We are here with a bit of a bittersweet day today, it's the final day of our Celebration week. It has been so exciting and amazing to see the incredible response to our new blog-- we are blown away by all the wonderful comments and the excitement we can see in all of you!
We would like to say a big thank you to all the ladies who participated in this week's celebration-taking time out of their already busy lives to make a project for us really means the world. THANK YOU!
As I'm sure you know by now, the theme is
And now onto the cards!
First up is the uber talented Tami Hartley!
What a gorgeous card! The repeated Studio Calico numbers stamp is just perfect as a background! The handmade embellishment and gorgeous layering are just fantastic! Tami was inspired by Dawn McVey :)
Next up to bat is our sweet friend Laurel Beard!
*such* a bright, happy card! We love how Laurel used the Hero Arts Bold Pops flowers and that adorable little butterfly--just so sweet!
and thirdly is the lovely Lisa Carroll!
What an amazingly sophisticated card! The embossed resist in the centre--perfect inking around it! JUST gorgeous! This card would be perfect for so many occasions :)
And here are the tools these lovely ladies used to make their beautiful projects:
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Now before we go, we just want to remind everyone to comment here on the blog, spread the word via twitter/facebook (we have a page HERE), for the chance to win one of FIFTEEN prizes! Donated by the lovely Jennifer McGuire and Heidi from Simon Says Stamp. **entries close April 6th**
Thank you all SO much for stopping by again!
Remember that our first challenge is APRIL 1!!!! Be sure to get your stamps ready!
Linda & Mary Dawn xx
Remember that our first challenge is APRIL 1!!!! Be sure to get your stamps ready!
Linda & Mary Dawn xx
178 comments:
Just finding your new blog....love what I see. Good luck. Will be back for the challenges.
Love today's cards! Especially Laurel's. just love how bright and vivid it is. I'm a little sad this week is ending to, LOVED it!
amazing!!! I just read how you decided on your name, so fun! Thanks for the exciting inspiration week! I'm excited to play along in the challenges!
Once again the gals hit it right in the inspiration spot :) thank ya ladies.
Marilize
Beautiful cards ladies!! Love all three of them!! Wonderful week for your new blog!! Can't wait to see what is in store for Monday :)
ladies what another wonderful day of cards. Thanks for sharing with us today your wonderful
gorgeous cards. love the different styles here.
Heh, I was waiting all morning for this post!! Thank you for the lovely cards and a chance to win!
A wonderful and to a fabulous week. Thanks for the inspiration.
already love this blog...inspiration!! :)
xoxo
karin
it's been a week of beautiful cards!
Again, its a lovely post for inspiration........... keep coming back and looking at everything, as i am on a card mission these days and need to get my mojo going... here i am
ava
more great cards! Very excited about the challenges!!
The ladies did an awesome job with their cards using their favorite Hero Arts stamps. TFS :)
Great cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
What beautiful cards! Oh my goodness, what an amazing line-up of talent you've had this week! Just look at your following! From 37 to 317? Yeah, baby!!! Thanks, ladies for a week of Hero Inspiration! Can't wait for the first challenge :)
OH! OH! I am going to be in more trouble-- seeing what ya'll do with these wonderful stamps. My craft budget is headed south! I will have to have some more stamps. I already have enough to start my own store! LOL!
Great cards! Can't wait to see what this new blog has in store for us. ;-)
Gorgeous cards! It has been an inspiring Celebration Week!
You really mixed it up again today - love all the styles and stamps! I'm sad to see this end, too, but can't wait until Sunday! Congratulations, Linda and Mary Dawn, for pulling this all together so beautifully!
So very exciting! Can't wait to see what's next!
Awesome idea for a blog. Beautiful projects. Looking forward to all the challenges.
Lovely cards! I am really enjoying my daily dose of Hero Arts.
These have been wonderful cards to look at! Congrats on your new blog!
Oh boy, you brought out the big guns today...I LOVE Tami, Laurel and Lisa! Wonderful card, ladies! Fun, fun, fun!
Wow, three more beautiful cards!!! Everyone has really outdone themselves this week! Can't wait to see what ABNH has in future weeks!!!
Wow! 3 more awesome cards! I'm so excited about this new and amazing blog!!!
