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Hero Arts & PDCC62 It's my Mom's birthday tomorrow and her cards always have to feature red so I decided to use the pretty colours of the Play Date Cafe Challenge #62. Originally, I saw the colours on my monitor as coral, kraft and red but now I see that it's coral, kraft and pink. I think I need to visit my optometrist! LOL

I (shockingly only) started my collection of Hero Arts stamps in December and really wanted to ink them up. I figured the best way would be to participate in the Hero Arts January 2011 Contest! Of the three contest themes, I was inspired by the middle card on page 14 of the 2011 Catalog. I started by using the four cute little images from Sending Smiles to create a background at the top of the card. Then I used the big Happy Birthday sentiment on the focus strip. I created a banner by stamping six Friendly Flags, coloured them in with Copics and attached them to the card base. To finish, I added some tiny rhinestones between the flags just like the inspiration card. Sources: GinaK pure luxury Kraft & 120lb pure luxury White cardstock; SU Cameo Coral & Real Red cardstock; Hero Arts Sending Smiles; Hero Arts Friendly Flags; Vivid Red ink; SU Rose Red ink; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Copics; SU Basic Rhinestones

Posted by Emily Leiphart at 8:20 PM Labels: birthday, CAS, Hero Arts, Hero Arts Contest, Play Date Cafe Challenge 
love it to pieces Emily!!!

January 4, 2011 at 8:25 PM 
Love it Emily! I just used this same set today....like yours more though!!!

January 4, 2011 at 8:26 PM 
This is awesome! Great use of the challenge colours, and I LOVE that banner! I'm sure your mom will be tickled... well, you know... :D

January 4, 2011 at 8:44 PM 
Love this Emily... Great take on the color challenge :)
 
I really like your banner! I saw this Hero Arts set this weekend but resisted! Lol

January 4, 2011 at 9:20 PM 
This is beautiful! Love the bg strip at the top and the banner! Great layout! You're Mom is going to LOVE it!

January 4, 2011 at 9:30 PM 
your mom will love this cute card, emily:) your copics coloring is awesome, too!

January 4, 2011 at 9:32 PM 
Oh your mom is going to love this and I love the banners!!!

January 4, 2011 at 10:10 PM 
Beautiful Emily, your Copic coloring is out of this world.

January 4, 2011 at 10:40 PM 
now this looks great!

January 5, 2011 at 1:21 AM 
What a lovely combination of stamps, Emily!! loved it :)

January 5, 2011 at 1:56 AM Belleza Family said...

Happy b-day to your mom! same my daugther b-day Jan 5 ^0^.

the card is so cute also the color.

January 5, 2011 at 4:09 AM 
Hi Emily!

This is a beauty! Love that little images stamped on top in one color, that works perfectly!!


January 5, 2011 at 4:43 AM 
Ack! I love the banner, but that combo of tiny stamps up top? Total genius. Love it!

January 5, 2011 at 6:41 AM 
Hiya, Emily, This is fabulous, your mum will love it . It's so original and I love your clever use of colour. The banner is perfect:0) xx

January 5, 2011 at 9:24 AM 
how wonderful!! i'm love love loving that banner coming off the sentiment- so great!! :D

January 5, 2011 at 9:51 AM 
What a fun use of the colors and I'm a little worried that you're just now adding HA to your collection... oh no! I finally broke out the crafty goodies...

January 5, 2011 at 10:47 AM 
Gosh I wish I had a dress made out of the top border! Then after reading your post realized that it is your own creative combo. Just enough and in all the right places! Pretty card Em. Your mom will love it (even if it is pink LOL).

January 5, 2011 at 11:52 AM 

January 5, 2011 at 2:46 PM 
ALWAYS fab creations by you! LOVE this:) Thanks so much for joining in the fun over at the Cafe and for playing along with us at PDCC:}

January 5, 2011 at 4:24 PM Poppit said...

Oh, how pretty! I LOVE the stamped background at the top of the car - just lovely!

January 5, 2011 at 4:32 PM Vicky Hayes said...

What a stunning stamped background Emily!

January 5, 2011 at 5:56 PM 
SO pretty Emily, you make the prettiest card, and you are such a great inspiration to me!

January 5, 2011 at 10:29 PM 
LOVE LOVE that stamped background as always. beautiful card, Emily and I am sure your mom will love it!

January 5, 2011 at 10:41 PM 
Just lovely, Emily.....so pretty in pink!

January 5, 2011 at 11:01 PM 
Such a lovely card Emily :) I love the background stamping you created!

January 6, 2011 at 12:52 AM 
So pretty - the stamped bg is so elegant and the coloring on the pennants is perfect!

January 6, 2011 at 6:03 AM