A Blog Named Hero Challenge: Rainbow Hello!

Good evening and welcome to our first A Blog Named Hero Challenge for July!  We’re using this gorgeous photo as our inspiration and we can’t wait to see how you are inspired!

Here’s my card:

I love the way it turned out but geez it was HARD to photograph!  Before I tell you how I made it, here’s a close-up of the background and the sentiment.  The sentiment is quite sparkly up close though it looks fairly dull in the above photo.

For this card I started out by stamping the Hero Arts Tiny Flags background stamp onto a piece of white cardstock with Versamark Ink.  Then I copied the image with my laser printer onto a piece of black cardstock.  I placed a piece of ThermOWeb rainbow foil transfer sheet over the image and ran it through my laminator without a carrier sheet.  Once it went through the laminator I peeled off the transfer sheet, oohed and aahed a few times (*ooh shiny!!*) and then set it aside to work on the sentiment!

I took a sheet of Stick-It Adhesive and peeled off one side.  I adhered that to a scrap of black cardstock and then ran that cardstock through my Big Shot with the Simon Says Stamp Big Hello die.  I peeled the other piece of adhesive off and covered the sticky die-cut with Glitter Ritz microfine glitter.  Once it was covered I placed a piece of scrap typing paper over the die-cut and burnished it with my bone folder so the glitter wouldn’t rub off.

To assemble the card I trimmed the rainbow foil panel down and adhered it to a card base of black cardstock.  Then I used a few drops of Multi-Medium Matte to attach the sentiment to the panel and then added a sprinkling of Glass Slippers sparkling clear sequins because there wasn’t nearly enough sparkle on my card…ha!

I hope you’ll join in the fun and create something rainbow-inspired for the challenge!  The challenge runs until July 19th and we look forward to seeing your creations!

As always, thanks to our very generous sponsor, Simon Says Stamp:

…who will award a random entry with a $25 gift voucher!

Make sure to stop by and see the rest of the team’s creations!  Thanks for visiting!