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,
You have so many great ideas for one stamp! thank you
I am really digging the chevron stamp. Your cards rock!
Wow! Love the watercolor effect! Is there a tutorial on how this is done?
Hi Donna! I can do a tutorial, but it’s pretty easy! Just load up a brush with watercolor and brush it over the embossed zig zags! Hope that helped! :)
You cards are my favorite ones! I love what you did with the background. I’ve got to give that a try.
very prettycards–love your colors and this zig zag stamp!!
beckyyy
What lovely cards … thank you for sharing these. The water colors with the white embossed zigzag stamp was fabulous … looked so different from the others. I would never of thought to do this, but I like it so much! You are right … this is a very versatile stamp.
This chevron stamp is so useful. Thank you for showing so many different ways to use it.
I am in love with chevrons too – love the zigzag stamp! Thanks for all the suggestions for using it – watercolors are so pretty!
I really didn’t like this stamp set when I first saw it, but your cards are amazing and you have changed my mind!
I love the different looks you got with the new zig zag, Lisa! The snowflakes one is SO pretty!
cool card love the backround stamp
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