Good afternoon! Today is the release day for the Hero Arts January My Monthly Hero kit and it’s a Valentine’s must-have!! You should have arrived from the fabulous Yana Smakula; but if not, you can head to the Hero Arts Blog to start at the beginning of the hop! 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:
- 4″ x 6″ Layered on Love Clear Stamp Set
- Four Coordinating dies
- 4 ink cubes (Passion Flower, Navy, Red Royal and Mulled Wine)
- 2 5″x7″ Shizen decorative paper
- 1 5.5″x8.5″ Stardream Coral Cardstock
- 1 5.5″x8.5″ Stardream Rose Quartz Cardstock
- 1 5.5″x8.5″ Stardream Kunzite Cardstock
- Heart Sequins Mix 1.5 oz
- Pink Prisma Embossing Powder 0.5 oz
The kit value is nearly $62, an amazing deal at $34.99!
And there are several optional add-on items:
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If you visited the Hero Arts blog this weekend you saw that I created this card using the Lovebirds Stamp & Cut and the Window on Love Confetti Fancy die add-ons!
And I was so in love with the add-ons this month that I used more of them for my card today!
Isn’t that raccoon adorable?!?! His expression and big, innocent round eyes! And the sentiment! Gah!! LOVE IT! Ha, anyway I started by stamping the raccoon from Love Bandit with copic-friendly ink and then colored him with copic markers. I added a little interest to his eyes by adding dots with my black glaze gel pen and a dot of crystal glaze on top. I also added spectrum noir clear sparkle to the heart in his paws! I set that aside to dry while I worked on the rest of the card.
I die-cut the Window on Love Confetti fancy die from white cardstock. Next I blended raspberry jam, pale tomato, and soft canteloupe ink onto a piece of bristol smooth cardstock and then adhered the white cardstock die-cut panel over it. I pressed a versamark pad all over the panel (and squished hard enough so that the versamark reached the blended panel) and heat-embossed it with sparkle embossing powder for a sparkly, shiny finish! I stamped the sentiment onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder before trimming it down to a label. Finally I adhered the sentiment over the embossed panel and added my raccoon with foam mounting tape!
And that’s it! 🙂
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 on Sunday, January 14th! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Yana Smakula
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Wanda Guess
- Lydia Fiedler
- Amy Tsuruta
- Laurie Willison
- May Park
- Janette Kausen
- Michelle Short
- Libby Hickson
- Ilina Crouse
- Clare Prezzia
- Emily Midgett
Interested in the products I used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!!
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These cards are so stinkin’ cute and *happy!* Thanks for spreading the cheer!!!
Delightful card and beautiful Hero Arts Kit. Love that little bandit!
Such fun cards! What a great kit!!
Love the colours! The back ground and raccoon, wow!
beautiful!! love them!
I love raccoons and sparkly things. Great job on this card.
I agree….. the raccoon is stinking cute. Love this kit!
I love the gradient color background behind the raccoon!!
Very cute cards! You inspire me to create!
Love the ombre look to your background and that Love Bandit! Great cards – thanks for sharing.
The raccoon card is really incredibly cute !
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These cards are so fun. Thank you for sharing.
The raccoons are really cute, especially the bandit.
Oh!! I hadn’t noticed the color blending until you mentioned it–I just thought it was the way the light hit it in the photo! So glad I read the “how to” part of the blog post. Thanks so much.
Great cards from an amazing kit and add-ons. That raccoon is just adorable!
Thank you fro all of the creative ideas. Love your cards and tutorials.
The little raccoon is really cute, but my fav has to be the lovebirds-I have two myself and this stamp is pretty realistic! I cannot wait to get my kit – this is the best one in a while 😍 Great cards!!
Great card presentations
As always, I LOVE your cards. Of the release I had picked exactly the same products as you as my favourites . That racoon is past adorable. And I can see many possibilities for that big multi heart background. Love your work.
Happy New Year! Beautiful cards! I love The HA January kit!!! Those raccoons are adorable!!
Love this kit and the add ons are great too. Love the little raccoon and your card is so cute.
I love what you did with the raccoon and the window of love confetti die.
That raccoon is so darn cute.
Such wonderful cards – I love that cute raccoon!