It’s day four of our 16th Birthday Week celebration, and thank you for coming to the party! Today we have special guest Dana Joy with us to share one cute card that celebrates unity and diversity behind its sentiment! Let’s take a look at what Dana is sharing with us today, and don’t miss the giveaways at the end of this post!
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Hello, all my crafty-loving people. I’m Dana Joy the person behind Got Joy Creations. Using bright colors and beautiful stamps that work well together help to make a beautiful card. For today’s card, I used products from Hero Arts and Hero Arts Unity Collaboration with Pocono Pam and myself. This is going to be one happy card!
When I’m creating a card I most likely will start with the color palette. For me, the color palette sets the tone for your card. For my birthday card, I wanted bright and happy colors. I also knew I wanted a focal image along with flowers. Now since I knew what I wanted, it was time to sketch the card design. Sketching the design in advance will help you imagine what the final card will look like.
Now it was time to color. Starting with the Hero Arts Kids United stamp set, I stamped the precious little girls with Hero Arts Intens-ifed Black Ink on Hero Arts Dove White Cardstock and did easy Copic coloring. To help keep the color scheme working throughout the card, I’m using the same colors to color the little girls as I will use later in my flowers. For the girl on the left, I used the following Copic markers: E00, E02, R20, E30, E33, YG23, YG25, RV13, RV14, N5, and N9. The colors of clothing and shoes are the same for the girl on the right, except I used the following Copic markers for her skin and hair: E11, E13, R20, E55, E59.
I advise getting the coordinating Hero Arts Kids United Frame cuts with your stamp set. You can also fussy cut the image if purchasing the coordinating die is not an option. Using the coordinating dies helps with stacking additional layers of an image without having to use foam tape.
Any time a stamp set has a coordinating stencil, ALWAYS grab the stencil. It makes coloring a breeze, and you can create beautiful blends. The flowers on the card are from the Hero Arts Peonies Bunch stamp set. Creating that blend on the flowers was super easy as I have the Hero Arts Color Layering Peonies Bunch stencil. The color blend was created using Hero Arts Reactive Inks in Lemon Drop, Taffy, Key Lime Fizz, and Green Apple. These colors work beautifully together and blend into gorgeous colors.
When using an image without a background like the little girls here, I suggest when you are placing them on a card, create a “grounding” spot for them. This way, they are just not floating on the card. For added interest, I hand-drew a brick wall for my little girls to sit on top of and made clouds in the background using Copic markers. A simple sentiment from the Hero Arts Flowers In A Vase stamp set stamped in black ink was all I needed.
Just a little sparkle from a Scrapbook.com Glitter Brush Maker in clear and Nuvo Crystal Glaze in clear on the girl’s shoes and hair bows finished the design off nicely. A black mat of Hero Arts Pitch Black Cardstock adhered with Hero Arts Precision Glue onto a 5 x 7 inch card base from Hero Arts Dove White cardstock made this beautiful card complete.
I hope I have inspired you to pair up your people images with florals for an oh-so-pretty birthday card. Remember, picking that color palette and sketching your card design in advance will be a game-changer in your card making journey. Thanks for visiting the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog, and have a wonderful weekend!
I have been crafting for over 20 years and my love for it continues to grow. My husband and I currently live in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. We have two grown children, Jazmin and Kier, along with our little Schnoodle, Remy. I hope I have inspired your card making time today!
Find more of Dana’s work here: Blog | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram | Pinterest
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What a lovely card, Dana! Thank you for inspiring us today with your beautiful card, and collaboration with Hero Arts! Let’s check out today’s FIVE giveaways from our generous partners!
PRIZE #1
We’re starting today’s prizes with a ticket to shop in the Hero Arts store! Use it to purchase products from the beautiful Unity collection that Dana used above, or anything else your heart desires!
PRIZE #2
Prize number two includes the brand new Add Another Candle collection from our friends at Photoplay Paper!
Add Another Candle celebrates the birthdays of adults—young and old. Drenched in a bright and colorful palette, festive patterns and party-inspired embellishments round out this celebratory collection! All of us at Photoplay Paper extend our best wishes to Catherine and SCT as they celebrate their Sweet 16!
PRIZE #3
How about another chance to shop for new goodies?! This $50 gift card to the Pinkfresh Studio shop will set you up with a few new items for your stash (and hey—they have two brand new collections out now, too!)
GRAND PRIZE #1
Our first grand prize delivers now one, or two, but FOUR Crafty Courtyard Kits from our friends at Pink & Main!
We want to wish Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine a very Happy Sweet 16! In celebration of their birthday, you could win a prize from us at Pink and Main valued at over $100! We have chosen four of our past Crafty Courtyard Card Kits as our prize. Our card kits are packed full of exclusive supplies that are carefully coordinated to work together with ease. You will enjoy creating many cards from each kit!
GRAND PRIZE #2
Our final grand prize of the day includes yet another opportunity to grow your stash with a $100 gift certificate from Scrapbook.com!
With the $100 Scrapbook.com Gift Certificate, you can treat yourself like it’s your birthday! Scrapbook.com offers over 40,000 products and adds new items to the shop daily so you are sure to find just what you are looking for! Scrapbook.com Gift Certificates can be printed out and added to your handmade card or can be sent instantly via email making them the perfect last-minute gift!
Five new chances to win! Want to know how to get your name in the drawing? Leave a comment on this post sharing what you hope to get for your birthday this year! We will choose five random winners for the prizes above and announce all of our Birthday Week winners on the blog on April 1st! There is still ONE more day left of this party, friends! Join us tomorrow to help us wrap up this week of fun with more inspiration and giveaways!
Happy birthday SCT Magazine! Love every new issue! This year for my birthday I hope to get a delicious dinner and cake with my family!
