Thursday, May 23, 2019

Hero Arts 45th Anniversary Blog Hop--Day 2




It's Day 2 of Hero Arts 45th Anniversary Blog Hop! Join us for three days of
celebrating Hero Arts' 45th Anniversary--wow!--and the launch of their
2019 Summer Catalog.

Hero Arts was my introduction to stamping and their Flickr group was where
I found friendships that continue till today. I'm thrilled and honored to be one of
the stops in today's lineup.
 
First, here's my card that I created using the From the Vault All Stamp Bold Prints
Catalog Bundle. I wanted the background stamp because it features images from some
of their earliest woodblock stamps that they pulled "from the vault." And as a bonus,
I received the Summer Catalog--such a great deal!
I white embossed the stamp and did my favorite ink distressing in rainbow colors.
I found the perfect sentiment  in the Believe in Yourself Narwhal set. I white embossed it
on a piece of black card stock and trimmed it, then popped it up on the card.



And it wouldn't be a celebration without PRIZES and Hero Arts pulled out all the stops
with the help of some amazing and generous friends and sponsors.




Visit Hero Arts for the list of prizes and the list of today's hop participants.

The hop wraps up tomorrow, Day 3, and starts at the Hero Arts blog.
Winners will be drawn from people who comment along the blog hop for all three days.
The more you comment, the better your chances of winning!

Comment by Sunday, June 2nd at 11:59PM PST and winners will be announced
on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Thanks so much for celebrating Hero Arts' 45th Anniversary!


207 comments:

  1. I absolutely adore those bright colors🎨! This is beautiful❤

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  2. What a great stamp! I love the colors you used look great. So inviting.

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  3. Love the blended background. I am a huge fan of bright colors and blending!

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  4. The colors are very vibrant on this card. Nice!

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  5. There are some interesting images on that background stamp, fun for an I spy game

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  6. Love your card! I love anything rainbow so this card really caught my eye. And that sentiment is great!

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  7. I love the images on this stamp and your colors highlight them very well!

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  8. Love this! That background is gorgeous and I love the colors of the new inks.

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  9. Ooh I love the vibrant colors! Beautiful card! :)

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  10. Love the colorful background. :) Awesome card!

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  11. Thanks for sharing your card...its beautiful!!

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  12. I am loving the inks and how many uses there are.

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  13. Bold Backgrounds and ink blending. Looks good every time.

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  14. Love the colors, makes for an exciting fun card. Thanks for sharing

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  15. I love Hero Arts and blog hops because they inspire me to create--thank you!

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  16. Such a bright and fun card and the sentiment is just perfect.

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  17. ooh LOVE this card, from the colours to the stamping. Just awesome

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  18. What a great way to highlight the vault images!! The embossed and inked background sets off the awesome sentiment perfectly. Thanks for sharing!

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  19. I am loving that background stamp! How clever is that???? Wonderful colors, too!

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  20. I like the vibrant colors and love the sentiment. Lots of people have a bad day and need to be reminded they are unique.

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  21. Pretty card. Love the colors you chose.
    Thanks for the inspiration.

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  22. Great background and beautiful ink blending!

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  23. Love the bright colors. Such a fun card.

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  24. Wonderful card! Love the colorful background.

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  25. Great card! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  26. Wonderful card! Love your vibrant colors.
    Thanks for sharing...

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  27. Fabulous--love the rainbow colors! Great sentiment too!

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  28. Amazing how an isty bitsy little black color pops those colors out even more! Thanks for sharing your beautiful card!

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  29. Bright, happy background and a great sentiment. Beautiful card; I like it.

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  30. Happy anniversary hero arts! 🎉

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  31. Gorgeous card. I love white embossing. Love the colors you used, so bright & happy.

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  32. Gorgeous card, love the colorful background and white embossing.

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  33. I Love Hero Arts background stamps. The one I remember most has rows of small daisy like flowers with criss-cross dots. Jennifer McGuire used it over and over again. I still use it.

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  34. Great way to showcase that background stamp! Love it!

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  35. Your blended background is beautiful!

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  36. All the wonderful colors then the black n white sentiment make a wonderful card.

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  37. Hhhmmm what a wonderful rainbow background ! So lovely ! And beautiful stamp too :)

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  38. What a fun card! Love the heat embossing with the rainbow ink effect. Thanks for the inspiration. :D

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  39. Fun stamp but I love your rainbow twist on it!

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  40. Beautiful card! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  41. Wow..What a beauty.. lovely background..

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  42. Awesome background Donna! It’s great to see this stamp in action.

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  43. Just a stunning card. Love your colors and that stamp is awesome! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  44. Love how the white embossing shows up against the bright colors.

