolutely stunning cards.
I love love love the gray and yellow. Thanks for the inspiration!
So pretty, especially the first background.
Beautiful cards using the soft grays and yellows. Happy Anniversary to HA blog!
These cards are so pretty and classy!
Loving the colors used and the design style. These cards are beautifully elegant!
Your cards are beautiful and elegant! I love the color combinations!
Love the cards and the colors are lovely.
Love this card!
LOVE this card!
Pretty cards. Love the colours.
Beautiful monochromatic look with a pop of color!
Amazing cards.
Beautiful cards. The floral frame diecut is amazing!
Both cards are very pretty.
Great Cards!
Especially love the colors & background detail of first card!
Wow, stunning cards. Love your colour combos – the gray and yellow is so lovely together.
Oh I just love the background stamp, and love the gray and yellow color combination beautiful cards thanks for the wonderful inspiration!
Lovely cards. I like the backgrounds you used, and the flowers are lovely. TFS.
I absolutely love the white image on the gray cardstock, so elegant!
Love your color combinations and designs … off to blog hop some more.
Your cards are gorgeous….love the yellow and gray combination! I need those background stamps!! Thanks for sharing!
Your participation and input into ABNH is greatly appreciated! Congratulations on the five year mark and celebratory blog hop giveaways from so many super companies and bloggers. Love the cards on today’s post too.
oh what really beautiful cards! Love this color combination!
I love gray and yellow and you have inspired me to get those colors out and get to work!
Fabulous backgrounds!These cards definately have character!
Happy 5th Anniversary to ABNH!
I have to say I would have never thought to put yellow, black & gray together but your cards are just beautiful with that combo!!
The yellow colors are gorgeous!
This color combo has always been one of my favorite ones. The cards are lovely.
Two beautiful cards! I love the grey and yellow color combo. The second card is my favorite.
I love,love, love the gray and yellow together. I must step out of the box more.
Beautiful detail in your cards and I love the color combo.
Beautiful card designs!
I love both cards but the first one is my favorite. I have to get that die!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.
Both cards are beautiful!
Gorgeous cards! I just love grey paired with a single colour, very elegant.
yay on 5 years! love the mix of stamps/dies here!
WOW, your creations are breathtaking! I love the colors, the softness, the entire exquisiteness of them both.
Awesome Cards, I love this technique, something new for me to try 🙂
Love the colour combo and how the yellow pops! Awesome cards!
Love gray and yellow together!
Beautiful presentation for the hop
Love the colors! Thanks for the tip using colored paper and layering stamps with dies!
Happy Anniversary, I have been told that all the best people have their anniversary on today’s date as my parents have been married 57 years today
I really like your color combinations…striking. Lovely cards. Thank you for participating in the Blog Hop!!
What absolutely LOVELY cards you create! Thank you for sharing
Beautiful cards! Love the color combination. Very trendy 😉
Love the colours on these cards! Stunning!!
Wow, your cards are gorgeous! I love how you used the gray with a pop of yellow, fantastic!
Absolutely stunning cards!
Your cards are gorgeous! Love the gray and yellow together!
Wonderful cards!
I like the gray and yellow colors. Very pretty cards.
Beautiful cards! Love the colors.
Very elegant
Oh my, these are gorgeous…and you used my favorite grey & yellow color combo. Yay!
Love that hello die! Might just have to have it…
your card is beautiful. Thanks for sharing/
Yellow and gray together, so lovely. I am also loving that background stamp. Thanks for celebrating.
Beautiful cards! Love the color choices, too.
Such lovely cards. Thank you for the great ideas!
the cards are so elegant and beautiful.
Love them.
thanks for sharing.
Love the color combinations, I need to try this!
Isn’t it amazing that the smallest bit of yellow can uplift your soul? Here in Wisconsin it is a sure sign of spring. :o)
The spice market stamp is one of my all-time faves. I absolutely love what you have done with it. I have also been looking for a woodgrain stamp, and I think I have just found one. I love the colours and designs of your cards.
