Hello and welcome to my stop on A Blog Named Hero’s celebration blog hop. You probably came from Shari Carroll’s blog. I just love every single thing that woman produces. She’s awesome.
I have made a simple card that really just showcases this wonderful stamp from Hero Arts. I love the Birthday Balloon. It just makes me smile, and is really spectacular as a focal image on a card. Some white embossing powder, a wee bit of watercoloring, and it practically puts itself together. Well, as long as you use a lot of foam adhesive underneath the watercolor paper. It does warp a bit. 🙂
I am so thankful for A Blog Named Hero. I am an avid fan of Hero Arts, and was thrilled when Linda and Mary Dawn put together the fan blog. And now I get to be a part of it. Thrilling!
I’d love it if you took around my blog, maybe something will inspire you. Leave a comment, it’s always nice to hear from readers.
Please go visit the next stop on the hop. The always elegant Maya Isaksson. You’ll love what she’s made!
Don’t forget to leave a comment on all of the blog posts. There is a prize package to be won from either Hero Arts or Simon Says Stamp. A big thanks to our sponsors!
Please visit Simon Says Stamp for all of your crafting needs. I can’t say enough good things about them.
Simple and cute 😉
The embossed balloons look spectacular!. Gorgeous background as well..
Lovely colours and the balloons are awesome, I don’t think a card could look much better x
Love the card!
It´s a very sweet card! I love it!
Love that soft background and how the one balloon kind of floats off the card.
Very sweet card!!!
That’s an amazing balloon stamp – especially when it’s embossed. Love how it looks!
Great card!! TFS
Especially loving the balloons on this card! Very pretty.
Those white embossed balloons are wonderful, softly sweet card.
So Cute! Thank you for participating in the birthday blog hop.
Love the white embossed balloons. Simple card, but really makes a statement.
I love your balloons! Amazing!
i love the look of the embossed balloon!
Very pleasing card !!!
That background is great and the white embossed balloons are perfect compliment to it!
A great birthday card – I love that balloon stamp!
Love your card!
sweet card!
Very simple, sweet card. Love it! 🙂
That background looks so amazing, thanks for sharing your lovely card!
Love the way you used the balloon stamp and the water colors make it pop!
Lovely card.
Like the striking white embossing of the words for the balloons.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Clean and simple and lovely!
Very cool. Very different and I like it! Thanks.
Very CAS and very cool!!
enjoying the hop!!!
Great card.
You may think your card is simple but it it really fun great card for the occasion !
What a sweet card. Love the background colors, the cute sentiment and the white embossed balloons.
great card, thanks for sharing
Love the embossed balloons! The card is really beautiful!
Neat balloon stamp!
A really fun card. love the balloons. Very interesting blog.
Oh, such a pretty background, and I love your balloons! So glad you could be part of the hop!
Soft and cheerful. I really like the background.
I like the white embossed balloons and the background.
slrdowney at hotmail dot com
Thanks for another non-gender specific card. Your choice of colors is great!
love how you did your card, the balloons are really cute.
Very very sweet card!!!
Love the balloons, thanks for sharing!
Your card is cute. Any one would love to receive that for their special day.
Beautiful in simplicity. Great card!
Great card.
Beautiful card!!!
Very lovely card. Love your blended background.
like the simplicity and the background!
lovely card. TFS!
Your watercolor shading looks so pretty and I love those white embossed balloons!
Terrific card – I love the birthday balloon too.
Love this! Your embossed balloons look amazing!
Love love love your card!
Gorgeous watercolour background – fabulous card!
What a great balloon stamp. Love the watercolour background too!
I do love the embossed balloons, but that isn’t what makes the card. It is the subtle color shift. You did an excellent job of making that transition work :O)
Oh, and the very simple border makes the whole card look finished.
That birthday balloon stamp is brilliant, really showcased well with the embossing. Your watercolouring is perfect colour choice.
Beautiful watercolor background!
I love the colors of your card, The baloon stamp is super beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.
Great card that balloon stamp is gorgeous. Congrats on ABNH turning two and thanks for the inspiration and sharing.
The embossing was the best idea.. Balloon stamp added to my list too.
Pretty, pretty. I particularly like the sentiment, the words and the style.
I love the light colours on your card!
But to be honest – I also like your cool blog-banner 🙂
greets Nicole
Very pretty. The colors are beautiful and I love the balloons.
Love the balloons and the colors you used.
Lovely card. I really like that balloon stamp
Really pretty card! Love those white embossed balloons and the soft background colour 🙂
So pretty. I need the bright distress inks for sure.
Love the soft effect from the distress ink 🙂
Happy Birthday ABNH! Great card! This is a talented group of bloggers. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Love the text balloons!
I really like the soft background of the card
great card – love your color choices, they look great together … I never thought of using the two distress inks together.
Sandra ltb
Love the muted colors you used and the simplicity and elegance of the card. Definitely one to keep in the back of my mind when I am thinking about making simple, elegant cards. BTW Happy Birthday to ABNH. May you have many more years to inspire us all! Cheers.
