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Stay Golden

Hi everyone, it’s Caren here!  hope everyone is having a great week, I’m looking forward to the short work week next week for the Fourth of July!

Today I have a fun Fishy card to share with you today.

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I used Hero Art’s Fishy stamp and die set to create this card.  I stamped the fishbowl onto some patterned paper that had a slight blue gradient with a few blue speckles.  I also stamped the bottom part of the fishbowl onto brown patterned paper and cut out the sand part of the bowl.  I paper pieced this onto the fishbowl.  I stamped the fish and rocks onto some white card stock and used the dies to cut out the fish.  I hand cut the rocks.

I heat embossed the Stay Golden sentiment onto black card stock and trimmed the piece to fit the sentiment.  The fish, rocks, and bottom of the fishbowl was colored with Copic markers.

I die cut a piece of light brown wood-grained patterned paper with a rectangle die that has wonky stitching.  I backed this piece with a piece of black card stock.  I adhered the fishbowl, fish, and rocks onto this panel.  The sentiment was adhered to the panel using dimensional adhesive.  This was then attached to a white card base to finish the card.

June - Sympathy

Don’t forget to join the monthly challenge – this month’s theme is Sympathy.

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Sig_Caren

Thanks for Everything

Hello everyone!  Has everyone had a chance to join in on the blog hop for Hero Arts 45th Anniversary?  There are so many awesome creators and giveaways celebrating the greatness of Hero Arts!

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I recently went on a trip to Florida and took along my Zig markers with a bunch of stamped images.  I hadn’t had a chance to use the Venetian Neighborhood Cling stamp yet, so this was the perfect opportunity.  This was such a fun stamp to color!  I love all the windows.  I paired this with a sentiment from the Beautiful Day Agapanthus stamp set.

Don’t forget to join in on this month’s challenge celebrating Hero Arts.

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Sig_Caren

Best Fishes on your Birthday

Hi everyone, it’s Caren and it is my first solo post on A Blog Named Hero.  I’m so excited to join the team.  I’ve been a fan of Hero Arts for about 20 years.  They have been a company who I’ve consistently looked to over the years.

For my card today, I’m featuring the two fish stamps from the Fishy Stamp and Die set.

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I started by stamping, coloring, and die cutting out the fishes from the Fishy Stamp and Die set.  For my background, I used distress ink with the Wave Stencil on a piece of white card stock.  I used the stencil with a darker blue ink first.  Then I used a lighter shade of blue ink to cover the entire panel without the stencil.  This cuts down on the stark whiteness of the card stock.

I then heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set with white embossing powder on a piece of black card stock.  I then back the black card stock with a piece of orange paper that matches my colored fish.  I assembled the card and used foam adhesive to adhere the fish to the panel.

This was a fun card to make and I think it is versatile enough to be given to a guy or girl.  Don’t forget to join in on this month’s challenge for Clean and Simple cards.  I think this card would qualify, how about you?  Leave your thoughts in the comments.

April Challenge

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