For my card today, I decided to use one of my very favorite sets from the new catalog, Family and Friends.
I really have a thing for bottle brush trees, so this set was love at first sight for me! They are so much fun. Today I was inspired by this cool photo to create an entire little "forest" of them.
I worked on watercolor paper, and got out my paintbrush and water bottle while playing with colors inspired by the photo - Navy, Tide Pool, Forever Green and Neon Blue inks.
I love the little circles included in the set. They could be used as ornaments, but I added them randomly to the sky, to add a whimsical, bokeh-like look.
And now the fun part of the hop! Hero Arts will be giving away one GRAND PRIZE that includes an assortment of stamps, inks, stencils and dies valued at over $75. Two $10 Hero Arts Online Store gift cards will also be awarded. The three prize winners will be randomly selected from all comments received on the participating designers' blogs, so the more comments left along the hop, the better their odds of winning! The giveaways will close at 11:59pm PST on Thursday, Oct 2, with the winners announced on the Hero Arts blog on Friday, Oct 3.
To continue with the hop, please head over to Yana Smakula's blog!
Hero Arts
Lisa Spangler
Kelly Rasmussen
Donna Mikasa
Tami Hartley
Cheiron Brandon
Jennifer McGuire
Mariana Grigsby
Lucy Abrams
Libby Hickson --- that's me!
Yana Smakula
Wida Miller
Thanks for stopping by!
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Beautiful card - I'm now inspired to get crankin' on my cards for this holiday season!
ReplyDeleteGreat forest of trees! Lovely card!
ReplyDeleteLove your artsy card!
ReplyDeleteVery cool card.
ReplyDeleteLove the mix of blue and green!
ReplyDeleteVery impressionistic-love the colors!
ReplyDeletecreative used of the bottle trees. like your color scheme
ReplyDeletestamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Like the nostalgic bottle brush look & the watercolor/artsy look.
ReplyDeleteMelissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
Creative use for trees and colors!
ReplyDeleteLove the artistic background, very cool!!!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you must have had a lot of fun making this card! TFS
ReplyDeleteDolly
Great card, I really need to get started on my holiday cards
ReplyDeleteVery creative work!
ReplyDeleteLove this style! And it reminds me of walking to forest filled with those trees...
ReplyDeleteI love the colors and how they blend together so beautifully!
ReplyDeleteWow - love you made this - the colours are fabulous! I need that bottle-brush tree!
ReplyDeleteok, I LOVE this card, it looks like art on a small canvas, the colors, texture, stamp placement...the whole thing is fabulous!!!!
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ReplyDeleteThis is such an amazing idea. I love the watercolour look. that's so creative :)
ReplyDeleteThe trees are amazing - great water color technique.
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Love the color combo and I absolutely love the bottle brush tree stamp! Very nice, Libby!
ReplyDeleteSusan
Love all the texture on a one layer card!!
ReplyDeleteHi, Libby! I love bottle brush trees, too! And, blues and greens are so pretty together; your card is stunning!! Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure about this card at first but when I seen your inspiration I was like ok now I get it and it looks rather neat. TFS
ReplyDeleteSuch a creative and artsy card! Love it!
ReplyDeletePretty card, love the colors effects! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteVery fun. I will show my daughter this bottle brush tree card. She'll love it! This is very artistic.
ReplyDeleteCool card - untraditional colors!
ReplyDeleteI never knew they were called bottle brush trees, but I know I have to get that stamp set. Beautiful card - love the colors.
ReplyDeleteI love the effect the water color has on this card. Great use of the stamp, love it. TFS Denise
ReplyDeleteLove your fun bottle brush forest!
ReplyDeleteI love bottle brush trees too, Nice card-love the colors. thannks for sharing
ReplyDeleteYou duplicated the bottle brush trees exactly. Love the effect of watercolors and use of neon blue ink.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card. I like the forest look.
ReplyDeleteThe bottle brush trees are so fun! And you created a whole forest of them!
ReplyDeleteNoreen
Crafty Journal
What a sweet card. Love you're background and I just adore those trees . Great color choices. Just love it.
ReplyDeletesuper fun! I love where your inspiration for the card came from!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, fabulous inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteLove the various shades of green and blue! And you've made the bottle brush trees come alive Libby!!
ReplyDeleteWow!! beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love the tree stamp and the great dimension and colors on your lovely card!!
ReplyDeleteLibby, I love the effect of the repeating the trees and the great color choices.
ReplyDeleteI can't decide which tree from the forest that I want for mine. Beautifully donw!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors and the adorable trees!
ReplyDeleteGreat card! I love the colors and the artsyness of it (if that's a word!) lol
ReplyDeleteThis is just great. It really looks like that photo.
