Hi there! Today, we have an extra special collaboration between Hero Arts and yet another of my most favorite companies (and people!): Gina K.! These two rockstar companies epitomize kindness to me. Gina is just about one of the nicest people you could ever meet, and the kindness and community spirit that Hero Arts exudes makes me insanely proud to be part of their Creative Team. Today’s blog hop is celebrating this gorgeous new stamp set: Friendship Blooms (HA|EH|SSS). (Such a perfect name for a collaborative stamp set like this, right?) We have a stellar blog hop list for you today, with lots of beautiful floral inspiration. You should have arrived here from Caly Person’s blog, and your next stop is Ilina Crouse’s blog. You can also head back to the Hero Arts blog if you get lost.
This stamp set is absolutely stunning. Like, I literally gasped when I saw images of it. Gina’s florals are always so gorgeous, and this trendy, beautiful spray of peonies is a perfect way to represent the two companies. And let’s not forget the eloquent and meaningful sentiments included in this large 6×8 stamp set! Here’s a peek at Friendship Blooms (HA|EH|SSS):
Gorgeous, right? I had to create a quick project before I left on vacation, so I can’t wait to get back and delve into Friendship Blooms (HA|EH|SSS) a little further!! That peony spray is just stunning! I think that keeping the project fairly simple shows off the beauty and detail of the large peony spray.
For my project today, I started by stamping the Friendship Blooms (HA|EH|SSS) main image onto a panel of white Neenah card stock using Intense Black ink. Then, I colored the beautiful peony image using my Copic markers in shades of R59, R56, RV34, RV32, and R81 for the flowers and G46, G21, and YG61 for the leaves. I colored the little berry sprays with a black Micron pen to keep things simple.
After I’d finished coloring the image, I used my Micron pen and T-square to make a neat black rectangular frame around the edge of my card front, skipping over the flowers to allow the blooms to spill over the edge of the frame. I love adding a simple frame like this to floral cards; it gives them such a clean, elegant finish, I think!
The final touch was to add a greeting created with White embossing powder and Pitch Black card stock. I popped it up using foam tape to add a little extra dimension.
Well, that’s all for my project today! Now, for some fun giveaway information! Hero Arts is giving away one Friendship Blooms (HA|EH|SSS) stamp set to a lucky commenter! All you have to do to be eligible is leave a comment on the hop stops. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! Comment by Sunday, August 4 at 11:59pm PST. I hope you’re enjoying the hop! Your stop is Ilina Crouse’s blog. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!
Hero ArtsGina K. Designs
Jennifer McGuire
Kristina Werner
Kathy Racoosin
Laura Bassen
Jaycee Gaspar
Yana Smakula
Michelle Short
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Janette Kausen
Caly Person
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
This is a gorgeous floral set. I love how it fills the front of the card.
Gorgeous coloring! 🙂
Very lovely
Absolutely stunning coloring! What a beautiful floral set!!!
Love this stunning card! The stamp is gorgeous & I love this awesome design.
This is beautiful!
So pretty!! Thanks for sharing!
This is beautifully colored and I like the addition of the drawn in frame.
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Fantastic card!! The flowers are super beautiful and I love the frame 🙂
Lovely and elegant. So clean cut, too.
The square around the image really did make it pop. Thanks for sharing your beautiful card.
Love how you used this to fill the whole front of the card, beautiful.
what a gorgeous card – love the outline you created around the flowers – very nice idea
Gorgeous way to create with this stamp set. Thank you!
Beautiful card!!!
Gorgeous card, love it!
This is beautiful! That border really dos add a lot to it.
Thank you for list of Copic markers – so very helpful for beginners like me! Lovely card!
Beautiful as ever!
Gorgeous! Especially like the addition of the frame which goes to show one needs to think outside the box and use tools one already has to take a card from great to stunning!
Your card is beautiful, and I love the way you framed it out without added layers. Your coloring is perfect, and you nearly showcased the entire image the way you slanted it. Love it!!! May the Lord continue to bless the talent you bring to the crafting industry.
