Hello everyone and thank you so much for stopping by to help celebrate Hero Arts 2017 Summer Catalog Release! I’ll share more about this release, blog hop and giveaway below.
New catalog features a number of fantastic stamp sets (including some gorgeous Color Layering stamps!). I’ve had the pleasure of working with many of them prior to release as I created several cards for the catalog (and I’ll be sure to share them here over the next few weeks). The Puffer Fish stamp set, however, ended up being a pleasant surprise for me as I somehow overlooked it in the new release. I was immediately drawn to it and decided to use it to create a set of hilarious cards. If you know me, you know I love to make a silly card that is sure to put a smile on the face of its recipient. And the cards I am sharing today are (hopefully) no exception!
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CARDS DETAILS
I started working on this project by looking up puffer fish on Pinterest. I’m a bit ashamed to say I knew nothing about puffer fish (I didn’t even know there was this kind of fish) so I was both surprised and amazed! I quickly came up with a few simple scenes for these projects. I’ll explain the “You’re Swell” card in detail as it is the most complex of three. For my scene I went with two funny looking fish floating underwater along with other smaller fish.
Using Hero Arts Intense Black ink I stamped both fish onto a piece of white cardstock, cut out using coordinating dies (I used my Platinum 6 die cutting machine) and colored using Copics. Once again I used my go-to Copic colors (I’ve recently gotten some new markers and I need to update/expand my chart) and I used RV14, RV13, RV11 and R27 for the pink fish and Y19, Y15, Y11 and YR14 for the yellow fish. I also added a green fish to my two other projects and I used YG00, YG03 and YG17 for coloring.
I used a small waves stamp from the Puffer Fish set and stamped a double border – this created a horizon line for my card and separated the water from the sky. I decided to keep the sky white and color the water only. Following the same coloring method I used for this card I colored water using B00 marker. You’ll notice that I just roughly sketched the color and didn’t take any time to create neatly and evenly colored surface.
I wanted to add some additional elements to underwater area so I stamped partial waves and added air bubbles. To add dimension to the latter I went with Nuvo Drops in Sea Breeze. I had to add googly eyes to my fish to make them even funnier so I used new self-adhesive googly eyes from Hero Arts. I used the smaller size, they are a bit oversized, but still are spot on for this project.
For my other cards I added balloon strings to my fish to make them look like birthday balloons and a card to make it appear as if it was a hot air balloon!
Here are some additional photos (click image to view larger):
HOP ALONG WITH US!
Join us for an inspiration filled blog hop! You can start at the beginning at Hero Arts Blog or continue to Lydia Fiedler’s blog, she is the next stop.
GIVEAWAY!
Hero Arts is giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please comment by Wednesday, 5/24 at 11:59pm PT. Hero Arts will announce the winners the following week.
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 I’m a Puffer for You Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Frame Cuts Puffer Die Set Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts I’m a Puffer for You Clear Stamp and Die Combo Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Self-adhesive Googly Eyes Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Ink Pad Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Copic Sketch Marker Y11 Pale Yellow Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker Y15 Cadmium Yellow Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker Y19 Napoli Yellow Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YR14 Caramel Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV11 Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV13 Tender Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV14 Begonia Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R27 Cadmium Red Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker B00 Frost Blue Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG00 Mimosa Yellow Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG17 Grass Green Bold Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Black Foam Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Be Creative Tape 3mm Sookwang Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Sea Breeze Nuvo Jewel Drops Shop at: SSS |
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Too silly and so
cute! I love Puffer
Fish and could look
at them all day.
Carla from Utah
The puffer fish are adorable!
Love the birthday fishes card super cute! The coloring is beautiful!
The Puffer Fish cards are adorable! Such pretty colors and great designs.
Oh my gosh these are adorable!
So cute! Now I want the puffer fish set!!
Your puffer fish cards are SO cute. You did an amazing job coloring them.
Love the puffer fish cards! So adorable!
Oh my goodness, these puffer fish are adorable and the googly eyes are a perfect fit! Thank you, Yana.
Love these puffy fish. So cute and I love these colours.
So cute! After seeing your cards I really want these stamps
Love those puffer fish birthday cards!!!
These puffer fishes are so adorable and colorful – love the googly eyes!!!
Oh my goodness love love those puffer fish!
So silly and cute! I love it!
Love the card.
Awesome!
The pufferfish hot air balloon is my favorite! So creative!
LOVE the big eyes on the fish, simply perfect!
Love your work, Yana! You are one of my faves! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
This is very cute.
Adorable puff fish with theses eye’s …
Love the fish, colors.
Blub, blub, love the puffer fish cards, blub, blub, thanks for sharing! Blub, blub, blub
Oh my, another set to add to my wishlist! Love these puffer fish! The googly eyes really make the card!
Your puffer fish cards are adorable! Thanks for sharing!
OMG, those blow fishes with the googly eyes are super cute! thank you for sharing your cards for inspiration!
Your fish are way too cute! Love the googly eyes.
I can’t believe these puffer fish, these are to darn cute! I love your cards, so colorful and fun.
Oh wow I love your cute cards. Just had to buy this set after seeing these.
The googly eyes are such a great addition to the puffer fish. So Fun!
OK, those are way too cute!
Those puffer fish are too cute. Your coloring is awesome.
S-o-o-o-o much fun! These are great images and wonderful sentiments. I am still chuckling. Thanks.
Hi Yana,
I LOVE your funny, punny cards! Those google eyes are the perfect embellishment!
Adorable and well done!
Great cards! They are all so much fun.
Such cute cards!! Love these puffer fishes.
These guys are my absolute favorite in the catalog! I think they are just soooo cute! And so unique. And your cards are darling. Love how you made one a balloon; very creative.
Love the puffer fish! These cards will definitely bring a smile to the recipients face! Great coloring.
Such fun and whimsical cards and your coloring is gorgeous! Super cute set – thank you for bringing it to my attention.
You are so inspiring, Yana!!! (If you do not mind, I may CAS(E) one of your puffer fish cards for self-learning purposes.)
I love your card! Very cute and colorful. TFS!
Absolutely adorable! These cards would put a smile on ANYONE’s face.
O my!! I love these little guys!! As always you coloured them beautifully and your cards are just wonderful. Such a great idea to use them as balloons.
These are adorable love the woggle eyes
Nice examples! Keep up the good work!
Absolutely adorable cards! Love the puffer fish and how you added the googly eyes. Anyone receiving these cards will end up with a huge smile.
Float-aly missed seeeing tht, too! Cute cards!
Hahaha, these floaty puffer fish are so funny. Thanks for making me smile today:)