Posted by Nichol Spohr
on March 02, 2019
Hello and welcome as we continue the countdown to the release of the March My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, March 4 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We will be here throughout the weekend, sharing plenty of inspiration before the launch. Now let's join Nichol for another look at this fabulous kit.
Hello friends! I'm so excited to be sharing an aquarium card with you today featuring the My Monthly Hero March 2019 Kit. The die cut aquarium images were colored with Copic Markers and the solid fish, rock, fossil, and seaweed images were inked with dye inks, die cut, and assembled "inside" the aquarium.
The background of the aquarium was inked with Blue Water and Sea Glass Reactive Inks, spritzed with water from a Distress Sprayer, and set aside to air dry. The school of fish image from the main kit was stamped three times on the background using the Blue Water Reactive Ink.
The aquarium die from the Main Kit was die cut three times from smooth white cardstock.
One of the die cut aquarium frames was adhered over the background.
Images from the main kit were stamped with Hero Arts inks and die cut with the coordinating dies. The following ink color combinations were used for the fish and other images:
Jellyfish (pink/purple): Ultra Pink, Orchid, Passion Flower
Orange Corral: Orange Soda, Crimson
Yellow Fish: Butter Bar, Orange Soda
Seaweed: Moss, Forever Green
Blue Fish: Cornflower, Reactive Blue Water
Sharks: Soft Granite
Rock: Wet Cement, Cup O'Joe
Most of the images were adhered directly to the background. Eyes were added with a black pen.
The top frame images were colored in with the following Copic Marker color combinations:
Leaves: G21, G24, G28
Seaweed: YG21, YG23, YG17
Red Coral: R35, R39
Orange Coral: YR04, YR09
Starfish:YR31, YR24
A piece of acetate was stamped with a sentiment from the main kit using White StazOn Ink and sandwiched between the remaining two frames with the colored frame on top. The rest of the fish were tucked into the top design and eyes were added to the remaining fish.
I hope this has inspired you to build a colorful, layered aquarium with the March My Monthly Hero kit!
Win a kit before you can buy it! Just leave a comment on this (and every) Countdown to Creativity post. We’ll randomly draw one lucky winner from all the comments left across all countdown posts. The winner will be announced first thing Monday morning, March 4, before the kit launches at 10am Pacific. The more you comment, the more chances to win!
426 comments
Wow! This card really makes me want to start up my aquarium again. Too bad I don’t have any space for it right now. Oh well, this wonderful kit will have to do until I get the space I need.
Such a beautiful card. I love all the color and dimension. Looking forward to seeing more of this kit.
Brilliant! Must have…must have…must have…
Loving this kit and look! Nichol always does a great job showcasing products!! Thanks so much for sharing.
That card is so well put together, it really does look like an aquarium! And I adore the school of fish – really nice job :-)