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
Comments
216 responses to “Hero Arts Summer 2016 Release Blog Hop!”
Really lovely, I love your crude colouring <3
SUPER cute!!LOVE it!
sigh, I love it!
Simple and sweet! Nice work
I love the beautiful vintage look!
I love that you did this by crumpling the page… and not doing something totally too complex for me… this is so beautiful and fun. I love the orange and I love these stamps from Hero Arts.
Bery nice!
This is really pretty
Love the orange around the edges. A fun card!
beautiful card, love the new release
ok i’m ready to go back SF now!
Beautiful work!!!
You left your heart in SF, too?? Love this card, Wanda.
How lovely!! Great watercolours and the distress edges adds lots of interests!
I love the new release. Your cards are awesome.
Love this! Awesome work.
Your cards are little works of art–love them!!!!
Such a cute idea. Great use of these stamps
Great cards and sets for those who are doing a lot of traveling.
Love all the details on your card – gorgeous!!
Wanda, great card! I love all your little details, the heart, the stamping in the corner and the bending corners. Thanks for sharing and always inspiring.
Wow I love this!
Looks great! I love SF 🙂
A great card for a great city.
Cute. I like the vintage look and the heart with twine.
How very brave of you to wrinkle up a card after putting time into it. It turned out great.
beautiful card
Gorgeous card! Love the distressing that you did, which I don’t think I’ve ever seen you do (I’m sure you have – I just missed it! lol). Love the “I left my heart…” stamping you did in just the one corner.
Great card. All the extra you add makes it eye catching.
Nice card Wanda
Like the style of your San Francisco card. I enjoyed a visit to San Francisco. Great seafood in SF. Have a BEE-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
What a gorgeous scene!
I live in the desert now, but I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Love the destination stamp and the card you created with it Wanda.
Loved the sights in San Francisco, so love your card!
That’s my city! Thanks for the cute card. Love the new products!
Great card. Love the distressing on the stamped panel.
love all the different textures.
San Francisco – another city on my bucket list. Love that you are “thinking outside the frame” for this card. I think the stamped area on the background card really adds to the overall impression of this card. Thanks for the inspiration!
Lovely card; uniquely done with lots of interesting techniques. TFS.
super cute
At first I thought you did a fun new technique for the edges of the card but realized it was distress ink! Love the worn look to it
Well, of course it needed a heart! I am so loving that little fishy splash in the water! Still smiling so big! Thanks so much.
Lovely card.
Thanks for the opportunity to win
This card is too cute. I really appreciate the sentiment in the background.
Lovely card!
Beautiful card! I love San Francisco!
The city cards are really versatile. Thanks for your interesting technique!
love the sentiment in corner with focal stamp
This is a tricky stamp to work with and you mastered it beautifully!
what a great way to use that stamp!!
Love all the pretty and amazing vintagy details on your card!
Oh so CLEVER! Got that Tony Bennett reference as soon as I saw your card! LOVE it!
So cute!
Great card!
So cute Wanda!
I live near San Francisco too so this was a fun card to see. I love how you added just a bit of color to your design!
I live near San Francisco too so this was a fun card to see. I love how you added just a bit of color to your design!
Great Cards. Thank you for sharing.
great detail in this card. . . .
I live near San Francisco and you captured the essence of “The City” with your great background stamping and the panorama of the Golden Gate Bridge!
Such a great scene.
Great card! Love your San Francisco. Thanks for sharing!!
Great job. The card looks fabulous!
Adorable! Love the destination stamps.
What a lovely card!! The addition of the tiny heart is such a cute embellishment, too!
What a wonderful card! Love the ‘I left my’ heart stamp in the corner.
Thanks for the giveaway and have a great day!
Love the way you colored the cards!
Gorgeous San Francisco card! Love the color!
Take Care!
Michele
Very nice card.
Born and raised in the Bay Area and even though I’m on the opposite coast now… I still need to make me some SF cards. Love love the colors your card is perfection
Nice cards. TFS!
