Hi there! Happy Monday! So excited to be part of the July 2020 Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from Debi Adams, and your next stop is Ilina Crouse. This month’s kit and add-ons are an homage to the ocean, including some gorgeous new underwater stamping scenes, beautiful ink cubes, and some amazing sparkling sticker paper.
The kit includes a large, 6×8 stamp set, coordinating frame cuts, fancy edge die, embossing powder, ink cube quintet, and sparkling sticker paper. It’s valued at $76.50, but can be yours for $34.99. These kits frequently sell out ASAP, so don’t hesitate, because it might not be available when you finally make up your mind… once they’re gone, they’re gone! You can also subscribe and have a kit guaranteed for you each month. Pre-order your kit today – we estimate kit shipping will begin Friday, July 17th and continues throughout the following week.
This month, I’m just focusing on one of the super cute add-on stamps sets: Sea You Soon and the coordinating Frame Cuts.
My goal with this card was to create a nautical, Cape Cod-style aesthetic using corals, white, and navy. I began by heat embossing the oldie-but-goodie Fishing Net Bold Prints background stamp in white on some Nautical Hero Hues cardstock.
Next, I heat embossed several of the shells from Sea You Soon onto watercolor paper using white embossing powder, then used Karin markers to watercolor the images in a variety of corals and yellows. I die cut them with the coordinating Frame Cuts.
For the greeting, I heat embossed a sentiment from Sea You Soon onto a strip of white cardstock, then used blending brushes to blend Pale Tomato, Fresh Peach, and Butterbar inks in a diagonal ombre to coordinate with the colors of the watercolored seashells. I adhered the die cuts and sentiment to the fishing net card front using both liquid and foam adhesive, finally adding some Sunset and Pinks Enamel Dots from Hero Arts to help fill in any gaps in the shell arrangement.
Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, to celebrate this latest My Monthly Hero release, We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, July 19th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! Your next stop is Ilina Crouse. You can also head back to the Hero Arts blog to get the full hop list!
I love the net background and the bright shells. Can’t wait to get my kit.
You have outdone yourself, Emily! I love the awesome fishnet background & the bold colors! My favorite!!
Emily, I love that you used an older background and embossed on a darker card stock — beautiful contrast!
Wonderful card. Love the fishing net
for the background. thanks for sharing
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Love your cards! Thanks for sharing!
What a lovely card!
Love these cards!
Such a lovely card! Your water coloring with the markers is so beautiful too!
Beautiful seashells, and what a great background too!
Beautiful seashells against the fishnet background!
Super card. Love the net background with the lovely shells.
I love your card Emily! You chose the same colors for your shells that I would have chosen.
These shells are stunning! PERFECT coloring!
Wow I love your card especially the net background its so cool
Oh my gosh I love your seashell card. Always nice to see your work.
Beautiful card, Emily. Like the background for “catching” those shells and sentiment.
very nice cards and a really great color theme.
Thank you for bringing that fishing net stamp to my attention! I definitely need to incorruptible it onto my nautical designs.
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Love the background design and the colour palette. Blessings
Wonderful creation. Love it.
Your card is beautiful. The shells in this set are so beautiful!
Fabulous card with that gathering of shells on the beautiful background! Thanks for sharing on the blog hop!!
Love the net background! The white on Navy really pops!💞
Oh, I’m going to need the net background stamp now too. Gorgeous cards, thanks for the inspiration!
This card is beautiful. I love the fishing net and the colors of this card.
Love the shells against the beautiful background!
Like your cards
Love the light net on the dark background!
Hola, Emily! Gorgeous card! Great colors! 😁 You always rock it!
Love your seashells on that dark blue “ocean”!!
Such a lovely card, that background net is awesome!
Love how you used the fishnet as a background! The seashells are so bright and colorful! Wonderful!
Nice combination. I like the background use.
Gorgeous card! I love the beautiful shells and the colors on your card! Awesome background design too!
Emily- this is gorgeous, from the blue card stock with the fishnet, to the exquisitely colored shells… Love it! Thanks for sharing your talents on the hop.
I love this kit and the add-ons! I really love your vibrant card!
Wow!! I just love your gorgeous nautical card. Your colour choice certainly brings these wonderful shells to life and pop off the blue background! Thanks for the inspiration!! 🙂
Lovely! Beautifully colored shells really pop against the blue netted background.
The Net background is perfect!
I love your card. It is absolutely adorable with that net background.
I love this card! The fishing net background is perfect, and the sea shells just amp it up. Such creativity!
Wonderful, fun card. Love that sentiment.
LOVE THE SHELLS. I never would have thought to use white embossing.
Such a beautiful card! Love the seashells…
Thanks for sharing.
Great cards! Love the seashells!
A really pretty card. Yes, that net is a “goodie”!
Love your card! The net background is perfect for those shells!
Love the bold contrasts of the blue and white background and the shells being the focal point. Beautiful
Really lovely card! The net is surprisingly detailed and a great background…then against the shells …so beachy and fun! Love the coloring of the shells, very natural.
So pretty! Love the contrast of those soft shells with the dark blue!
love how you used the fishnet background with the shells.
Adorable card. Love the colors.
Oh my!!! Your card is stunning!!! Colors, layout, everything. Thank you so much for sharing!
I love the pairing of the fishing net background stamp and the shells!
This is beautiful! I really like the background. It really sets off the shells.
This is beautiful!
Gorgeous card! I love the navy background!
The shells look amazing with the background image!
Beautiful card and colors ! Love those shells, but I just order the peak-a-boo stamps. Maybe another time ! ^^
Love this card. Love the netting background and the beautiful coloring of those shells. Amazing design.
Lovely card! The shells are colored beautifully and the background is perfect for the theme.