Hi there, and welcome to my little stop on the Hero Arts 2012 Catalog Blog Hop! You should have arrived here via the amazing Kelly Purkey’s blog, so if you took a wrong turn or encountered a broken link you can head back to the start of the hop!
For my hop cards I just had to break out the new Hero Arts Zig Zag Background Cling stamp (CG422) — love this stamp so much! You see, I’m a bit (!) of a chevron nut, and have been dreaming of loads of ideas for this stamp — some of which I’ve saved on my chevron Pinterest board. (Are you on Pinterest? Let me know, I’d love to follow you!)
So to start off, I just had to try white embossing the stamp on a white notecard and then brushing on watercolors. First I used a cheery palette of pink, yellow, and orange and it really made me smile!
Isn’t it great how watercolors blend together to make interesting new colors? I just used an old cheapy Crayola set for this card — first one that I grabbed! — but I can’t wait to try this with Twinkling H2O’s!
Next I had to try the same technique again, but this time with a tranquil blue, lavender and pool color combo. Isn’t it peaceful?
Next I wanted to try some clean and simple cards where the Zig Zag Background would truly take center stage, and I came up with these!
I just stamped the Zig Zag Background off the edge of the card — no need for masking! Love how these came out. Even though they do make me hungry for something minty! Ha ha ha!
I could go on and on and on making cards with this stamp! (But I better stop, or you’ll never make it to the end of the hop! ha.)
Here are a few things I can’t wait to try next:
- Embossing in white and rubbing with Distress Inks
- A tone-on-tone background — or even doing tone-on-tone on a bunch of colors of cardstock, cutting them in strips, and putting on a card!
- Bright yellow on white (for another cheery card!)
- Brown ink on a kraft notecard for a masculine card
- Stamping once in one color, then inking the stamp up with a different color and positioning it down a bit from the first stamping!
- Inking the stamp with multiple colors of inks, misting with Perfect Pearls in water and stamping!
I have a feeling this stamp is going to be my “go-to” stamp for quite a while now!
Your next stop on the hop is Her Royal Rubberness, the super duper fab-u-loso Julie Ebersole! Take it awaaaaaaaay, Julie!
Thanks for hopping by,
I’ve been loving chevrons lately too — and I love how versatile this stamp can be — thanks for the inspiration!!
ma che belle! mi piace soprattutto la prima!
I adore the Merry Christmas and Joy cards! So pretty! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win some cool stuff!
Thank you for all the new ideas! Now my head is exploding!
Wonderful creations !! That chevron stamp needs to be in my hands .. like now ! Can’t wait till they are available !
Wow, great ideas with that stamp…now I gotta buy it (if I don’t win it!) Thanks!
Love what you did with that stamp! And the colors – PERFECT!
This is such a fun blog hop. I love Hero Arts. I have so many ideas on how I would use these if I won. Happy Holidays!
What great cards. Honestly, I would not have considered adding this stamp to my stash but now…I just might have to. Thank you so much for the inspiration.
hi lisa! love that chevron BG stamp and the different ways you inked it up. very cool cards!
these are gorgeous!
Wow, Lisa, you’ve officially made me put this chevron stamp into my cart tomorrow when it becomes available for purchase! All of your cards had me gasping in delight!
This stamp is awesome and it’s already on my list of ones to get! I’m absolutely loving it. Your ideas are fabulous, thanks so much for sharing.
I’ve never been a huge fan of chevron…until now. Gotta have that stamp! Beautiful creations, thanks for sharing your project and ideas!
I love the new stamp, and I LOVE what you have done with it! What an exciting giveaway!
I just love the color combinations! Just beautiful!
Well Girl i gotta tell you….you zigged and zagged your way thru a whole lot of goodness here! You did a fabulous job of taking on stamp and turning it into so many delish cards!
Great job and thank you for sharing your creations!
All the cards are stunning! I want a candy cane now..LOL!
Wow – you have been busy – love this stamp. You’ve demonstrated that it fits so many styles and occasions with your beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.
I love all the zig zag goodness! The cards are fabulous and I love how you changed the colors and accents for a completely new feel. Thanks for the inspiration.