Love the color combos!! Happy Anniversary!
Totally love this card. Love the yellow and gray.
Wow!!!! Your cards are stunning!!!!
Really beautiful, thank you:)
Your cards are stunning. The colors you used make it perfect. I love the stamp choices.
Wow…the yellow, gray, and black look so good together. Gorgeous cards.
I absolutely love the color combinations, and the technique to do away with the white borders! So easy, can’t wait to try it! Such an awesome blog hop!
Oh my these cards are stunning! They just pop! I agree Hero Arts has the best background stamps . And I’m new so I’m slowly building my inventory! Lovely and thanks for sharing!
these are amazing. I never thought of white on gray.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing!
lovely cards!
Wow, l love yellow and grey together! Beautiful….
lovely colors and designs!
such pretty colors and designs!!!
The yellow and grey is such a stunning color combo. I love how detailed your cards are and the pop of yellow is perfect.
Great card love the flowers
Gorgeous. Love your selection of color.
Beautiful cards, love the grey and yellow combination.
Your cards are beautiful! I love your color combination and attention to detail!
Gorgeous cards, love them both.
I love your projects! That color combo is a real winner. It would be easy to think that gray and black would make a dismal-looking card but that pop of yellow really livens it up and makes for happy cards. Thank you for the chance to win!
What beautiful cards! You are right those background stamps are amazing!
Your cards are so beautiful! I love the flowers you used on them.
Very soft, pretty cards – like your choice of colors.
Beautifully done cards, Emily! Yellow on grey is such a pretty combo.
Love the pop of yellow on your card.
What pretty cards! I love those detailed backgrounds!
So elegant!
Gorgeous cards!! Love the background stamps and the techniques!! Colors are perfect too!!
Very pretty card. LOVE your color choices. Not necessarily MY choice but LOVE your color choices!!
These cards are beautiful! What a great job and wonderful inspiration. I am extra thrilled as I recently purchased a few on the greeting stamp and cut sets including the hello which I love and always love to see how others use it. I also have that wood grain stamp and agree that Hero Arts makes some of the best background stamps out there which my overflowing shelves of stamp storage will attest to my addiction!
These are truly beautiful cards!
Absolutely elegant cards !!! The colours are so beautiful that these cards could be used for many different occasions just by changing their sentiments.This is the first time I have been to a blog site, and now I will be doing this instead of doing my chores. I have found it very inspiring and revved up to try something different. Cheers Cheryl.
Wow! These two cards are stunning!!! I’m totally amazed at how bright and friendly they look despite the grey tone-on-tone color scheme. That pop of yellow is magical!
That pop of color is just perfect.
Love your cards, those colors are spectacular. That white background embossing is so nice! It’s on my agenda for tonight. 🙂 TFS!
Love the colors and the sayings
Oh, I really like the Spice Market background. What beautiful cards.
Beautiful! I really like the look on gray.
The colors are striking, they really look great together!
I love this design, very simple, but elegant.
I love the pop of yellow. A very classy look.
Lovely cards the colors of the flowers and the backgrounds of wonderful.
Very stunning cards – the black, grey, white tones are awesome!!! I understand why the stamps are your favorites – Thanks for sharing, Denise
Both of your cards are so gorgeous and elegant. Lovve the detail.
Your cards are stunning. What a great idea to stamp the flowers on colored cardstock. That white border also drives me crazy.
Grey, black/white and yellow it’s my favorite color combo! This card turned out gorgeous!
— Dalis
Yellow and black are a wonderful combination. Your cards are very striking.
Love your colors!
Lovely cards!! That gray is amazing with the yellow.
wonderful card!
Loved both your cards and thanks for the detailed descriptions of how you made them. Great colour combo!!
How pretty! Love the color combo.
Love your cards – very striking!
Great cards. I really love the simple colors , it makes them so unique looking.
Gorgeous cards! I love the backgrounds and the color combination with the pop of yellow.
Love your beautiful cards…..very striking!
I love your use of greys with popsof color!
