SUMMER 2016 NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP!
Hey crafty friends! Welcome to my blog, and to the Summer Release Blog Hop for Hero Arts! If you're new here - welcome! Happy to see you! And if you've been here before - a big welcome back! I'm honored to be part of the celebration today as we all kick off the new Summer Release from Hero Arts. There are so many awesome stamps in this catalog! CLICK HERE to shop the Hero Arts Store. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SUMMER CATALOG ITEMS!
For my project I'm using my favorite new stamp from the release - the "Destination San Francisco" City Stamp!! YAY! A stamp of one of my favorite places on earth! There are NINE cities represented in these awesome stamps....and I've been to all of them! How cool! Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, Boston, just to name a few. I wanted this stamp right away....and hopefully eventually I'll collect them all. I did a loose water color of the stamp and made it sort of aged and vintage like an old postcard. I used the "Kelly's San Francisco" stamps as an accent on my card base. (I left my heart....) Let's take a look!
I started by stamping my image onto crisp paper. I did not use watercolor paper this time! I used a water brush and my Kuretake Water Colors to loosely color my image. I set it aside to dry. After it was dry I gently crumpled it in my hands to add some wrinkles and texture. They I used some Vintage Photo Distress ink and a sponge dauber to ink around the edges of the paper. I mounted it onto some orange cardstock to match the golden gate bridge...
I used some brown ink and one of the little accent stamps to make rows of words in just the corner.
I thought it would be a nice touch to add a cute little enamel dot heart on the card somewhere! I tied a pretty twine bow and glued the heart in the center.
Thank you for stopping by! Hope you have a great time hopping and shopping today! See you soon! XOXO
PRIZES!!! Hero Arts will be giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please comment by Sunday, May 15 at 11:59pm PT and they will announce the winners the following week!
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Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Lori S | 05/12/2016 at 08:27 PM
Oh my goodness. I love this card. I'm really liking all these "city" stamps! I love their simplicity. And I love the oranges on your card. Beautiful creation.
Posted by: Sherrie Johnson | 05/12/2016 at 08:21 PM
Love the painting/coloring on the image and that bright orange panel!
Posted by: Miriam Prantner | 05/12/2016 at 07:53 PM
What a great retro feel your card has! It's lovely!
Posted by: Manda | 05/12/2016 at 07:09 PM
What a fun card! Love the background!
Posted by: Lisascreativeniche | 05/12/2016 at 07:02 PM
My eye went straight to the heart. Nice touch.
Posted by: Tricia | 05/12/2016 at 07:01 PM
Your card is super chic and I like the colors used.
Posted by: Liza mendez | 05/12/2016 at 06:59 PM
These are such beautiful scenes. Love the look of watercolor.
Posted by: Amanda | 05/12/2016 at 06:40 PM
I love the new San Francisco stamp. You made a super cute card.
Posted by: Vickie | 05/12/2016 at 06:37 PM
Cute card love the layering.
Posted by: Lindarub | 05/12/2016 at 06:15 PM
These city stamps are all wonderful.
Posted by: Valerie | 05/12/2016 at 05:53 PM
Love your card!
Posted by: Tona | 05/12/2016 at 05:30 PM
I've never been to San Francisco but it looks
like it would be fun to drive across the bridge.
Great card.
thanks for sharing
Posted by: Mary Holshouser | 05/12/2016 at 05:29 PM
Beautiful card, love the coloring and the details of the little heart and curled up corners!
Posted by: Melissa Friedrich | 05/12/2016 at 04:46 PM
Beautiful card! Love the sentiment you b used!
Posted by: Marcia | 05/12/2016 at 04:06 PM
Love your attention to detail on your card! Fabulous... :D
Posted by: Janet Sisk | 05/12/2016 at 03:53 PM
I love San Francisco too. Loved that you made it look like a vintage postcard. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Katherine Dent | 05/12/2016 at 03:47 PM
Great card, love the "left my heart" sentiment in the corner. Ahh, San Francisco!
Posted by: KimC | 05/12/2016 at 03:12 PM
Stunning card! Love the orange border!
