Monday, January 16, 2012

Wish you were here

Hello, there! Have your legs recovered from all the hopping last week? Don't forget to visit Hero Arts and see if you were one of the lucky winners from the 5-day blog hop.


I made a quick card with the Newspaper Skyline stamp. My original plan was to create a Polaroid, but I would have trimmed off too much of the skyline, so it's a "faux Polaroid".

The stamp was clear embossed and I ink distressed with Pine Needles, Evergreen Bough, and Rusty Hinge distress inks. I flicked some water to mimic a starry sky and stamped the sentiment from Wish You Were Here.

The sentiment was stamped with Hero Arts' new Mid Tone Shadow Ink in Wet Cement. I've always wanted a nice gray ink and the new ink is the perfect shade. Love the new mid tones!

Thanks so much for visiting today. Have a great week!

27 comments:

  1. Donna, this is a wonderful "Polaroid" of the cityscape! I love the effect of the splatter of water, too. I have already ordered the Wet Cement midtone ink, I loved it the minute I saw it! Looks great on this card, too!

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  2. LOVE when you do your faux Polaroids...This is so PRETTY!!!!

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  3. This is AWESOME! Love your background.

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  4. Brilliant card. Love it :) The colour scheme is brilliant too. What a brilliant idea!

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  5. Donna I really like the non-trimmed version. So stylish and classy.

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  6. This is lovely Donna, and wouldn't it also make a great Christmas card! Jo x

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  7. awesome card...love this scene and amazing colors...

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  8. Love how this turned out - looks like we can't do without any of these newsprint stamps!!

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  9. Love all of the cards you have made using this Cityscape stamp...this one just reaches out and grabs you!
    Hugs, Marilyn

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  10. Donna this is gorgeous, love the sky you have created so pretty.

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  11. What a dazzling backdrop! Love the colors you've used, Donna!

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  12. Beautiful, Donna! Love your fab background!

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  13. Thanks for the free card-making lesson. I always learn something from you. I think I'll have to find that Newspaper Skyline stamp and the Mid Tone Shadow ink.

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  14. Donna this is stunning! Love the faux polaroid look and that distressed background is gorgeous!

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  15. Great card Donna. Love the amazing distress background

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  16. One of my knees is still gammy (Irish word for useless!) ha ha ha ha! Really enjoyed all the hopping. Love what you created - this is beautiful.

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  17. Donna I am in awe of the way you use the distress inks. I just love the colours & the way they blend together xoxoxo

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  18. Love this, Donna!! The background is just awesome!!

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  19. This is a masterpiece, Donna! Those colours are amazing and I love the splatter. So awesome.

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  20. OHHH! I need some inking lessons from you! I LOVE that background and I LOVE your embossed cityscape!! You always knock my socks off! LOVE:)

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  21. Totally gorgeous card, Donna! I love what you've been doing with the Newspaper Skyline, you are so clever!

    Hope everything is well, wish we will chat soon! Lots of hugs!!

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  22. Stunning card! I love this skyline stamp, and the way you used it is beautiful!

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  23. Aw.... I just love love this, Donna! I so wish this stamp is here with me (it's ordered, but don't know when it will arrive--wahhahha!! Your card really makes me long for this stamp....!

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