ReplyDeleteVery cool card!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors you used and how you incorporated the inspiration into a card. Very creative!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card. Great colors!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely card. Great job with use of the trees.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love this card - these are my favorite colors and I love the watercolor look!
ReplyDeleteYou got the whole forest! Nice effect and unique design. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteClever idea! Love the color combinations.
ReplyDeletewow - fantastic design and beautiful colors!!
ReplyDeleteLove the blue and green colors..
ReplyDeleteI love the bottle trees! What a great card.
ReplyDeletewhat a cute and artsy card!
ReplyDeleteOMG OMG Girl your card is breathtaking. I upon seeing what you used for your inspiration I was blown away because you nailed it. Girl you absolutely are one outstandingly talented gal. Gosh your card is so frame worthy and I'm sure that whomever is lucky enough to receive will do just that. WOW!!
ReplyDeleteLove the feeling of texture.
ReplyDeleteBottlebrush funkiness is a delight to the eyes.
ReplyDeleteI just love this stamp set. It is definitely on my wish list. Your card is wonderful. It's almost like you can feel the bottle brush trees.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cool and modern card.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card tfs
ReplyDeleteLove your take on the photo and great colors.
ReplyDeleteGreat card - pinned it right away!
ReplyDeleteLove your sniffing stazon comment in your blog title! Almost fell off my chair laughing!. Oh and great card as well. My kind of style.
ReplyDeletevery beautiful card! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteLove your little forest - great color combo.
ReplyDeletelove the transparency of the trees, beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteVery cool!! I love how you were inspired by that photo. I'm gonna have to start a new board just for inspirational photos! Great idea!
ReplyDeleteGreat technique and colors!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea making the forest! Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteThat bottlebrush tree is very cool, and you nailed the colors on your card from the inspiration picture! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteGreat texture. Love the bottle brush trees.
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous !!! I love water coloring, you did an amazing job on this card
ReplyDeleteThese colors look great together.
ReplyDeleteHere is my take. I know this may sound crazy, but my first thought was for a guy card. Sometimes it's hard for a bachelor. This is to me anyway one great idea for those who want something bold and celebratory for a guy. TY Hope no offense was taken.... Love the card
ReplyDeleteStunning...love the non traditional colors and the way you've used this great stamp set.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors you used! Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteLove all the colors, great card...
ReplyDeleteLove this! Great colors!
ReplyDeleteLovely and very
ReplyDeleteunique card! Great
use of the colors.
Carla from Utah
super fun card, thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteJust love the artistry of your card...this is the look I'm after this year for my holiday cards. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty and colorful card made with the bottlebrush tree stamp.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the texture in the background! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteWho knew the bottle brush trees could look so arty! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love the painterly, artsy look. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove your card, specially the effect you created with the background stamping
ReplyDeleteGreat texture!! Fabulous card!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing creative process. nice card!
ReplyDelete~Purvi
very artistic card here.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully inspired, Libby! You make me want to get this stamp NOW!
ReplyDeleteThere's so much great texture to this card, and I love the colors!
ReplyDeleteLove the effect of the distress inks and the stamp on the watercolor paper ~ GORGEOUS!
ReplyDeleteLove the bottle brush trees in all of the wonderful colors! Gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteI am loving this color combo!
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative use of this stamp set! TFS!!!
ReplyDeleteLibby, you have out done yourself with this one! Wow!
ReplyDeleteLove this look...wow!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card. I like the texture of the water color paper and love how you got your inspiration for the card. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove the bottle brush tree effect!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this amazing card!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome dimension and love the tree stamp!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this....so pretty!!!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing color... I love it...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bottle brush trees..... love the blues and greens!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Libby Love this!!
ReplyDeleteLove the bottlebrush tree and your color combo. Great job! tfs
ReplyDeleteI love bottle brush trees too! This stamp set is definitely on my list!
ReplyDeleteThe bottle brush stamp is on my list, Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove this idea! I just got this set last week. Can't wait to start creating!
ReplyDeleteI, too, love the old fashion bottle brush tree! Fun set...fun card.
ReplyDeleteThis card is stunning...so festive!
ReplyDeleteLove the watercolor effect. Great choice of colors. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou did an awesome job replicating the photo!!! I wouldn't have been brave enough to try the darker colors but it is so beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, love the colors. Pure genius.
ReplyDeleteThe texture and different colors of layered trees looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great artistic representation of your inspiration. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWonderful use of color and texture. Beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteJust love your colorful forest of bottlebrush trees, Libby!
ReplyDeleteLove your card Libby! Looks like a hand painted or printed image :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the great card idea! Thanks for sharing - and I now have the bottle brush stamp set on my shopping list!!