Carol b
These cards are absolutely stunning! I love the way you brought those beautiful background stamps to life with some ink blending and adding a pop of beautiful yellow with those pretty flowers. Thanks so much for the amazing inspiration (as always)!
Happy Anniversary to Hero Arts, thank you for sharing your lovely cards and love that you did a beautiful job with the flowers, very lovely.
I love these cards – my favourite colours of grey and yellow, really nice
Beautiful card. The gray makes it look so elegant.
Beautiful cards! I love the colors.
Oh my goodness Emily – these are both gorgeous! One of my favorite color combinations and I love the techniques you used! It has been a long time since I have “hopped” and I’m so glad I did today because I would have missed your lovely creations! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your cards are stunning. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
Beautiful cards, love your color choices!
Stunning cards and great color combinations!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful designs!
Nice job on the cards, I love the colors used.
Such beautiful cards! Love, love, love!!
Just beautiful cards! Love
You have done wonderful things with just 2 colors, black and yellow. Love them.
Wow! I love these, the muted colors with the bright yellow, gorgeous
Wow, totally love your designs with the beautiful blooms, colors and gorgeous oval frame die. So pretty!
Gorgeous cards, love the design and color combo, so elegant!
Happy 5th anniversary! Your cards are gorgeous, love the black and yellow color combination.
Really like the oval design.
Beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing on this great blog hop!!
The cards are extraordinary! I have most of these Hero Arts stamps and dies, and can’t wait to try something similar. Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful cards! LOVE this color combination!
Those are so pretty. Spice market is such a great image.
❤️ both of these cards! Especially the second one! The diecut frame really makes the 🌹 🌺 🌹 🌺 stand out! Stunning and fun! TFS!
Gorgeous cards. Love the spice market background!
Love your cards
Your cards are stunning! The colour choices and design are beautiful. My brain is whirling with the ideas you shared. Thank you!
Beautiful and striking yellow, grey and black cards, Emily! Love your hint about avoiding the white edge on die cuts by using colored card stock and giving us a new technique for background stamps! Happy 5th Anniversary and Thanks for an inspiring blog hop!
Stunning cards, thank you for sharing!!
This is my first visit to your blog. I like your cards and reading your particular likes, such as no white-bordered die cuts!
Amazing! Just love these beautiful cards!!
I love the backgrounds! They are so elegant 🙂
Great cards! Happy 5th for A Blog Named Hero’s
Love the card!
I love, love, love this color combination. So many possibilities…..
Absolutely gorgeous cards!!
Absolutely love the yellow and gray colors together, nice job!
Elegant cards in beautiful color schemes!
What great ideas!
I agree so much with you about Hero Arts having the best backgrounds. Your card is so pretty. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful cards! Love the colors. Thank you so much for sharing.
Love these cards. The grey and yellow are so elegant.
Stunning cards, love the colors!
Love the grey & yellow. Your cards are really beautiful!
These cards are just beautiful, I so love the colours.
Beautiful projects! You have me thinking backgrounds and frames in new ways. TFS!
So beautiful ! I love this cards !
Wow! Love the pop of sunshine yellow in your muted, elegant gray-tones backgrounds. Really pretty.
Nice card! Love the background!
Very elegant cards.
The Spice Market background IS AMAZING……THIS CARD IS absolutely one of my favorite images. The detail in this stamp is just incredible AND LOVE LEARNING NEW IDEAS. The colors are exquisite in your cards,
Love the yellow, black and gray!
Great cards!
Just lovely! The grey and yellow look very elegant.
Beautiful cards!
Your blog site is beautiful, as are your cards!
What fabulous cards! I have a lot of Hero Arts stamps, but I don’t have any of the ones that you used…there may be some shopping in my near future 😉
These cards so lovely and elegant. The emboss-resist technique is one of my favorites to use!
These cards are truly stunning!! LOVE the soothing color combo too!
Your cards are so beautiful! I think I need to have those stamps!
Love the background stamps and the tone on tone stamping! The cards are beautiful!
