Note: Don’t miss this week’s Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!Destination Boston
Welcome! Whether you are coming from the Hero Arts Blog, Jennifer McGuire’s Blog or you are one of my loyal readers I hope you are having a fabulous day!! It’s an exciting time over at Hero Arts! Their big Summer 2016 release is in the Hero Arts store TODAY!! They have a fun blog hop that hopefully inspires you. You can see all of the new goodies in action! I am so excited to be part of it!
I recently met Libby in person at a trade show for retailers in Boston- we were both teaching classes and representing Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn. We have been online friends for a long time but it is always nice to meet in real life and give a real life hug! She gifted me this fabulous Boston stamp.
I had so much fun creating this card, but I’m not going to lie it took multiple tries. I knew how I wanted it to look but had issues with the ink running etc. I finally got the brilliant idea to heat emboss the stamp. This was perfect! The raised image helped contain the watercolor to where I wanted it and now I am absolutely in LOVE with this card!
I used Distress Inks for the watercoloring in Chipped Sapphire, Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry and Carved Pumpkin.
It’s fitting too since I am moving back to Massachusetts in just over a week! I love how it features all of the best landmarks- there’s even a home run ball coming out of Fenway!
Featured on the stamp:
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Faneuil Hall
- Prudential Tower
- Fenway Park
- Custom House Tower
- Zakim Bridge
- Boston Harbor
Giveaway:
We will be giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please comment below by Sunday, May 15 at 11:59pm PT and we’ll announce the winner the following week on the Hero Arts blog.
Be sure to leave a comment below for a chance at the giveaway (have you ever visited Boston?) and hop on over to Joan Bardee!
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Debby Hughes
Jennifer McGuire
Jenn Shurkus
Joan Bardee
Julie Ebersole
Kathleen Graumuller
Kathy Racoosin
Kelly Rasmussen
Kimberly Crawford
Laura Bassen
Libby Hickson
Lori Craig
Lucy Abrams
Lydia Fiedler
Mariana Grigsby
May Sukyong Park
Nichol Magouirk
Sandy Allnock
Teri Anderson
Wanda Guess
Yana Smakula
I have been looking for this blog forever. Love the watercolor game. Great job n and thanks for sharing the process. Yahoo Boston Strong.
Love your coloring! Beautiful!
Gorgeous card & watercolored sunset!
Love your uber gorgeous background!!
That is some great watercoloring behind that Boston scene! Thanks for listing the landmarks on the stamp. I have not been to Boston. I live on the opposite of the US. Good luck with your move.
This wooden stamps are one of my favorite in this release. Very vibrant color for the cityscape.
BEAUTIFUL cityscape and colours – WOW – LOVE IT!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your INKY INSPIRATION 🙂
Beautiful.
I live in Texas, but Boston is one of my favorite non-Texan cities! What a great card, thank you for sharing!
Beautiful, colorful card!! And, no, sadly I have not ever visited Boston!! Would love to, though!!
Boston! Had a long layover there but couldn’t get out to explore sadly. Now I know what landmarks are iconic lol. I hope I win! Thanks for the tour, very nice site and projects.
I love this colorful card, and thanks for telling us what the buildings were in the Boston Stamp.
Fun travel card…
Love the colors you used.
Great card, love the water colors!
Such a great card – love those vivid colors. Thanks for sharing.
Love all the new products!
Love this stamp! Boston has had a special place in my heart ever since my niece did some mission work there. But this stamp would be fun on any kind of city-themed card! This is a great example!
Never been to Boston. Sweet idea for a gift.
Great colors! I’m reassured that I’m not the only one who has trouble with the ink bleeding when I watercolor. I love the baseball flying out of Fenway, must have been David Ortiz’s 500 home run which he hit today!
Wonderful card, love the city. Thanks for sharing.
I grew up near Boston- great stamp- I wondered how the image stayed so white on the inside- thought
you might have used a mask- until I read the details. Cool card.
Yes, Boston is a favorite of mine: went to college there, taught there, and of course am a Red Sox fan!
Like your card, too, of course!
Never been to Boston! Sure would like to go. Nice card!
Beautiful bold colors.
