Good afternoon! It’s the first Monday of the month which means it’s release time for the September My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts!! The September 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! Remember you can also subscribe to the kit so you’ll never miss one again! Plus you can add other items to your order and take advantage of the free kit shipping!! 😉
The kit contains:
- 6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set
- 18 Coordinating Frame Cuts
- 1 Window Fancy Die with Frame
- 1 Daniel Smith Watercolor Dot Card (6 Autumnal colors)
- 5 Mini Watercolor Brushes
- 30 Translucent Leaf Sticky Notes
The kit value is $73, an amazing deal at $34.99!
And there are several optional add-on items this month including a must-have adorable color layering set and a new liquid watercolor! Here’s a closer look at the add-ons:
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Over the weekend I shared this clean and simple watercolored card:
And today I’m getting a little more involved and adding in a fun light-up feature to my card using Chibitronics LED stickers!
When Chinese Lantern plants go to seed the shell turns into this really delicate cage and the large red seed inside is visible as shown here:
I thought it would be interesting to actually turn that little seed into a “lantern” and light up my card using Chibitronics! So to start I stamped the branches from the kit onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed them with gold glitter embossing powder. Then I stamped the pods onto vellum with versamark, heat-embossed them with the same embossing powder, and die-cut them with the coordinating dies.
Next I created two circuits using Chibitronics LED stickers and twinkling effects stickers. Here’s a view of the circuit in action before I sealed up the card! You can find a more detailed tutorial for using these effects stickers here.
Once my circuits were finished I punched a tiny hole over the position of each light on my gold heat-embossed panel. I used a double layer of foam mounting tape to adhere the panel over the circuits. Then I used vellum adhesive to adhere the vellum pods onto the card. I stamped the sentiment from the kit on dark red cardstock and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder. I trimmed it down to a label and adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape. Finally I added a few metallic gold sequins for a little more sparkle!
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! Please your comments before 11:59PM EST on Sunday, September 9th! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Ilina Crouse
- Lydia Fiedler
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Libby Hickson
- Janette Kausen
- Amy Kolling
- Kelly Latevola
- Jennifer McGuire
- Emily Midgett
- Caly Person
- Michelle Short
- Jenn Shurkus
- Yana Smakula
- Nichol Spohr
- Julee Tilman
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!
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Wonderful set of creations!! 🙂
Just when i thought there couldn’t possibly be any more beautiful cards i find yours. I am stunned at how beautiful. Thank you.
Beautiful cards! Super idea to light up the chinese lanterns!
So pretty and very creative! This looks like a wonderful new Hero Arts kit. Thanks for sharing with us!!
Brilliant project!! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your cards are stunning! I thought the black card was amazing and so elegant just as it is but then when I saw the lighted lanterns it took my breath away!
Your colors are so rich! Each card is just stunning! I love the black card so much!
What a wow. I first thought that your card just looked like it shined but then read the post and it does! Amazing!
Lovely cards, the lights truly made it outstanding!
Jesus that lantern card is stunning! Thanks for sharing that info on this amazing blossom. Those tiny lights were so perfect on this beauty. Nicely done.
This is a beautiful stamp & die set! So versatile ~ which is what I love about Hero Arts; and about going to the blogs to see what everyone does with it! I love what you’ve done with Chibitronics! So cool!
I absolutely love the gold on the black background. The lights for the little seeds was over the top, what a fabulous card.
These are all so fabulous, Jessica! I love the little twinkling lights, and the Chinese lanterns are one of my favorite autumn plants! You made it all look so beautiful!
Such nice cards Jess! Such nice cards! I like that you showed the plant photo with the delicate cage and that you used that on your card!
This is STUNNING!!! I LOVE the black card with the Japanese Lantern. Amazing design!
Beautiful kit and elegant light-up card!
Your creativity is limitless — love the black card the most — STUNNING! So neat to see how you all make such beautiful creations with the same product but go in so many different directions!
The CAS card is so pretty using such vibrant and exciting watercolrs. I didn’t know how beautiful seeds are being encased in the “skeleton” , and that makes the lights even that more special. Thank you for helping me learn about the circuitry.
The card with the black card stock is so pretty! TFS 💖
The card is simply stunning, with or without lights. This Chinese lantern stamp is so beautiful and I love your use of it embossed against black. Just — stunning.
Awesome cards I love the simple watercolor and love the gold embossed light up card!
OMG! These are so beautiful! Adding the lights was brilliant.
What wonderful creativity! Both cards are so pretty.
Oh this black and gold is so striking. I love this. The extra light up is perfect.
What an amazing lit card!