Wow! Elegant and beautiful.
Beautiful cards!
I absolutely love your cards. Thanks to the blog hop for introducing my to your site!
Love the color combos — especially the soft gray with the yellow. I need to follow your lead and cut the pieces out of colored cardstock instead of white and see how I like it. Looks great when you do it!! Thanks so much for sharing.
Those shown are some cool cutting dies
The Spice Market background stamp is my favorite background stamp. It is so versatile! Your cards are beautiful!
Wow wow wow! Very creative, I love it! This is my first time visiting your page but I can’t wait to see what other eye candy you have! Thanks for sharing!
Such a lovely way to pop color. I’m going to have to try the monochromatic black/grey tones on a project. Gorgeous cards.
terrific color combination. . . .wow!
Beautiful cards! I especially love the spice market background
Wonderful color combination, I never would have thought of using them together but I will now!
So beautiful! Love the soft gray with the vivid yellow! The backgrounds are awesome, especially the beautiful wood grain! Love them both!
I have these stamps and can’t wait to try this technique.
What a great idea to use coloured cardstock so there are no white edges. Beautiful cards.
Both the cards are so gorgeous! I have the Spice Market background and this is a very different look using it. I love the Hero Arts background stamps. They are just gorgeous!
Wowsie!!! Love your cards!!!
I love the gray and yellow color scheme! It’s soft, but with a pop of brightness.
Such pretty cards! I love how you used the emboss resist technique.
absolutely gorgeous!! love everything about these cards!!!
I need, NEED that spice market background, now! Your cards are so elegant, and I love the extra depth you achieved on the backgrounds!
Gorgeous backgrounds and stunning cards.
Oh my goodness, I just love, love love your two cards! I think I have this Hello stamp in my collection. I am just going to have to pull it out and craft a little!! Thank you for the inspiration!
I love to see background stamps being put to use…
Nice card. Your shading is wonderful. It gives each image lots of depth. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing. I don’t have any background stamps in my collection, but I will think about getting some now. I think the sponging of the outer edges made a world of difference. I learned a lot.
These are beautiful cards! I just love how you have used these colors together. Thanks for the inspiration!
loving the gray and white with a pop of yellow
Emily this card is gorgeous!!!! I love the colors, so very beautiful!
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Absolutely beautiful!! Love the yellow and grays!!
Loved the cards. The background stamps are wonderful. I love the wood background.
I like how you designed your with the die cuts and how you used charcoal ink that is so great…I need to try this out…Thanks…So pretty and great for Spring time..
So cute looking….not sure if my 1st post went..
Beautiful cards! Love the colors!
Wow! These are gorgeous! ♥
I love the subtle color palette and the intricately detailed elegant design!
Very elegant cards! I love your grey and yellow combo.
Lovely cards. The grey, black, yellow combo is stunning.
Lovely cards. The black, grey , yellow combo is stunning.
Such beautiful and elegant cards…thank you
Emily these are seriously beautiful I love them all x
Beautiful! <3
Thank you for you have given me and all of us on this blog hop! I love your card!
Beautiful cards)))
Beautiful cards
Great card.so lovely and color combo is stunning.
Stunning cards! Love the gray and yellow color combination!
Very pretty cards, grey seems to be a running theme…
Very pretty cards, grey seems to be a running theme …
Wow, these cards are so so beautiful! I fell in love with that Spice Market Stamp, have to order it! Thank you for the inspiration and Happy Anniversary to A Blog Named Hero!
I simply love your style!!! Thanks..
Great job love all your cards
Wow! Perfection. Gorgeous colour combo.
Grey and yellow together is always so classy. I like the value of the greys too
This is so gorgeous! The colors are just perfect!
BEAUTIFUL CARDS! Happy five year anniversary!
Absolutely gorgeous cards. I love this classically elegant colour combination. I definitely agree Hero Arts makes the most amazing background stamps.
What elegant cards! They are truly beautiful–thanks for sharing!
