Hi there! Today, I’m super excited to be taking part in another fabulous blog hop featuring a collaborative effort from two of my favorite stamp companies: Hero Arts and Pinkfresh Studios! I am lucky enough to serve on the design teams for both of these fantastic companies, so I was extra thrilled when I heard that they were going to be working together for a collaborative stamp set! This beautiful new set features a gorgeous floral frame, as well as some fantastic sentiments drawn by my friend Caly Person. You should have arrived here from Cathy Zielske’s blog, and your next stop is Heather Hoffman’s blog.
The stamp set, called You Make A Difference (you can see it here on the Hero Arts website as well as here on the Pinkfresh Studios website), features such beautiful, poignant sentiments in addition to that gorgeous floral frame. A must-have, to be sure! I’ve paired it with my Caran D’Ache colored pencils for a hand-drawn look. Let’s get started with the details!
I began by stamping the beautiful floral image from the stamp set on an A2 panel of Pebble card stock using Unicorn White pigment ink. I then used a variety of plum, blue, and fuchsia pencils to add color to the beautifully detailed image, coloring directly over the top of the stamped images.
After I’d finished my pencil coloring, I used Wet Cement ink and the Life Changing Blender Brushes from Picket Fence Studios to blend a bit of a halo around the edges of the panel. The gray ended up picking up a bit of the green from the foliage as I blended, but I really liked the effect! It reminded me of a mystical glen or something. (Ha, that’s stretching it a bit, Emily…)
After I’d finished with my card base, I die cut the Love Stamp and Cut from Hero Arts three times using Plum card stock and adhered them together to create a dimensional die cut. I also white embossed the coordinating greeting, also from the Love Stamp and Cut, on some strips of Pebble card stock. I popped them up with a bit of foam tape for extra dimension.
Well, that’s all for my project today! Now, I’ve got some fun giveaway information for you!
3 different prizes are up for grabs, drawn from comments left across the blog hop:
One winner will receive the stamp set!
One winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at Pinkfresh Studio
One winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at Hero Arts
The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!
Your next stop on the hop is Heather Hoffman. You can also head back to the Hero Arts blog to start at the beginning if you get lost. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
This is a beautiful new collaboration set! I like what you’ve created with it.
I love this card . The colors are magnificent !
You are such a talented artist!
Beautiful card for a beautiful industry!
Your colors are so vibrant! I’ll have to try coloring over white!
Beautiful card. Great combination of sentiments.
I love the plum color of your “love” word. That die is one of my faves in my stash! Thanks for reminding me. This card turned out perfectly!
wow beautiful beyond words can explain
I love the coloring on the cards. Something I continue to aspire to. You are talented!
Beautiful coloring, you are very talented!
This is such a gorgeous stamp! i love how you frame the sentiment and the colors!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love your card! This is gorgeous!
Beautiful card. Love this stamp set.
The coloring is wonderful. thanks
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I love the vivid colors you used to create this card. I am amazed that you created that amazing look using colored pencils. I am going to have to get those out and start using them more often.
Such a beautiful card. Love the colors and stamp set.
Gorgeous card, I love your pencil coloring! Great collaboration!
super pretty card – love the popped up sentiments
I love the look of those colored pencils, it’s a beautiful card. I love this new stamp set, it could be used so many ways.
What a very pretty card! It one that I will have on hand if I forget a Birthday! Lol. Thanks for sharing!!
I’m loving that plum “love”. Beautiful!! I need to order some of that!! Your card is spendid!! The purples are my jam!! As always, love it!!
Love the stamp set and the colors on your card!
Your card is so vibrant!
I just love the colors in this card. It makes you 😃
Your card is beautiful
Beautiful card! The color is just lovely 🙂
Your coloring is amazing! Love the color combo.
Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Love that you colored over a white stamped image!
Your card is beautiful. I’m in love with the colors.
Awesome coloring! 🙂 Love this card!! <3
Beautiful card. Love the pretty colors and flowers.
The colors in this card are wonderful – so vibrant. Thank you for the inspiration.
Your coloring really brings the flowers to LIFE!!!
You certainly made this stamp image more beautiful. You are such a talented artist!
So beautiful, great vivid colors!
Such a lovely interpretation of this wonder stamp. Truly inspirational for us colored pencilists! Admirer of your work!
Gorgeous card with this beautiful set!
Beautiful card. Your coloring is gorgeous. Fabulous job!
Beautiful card! I’m sure coloring over a white stamped image presented it’s fair share of challenges, but you did a sensational job! Lends a whole new meaning to no-line coloring! Lol. Thanks so much for coming at this stamp set from a different angle.
Wow! What a stunning card and the pop of color blows me away! Love what you did with the sentiment!
Simply delightful!
beautiful coloring
Your card is quite magical.
Love this card. The stamp is stunning but your card is even more stunning.
The green gray on the edge is a nice touch
Your coloring on this card is awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card!!
What a great technique! I love the hand-drawn effect you achieved.
Wow! Gorgeous card Emily and I love all the beautiful colors you made your flowers. So pretty and such a beautiful job!
So pretty–love the colors.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing
Wow! I just love your beautiful card!
I really love the way you did this card. It is so beautiful.
Love your card Emily! It’s really beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration!
Such a pretty and colorful card. Love that you used colored pencils. Thanks for sharing!
I love your card and the fun color you highlighted.
Thank you Emily for sharing this technique. This is a gorgeous card.
Your card is very pretty. I like the colors that you chose and the set and sentiments are great.
Wow, that card is so vibrant! Love stands out so wonderfully! The coloring is terrific!
This is so beautiful! I love the bold colours
Such an exquisite card…your coloring skills are awesome!!!