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  45. Great contrast between the white and the vibrant rainbow colours!

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  46. I JUST bought that stamp. It is so cool. Thanks for the idea of how to use it.

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  47. thank you for this giveaway ,, im in aww of the pretty cards being made and also all the tool being used happy 45 th anniversary hero arts

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  48. So many wonderful image and love the white embossing on the beautifully inked background!

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  49. Hello HI from NYC! I love the net. Get to see so many great stampers! Hero has certainly reached around the world!

    The release of the news inks is so wonderful for everyone to play with right? This is very pretty and as I love BG stamps, right up my alley!
    Margot

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  50. Beautiful rainbow and love the from the vault images!

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  51. Love the colors. Fun stamp to use resist with!

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  52. Love all the vibrant colors, and the background stamp is beautiful!!!

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  53. Awesome colorful background. Thanks for sharing.

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  54. Really Awesome card!!! I love the colorful background!!

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  55. That background is so bright and pretty and I love that sentiment!

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  56. I love the bright background and the white embossing! FUN CARD

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  57. Love your pretty colors and the white embossing!

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  58. Marisela Delgado said: super cute card. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  59. The stamp is perfect with the sentiment. I always love the look of white embossing with a colorful background. So pretty!

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  60. Such a neat card. Very colorful!! I love it!!

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  61. So cute. Love your use of the new reactive inks.

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  62. That stamp is so cool, and I love your vibrant rainbow ink blending! Very pretty card!

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  63. Yes, that card/stamp is extraordinary!

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  64. This reminds me of the Hero Arts stamp sets I had as a kid, small little stamps on tiny wood blocks. These new colors are so vibrant

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  65. So fun! Emboss resist is always my fave :)

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  66. Love this card!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

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  67. My favorite background stamp and you colored it beautifully!

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  68. Love the bright colors and a great idea on how to use that stamp! Thank you for sharing!

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  69. Love all these vault designs! Great colors!

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  70. Love the vault background! It's one of my new favorites. Thanks for the inspiration on using it.

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  71. It is so cute. That background, love it

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  72. Love these cheery colors and the embossing.

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  73. Great card! Love the bright background!

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  74. I love your card. The colors of the new inks are so vivid and beautiful. Happy Birthday Hero Arts!

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  75. Who doesn't love rainbows ?? Wonderful card!

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  76. So bright and fun. That sentiment is a favorite of mine!

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  77. wonderful embossing and love your colour combo background!! brilliant!

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  78. Lovey card. I love your blending and I love this technique. TFS

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  79. Great, beautifully bright and happy, fun card! Thanks. It's great and I can't wait to make one!

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  80. Love the blending on this card. I can't believe Hero Arts is 45, can't wait for more!

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  81. How fun! I love bright bold colours and blended backgrounds!

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  82. I really like the rainbow blending over the heat resist.

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  83. Very cute card! Love, love, love the rainbow colors!

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  84. Perfect stamp for the emboss resist technique, Donna! Thanks for sharing.

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  85. Thank you for the lovely inspiration! Congrats to Hero Arts!

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  86. What a great background stamp to make for the anniversary - your card looks so colourful and fun with all those different images!

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  87. What an extraordinary background stamp! Beautiful card! Congrats Hero Arts on 45 years of making great stamps!!

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  88. Wonderful card - I love the bright and happy!

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  89. Love this fun card made with that very special background stamp! Happy Anniversary, Hero Arts!

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  90. That stamp has so many things to look at! The colors really make it sing. Congrats on #45 Hero Arts. You rock!

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  91. Beautiful card. Your background is gorgeous.

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  92. What a wonderful stamp. Perfect for this technique.

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  93. Such a awesome stamp and your color blending is so beautiful too!

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  94. What a fun card! I love the background you created. :)

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  95. Great use of color on your card. Happy Anniversary Hero Arts!

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  96. That stamp image is perfect with your blended ink background and white heat embossing! Good job in helping Hero Arts celebrate their 45 years in business.

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  97. I think you and I found Hero Arts around the same time and I remember checking in with FlickR every day to see what new posts were there. Love your work and I have the same background stamp and a couple of the stamps pictured on it so I'll have fun. Glad you're in on th e anniversary celebration!

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  98. Beautiful and a cute idea for the background stamp design. The bright colors bring it all together!

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  99. haha, this background is so fun and a great time machine peek at the past years for hero Arts

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  100. Wow and ambitious card. I love the colors. Thanks for sharing. Brenda West

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  101. Very cool card. I love the vibrant colors.

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  102. Such a cute background idea! I love the boldnesss of these colors! They are stunning!

