Hero Arts | Color Layering Koi Fish - Wishing You Harmony Card

Hero Arts | Color Layering Koi Fish – Wishing You Harmony Card

Hello friends! I wanted to share a closer look at Hero Arts Koi Fish color layering stamp set and card. I taught this card (along with the Rooster) at Hero Arts Make & Takes at the Creativation show last month, a lot of people enjoyed making both projects so I really wanted to share them here with those of you could couldn’t make it to the show.

Hero Arts | Color Layering Koi Fish - Wishing You Harmony Card

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CARD DETAILS

This is one of those color layering stamping projects where I didn’t have enough ink colors to stamp the perfect image so I skipped one of the layers (I did a similar thing here where I skipped a base layer of the orchid). I wanted to use two very similar shades of gray and I didn’t have that one perfect shade on hand, so I ended up not stamping entire layer all together.

Hero Arts | Color Layering Koi Fish - Wishing You Harmony Card

I used Silver pigment ink for the second fish layer and Butter to Orange ombre dye ink to stamp the top detail layer. The face was stamped using a mix of orange and black. Hero Arts does have a recommended ink color set for this stamp set that includes Soft Vanilla, Soft Granite, Neon Orange and Charcoal inks.

Hero Arts | Color Layering Koi Fish - Wishing You Harmony Card

I also used Soft Pool and Tide pool to stamp the lily pads as well as lightest and darkest colors from the yellow ombre pad to stamp the lilies.

My sentiment, Wishing You Harmony, was heat embossed in white onto a strip of Sea Glass cardstock. It shows much better in real life, it appears a bit too white on photos (blends in too much with the paper I used).

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

Hero Arts Clear Stamps Color Layering Koi
Hero Arts Clear Stamps Color Layering Koi
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Hero Arts Color Layering Koi Clear Stamp and Die Bundle
Hero Arts Color Layering Koi Clear Stamp and Die Bundle
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Reserve Hero Arts Color Layering Frame Cuts Koi Die
Reserve Hero Arts Color Layering Frame Cuts Koi Die
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Hero Arts Snow Layering Papers
Hero Arts Snow Layering Papers
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Hero Arts Ombre Butter To Orange Ink AF309
Hero Arts Ombre Butter To Orange Ink AF309
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Hero Arts Tide Pool Ink Pad AF223
Hero Arts Tide Pool Ink Pad AF223
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Hero Arts Soft Pool Ink Pad AF146
Hero Arts Soft Pool Ink Pad AF146
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Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad Silver
Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad Silver
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Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock
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Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine
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Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110
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Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200
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Hero Arts Pewter Metallic Decor CH202
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Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad
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ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch
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Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel White Two Pack
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9 Comments

    1. Yana, this is beautiful! I love your inspiration, and thanks for sharing.

    1. Stunning card! Love colors you used. I’d never thought of combining these together. Great trick with skipping one layer, fish looks finished and beautiful despite this.

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