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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rhg25
February 10, 2016Love the sparkle on the gold fish!
amandachristensens
February 10, 2016I love your card. Those color layering goldfish are really neat and your layer of sparkle embossing powder is gorgeous!
jocelyn
February 10, 2016Thank you for sharing. The fish is really cute.
Maria Giselle B.
February 10, 2016Love the sparkly powder you used on the fishes. I am still struggling with color layering but this stamp set is another way to practice color layering.
lindsay weber
February 10, 2016Those fish look so realistic! Cute cards!
Robin Buchholz
February 10, 2016Fantastic card! I love the layering and fun colors. Thanks for sharing.
Sheri K
February 10, 2016Love your cute goldfish–absolutely adorable!
Krista D
February 10, 2016Awesome card. Love it!
Lynnie B
February 10, 2016Super cute! Man, I gotta get into my craft room!!
Marcy Schneider
February 10, 2016Love your creativity. Thank you.
Marcy S.
February 11, 2016Goldfish card is amazing! Thank you.
Marcy S.
February 11, 2016Love that card. Thank you.
Debbie P
February 11, 2016I love your card .thank you for all the great tips.
Kris in Alaska
February 11, 2016They do look wet! Fabulous!
Sandra
February 11, 2016Great color combo and as many have said…the fish are perfect.
Marcy S.
February 11, 2016Love that goldfish card! Thank you.
Metty F.
February 11, 2016Just beautiful! Colors, sparkle, stamps – great.
Janet Trapp
February 11, 2016Awesome cards and new release! Lovin’ it! Thanks for the chance to win!!
~God bless~
Sue Blumberg
February 11, 2016Love the cute fish stamp & die set and the card design you created!
LindseyF
February 11, 2016Ooh, love the sparkling fish. They are on my wish list. Thanks for video.
Marcie MacTarnaghan
February 11, 2016Neat fish idea!
Kelsae Russell
February 11, 2016Hana, what a gorgeous idea!
Dana
February 11, 2016Such a fun card and this really does give the look of beautiful coloring.
Paulette S
February 11, 2016They look so real, Yana! Great video and release, thanks!
patti stein
February 11, 2016what a darling design, love the aquarium through the circle in the center of the card. The dash border around the circle cut out adds a great finishing touch
Carolyn
February 11, 2016I love that goldfish stamp! Layering with the circle die was so clever.
Robin
February 11, 2016Great card and wonderful video. Thank you for sharing.
Marcy S.
February 11, 2016Love those goldfish!
Caffeinated Crafty Ash
February 11, 2016I LOVE goldfish!! You did a great job with this card!!
KittyT
February 11, 2016Love the color combo. Lovely as always
Dana
February 11, 2016Gorgeous card Yana! Love the sparkle on the fish.
Adri
February 11, 2016What a cute card! I especially like the heart card.
Alice H
February 11, 2016Thanks for the great card idea! I’ve already ordered this stamp set! Now I have to order the die set!
maria f.
February 11, 2016You totally nailed the color/wet effect on those fabulous fish images!
Jessica Lin
February 11, 2016Gorgeous card! Love how bold the yellow goldfish are against the aqua background.
sunshinehoneybee
February 11, 2016Like the coloring on the Goldfish. Like the fishbowl look. Have a BEE-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Linda H.
February 11, 2016Wow!!! Love your card!!! The sparkly fish were perfect in the bowl. Thanks!
Chandra Shasteen
February 11, 2016I must admit if it is embossed I want to make it.
Cathy Homan
February 11, 2016Wonderful idea to stamp the second layer first! Thank you for the tip!
Lisa
February 11, 2016Quirky and fun. Thank you.
Karen Martens
February 11, 2016I love these fish! Your coloring tips, layering and others were great. Thanks for sharing.
Linda Duensing
February 12, 2016Your card is so cute and love all the little fishes. Thanks for sharing,
Linda D,.
Brithzi Sandy
February 12, 2016Great card. Love the colors.
Linda M
February 12, 2016Great card! Love how you did the fish.
angela
February 12, 2016fish how fun
Peege04
February 12, 2016Really cute. Great aquarium idea and the sparkle for the fish!
Svitlana Shayevich
February 12, 2016These fishies are stunning and so realistic!
Fantastic cards! Love color schemes. Clean, fresh and crisp!
Marcia
February 12, 2016Such a fun and gorgeous card!! Love the sentiment!!
Terri Emanuel
February 12, 2016Thanks for the tip on how to make the fish look wet. Also, your tip about stamp layering starting with the 2nd layer, might help me because I have trouble lining up the next layer.
Miriam
February 12, 2016So many beautiful cards! Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing your talent!