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hero arts: anniversary blog hop day 2

Hello crafty friends! I'm beyond thrilled to be hopping along with Hero Arts today to celebrate their 45th Anniversary. You should have arrived here from the blog of the very talented Amy Kolling. If you missed any of the stops along the hop, you can go back to the beginning at the Hero Arts blog HERE. If you missed Day 1 of this fun hop, you can find all those stops on this post

45 years is such an amazing accomplishment for any business, Congratulations to everyone at Hero Arts! I am proud to say that Hero Arts were the first stamps I ever bought and I still love them today. I was lucky to be a Hero Arts Hostess back in 2012, and a member of the Design Team a few years ago as well. I always enjoy all of the innovative products Hero Arts comes out with each year, and look forward to paging through each new catalog. I am so glad Hero Arts has taken some of it's older designs "out of the Vault" for this celebration. There are such wonderful images. For my card today, I have tried out the new From the Vault Flowers stamps and dies along with the brand new Reactive Ink Pads in Taffy, Lemon Drop, and Pool Party

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To create my card, I used the Life Changing Blender Brushes to apply the inks onto a panel of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I always start with the yellow when creating a rainbow and use more than I need, because I always cover up more than I should in the end. I dried the panel with a heat tool, then gave it a couple of sprays of water using my Distress Sprayer, then blotted the panel with a paper towel. Once that was dry, I put the three inks onto my non-stick craft sheet, sprayed them with water and flicked little splatters of color onto the panel with a paintbrush. 

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Once the panel was dry, I stamped the sentiment. I stamped and cut the flowers several times and arranged them around the sentiment to create a focal point, layering some of the flowers with foam tape. I adhered my finished panel onto a mat of Pitch Black cardstock, then onto a Dove White Top Folding Card. 

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Now for the prizes! There are SOOO many sponsors that have generously donated their wonderful products for the hop today. I love the sharing that is going on in the crafting community….

Hero Arts: 3 $145 Gift Certificates, 3 $45 Gift Certificates
Altenew: $50 Gift Certificate
Art Impressions: $25 Gift Certificate
Ellen Hutson LLC: $50 Gift Certificate
Gina K: $100 Gift Certificate
Jennifer McGuire Ink: $100 Hero Arts Gift Certificate, 5 Share Handmade Kindness goodie bags
Laurie Willison: 2 Card Hanger Dies
Lawn Fawn: $50 Gift Certificate
My Sweet Petunia: 1 Prize Bundle (Original MISTI, a set of Creative Corners, a Cut-Align, and a bar magnet)
Online Card Classes: 5 spots in the Stamp Happy In Good Company: Hero Arts class
Pink Fresh Studio: $45 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook & Cards Today: 3 copies of Scrapbook & Cards Today Summer 2019 Issue
Scrapbook.com: $50 Gift Certificate
Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate

Winners will be drawn from people who leave comments along the blog hop over the three days – comment all three days for more chances to win! Comment by Sunday, June 2 at 11:59pm PST, and the winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog next week. Your next stop on the hop is the wonderfully creative Claire Prezzia, make sure you hop on over to see what she has created for you today 🙂 All the stops on the hop are listed below in case you missed any:

Hero Arts
A Blog Named Hero
Amy Kolling
Cheiron Brandon
Clare Prezzia
Donna Mikasa
Jana Millen
Jenn Shurkus
Kathleen Graumüller
Laurie Willison
Lisa Spangler
Lydia Fiedler
Nichol Spohr
Scrapbook & Cards Today
Scrapbook.com

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