AWESOME line-up of cards from Tami, Laurel and Lisa to end the celebration week! Way to go on getting the blog started! You rock, Mary Dawn and Linda!
what a fun week this has been... such lovely cards today!
Super awesome cards.
Love the different styles of these 3. Intrigued by the last one!
Another day of stunning cards.
Loving all this eye candy! Can't wait for the actual challenge to start! You girls are doing great things and so are the guess designers!
All 3 cards are great, but I really love the last one...because she used my favorite Hero Arts stamp!
Thanks for an awesome week! My learning to make card has taken on a whole new direction this week.
Love today's inspiration! Thanks and congrats on the new blog.
What a fabulous week of inspiration! So excited for the first challenge! Great job, ladies! :)
WOW! A grand finale to this fun-filled week, girls! Thanks so much for all the inspiration! Looking forward to what's in store for this blog.
Love the cards. So very impressed with what I am seeing thus far. Successful blog I'd say. Congratulations.
Really nice cards! I enjoy all the inspiration here. And congrats to the blog owners, it looks like you are a hit!
*sigh* all these cards are so pretty! Tami's with the Hero/Studio Calico numbers stamp is my favorite!
What a great celebration week. Can't wait to see more!
Awesome cards again! Love the variety. Thanks for a wonderful week of inspiration.
great inspirations here!
Thank you!
Sandra ltb
Your ending the week with some fabulous cards! Loved seeing so many different styles showcased this week!
Each of these cards is fabulous--love the colors and techniques.
slrdowney at hotmail dot com
Beautiful cards. I love everything about them. They are all great inspiring cards. Thanks for sharing them. Thank to all the ladies who have created for us. Sad it's the last day.
Another day of beautiful cards! Absolutely love Lisa Carroll's card, the blue and brown look so pretty together!
Once again...gorgeous cards!! It's been a fun week.
what a great first week! cards today are all so wonderful as was the whole week. looking forward to the first challenge on sunday. thanks for such a good week of inspiration.
Fabulous cards - so inspiring!
Wow! These cards are amazing! Can't wait for April 1st!
What a great week with tons of inspiration! Thank you!
What a great, inspiring week! Thanks for all the wonderful projects you've shared!
Such great cards, so fun to be inspired the whole week by all these amazing ladies...thanks for sharing!!
Another set of beautiful cards today...and they're all so different. Thanks for a fun week of great inspiration! :)
These are more wonderful cards! This has been so much fun and I am excited to see more on this great blog! Thanks for lots of inspiration!
Such beautiful work! Love love love the muted brown/blue colours.
More amazing inspiration! It's been an awesome week!
Congratulations on a very successful first week! Looking forward to future posts.
This has been a lot of fun! Congrats on Celebration Week's success.
Love these beautiful cards
Loving this blog! So much fun using Hero products!!!
Such a cool technique on the third card!
These are beautiful cards!:)
Beautiful cards. Thanks to all of the ladies who provided them.
What a fun blog-can't wait to see your first challenge!
I just LOVE these cards. Really, I can't say enough. I want Lisa's stamps, and Tami's! Love the bright colors of Laurel's card! Just wonderful! Thank you!!!
More great cards. Snw
More great cards. Snw
Another set of beautiful cards! Thank you so much for the hop, everyone did an excellent job!
Yes again, such beautiful cards.
Love the numbers in the background on the first one.
The bright colours on the second one look great. A clever scene.
The white embossing on the third one is very stunning.
I have enjoyed seeing all the cards this week. I look forward to the challenge tomorrow.
Such beautiful cards today! Loved this whole week!
Each person has their on style and yet each one has created a beautiful card!
Thanks for sharing!
Carmen L
It sure has been a fabulous week! What a way to end it! Love all three cards today, and I'm really looking forward to your first challenge! Congratulations Linda and Mary Dawn - this is the start of something wonderful! :)
wow great cards today!!! :> totally inspiring! I am so excited about your challenges!
More amazing cards! This has been a fantastic week full of awesome inspiration! So excited for the upcoming challenges!!
I am so impressed with all the posts and your enthusiasm this week! Looking forward to hanging around here and participating in some challenges!
Love the cards! They are fabulous as this blog is.
