Luminarte and Hero Arts - Day three!

Another fabulous day filled with inspiration! Jennifer created an instructional video showing her creative process with our Luminarte Twinkling H20's and Hero Arts Stamps!

 

Jennifer says .."I have never found a product more fun to use for stamped backgrounds than Twinkling H2Os. Just paint the stamp, spritz and stamp. Then repeat and repeat, with each image getting softer. I LOVE this look. So fast, simple and classy. These leaves were perfect for this technique!"

 

Product Used

CG228 Maple Leaf 
S4878 Old Letter Writing 
CL272 All Occasion Messages 
PS564 Latte Notecard 
Coastline Twinkling H2Os 
Basic Rainbow Twinkling H2Os 
AF156 Walnut Stain Distress Ink 
AF101 Black Dye Ink 
Ranger Ink Blending Tool 
May Arts ribbon 
EK Success circle punch 
 
1. Paint the rubber of Maple Leaf stamp with various colors of Twinkling H2Os. Spritz twice with water and stamp on 4x4 white piece. 
2. Without cleaning the stamp, spritz twice more and stamp again on white piece. 
3. Repeat 2-3 more times. 
4. Paint various colors of Twinkling H2Os on the rubber of Old Writing Stamp. Spritz 4 times and stamp on scrap paper. Without cleaning, spritz 3 more time and stamp again on scrap paper. Spritz two more times and stamp over the leaves on the 4x4 piece. ("Stamping off" twice first makes the image lighter on the leaf piece. 
5. Ink edges with distress ink and blending tool. 
6. Add to stamped piece to card and add small punched circle. 
7. Repeat Step 1 on 3x3 white piece. Paint in the leaf with various colors of Twinkling H2Os. 
8. Let dry and cut out. Stamp greeting at center of leaf with Black Ink. 
9. Add ribbon and leaf. 

Jennifer says..."My favorite type of image to stamp with Twinkling H2Os with is one with lots of solid space, just like this square tree. This makes for a very shiny image - very eye-catching." 

Product Used

CG208 Trees of the Season 
S4878 Old Letter Writing 
CL272 All Occasion Messages 
PS566 Snow Notecard 
PS582 Pine Layering Paper 
Coastline Twinkling H2Os 
Basic Rainbow Twinkling H2Os 
VC250 Versamark Ink 
PW110 White Embossing Powder 
CH232 White Self-Adhesive Lace 
Ranger Craft Sheet 
 
1. On the rubber of the tree image, paint various colors of Twinkling H2Os. Spritz twice with water and stamp on white paper. Let dry and trim. 
2. Mat stamped piece with Pine paper. 
3. Paint various colors of Twinkling H2Os on the rubber of Old Writing Stamp. Spritz 4 times and stamp on 4.25"x3.5" white piece. Without cleaning, spritz 3 more time and stamp again slightly offset. Let dry. 
4. Paint various colors of Twinkling H2Os on a craft sheet. Spray several times and swipe the stamped piece through this, creating a watercolored background. Let dry. 
5. Add background piece to Snow notecard. Add lace to top and bottom. Cut very thin Pine strips to adhere to top of lace pieces. 
6. Add tree piece. 
7. Stamp greeting with Versamark and white heat emboss. 

Jennifer says...."I have always wanted to be able to watercolor like a true artist. However, I just don't have that talent. But by stamping WITH Twinkling H2Os and water, I am able to fake it! And if I don't get great results with the stamping alone, I can just fix it by painting it in. Love the look."

 

Product Used

CG211 Magical background 
CG232 Midnight Owl 
CL468 Frightful 
CH203 Black Metallic Decor 
Coastline Twinkling H2Os 
Plumberry Twinkling H2Os 
AF195 Pumice Stone Distress Ink 
AF160 Broken China Distress Ink 
PS560 Azure Notecard 
VC250 Versmark Ink 
PW110 White Embossing Powder 
EK Success Circle Punches 
White Gel Pen 
 
1. Paint various colors of Twinkling H2Os directly onto the rubber of the Midnight Owl image. Spritz twice and stamp on white circle. 
2. If any areas didn't stamp well, paint in with matching Twinkling H2Os. 
3. Stamp over owl with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and Magical Background. 
4. Mat with purple circle. 
5. Color around the eyes with a white pen to cover the stamping here. Add gems for eyes. 
6. Stamp tree from Frightful set with Broken China Distress Ink repeatedly on an Azure notecard cut to a square. 
7. Add stamped circle to card. 
8. Stamp greeting with Versamark and white heat emboss. 

Tuesday's winner of two fabulous Hero Arts Stamps is "Jessica Hess" "All this beautiful inspiration is so much fun. Thank you so much for all the beautiful examples." We will be contacting you soon!

Keep up the comments - another winner will be picked for both of these abulous new Hero Arts Stamps!

Remember hop over to Hero Arts blog and leave a comment for a chance to win some Luminarte paints!

Comments

[Jessica R]

Love that the product is caked so it goes a long way. Awesome vid like always! Thanks for the opp!

[Sandy]

Great techniques! I love how many stampings you can get from one "inking." Gotta remember to keep spritzing & restamping. :-) Thanks for the chance to win.

[Nicky Hsu]

So pretty. Love how you brush the color on the leave and stamp. Looks so real. Great technique and I will give it a try.

[Lisa Macomber]

very nice!

[Nancy S]

Great cards! I love the tip about fixing an imperfect watercolor stamped image w paint and a brush. Don't know why I never thought of that....

[jen harrison]

Another set of great projects!. Thanks for a chance to win-loving those tree stamps! I have got to get some of that H2O too!!

[Deanna]

Beautiful projects. Loving the inspiration...and since I work with Hero Arts Stamps at work, I will be able to make AWEWOME samples with these projects.

[Melanie K]

I MUST have these stamps!!! Oh please pick me!

[Elisabeth]

Beautiful cards, love the stamped backgrounds.Never tried this before with my twinklings.Have to try this technique. And thanks for the chance to win.

[Rhonda Miller]

Oh my goodness, these cards are so great. TFS.

[Jeanne]

I love these stamps, so versatile.

[Myrto]

A great video. Thanks for sharing your ideas

[Pavla]

This is such a gorgeous technique! LOVE it!

[Erika M]

Amazing creations - I want to give all of these fabulous techniques a try!

[Janelle]

I think it is hard to go wrong when stamping with glittery paint!

[Shirley L.]

Gosh, I didn't know you could use Twinkling H2Os on stamps! Jennifer's instructions were great, and it seems so easy to get that shimmer. Love all that the designers from both companies have been doing this week! The first three days have been awesome! Thank you!
Shirley L.
Roseville, CA

[Jean Cross]

I really enjoyed your video. The results are beautiful. I am going to try this, this afternoon! Thanks so much!

[Chocolate Canary]

Jennifer Rocks! I love these and can't wait to try them!!

[Sandy F.]

Wow, I really love the look of the twinkling H2Os with the rubber stamps and can't wait to try it myself. Thanks for the inspiration.

[PinkPug,INK.]

Thanks for all the different ideas! Love how you can "fake" watercolor!

[rebecca keppel]

beautiful cards! thanks for sharing such a cool technique!

[Lillian Child]

I love videos - always a great source of inspiration and learning new techniques! That owl is just too cute, but those trees - oh my - I am IN LOVE with those trees!!

[Vidette B.]

Another set of beautiful cards. Thanks for the chance to win the stamps.

[Sue McRae]

Beautiful cards Jennifer!

[Dorothy C.]

What a beautiful background on the first card. Love the owl too.