This is my second post for today…for my Lawnscaping Challenge post, please scroll down or click here! For my Christmas in July giveaway, please click here!
Good afternoon! Today is the release day for the Hero Arts August 2016 My Monthly Hero and I am so honored and excited to be celebrating the release with the Hero Arts Creative team and other special guests! You should have arrived from Lydia Fiedler’s blog but if not, you can head to the Hero Arts Blog to start at the beginning! The new kit is now available for purchase at Hero Arts and once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good so make sure to head over and shop soon! The August kit was inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and features a beautiful woodland fairy theme.
So here are the details…the kit contains:
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A 4×6 clear stamp set
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Three matching Frame Cuts dies
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An oval border with frame Fancy Die set
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Pretty Pink Posh Droplets
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Ranger Star Dust Stickles
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Three ink cubes in Bubble Gum, Orchid and Green Apple
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Woodgrain Cardstock and Vellum
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Other gems and cardstock
Don’t forget to check out the bottom of my post for details on how to win a kit!
Here’s what I created with the kit:
As soon as I saw the beautiful border die I wanted to do a layered shaker card. So to start I painted a night sky on a piece of watercolor paper with my Gansai Tambi watercolors. I let it dry completely and then flicked on white acrylic paint. Once that was dry I stamped the sentiment and stars and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. Then I die-cut the woodgrain paper with the oval die. I also die-cut the same oval from silver glitter paper but die-cut the back of the glitter paper so the design would be reversed. I adhered those together and then added a layer of acetate. I filled my shaker with tiny iridescent stars and the Delphinium mix from Lucy Abrams and sealed it with the watercolor paper.
Next I stamped the fairy onto white cardstock with copic-friendly ink, die-cut her with the coordinating die, and colored her with copics. I added stickles to her wings and let them dry. Finally I adhered her to the card with foam mounting tape for a little dimension. I love all the varieties in texture and dimension…reminds me of a midsummer night! 😉
To celebrate the release 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 so make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop for the most chances to win! If you win and have already purchased the kit you will be reimbursed! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Yana Smakula
- Mariana Grigsby
- Clare Prezzia
- May Park
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kathy Racoosin
- Laura Bassen
- Lydia Fiedler
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> YOU ARE HERE!
- Pretty Pink Posh
- Debbie Olson
- Cheiron Brandon
- Alice Wertz
- Helen Gullett
- Libby Hickson
Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous day!
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I love shaker cards but have not made one yet. I am going to though. I love yours. It’s so pretty and sparkly. Nice job, Jess! Thanks for sharing your pretty card.
This set was made for shaker cards with sparkling bling inside. Just beautiful.
I really like the double die cut frame. And of course, that background is absolutely magical.
Very pretty, well done. This Hero Arts Kit is Amazing!
Love the fairy stamp set! Thanks so much for your inspiration!
Such a lovely card you made. I really like this set and would love to have one of my own.
Your sky is lovely and the touch of silver is beautiful. I love how the believe sentiment is tucked in.
Wow!! Just beautiful!!
Just beautiful!
What a beautiful night sky! Love the pretty sequins too!!
Awesome shaker card!! Love shaker cards!
Oh Jessica!! This is stunning!! I love this card kit so much and you’ve made it so magical.
Wow! Can’t believe that you watercolored that background, I though that you had used distress inks when I first say your card. I will have to do a lots of practice to get mine watercoloring to get anywhere near yours. I would be a wet soggy mess! Your card is absolutely gorgeous, I love this kit!
What a beautiful shaker card! The colors are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!
I just love this as a shaker card, beautiful color blending. Fantastic kit.
Very pretty background. It gives the card a magical elegant look.
Love the mystical feel that the sequins give your project. Beautiful
Beautiful, like a early winter sky. I love the touch with the buttons. Always looking for a new way to try something old. You certainly caught the idea of a night sky. I love this.
ohhhhhhhhhh love love the background colors, this card is wonderful
Love your shaker card very pretty.tfs
Beautiful sparkly and fun!
Such a lovely card! I like how you added the layer of silver, it adds nice demention to your card.
Oh my! I know I am probably the only card maker on the planet who hasn’t made a shaker card yet, but now I am inspired. That dark, night sky background is just the perfect ethereal setting for these fairy images. So very beautiful and TFS!
Lovely! I really like the background.
Such a pretty card…love the layered dies and the fairy images.
I like the idea of reversing to create the extra dimension.