Video: Color Layering Orca - Hero Arts
Posted by Jessica Frost-Ballas on May 24, 2021

Video: Color Layering Orca

Good morning! Jess here with a video featuring the new Color Layering Orca set and some bright and cheery ink blending for a fun ocean scene!

You can watch the video below or over on our YouTube channel . If you're having problems viewing the video please click HERE .

To start I stamped the layers of the Color Layering Orca with Charcoal , Intens-ified Black , and Contour Ink . I stamped two whales and die cut them with the coordinating Frame Cuts . Then I ink blended a background with Rose Madder , Cotton Candy , and Soft Vanilla ink.

Then I die-cut the Surf's Up Fancy Die from Periwinkle cardstock. I didn't run the bottom of the die design through my die-cutting machine so it created an extra big wave that practically covered my entire A2 panel. I used scissors to trim the end of the wave that wasn't cut with the die. Then I blended Cornflower , Deep Ocean , and Navy ink along the bottom of the wave and the bottom of the crest.

I die-cut the wave foam from Dove White cardstock and adhered it to the wave with Precision Liquid Glue . Then I adhered the wave to my blended background and added the whales. I stamped a sentiment from Color Layering Orca onto Pitch Black cardstock with Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat-embossed it with White Embossing Powder . I finished the card by adding the sentiment with foam mounting tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful week!

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SB280 Color Layering Orca Combo -...
CM536 Color Layering Orca - Hero Arts
DI890 Color Layering Orca Frame Cuts...
DI753 Surf's Up Fancy Die Set (F) -...
AF236 Charcoal Mid-Tone Shadow Ink -...
AF435 Intens-ified Black Ink Pad -...
AF468 Contour Ink Pad - Hero Arts
AF419 Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink...
AF275 Soft Vanilla Shadow Ink - Hero...
AF371 Cotton Candy Mid-Tone Shadow...
AF386 Rose Madder Bold Ink - Hero Arts
AF235 Cornflower Mid-Tone Shadow Ink...
AF340 Deep Ocean Bold Ink - Hero Arts
AF234 Navy Mid-Tone Shadow Ink - Hero...
PW110 White Embossing Powder - Hero Arts
PS315 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock...
PS325 Hero Hues Dove white - Hero Arts
PS323 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock...
GW101 Precision Glue - Hero Arts

4 comments

Awesome card, Jess! I will be putting this set in the cart. I love the colors you chose for this card! The sky meets the wave and the difference in colors is stunning! Love the punny sentiment, too!
Lori S in PA

Lori Spitzer,

Great Job! Thank you for the video.

Elaine H.,

Absolute stunning card Jess! I love the colours you used for the background.
Thank you so much for the video tutorial, stay safe and have a wonderful week.

Henriëtte Mulder,

Very interesting on how you made the wave bigger and also how you stamped the layering orca. Ink blending was superb. Thank you.

Patricia Wilson,

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