Another amazing day!!! SO looking forward to see what the challenge is :)
WOW!!!! This celebration week has been a blast! Thanks to everyone for sharing their talents! Can't wait to see all the future creations on this blog!!
Great celebration week. The cards have been wonderful!
What a fun week of inspiration and celebrating! I have loved all the cards and projects!
What a fantastic idea to create this blog and what a wonderful product for it. I also love Hero Arts. Thanks for sharing the cards, they are very nice.
Great beginning...love this new blog and I'm ready with my favorite Hero Arts stamps.
Thanks again for showing us all these cards, love the resist embossing!
It was a fun week with tons of inspiration. Today's cards are just perfect to end the celebration. TFS
What gorgeous projects! I love them all!
Wow! This is wonderful. Can't wait until April 1st!
Have loved every card this week. I hope there will be tutorials for them in the near future.
How sweet of the gals to donate the prizes.
Thanks, ladies for sharing your amazing talents.
All of the cards are wonderful but I really love Lisa Carrol's!
Kris in Alaska
funamom at yahoo dot com
Love all the creations, and the chance to win any hero arts product makes them even better, congratulations to all, very talented!!
Love all the cards. They are just so beautiful. Thanks for all the inspiration and I look forward to all the fun tomorrow.
I love your new blog and all the cards this week have been wonderful:) x x
I Just Love Lisa's Card..Such Pretty Colors...Such Lovely Inspiration..TFS!!
gorgeous cards from the dts...I am getting ready with my limited HA stamps for the challenge...
I loved seeing every card this week! Beautiful job!
I can't wait for the challenge tomorrow! I'll enter for sure! :)
Laura S.
Lovely cards today as well. After this fab week I'm really looking forward to what's coming. Very excited to see tomorrows challenge.
Super cards ..thank you for all this inspiration the past 5 days..its been wonderful!
Oh -how I love the studio calico numbers stamp set and the card showcased here. Fab new blog.
Lovely lovely card!! It's been a wonderful week of inspiration.
I just found your new blog. It is great so far. Loads of inspiration. Thank you
what great cards! the team really outdid themselves. Thanks for a chance to win.
I've really enjoyed all the cards posted this week and just love the whole idea of a blog dedicated to great Hero Arts products. AWESOME!
Gorgeous cards again, love all the pretty designs!
Thanks for the new blog and all of the wonderful inspiration!
Kathy
What a great week of inspiration! Thanks for this blog... Love it!
another inspiring day here...love it.
Wow. A new Hero Arts blog. Surprised it took so long - hahaha. Look forward to following you.
Beautiful cards! I really like that SC numbers stamp.
Thanks for a fun and inspirational week. I'm looking forward to following along.
Love the new blog. I have been a fan of Hero Arts for quite some time and look forward to seeing your upcoming inspiration. I will spread the word through my card making group.
Love today's cards. Wonderful celebration week. Can't wait to see what the challenges will be.
Great new blog - cards are lovely! Good luck and I am looking forward to more inspiration! Thank you so much!
Loved the use of the numbers stamp! Such great cards. Can't wait to see the challenge!
Oooh! Lisa's card is gorgeous! Now I want to go get inky!
Wow! These cards are all gorgeous - you girls are doing a great job!
Super cute cards all week. Thanks for all of your inspiration! I can't wait to see what fun the challenge brings!
What gorgeous cards! Looking forward to the new challenges!
Love these cards, especially the resist! I love those flowers and it is needed in my stash! Great blog.
Loving your blog already! These cards are amazing. Esp. love Lisa's embossed and inked card. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love seeing how everyone uses their FAVORITE HERO ART stamps!
Looking forward to the 1st CHALLENGE!
Hope you all have gotten over your*coughs*
These cards are so beautiful especially Lisa's. Thanks.
Great cards and designers again. Looking forward to tomorrow.
Marvelous cards! I just know this blog is going to be a firm favourite :)
Lisa's card is awesome! I am loving this new blog!
Thanks for another fabulous day of Hero Arts Inspiration!!
I can't wait to find out what the very first challenge will be and I'm thrilled to be a new member!!
PS: I signed up for email udpates, but for some reason they always come the date after the original post? Any idea WHY? I sure wish they came when you post?
