Hi everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful week. I finally had some time to sit down with the amazing August, 2017 My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts. I have several card samples to share with you today and in the video, I also create one card for you from start to finish. Here's the video:
And here's the card I made for the video:
And here are two more cards made with the same technique as the card created in the video:
For all three of these cards, I used Distress Oxide Inks (Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves, and Black Soot), white paint, and the shimmer sprays that came in the kit to create the backgrounds. I used a combination of several different embossing powders (gold, silver, black, and white). These cards were so much fun to make.
For my next three cards, I painted the backgrounds with watercolor paints. Here's some pictures:
For the card on the left, I used my Gansai Tambi watercolor paints to create the background. I then stamped the little boy image and embossed him with black embossing powder. I embossed the stardust swooshes with gold embossing powder. I stamped the star onto some vellum, embossed it in black, and then cut it out with the coordinating dies. The sentiment was embossed with white embossing powder. The card on the right was painted with pearlescent paints to create the background. I then used various embossing powders to stamp all the fun images.
For my final card, I decided to create a shaker card using the fancy die that came in the kit as well as the sequins that came in the kit. I stamped the swoosh and the girl and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I also embossed all the clouds on vellum with white embossing powder and cut them out using the coordinating dies. The background on this one was also painted using my Gansai Tambi watercolor paints. The sentiment was embossed with white embossing powder.
Well that's it from me today. Thanks so much as always for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and I'll catch you on the next video :)
Hi everyone! I have some fun card samples to share today using the June, 2017 Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit. Here's my video:
And here are some pictures:
I'm doing a giveaway. Simply leave a comment here on this blog post for a chance to win the awesome Hero Arts dies depicted in the video. Thanks so much as always for stopping by! Big hugs!
Hi everyone! I hope you are all having a fabulous week. I have a new video tutorial and card to share today using this gorgeous stamp set from Simon Says Stamp called More Spring Flowers. I love this stamp set, it was so much fun to color these flowers in. In my video tutorial for today, I show you some tips on how I use my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to create multiple colors when coloring flowers. I also show you how you can use one marker color to get gorgeous shaded results using that marker and a water brush. Finally, I also show you how I created the distress inked background. Here's the video tutorial:
And here's some pictures:
I inked all the flowers in Versamark ink and then heat embossed them in white embossing powder. For the background, I used Picked Raspberry and Mowed Lawn distress inks to create the blended background, then I spritzed the background with some water for a distressed look. To color my flowers, I used the following Zig marker colors: Pink, Light Pink, Blue Gray, Yellow, Orange, Olive Green, Light Green. The sentiment is from the Hero Arts You are Loved stamp set. Twenty-five percent of all proceeds from this stamp set go to the Jennifer McGuire Ink Kindness Campaign, which is such a worthwhile cause. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I added all of the elements with foam tape. I then added some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew and Carnation Pink. I coated all the flowers with Wink of Stella clear glitter. What do you think?
Well, that's it from me today. Thank you so much as always for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!
Hi everyone and happy Wednesday! I have a very picture heavy post for you today. I had so much fun working with the mermaid images and coordinating dies from this month's My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts. These kits are always amazing in my opinion and definitely the best bang for your buck. This kit has got to be my favorite ever! :) I had so much fun coloring all the mermaids and creating all the fun backgrounds. As you can see from my card samples, I created several backgrounds using the Jennifer McGuire inspired magic stencil technique using the wavy stencil that came in the kit. I then created different cards using these backgrounds. I also created a video for you today showing you how I did some stencil work with the Hero Arts inks that came in the kit. I also show you all the cards I made on the video as well. Unfortunately, for some weird reason, YouTube split my video into two parts so here they are:
And now for the pictures.
For these cards, I just had to create some shaker cards. The kit came with lots of acetate and some gorgeous sequins so I immediately went to work to create some shaker cards. I used the Reef Border and Frame Fancy Dies and used the window of the die for my shaker. For two of the shaker cards, I created my background using Distress Oxide inks in Faded Jeans, Cracked Pistachio, and Wilted Violet and then used the magic stencil technique. I colored all images for all cards using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Watercolor Markers and a water brush. I also coated all of my images with my Wink of Stella glitter pen. I also cut everything out using the coordinating dies that came in the kit. The sequins I used came from the kit. For the sentiments (For these and all cards) I either used sentiments that came with the stamp set in the kit, or the add on sentiment set Mermazing Messages.
For my next set of cards, I used the Reef Border and Frame Fancy Dies and then placed some specialty paper that came in the kit. These papers are so gorgeous, it was actually really hard to cut into them, but so worth it, I love how these came out.
For my next set of cards, I used the Hero Arts Shell Confetti Fancy Die to create my backgrounds. For two of the cards, I created my backgrounds first using the magic stencil technique and my distress oxide inks. I also saved all the "confetti" that came out and you'll see some of the shapes sprinkled on some of my cards. You could also use these little bits to put in shaker cards. The third card I kept white on white and just added a strip of a background I created with the magic stencil technique.
Here are two more, one using another magic stencil technique, the other was the sample I crated for the card I did on video.
Finally, here is the card that I showed how to create on camera in my video. To do the stenciling, I simply taped the stencil down on top of my Bristol Smooth cardstock panel with some post it note tape, and then used an ink blending tool and the three Hero Arts inks that came in the kit. I then removed the stencil and continued to create the card. I think this one is actually one of my favorites, I'm really happy with how it turned out :)
Here's my video (again I'm so sorry, for some reason YouTube split it into two parts so I'll link Part One and Part Two for you):
Part One:
Part Two:
Well, that's it from me today. If you made it this far, thanks so much for staying with me :) I just had so much fun with this kit and I was excited to share these fun cards with you. Thanks so much as always for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow with another post and video :)
Hi everyone and Happy Monday! I hope your week is off to a great start. I decided to try my hand at creating some cute shaker cards using this gorgeous new stamp set from Hero Arts called You're So Fabulous (you can purchase this set HERE at Simon Says Stamp) and a distress oxide ink background technique. I have also prepared a video tutorial to show how I created the distress oxide ink background and the shaker card. I have a couple samples to show as well as a simple, non-shaker card sample so you can see a simple way you could put a card together using this set. Here are my cards:
For my first I created a fully loaded fun shaker card :) I first created my background using Work Lipstick and Broken China Distress Oxide inks. I then spritzed some water and let it dry. Then I stamped the image onto the background. I then created my shaker card using acetate and scalloped and stitched rectangle dies from Lawn Fawn. I added sequins (from Craft Medley. . . I got mine on Amazon) and then I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder. I added some silver metallic thread behind the sentiment. I then glued some sequins to the outside of the acetate and also added some pink, blue, and silver nuvo drops to the card.
I did the same technique as described above on this card except I used Broken China and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks. I created a video tutorial on how I created this card. You can see the video here:
Finally, I wanted to show a simple card that could easily be reproduced so you had another idea of a project you could make using this stamp set. You could recreate this card in different colors and create a super cute notecard set for a friend.
That's it from me today. Thank you so much as always for stopping by and I'll be back tomorrow with another project :)
Unless otherwise stated all content is by Christine Riley. Please do not copy my work for submission for publication or contests. However, please feel free to copy/lift my cards or layouts for your own personal use. Thanks so much.
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