I love the construction of your card. And so colorful!
I love San Francisco and your card. Greatstamp.
Linda D.
Fabulous work of art! Love what you did with the San Francisco stamp!
I love the loosely watercolored background!
You can’t go wrong with any of these city stamps. Your San Francisco is so pretty.
Cute cards!
These city stamps are so cute!
LOVE your card!! I lived in the bay area so your card is extra special to me:)
What a cute destination stamp. I love that you used a heart on it. It made me think of the song right off the bat. Great card base.
Love it! The folded up edges are such a fun addition along with the twine and that itty bitty heart!
Cute card. Makes me think of a treasure map.
Cute card!
Your card is so cute.
Excellent aging technique! Lovely card 🙂
Love the stamping–cute card!
Love love love. Thanks for the giveaway!
Great looking card!
Loving the Kuretake coloring.
Love what you did with these cool new stamps!
I left my card in San Francisco!!Really like your card!
Love it! So creative!
San Francisco is my very favorite destination! You’ve got me ready to pack! Thanks for the gorgeous cards!
Love the new stamps and I love to see them used for different occasions in different ways. Great ideas!
Love San Fran – and love the travel theme. What a fabulous new release from Hero Arts.
I really enjoyed the closeups on all the details u put in to make this card sing- from three turned vornerd, burnished edges, angled corner lettering… fabulous littke elements that together make a big difference! And… yet another use of the destination stamps that wow me! Thank u!
Love your card and all of the Destination stamps!
Cute card.
If I had to pick one city for you I would have picked San Fran…adorable card!
Great card. Love the colors you used. Thank you for sharing and being part of this giveaway.
Awesome card.
Elegant and beautiful card!
I know a few people I would love to send a card to using the stamp and stamp set.
Love this card so much, I wish I could give multiple hearts on Pinterest!
Love all the detail in your card and the use or the sentiment stamp in the corner. Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Lovely card!
Such a fun card! And San Francisco is such a fun city! Thanks for sharing!
love the vintage look it have, and the beautiful colors 🙂
So cool, Wanda. Love the orange accent to tie in with the Golden Gate Bridge. The text in the corner is a great idea! Thanks for your inspiration.
Wow,you rocked those stamps! Great design and colors. The destination saps are brilliant!!
Amazing card!
Great card, Wanda!
Adorable! What a fun idea and great layout!!
Super cool card! Love the vintage postcard feel. You are the master at using the perfect extra touches that always make your cards unique! Thanks for the fantastic inspiration!
Cute cute. Will have to look for the Minneapolis stamp. Thanks for sharing
Beautifully colored card.
You captured San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge fabulously!
Great card:-)
Love the layering – makes the card.
Thanks for sharing . Cute card.
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.
Love a good scene card and your is fantastic!
Such a cool card!
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.
Wow! Wonderful card, love how you aged the card – an unexpected punch of drama to the delicate watercoloring.
Great pops of watercolor details, shading, and coordinating elements! Superb and fun use of the Hero Arts destination collection! Love it!
Love the coloring on this card. Thanks for sharing.
Perfect look for a SF card!
We will be in San Francisco this summer. I NEED that stamp!
I have seen a lot of thr city stamps and I am really liking them
Wonderful card! Love how all the details add so much interest and work so well together.
Very cool card. Love those stamps!
Love the antique appearance. Beautiful card!
Very cute card! I love that you repeat stamped the background. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your gorgeous card. Love these new city stamps. There are so many creative ways of using them….
Love the colors and, being from the SF Bay Area myself, I love the stamp!
Love this. Such an awesome card.
Great card, thanks!
Great card. I want to go to San Francisco now.
Very nice card, love San Francisco!!!!
I’m from this area. Fun stamp!
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.
I’ve never really journaled before. These travel stamps sure make it easy!
Your travel themed cards are really pretty.
Loving the city stamps!
Those details are so cute! I love that teeny tiny heart and the aged effect 🙂
I love the little touches like the twine and the heart.
