Video: Inking Dies to Highlight Details featuring the February My Monthly Hero Kit - Hero Arts
Posted by Channin Pelletier on February 07, 2023

Video: Inking Dies to Highlight Details featuring the February My Monthly Hero Kit

Hello friends!! It’s Channin here and today I create a colorful card featuring the Butterfly Fancy Dies from the February 2023 My Monthly Hero Premium Kit . (Note: Although the Premium Kit is now sold out, the Classic Kit does remain available at the time of this post.) Check out the video below and/or read the following post to learn how I highlight the details in these gorgeous dies with a simple technique.

Watch below or on the Hero Arts YouTube channel.

To create this card I first die cut some Deluxe Smooth White cardstock with the Butterfly Fancy Dies. I chose four different butterflies and then die cut them out with their corresponding outline and detail dies. Next, I ink blended over the butterflies with the small blending brush and several inks ( Ultra Pink , Fruit Punch , Creamsicle , Lemon Drop , Key Lime Fizz , Blue Raspberry , Pool Party , Blue Hawaii & Purple Galaxy ) to create a rainbow.

When I finished ink blending all the butterflies, I then inked up the detail dies with Pitch Black ink by rubbing the cut sides down over the ink pad. I then took the inked dies and placed them back over their corresponding butterfly die-cuts and ran them through my Compact Cutter . This transfers the ink from the dies onto the die-cuts, making the details on the butterflies more visible.

Next, I colored the butterfly bodies with a black marker and set them aside. Then with the “a” stencil (included in the February kit ) I ink blended an arch of butterflies with the same inks I used for the die-cuts over the front of a Dove White Top Folded Card . Next, I stamped a sentiment onto the card front in Pitch Black . Lastly, I finished the card by adhering the butterfly die-cuts to the card front with foam adhesive.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and video! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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MH0223 My Monthly Hero Classic...
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AF603 Ultra Pink Core Ink | Hero Arts
AF421 Fruit Punch Reactive Ink | Hero...
AF422 Creamsicle Reactive Ink | Hero...
AF423 Lemon Drop Reactive Ink | Hero...
AF424 Key Lime Fizz Reactive Ink |...
AF427 Blue Raspberry Reactive Ink |...
AF426 Pool Party Reactive Ink | Hero...
AF429 Blue Hawaii Reactive Ink | Hero...
AF464 Purple Galaxy Reactive Ink |...
AF764 Pitch Black Core Ink | Hero Arts
MI004 Hero Tools Ink Blending Brush...
PS400 Hero Hues Dove White Top Folded...
PS782 Deluxe Smooth White Cardstock...
HT100 Hero Tools Compact Cutter...

2 comments

Such a gorgeous rainbow butterfly card, Channin!! Thanks for the great video too!!

Linda Wetterlin,

What a fun, clever technique! Your card is absolutely gorgeous. I’m off to search my stash to see if I have anything that would work — I can’t wait to try this!

Cyndi Morris,

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