July My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #2 + Giveaway

It's time for our second countdown peek! The July My Monthly Hero kit will be available to pre-order on Monday, July 13 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Now let’s join Daniel for some fabulous inspiration using this month's kit! 

Hey there, friends and fans of the My Monthly Hero! Daniel here with some underwater adventure to Atlantis! This month's kit has us looking for the ancient legend and finding so many fun things at the bottom of the sea. 

To create this scene, I began by creating a background scene on Dove White Cardstock by blending some Deep Ocean and Cornflower inks in diagonal lines across the front. Then, I die cut the foreground image die out and with the negative piece, I stenciled in some ridges near the bottom with the blending brush. To finished the background, I stamped the ruins, the Atlantean and the dolphin images in Deep Ocean Ink, and the sentiment in Intens-ified Black Ink.

 To create the foreground image, I laid down the most solid layer with Cornflower ink. Then, I added the detail layer with Deep Ocean. for the last colored layer, I used Dandelion, Pale Tomato and Rose Madder inks. Finally, I die cut the foreground image out and popped it up on the front of the card base and trimmed of the overhang.

*** 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 countdown posts. The winner will be announced first thing Monday morning, July 13, before the kit launches at 10am Pacific. The more you comment, the more chances to win!

Thanks for joining me today!


  • Joanne Williams

    I love your use of stencils and the use of negative pieces. Another beautiful card! Thanks for sharing.

  • Bertha

    Great card Daniel! I love the blues you chose and the light shining onto the scene. This kit looks as if it will be fun.

  • Tanya Boser

    What an awesome scene, Daniel. I want to dive right in!

  • Janet M Lebeau

    This card is stunning! Love everything about it. The colors are beautiful!

  • Terrie

    Beautiful card! The scene draws you in and invites you to imagine the story behind it!