Thanks for sharing your gorgeous card–the colored pencil coloring is gorgeous and the ink blending on the edges is stunning.
What a beautiful card. The colors are so bright and cheerful. The ink blending is a great touch to make thing pop.
I love the “Love” die cut and how you built it up and the deep purple color is so rich looking. Great card!!
Beautiful card. Love your idea using the sentiments.
colors are wonderful.
great card
The halo around the edges really makes your coloring stand out. Great idea! Sure do love your card and this stamp set collaboration!
The vivid colors you used for your card are beautiful. Great new stamp set!
Such vivid colors! Love this stamp set and how beautifully you’ve used it!
Fabulous card. Love your color combo. I’m just loving this stamp set!
great way to incorporate color pencils! love the look
Love the “love” makes this card pop, lovely
This card is beautiful and your excellent coloring with the colored pencils makes it a stand-out. I love this stamp set from Hero Arts and Pinkfresh Studio and think it has so many possibilities! The sentiments alone would make it a worthwhile buy! Way to go to Hero Arts for 45 years of excellence and Pinkfresh Studio for honoring that! 🙂
So many different and beautiful ideas for this collaboration stamp set! The colors used on your card are gorgeous! Definitely on my wishlist!
I love all the cards in this blog hop. The dark vibrant colors will will take this card into the fall.
Fantastic coloring! 🙂
Beautiful. I love using colored pencils, but my coloring doesn’t look as beautiful as yours…I’ll keep practicing?
Love your choice of plum colors
Nice stamp set. Definitely would to win to add it to my stamp collection. Thanks for the chance to win. : )
A gorgeous bright, happy card, Emily! I love your colouring of your beautiful card. I agree the touch of green does give a special effect around the edges! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring our creativity.
Lovely card. I need to try your technique.
Lovely card! Pretty colors. Thanks for sharing.
Really gorgeous card
Love your card, your coloring is gorgeous.
emily, this is BEAUTIFUL.
Nice bold coloring on this card. It’s lovely.
This is such a great stamp set and I love the card you made! The colors are so vibrant and pretty!!
I adore the colors you’ve chosen for this awesome stamp set!
I’m enjoying these collaborative blog hops with Hero Arts & other companies. This stamp set has the most wonderful sentiments. The colours you used are fabulous & I like the inking around the edges. AND, 8/18 is my birthday, so wouldn’t it be a special treat if I rec’d. an email saying I’d won a prize? Ever live in hope…
Lovely card. TFS
Love your “Mystical Glen” look. Bring on the fairies!
I love the beautiful colors on your card, the plum especially!
You have colored a very pretty card here. This is a gorgeous stamp set! Congratulations Hero Arts!
What a beautiful card! I love how you used colored pencils to color this image. 🙂
very pretty
Gorgeous card!!! I love your coloring on this one and the vibrant sentiment is amazing!!!
Beautiful card! I am looking forward to using this set, it’s wonderful!
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
FABULOUS. I am in awe.
Looooooooove this stamp set and the way you have used it 😍
Ooooooohhhhhh!!! Beautiful! The colors are so vibrant!!!
Beautiful colors!
Thank you for sharing your inspiration! Beautiful card!!
This card POPS! Love the colors!
Love the blended background, the beautiful coloring & the bold color of the die it sentiment! Great contrasts! (I also thought I had commented here yesterday, but I don’t see my comment so here is a similar one today! If there are 2, I only intended one comment.) Thanks for sharing your creativity!
Sooo pretty! The Love is rich and perfect w/all the other colors.
Excellent card. I just love this stamp set.
The vibrant colors you chose are perfect for this gorgeous stamp. I really like that you did the large sentiment in a color instead of a neutral.
This stamp set is stunning and I love your card.
Congratulations Hero Arts and Pink Fresh Studio, Rey beautiful stamp set and your card is gorgeous.
Beautiful card. Love this Stamp set!
Such a brilliant card! I love these colors!
Fab collaboration, and a lovely palette on your pretty card. Thanks for sharing this inspiration with these fun products.
Stunning colors! I love this stamp set. Such a gorgeous floral design. So many possibilities!! Thanks so much Hero Arts and Pinkfresh Studio!
Stunning! I love your color choice. That plum is so rich! The hand drawn/sketched look you achieved by stamping with the Unicorn white pigment ink and then the pencil coloring is vibrant.
Great collaboration PFS! Congrats HA on your 45th!
Beautiful card. This is a gorgeous stamp set with many possibilities, and the sentiments are fantastic.
Beautiful card! Lovely coloring.
I love your coloring and this technique – it really looks like you sketched all those flowers. Beautiful!
This is a great card to celebrate these two great companies!! Love all the colors and the big LOVE in the center!! 🙂
BEAUTIFUL!! I ‘m so glad to have the instructions. Can’t wait to try it myself.
Gorgeous card! Love the colors and the beautiful floral design! Fabulous stamp set!
I love how you added the ball effect. It really softens the look of the florals and legs the bold sentiment be the star.
Beautiful stamp set. I really like the plum cardstock here for LOVE. The ink blending adds just the right drama to the card.
Oh wow this is just breathtaking!!!!! Such gorgeous colors!
What a absolutely beautiful card!
What a bright and beautiful card, thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful card! Beautiful stamp set!
What a beautiful card!
Beautiful card!
The colors in your card are gorgeous love it! Looks like I’ll be adding this stamp to my collection!
Oh so beautiful! Fabulous coloring with amazing vibrancy!
Absolutely gorgeous, Emily! Love those vibrant colors!
Really very PRETTY!
I’ve loved all of the cards that I have seen made with this stamp. But, your card is my favorite so far because of your lovely color combination! Great job!!
Absolutely awesome card!