What I would love for this birthday is to have the day off work and celebrate with family!
I believe the greatest gifts are hugs from family and friends. :)
My birthday is this weekend! Happy birthday to you and me! ???? I always want stamps, dies, ink and stuff! Thanks for the chance to win!
Hmmm, for my birthday this year, I hope to go on a family camping trip AND maybe get some crafty goodies :)
Congrats again on your Sweet 16!
My birthday is tomorrow! I hope I get to spend time with my friends and family!
Craft supplies of course
For my birthday I hope to get more card making supplies! Thanks for the chance to win!
We have a cruise from Portugal planned for my birthday in October, so I hope COVID stays away and we can sail!
Oh my gosh! Amazing giveaway !! So exciting! I already know what I’m getting this year on my birthday: a baby sphynx cat!!!
Love that card and the fantastic coloring! I am hoping to get a camera for my birthday. I am tired of using my phone for all my photos, and want better quality for large pics to scrapbook!
The only thing I hope for my birthday this year is to be able to spend it with my family!! :) Thanks for the chance to win these prizes!!
Oh gosh, what would a paper crafter want for her Birthday? Umm more paper. LOL. But for real just a pleasant day with my kids and hubby and a nice piece of cake! Happy Sweet 16th Birthday SCT!
For my birthday I would love a fun adventure with my family or a day of cropping with my friends. Happy 16th birthday SCT!!
Hoping to get a weekend up north for my birthday.
Beautiful color palette on this card! For my birthday this year, I’d love to have a family cookout while camping and always some fun card making supplies. ????
This year I would just love a day of relaxing, some crafting, and a nice dinner with my family.
What a great card and fabulous prizes! I always travelled on my birthday, both as a child and as an adult, so after 2 years at home I hope we can travel someplace fun this year.
All I want for my birthday is to spend that special time with family and friends …. and cake!
I live Dana’s card it us just so sweet. The colours remind me of when I was 6 or 7 years old, my cousin and I had matching Happy Face t-shirts, mine was pink and hers was that same green. Awesome prizes. HBSCT
I hope some gifted me patterned paper pad. The more the merrier lol!
I’m hoping to get/will be getting (lol) stamping and scrapbooking items for my birthday this year. I made a pretty lengthy list for my hubby :). While I was at it, I also asked for a photo printer for Christmas!
My hope is for a Brother Scan N Cut machine. Highly unlikely but a girl can dream right?!
wonderful card, Dana:)
I would love to get my family together for my birthday – awesome to see them all in one place
I just had my birthday and my son gave me Jeff Dunham show tickets which we went to last night.. so fun!!!!
Craft goodies or a gift card to one of my favorite craft stores of course! What else is there? Lol.
I am hoping for a Sizzix switch cutting machine and an air fryer. fingers crossed :)
This year, my birthday wish list includes the Glimmer foiling machine and all the supplies needed to create beautiful foiled cards.
My greatest birthday gift this year..and it’s the “big” one..my great grandson who is turning 1 just before my birthday day and he is the joy and biggest gift.
What a darling card!!! It seems we should all be unified as humans, but this serves a good reminder! The prizes today are amazing! I would love to win any of them to share with my twin on our birthday and my crafty friends!
Happy, happy sweet 16 SCT! For my birthday this year I hope to receive…more crafting supplies!
I’m hoping to get the Crop and Create March 2023 card making event for my birthday. I’m getting the October card making event for Mother’s Day ????
I would love to get a die cutter as I have dies but no cutter. But any crafty supplies would be fun!
I’d love to receive the gift of attending a scrapbook and cards delivered event in person in Canada! It’s been too long since I’ve visited the country and I really want to meet Catherine in person after experiencing the virtual cardmaking events! The hard part will be choosing which city.
What a beautiful card! And the prizes are amazing! Thanks for all the chances to win.
Beautiful lil card, nicely done!
Happy Sweet 16th . I hope to get help from my granddaughter to help organize my craft room . It’s overwhelming. Messy.
I hope to get a visit and backyard BBQ with my family on my birthday. I already made sure I have the day off work.
I would love for my birthday this year to get more Crafting supplies and the chance to get together with my mom to scrapbook and make cards!
For my birthday this year I am hoping for a vacation. I would like to cruise and see the New England and Canadian coastline and the lighthouses.
For my birthday this year, primarily, I would love for my friends to be able to come gather at our place to spend time together celebrating because we have missed so many birthdays over the last few years.
I will also have a wishlist from my local scrapbooking store by then as well, I am sure.
My birthday is coming up in a few weeks. I want the world to go back to normal permanently. That’s not too much to ask, right?
I am hoping for the Big Shot Switch die cutting machine….fingers crossed!!!!!
such amazing prizes again! Thank you SCT & sponsors for your generosity, much appreciated. Well my birthday just passed & all I wanted was for my loved ones, near & far to call or Facetime their birthday wishes to me & it came true. Plus the sun shone for the whole day, an added bonus.
Happy, happy birthday! And thanks for sharing on your birthday–you’re awesome!
Crafting supplies of course! I am hoping to be lucky enough to get a die cut machine as a present this year!
I truly would just love a large amount of spending money for card making supplies. It truly is my happy space. I forget for a little while what’s going on around me and enjoy creating pretty cards. Thanks again for the opportunity.
I hope to get lots of gift certificates for my favorite scrapbooking stores!
the card… the colors are AMAZING and so bright!!
What would I like for my birthday??? Scrapbook supplies of course!!!!!
This year for my birthday I hope for an organized crafting corner. Happy sweer 16th birthday Scrapbook & Cards!
Wow! These prizes are awesome! This year, I’d love to get a Cricut! Thanks for the chance to win!