ReplyDeleteNice color combo.
ReplyDeleteI love how you used your inspiration photo to create your really fabulous card, Libby! Thanks so much for sharing it with us!
ReplyDeleteI like the colors you chose.........great card.
ReplyDeleteLibby, please add me to your Christmas card list! I would love to get this card in the mail!! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love how you shared your inspiration with us, and it really came through on your beautiful card! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us, and of course for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteOh my.....color, texture....thank you for this beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful interpretation of your inspiration!
ReplyDeleteGreat card....very artsy!
ReplyDeleteFun card! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI sooo love this.
ReplyDeleteI love the mix of colors
ReplyDeleteBeautiful artistry of texture, color and pop. Any recipient would love to get this for Christmas! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe softer colors are such a neat twist in a season of too much red and green. Great card.
ReplyDeleteThe trees really look like the ones in the picture!
ReplyDeleteI love the modern feel of this card - very artsy!
ReplyDeleteHopping by and saying HI, excited for the New Christmas Stamps comming. :)
ReplyDeleteNice card haven't noticed any done like this before, a soft watercolor look!
ReplyDeleteLove the simplicity of it
ReplyDeleteLove the Wonderful colors!
LOVE your forest of trees! I can see the inspiration you got from the photo!
ReplyDeletelove the cool choice of colors
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done. Great colors used.
ReplyDeleteLove the bottle brush tree. Great use of colors.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card. Loved all the colors you used.
ReplyDeleteI didn't much care for that bottle brush tree when I first saw it in the catalog, but I really like what you did with it. The layers are so effective, and the colors are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cool effect! Thank you for sharing :-)
ReplyDeleteI like that you used the photo for inspiration, and love the resulting card. Tfs!
ReplyDeleteLove the watercolor look of the trees!
ReplyDeleteyou captured your inspiration of the bottle brush treees perfectly!
ReplyDeleteGosh! LOVE this forest! So amazing! Must have one too :)
ReplyDeleteThanks!~kim
Great card and a bottle brush tree forest!
ReplyDeleteLove the look of the bottle brush on the textured watercolor paper! Awesome card!
ReplyDeleteCute card ... the watercolor effect with these bottle brush trees was perfect! Thanks for sharing your work.
ReplyDeleteThis is my kind of card! Love it! Wish you had a video of it
ReplyDeleteVery fun and artsy card! Love the texture.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done and I love all the colors on those trees.
ReplyDeleteThis card is stunning. I love it.
ReplyDeleteLove how you echoed the circle jewels with the "faux" bokeh circles. Clever!
ReplyDeleteGreat card. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteVery unique Christmas card. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI like the texture from the watercolor paper.
ReplyDeleteI loved your card the moment I saw it. All those bottle brush trees....brings back fond memories of childhood.
ReplyDeleteI like how you used the bottle brush stamp set. The colors and texture you used are very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteLove those bottle brush trees!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun card!
ReplyDeletelove this stamp set- great card-thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteAmazingly artsy card love the colours! Ger x
ReplyDeleteI really loved this card! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty, love the colors!
ReplyDeleteCool, neat idea!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful watercoloring,
ReplyDeleteThe bottle brushes are definitely a different treatment idea for tree stamps!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your demo. Great card. Like the use of acetate.
ReplyDeleteYour card is very nice. Love the colors.
ReplyDeleteA forest was a great idea!
ReplyDeleteVery unique! Love it!
ReplyDeleteLove this mix of colors. The card is very nice.
ReplyDeleteVery cool bottle tree forest!
ReplyDeleteLove the "forrest", Libby ;_)
ReplyDeleteWow... Such a beautiful way to use this stamp set! Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI love your little forest! Great card!!!
ReplyDeleteThose bottle brush tree stamps are so versatile.
ReplyDeleteLove your card it has so much dimension. A great use of the stamp.
ReplyDeleteVery nice - love the effect you created.
ReplyDeleteI love this stamp set. I might have been enabled and just bought this stamp set. *shakes fist*
ReplyDeleteGreat dimension to this card, it looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThe bottle brush trees are great! Thanks for the watercolors with them.
ReplyDeleteGreat forest of everygreens...love those combo of colours.
ReplyDeleteI meant evergreens!
DeleteReally like this card. Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteLove how unique this card is xx
ReplyDeleteI love bottle brush trees….they look amazing with the watercolor!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty Libby!
ReplyDeleteHey! It's just a beautiful card and a special way to use the stamps. Fabulous colors, too! I'm loving all the inspiration, especially with water color ideas!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty forest of trees.
ReplyDeleteSo different, but so pretty! Love it! Nancee :)
ReplyDeleteThat is a pretty color combination!
ReplyDeleteGreat stamp. Very pretty.
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