My Monthly Super Hero | Watering Can Birthday Card - Sandi MacIver

Learn how to create this watering can birthday card featuring a super simple ink smooshing and stenciling background that beautifully highlights your die cuts. Today I’m playing with a new die set from the My Monthly Super Hero April release from Hero Arts called the Watering Can Die Set. It’s absolutely adorable and perfect for creating clean and simple cards with a fresh spring feel.

To artistically enhance the design without a lot of extra work, I created a quick and easy ink smooshing background using Distress Oxide Inks. The soft blended colors and subtle stencil detail add just the right amount of texture and interest while keeping the focus on the watering can.

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Follow along below to create this easy watering can birthday card.

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How to create the My Monthly Super Hero | Watering Can Birthday Card:

Create the card base:

Start by creating a white, top-folding A2 sized card base. (4-1/4″ x 11″, score and fold at 5-1/2″.

Create the Ink Smooshed Card front:

Cut a panel of watercolor paper to 3-3/4″ x 5″.

Using a glass mat, add Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink to the mat, spritz with water and then press the top of the panel into the ink. Heat set and repeat until you achieve good coverage.

Repeat the same process with the Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink on the bottom portion of the panel.

Once dry, use the Cobblestone Stencil with Mowed Lawn Ink to add subtle texture along the left side of the panel. Then use the Dots Stencil to add detail in the bottom right corner.

Adhere the finished panel to the center of the card base.

PRO-TIP – These are the same stencils I used in yesterday’s card–just applied differently to add interest to another area of the design.

Die cut the two layer Arched Panel:

Choose two arch dies that are large enough to frame the watering can.
Die cut the smaller arch from white cardstock and the next size up from Waterfall cardstock to create a layered frame.

Place the white arch inside your Misti and stamp the sentiment from the House Plants Stamp & Cut set using black ink.

Die Cut the Art Piece:

Die cut the watering can from Waterfall cardstock, the heart from Mulberry cardstock, and the foliage from Rainforest cardstock.

Ink blend the watering can pieces with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink before assembling.

Add depth to the foliage by ink blending with Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide Ink, then adhere inside the watering can.

Use a Copic Multiliner 0.3 black pen to add a border and crosshatch detail to the heart.

Assemble the Card:

Use foam tape to adhere the arched panel to the center of the card front.

Attach the watering can using foam squares, then glue the heart to the center.

You can embellish further with a jute twine bow, gems, or sequins. I chose to keep it simple since the background already adds plenty of interest.

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Cardmaking Supplies Used:

Here are the supplies I used to create today’s watering can birthday card.

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