I’ve heard of & peeked @ ABNH, but your post is the 1st time I learned a bit about it’s history. I always enjoy the little details:)
BTW, pretty card!
Cute card.
Very pretty how those white embossed balloons look against the watercolour background.
A fun card with lovely color choices.
I like the birthday balloon image and can see where I’d get a lot of use out of it. Like what you did with it.
Nice card!! 🙂
Sweet card!
Love your embossed balloons!!
Super card! I have trouble making simple cards!
Cute card!!
Super simpel card
great clean and simple design. so nice!
what’s a birthday without balloons?! Great card – thank for sharing it!
So cute! Love the white embossed balloons!!
I feel the serenity with the colors and the way they fade into each other. Love it!
Fun design and fairly easily accomplished. It’s also great for all ages. Thank you for sharing.
Soft and pretty, with great little details!
This looks like a cross between stamping and hand drawn art, and such lovely colours.
Pretty soft colors on the background, thanks for sharing!
Very nice card and I loved the balloons and. color combination!
This card is sooo relaxing! I love it
Love the balloons and sentiment! It just put a smile on my face 😉
I really like the soft colors in your card!!!
Love the text added to your balloons, nice touch
Balloons always make a party better!
Love those white balloons!!
happy anniversary–
would love, love, love to win the prize package–
thanks for the give away–
Super fun card! That ballon stamp is on my wish list! Love the colors you used too! Thanks for sharing!
I loved the embossed balloons..lovely card !
This card is simply beautiful. Love the watercolors! Thanks for being part of the HOP.
Love the soft watercolor background, great inspiration on this hop
Creamy, dreamy sweet card.
Love the soft colors and white embossing!
I like the white embossing on the watercolor. The balloon stamp is really cute with all the words in it, I would use it a lot if I had it. Thanks for sharing!
Ah—– love balloons. Really nice card.
I LOVE the balloon dies…great color choice.
Such a cute. And. Love the word balloons.
Great, happy card! Love the balloons. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Hi Lisa! The watercolor with the white embossing is so pretty! Thank you for sharing : )
Lovely soft colours!
Love the text balloons. Thanks for sharing this card!
Happy Birthday!
Great card, love the balloons!
Cool birthday card! Lovin’ it!
~God bless~
Love the balloons, great card.
Love that’s soft background! It’s so pretty!
What an adorable card
Cool card. Need to try the water color effect on my cards, too.
Love this balloon stamp and your card! Nice job!
Lovely, lovely card.
Love this card! That balloon stamp is really awesome!
Nice simple straight to the point card.
Thank You.
love it in white!
What a cute card! Yes, those balloons make a great focal point!
Pretty Card. Great way to show off that stamp.
Love the embossed balloons!
very pretty card!
the blending from yellow to blue is so smooth!
Pretty card. I really like it.
Delia Rotolo
de_rotolo@yahoo.com
Love the colors and the blending you did…and those balloons are fun!
Love that word script balloon stamp – great card 🙂
Oh, love the springy colors you used on the background!
simple yet beautiful
Great card. Love the balloons as the focal point!
Love the balloons,,
Your card is so cute. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Birthday!
I just love blog hops!
The balloons look great embossed in white. Love the subtle shading too. Thanks for sharing.
The colors are so restful & you’ve go to love this balloon stamp.
Lovely, subtle card. TFS!
Very whimsical, really liked it. Thank you. I did get sidetracked as I am a day or two late on the hop and was admiring your new post on backgrounds! Will be back later for sure!!
Such a sweet card!
Love your card, Lisa!
I love the blue and yellow with that cool balloon. Great Card!
The watercoloring is perfect with the balloons!
Love the subtle watercolored background. It really lets the balloons shine! Thanks for sharing the inspiration.
it’s a beautiful card, thanks for sharing how yo do it!!! is great!!!
Love the watercolor background!
Nice card!
Love those balloons- thanks for sharing!
What a wonderful, soft background to these gorgeous balloons, Lisa … and a perfect ‘happy’ sentiment! Anita 🙂
oh yes, this really is a pretty stamp and I like how the white balloons pop off the soft background colors. EXQUISITE!
How fun was that? Great Card! TFS!
the watercolor background is perfect!
love the background!
Such a fun card!
Very pretty! Love the water color background!
Balloons are hot right now and I love them!
Such a pretty watercolor background! Very nice!
love the soft color background you made adorable idea with the balloon…love your card…
Love the dreamy BG of your card. The balloons show up nicely. Thanks
This is a wonderful card. The balloons really make this card.
Love the text balloons as a resist! Great BG!
I love watercoloring on your card!
What a beautiful stamp & your card shows the detail wonderfully
What a beautiful watercolor card!
Great card! TFS 😉
I love the soft colors, really pretty card Lisa!
The calm background catch my attention, super soft feeling, goes very well with the balloons !!
great card – Love the watercolour back ground.
a wonderful soft CAS card, TFS!
Love your watercolor background and fun balloons!
love the watercolor and those balloons are so cool!
This is a really neat stamp. I hadn’t seen that one before – tfs. Lovely card made with it!