These destination stamps are so stinking cute but what you’ve done with it is awesome.
Stunning card! Love the orange border!
Great card, love the “left my heart” sentiment in the corner. Ahh, San Francisco!
I love San Francisco too. Loved that you made it look like a vintage postcard. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love your attention to detail on your card! Fabulous… 😀
Beautiful card! Love the sentiment you b used!
Beautiful card, love the coloring and the details of the little heart and curled up corners!
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
Love your card!
These city stamps are all wonderful.
Cute card love the layering.
I love the new San Francisco stamp. You made a super cute card.
These are such beautiful scenes. Love the look of watercolor.
Your card is super chic and I like the colors used.
My eye went straight to the heart. Nice touch.
What a fun card! Love the background!
What a great retro feel your card has! It’s lovely!
Love the painting/coloring on the image and that bright orange panel!
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.
Thanks for sharing!
Love the city scene card!
The San Francisco stamp is a favorite for me too…. as a native Californian! Awesome coloring on your fun card!
Fun colorful card!
I like your San Francisco card ! The coloring is very clean and beautiful.
What a lovely card!!
Awesome cards and release!
~God bless
😍
Love the destination stamps!
Love all the San Francisco stamps. We go there once a year at least. Thanks.
nice job with some fun ideas. well done
I love how you added words to the bottom layer of the card.
Very nice card.
Great design to this card…love the diagonal sentiments under the panel.
Love all the details fo your San Francisco card. Greeat job.
Lovely card! Thanks.
I like the antique look of your card. Fabulous!
Fun card!
Great one of San Francisco!
This is adorable…just love the “left my heart” you know where theme!
Love this stamp & your totally awesome card! Wonderful coloring & design!
San Francisco is one of my favorite cities. How fun that we can put it on a card.
Love the vintage look!
I love these city stamps! Thanks for showing a colorful way to use them.
Nice work!! Thanks for sharing!
Wow!!!! I love this new release!!! Great card!!!!
Beautiful card. Love the heart in the corner. TFS.
I love how you accentuated the Golden Gate Bridge with the red outline. Very cute card. Love the colors. Thanks for sharing and thanks to HERO ARTS for a great release.
The destination stamps are really great. It’s a fabulous release!
I love the words stamped in the corner – what a great idea for a background! Great card!
Great card.
Love the cards.
So Pretty! Love your work Wanda!! Thanks, for sharing!
I left my heart in San Francisco last fall, thanks for the reminder!
I left my heart in San Francisco last fall; thanks for the reminder!
I love all the little details you used on the card. Very effective. Interesting to read your description.
Fun! And that little heart is perfect!
A really lovely card about a favorite place of mine, San Francisco. I loved the way you colored it and especially the edges which you made to look like I found it in Great Granbma’s attic! Love it!
Love all the new products!
Awesome card, really gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful way you created this card. The little heart makes me think “I left my heart in
San Francisco”. Thanks for sharing.
Darn this is a great looking card!!
SQUEAL!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the New Release!! Such an AMAZING Project!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
LOVE this card, so many ideas!
What a fun and sweet card filled with the most fabulous coloring and awesome details!! I love seeing your cards – they ALWAYS delight me!!
Love your card! San Francisco is one of my favorite cities. You did an amazing job with the watercoloring, so clean & simple. Love the addition of the red heart too! Thanks for the inspiration.
Great card. I love the heart in the corner.
FABULOUS card!!!
LOVE your scene and colouring, LOVE your distressed edges too!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your INKY INSPIRATION 🙂
I’ve been to San Fran many times. My sisters lived in San Rafael in the 90’s I think so I got to visit many times. This brings back memories, happy ones for sure.I love all your colors and how you made your card. You did a really nice job. I’d love to have this stamp set.
Your card is fantastic – I love all the little details you added to it!
Adorable! Love the coloring!
What a great look you gave to your card! I like all the special touches like the wrinkling and the inking around the edges. I was there yesterday.