Hero Arts Stamp Your Story Blog Hop!

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Hi there, and welcome to my stop on the Hero Arts Stamp Your Story blog hop! You should have arrived here from Shari’s blog, but you can always head back to the start right HERE at Hero Arts.

The new stamps from the Stamp Your Story catalog are all about telling your story — whether you are a cardmaker, a scrapbooker, art journaler — whoever you are. As for me, I’m a cardmaker through and through. But I’ve been keeping nature journals for years. This is where I document hikes with J, prairie trips, plants, birds, butterflies, sightings in our backyard wildlife habitat — and I even do some sketches in them.

I also like to keep a journal of stamp ideas. Things I’ve tried, what worked. What didn’t. Often when I get some new supplies I grab a journal and play around. That’s what I did when I got some of the newly released daubers and stamps. Check it out!

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First I made some stripes with the daubers across the top of the page. Love how they turned out, especially how the colors blend together. Then I thought that they went with the shape of a feather, somehow. So I stamped one on there from the My Favorite set and thought it looked good! Next I grabbed my trusty white pen and colored in some of the lines on the feathers.

From here it was easy to make a bunch of cards!

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Love how the neon daubers really pop, don’t you? Then I had to make one more, alternating the feathers as I went:

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And I couldn’t stop there! Remember the blotches at the bottom of the page? Well, that gave me an idea for a card too:

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Love how this turned out! And love how you can make different blotches with the daubers depending on how hard you tap them on the paper. All of the blotches are from the daubers, except for the one under the “hello”, which is a stamp from the Not Perfect set. I did “ink” it with a dauber tho!

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Of course, I had to add a few sequins, too. (You know me and sequins lately, ha!)

So that’s six cards, all from one journal page!

Now how about another share? This one uses the flowers from the Remember set — I kinda think they look like California poppies. (Bet you didn’t know that there are California poppies in Texas, did you?)

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For this journal page, I actually played around on a scrap of paper and then taped it in the journal after I was done. This can be less intimidating, and it also allows you to do some techniques easier — like this one.  Here I tried daubing the daubers on a craft sheet, misting them with water, and then dragging my paper through it. Turned out so pretty!

I decided that the flower stems looked a little lonely, so I added some leaves with a green marker. Here’s how they look without my leaves :)

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I added some centers to the flowers too. Then when I made the cards I just had a add a bird from the My Favorite set! (This set is rapidly becoming my favorite, ha.)

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And I came up with two cards using this idea! They are kind of similar, just different sizes. First up, the square one — because it’s hip to be square, right?

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Love this “be who you are” so much. It’s so true. (It’s from the My Notebook set.)

And here’s a closeup of the second card:

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Eagle eyed readers may notice that the old book text has “Texas” in it. Yep, that’s where I live. :) (It also has Nebraska, where two other artists on the blog hop are from. Do you know who?)

Well, that’s it for me today — thanks so much for joining me.  Now, on with the hop! There ‘s an awesome prize up for grabs, and the winner will be chosen from all the comments on all the blogs in the hop. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win — so you may want to leave a comment here before you click on over to your next stop! That would be the talented Kelly!  I just love her style. Can’t wait to see what she’s made.

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256 Replies to “Hero Arts Stamp Your Story Blog Hop!”

  1. Virginia L. says:

    Inspiring work as always, Lisa! Love your use of these new stamps and showcase of your nature journal! Love them all!

  2. Wow your cards are so bright and beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!

  3. paperpicnic says:

    Simply amazing! Thanks for sharing your journal of stamping ideas. I love your inspiration for using these stamps on cards! Your ideas are beyond awesome!

  4. love the feathers and swipes and that bird is cute!

  5. barbara lassiter says:

    I love your idea of the journal to try out new products and ideas and think it would be so helpful. I’m definitely going to try it! I see some favorite new sets that you’ve used and all your cards are just fabulous. No other word to describe them! Thanks!

  6. Oh I LOVE how you used the feather stamp and the ink daubers, Lisa!!!! Now I need the feather stamp set:)

  7. Sue Givens says:

    Awesome cards–love the idea of using a journal.

  8. Mildred Mildew says:

    Great cards Lisa…especially like your California poppy card…that little birdie is so sweet!

  9. I love the feather and bird cards so much! It is fun to see the pages of your journal and a peek into your creative process.

  10. Tiffany G says:

    Wow!!! Omg!! I love each and everyone of your cards you made!! They are absolutely amazing!! The new stamp sets look like so much fun!! I can’t wait to purchase some!! Thanks for sharing your awesome work!!

  11. I love the flowers you made! Beautiful!!!

  12. Gorgeous pages and cards. Can’t wait to get my
    hands on that feather stamp.

  13. So much to see and so much colour! I think I’m having an Alice in Wonderland moment!!! Jo x

  14. Wow I really love what you did with the daubers… the colors are so vibrant!

  15. Eek! I want to play too! It looks like you had a ton of fun!

  16. Miriam Prantner says:

    Oh wow! I need daubers and I need them new! Loving all your projects and that you showed us how you played and experimented with them!

  17. Maeghan M. says:

    Those daubers look like so so much fun!!! TFS!!!

  18. Love, love, love the colors on the feather card! Also loving the splotches on the other card. And what a great idea to use a journal to jot down card ideas as a starting point. Those daubers look like fun. So many great ideas on this hop. Thanks so much!

  19. So cool! Love all the new stamps! M

  20. OMG all so fabulous I can hardly stand it!!!!!

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