Oh my gosh! Adorable – now I feel like I need the Boston stamp also! I’ve been there once for work and I would love to go back when I could be a tourist.
Fun card.
I really like that beautiful card – funnily enough I just drove through Boston for the first time in my life (being from Europe, that’s said). Next time I’ll stay longer – promised 🙂 Love, Mink
Oh yes. I only live 4 minutes away. There is so much to do in Boston. Faneuil Hall is the best. Hope you enjoyed your stay.
Love the Boston Card.
Oh how fun!
wow–I would NEVER have guessed this was simple embossing–was sure you had masked it. and LOVE your colors and style–must get to the craft room to try this out!!
Love the watercolors. I will definitely try embossing before attempting the watercolors. Love the Chicago stamp. A Chicago girl through and through. These city stamps from Hero Arts are amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards. So vibrant. TFS.
Wow!!!! I love this new release!!! Great card!!!! I’ve never been in Boston but it’s definitely one of the American cities that I would love to visit!
Great! Thanks for sharing!
It’s been awhile since I’ve been to Boston (I live in CT) but this stamp brings it all back. I remember going to Faneuil Hall and having something really delicious to eat there. I also think I bought a stamp or 2 there. I also remember a lot of the streets were one way and that frustrated my parents. Boston is a beautiful city and someday I would like to go back. I love how you did the background. It’s just the right amount of color for that card. It must have also been fun to meet your friend there. Congrats on your move and I hope you get to enjoy Boston more.
Your cards are so sweet! Thanks for sharing them. God bless! ILuvTheEucharist (at) aol.com
I adore it! I love the colours – they go so well together.
Just beautiful!
Ahwsome Stamps!
This is a beautiful card. Love the colors.
I love your fabulous card!
I’ve never been to Boston but I just finished reading Rick Riordan’s newest book with my kids and it’s set in Boston…. I would love to go there someday!
Simple, clean card.
Fabulous card! The watercolor is perfect! Boston is one of my favorite cities in the US, although it’s been many years since I was there (1983).
makes you look like an artist , fab fun
Beautifully done! The destination stamps are great!
I love the city stamps
I’m in love with these city stamps!
Love your water colored background!
Love your bold colors.
I love your bold watercolored background. Gave me some great ideas.
Great idea to heat set the stamped image.
Awesome! I adore the colors, and the contrast with the white!
Love the beautiful colors and what a cute stamp.
Beautiful card! Love the colors.
Awesome card with fabulous colors! Love the stamp!
You did a great job with the watercoloring. It’s really a pretty card.
Thanks for sharing embossing and then watercoloring, great idea! And the scene looks stunning!!
Gorgeous rich colors in the background. Love it!
Thanks for sharing!
Love your card! The skyline is lovely.
I love the colours used in your watercolouring. I’ve never been to Boston but it’s on my list of places to visit.
Lovely card! So much fun and great colors.
what a lovely sky! Great stamp, great card! what a fabulous release!
What a gorgeous look you created…love it.
That card is so cool. Love the bright watercoloring and the baseball. So great!
Beautiful card. I love the vibrant colors!
great card. hope your move goes well.
Beautiful watercolor background!
Great card love the watercoloring and yes I went to Boston years ago.
I love the destination stamps!
Awesome cards and release!
~God bless
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Love, Love, Love the Boston stamp-Boston is such a fabulous city. Your card turned out fabulous
Love the colorful background.
Beautiful.
thanks for sharing
These stamps look like a lot of fun!
Beautiful watercolor of Boston destination stamp! Love that city, lived there for 5 years. Lucky you get to go back.
So fun!!! Love the colors of your sky!!
Good idea to heat emboss the stamping and then water color. Love the watercolor and the stamp. Thanks for the inspiration.
I know what you mean about heat embossing the image before watercoloring. This turned out so stunningly! And you had time to make cards while in the midst of moving? You rock!!! Safe travels and thank you for the inspiration!
Love this card Jenn, so bright and truly captures the essence of Boston.
Whether it’s dawn or dusk, this background sings to me. Just perfect with this stamp.
Stunning card!! Love the bright colours!