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  103. Wonderfully fun and playful card! Wonderful clean design and awesome colors.

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  104. Gorgeous card with the neat background stamp.

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  105. Wow, you made the most of those great stamped images. Wonderfully done.

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  106. Glad you pulled one from the vault! It makes a neat background for your card, and I had fun making out all the different images!

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  107. Congrats to HeroArts and best wishes; congrats & thanks to you for the great inspiration!

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  108. Such a fun card! Thank you for sharing!!

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  109. I always love seeing what new goodies Hero Arts has come up with. Thanks for sharing these wonderful stamping ideas.

    Carol B

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  110. This is such a fun stamp set, your card is awesome. Thankyou for sharing on this wonderful blog hop.

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  111. Fun card!Thanks for the chance to win and sharing.

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  112. Hi Donna. I'm so pleased to see you are part of this Blog Hop - I love all your creations! You have used that special background my favourite way - rainbow inked background with white heat embossing. It's beautiful :)

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  113. Love the background... Happy 45th Anniversary! Thanks for sharing your talents.

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  114. Ya know, I've avoided putting this particular background in my cart ..... i love this.

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  115. Like this background - I am wanting to make one of these - thanks for inspiration! Happy 45 Hero Arts! Thanks for sharing.

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  116. Creating using beautiful backgrounds and clear embossing is something I want to try.

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  117. I think a lot of people found their way into the hobby/industry through Hero Arts! Such a great company! Thanks for helping celebrate!

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  118. Love this card! Thank you for your amazingly wonderful inspiration!

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  119. Terrific card Donna, awesome background.... It reminds me of the I spy game...

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  120. What a cool stamp! really like the bold and bright colors.

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  121. I'm working on a travel album for mom and this gave me the perfect idea for a page.

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  122. I love your fun, summery card, Donna! That background is so gorgeous with all the white embossed images! I can't wait to get the new reactive inks....they look like they blend beautifully! Happy 45th Anniversary, Hero Arts! Sure do love that list of awesome prizes!!

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  123. Love the cats i see. Very cute card!

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  124. What a great card....and the sentiment was just perfect....because...Hero Arts is Extraordinary!!!
    Thank you so much for celebrating them and sharing your lovely talent. Great job!

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  125. Awesome creations! Happy 45th Anniversary Hero Arts! I love hearing more about your history!

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  126. This ink resist technique is so neat!

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  127. what a stunning background. The beautiful colors with the animal collage reminds me of the circus.

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  128. What a trip down memory lane to see all of these fun images incorporated into a background stamp. Beautiful card.

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  129. Love the colors in the background.
    Great mix. Wonderful card.
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  130. Great work, inspires me to go and craft, oh and shop also. LOL!

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  131. Gorgeous rainbow color ink-distressing, and awesome heat-emboss resist effect, Donna! The sentiment is perfect!
    Hideko xx

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  132. Bright and vibrant - a very fun card!

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  133. I think this color blending is a great way to use a back ground stamp. Great card.

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  134. Love how you used this background stamp to make such a bright, vibrant card.

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  135. Beautiful card! Background stamp is awesome and colours too! I love it!

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  136. Love love love the colorful background

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  137. Gorgeous card Donna, I love the rainbow background and this amazing stamp!
    Thank you so much for sharing.

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  138. I love the ink blending rainbow background.

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  139. Beautiful card! I love your rainbow embossed background.

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  140. I love the way you added your colors!

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  141. Beautiful blending paired with the white. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  142. great job on the rainbow background. This card would be easy to make over and over.

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  143. Such a beautiful vibrant card, love your color choices.

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  144. Whoops! The comment on your vibrant card and loving your color choices didn't have my name.

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  145. Well lets try this, a vibrant card and I do love your color choices.
    debbieparke@hotmail.com

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  146. Those images on that stamp are so much fun! They look nice with the pretty ink blending!

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  147. I love the background, such bright colors!

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  148. Such a colorful card! Thank you for sharing! And a big congrats to HeroArts for 45 years in the biz - very impressive!! :)

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  149. Oh and my email address is canned_heat@gmx.de :)

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  150. So pretty, love the rainbow of colors!!

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  151. What a vibrant and happy card, love it!
    Hugs
    Rene

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  152. Hi Donna :) Love. this. stamp. AND everything it stands for! You chose the perfect sentiment too :) Thanks for the inspiration!!!

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  153. I spent a while just looking at the images on this stamp. I love your card.

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  154. Love that bright, blended background! So festive.

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  155. Fun card love the cute images on background.
    Nice work

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  156. I love this stamp embossed in white with the rainbow background. And that sentiment is just perfect. Beautiful card!

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