Hero Arts | Color Layering Sparkling Gold Fish. Video + Blog Hop
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Hello all and thank you so much for joining us for the Hero Arts 2016 Catalog Blog Hop!
Hero Arts always comes up with the most fun and adorable color layering stamp sets (if you are not familiar with Color Layering, please take a look here). The new Color Layering Gold Fish from the 2016 Catalog is no exception and is a super fun set to play with. It lets you easily create beautiful dimensional-looking fish and with a little bit of heat embossing you can make your “fishies” sparkle and shine like a real wet gold fish!
The card that I am sharing today was also shared at the Hero Arts Make and Take in their booth at CHAW’16 show. The one we made there was slightly different with the window die cut using a heart-shaped die (using one from the Floral Stamp & Cut set by Lia) and slightly different colors of ink (all are listed below), here’s a quick look at that project:
I don’t have the same colors and the same heart die that I used to create my original card (I am in Ukraine at the moment and my supplies are somewhat limited), but I really wanted to do a video for that project so I used similar products.
I used 3 colors of ink to stamp my Gold Fish – Butter Bar, Dark Quartz and Pale Tomato for the original card and Soft Vanilla and Butter Bar to Orange Soda Ombre for the card I’m sharing on my video. I also did a few additional test impression using various yellow, orange and red inks just to see what color combos I like best (I’m sharing a closer loot at the in my video). While I only tried stamping fish using yellows and oranges it can also be stamped using other colors; think about tropical fish (here’s a fun link on Pinterest to explore) and all the fun and vibrant color combos – pinks and blues, greens and purples. There are lots of options.
I liked the idea of having my fish swim in water so I created a little aquarium for them using ink blending. The idea is to die cut a window in a panel and blend the blue and green inks onto another piece of paper to go behind that panel to look like water. I also used various seaweed images to fill in the background and make my water look more realistic. I used the same colors of ink for stamping seaweed and for blending the background. Some stamped images were stamped using lighter colors and some using darker making it look like they are located further away.
A card like this can also be turned into a shaker by simply adding a layer of clear acetate and some sequins and beads.
To make the fish appear like a real gold fish and also to make it appear wet and shiny I used Hero Arts Sparkle Embossing Powder. I usually like to use it for snow (on Holiday cards) or sugar (on fruits cards), but it works great for this as well. I only added one layer of this powder to my fish, but you can add more if you like. Here’s a close up of my heat embossed fish, I just love that sparkle!
VIDEO
I’m also sharing a video tutorial today showing how to create this card! You can watch it at the top of this post or on my Youtube channel. If you like it, I would appreciate you giving it a thumbs up and sharing. Thank you!
BLOG HOP
Want more inspiration using products from the Hero Arts 2016 Catalog? Join the blog hop! Start at the beginning on Hero Arts blog or follow the hop order below:
- Hero Arts
- Lia Griffith
- Kelly Purkey
- Jennifer McGuire
- Yana Smakula – this is me!
- Lucy Abrams – your next stop!
- Kristina Werner
- Kathy Racoosin
- Mariana Grigsby
- Debby Hughes
- Nichol Magouirk
- Joan Bardee
- Lydia Fiedler
- Sandy Allnock
- Julie Ebersole
- Amy Tsuruta
- Kelly Rasmussen
- Suzanne Dahlberg
- Wanda Guess
- Clare Prezzia
- Tami Hartley
- Libby Hickson
GIVEAWAY
Hero Arts is giving away four $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Comment by 11:59pm PT on Sunday, February 14, and Hero Arts will announce the winners on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Hop along and comment for more chances to win!
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lealawson
February 9, 2016This is beautiful! I love that the fish are glittery!
kellyszafron
February 9, 2016Love your card! Great embossing!
Ellen Holcomb
February 9, 2016Your card is wonderful, just wonderful and I love the encouraging sentiment!
Jennifer K
February 9, 2016I love your sparkling fish they are adorable, what a great card! I think my nephew would love this card!Thanks for sharing.
Jan O
February 9, 2016Fabulous card, colours, tips and stamp set!