Your card turned out gorgeous! I love how the colors are so vibrant. I visited Boston 21 years ago and had a fun time walking the Freedom Trail.
Beautiful coloring! I love these destinations stamps.
Love the Detail on the City Stamps. Your great card showed that well. Nice work,
Wonderful card! Love the gorgeous colors & the great Boston stamp!
Wow, the travel theme products are just so cool!
I love how the skyline pops against that gorgeous background!!!
Love this card. The colors are so brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
Really cool card. Beautiful blending of color for the background.
Beautiful card! Background colors are great!
Oh adorable card, love the watercolor used with the image, great stamps to create travel memories.
Your watercoloring is beautiful, and thanks for the tip about heat embossing the stamp first!
I am loving the sky on your card. I was trying to resist buying anything on this release, but you got me. My husband is from Boston & talks about all of the places you mentioned. Now I have to buy it & surprise him with it on his birthday card in June. Thank you for your awesome card! Jil
It´s a second comment because I can´t see the first one, so here is another small one. Very nice card with beautiful colors
I love your Boston card. So unique!
Nice card with very nice colors too!!!
Great background and I just love the colors!!!
Love the use of color – very eye-catching!
What a gorgeous card! I love that Boston stamp. No…haven’t been to Boston. But would love to visit someday. I have to tell you…the Distress inks blending is sensational 🙂 I need to try these colors together myself. Thanks for teaching me something new.
Love how you created the stunning background to this wonderful card:)
Gosh, love these location stamps–could you please make one for Charlotte, NC?
I love that you left the buildings white and just watercolored the background! Outstanding!
Beautiful card showing Boston off. Never been to Boston but its on my bucket list
Neat card. I like the colorful background but the white for the city buildings.
Awesome stamp! I love those. They look fun to color.
Love the background colouring. I’m going to have to pinch this, I’m afraid 😀
Love the city scape.
Amazing color combo, very clever card.
Beautiful card! Good to know even top card makers sometimes don’t get it just right the first time! Maybe now I won’t get so discouraged when it happens to me.
Love the colorful background. I have never visited Boston before.
Love the watercolored background. Great card. Thanks for sharing.
Stunning card!
Beautifully crafted!!
Might have to get this stamp. Have family in the Boston area.
So worth all your efforts! This is so pretty
Cool card, Jenn. I know how happy you were about making it and meeting Libby! Everything is going your way right now! Enjoy.
Really gorgeous background. Makes me want more colors of Distress Ink.
LOVE the watercoloring!
You’re distress ink watercoloring is gorgeous and the stamp really conveys the city of Boston perfectly! Visiting Boston is on my to-do list. Good luck with your move back to the Cape!
So glad you did not give up , your beautiful card would have been lost forever. I love the watercolored skyline.
Great job on the card, Jenn! I’m glad you didn’t give up on it. It turned out beautifully. Love the watercoloring. I need to learn this. Thanks so much for sharing with us and for participating in this fun hop.
Beautiful card. Love the colors combinations.
Love your bold colour choices.
I’m glad you kept going as the card turned out wonderfully. Love the vibrant colors.
Beautiful card!
I love the vibrant colors, and I can mask off the city name to use the cityscape on other cards.
This stamp is amazing. I really need to get it because my daughter lives In Boston!
I so love the watercolor effect created! just stunning!!!
Your background watercolor shows off Boston beautifully!
Hi Jenn! Absolutely love what you did with the Boston stamp. I am loving these Destination stamps. I think they would make a great gallery wall in our home.
Oh, I love this stamp, and your card is STUNNING!!! It is pure perfection!
My baby granddaughter lives n Boston, and I will have to have this stamp, for sure!
That is a beautiful card. I love the colors you chose for your sky.
Beautiful card! Love the background.
Great background. The stamp really captures Boston.
Gorgeous card! The bold colors in the skyline and the monochromatic city scape brought in amazing contrast! You turned this Hero Art’s destinatation stamp into a work of art! Love it!
What a great card and I love how you did the background
Love the colors and the contrast 🙂
My late husband was from Boston, so Boston was practically my second home. I just love that there’s a baseball coming out of Fenway on the stamp! Thanks for sharing!
