Good afternoon! It’s the first Monday of the month which means it’s release time for the May My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts!! The May 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! This month we are featuring all things crafty and we think you’re going to LOVE the kit as much as we do!!
The kit contains:
- 6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set
- 20 Coordinating Frame Cuts
- 2 Fancy Dies
- Purple Sparkle Embossing Powder 0.5 oz.
- Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Cube
- Lavender Washi Tape
- 5 Mini Clothespins
And there are several fun add-on sets that you can see below:
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The kit value is $70, an amazing deal at $34.99!
I shared these cards using the kit over on the Hero Arts blog this weekend:
And today I’m sharing a rainbow-tastic shaker card using several of the add-on products!
I am head over heels for this fun Crafting Border with Frame Fancy Die and I decided to turn it into a shaker card! To start I die-cut it it with white cardstock and then colored some of the images with copic markers. I also stamped the sentiment from Knitting onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder before trimming it down to a thin label. I added crystal glaze to the paintbrush tips, paint palettes, knitting needles, and scissor blades and set that aside to dry while I worked on the background.
I blended candied apple, squeezed lemonade, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers, blueprint sketch, and wilted violet distress oxide inks onto a piece of strathmore bristol cardstock and splattered it with water. Once everything was totally dry I adhered a sheet of acetate behind the frame and added a layer of foam tape around the edges. Then I filled the shaker with sparkling clear and iridescent clear sequins, microbeads, and small clear beads and sealed it up with the distress blended background. I added the sentiment over the acetate and then added accents with my spectrum noir clear sparkle brush. Finally I finished the card by adding a few sequins to the crafty frame!
To celebrate the release Hero Arts is giving away one May My Monthly Hero 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 comment before 11:59PM EST on Sunday, May 12th! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Michelle Short
- Caly Person
- Emily Midgett
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Janette Kausen
- Ilina Crouse
- Yana Smakula
- Lydia Fiedler
- Julee Tilman
- Laurie Willison
- Amy Kolling
- Debi Adams
- Jennifer McGuire
- Nichol Spohr
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!!
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Love your fun cards. Gorgeous backgrounds.
Thanks for sharing your cards from this cute kit.
What a great, colourful, happy card ! It sure will make someone’s day !
Thank you for sharing your talent !
So pretty! What wonderful ideas –
I love your card and the way you colored the frame elements. Those pencils and scissors look ready to pick up and use!
Absolutely cheerful design and I adore those wonderful colours too. X
Such a great set & wonderful cards on this hop! Thanks for the chance to win ❤️
Such a beautiful card! Reminds me that creativity is messy but beautiful! 💜 So excited about this kit!
I LOVE your shaker card. So great.
Great idea to color the border die’
All your cards are great but that shaker card is amazing!
Delightful cards Jess! The shaker card is rock star! The micro beads look so sparkly. I’ve never had any of them. I am so excited to see a crafty kit release. Thanks for the inspiration.
Ooh this is sooo good!! I love the rainbow colors! 🙂
Isn’t that Frame Fancy Die just great? Love your cards.
What pretty cards….I think the first card is my favorite….just because of the colors…and it is more clean and simple….but they are both great…what a fun new Hero Arts Kit this month…..thank you so much for sharing your pretty work.
I love your simple cards. Can’t wait to play with this kit.
What beautiful and fun cards. Love the colors and the designs.
Great idea to use this die cut as a shaker card…it truly shouts out “Crafty!” tfs
These are so pretty, Jessica!
Love the way you showed off all the detail in that great cover die. Perfect for a shaker card. Thanks for sharing!
This border die is so cute and fun!! I love how you made it all so colorful like the rainbow background!! The fact that you made it a shaker is even better — love shakers!! Thanks for sharing!!
Jessica, this framing crafty die looks great on the card you’ve designed. It’s such a unique add on to this kit. Thanks for showing one of the many possibilities for creating with it.
gorgeous cards and colours!! what a great frame die!!!
I love this two cards and the colors you have chosen.
Such amazing cards. Love the one you created for the blog hop….
Thanks for sharing.