Lindsay S
February 10, 2016Love the sparkles!
Clare
February 10, 2016Such a pretty sparkle! I love the extra little touches of shimmer and glitter cardstock!
Barbara S
February 10, 2016What an adorable idea. I just finished a “fish” card, but I will definitely have to try this
Karen B
February 10, 2016Love the card! Will be looking into the Ombre ink pads…thanks for the tips!
Heather Lynn
February 10, 2016I love how you made the aquarium windows. Also love the Hero Arts inks. Thanks for sharing!!
glorie
February 10, 2016Love the shine on the fishes 🙂
Shari
February 10, 2016Gorgeous card, Yana. Both of them. Thanks so much for the video!
Michelle Daigle
February 10, 2016So beautiful. Very nicely done!
Colleen
February 10, 2016This is a beautiful card. I love the color combinations you used. I need to get some ombré ink pads
Felicia Irwin
February 10, 2016Amazing!
Laurie B
February 10, 2016They look so real!! Love the embossing powder!!
So Howard
February 10, 2016I like this layering technique. I’ve never thought to use embossing powder….
Janet Sisk
February 10, 2016Fabulous card! I just love how you made those fish look so real. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win. 😀
Lee
February 10, 2016Such pretty little fishes as my nephew would say!
Trina P.
February 10, 2016Love the glittery fish. Very well thought out.
Cindi L.
February 10, 2016So very cool! Love it.
Charlotte C
February 10, 2016I was fascinated watching what you did. Stunning card. Thank you.
Brenda
February 10, 2016I love this card and loved watching your video – thank you!!
Linda
February 10, 2016Your video was great. Like the idea of the Sparkle embossing powder.
YUSHAN H.
February 10, 2016Very nice card!
smilynstef
February 10, 2016Those fishies are just too fun.
Sherry Rose
February 10, 2016This is gorgeous!
Margarita Navarro-Rivera
February 10, 2016Love the layering gold fish!
carsher
February 10, 2016Your card is lovely! Those sparkly goldfish are amazing, and I love the little backdrop you made for them!
chamorritacrafts
February 10, 2016Fabulous card Yana! Love the gold fish! So realistic to it!
Tracy
February 10, 2016Love the sparkle!!
tensgal
February 10, 2016What a really cute and well designed card! Love it!
Susan
Julie
February 10, 2016I love the idea of cutting a circle “aquarium” first. It looks great with the fish mounted in front.
Patt H.
February 10, 2016Love, love, love this adorable card & the sparkle on the fishies is wonderful.
KimFaucher
February 10, 2016This is just amazing! I love everything about this card!!!
Amber H.
February 10, 2016I love what you did with the fish in the “aquarium”. This set is beautiful!
Rubina Pantoja
February 10, 2016Love those goldfish!
Laura
February 10, 2016LOVE this card! Just bought the fish stamp and didn’t realize there were dies, so will have to make another order soon.
Tammy B
February 10, 2016I don’t normally like fish but this card is awesome!
nhorby
February 10, 2016What a great goldfish! And I love your card…
Caren C.
February 10, 2016Awesome goldfish!
Agata
February 10, 2016This is so lovely! I’ve learned HA had this gorgeous embossing powder!
Gabriella
February 10, 2016Love that fish stamp, looks great
raggiodiluce82
February 10, 2016Beautiful project!!!! Love it!
Sherrie Johnson
February 10, 2016I love this card. I’ll probably make it a shaker card as you’ve suggested. But I also like the embossed sheen on the goldfish. Very pretty.
Oliev
February 10, 2016Great card, lovely video, thanks for sharing!
Ivona F.
February 10, 2016The sparkly goldfish are amazing, so beautiful!
Denaha Doss
February 10, 2016I love the aquarium effect. Those little goldfish are absolutely adorable!
Sharon M
February 10, 2016What a beautiful card. I’m with you…love the layering. And I love this stamp set!
Maye M.L.
February 10, 2016Lovely card, Yana. The multigeneration stamps are so much fun, and the final glitter detail is grand. Another great release by HA. Cheers!