Lovely cards, thanks for all the inspiration.
Beautiful projects to start my morning! Thank you!
FANTASTIC!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE how different each style is--so much inspiration!!! Girls, you are da' bombs x3!!!
Yet another wonderful set of cards. This site is bursting with inspiration every day!
Beautiful cards again today! Looking forward to even more inspiration and fun challenges!
Awesome cards! I am loving the new blog! Great inspiration.
Nice cards!
Beautiful cards. This new blog is great and has great inspiration.
Congrats on your opening celebration, girls. I'll be by often.
Big congrats on your opening week! Love the fabulous cards today and look forward to visiting and hopefully participating often!
Again, great inspiration! Haven't make lot of cards lately, but after seeing all the cards, can't wait to play.
What a FAB blog. Love it. Look forward to checking in regularly... and playing when I finally acquire some Hero Arts stamps!
Loving each of these too--I appreciate you telling us all the products used.
WOW who wouldn't want to win this prize package! I know I do. the cards to show how the pros used these itims are great! Thanks for the chance to Win. I never win anything except my wonderful hubby ha ha *denise*
I'm so glad you started this blog! It's been great fun to stop by each day for inspiration...thanks so much!
Great Blog!! I loved the five days of card ideas. Looking forward to more inspiration.
Thanks for all the inspiration!
Wow, that emboss resist technique is gorgeous!!
its always fun to find a new stamping blog - especially with Hero Arts. Can't wait to see more!
I can't wait!!! I'm so happy about this blog! Danielle Walls sent me over and I fell in love!!! Cleaning my space up tonight getting it ready for tomorrow :)
great cards
great week
great blog
Such talented designers, lovely cards, great inspiration! Thanks for a fun week.
How wonderful to find another place to inspire me with Hero Arts stamps. Thanks for showcasing all this talent.
Yay, another amazing blog to gather ideas and learn new techniques! So far I am very impressed. I can't wait to see what's up next. Thank you!
ooohhhh I have that blooming medow stamp and now I can't wait to recreate a card like that! Thanks so much for all of the wonderful inspiration, this has been a great week full of it!
Lisa
lisascreativenice at gmail.com
Love Lisa Caroll's card!
i am so excited for the challenges. loved all the inspiration this week!
I've enjoyed all of the beautiful cards this week. Your blog is now on my homepage so I'll see it every day. I'm glad you've had a great reception.
What a week! Fabulous! I'm loving this new blog.
Great week of lovely cards! Lots of fabulous ideas and tons of inspiration!
Looking forward to checking in here often!
DeniseB
Fabulous cards again today! Love the different styles in this post =) TFS!
I am loving this new blog!!!
Lisa's card is very lovely and I love her backgound inking!
Finally, a Hero Arts blog!!! Great organization and inspiration--what's not to love? Keep up the good work, please.
More wonderful creations. Love these cards - especially as each showcases a different technique and design.
Love the new blog! love the cards!
Love the blog so far, keep up the great work :)
xo,
Kristina
Lovely cards. Laurel's cards is so bright and cheerful!
amazing work ladies!!!
Beautiful cards. I'm getting some great ideas from your earlier posts too. :)
Fifteen wonderful cards from the blog hop and looking forward to seeing more in the coming weeks. I can see that this blog could be dangerous to my wallet though!
Love having another Hero Arts blog....I've been stamping for more years than some are you old and Hero Arts was and remains one of my most favorite stamp companies. Quality, quality, quality!
Super projects. Love Hero Arts products and looking forward to the challenges.
Mags
x
Beautiful cards ladies!! Love all three of them!!
Lisa Carrol - may I copy your card? It's gorgeous and I think i can do the techniques. Thanks for sharing ladies!
Absolutely gorgeous cards!! Love all the inspiration this week! Can't wait to play along with the challenge!
Beautiful cards! I love the embossed resist technique on the last one.
Lovely cards! Ger x.
more beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards, thanks for the inspiration!
I've clipped a couple cards on your site already. So pretty!
More beautiful cards!!
I can't stop loving this blog!! Great cards and so much inspiration, I think my head is still spinning! Thanks Gals and everyone else too!!
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