Hi everyone! Yesterday was my first official post for A Blog Named Hero! I'm so excited to share this post with you today on my blog too!
I'm sharing a new technique I've been wanting to try (stamping on text) and an old technique I haven't played with in a while (watercolor pencils). I made a friendship card that would be good for any occasion and used some of my favorite Hero Arts stamps. Hope you like it!
You can see that I stamped the "Friendship Text" background stamp first in Distress Ink, and then stamped the beautiful flowers on top in a dark brown Memento Ink. The sentiment was stamped from the same brown ink to tie it all together.
My flowers are orange because they remind me of our California State Flower – the Poppy! I love this technique because you can see the text underneath the colored image. I just think that's so cool.
I picked a little sweet butterfly out of the "Antique Engravings" set to make a little accent piece. Isn't it sweet? I tied some twine around my card and then glued the butterfly on top.
Here's how my images looked before I started coloring…
I used a few shades of matching red and orange watercolor pencils…. If you've never tried watercolor pencils, you really should give it a go! Before I had Copics, this was my weapon of choice. You color on your paper with the pencils, and then go back with a water brush and wet the color. Voila! It all blends together so nicely.
Here are my supplies – you will find a link list below, at the end of the post!
A close up of the flowers and text…
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Comments
20 responses to “Stamping on Text – A Friendship Card for Hero Arts!”
LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this card so GORGEOUS and great coloring!!
Love love love this card!
Thanks so much for the inspiration, beautiful.
Congrats Wanda! Your card is beautiful, love the soft effect of the watercolor pencils over the type…so pretty!
Love your colour choices for this pretty card!
Very pretty card. I’ve forgotten about my watercolor pencils. Did you use watercolor paper or regular cardstock?
The poppies are one of my favorite (and most used) stamps. I don’t use Copics, but I often use watercolor pencils, sometimes taking brush directly to the pencil for more intense color. I also like the effect of watercolor pencils and markers on watercolor paper.
So pretty! Love this technique! By the way, Wanda, I was wondering if you used watercolour paper or white card stock.
Beautifulness Girlfriend! You are the QUEEN of coloring!!!! 🙂
Great piece of art Wanda! I love it. xo
This is absolutely gorgeous!! Did you stamp on watercolor paper since water was involved for blending? Love the whole look to this card, beautifully done!!
Hi Everyone! I’m so sorry I didn’t put this in my post! To answer the question… I stamped on regular vanilla smooth cardstock (from PTI). If I’m watercoloring a small image like this – it works just fine. Larger images would probably be better with watercolor paper. Don’t be afraid to experiment! The water pens are great for getting just a small amount of water so your paper doesn’t warp. Have a great day! Wanda
Wowie!! Just Gorgeous Wanda!! I LOVE Hero arts stamps!! I think I have all of their Text stamps, So now I’m thinking I Need to have these Pretty Poppies!! lol 😉 Thanks for the Wonderful inspiration Lady!! LOVE this! 😎
Big Hugs
Shannon
Absolutely gorgeous, Wanda! You’ve colored up these flowers beautifully! Love the background! Just lovely! 😀
This is gorgeous, Wanda! Love the text background and beautiful poppies!
All I can say Wow! Keep up the amazing work!
Loved your post! Gorgeous card 🙂
Beautiful card. I’m going to try out my water color pencils today!
Holy Cow! This is sooo gorgeous! Absolutely jaw-dropping!
Gorgeous…love the watercolour look.