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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This is such a fun card!
I have a pond in my yard with colorful goldfish and koi. That will be a great stamp set to purchase! You made a lovely card
Love these cute goldfish and I especially love the sparkle you gave them.
I love the colors and design of this. And thanks for the video!
Who would have thought fish could make such a fabulous card? Love all the sparkle and the short cuts you showed how to get there. Thanks you are fabulous! Gabbylou@live.com
These are so pretty Yana. A great video as well. I love the heart one as well.
Beautiful cards ! Like thest cute fishes, thanks for the video.
Beautiful card! I’m so inspired!
Boy! The affect of that embossing powder is SPECTACULAR!
Your cards are beautiful! Hero Arts stamps are awesome!
Yana,
I LOVE this card. The colors are amazing and go together so well and it is just beautiful. Thanks for this!
Great job with the embossing. Thanks for sharing.
Love how you designed this little fishy card and the perfect sentiment:)
I love gold fish! Great project. Cheers.
Absolutely LOVE!! The shimmery embossing is beautiful!
Your cards are so pretty. I really like the goldfish stamp and your embossing is so interesting.
What a cute card! TFS
Beautiful sparkle using that embossing powder. Very pretty card.
Wow. I love this card. And the sentiment is perfect. Thanks for sharing.
Pretty pretty card!
I definitely want to try using my ombre inks with the goldfish–imagine how cool the neon ombre will look. Love the shiny heat embossing on these fish–definitely a must-try!
Another beautiful card! I really enjoy your videos. I always learn something new!
What fabulous cards! I think I like the heart best!
Super efect of the embossing powder. You made a really fun fish scene.
Love how you used the shaker for the background – adding the seaweed on the back.
the fish look great.
thanks for sharing.
fin-tastic!
Love those stamps and your card! So many wonderful tis!
Thank you for always giving me new ideas. I like the glitter tape, the fish stamp set, the interesting way you tied a bow to a sentiment strip and the glitter on the fish.
OhMyWord! These cards are adorable! I can’t wait to get my hands on that fish layering stamp set!
You took a stamp set and brought it to life. Love it!
You took a stamp set and brought it to life. Thank you!
This card is great! I love the sparkled fish.
That is absolutely amazing! Love the shimmer of the embossing powder on the fish, it really makes such a difference to how they look! 😀
Great cards, Yana! I love those sparkly gold fish!
I loved this card!
Wow , that is the coolest card ever. Your video was very informative.
Cute card! Love the sparkle.
Beautiful card!
Beautiful card! TFS!
A fantastic card with a stamp set made that Yana makes so creatively.
Yana you took a HA stamp set and made such a beautiful card.
Yana, this card is so fun! I never really thought about that glitter tape, but that’s a great use for it. Thanks for sharing!
Such pretty card! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Love this card! Thank you 🙂
Cute card! I enjoy your blog and cardmaking very much! Thanks!
Love your sparkling goldfish!
Gorgeous!
Love the goldfish and the aquarium you created.
That is a lovely card! Thank you.
Oh what a beautiful card!!