Awesome Add-ons: June 2023 Ideas + Video
Hello and welcome to the June Awesome Add-ons feature! Have you seen our new June release products? You might say they are making waves! Filled with stamps, dies and stencils, the collection will add a splash of fun to your creative projects. If you haven't had a chance to check out the new add-ons introduced on Monday along with the June My Monthly Hero Kits, we've got you covered today. Soak it all in...
Shop for the June MMH add-ons here
Today we're delighted to have Creative Team member Jayne Nelson here to share some fabulous "beyond the kit" ideas for a few of the add-ons.
Today I’m excited to be sharing two encouragement cards, full of summer vibes, that I created with a few of this month’s beachy add-on products. I’ll "dive right in" with the details.
For my first card, I started by creating a watercolor background on a panel of Luxe White Watercolor Paper with Blue Raspberry, Splash, and Blue Hawaii inks. Starting at the top, I simply smooshed the watercolor paper into wet ink on a craft mat. I repeated this several times to get the desired effect, drying my paper with a heat gun between applications. Once the completed panel was dry, I secured it to a panel of Adriatic cardstock with foam tape.
To create the messages, I applied the same inks onto three pieces of Dove White cardstock with a blending brush. After the ink dried, I stamped messages from the new Sea Quotes Bundle with Clear Embossing Ink and then embossed each message with White Embossing Powder. I cut each sentiment with its coordinating die and then secured them to the card with foam tape. To enhance the underwater theme, I embossed and die cut a cute pair of fish from the Hello Fishes Bundle onto Peacock cardstock, trimmed the tails, and then glued the fish to the panel with Precision Glue. I also scattered a few Aqua Enamel Dots across the card.
For my second card, I positioned the Listen to the Sea Stencil over a panel of Mist cardstock and then inked over it with Splash, Blue Hawaii, and Nautical inks. Using a Nesting Rectangle Infinity Die to cut a small rectangle from the lower right side of the card, I created a recessed window by securing the original stenciled panel to a card with foam tape, and then gluing the small, die-cut rectangle directly to the card.
To embellish the card, I stamped one fish and some small bubbles from the Hello Fishes Bundle with Intens-ified Black ink onto white cardstock. Then, I colored and die cut each image. I also embossed a sentiment from the Everyday Sentiment Strips set onto Pitch Black cardstock and trimmed it easily with the Sentiment Strips Fancy Die. I glued both the fish and the sentiment over the recessed panel. For a final detail, I added three Sunset Enamel Dots to the finished card.
For a full walkthrough of this month's add-ons, check out the video below. It's also available to view on YouTube.
A reminder for all My Monthly Hero subscribers: You have the opportunity to add extra items, including but not limited to add-ons, to your kit shipments with no additional shipping charges. Simply log in to your Hero Arts store account and place your order by 11:59am PT on Thursday, June 8 to take advantage of this offer.
We appreciate you stopping by today. Happy stamping!
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