Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Heffy Doodle Birthday Blog Hop

Good morning! Welcome to the blog hop to celebrate the Heffy Doodle's FIRST BIRTHDAY - AND, the BRAND NEW June release at Heffy Doodle Stamps! So much cuteness going on here - and there is lots of inspiration and a great prize up for grabs as well! 



You should have arrived here from the Heffy Doodle Blog - I'm the first stop today! The entire blog hop line up is listed at the bottom of this post if you get lost along the way - and it is a SUPER fun and HUGE hop today!


Today I made a card featuring the adorable little stamp set called Shellabrate that is only available free with a £30 purchase in the Heffy Doodle Store - a £45 purchase even gets the dies for free (and...use code "HeffyBirthday2u" to get 20% off your purchase in the Heffy Doodle store until June 17th! Double win!) I paired it up with a new die, and another stamp set that is part of the new release! 


I started off with the new Stitched Bubble Background Die - and did lots of distress oxide ink blending using a combination of Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, and Salty Ocean and my Ranger Blending Brushes (definitely my new favorite for ink blending!). I added some water splatters, let those dry, then added some flicks of white paint for additional texture to the background.


Next up, I stamped and colored the adorable turtle and his hat from Shellabrate with my Copics and white gel pen for accents, then cut out with the coordinating dies. I also stamped and colored a present from the new Party Palooza stamp set so he can carry a little present to the party! I die cut it out with the coordinating Party Palooza Dies. I heat embossed nearly all the sentiments from Shellabrate, die cut them with Strips of Ease (super clever die for sentiment strips!), and trimmed them down, then mounted all of those items with foam adhesive on my dry background. Finished off with a few clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh for fun "bubbles" to accent the scene!


Your next stop along the hop is Laura Sterckx - I know she has something fabulous waiting for you, so make sure and head there next!

GIVEAWAY INFO:

There are TWO £50 Gift Certificate up for grabs! Make sure and leave a comment on EACH stop of the hop to qualify. Comments must be left by 12 PM PDTon June 23rd, 2018 - winner will be announced on the Heffy Doodle Blog on June 24, 2018.

Here is the entire blog hop line-up:

Heather Hoffman (you are here)

Product links are all below - including affiliate links where possible, which simply means if you use one of the links below that I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!


69 comments:

  1. That little turtle is adorable. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Love that background on your cute card!

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  3. Wow! Such a cute card. I love the texture you've created in the background. 😍

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  4. Turtley awesome! Love the bubbles!

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  5. I LOVE your bright sea colored background! It really shows off that little turtle! Really cute design!

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  6. The link to the next blog after yours isn't working for me. 😞

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  7. Your card is so cute, liking the turtle

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  8. So cute!! I love the colors you used and the turtle is adorable. I love this stamp set!!

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  9. So cute! I love the background! That is such a cute stamp set!

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  10. LOVE your background, very cute card!

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  11. Love your card. The background is amazing.

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  12. Gorgeous color blending! Beautiful card. The turtle is
    just darling.

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  13. Oh my goodness!!! I'm totally in love for your card!!! The background is simply breathless!!! 😍

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  14. such a cute card!!! love the turtle!!

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  15. Aww that is a super cute cool adorable card :) Love it!!

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  16. Awesome card, I love turtles! Thank you for the inspiration!

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  17. Such a cute card. Love it.
    Thanks for sharing...

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  18. Love the background and him carrying a gift on his back!

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  19. Awesome ocean!!! Love the card...thank you!!!

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  20. I love the little present on his back, Heather! Gorgeous card :) x

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  21. Fabulous card!! Love that background, great colors! Thanks for sharing.

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  22. I am really liking all the turtles coming out, he is such a cutie

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  23. Loving the background and the turtle carrying the gift.

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  24. Cute card....love the background

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  25. I love the sweet little tutle! Great ocean water background colors.

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  26. Cutest turtle card.Your background is amazing. Fun!

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  27. So cute! I love the present on his back 😊

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  28. Heather, your card is turtley adorable with a great background.

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  29. Love the water droplets mixed with the real water marks.

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  30. Such a cute turtle! And, I love the background!

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  31. Such a cute card & your background compliments it wonderfully!

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  32. Love the background for this cute turtle.

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  33. I love all your item and thank you for the opportunity!
    Mariella de Miranda

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  34. Super cute card - love the turtle and the background.

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  35. Heather, this beautiful blended background really make orange details to pop up! I liked your idea to use multiple sentiments embossed on black stripes. - Sweet Kobylkin

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  36. I love how you did this card. It kind of perfectly encapsulates HD: bright, colorful, and super cute and fun. I love the little pops of contrasting color on the present. Thanks for sharing with us and helping celebrate HD's first birthday!

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  37. I love the background and the coloring on the turtle! Great job!

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  38. I love your background is stunning!

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  39. Adorable card! Such a stunning background.

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  40. Fantastic card, love the background colours.

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  41. Love this card! The background is stunning, and the turtle is so cute. Thanks for sharing!

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  42. So pretty!! I love the background so much!!

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  43. Adorable card! I love the blending in the background!

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  44. What a great idea, a fabulous sea background with one of the cutest HeffyDoodle sea creatures (the turtle) swimming off to the HeffyDoodle 1st birthday party on the beach with his present and party hat. Adorable! xx

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  45. This is adorable!!! Love your fabulous background and that sentiment is just too fun!!

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  46. This is just darling! Your background!

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  47. Love the little turtle, a fun card in gorgeous colours.

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  48. Oh Heather, this is so cute!! Love the background you made too.

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  49. Super fun Heather, love that background!

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  50. Oh gosh, Heather - this is magnificent! We are so close to the real ocean and I must say, you've captured it perfectly! LOVE the background and water droplets, and of course, the crown jewel - the turtle! TFS ♥

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  51. Love your cardHeather. That ink blended background is amazing. It totally looks like water. Thanks for sharing.

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  52. Oh I love this background! It's perfect with the turtle!

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  53. I just love this cute little turtle. Adorable!!!

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  54. I love your gorgeous background. The sentiment is so fun and the turtle is colored super too. TFS

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  56. That’s such a cute little celebration turtle !! And you’ve made a really beautiful background/ocean !!
    [margessw(at)icloud(dot)com]

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  57. Your card is just darling! I love how you created the background :)

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  58. Such a gorgeous card and the background is fabulous!

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  59. What a fabulous card! I love the sentiments you used - so cute. And a great background!

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  60. Love the background and that you explained how you did it and showed all the products you used.

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  61. Gorgeous background on this pretty card.

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