Aqua. Such a lovely, calming color. And one we see you use frequently. So for today’s Social Club, we thought we would share a few cards that have caught our eye in our Flickr pool featuring aqua as a background color for their design.

First up, we have an extremely bright and bold card by Mel9252 who chose aqua as the background color for her red and orange Floating Flowers. We think this is a truly stunning and extremely eye-catching card.

Next, ChristineKartenchaos, who used finger stamping and inking to create a dark aqua background for her male figure. We love this fun and unique card.

And finally, stripey fish (Jean M). The wonderful combination of aqua, red and white make this card pop! Such a clever way to use our new Uppercase Alphabet Dies.

Ladies - your talent is awe-inspiring and we would like to say thank you for sharing your creations with us. In keeping with the aqua theme, your prize is our Pool Patterned Papers digikit, which we hope you will be able to use on your future projects.

Please send us an email and we’ll send you your digikit - our winners’ address is located on the sidebar. If you’d like a Social Club blinkie for your blog, just let us know in your email.

It’s the end of the month, so we’re also happy to announce our $50 Wish List Shopping Spree Winners, randomly chosen from all of the lovely blog comments we received last month!

• Pam Hodges with her comment on December 14th: “Great stamp and so awesome that it can be mailed!”
• Lindsay Sherwood with her comment on December 17th: “I’m setting a new year’s resolution to stamp more, and can’t wait to try out the new products! Thanks Hero Arts!”

Congratulations, Pam and Lindsay! Please email us at the winner’s address located over in the sidebar and we’ll get you all set up to shop. For a chance to win one of next month’s shopping sprees, simply join the Hero Club (it’s free!), then comment here on the blog throughout the month. Each comment you leave gives you a chance at the prize!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!