My Monthly Hero Kit August 2022: Layering Ink Blending

 

Hello Crafters! 

Welcome to the My Monthly Hero Kit August 2022 hop! You should have arrived from the fantastic Jessica Frost-Ballas but if you're just stopping in you'll want to head over to the Hero Arts Blog so you don't miss a thing! 

This month's kit is all about adventure! Specifically to the Southwest. 

This set includes: 3" x 4" Clear Stamp Set, 4 Color Layering Stencils, 6 Coordinating Frame Cuts,  4 Ink Cubes (Caramel, Sand, Tangerine, Pine), 5 Sheets Luxe White Watercolor Paper, and Bronze PearlEx powder. All for only $34.99. These kits are such a good deal ya'll! You can shop this kit here or the entire August Collection here. 

Hero Arts is also generously giving away  a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, August 7th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Looking at the stencils I knew A. I wanted to do something bright and vivid in the background and B. that I wanted a layered scene. I did a few things to create this look. 

First, I ink blended my sun and then masked it to create the sky. Sunrise? Sunset? You decide :) 

Once my sky was done I flipped the A stencil over to create a cropping of stones further out. I just used a darker purple ink for this. Super simple and this way the stone cropping isn't identical. It gives the card more interest. I also used Hero's White pigment ink to apply the clouds right over my inked background. 

I then got to work on the actual focal point. I layered several colors over each stenciled area. Don't be afraid to add your own shading even to a color layering set. Make it your own! You can also mask off areas to change colors up like I did using the blue/violets for the rocks and browns for the ground. Once all my inking was done I used the coordinating to cut out my scene and pop it up on foam over my background. A little bit of shimmer was added along with white gel highlights and a heat embossed sentiment! I think this card would be perfect for a friend was is moving or a graduate off to new adventures! 

You can see the entire process in the video below! 

Thank you so much for dropping by! 

Your next stop on the hop is the amazing Libby Hickson

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