LOVE THESE CARDS… OMG have to get some stuff out and try this… but will have to go purchase a background stamp first… that is something I don’t have yet… sorta new to stamping and cardmaking so still collecting! Thanks for the fabulous ideas…… 🙂
I love grey and yellow together! I don’t know why I never thought to do it on a card. That will have to change.
Two beautiful cards…so elegant 🙂
What beautiful cards. Happy Birthday Hero!
WOW! What a stunning card! Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cards with great background stamps.
OH WOW!!! Your cards are so gorgeous and so elegant!!!!!
Lovely card
Oh my, these are pretty. I have the Hello Spring set. I hope I can make one as pretty.
love the elegant look of the card. Especially like the hello stamp and die set. so many options can be obtained from that one stamp!
A gorgeous pair of cards! I love the colors and elegant design!
OMG!! I love the look of the gray background with a pop of color!!
Like these cards. The pop of color really sets them off.
Two very lovely cards.
Very lovely cards.
love the fabulous detail in the cards. beautiful color combination too.
I love your cards. The color combination is beautiful. Thanks for a chance to win.
Beautiful cards. I love the big medallion!
Wow love your cards – grey and yellow – those colors are SO in right now !
Gorgeous! I love the grey and yellow. The backgrounds on both cards, are amazing, and I love the oval die cut!
Love this color combo!
Your cards are absolutely beautiful. I love your color combinations and the use of the floral border frame.
Your cards are wonderful! Thanks for sharing.
I love what you did with the Hero Arts Hello Stamp & Cuts Set.
Gorgeous both cards. Love the Hero Arts products.
Your cards are gorgeous! I love the color combination too!
Gah! How gorgeous! I love your color choices.
Yellow and grey are so pretty together!
beautiful cards!
Gorgeous cards – I love the stamps & colors you chose!!
Beautiful cards – love the color combo!
Happy 5th Anniversary! What a fantastic card – those colors are spot on!
Happy 5th Anniversary – that card is fab and the colors are spot on.
You’ve made two very stunning cards! What beautiful combinations!
Yellow and Grey are so lovely together, your cards are beautiful!
Wow! This is really beautiful! I just LOVE the pretty yellow and grey color combination. I am so impressed! Thanks for some AMAZING inspiration today!
Take care!
Michele
Oh wow,love your cards and that Hello stampset is just stunning
love the color combo, simple yet beautiful
love the color combo!
Grey and yellow is one of my favorite color combos – your cards are absolutely gorgeous!
Emily, your cards are beautiful as always. I love the your color choices and the layout of both cards! So happy to be on a team with such talented women.
Awww!!!! Simply breatless!!!! Awesome cards!!!
*brathless
Sorry, I wanted to say BREATHLESS!!! <3
Very beautiful combination of both cards. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the background stamp. I want to try the white emboss with white embossing powder.
Gorgeous cards!
I’ve never been a fan of grey with yellow, but I do believe that you’ve changed my mind – these are gorgeous! And that Spice Market background – wow! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
I’m just in love with those stamps and dies. beautiful
Love a background stamp. Is detail embossing powder different then fine embossing powder?
Love the black, gray and pastel yellow! I really love the frame die as well.. You do beautiful work!
The cards are beautiful. I love the color contrast.
I totally love this card. I love the monochrome with a punch of color.
Discovered your site via the Hero Blog Hop. What a fun idea!
Beautiful card
Nice work! I’ve just added some stamps to my wish list!
Very elegant!
THese are just gorgeouse!! Love the gray look!!
I would never think of this color combination, but it is so lovely and sophisticated. I think, with different sentiments, the colors would work really well for a condolence card or get well soon card!
Beautiful cards! I love the bright yellow flowers!
So very pretty! I just love the color combo!
I love these cards! Even though they are mostly gray, they still seem cheerful because of the pop of yellow.
Love the combination of gray and yellow! So refined looking!
These cards are beautiful. I need to try using more gray on my cards.
Great card! The colors you chose are so elegant.