Posted by: Judie A | 05/12/2016 at 03:07 PM
These destination stamps are so stinking cute but what you've done with it is awesome.
Posted by: conil | 05/12/2016 at 01:56 PM
I love the little touches like the twine and the heart.
Posted by: Lynne Coutts | 05/12/2016 at 01:56 PM
Those details are so cute! I love that teeny tiny heart and the aged effect :-)
Posted by: Andrea | 05/12/2016 at 01:55 PM
Loving the city stamps!
Posted by: Marcie Lovett | 05/12/2016 at 01:19 PM
Your travel themed cards are really pretty.
Posted by: Carolyn | 05/12/2016 at 12:59 PM
I've never really journaled before. These travel stamps sure make it easy!
Posted by: Jan Elmore | 05/12/2016 at 12:21 PM
Oh, I just love this card! I used to live in SF so it holds a special place in my heart. I really like all of the destination stamps.
Posted by: Margaret | 05/12/2016 at 11:53 AM
I'm from this area. Fun stamp!
Posted by: Jeanie R | 05/12/2016 at 11:15 AM
Very nice card, love San Francisco!!!!
Posted by: Ma. Cristina Merino Frias | 05/12/2016 at 10:55 AM
Great card. I want to go to San Francisco now.
Posted by: Kit | 05/12/2016 at 10:41 AM
Great card, thanks!
Posted by: Constance Hildebrand | 05/12/2016 at 10:32 AM
Love this. Such an awesome card.
Posted by: Nikki Anderberg | 05/12/2016 at 10:04 AM
Love the colors and, being from the SF Bay Area myself, I love the stamp!
Posted by: Cindy | 05/12/2016 at 09:16 AM
Thank you for sharing your gorgeous card. Love these new city stamps. There are so many creative ways of using them....
Posted by: Dee Earnshaw | 05/12/2016 at 09:11 AM
Very cute card! I love that you repeat stamped the background. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Cathy Homan | 05/12/2016 at 09:07 AM
Love the antique appearance. Beautiful card!
Posted by: D Baker | 05/12/2016 at 08:51 AM
Very cool card. Love those stamps!
Posted by: Dot Freel | 05/12/2016 at 08:18 AM
Wonderful card! Love how all the details add so much interest and work so well together.
Posted by: Sandra KM | 05/12/2016 at 08:05 AM
I have seen a lot of thr city stamps and I am really liking them
Posted by: Karen Roberts | 05/12/2016 at 08:04 AM
We will be in San Francisco this summer. I NEED that stamp!
Posted by: pamboe | 05/12/2016 at 08:00 AM
Perfect look for a SF card!
Posted by: Vikki H | 05/12/2016 at 07:57 AM
Love the coloring on this card. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Becky Partan | 05/12/2016 at 07:55 AM
Great pops of watercolor details, shading, and coordinating elements! Superb and fun use of the Hero Arts destination collection! Love it!
Posted by: Valgerdur Rodriguez | 05/12/2016 at 07:48 AM
Wow! Wonderful card, love how you aged the card - an unexpected punch of drama to the delicate watercoloring.
Posted by: Lady Fair | 05/12/2016 at 07:43 AM
Great card, Wanda! I love the diagonal stamping on the background corner of I left my <3 - how perfect is that?! Thanks so much for sharing with us and for participating in this fun hop.
Posted by: Debbie A. | 05/12/2016 at 07:35 AM
Such a cool card!
Posted by: Sheila H | 05/12/2016 at 07:33 AM
Love a good scene card and your is fantastic!
Posted by: Shelly R | 05/12/2016 at 07:23 AM
City scene stamps can get lost on a card, but your card is perfection. I love the vintage feel, the colors, and the stamped background.
Posted by: Julie | 05/12/2016 at 07:23 AM
Thanks for sharing . Cute card.
Posted by: Beverly Parkison | 05/12/2016 at 07:13 AM
Love the layering - makes the card.
Posted by: Jeannette | 05/12/2016 at 06:24 AM
Great card:-)
Posted by: Oliev | 05/12/2016 at 06:20 AM