What a lovely card~. And where did you find that beautiful pen!! Oh my.
Lovely card. Great coloring. Like the added border.
This is just gorgeous! I love the frame!
This is SUCH A GORGEOUS IMAGE! I LOOOVE FLORALS! (Swooning here!) You did a WONDERFUL JOB on this Emily! LOVE how you framed in the floral & the sentiment! A SUPER JOB for Hero Arts Anniversary! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Hero Arts!!! ;)<3
Great use of the entire image I love the outline too.
This is a striking card. The simple frame makes the main image pop. Thanks so much.
Its lovely. Tyfs
The frame to the gorgeous flowers was a wonderful touch. It really highlights the central feature and adds structure and contrast. Very good idea.
Beautiful set and great examples of what can be done with it!
Wooowww another amazing card made with elegance. That frame gives this card a stunning look. Love the color palette you use. Hugs from Portugal
Emily, you may have been in a hurry, but you’ve created one stunning card with the Friendship Blooms stamp set. Your colouring is exquisite and I really love the use of the T-square to draw the box around the peony spray. I also like the angled from corner to corner stamping. It really shows off how gorgeous this set is. Thanks for inspiring.
Wonderful stamp set. I love peonies and you have colored them so beautifully!
Simply stunning! What a gorgeous stamp and amazing coloring!
This stamp set is stunning! You’ve really shown it off with your colouring, and adding the frame to highlight it even more.
Gorgeous card; love all your details, especially the frame. Thanks for sharing
Such a beautiful card and stamp set! Stunning…
Thanks for sharing.
Emily, this card is absolutely gorgeous! I agree with you about that black frame around your image. It’s perfect!! 🙂
Wow! Gorgeous card. Love the color. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous card! Amazing how something like the simple inked border you used to frame your flowers can really elevate a card. Thanks for sharing!
This is absolutely stunning! I Love the frame around the focal image! This stamp set is so gorgeous!
Amazing card. I like the frame around the blossoms. It makes it look like it is spilling over the edge. Very nice.
Emily I think you have reached perfection with this wonderful card… the placement is so right. This collaboration between Gina K and Hero is magical! Thanks for sharing this stunner.
Gorgeous card Emily – I love the colors you chose for the flowers! Thanks so much for sharing!
Gorgeous card! The black frame was a wonderful addition.
wow what a stunning card!
Your flowers are really pretty and I love the sentiment. Thank you for sharing.
Oh my What a lovely set and your card is just beautiful!
Gorgeous card! I like how you added the frame. It makes such a big difference.
I really love your card. It is very unique in the Blog Hop and I like the placement of the stamp and the frame you drew.
Peonies are my favorite, and this stamp set is gorgeous. You did such a beautiful job coloring these images and making this card. Thanks for sharing your work.
So Pretty but I have to say the Frame makes the design complete. Great card.
I’m so over the moon about this stamp! And the sentiments are beautifully designed.
Beautiful card!
Love your card and all the beautiful blog designs!
The black rectangular frame was a nice added touch! And I love the matching pink pen next to the card.
This card is beautiful! Love the pink!
These flowers are my favorite color. Love the shading.
Your card is beautiful! I love how you made the frame to go around the flowers, fabulous.
Beautiful stamp, great sentiments. I really like the colors you used!
This is beautiful and I love the amazing coloring and the frame you created! 🙂
Love your coloring and especially the black box in the background really sets off this beautiful stamp set!
Beautiful card! Your Copic coloring is gorgeous!
I’m impressed with all the great coloring I’ve seen used with this detailed peony.spray. I can’t believe how much that think black line adds to the overall image. Beautiful job.
Beautiful card! Great coloring!
Stunning card. I love the black frame you added to it. Very beautiful coloring. Thanks for sharing. ☺
Gorgeous coloring. The frame adds a wonderful touch and really makes the flowers pop. Thanks for including the Copics used.
