Hello, friends! Today I’m honored and excited to join the special Partners: Gina K. Designs & Hero Arts release blog hop. As you know, Hero Arts is celebrating their 45 year anniversary this year bringing us many fabulous stamp designs in collaboration with other wonderful stamp companies in the industry.
This month Hero Arts partnered with Gina K. Designs for a large stunning floral set complete with beautiful sentiments. As I am very much into heat embossing these days, I did a simple heat embossed card with minimal coloring.
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CARD DETAILS
This stamp set features a large floral cluster that easily fills an entire A2 card. Since I wanted to incorporate one of the larger sentiments from this set I positioned the floral cluster cascading from the top edge of the panel. I heat embossed it in Brass embossing powder on dark blue cardstock – I simply love the look of this embossing powder (or gold powder) or dark blue – it’s very classy and always looks stunning.
Next, I used my Tonic Studios Shimmer Pen and “colored” all of the leaves and flowers with shimmer. It’s a bit hard to see, but as the card is tilted in the light the shimmer becomes more apparent.
I also wanted to add some shading to the flowers so I used my Copic markers in B97 and B99 to just a bit of color. I was careful not to color over the heat embossed lines. Finally, to decorate this simple one layer card I used several sequins from Hero Arts Ombre Ocean mix.
BLOG HOP
If you arrived from Jaycee Gaspar the next stop on this hop is Michelle Short. Or start over on the Hero Arts blog.
GIVEAWAY
PR101 HA + GinaK Friendship Blooms stamp set. One winner will be drawn from the comments left across the hop. Comment by Sunday, August 4 at 11:59 pm PST.
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!
 HA + GinaK Friendship Blooms Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Shop at: HA |
 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Nautical Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Brass Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Ombre Sequins Ocean Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker B99 Agate Dark Blue Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker B97 Night Blue Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ | TS |
 Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ | TS |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS | WP9 | AZ |
 Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ |
How stunning this Friendship Blooms card is Yana. Such bold and beautiful colours and style. Absolutely love it;s richness. Thanks for sharing.
Simple techniques but stunning, elegant card! Absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing this elegant card–it’s awesome! Love the HA and Gina stamp set.
Beautiful card! Wonderful stamp set.
Thanks so much for sharing…
Your card is stunningly beautiful; love the details. Thanks for sharing
Yana, this card is stunning! I love the simple shading and coloring on the blue cardstock. I too love heat embossing so much and this stamp set looks wonderful using that technique! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Sooooo Stunning!!!!!
Beautiful card and stamp set. Thank you for sharing.
You may not have done a lot of coloring but your card is stunning! Love the look of the brass on blue and the simple shading added the perfect touch. Given that it’s so difficult to capture shimmer and shine on paper I’m sure this card is even more beautiful in person. Great job! Thanks for sharing!
WOW!!! That is totally beautiful!!!
Gorgeous card!
What a gorgeous card! I would not have thought to use copic markers on colored cardstock but the look is so fantastic! It adds such depth to the flowers! And I bet the shimmer is beautiful too in real life! Thanks for the great inspiration!
Stunning card!
Beautiful card, love the embossing technique and color choices, even I could (probably) make this card! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your card is just beautiful!
As usual, your cards are stunning. The floral stamps by Gina K Designs are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
So beautiful! You take minimal coloring to a different level. Gorgeous!!
Gorgeous card! The colours are very calm, but vibrant! The sentiment just enhances the beautiful flowers. Stunning card.
Super stunn6ob dark card stock!
What a gorgeous card! I, too, love that brass embossing powder, and it’s stunning on the dark blue!
Gorgeous card!
Lovely card. Love the blues and gold.
The brass against the blue is fabulous. This makes for such a sophisticated card!
Beautiful card & amazing stamp! Thanks for the chance to win!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything that you’ve done, Yana, that I haven’t loved. Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us.
I love this card. Everything about it from the stamp set, to the colours used. I also love how you shaded the flowers using your copics. Stunning, thank you so much for sharing
Such an elegant blue!
Gorgeous card…love this new stamp and all the blog card designs
Love the blue and gold. Great job on the card!
I like the idea of minimal coloring. Beautiful card!
So pretty! I love all of your cards.
Love the embossing! It just makes the card. Gorgeous!
Blue and Gold BEAUTY! OMG just amazing! I love how bright and bold it is!
I also love the blue and brass/gold embossing. This card is stunning!
Gorgeous card.
Beautiful card. The gold and blue look great together.
WOW! Love your card! The colors are fabulous. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
I love the embossing on this detailed, floral design to create a beautiful look. I don’t think I’d have the patience to watercolor this image, so your technique would be more doable for me.
The card you made using this stamp set is stunning. The color of the card stock and the embossing are beautiful. The shimmer paint does show in the photos and just make the flowers so sparkly… minimal coloring is needed. thank you for sharing.
This is simply and beautifully created and a wonderful showcase for this amazing collaboration between Hero Arts and Gina K. designs. Love this blog hop!
Oh my the gold and deep blue are stunning!
Beautiful card. I like the added dark color on each petal. Embossing is always so attractive and makes the design pop on the card stock. TFS
Your card is stunning! I love the monochromatic look.
Simple but elegant! Thank you for your card using Friendship blooms!
Wow, another beautiful card. I love the shimmer instead of a ton of coloring. Great idea!
Beautiful, vibrant and perfectly stunning card!
Love the boldness of this card!
I love all your cards but particularly the flowers on dark cardstock. This is perfect. Thanks for the inspiration!
There’s only one word to describe this card and stamp set – BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing your talent!
Gorgeous stamping and
embossing! Love the simple
look of the card.
Carla from Utah
Awesome colors!