Such a great card, love the colors.
Love the background, reminds me of a summer sunset! I have never been to Boston but if love to visit someday!
Just love it!
Love the bold watercolor!
I know you said it took several tries to get this card right but it certainly looks like it was worth it. I love the look of the iconic structures in black and white against that beautiful watercolor background. Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome card. I like the colors you chose.
Gorgeous watercoloring!
Great cards!
Awesome card Jenn!!
Love the skyline of this card and the watercolor background. Beautiful!
I love Boston, and I love the contrast of your brightly colored sky with the black and white cityscape!!!
Great card. Love the colors you used. Thank you for sharing and being part of this giveaway.
I have family up there! I love the history from that area.
Always love the new ideas with HA stamps!
Lovely, I really like the card!
Love the new stamps and I love to see them used for different occasions in different ways. Great ideas!
Great card and love your creativity. Thanks for the chance to win!
Love the destination stamps and your cards!
Love love love. Thanks for the giveaway!
Very nice card and the colors are perfect. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that you shared with us that it took you several tries. I think that most readers feel that you guys put out one perfect design after another. While I believe in happy accidents, I do sometimes trash a project because it just didn’t turn out as expected.
Love that you admitted that -heat emboss the stamp was the key, lovely card and watercolours used
Boston is such a cool city and your card is wonderful! Love the background colors too!!
I love how you did this card. Boston is one of my favorite cities. I have many great memories from my visits.
Love the Destination stamps. Your card really showcases the design perfectly. Super water-coloring
Very nice cards
Great stamp. I love travelling as much as I love scrapbooking so stamps like these really make me smile!
Beautiful technique. Thank you for sharing! I’ve never been to Boston, but it’s on my bucket list!
What a great card and background.
My son went to MIT, so when I saw your Boston card, I thought: I’ve been in that building, and the other, and the other! This is such a cool card!
great card love the watercolored background with the stamped image plain
Great card!
Love the black and white against your colorful background!
Great card…love the background colors
Nice water color .
Loving this Boston card! I’ve been once for a weekend a long time ago. Definitely need to go again!
Boston! How cute. Love the colors you used. Everyone’s watercoloring is so pretty.
Beautiful card! I have not tried this technique before but I love the results.
Good to know it takes others more than one try to create a presentable card. Great color combinations.
Oh how fun!
I love your watercolor background!
Pretty card. Thank you for sharing
Wow, I love your card and its use of masking! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Great card and stamp set. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
I’ve never been to Boston but would love to visit.
Great card. I have not been to Boston, but I have been to Mass. Good luck with your move.
Another great card on this blog hop. I never get card of seeing watercolor backgrounds.
I love Boston and I’m really liking these destination stamps – thanks for sharing!
I just got back from a week in Massachusetts with a couple of days in Boston! I had a great time…great city! So much history!
Love your card and I love that stamp….what fun! Great tip about heat embossing….and I love the bright colors you used for your background!
i have but it’s been way too long since i have good friends there. gotta go back!
I love how your background perfectly accents the skyline of Boston. Great stamp, great card!
Beautiful watercoloring, Jenn!
The Color background is perfect for this stamp. Thank you for sharing.
My son and daughter live in Boston, this card reminds me of them.
Boston Strong!!! Go Sox! Your card is wicked pissah!!!! (I may be the only one allowed to say this! Lol 😉
Awesome card Jenn. Love that stamp.
Great color combo. And it’s always nice to hear that even our blog heroes have struggles every now and then 🙂
I love Boston…. love these Greetings From stamps!
Love this card! Good luck with the move!
Love this card! I have been to Boston, beautiful city!
Love the card! Just been to Boston two weeks ago the new Boston stamp is a must have for scrapbooking my many pictures from the trip!
Cool! I like the background.
Jenn, super fabulous card! I love Boston too! This stamp is must have!!!!
Cool idea to watercolor the background and leave the for ground white…love the effect! Beautiful colors too. I’ve never been to Boston but would love to see it.
Love love love how you used this! Nice job.
Finally a Boston stamp–I’ve seen other cities, but not Boston until now. Love your color choices.