Beautiful rendition of a gorgeous stamp! Thanks!
Beautiful. Love your small black pen lines that seem to draw your eye into the flowers.
Simply gorgeous! Stunning image and coloring. I love the addition of the frame, perfect to accent the lovely floral spray.
Beautiful floral design. I love the sentiments in this set.
Lovely card. By putting the stamp diagonal you got so much of that stunning stamp onto the card!
Gorgeous card!!
Your card is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your talent!
This card is so beautiful. The coloring is fabulous and I love the black frame in the background. Looks really grat.
Beautiful! The black sentiment is so striking.
Sooo beautiful!!! Your coloring is phenomenal!
Beautiful!!!! YOU SO ROCK!!
The black frame made all the difference!
Gorgeous card. I like that you made a rectangular background.
What a stunning card! Your coloring looks wonderful, and I love the frame you drew around the floral image. 🙂
So beautiful ! I loved the card layout and the thin frame around the floral image.
It’s amazing how just that simple rectangle frame turns a stamped artwork into a card. Will definitely be using this rip to help give my cards a finished look
I love the frame on the card with the stamp over it. Since it is so large and runs off the page, I think having it extend beyond the frame and therefore the card makes the flowers pop that much more. Your coloring is gorgeous, you captured the true colors of the peonies. Thank you.
Gorgeous card- I love the black line as a frame. It looks fabulous
Your coloring is fantastic and I love how you framed out the image…beautiful work! Thank you for sharing 🙂
I love your card–it’s gorgeous! The black rectangle you drew really adds to the focus on the flowers, too. Very creative touch!
Gorgeous coloring making a gorgeous card. I love the hand-drawn frame. Such a pretty detail.
Your coloring makes this a gorgeous card. This is becoming one of my favorite sets. Thank you for the frame technique also. Two great companies working together to produce one special product.
Your card is very pretty and I love the frame detail.
The black rectangle line drawing add so much to the balance and elegance of the card.
Beautiful card! Really like the outline-adds so much to the design!
Fantastic job making the frame. It
really sets a nice background for
the flowers to spill over. Beautiful
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This card is amazing beautiful! Love your coloring and doing the berries with a black pen is genius. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful and thank you for sharing your talent.
Beautiful creation! I love how you created the black fame!
Love the card – your colours for the flowers are so beautiful!
awesome card. so pretty.
I too like the black line and your floral image. I will have to try this on mine.
I follow you on Instagram and am always blown away by your coloring.
Just gorgeous!!! Thanks for the inspiration!!!
You gasped when you saw the stamp set.. I gasped when I saw your card… absolutely gorgeous!
This is beautiful!
I like this stamp, esp. the size!
Beautiful card! Thank you for sharing!
Oh your card is gorgeous and I love how the stamp fit on the front! Thanks so much for sharing with us!!
Wonderful coloring! And the stamp set is so beautiful and versatile ❤️
No surprise here, Emily, as I knew you’d knock my socks off with your spectacular card! Love your color choices, the rectangular drawn frame and the way you added the sentiment. You gals rocked this corroboration!
Great to see two companies come together to make this beautiful stamp set. Great card. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Stunning card. Lovely coloring of the peonies.
So beautiful Emily! Love the addition of the pen frame, which gives the whole thing a wonderful new look! Thanks so much for sharing and the wonderful inspiration!
I really like the way the hand drawn frame draws attention to the flowers.
Beautiful card! Love your color choices and your shading!
Love this stamp set. You made a lovely card with it.
Such a great card. Thank you for sharing.
Such a great card.Thank you.
Beautiful card, amazing coloring. This is such a gorgeous set and the sentiments are lovely.
The stamp is beautiful, but your coloring makes it so much more!!! Thanks for sharing!
Emily, I love your card and the detail of adding the black frame around the peonies is brilliant! LOVE!
Love the blue version! What versatile stamp set, I love it.
