Welcome to the My Monthly Hero October 2018 Release & Blog Hop!
Kit Contents:
- 6" x 8" Clear Stamp Set
- 14 Coordinating Frame Cuts
- 1 Paper Layering Tree Die with Frame
- 6 5.5" x 8.5" Sheets of Glitter Paper (Silver, Sea Glass, Twilight)
- Iridescent Star Embellishments
- Iridescent Ink 0.5 fl. oz. (shake well)
This amazing kit is valued at $70.00 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 October 5th.
Be sure to subscribe HERE to receive the kit monthly and never miss one!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these October My Monthly Hero cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
My projects today feature the October Main Kit stamps, dies, and iridescent ink, the Graphic Snowflake Bold Print, the Delicate Snowflake Bold Print, Peace Love & Joy Stamp Set, and Stacking Snowflakes Stamp Set. I love everything about this release so be sure to check back throughout the month for additional holiday cards featuring the Add On stamps and dies!
The scene cards were created using stamps and dies from the Main Kit and the Delicate Snowflake Bold Print background stamp.
For this first card, I masked the bottom edge of the an A2 size piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock and inked the top part of the background with Mermaid Lagoon and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks and then inked up the Delicate Snowflake Bold Print with the same to inks for a tone-on-tone effect.
The "ice" from the Main Kit was stamped directly on the background and colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers before being painted with a thin layer of the Iridescent Ink.
Images from the Main Kit were 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.
A sentiment and snowflakes from the Main Kit were stamped on the dry background (make sure you either let the background air dry completely or hit it with a heat tool to speed up the drying time) were stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Hero Arts White Embossing Powder.
Polar White Flower Soft was adhered to parts of the tree to resemble "snow" and the images were adhered to the scene with a combination of a tape runner of foam adhesive. The foam adhesive on the deer, boy, girl, and birds give some added dimension to this scene card!
For my second scene card I used several of the same images but changed to a portrait style card and switched out the boy and girl ice skaters for a different skating girl image.
I inked up the background with Shaded Lilac and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks before stamping the Delicate Snowflake Bold Print with the same to inks for a tone-on-tone effect.
Images from the Main Kit were 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.
A sentiment from the Stacking Snowflakes Stamp Set was stamped below the scene with Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink and snowflakes from the Main Kit were stamped on the dry background were stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Hero Arts White Embossing Powder.
The rest of the design was finished exactly the same as the first scene card!
My third card share today features a similar background with layered embossing on top for this classic design.
The background was inked with Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover Distress Inks before being stamping the Graphic Snowflake Bold Print over the inked background using the same two colors of Distress Ink.
I used a heat tool to completely dry the background and then s tamped the "peace & joy" greetings from the Peace, Love, & Joy Stamp Set over the ombre background with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. The greenery from the stamp set was stamped with Lucky Clover Distress Oxide Ink and heat embossed with Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder. The pinecones were embossed with Hero Arts Copper Embossing Powder.
Phrases from the Peace, Love, Joy Stamp Set were stamped on Lawn Fawn Chili Powder Cardstock with Versamark Ink, heat embossed with Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, trimmed into this strips and adhered as shown.
Nuvo Crystal Drops in Autumn Red adorn the center of the snowflakes in the background to complete the design.
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 October 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, October 7th at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog.
K E E P H O P P I N G
The texture from your bg stamp truly adds pizazz to your cards! I love the vintage figures too!
Posted by: Vikki H | October 01, 2018 at 12:05 PM
That's a beautiful kit and the cards you made are fantastic.
Posted by: Tonya Fotheringham | October 01, 2018 at 12:38 PM
Your cards are beautiful. Love the background using the snowflake set.
Posted by: Sandy G | October 01, 2018 at 12:59 PM
love your cards - they are beautiful - esp love the layering on the first 2 cards!!
Posted by: Dee Earnshaw | October 01, 2018 at 01:32 PM
Nichole, your three cards are just beautiful. I am loving all of the great work all of the artists are sharing along this blog hop...great job! Thank you so much...and a big thank you to Hero Arts for this lovely new MMH kit.
Posted by: Rose Mary Smalley | October 01, 2018 at 01:52 PM
Beautiful cards, love this kit.
Posted by: Nelissa Winters | October 01, 2018 at 01:55 PM
love them all !!they are all great . awesome job
Posted by: linda ogburn | October 01, 2018 at 02:05 PM
Very beautiful cards. I love how you did the sentiment strips in
red, embossed in white on the last card. Such a lovely design and
I love that color combo. Such a beautiful kit full of so many darling
images.
Posted by: Becca Yahrling | October 01, 2018 at 02:48 PM
I love the green of the Peace Card!!!!
Posted by: Lynne Wilcox | October 01, 2018 at 03:12 PM
Love the scene cards, though I really love Peace card as well.
Posted by: Mary G | October 01, 2018 at 03:38 PM
Love the ombre look in your backgrounds. Awesome cards.
Posted by: Nicki Wong | October 01, 2018 at 03:52 PM
Love this kit so much. Your cards are gorgeous, love your ombre backgrounds especially with the new Delicate snowflake background stamp. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Posted by: Karen Hale | October 01, 2018 at 03:58 PM
This kit is perfect for the scenes that you created! So many cards could be created! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Rebecca VanDyke | October 01, 2018 at 04:26 PM
Beautiful cards
Posted by: Barbara Rodriguez | October 01, 2018 at 04:28 PM
Nichol, I really like the way that you used all the background stamps as your background in the cards. Plus how you popped up some of the snowflakes upon them to make it more 3D with your skaters and sentiments. Such a great idea and very creative! TFS all your talent with us!
Posted by: Liz Ford | October 01, 2018 at 04:34 PM
This kit looks like a great collection for making a whole bunch of fun cards!
Posted by: justasiam | October 01, 2018 at 04:50 PM
Wow! Love love love how you used the new background stamps in your cards! TFS!
Posted by: Sam Burnett | October 01, 2018 at 04:51 PM
Very pretty
Posted by: colleen Howell | October 01, 2018 at 05:11 PM
Thanks for doing the video and for the extra little tips like using the grease from your hands. So helpful.
Posted by: Cindy Wilson | October 01, 2018 at 05:22 PM
These are beautiful! So detailed! And I love your coloring!
Posted by: Meghan Kennihan | October 01, 2018 at 05:35 PM
Beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Peggy M | October 01, 2018 at 05:39 PM
Lovely cards, almost puts me in the mood to make holiday cards.
Posted by: Sharon L. | October 01, 2018 at 05:53 PM
Your cards are amazing. Your colors are beautiful.
Posted by: Marjorie | October 01, 2018 at 07:15 PM
Your cards are all so
lovely and the skaters
are wonderful stamps.
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | October 01, 2018 at 07:23 PM
Your cards are fantastic. I especially love the boy & girl w/ the deer card, and I have got to have that snowflake background stamp.
Posted by: Tami B | October 01, 2018 at 07:36 PM