Great tribute to Boston! Love the great color!
Take Care!
Michele
Lovely cityscape card!
Such a pretty sky!
Pretty skyline card.
Lovely watercoloring, looks great with that Boston stamp!
I love the skyline you created – such a beautiful card!
Your card looks to me like it should be used by the chamber of commerce on a poster ( or stationary). So nice.
Love the stamp. Love Boston and have many fond memories of this amazing place as my daughter went to Boston University of the Arts so this stamp is perfect. I just added it to my wish list. Fantastic cards, super colors and I love your background.
I love your card and the bold ink colors Jenn! It’s awesome!
Love the watercolor background!
Your card is very pretty. I really like the destination stamps.
I really like your watercolor background! Great card for Boston. Thanks for sharing.
I have been to Boston and loved it. These ‘geography’ stamps are wonderful!!
Beautiful watercoloring!
The colors are great and love the affect
Love the bright colors
I love all the destination stamp sets! I’ve been to most of the cities and Hero Arts captured the highlights perfectly! Your Boston card is wonderful!
Beautiful card! Love the background! Unfortunately, I have never visited Boston, but would like to visit if only to see MOA.
My niece is in Boston this weekend for a school trip, so im really studying this stamp and *really* appreciate that you named the landmarks 🙂 Thanks, too, for the embossing tip. Makes sense that the raised edge would help to control the watercolours. That will come in handy!
The destination stamps are proving to be a favourite!
Gorgeous card. Love the colorful background.
Love your card and love Boston!
I like their city stamps. Something different
Beautiful Card. I love Boston.
Heat emboss,,,who knew. Great card.
great card and what a lovely background for Boston!
You did a great job!
Fabulous stamp, beautiful creation! #bostonstrong I’ll stop all traffic for you over the Bridge. Welcome Home! 😉
I recently purchased the Portland one… I loved the “keep portland weird” stamp! You have some crazy love for color, and I love that!
Great card. Great stamp. and Awesome city!! My daughter lives and works in Boston and we visit as often as we can!
Cute, cute card and a great tip about heat embossing the design for using with watercolor! Love HA!
I just love this card! So cute
This looks great: the bold black and white a strong colors. Love it!
Beautiful use of the new stamps and a great reminder that embossing can serve as a safety outline when coloring ! Last time I tried this with water coloring I still got some bleeding (from either the ink or embossed powder- not sure which was the source) though, so I’d love to hear what brands u used to stamp and emboss, with such great results . Thanks!
Love your watercolored background!
I just love those destination stamps and what a great way to use them with watercolored backgrounds.
It never ceases to amaze me how awesome distress inks can look and replicate the traditional watercolor look. Gorgeous card and safe travel/moving back to MA!
Beautiful background over the cityscape. Nicely done 🙂
Being a Canadian resident, I have never had the pleasure of visiting Boston but it is definitely on my bucket list. Love the card and skyline you have created!
love the colors for this card. Nice idea!
I love your card Jenn!! And it was fun to come over here and see my face on your blog, LOL! Loved meeting you at the show so much!!
Very pretty.
You could frame this card and it would be a lovely souvenir of Boston.
Isnt funny how many times we crafters will redo somethig and then a light just goes on, and we think how easy why did it take so long for me to remember that!
TFS, ANNETTE
Charming card! Loved my visit to Boston two years ago, and this card makes me think of that time. Nice technique with Distress Inks.
What a great way to do the sky. It looks fantastic.
Super cute.
What a great idea, those city stamps ! Love the cards you created !
Love your card!
Love the background colors!
I love the fact that you added links to the places featured in the stamp!
Gorgeous card!
Love this card! Just gorgeous!
Love your Boston card! These travel stamps are great.
Beautiful background!
Great color choices for your background! I love how bold the colors appear.
The background is stunning! What beautiful cards!
OMG I need this stamp!!!! It and your card are fabulous!
Love your skyline. The watercolors really look awesome! Thanks for the inspiration and for the chance to win. Love Hero Arts!
I’m glad you kept trying! The end result is lovely. I haven’t been to Boston since 1973! I didn’t get to see nearly as much as I wanted to, but I loved it!
