Welcome to the My Monthly Hero August 2018 Release & Blog Hop!
Kit Contents:
- 6" X 8" Clear Stamp Set
- 1 - 3.5" x 4.5" Window Fancy Die
- 11 Coordinating Frame Cuts
- Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen
- White Puff Embossing Powder
- 2 - 5.5" x 8.5" Sheets of Coffee & Tea Hand Dyed Decorative Paper
This amazing kit is valued at $74.00 and you can pick it up for only $34.99 HERE!
The main kit is available for a limited time only - once it's gone, it's gone. Kits begin shipping from Hero Arts on Friday August 10th.
Be sure to subscribe HERE to receive the kit monthly and never miss one!
As a coffee lover myself, I am so super excited about the August My Monthly Hero Main Kit and Add Ons! Today I have focused all my projects on the Main Kit, supplementing with just a couple add-ons here and there. The Add Ons are soooooo good, you guys! I'll be sharing more cards with those later this month so please be sure to subscribe HERE to never miss a post! Let's get started with these rainbow-inspired coffee lovers cards!
My first card features images and greetings from the Main Kit Stamp Set, stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies from the kit. The images were stamped with greetings from the stamp set using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Fine Detail White Embossing Powder. The yellow coffee cup was stamped with a small heart using Versafine Onyx Black Ink and colored in with a red Zig marker.
The Distressed Tile Bold Print background stamp was stamped on smooth white cardstock with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink and cut in half. One half of the patterned strip was adhered to the bottom edge of a side fold card base. We will use the other half for the next card!
The coffee cups and mugs were adhered along the top edge of the stamped pattern strip, slightly overlapping as shown.
A sentiment from the Main Kit was stamped on black cardstock with Versamark Ink, heat embossed with white embossing powder, trimmed into a thin strip, and adhered right under the coffee cups to help divide the top from the bottom of the card.
My second card features the same design as the first, except I traded a couple of the coffee cups from the Main Kit with the adorable kitten in a cup from the Kit-Tea Stamp & Cut Set! I love how the size and scale of the image works perfectly with the images from the Main Kit! I'm a big fan of not letting stamped parts and pieces go to waste and this was a great way to use up the second half of the Distressed Tile Bold Print background without creating the exact same card again!
My third and final card share today, features a one layer card created by stamping a single coffee cup image over and over all over the background. Tiny hearts fill in some of the white space around the design. The same Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers were used to add color to the design and a color was of gray ink added color to the background. The foam on top of all the cups was stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with the White Puff Embossing Powder.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these August My Monthly Hero cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
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S H O P P I N G
Shop the August My Monthly Hero kit and add ons by clicking the links below. Add on products are also available at Simon Says Stamp and Ellen Hutson. Affiliate links used.
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G I V E A W A Y
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 giveaway closes Sunday, August 12th at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week.
Our randomly selected winner will receive a free August kit (or reimbursement if the kit was already purchased.) And the winner is...
Sherrie Johnson, who left this comment on Julee's blog: “Oh how lovely! Each card is a work of art. You have a new fan here! Very, very unique...especially the Tea Party Fancy Die card with the shabby chic theme! And I'm so glad you're doing YOU! You are extremely talented :-)"
Congratulations, Sherrie! Please send an email to info@heroarts.com to claim your August My Monthly Hero kit.
K E E P H O P P I N G
The Hero Arts Blog
Amy Kolling
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Janette Kausen
Jennifer McGuire
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Julee Tilman
Kelly Latevola
Laurie Willison
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
Michelle Short
Nichol Spohr <----- you are here.
Wanda Guess
Yana Smakula
What a fun stamp Kit. Your cards are awesome
Posted by: susie sonnier | August 06, 2018 at 12:32 PM
The kitten peeking out of the cup is adorable ... love your use of color and design. Well done.
Posted by: Ann K | August 06, 2018 at 12:34 PM
Hi, Nicole; thanks for sharing! I really like all the colors. 😊
Posted by: Shannon Howell | August 06, 2018 at 12:57 PM
Beautifully colored and bright, cheery cards. I love the fun coffee designs in the stamps.
Posted by: Mel H | August 06, 2018 at 01:05 PM
Love love love your colorful cards today! I still am working to master my Zigs... definitely not there yet! I will keep trying though! I love how bright they color. My fave today is the overhead view of the rainbow of cups with their embossed foam... so fun!
Posted by: Debbie Rumpza | August 06, 2018 at 01:30 PM
Love all the fun cards you made with this new kit. The bright colors are perfect. I also love that embossing foam!
Posted by: Beverly Perdue | August 06, 2018 at 01:43 PM
What lovely cards! I am so loving this kit!!! This would be an amazing kit to own... especially since I live in a coffee loving part of the country... Washington state.
Posted by: eileen b | August 06, 2018 at 01:45 PM
I LOVE your cards! The colors are fantastic. It is always such a treat to see what you are creating. I really love this coffee themed kit.
Posted by: Sherri | August 06, 2018 at 01:55 PM
soooooo inspired by your creations!!
Posted by: Linnea S | August 06, 2018 at 02:16 PM
Ha ha! Noticed your favorite colors are making another appearance! Very pretty cups - gives me something to practice on with my little set of 48. TFS!
Posted by: Katherine | August 06, 2018 at 02:26 PM
Love these colorful cards. The recipients will be thrilled.
Posted by: Julie | August 06, 2018 at 02:43 PM
Love these 3 cards, they are a delight! You sold me on the kit, I think there's so many creative options with it.
Posted by: Stef Perry | August 06, 2018 at 02:54 PM
So colorful and cheerful - love them all! Looking forward to
getting this kit - it's been ordered! :-)
Posted by: Becca Yahrling | August 06, 2018 at 02:56 PM
Absolutely charming cards--love the bright colours--they are so cheery!
Posted by: Toni L | August 06, 2018 at 03:01 PM
What a great collection of cards. Thanks for sharing. I loved them all. An amazing kit this month, for sure.
Posted by: Becky Partan | August 06, 2018 at 03:04 PM
Delightful cards...that kitty in the cup is beyond adorable. And the puffy embossing powder, well, what better for a coffee-themed kit!
Posted by: Karen Hale | August 06, 2018 at 03:05 PM
Love all your projects and watch all your YouTube videos - thank you for all your great inspiration
Posted by: Elaine Calderwood | August 06, 2018 at 03:06 PM
That’s why they are my favorites! ;)
Posted by: Nichol Spohr LLC | August 06, 2018 at 03:08 PM
The embossed decorated coffees are wonderful. Nice touch!
Posted by: Sharon Gullikson | August 06, 2018 at 03:08 PM
great cards! i sub to you on youtube. cant wait to try out the kit. tfs.
Posted by: CAROLINA C GONZALEZ | August 06, 2018 at 03:17 PM
Your coloring is amazing! Love that kitty.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Martha H. | August 06, 2018 at 03:19 PM
Fabulous kit. I love, love your cards. Adorable. Hugz
Posted by: ionabunny | August 06, 2018 at 03:55 PM
All your cards are fantastic!! i LOVE the one that was stamped repeated. So pretty!
Posted by: Nora | August 06, 2018 at 04:41 PM
I love these fun cards. Great styles and gorgeous colors.
Posted by: cyndi morris | August 06, 2018 at 04:50 PM
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors you used! So bright and vivid! Great coloring too!
Posted by: Meghan Kennihan | August 06, 2018 at 04:56 PM