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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WOW! You really showcase that feather! Just love the birds coming out of it. What a great idea. I will have to try it sometime.
You really showcased that that feather! Just love the birds coming out of it. The black with that great background! (Hope I am not duplicating my comment but my computer did something wired.)
Absolutely breathtaking backgrounds!
Lovely cards with such beautiful backgrounds.
I love your gorgeous cards! The colors are beautiful. This looks like such a great kit! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
Gorgeous! The bright blended background is beautiful and really makes the black stand out!
Love it.
I agree, the effect of the feather with the flying birds is great. The black shiny embossing is stunning.
Wow, those backgrounds are absolutely STUNNING!! And that beautiful feather and powerful sentiment in black is bold and suits the background perfectly. Love that you didn’t add anything to distract. Two GORGEOUS cards!!
Such a simple card, and yet so pretty.
Wow! Such a beautiful vibrant card.
Gorgeous backgrounds!! The feather Is one of my favorites!!
This is so cute!! I love your colours.
That is one heck of a cool image of birds flying from a feather! Love your dramatic bold backgrounds!