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Good afternoon! Today is the release day for the Hero Arts January My Monthly Hero kit and it’s awesome!! You should have arrived from May but if not, you can head to the Hero Arts Blog to start at the beginning! The January kit is now available for purchase at Hero Arts but once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good so make sure to head over and shop soon!
The kit contains:
- A 4″x6″ clear stamp set
- A set of 18 coordinating Frame Cuts dies that match the stamp set
- Five ink cubes: Tide Pool, Mint Julep, Soft Pink, Bubble Gum and Strawberry
- 2 Wood grain Size A1 Envelopes
- 2 Wood grain Size A2 Envelopes
- 4 half sheets of Wood grain card stock
- 2 Pool colored Envelopes
- 2 Tide colored Envelopes
- 2 Shallows colored envelopes
- Red Wax cord – 8 yards
Here’s what I created using the kit:
I love all the individual flowers in the kit stamp set and decided to use them to create a watercolored bouquet! I stamped the bouquet wrapper with pumice stone distress ink and softened the lines with a damp paintbrush. Then I stamped the flowers using picked raspberry, festive berries, and candied apple distress inks and blended the color out into the petals. I also watercolored the bow with candied apple and barn door distress inks and the greenery with mowed lawn distress ink.
Once they dried I stamped the sentiment using Hero Arts intense black ink. I trimmed the panel down and adhered it to a red card base. No line watercoloring used to really make me nervous but I’ve learned to not try to control things too much. I think the end result is much better when I allow the paint to move a little more freely. What do you think? 🙂
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
Jennifer McGuire
Yana Smakula
Shari Carroll from Simon Says Stamp
Wanda Guess
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Julie Ebersole at Ellen Hutson’s CLASSroom
May Park
Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
Libby Hickson
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day!
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A lovely card with a meaningful sentiment.
Beautiful card, love the bouquet and the colors you used.
Your card is so lovely. Your watercoloring is super. thanks for sharing with us.
Great card!
Very pretty card. Love!
Beautiful card that can be used for so many reasons, love the colours and the CAS of it. Thanks for sharing and your description on how you did it.
Love your bouquet card… This is a great card kit!
Lovely card.
That kit could be used for many occasions which makes it a great buy.
Gorgeous! I love to watercolor with distress inks. Can’t wait to watercolor my own bouquets.
Sighhhh….a powerful message conveyed in a simply stunning fashion! Your creativity here, and previously, brings this kit to life beautifully….
~carol
Such a pretty card. I love the red background showing on each side of the front panel. The bouquet is lovely. TFS!
Simply stunning!!!
Oh, goodie, a new technique to try – no line watercoloring! Thank you for sharing!
Sweet, simple, and lovely. Hero Arts had created another fantastic kit, and I love how you’ve highlighted the main images.
What a sweet card. I can smell the fresh roses.
Like your use of color to make the roses POP.
Love the technique you used. Thank you for sharing.
I think your no-line water coloring is gorgeous! Very pretty card and since I have most of those distress inks; I can’t wait to try it for myself. Thanks for the inspiration!
I enjoyed your site and inspiration.
So pretty! I was hoping to see some cards made with the bouquet!
Beautiful card. Thanks
I really liked your card with the beautiful bouquet! This is a great card kit!
Gorgeous card! I love the red pop of color.
Fabulous colors. Love how you stamped the sentiment through the image. TFS
This kit looks awesome and your card is beautiful Jessica!
Beautiful bouquet. Love the colors.