Good afternoon! It’s the first Monday of the month which means it’s release time for the February My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts!! The February 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:
- 6″ x 8″ clear stamp set
- 24 coordinating dies
- 3 ink cubes (Nest, Robin’s Egg, Feather)
- 2 5½” x 8½” sheets Stone woodgrain cardstock (111 lb. cover)
- 2 5½” x 8½” sheets Bubinga woodgrain cardstock (111 lb. cover)
- 2 mini grapevine wreaths
The kit value is nearly $70, an amazing deal at $34.99!
And there are several optional add-on items:
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I decided to play with the pretty add-on set, Come Fly With Me!
It’s a beautiful set with lots of encouraging sentiments and I particularly loved this feather breaking off into a flock of birds! I started by blending Hero Arts Bold Inks onto a large piece of bristol smooth cardstock. I used Rose Madder, Orchid, Summer Sky, Deep Ocean, and Indigo inks and blended them to create an ombre sunset (or sunrise, depending on which color is on top). I let them dry completely, trimmed them down into two panels, and then prepped them with a powder tool. I stamped the feather onto the bottom right side of each panel with versamark and heat-embossed them with black sparkle embossing powder.
I love the glossy black embossing powder with that sparkly shimmer! Then I chose two sentiments and stamped them on the lighter pink part of each panel with versamark and heat-embossed them with black detail embossing powder.
Isn’t that a beautiful sentiment? I really wanted the stark black embossing to take center stage with the blended background so I left the cards without any additional embellishments. I adhered the panels to white card bases 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, February 11th! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Yana Smakula
- May Park
- Emily Midgett
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Wanda Guess
- Lydia Fiedler
- Amy Tsuruta
- Janette Kausen
- Michelle Short
- Ilina Crouse
- Clare Prezzia
- Libby Hickson
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fantastic colourful backgrounds.
Simple, beautiful and elegant….what more could you want in a card. Can’t wait to get mine!
beautiful cards, gorgeous blended background ♥
Beauuuuuutiful! Love the black on the blended background and that touch of sparkle… perfection 🙂
Thanks for sharing and inspiring ^^
Stunning!
Beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing! This is a fab release.
A stunningly beautiful background showcasing some elements from this months kit perfectly! great job.
What a lovely card. The colours are really great. Thankyou for sharing your ideas.
Beautiful card. That feather stamp is awesome.
I love your use of ink colours for the background!! 😍😍 and that contrast with the black sparkly embossed feather makes the whole thing looks magical! The feather with birds stamp itself is also gorgeous! Thanks for sharing this tutorial with us!
Love the background, great job. thanks for sharing.
beautiful! One of my favorite sentiments from the whole release!
Absolutely Amazing!
You knocked it out the park with these cards! They are so fabulous!
WOw, Your card deserves am OMG, that background is so stunning and anything with feathers I am in love with, I love how you did the feather, awesome girl.
Wow what a stunning Cards you made. You show definitely how versatile this new Kit is.Thank you.
Such a unique card! It’s so dramatic, just love it
Your cards are very pretty an very beautiful!!
Beautiful cards! The blended background is perfect behind these images.
That stamp would be my favorite! Just love it. Your backgrounds are amazing. Stunning cards.
Beautiful cards! I love the blended backgrounds, and that sparkly black embossing if fabulous.
Absolutely gorgeous! Love all the sparkles!
That feather is simply magical on your cards thanks to those gorgeous backgrounds. You’re right, the sentiments are lovely, as well.
Simply elegant cards – love the sparkly black images and sentiments!
Never would have thought of using black for the feather but how gorgeous!