If you've been hopping along, you should have arrived from Kelly Griglione's blog. If not, you can start at the very beginning over on Adelina Starace's blog.
I am head over heels for the tropical theme of this month's Hero Arts add-ons. I had fun mixing and matching from a few different sets to create this card. I started with the fabulous Leafy Bold Prints, stamping on Mist cardstock in Embossing & Watermark ink and embossing with clear embossing powder. I love how vibrant the tone on tone is!
Next I got to work stamping and coloring. I started with the toucan from Hello Toucan, coloring with Copic markers and cutting with the coordinating Hello Toucan frame cuts. While I was at it, I stamped and colored a few of the leaf images from the set and die cut them as well.
I thought my pink toucan fit the you are magnificent sentiment from the Tiger Wisdom set perfectly, so I embossed it in white on pitch black cardstock and cut in a banner shape. I played around with placement, then decided I needed a bit more of the pink color, so stamped one of the flowers from the Tropical Flowers set and colored it in the same pinks, cutting out the inner portion of one of the flowers to layer on the other for a bit of dimension, and die cutting with the coordinating Tropical Flowers Frame Cuts. I then used a stem image from the Tropical Flowers set as a branch for my toucan to perch on.
For a shimmery finishing touch, I coated all of my colored images with a clear wink of stella glitter brush pen. Love that sparkle!
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Adelina Starace
Caly Person
Ardyth Percy-Robb
Janette Kausen
Carly Tee Minner
Ilina Crouse
Emily Midgett
Libby Hickson
Kelly Griglione
Julee Tilman ✋ That's me!
Lisa Spangler
Debi Adams
Michele Ferguson
Laurie Willison
Sandy Allnock
Amy Kolling
Therese Calvird
Lydia Fiedler
Julie Ebersole
Caly Person
Ardyth Percy-Robb
Janette Kausen
Carly Tee Minner
Ilina Crouse
Emily Midgett
Libby Hickson
Kelly Griglione
Julee Tilman ✋ That's me!
Lisa Spangler
Debi Adams
Michele Ferguson
Laurie Willison
Sandy Allnock
Amy Kolling
Therese Calvird
Lydia Fiedler
Julie Ebersole
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63 comments
Lovely coloring! :) This is such a pretty card.
Very true the hop has "phenomenal" list of talented stampers including you ! I loved your card, its magnificent!
I love the background and the colourful Toucan
Gorgeous coloring on the toucan and great background!
Beautiful card! Love the background design and the toucan!
What vibrant colors!
That bold-leaf background is amazing! xoxo
My goodness! What a lovely card! love the colours you chose and especially the background.
Very pretty card!!! I really love that background.....it was perfect for this card. Thank you so much for sharing.
Gorgeous card, I love the bold colors and the leafy background!
Ooh I love this gorgeous card! So lovely!
This card is just beautiful from the design to the gorgeous background!
This beautiful card just makes me happy!
Beautiful colors on
your card. Nice and
vibrant.
Carla from Utah
Spectacular card, Julee! The toucan is gorgeous and looks great surrounded by the tropical flowers and fantastic tone on tone background!
love the tropical colors and the magnificent bird.
What a fun tropical card! Thanks for the inspiration. :D
Great card! Has such a summer feel!
Love that background stamp, and your card has just the right amount of elements not to be too plain, and not too busy, just right!
Wow wow wow and wow, your card pops and I love it
The tone on tone background is lovely.
I love the vibrant colors & gorgeous Toucan! Awesome card!
I love how all the elements on your card go together beautifully.
Wow! Your color choices are so spot on! This card is totally balanced for intensity and harmony. It demonstrates the sentiment perfectly - MAGNIFICENT!
Gorgeous card! The toucan really pops against that beautiful turquoise background!
Sweet tropical card!
Your card is absolutely gorgeous. I love the bright colors and that toucan is beautiful.
Beautifully colored card. Thanks for sharing. Brenda West
Beautiful card! I love the bright colors!
Gorgeous card, love the vibrant colors!
Super pretty card Julie! I just love how you made the background making the leaf design just pop. The colors are gorgeous on your toucan and flowers to. Beautiful!!!
Love that bold background!! Your toucan and the flowers are beautifully colored. I love anything tropical, this card is fabulous!!!
So pretty and bright. Can’t wait to use my new bold print and toucan stamp!, gotta get me some Fruit Loops.
This is amazing - your colouring is fantastic!
Gorgeous card! I really love the pink. I recently colored at two Ken too and I use non-traditional colors. They do come in a lot of different varieties so any color really goes.
I love your tropical card! So fun.
Oh my goodness!! I have seen your card in a few different places and it absolutely catches my eye everytime! I have to stop and admire! Really makes me want the bold prints stamp even more!
Love love love your background Julee - it's perfect for the vibrant colours of the foliage and bird
Blessings
Maxine
Love the background and how you placed the focal elements.
Fabulous background and an awesome card!! <3
Thanks for the inspiration to use a stamp type I normally wouldn't. Your tropical card looks fantastic!
Love the colors on this card, love all things tropical!
Beautiful card! Love the background stamp and the color of the cardstock you used.
Such a bright and happy card! Love the use of pink on the toucan.
Fabulous card! I love the texture the clear embossing added to your background!
I love the colors you used on this card! They are so vibrant!
lovely card - the rich colors are so pretty
This card is beautiful! The colors are just stunning.
I love your card, the colors are great. That leaky background is really cool in a subtle way.
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I just love the Toucan--we just saw some at the San Diego Zoo over the weekend. They are gorgeous
Love you background, gorgeous card!
You always inspire me to create---thank you!
Love your blue on blue!
The colors are great. Pretty, pretty card.
Such vibrant colors! I love your card!
Gorgeous! I love your coloring and that lovely turquoise background!
Oh, wow! I love everything about this...magnificent! :)
Beautiful use of color in your card!
Love that background! Perfect and makes the toucan pop even more~
Love the bright tropical colors you used on your card - it's so pretty!
The colorful toucan in his paradise is just wonderful. Thanks for the inspiration.
Awesome card! Love the background and the colors you chose.
so lovely
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