Watercolor Clouds

Hello all! Today I'm participating in the February My Monthly Hero blog hop and sharing a fun Pinterest inspired card!

I used the add-on, Raining Cats and Dogs, to create a fun background, inspired by THIS pin...

I started off by stamping the clouds in Versamark, then heat embossing in white. I had to do a little masking here and there for the overlapping clouds, but nothing too intense. ;)

After I had heat embossed the clouds, I quickly colored them in using my ZIG pens. Because the color was a bit too intense with just the pen, I added some water to the clouds, then dabbed at it with a paper towel. The paper towel picked up some of the color, leaving a less intensely colored version of the clouds. 

Just be careful with the paper you use whenever you add water - watercolor paper works best, and if not, I find that thicker, uncoated cardstock works decently as long as you don't add too much water.

I adhered my grey panel to the card base, then white heat embossed a sentiment from You're So Lovely on black, and adhered the sentiment to the card base. To top everything off, I used some of the gorgeous new Hero Arts sequins - I think these sequins are my new favorite thing. ;) I used Ocean, Blue and Purple to match my clouds.

THE KIT

The kit contains:

• 1 4X6 clear stamp set
• 20 coordinating dies
• 1 coordinating stencil, with several cutouts included
• 1 Soft Sky ink cube
• 1 sponge for daubing 
• 2 thin rolls of glitter washi tape in blue and silver 
• 1 skein silver embroidery thread
• Vellum in blue and patterned white 

The kit value is $65, an amazing deal at $34.99.
There are also some amazing add-on stamps (such as the one I used today) and dies, so be sure to check out the Hero Arts blog for information on them.

BLOG HOP

For loads of inspiration and a chance to win one of these kits, follow this hop! The amazing Kathy Racoosin would be next on the hop, after me:

The Hero Arts Blog 

Jennifer McGuire 

Yana Smakula 

Wanda Guess 

Amy Tsuruta 

Clare Prezzia 

Kathy Racoosin 

Debby Hughes 

Kelly Latevola 

Lydia Fiedler 

May Park 

Jessica Frost-Ballas 

Libby Hickson 

Michelle Short

Hero Arts is giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader - selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop.

The kit is available for a limited time only - once it's gone, it's gone. However, you can subscribe to receive the kit monthly and never have to worry about missing it! More details on the subscription HERE.

SUPPLIES

Cardstock: Canson watercolor, Simon Says Stamp Fog cardstock
Stamps: Hero Arts Raining Cats and Dogs and You're So Lovely
Ink: Versamark, ZIG pens
Other: Hero Arts White embossing powder and Ocean, Blue and Purple sequins

Tools: Cuttlebug, heat gun