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
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OMG, this is hysterical! That raccoon and sentiment are
simply fun. And your card is beautiful.
I love the cards! They are all adorable!
Love the background colour and the sparkle makes it pop!!!!!
That heart cover plate die is a must have! Love how you used it over the ink blended background, and the racoon and sentiment are just too cute!
Fantastic cards Jessica! Love the color blending and embossing on the background with that adorable raccoon! This kit is fabulous! A must have! Thanks for sharing your inspiration with us!
I LOVE those gorgeous, sparking colors in the background and that adorable ‘coon! I also flipped out over your heart-feathered love birds and hope to CASE it some day!
We had a raccoon growing up, so this is my favorite of the release.
Love your raccoon. He is adorable. Thanks so much for sharing your inspiration.
Love the kit! Cannot wait to start making cards with these beautiful stamps.
The cards are so beautiful. I can’t decide if I like the love birds or the raccoon best.
you’re so right – that little wide-eyed raccoon is adorable – and love that new heart confetti die!
Love this card with the ombre effect! That raccoon is so cute and innocent looking!
Love the way you built up this cards; so pretty!
Love all the elements of this adorable card. Your coloring brought the racoon to life.
Super adorable cards!! Love that ombre and glittery Love Confetti background!!
That background, colors, shapes, all of it is fabulous! The raccoon is just frosting on the cake. Too cute.
Beautiful cards, love the love birds and that raccoon is super cute! Love your ink blended background
such a beautiful love stamp in this kit
Love your rendition of the lovebirds!
Love how you colored the raccoon.
Wonderful cards. Love the raccoon,so adorable. Thanks for sharing…
Gorgeous cards and that raccon sure is adorable ♥
great job!
SO creative, LOVE!!