Your cards are stunning! The yellow pops off the gray and there is so much detail in the background! Thanks for sharing your amazing talent and creativity!
Love the pretty and elegant look on your cards! Beautiful in grey and yellow!
WOW, gorgeous cards!! Love all the layering and your pop of color on each one. So nice. tfs
Love the great pop of color. TFS
Stunning cards, love the “POP” of color on each one. so very pretty. tfs
So many designers are using background stamps on the hop. I need to get mine out of the drawer and makes some cards. Lovely cards.
Stunning – simply stunning!
Such elegant cards. Love the colour combo.
Very nice cards & love this color combo!
Absolutely beautiful. Great idea with that pop of color!
Wow!! Stunning cards!!! Love black, grey and yellow together!!!
Emily!!! These are so beautiful! You have such a way with flowers…..
Love how your yellow leaps off the cards against the greys!
You may recognize my name as the woman who drools over your coloring and begs for videos. Well, these cards are some of the greatest cards I have ever seen. Soft Granite is one of my all time favorite inks. To see the grey paired with yellow and charcoal is heaven. Spectacular eye candy!
Your two cards are gorgeous!!
from the hop today your card is my FAV
STUNNING
Masterpiece
the colors are adorable together wooowww
my jaw drops
I LOVE THEM BOTH only with small set and you made masterpiece!!!
Love how you used the products….your colors inspire me.
Love the greys. Such detail to your backgrounds. Thanks for sharing!
Oh my goodness so Victorian to me ,love it ,thank u
Love the use of color and monochromatic! It makes the yellow flowers just *POP* off the card! Gorgeous! So beautiful! Thanks for the giveaways and inspiration!
I love that wood grain background too. Cute cards.
Very beautiful cards, loving the grey backgrounds and those background stamps are amazing. Will have to add some to my Wishlist.
I LOVE the combo of yellow and grey!!!!
Love the colour of these cards, very beautiful and super excited another blog to follow 😍
What an elegant card. Love the b & w with the pop of yellow. I agree, background stamps are wonderful.
Wow! That Spice Market background card is stunning. Thanks for sharing!
Wow, your cards are just magnificent! I love the pop of yellow with the grey and white.
Lovely card!
Stunning. These are much prettier than anything one can find at a stationary store.
Happy Anniversary, ABNH! Beautiful cards, beautiful stamps, too. I like the grey/yellow combo, just perfect!
Your yellow and gray combination is perfect and you have used one of my favorite background stamps of all time, Spice Market.
Simply lovely Emily!!
I love these cards you created! So beautiful. I have most of these products you used to create the cards so I’m excited to try them!
Nice cards, like the colors you used
Absolutely beautiful!
I love that Spice Market background stamp!
I love the first card the best it is beautiful! I am not a yellow person but the gray really goes well with it!
awesome
Yellow and gray go together so well. Pretty cards!
Your cards are gorgeous and elegant!
I love your color combinations of the yellow, grey and black. Beautiful cards!!
I also love the floral stamp set and the die you used for the black oval. Great products!
Love the yellow and black very classy
Love the yellow and gray together, beautiful selection for stamps and backgrounds.
Beautiful cards, loving the colors!
Love the yellow pop of color on your cards – it really stands out!
That is so pretty!!!!
Gorgeous cards
These are absolutely GORGEOUS! I am swooning! 🙂
OMgosh your cards are just beautiful what wonderful inspiration.
Beautiful color palette. .gorgeous card
Beautiful cards Emily! Thanks for sharing!
I love your color combination. very modern and elegant.
Stunning elegance!!
These cards are so beautiful thank you for sharing.
Super cute cards, I love the colors you’ve picked.
Beautiful cards.
OOOhhh these are just LUSH. I LOVE grey and yellow together and your details are wonderful. Thanks for the inspiration.
Oooo, I never think of these kind of black and white color schemes! I love what you have done!
I love the colors of your cards & the Spice Market background stamp!
Very pretty detailed cards and the colours are lovely.
