Today marks the kick-off of a week-long blog hop featuring the new 2014 stamps! We have five days of some major eye candy made by none other than those butt-kicking, name-taking, red-hot, card-making mamas known as the Hero Arts Hosti!
If you just arrived, I'm the first stop on the hop. If you want to see the introductory post at the Hero Arts blog, go here.
P R I Z E S:
In addition to seeing some great inspirational ideas, you have a chance to win some of this fabulous new product yourself! Hero Arts will be awarding prizes from randomly drawn blog comments, so leave a comment at every hop stop each day (including each day’s starting post at the Hero Club Blog) to better your chances of winning! Also, several of the Hosti are offering prizes on their blogs. (So there's loot to boot!)
S U P P L I E S:
Not pictured above: Paper: Intense Teal, Marshmallow (Bazzill); Inks: Mediterranean Tide (Fresco), Celadon, Pacific (VersaColor)
T E C H N I Q U E I N S T R U C T I O N S:
The sentiment stamp on this card was stamped twice with two different inks to give it a 3-D feel. I think this can be a really effective technique on cards for the guys in your life. I like to stamp with the lighter ink first. When you stamp the second image, you can either eye-ball your stamp's placement or you can use a stamp positioner. Either way, just stamp the new image a little to the side and/or a little higher/lower than the original image. The resulting effect will depend on the distance and angles between the two images.
NEXT HOP STOP:
the one, the only - my favorite Roomie! - the super-talented...
Kelly Booth with Lovin' the Life I Color!
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Thanks for stopping, and have a blessed day!
Deborah
Love the simple clean design
Posted by: lauraz | January 22, 2014 at 05:12 PM
Love the technique and that harlequin stamp!
Posted by: BCP | January 22, 2014 at 05:35 PM
Deborah, this is a great guy card!! So neat and clean looking! Awesome stamping design.
Posted by: Ruth H | January 22, 2014 at 06:40 PM
Fabulous design, love the colours!
Posted by: Tracey McNeely | January 22, 2014 at 06:50 PM
love the shadow on the words. Have seen it done with the great background stamp too. Thanks for the new ideas!
Posted by: jona | January 22, 2014 at 07:22 PM
Love the look of this technique. Thanks for sharing it.
Posted by: Linda | January 22, 2014 at 08:01 PM
Love the 3-D look on the sentiment. I have to try that!
Posted by: Joyce Preusser | January 22, 2014 at 08:31 PM
Love this project and thanks for the instructions.
Posted by: Joyce M. | January 22, 2014 at 09:14 PM
Great card! Love the new HA release. ;-)
Posted by: diana | January 22, 2014 at 09:40 PM
Love your card with the 3D effect and the colors with the triangle background - really cool! Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Aundria B. | January 22, 2014 at 10:49 PM
Saved by your card in the nick of time. What a Star you are I so needed some inspiration for a card I am making for a male friend and Hey Presto! Thanks heaps!!
Posted by: Christina Ross Benfell | January 22, 2014 at 11:13 PM
I love the effect from the double stamping...it gives a nice shadow
Posted by: shartl | January 23, 2014 at 12:15 AM
Very nice!
Posted by: Angelique | January 23, 2014 at 12:26 AM
Love this!
Posted by: Ivy | January 23, 2014 at 02:00 AM
I like the clean simple look of this card. It would be nice for a male recipient!
Posted by: Kim Morgan | January 23, 2014 at 05:53 AM
This card is so great....and I love those uber cute triangles!! Thanks for showing us how the pros do it...I love it! Gabbylou@live.com
Posted by: Gabby Nordstrom | January 23, 2014 at 09:43 AM
Cool use of the flags stamp. Very pretty card.
Posted by: naneruth | January 23, 2014 at 09:54 AM
Love this card and the great techniques you used, especially the fading triangle background and the shadow stamping.
Posted by: Catt | January 23, 2014 at 10:06 AM
That is a great stamp...I make cards for OWH so this would be a perfect stamp. The design is perfect
Posted by: Debbie Caldwell | January 23, 2014 at 11:36 AM
I really like how simple this card looks!
Posted by: Casey Thrush | January 23, 2014 at 11:37 AM
Loving your cards!!!!!! Thanks for a chance to win!
Posted by: karla | January 23, 2014 at 01:43 PM
Love the card!
Posted by: Jennifer Andert | January 23, 2014 at 05:10 PM
Always appreciate learning new techniques. I would not have thought to restamp slightly off to the side to get a different effect. Thanks! Jodi
Posted by: Jodi Fibiger | January 23, 2014 at 09:46 PM
My new favorite color! Yessss!
Posted by: Loretta | January 23, 2014 at 10:12 PM
Love the colors very pretty card!
Posted by: Brandy | January 24, 2014 at 12:43 AM
Love your simply design and the color combo Deborah...Great card...hugs
Posted by: Monika Reeck | January 24, 2014 at 03:39 AM
Wonderful and beautiful card
Posted by: Cynthia Koh | January 24, 2014 at 03:51 AM
I like how you used the background stamp. I am loving the new stamps .
Posted by: Patti G | January 24, 2014 at 04:52 AM
This is an awesome clean and simple design, Deborah! Way to knock it out of the ballpark to start off this year's hostess hop. Love the fading of the triangle background and your perfect stamping of all the different elements!
Posted by: Emily Leiphart | January 24, 2014 at 09:46 AM
I love the simplicity of the design.
Posted by: Yolanda | January 24, 2014 at 02:05 PM
Sooo cool!
Posted by: Jenny W | January 24, 2014 at 05:42 PM
I love the double stamping you did not he sentiment! Great effect!
Posted by: Amanda C. | January 24, 2014 at 09:09 PM
Gorgeous!!! Love the softness of that blue. Just a perfect card! You totally rocked it!
Posted by: Michelle Liimatainen | January 24, 2014 at 10:19 PM
I love working w/tone on tone colors - can't wait for new products
Posted by: Jennifer Essad | January 24, 2014 at 10:46 PM
Nice work.
Posted by: Erin | January 24, 2014 at 11:38 PM
cute card!
Posted by: Amrita | January 25, 2014 at 12:42 PM
The colour you used on your card is both soothing and pleasing!
Posted by: justasiam | January 25, 2014 at 02:43 PM
Superb 3D effect. Lovely card Deborah!
Posted by: Isha | January 25, 2014 at 04:15 PM
Loved your color technique, very cool!
Posted by: Lucy Martin del Campo | January 25, 2014 at 10:27 PM
Great CAS design. Love the double stamping
Posted by: Loulou | January 25, 2014 at 10:30 PM
What an amazing card!
Posted by: Karen | January 25, 2014 at 11:27 PM
Wow, what a great way to start for this blog hop! Fabulous background!
Posted by: Mimi R | January 26, 2014 at 02:18 AM