Love those background colors.
Like the background for the Boston scene stamp. I enjoyed a visit to Boston some time ago. Have a BEE-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Gorgeous background on the card. Love the baseball leaving Fenway!
beautiful card
Wow! Love the sky on your card. So pretty!
Those colors are so vibrant! It turned out great!
Beautiful card… love the water colored background. It looks like a picture post card. TSF
Great card!.
Very nice like the sky look
What a gorgeous card! I’ve never been to Boston but would love to visit someday!
Nice card. Boston is a great city!
beautiful!
Such a lovely card
Great color combo here!
Thank you for explaining how you kept the city scene so white! Very nice card!
this is super cute! love this card- awesome watercoloring! i’ve visted Boston several times, years ago, when my husband was in college there- it is such a great city! Best of luck with your move & thanks for the chance to win!!
Beautiful scene!
Love the scene you created with the brilliant colors.Thanks.
I really love the way you stamped the landscapes of the cities with black and the color is behind the stamped image…it really draws attention to the intricate details of the stamp. Awesome!
Discovering so much. Can’t wait to check this out at hero arts.
Loved how you inked this up!
Your card is a little work of art–love it!!!!
Gorgeous! love it
Used to live in Boston so this card really clicked with me.
Love it! I am going to Seattle for the first time ever next week and your card just gave me some ideas to use with the new Hero Arts Seattle stamp that I hope to get when I return! Thanks for sharing!
Hubby and I did enjoy our trip to Boston with his sister’s family….the Duck Boat ride, aquarium, Feneuil Hall, so much US history!
Love the coloring on this card. Great job.
Love the stamp and the watercoloring, I didn’t notice the baseball until I read the post!
What a cute card! I haven’t been to Boston but hope to one of these days.
Thanks for the giveaway and have a good day!
Really nice! That stamp is so fun & you did a great job with it. Thanks.
Cute city stamp.
Really cute
Cute card!
Love the CAS design!
What an amazing card. It’s so vibrant!
Love this!!
I love the way you colored the Boston stamp. Makes me want to visit!
Beautiful city scape card. I love the colors you used too.
I am from Boston and your beautiful card made me homesick! TFS
Your card is fabulous! Love the water color BG. Boston is on my wish list of places I want to visit, but have not yet. I would love to see the July 4th Fireworks there – I’ve heard they’re the best.
Such a cute idea. Great use of these stamps
Beautiful card. Love the coloring.
This is wicked awesome! 😉
Such a colourful card. I love the water colour effect that you have created.
Cheers 🙂
Love what you’ve created! Perfect!!!
I’m loving the Boston card!!
such a gorgeous background!!
Your card is lovely – Love the colors your chose for the background! I visited Boston about 10 years ago for the very same trade show you attended, I think! Didn’t get to see a lot due to being inside most of the time, but it was fun to drive through some of the city.
Just gorgeous , loving all the new HA stamps ❤️❤️
REally cute
That card turned out really pretty!
What a cool stamp and the coloring is fantastic!
Beautiful card showcasing a beautiful city …. love it and love the new release from HA.
What a gorgeous card, I just love the colors and simplicity of it, just gorgeous!
The background is FANTASTIC!
Wow! What a great look!
Wonderful scene
Wow beautiful!!
Jenn, I agree it’s always wonderful to get to meet online Crafter’s you’ve been following for a long time in person. Your cards background is beautiful, and how fitting. Good luck with your move, thanks for sharing.
Pretty card! Nice work!
I love the new release. Your cards are awesome.
Wow what a wonderful background!
Love the colorful background!
LUV the baseball! I would have missed it! Never been to Boston (yet! )
Great card! I haven’t visited Boston, but maybe someday. Thanks!
I have family and friends in Boston, but I’ve never been! I love this card, and I love Hero Art’s release. So excited for the hop!
Lovely card, thanks for sharing!
Oh, this is AWEOME…love the watercoloring.
Great pic of you + Libby!
Hope you had an amazing birthday!
This is gorgeous!! I love it!!!!!!
Wow, your sky is just stunning 😮
I am loving the city stamps !!! SWEET !!!!!!