Hero Arts November My Monthly Hero Release Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)

Get Them All November Add-Ons [ HA ] Hug in a Mug Stamp & Cut XL [ HA ] Candy Canes Bold Prints [ HA ] Merry Poinsettia Bunch [ HA ] Merry Poinsettia Bunch Frame Cuts [ HA ] Argyle Pattern Bold Prints [ HA ] Fireplace Stamp & Cut XL [ HA ] Color Layering Merry Christmas [ HA ] Cozy Winter [ HA ] Cozy Winter Frame Cuts [ HA ] Hero Lifestyle: Winter Accessories [ HA ]

My first project is a tag using the main kit!

To start I die-cut all the pieces of the reindeer with white cardstock and colored them with copic markers to create my deer!  I used E70s for the fur and antlers; G20s for the holly; and R30s for the scarf, nose, and berries. I adhered my reindeer together with a mix of regular adhesive and foam mounting tape.  I added crystal lacquer to his nose, eyes, and berries and once it dried completely I added accents with a white paint pen.  I also added a little crystal clear lacquer to his scarf and sprinkled it with Snowfall glitter and a loose prisma glitter!

Next I stamped the Argyle Pattern Bold Prints onto a panel of Cherry cardstock with embossing ink and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I die-cut the cardstock with the Tag infinity dies and added a circle backer from white cardstock.  I also die-cut a tag from white cardstock and adhered it behind the red tag.  I stamped sentiments from the kit set onto the white tag with Red Royal ink!  Finally I added a circle backer with Cherry cardstock and looped some of the included twine through the hole!

My second project was a labor of love (and a lot of drying time!!) but I’m SO happy with how it turned out! I saw this gorgeous card from the super-talented Keiko a few days ago and was dying to try her technique for creating cookies! To start I die-cut cardstock using the circle infinity dies and colored them with copic markers.  Then I adhered the red (jam) layer to the bottom circle (cookie) and then added the top circle (cookie) with foam mounting tape.  Then I spread a THICK layer of crystal lacquer over the jam layer and sprinkled it with clear prisma glitter and icicle glitter. I let it dry for a few hours and then added crystal lacquer to the top cookie and sprinkled it with more glitter.  Once both layers were totally dry I added even more crystal lacquer to the jam layer and sprinkled it again with glitter.  It eventually dried hard but really looks like a dimensional glazed jam cookie sprinkled with sugar!!

I die-cut the pieces from the Hug in a Mug Stamp & Cut XL set and colored them with copic markers.  To create my dimensional whipped cream I added a little crystal lacquer on the cardstock and sprinkled it with white puff embossing powder (both are included in the kit!) and heated it until the powder puffed.  Then I added a little more crystal lacquer and sprinkled it with icicle glitter to resemble sanding sugar.  I also coated the candy canes with crystal lacquer to give them a little shine!

While everything was drying I stamped the Candy Canes bold print stamp onto a panel of Peony cardstock with embossing ink and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I also stamped a sentiment from Hug in a Mug onto Pitch Black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  Once everything was totally dry I adhered everything to the panel with a mix of regular adhesive and foam mounting tape.  This is definitely a dimensional card that wouldn’t do too well going through the mail but will be perfect adorning a gift plate of holiday cookies or sweets!

Finally I went in a slightly more elegant direction for my last card!  I stamped Merry Poinsettia Bunch onto white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder before coloring it with copic markers.  I used the same R30s and G20s for the flowers and greenery.  I used Y30s for the flower centers and E70s for the white flowers.  Once I was finished coloring I die-cut the image with the coordinating frame cuts and colored around the image with my B39 copic marker.

Then I took a panel of Nautical cardstock and stamped parts of the Merry Poinsettia Bunch set with embossing ink and heat-embossed it with black embossing powder.  I also added a sentiment from the set heat-embossed with white embossing powder.  Then I adhered the copic colored piece with foam mounting tape.  Finally I added a little crystal lacquer to the flower centers to finish the card!

And that’s it for me!  As you can see, I just adore the cute dies from the kit and the add-ons this month are SO GOOD! Head over and pick up your November My Monthly Hero kit and add-ons today before the kit sells out!  And, as always, thank you so much for shopping via my links!  I greatly appreciate your continued support!

Hero Arts November MMH [ HA ] Argyle Pattern Bold Prints [ HA ] Hug in a Mug Stamp & Cut XL [ HA ] Candy Canes Bold Prints [ HA ] Merry Poinsettia Bunch [ HA ] Merry Poinsettia Bunch Frame Cuts [ HA ] PS303 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock… [ HA ] PS325 Hero Hues Dove white | Hero Arts [ HA ] PS300 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock… [ HA ] PS323 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock… [ HA ] PS316 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock… [ HA ] Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark… [ HA | SBC | ELH | SSS ] VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad [ SBC | ELH | SSS ] Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder [ HA | SBC | ELH | SSS ] Hero Arts Ultra Fine Clear Embossing… [ HA | SBC | ELH | SSS ] PW119 Detail Black | Hero Arts [ HA ] Hero Arts Snow Froth Technique Kit [ HA ] PW121 White Puff | Hero Arts [ HA ] NK350 Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen |… [ HA ] PG104 Ultra Fine Prisma Glitter |… [ HA ] PW129 Icicle Pure White Glitter |… [ HA ] AF225 Red Royal Mid-Tone Shadow Ink |… [ HA ] Copic Markers [ SBP | ELH | SSS ] Crafter’s Companion Spectrum Noir… [ ELH | SSS | AMZUS ] Posca Extra Fine White Paint Marker [ AMZUS | SSS ] Hero Arts Precision Glue [ HA | SBC | SSS ] Scotch 1/2-Inch Foam Tape [ AMZUS | SSS | ELH ] Scotch Adhesive Tape Glider [ SBC | ELH | SSS | AMZUS ] New MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC | ELH | SSS ] Mini MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool… [ ELH | SSS ] Rotatrim 12-Inch Professional Cutter [ AMZUS ] Crafter’s Companion – Gemini Jr…. [ SBC | SSS | AMZUS ]