Happy Monday and welcome to the July My Monthly Hero Blog Hop!
Today I am sharing these two underwater card designs featuring new My Monthly Hero Add Ons stamps and dies. Between the two cards I'm using five of the new add on products from the July Release! The School of Fish Bold Prints background was used for both backgrounds. I mixed and matched images from the Deeply In Love and Need A Hand stamp sets for both cards. The Submarine Fancy Die and Porthole Fancy Die were die cut from smooth white cardstock and customized with Copic Markers to perfectly match each card.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these underwater scene cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
THE BACKGROUNDS
To create the backgrounds, the School of Fish Bold Prints background was stamped on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of smooth white cardstock with Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
Hero Arts Reactive Inks in Pool Party, Splash, and Blue Hawaii were applied with blender brushes. The excess ink was removed from the embossing with a dry microfiber cloth.
The backgrounds were first spritzed with Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer spray. Once dry, the backgrounds were spritzed with Frost Shimmer Spray.
PORTHOLE SCENE CARD
A porthole was die cut from a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of smooth white cardstock. The frame was saved to use on the card front. The porthole was die cut two more times to give it dimension. Color was added to the Porthole Fancy Die with Copic Marker in B14, B16, B18, C4, C6, and C8. A sentiment from the Deeply In Love stamp set was stamped with Blue Hawaii Reactive Ink.
The frame was placed over one of the embossed resist backgrounds. The portholes were adhered one on top of another.
Images from the Deeply In Love and Need A Hand stamp sets were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Intens-ified Black Ink.
The following Copic Markers were used to color in the images:
- Octopus: B63, B66, RV55, RV66
- Seaweed: YG21, YG17, G28
- Starfish: YR31, YR23, YR27
- Fish: R32, R35, R37, R39, YR31
The images were die cut using the Deeply In Love Dies and Need A Hand Dies. The images were adhered to the scene and the porthole was adhered in place.
The card was finished with a scattering of Little Things Droplets Pool Hearts.
SUBMARINE SCENE CARD
A sentiment from the Need A Hand stamp set was stamped over the embossed resist background with Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder.
The Submarine Fancy Die was die cut from smooth white cardstock three times. Copic Markers were used to color in one of the submarines.
The following Copic Markers were used to color in the die cut:
- Y08, Y15, Y18, C00, C4, C6
The submarines were adhered one on top of another and adhered to the background as shown.
Seaweed and coral from the Deeply In Love and Need A Hand stamp sets were stamped with Tide Pool, Emerald Green, Pale Tomato, and Crimson inks. The images were die cut with the coordinating dies and adhered to the card as shown.
Glossy Accents was applied to the submarine windows.
The card was finished with a scattering of Little Things Droplets Pool Hearts.
S U P P L I E S
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S H O P P I N G
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G I V E A W A Y
We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, July 19th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
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This post is part of the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Blog Hop.
Nichole - super cute cards. Love the Porthole of the octopus. The other card is awesome also, love the swirling fish with the sub.
Posted by: Jodi Warren | July 13, 2020 at 12:50 PM
Such cute cards that my grandchildren will love. I can't wait to get my kit.
Posted by: Vivian Swain | July 13, 2020 at 01:13 PM
Love your cards! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Deborah Jenkins | July 13, 2020 at 02:51 PM
The submarine is very cute!
Posted by: Rebecca | July 13, 2020 at 03:52 PM
Super cute cards! I am such a huge fan of that cutti puttuti octopus! He is just so darling!
Posted by: Cindy Holmes | July 13, 2020 at 04:40 PM
Love the cards. The water pattern is just perfect.
Posted by: Mel H | July 13, 2020 at 04:52 PM
Beautiful underwater scenes and I LOVE the colors!
Posted by: Meghan Kennihan | July 13, 2020 at 05:01 PM
Great release! Awesome creations, especially the octopus peeking in the porthole!
Posted by: Lagene | July 13, 2020 at 05:07 PM
I love that submarine! Thanks for sharing
Posted by: Sara N | July 13, 2020 at 05:11 PM
I like how these look water colored and are so pretty.
Posted by: Christina M Dauven | July 13, 2020 at 05:22 PM
Beautiful cards Nichol! I'm lovin the little submarine card the best, with all the detail you used, it's just great.
Posted by: Arlene Plastine | July 13, 2020 at 05:22 PM
These cards look so different from all the others I've seen on the hop so far!
Posted by: Cassie | July 13, 2020 at 05:55 PM
Love the school of fish behind your submarine! It truly gives the illusion of being deep underwater. Wow!! Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Frances Sheegog | July 13, 2020 at 06:03 PM
Your cards are beautiful, from the ink blending to the Copic coloring to the stamping. Just gorgeous!
Posted by: Barbara Martin | July 13, 2020 at 06:58 PM
Such fun new products! I love to see what you create. Need to go watch the video. As always, thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas with us!!
Posted by: Leanne in Cali | July 13, 2020 at 07:02 PM
Really love all of your beautiful projects.
Posted by: Joyce | July 13, 2020 at 07:10 PM
Cute cards, love the submarine.
Posted by: Dawn Jones | July 13, 2020 at 08:29 PM
This is such a great card, and would make a good masculine card. These add ons this month are great!
Posted by: Stephanie VR Burns | July 13, 2020 at 09:08 PM
You always rock it, Nichol!
Posted by: Marisela Delgado | July 13, 2020 at 09:50 PM
Beautiful cards, love that cute submarine!
Posted by: Kailash | July 13, 2020 at 10:32 PM
Nice look to the coloring. Good use of the fish swirl.
Posted by: Scraporcraft | July 13, 2020 at 11:43 PM
Love these underwater scenes! Beautiful backgrounds and colors! Awesome details on these pretty cards!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | July 14, 2020 at 12:22 AM
I just love the yellow submarine! That background stamp of circling fish is just the best movement stamp! The octopus is so adorable too!
Posted by: Nancy Knapp | July 14, 2020 at 12:42 AM
Love the porthole.
The yellow submarine brings
back memories of the Beatles.
Cute cards. thanks for sharing
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Posted by: Mary Holshouser | July 14, 2020 at 07:20 AM
Love the cards.
Posted by: nancy f | July 14, 2020 at 07:32 AM