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I’m packing a suitcase for a trip to Poland with my hubby and mom and while I still have a moment I wanted to share I card made using the Hero Arts Hibiscus Color Layering stamp set. I’ve been wanting to use it, but I had no idea what colors to pick for this flower, so I went to Pinterest last night and looked up Hibiscus images and got inspired to do some stamping.
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One might think that it would take a lot of time to stamp a background like this, but it really doesn’t. I don’t think I spend more than 30 minutes making a background for this card. I wanted to stamp Aloha, but it turns out I don’t have a stamp like that, what a shame. I used a sticker from Seven Papers (discontinued) instead and since it already had some gold on it I layered it on top of a gold heat embossed heart that I created using a pretty heart image from the Love By Lia set and vellum.
I used a few colors of ink to do my stamping – started with the Soft Vanilla, added Butter Bar on top and used Orange from the Yellow to Orange ombre pad as my darkest color. For the leaves I used Mint Julep, Tide Pool and Navy, I just really love this color combo and keep coming back to it over and over again.
I used Hero Arts black layering paper for the base of my card and added black pearls to finish the project. Love the way it turned out, perfect for summer!
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100 Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Navy Ink AF234 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts Ombre Butter To Orange Ink AF309 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts Tide Pool Ink Pad AF223 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Bazzill 40 LB Vellum 8.5 x 11 White 25 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Butter Bar Ink Pad AF207 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts Mint Julep Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Soft Vanilla Ink Pad AF275 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts Snow Layering Papers PS610 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Love By Lia Stamp Set CL876 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts Color Layering Hibiscus Stamp Set CL868 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Arts Color Layering Hibiscus Dies DI136 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 3L Scrapbook Adhesives – EZ Runner Grand – Permanent Shop at: SC |
 3L Scrapbook Adhesives – EZ Runner Grand – Permanent – Refill Shop at: SC |
 Creative Hands BASIC Multi Color Foam Sheets 1510259E Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Color Layering Hibiscus Bundle SB112 Shop at: HA |
GIVEAWAY (NOW CLOSED)
Would you like to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Hero Arts store? Thank you Hero Arts for sponsoring this giveaway!
For your chance please leave a comment below and let me know if you like to travel. Thanks! I will be back from Poland on the 1st of July and will randomly pick one lucky winner! I will post the winner here in this post and also on the sidebar to the right.
Thanks and good luck!
WINNER!
The winner is Rebecca Ednie! Congratulations! Sorry it took me a bit longer to get back into my usual routine and post the winner.
Rebecca, I’ll pass your e-mail address to Hero Arts to get you your gift certificate.
Thank you everyone! I enjoyed reading all of your comments!
Yana, it’s a great card!We wanted to go to Poland this year,but it seems that it’s quite a problem to get visa)Have a good trip!
открытка потрясающая! обожаю твои штампованные фоны, и золото тут ))
а путешествовать я люблю, особенно в машине, идешь, смотришь на проплывающий пейзаж, делаешь остановки в уютных кафе… романтика )) хорошей поездки!
Very pretty card, Yana! I love the colors you used. Traveling is one of my favorite things; just went to Colorado in May and am planning another trip in the fall. Thanks for the chance to win!!
Cute card, Yana! Thanks for sharing. Yes I do like to travel. My favorite trip so far was to Santorini, Greece.
It’s very beautiful Yana, love the summery colors.. So cool! Ya.. I love to travel too especially to some historic places! Happy journey and enjoy! 🙂
Gorgeous card! The background is awesome!!!
Gorgeous card! I love traveling and I can’t wait to go to the UK in August.
Very beautiful stamps and their use.Success!!
Beautiful card, great idea for making your own background. I should do this more often. I love to travel, especially in the cold months, we head off to somewhere warm. Thanks for the chance to win.
I just starting following your blog! Very beautiful. I love to travel on cruise ships. No hotel needed! Have a safe trip!
I love to travel but have never been abroad. We sometimes get away for a week at Hilton Head Island. We live in Ohio, USA. I love your sweet card & so appreciate your videos, Yana. Thank you!
I love this layering Hibiscus stamp set. I’ve yet to try layering flowers. Your color blend is so pretty. Yes, I love to travel… I really try to be a non-tourist and mix in with the locals as much as possible. It’s just a better experience!
Beautiful card! That would have taken me way more than 30 minutes! Yes, I enjoy traveling, but I have not been able to in years. Just local day trips lately. Enjoy your trip!
You are so creative with your colors. We went to Hawaii and I tried to think of someway NOT to leave! It was so beautiful.
I love travel!!! thanks for the chance!
Yana – I am new to your site (came through Jennifer’s blog)!! Love your style and videos!! Your clear directions are great for paper crafters who look for inspiration!! Our family loves to travel and I am blessed to have a beautiful daughter who spent two years in Ukraine living about an hour east of Lviv!! She loved her time there and misses all her friends that she made. She was serving in the Peace Corp and worked at a local school in Zolochiv. Thank you for sharing your creative style!!!
Not a huge fan of traveling, but maybe that will change once I get around to it.
I’m not a big traveler right now…maybe once the kids are older. Beautiful card!
