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Good afternoon! Today is the release day for the Hero Arts July 2016 My Monthly Hero and I am so honored and excited to be celebrating the release with the Hero Arts Creative team and other special guests! You should have arrived from Lydia Fiedler’s blog but if not, you can head to the Hero Arts Blog to start at the beginning! The new kit is now available for purchase at Hero Arts and once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good so make sure to head over and shop soon! I’m extra excited about this kit because 1) the underwater marine theme is incredibly gorgeous and because 2) Hero Arts is going to donate 10% of profits for the July 2016 My Monthly Hero Kit to ocean preservation through the World Wildlife Fund! How cool is that?!
So here are the details…the kit contains:
- A large 6×8 stamp set
- Matching Frame Cuts dies
- Ombré Dolphin ink pad **
- Lucy’s Sequins Mermaid mix, made exclusively for Hero Arts
- 2 half sheets of Aqua Lagoon metallic cardstock
- 2 half sheets of Silver Swirl text weight paper
** The Ombré Dolphin ink pad is brand new and inspired by the Pantone Color(s) of the Year, a pink to blue spectrum. It is exclusive to the kit through 2016.- CM104 Color Layering Octopus
- DI304 Color Layering Octopus Frame Cuts
- DI305 Paper Layering Octopus
- AF365 Ombré Mermaid ink pad add-on (this one is blue to purple)
Don’t forget to check out the bottom of my post for details on how to win a kit!
Here’s what I created with the kit:
I loved the layered jellyfish and wanted to focus him prominently in my card. I started by stamping him with versamark and heat-embossing him with white embossing powder on a piece of watercolor paper. Then I painted the background using Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Chipped Sapphire distress inks. I let it dry and then added splatters of water. I let the water sit for 30 seconds before blotting it off. Then I repeated the splatters but let them sit for a full minute so my bubbles would have a little more dimension. Next I stamped the top layer of the jellyfish and the sentiment with versamark and heat-embossed them with gold embossing powder.
Then I took a piece of dark navy cardstock, stamped some of the sea corals onto the bottom half of the cardstock with versamark, and heat-embossed them with the same gold embossing powder. I adhered that to a white cardbase and then used foam mounting tape to adhere the distress inked panel off-kilter. Finally I added a sprinkling of gold sequins. I love gold, navy, and white for nautical themes and I think my jellyfish looks particularly elegant in gold! 😉
So that’s all for today! I have several more cards to share using this kit but figured I’d just share one today since you have quite a few more stops on the hop! 🙂
To celebrate the release Hero Arts is giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop so make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop for the most chances to win! If you win and have already purchased the kit you will be reimbursed! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
The Hero Arts Blog
Yana Smakula
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
May Park
Laura Bassen
Lydia Fiedler
Jessica Frost-Ballas —-> YOU ARE HERE!
Justin Krieger
Jennifer McGuire
Jenn Shurkus
Veronica Zalis
Libby Hickson
Joan Bardee
Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous day!
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Cool stamp and lovely background.
Fun use of gold
Beautiful card. Love your background. What an awesome new kit.
Very pretty, I love the colours.
The layered jellyfish looks great on your beautiful background!
This is beautiful! I love the gold embossing with the other colors.
Wow, this card really stands out with the gold accents on it. Very pretty.
Beautiful card, Jessica! Nice touch with the gold and I love the background colors! Thanks so much for sharing with us AND for participating in this great hop and giveaway!
Your card is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing it and can’t wait to play with the kit I just ordered. 🙂
Cute saying with such a cute card. Thank you for sharing
Gorgeous!
My favorite part of this card is the embossed coral on the navy background! It looks so crisp!
I am so jelly of your jelly card! I love it!
I was just about to buy this stamp set yesterday, but I was distracted because I found my friends cat which had been missing for 15 years!!! Now the stamp set is sold out and I’m sooooo jelly. Great card by the way 🙂
Great card! Love the sentiment & the gold embossing!
I like the sentiment on the front of your card and I love how the jellyfish is gold! Is that 14, 18 or 24 karat gold? LOL Great looking card, Jessica!
love the use of heat embossing! lovely card!
Wowove your card it’s beautiful….
Love all the cards here. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card, Jess! I can tell you had fun playing with this lovely kit. Thanks!!
Beautiful card! I love the way you embossed the jelly fish in both white and gold against the gorgeous watercolor background. And the gold coral on the background layer really sets everything off. This for the inspiration!
Agree with you on the gold, white and navy for a nautical theme. Your card is simply stunning with all the embossing, Jessica!
Love the use of gold details on the already lovely card.
Soo beautiful! I love these colors 🙂 The gold-parts are brilliant! Thanks for sharing (unfortunately the kit is sold out :o)
Your card is so sweet and serene looking. Love the soft colors. Thanks and God bless! ILuvTheEucharist (at) aol.com