Hi there, I hope you’re having a nice day!
Today is day one of a three-day countdown to Monday’s Hero Arts April release! My geometric and graphic birthday card features the new April My Monthly Hero card kit (the kit and link go live on 4/5)!
I started off by stamping the fish image three times in Tangerine Bold ink onto Dove White cardstock. I used the coordinating die to cut out the images and then set them aside.
Next, I got out Adriatic, Paradise, and Mist cardstocks. I had previously cut a few 4.25″ x 5.5″ panels and from these, using a paper trimmer, I cut random width strips of each color.
For the background panel, I began with a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Dove White cardstock. I used a tape runner to add adhesive over the bottom half (plus a little more) of the panel, and then I began adding the strips of teal and blue cardstock, making sure that each strip was snug up against the next. When I finished, I trimmed the panel down to 4″ x 5.25″.
Next, I stamped the sentiment in Onyx pigment ink and adhered the three fish using foam tape. To finish, I used more foam tape to adhere the card front to an A2-sized panel of Pebble cardstock which I then adhered to a card base.
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SkyPaperScissors 
What a fun card. It’s perfect for the guys. Love the style of the sentiment.
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Wonderful fish bday wish card.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
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I love those fun stripes and the shadowy sentiment … great design.
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Very happy and colorful card. Thank you for sharing
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I really enjoy the colors you used, and those fish are so cute. You could use them in either direction, too.
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Great masculine card! I need to make some of those!
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Nice stripes combination and it can be used as a unisex catf, that fonts on this look really awesome.
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I absolutely love this card. The colors, the composition and the great new products. It’s just lovely! Thank you for posting.
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Love the fish shape! What a neat card!
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This is a wonderful card.
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This kit will definitely stretch my creative boundaries! I love how you used all the geometric features for a beautiful card!
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I appreciate the simplicity of your card, which emphasizes the graphic shapes.
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Like the crisp look of this colorful card!
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Fun card, I love the colors you chose.
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Such a cute card. This kit looks very intriguing.
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Love the simple, clear design and the colors.
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Love this card! The fish shapes are so cool! Great choice of colors too.
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I love everything about this card. I especially like the Happy Birthday.
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Beautiful card the little fish are so cute and I love the waves this is going to be a great kit
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Love your card so bright and cheery! The fish look like geometric koi fish, very cool.
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Love those bright fishies! This is looking like a really cool kit.
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Such a creative way to make water! Love the fish shapes.
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These cool, stylized, geometric critters look really neat. I love the fish!! Looking forward to the release.
Lori S in PA
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Love your design, so fun and be used for so many occasions and gives me lots of ideas. This seems like a great kit
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The orange fish really pop against the blue background! Love the clean, bold lines and that it can be a masculine or feminine card. Great job!
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Love the strips of card stock and how striking they make the card.
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Fish are fun! Love what you did with this set and the retro color combo.
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Those colors always make me think of my grandmom kitchen, I loved it and am partial to those colors even today!! Really fun. card!
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So cute!
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Really cute card. Funny fish! I love the water and fish swimming.
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The kit sens to have an almost mid century modern look to it – I am very excited about this one!
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Cute fish! Love your card! Thanks for sharing
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A super fun card with wonderful bright colours! Thanks so much for sharing!! Stay safe! 🙂
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Great birthday card. It would work well for all the guys in my family. Love the way the fish pop off that pretty blue sea. Thanks for sharing!
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Great card! So cheerful!
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I love the use of the paper strips for the water. And I love the font of the sentiment! Thank you!
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The colors you used are so cheerful and I love how you made the water out of strips of paper. Those fish are so cool!
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So unique, this stamp set, can’t wait to see what else is in the kit! Very exciting with these sneak peeks.
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What a fun design with those cool fish!
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I love the fish the cookies and design are so spare but perfectly balanced!
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I love this geometric release, and your bold graphic card. Can’t wait for Monday!
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Love the font type of the sentiment
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I like how you did the different color strips, great way to use up scraps!
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Hello from Malta, New York. I am liking what I see so far from this months card kit. I like what you created, your card looks like an easy card to batch make to have on hand. It’s a classy looking card just change colors and boom you are set for when you need them. Thank you for the great idea can’t wait to do this.
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