Excited to see your designs – love them. The best part is I have several of the item you used. Love the black and white colors with the yellow accents.
Thanks for sharing
Very elegant
Love the pop of yellow against the neutrals. Always a classic look.
Gorgeous cards.
Wow so beautiful
Beautiful cards. Love your backgrounds and those flowers.
Love, love, love your choice of colors! I recently purchased the Hello Stamp n Cut set…your card has RE-inspired me!!!
Beautiful card. I agree hero arts is one of my favorites to especially background stamps
Love the combination of black & white and eye popping yellow. So elegant and beautiful!
I love the colors on these cards. They are so pretty
Love this color pallet! Thank you for sharing!
Oh yes! I love these background stamps. These are beautiful cards.
I absolutely love grey and yellow together and you blended them perfectly in these beautiful cards!
Love the yellow with the grey. Lovely cards!
What gorgeous cards!!! I love the grey flowers!
I love your cards! The black and white look with the pop of color is fantastic!
Love the pop of yellow!!
Very pretty cards!
Congratulations to the anniversary of the, Blog Named Hero! Beautiful design!
Both cards are so pretty!
Both of your cards are gorgeous but I absolutely love the first card with that beautiful background stamp and the bright yellow flowers on the grey. Stunning!!
Gorgeous cards but I absolutely love the first one!! That background and the yellow flowers = stunning!!
Beautiful. Can’t wait to see more of your creations.
What a beautiful design…just stunning…
The colours are so sophisticated–gorgeous!
I can see why the Spice Market background is one of your favorites. What a gorgeous card! Thanks for sharing!
Pretty!
What beautiful cards!!!
Gorgeous cards! I love the yellow and gray combo. That spice market stamp is one of my favorites too.
Beautiful cards!! Love the colors used, so unique!!
Your cards just warm my heart! There is something about a good yellow and grey combo that feels cozy to me… 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Very elegant card. Love it!
Your cards are gorgeous .. how can get look so good!! the blog hop has given a chance to see the work of such talented card makers
Very lovely card. I really like how the yellow pops!
Beautiful! Thank you!
These cards are exquisite – love the design, colors and all the pretty elements !
I love your use of the gray background. It is elegant.
Beautiful cards! Love the little pop of yellow on the grays!
Wow! These are stunning! I love the play with gray and the pop of yellow. TFS.
I love how these cards are monochromatic with a pop of color!
FABULOUS! I absolutely love the grey with the yellow and black. I’m so thankful to be apart of this with such great DT peeps! You’re amazing!
So beautifully done! Thank you for sharing!
OMG. So gorgeous!
Love the monochromatic card with the pop of color.
These are so beautiful and elegant!
Very nice, I like the color combo of grey with a pop of color! Congrats on 5 years!
It was fun learning about some of your stamping ocd’s. Beautiful cards as always =)
Very pretty cards!
Wonderful card, love your yellows and grays.
Super cards! Your yellow, gray and black color combination is very striking.
Really like your color choices. Beautiful cards.
Beautiful, very elegant cards.
Oh, WoWzers!! These are FABULOUS!! I’m bookmarking this to CASE some day… Love, Love, LOVE!! Congrats to A Blog Named Hero on their 5th anniversary!
I just made some gray Wood grain A2 but did not go any further because I wasn’t sure where it would take me, now I have inspiration
Love the backgrounds and the pop of one color.
Beautiful card! Awesome hop!
Wow! These are absolutely gorgeous!!
I just can’t get over how beautiful these are!! LOVE the yellow and gray!!
Oh my gosh these cards are truly beautiful!!!! I love the black and yellow and grey colour scheme!
Beautiful cards! What a great idea!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful cards.
I love the pop of color in your 2 neutral toned cards!
Wow! I just love how Beautiful these two are. Gorgeous background and Wonderful stamp set!
Wow those cards are goregous!
Congratulations to A BLOG NAMED HERO on 5 years! I love your woodgrain backgrounds and the gray colors!
Your detailed backgrounds are exquisite! Thanks for sharing!