I travel every chance I get! Loved your hibiscus card. The colors are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, I love to travel! This summer I will be going to Las Vegas, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.
Love this beautiful card. I would love to travel. Sadly, I never have.
OMG!!! I am so happy I stumbled across your page. What a gloriously beautiful card. I am so in love with that background and I truly love the embossed heart. I will be using these ideas. But first I need some supplies. Especially the ink pads. Crazy about the color selection! I am totally trying to replenish my old dried out stamp pads, but I also love the stamp you used.
Oh… by the way… I Love to travel too! Have not been able to do much of that lately, but maybe again someday soon.
Lovely card in such beautiful colours! I don’t travel but my son and his girlfriend love travelling. They have recently been travelling in Africa and India for seven months. The photos are awesome! Thank you for the chance to win. Your blog is fab! I am so glad I found it! xxx
Beautiful card!!!! I love to travel (dream of it) but my budget does not allow it!!!
Love the colors in the card! Have a great trip. I love to travel. My married daughter and I took a girls vacation last year and it was the best one ever. I never get to spend time with her because she lives across the country.
Beautiful card which is so tropical. My favorite place to visit is definitely Hawaii.
Beautiful card Yana. Yes, I love to travel. My daughter lived overseas in Asia for 23 years. I’ve been to the following places: Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Shanghai, Thailand, Cambodia, Indosnesia, Maylasia, Xian China, Behjhing, The Great Wall, Siem Reap. She is home now in the USA for the last 6 years. I have Never been to my country’s Capitol….Washington DC…we are going on August 10th for one weeks time…its on my bucket list.
Your cards always blow me away because your style is wonderful! I’m 67 now and my travel days are over but I’ve been to Vermont, California, Cabo San Lucas, Graceland and many other places and I enjoyed every minute of it because traveling is something everyone should take time to enjoy.
Absolutely! I’ve recently acquired the “international travel bug!” I’ve just returned home from a 2-week trip to Italy & Malta. I’m taking my daughter to England next month for the Wendy Vecchi trip, and I’ll be cruising the Baltic Sea next year with Quick Quotes Scrapbooking! I’ve also been on all 4 of Tim Holtz’s cruises! Color me blessed! Have a great time in Poland! My grandfather is from Poland, and that’s another destination on my list.
I love this color combination! My husband and I love to travel. We are spending the weekend in northern Michigan to relax. When we have more time we like to travel out west. Montana Yellowstone Park are favourite destinations. Have a wonderful trip!
I’ve never been to Poland. That sounds exciting. I do like to travel but alos love coming home to my own bed. Lovely card. Thanks for the tutorial.
Have fun on your trip. I love to travel but it’s getting difficult with my MS.
Lovely card. Thank you for listing the colours. I’m always stumped by multistep stamping.
Love the color combo of your card. We’ve just come back from Orlando for my family vacation and it was the best trip ever.
Awesome card. Love to take family vacations with my 3 brothers and their family and my sister and her family. Takes us hours to figure out what we are going to do while on vacation but I love them.
Beautiful card! I miss the hibiscus, they don’t make it through the winters here. I do love to travel, although I don’t get to do it as often as I would like. Enjoy your trip!
I love these Hero Arts Color Layering stamps. Gorgeous. I LOVE to travel! But I don’t like touristy travel. Does that even make sense? I love quiet locations that are lesser known.
Яна, ваша листівка- супер!! Лише недавно підписалась на ваш блог. Як я могла пропустити таку талановиту майстриню- для мене досі загадка! Ваші роботи дуже надихаючі і стильні!!
А подорожувати я люблю, люблю їхати в машині, роздивлятись краєвиди. Остання подорож була до Львову. Обожнюю це місто!!
Oh, what a beautiful life) I’m so happy for being able to see your beautiful cards with cool ideas and amazing colors!!!! And what about traveling… We want go to the mountains, it’s my dream for this summer
Красивая открытка! И удивительно, что такой фон создается так быстро! Я очень люблю путешествовать, сейчас ребенок маленький, путешествия мы пока отложили, как подрастет, надеюсь сможем возобновить. Спасибо за возможность выиграть, Яна!
очень красивая открытка и сочетание цветов просто потрясающее!!! спасибо за шанс!
Дуже гарний фон! Листівка як завжди дуже надихаюча!
I like this combination of colorful background and black sentiment)As for travelling? Absolutely YES,i like travelling very much, it is hard to explain how much great feelings brings me it:)
І фон і листівка просто заворожуючі. А ще хочеться спробувати удачу 🙂
Як цікаво – кожна квіточка, кожна пелюстка на своєму місці. Сама дуже люблю подорожувати – нові пейзажі, нові знайомстав – це завжди надихає.
Як завжди у тебе штампування на висоті! Дуже гарне поєднання кольорів. Ти профі :))) Подорожувати… хто ж не любить подорожувати :)) Це нові знайомства, нові враження. Люблю подорожувати!
So pretty! I do like to travel, but I don’t like the preparation and the unpacking/laundry part.
Гарна листівка, дуже подобається. Також люблю подорожувати, але давно вже цього не робила.. Чекаю пока дитина підросте))
Beautiful card. I love the colors you used. I love travelling and seeing new places.