Hero Arts December My Monthly Hero: Depth with White Pigment Ink

 

Hello Crafters! 

Welcome to the  My Monthly Hero Kit December 2022 Blog Hop! You should have arrived from the fantastic Jessica Frost-Ballas but if you're just popping in you'll want to head over to the Hero Arts Blog

 so you don't miss any of the inspiration along the hop. 

It also gives you more chances to win this fun colorful kit! 

Hero Arts is generously giving away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, December 11th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. So don't forget to leave some love along the way!

I wanted to create an encouragement/congratulations card for my nephew who recently passed his DAT test and I thought the multiple stars offered in the kit would be perfect paired with the whimsical cloud ladder. 

I started my creating an ombre blue sky by ink blending several shades of blue from lightest to darkest. I then heat set the background before stamping on my stars on a string in white pigment ink. I then heat set them with white detail embossing powder for my first layer. 

I used the same white pigment ink to stamp the smaller cluster of stars overtop of them first fully inked and then second generation as I moved down the card towards my lighter colors giving the look of the stars fading off which I love! 

You can watch this card come together in the video below 

For my second card I combined the Twinkling stars hot foil plate with a fun watercolored/ink blended background. I used a few die cuts from the You're magical bundle to accent my sentiment and called it good! But....

I had this pretty little scrap left over I just couldn't throw away! hahaha. That same nephew is getting this simple but fun birthday card :) 

Thank you so much for joining me. 

Please continue on down the hop with the wonderful Lydia Fiedler! 

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My Monthly Hero Kit December 2022 Shop at: HA	DEcember Add On Bundle Get Them All Shop at: HA	You're Magical Bundle Shop at: HA
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Blue Raspberry Reactive Ink Shop at: HA	Lemon Drop Reactive Ink Shop at: HA	Berry Smoothie Reactive Ink Shop at: HA
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Hero Hues Cardstock Nautical Shop at: HA	Deluxe Smooth White Cardstock Shop at: HA	White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: HA
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Hero Hues Summer Sky Core Ink Shop at: HA	Hero Hues Nautical Core Ink Shop at: HA	Hero Hues Pitch Black Core Ink Shop at: HA

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