Good morning! We’re starting the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Countdown today and I’m sharing a slimline card using the new kit!
To start I masked off a moon using the Infinity Nesting Circle dies and then fussy cut a mask for my snowy hill. Then I blended Soft Pink, Orchid, Cornflower, and Navy ink to create my wintery sky! After I was finished blending I removed the mask from the moon and blended a little Cornflower and Soft Granite ink around the edges of the moon. Next I added splatters of white gouache across the panel to create my snowy sky.
Once it was totally dry I stamped the deer, snowflakes, and sentiment from the kit with Embossing & Watermark ink and heat-embossed it with Brass embossing powder. It’s an unusual color combo, especially with the brass, but I think it makes a striking Christmas card and I hope you agree! 🙂
And that’s it for me! Head over to the Hero Arts blog for more inspiration using the October My Monthly Hero kit all weekend long!! And then I’ll be back Monday with six cards using the kit! 
For a chance to win a kit before you can buy it, just leave a comment on this (and every) Countdown to Creativity post. We’ll randomly draw one lucky winner from all the comments left across all countdown posts. The winner will be announced first thing Monday morning, October 5th, before the kit launches at 10am Pacific. The more you comment, the more chances to win!
Thanks so much for visiting and have a fantastic holiday weekend!
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This is such a beautiful winter card. The gold embossing is a nice change from silver or white and I love the new slimline style.
I love this card.
What a great sky you made. The deer is a cute one.
This looks like a great monthly kit !
Another gorgeous card!
I love your beautifully blended sky & the unexpected colors are amazing!
The slimline design is great also. Thanks for sharing!!
Looking forward to this kit! Love the non traditional colors on this card!
This is such a beautiful card, as you were able to use non traditional colors creating a fabulous blending of colors with gold accents. The slim line card was a perfect choice to show the wonderful colors
The shading in the sky is well done, I am staring to really like the slimline card proportions
Beautiful – love your shading and gold stars.
Thanks for sharing this slimline card. I like the color combo you chose – not traditional but very striking!
Jessica, I think those colors make a beautiful color combination and a lovely winter night sky, and I love the playful reindeer! The card is lovely!
I haven’t yet branched into slimline cards, but this design may be what pushes me. I love it!!
Simply gorgeous!
Very pretty card–love the colours and sparkle.
Your blending is lovely as always. Such a pretty card!
Lovely – I love the colors and the use of gold!!!
I really like the color combination on your slim card. I like the texture that is added with the embossing.
Fantastic card. Beautiful coloring.
thanks for sharing
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Love the ink blending. Can’t wait to see the kit.
I just love your color blending with the gold so pretty TFS
I love the night sky colors with the brass embossing powder!
Beautiful card! Love your blending and the gold embossed deer! Looks so graceful
The blending of these colors is beautiful with the gold and slimline.
Your beautifully blended sky is the perfect backdrop for some flying reindeer! I’m looking forward to the new Kit!
Beautiful card, Jessica. I love the colors. They remind me of retro Christmas colors from the 70s. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful combination of colors