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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Your card is really beautiful! I also love the clean and simple one…
Thanks for sharing…
The gold on black is SO elegant.
Beautiful Chinese lantern card and thank you for the circuit lesson. I’ve wondered how that was done. Great job!
Your cards are gorgeous! Love the light up Chinese lantern flowers! Just perfect! Amazing kit !
Such a neat card!
Fabulous cards. Love the light up feature.
I love the new set and all of the creative ideas!
What a creative way to interpret this stamp set. Very inspiring.
Your card is so elegant and beautiful! Love the addition of the lights.
Awesome cards, Great new products! I especially love your gold on black with the chibi lights!
Thank you for showing what the actual plant looks like! It is beautiful, as are your examples. Great work with the Chibi lights.
Oh the idea of adding lights is fun, I like the black and gold combo.
The colors on the first card are so pretty and the black background one is stunning! Thanks for sharing.
The gold and black with a touch of red is amazing. Love the lights!
The simplicity of your cards make them look so classy. I especially love the gold branches on black cardstock.
Your light-up card is simply brilliant! Good form!
I love the black on gold with the further addition of adding the little lights. Stunning.
What an amazing card – I love the light-up lanterns!
Thanks for sharing your ideas. Your cards are so beautiful and elegant. This months kit is awesome and lends itself so well to lighting up!
Love, love, LOVE this card, Jessica!
Yowzers! Jess, this is drop dead gorgeous! Learned something new with the circuit-tronics and can’t wait to try this. Brilliant…. literally!
This card is stunning, and the lights just make it so much more special.
I loved this card even before the lights came on!😊 The lighted look is even more beautiful!! I have to have this kit!!
I really like your light up card! 🙂
Thank you for showing the photo of the actual lantern plant–that really helps to understand the image. I love the lights as the heart of each lantern–pretty and clever.