I love your card, the coloring is awesome, and I like the way you took up the entire front of a card, the black box around to frame it was a nice detail. Love it.
Love the shade you chose for the roses.
Beautiful. So much talent
Love your card and the large floral image!
Beautiful card and I really like how you used the rectangle to frame the floral
Beautiful and elegant card, hand drawing in the frame really finishes it.
Love the rectangle idea! and loving this hop. It’s my first one 🙂 I am finding so many new blogs along the way
The hand drawn frame adds such and elegant touch to this beautiful card. Love it Emily.
Gorgeous! I love the frame you drew. It really draws attention to the flowers. Beautiful!
Stunning card and beautifully colored. I love the outline border on this card.
So beautiful and vivid! Love.
Gorgeous card – the outline border really sets off the flowers nicely. And thanks for sharing the copic colors you used – this combination is going in my book for future reference. I love it.
Like the way the stamp over lays the frame. Lovely card
That is so pretty, Emily. perfection in your coloring! I am loving the sentiments in this stamp set almost as much as the flowers!
Beautiful card! Love the pinks you used for the flowers.
I love the effect of the “frame”! Really pretty!
Such beautiful coloring & stamp set. Thanks for showing us.
These florals are so pretty, gorgeous design and coloring on this card.
Such a pretty card, lovely colors too! Deciding what to do with such a large image is overwhelming to me sometimes so it is great to see the whole image displayed so well on a card. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us!
I’m so glad you are on this hop as I adore the floral cards you create & this one is no exception. You’ve coloured such a stunning bloom here. Thank you for sharing your inspiration x
Love this stamp set and your coloring really did it justice. Great card.
So beautiful!! The pen drawn frame is such a clever idea.
Another brilliant card Emily! So lovely & I like the black drawn around it.
Simple, yet elegant. I love the addition of the drawn in frame, really finishes off the card!
Gorgeous card & stamp set! Love the frame around the flowers
How gorgeous, I simply love the frame around the image!
First I want to acknowledge that I have so enjoyed the inspirational qualities and kindnesses shown to each other by this community of friends and competitors. It is truly something we all should aspire to do. Your coloring is exquisite and the simple lined-frame the perfect way to emphasize the beautiful stamp. Perfection.
Your card is just beautiful!
such a beautiful stamp set
Adding that simple frame really sets off this beautiful image. What a lovely card!
That’s very, very lovely.
Lovely coloring. Congrats Hero Arts on your 45th. I love this new stamp set.
Your colors bring so much life to this beautiful stamp! Thanks.
Your coloring is great – this card is so very pretty
Your card is gorgeous! I love the size of this stamped image!
Such a pretty card! Thank you for the inspiration!
Simply elegant!
Such a beautiful card….I love how the black frame gives it a finished look.
Such a beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.
I absolutely adore what you have all done with this stamp! I was heartbroken to find that it was out of stock, and look forward to getting my hands on one! Thank you for the inspiration!
Beautiful. I love the rectangle, so simple but adds so much!
I like your diagonal stamping – great way to showcase the whole design!
Emily their are no better words to describe Gina K and Hero Arts than you did, I totally agree including what you sayd about this stunning stamp set!
Your card is, as always, awesome, great colouring and indeed the rectangular frame gives it such elegant finish. Thank you so much for your awesome inspiration and have a great weekend.
Such a smooth blend between colors! Gina’s designs are always classy and timeless. It’s beautiful to see the collaboration between companies.
Gorgeous choice of colors for this beautiful set.
Wowsa! That is so cool! Love this stamp set collaboration❣️Just gorgeous! 💞
Beautiful. This is s must have stamp set.
I like how you did the frame outline. It makes the flowers look like they are popping off the card. You did such a nice job with your coloring. This is SUCH a gorgeous stamp set!
Beautiful card. It’s amazing how nicely it is set off by the simple black rectangle.
Absolutely stunning!
Your simple black frame really does add such an elegant touch to your pretty card! Your coloring is beautiful!