April My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #5 + Giveaway!
Posted by Emily Midgett on March 31, 2018

April My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #5 + Giveaway!

Good morning! We're back with even more festive fiesta inspiration for you to get you ready for the release of our April My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, April 2nd at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Don’t forget to comment on each and every countdown post as we’ll be giving away a kit on Monday morning, before the kit launches! Here's Emily with a project using the main kit:

Hi there! Emily here with you this morning to show how versatile the images in the main kit are!! I'm not normally one for scene building, but I just couldn't resist the sweet little mouse mariachi band member and the beautiful dancing mouse senorita. Plus, the large stamp set in the main kit gives you so very many images to work with that building a scene is quite simple! 

To start, I did a little creative masking. I stamped several of the images onto some masking paper, then fussy cut them out and used them to create my scene. I stamped the images onto watercolor paper using Intense Black ink, because I knew that I wanted to use the Liquid Watercolors to color my project. 

After I had finished masking and stamping my festive fiesta scene, it was time to start watercoloring. I made use of all of the Liquid Watercolors, mainly using Strawberry, Dandelion, Moss, Black, and the new Purple being released as an add-on with this month's kit! I used black embossing powder to add the greeting from the main stamp set in the bottom corner. 

So sweet, right? All of that masking was totally worth it. 

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 the countdown posts, and announce the winner first thing Monday morning, April 2nd, before the kit launches at 1pm Eastern. The more you comment, the more chances to win!

Well, that's all for me today! I hope you're enjoying the countdown festivities. We sure are excited to bring you lots of inspiration to help you have your own fiesta in your craft room! Have a marvelous day!

Save
Back to Blog
  • Hummingbird Garden Sympathy Card Tutorial with Layered Stencils and 3D Embossing

    Categories:Embossing

    Hummingbird Garden Sympathy Card Tutorial with Layered Stencils and 3D Embossing

    Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the beautiful new Butterfly Garden collection by Simon Hurley. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions! To start, we are going to ink blend the Layered Hummingbird Garden stencils in numbered order. Align stencil 1 over top of a 6” x 9” Classic White cardstock panel, then ink blend...

  • Ink Blending for Cardmaking: Tips, Techniques, and Tools for Beautiful Results

    Beginner’s Guide to Cardmaking

    Ink Blending for Cardmaking: Tips, Techniques, and Tools for Beautiful Results

    Hello cardmakers, Lisa Tilson here, and today we’re going to be talking about ink blending. This is such an integral part of cardmaking, as ink blending can be used for many different designs in many ways. You might want to blend inks to create a background for a stamped or die-cut scene. You might want to add ink blending onto a stamped, pressed, or foiled...

  • 2 Floral Birthday Card Ideas with the Just Add Cake Cardmaking Kit

    BD-1049

    2 Floral Birthday Card Ideas with the Just Add Cake Cardmaking Kit

    Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be sharing two cards today using the Just Add Cake Birthday Cardmaking Kit. Both cards feature the Garden Party Etched Dies. I combined them with the shaker domes and sequins on the first card, and for the second, combined them with the mug from Birthday Brew Etched Dies, as well as some extra colours of...

View all