VIDEO: KIT-ty Day and DIY Watercolor Markers

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Happy Monday! It's kit-ty day and I have a SUPER fun video for you today. I made my own watercolor markers out of Dandelion, Deep Ocean and Strawberry Hero Arts Liquid Watercolor for a card with the adorable June kit - a birthday themed kit with cats and dogs.

Here's the card I made with these awesome empty markers + HA Liquid watercolor. These markers come with a huge array of nib sizes and each marker comes with a spare nib!

I stuck with primary colors, because I knew I wanted a black background and a white greeting with this awesome Happy Birthday die. I love the size of this word die, since for a reason I cannot explain, I prefer portrait oriented cards! I used the kitty and balloons from the kit, and cut them with the matching dies. They're nice big stamps that are perfect for watercolor. I stamped them in Intense Black on Bristol Smooth. This is a new brand to me and it's great.

Here's what comes in the main kit. You'll see those adorable sprinkles in a shaker below.

The sparkle lacquer is super fun.

The newest window die is such a classic birthday image! I felt like it would be super dramatic in black, so for the background, I stamped this balloon background stamp in Contour Ink on watercolor paper with a technique that will be in this week's Watercolor Wednesday Challenge - it's so fun and easy! So be sure and tune in for that challenge. I drew the confetti back in with a multiliner, to tie the background and foreground together with black. I cut the Celebrate word die with clear glitter paper. 

I wanted to EAT the sprinkles in the kit! That urge is so deep in your brain from childhood - so please don't eat them haha. I created a simple shaker card with the gift-bearing panda from this set and an acetate sheet with the Birthday stamp & cut, and colored the present to match the hot pink and blue sprinkles.

I had so much fun making this next one! I love scene building with masks - it's pretty much my favorite. First - I stamped the lion and balloon with this stamp set, and colored it with Graphit markers - perfect for the small details in this image (coupon code in the footer). Then I tore a piece of masking paper to create  the ground, and masked off the top portion of the card. I used the new layering cupcake set to stamp the grass in the area below the mask in three colors of Hero Hues. I used this sunburst stencil with the mask portion in the center and ink blended the rays around the little lion so that he's the star of the show.

And finally, for my countdown card, I used this pawprint stencil and the Looking Glass Alignment Stencil to create the background images for my adorable kitties from the main kit. So sweet, these little kitties.

Now in my supply list - be sure and check out the pre-cut and scored slimline, mini-slimline, and of course A2 card bundles - I'm so excited to spend less time cutting and scoring!

So here are all the birthday add-ons this month. You can get them in a bundle for a discount - you can see the middle layer of that cupcake I created the grass with, but the layered cupcake is gorgeous. The sentiment set that has the dies I used is a complete sentiment builder set, which is great.

So here is my video with the DIY markers. Come back for the giveaway deets!

My Monthly Hero Kit - June 2021 [ HA ] Get Them All June Add-ons [ HA ] Birthday Stamp & Cut [ HA ] Birthday Border Fancy Die with Frame [ HA ] SA130 Animal Prints Stencil - Hero Arts [ HA ] HT206 Alignment Tool A2 & A6 Stencil... [ HA ] SA154 Sun Background Stencil - Hero Arts [ HA ] Birthday Balloons Bold Prints [ HA ] Color Layering Cupcake [ HA ] Color Layering Cupcake Frame Cuts [ HA ] Party Animals [ HA ] Party Animals Frame Cuts [ HA ] Birthday Panda [ HA ] Birthday Panda Frame Cuts [ HA ] AF345 Intense Black - Hero Arts [ HA ] AF468 Contour Ink Pad - Hero Arts [ HA ] Watercolor - Hero Arts [ HA ] Daler-Rowney FW Empty Mixed Media... [ BLIC ] Graphit — Marker Universe [ MRK ] Glitter Craft Card - Sugar Crystal -... [ TNC ] Blick Studio Bristol Pads | BLICK Art... [ BLIC ] Understand Blue MINI Slimline Folded... [ CTC ] Understand Blue Slimline Folded... [ CTC ] Understand Blue Card Making Bundle #3... [ CTC ] Understand Blue Card Making Bundle #1... [ CTC ] Understand Blue Card Making Bundle #2... [ CTC ] My Sweet Petunia [ MSP ] Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -... [ BLIC ] Storage Envelopes, Medium 25pk,... [ ELH ] CheckOutStore Stamp & Die Clear... [ CHC ] Extra Large -50 pk, Avery Elle Stamp... [ ELH ] Airtable: Organize your stamps & dies [ ART ]

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