Good afternoon! Today is release day for the July My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts!! This fun kit is now available for purchase at Hero Arts; and remember, once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good so make sure to head over and shop soon!
The July kit contains:
- 6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set
- 9 Coordinating Frame Cuts
- 1 Fancy Edge Die
- 6 Sheets of Sticker Paper (2 each of Diamond Blue, Teal, Purple)
- 5 Reactive Ink Cubes (Blue Hawaii, Splash, Pool Party, Key Lime Fizz, Taffy)
- Coral Embossing Powder 0.5 oz.
This kit is valued at $76 and is a steal at $34.99!
And there are several fun add-on sets available:
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I shared this card on the Hero Arts blog this weekend:
And today I’m sharing a card using several of the fantastic add-ons!
I also have a video for this card that you can watch below or over at my Youtube channel:
I was definitely on a bit of a brass kick and I knew I wanted to heat-emboss the pattern with brass embossing powder but it can be difficult to use colored pencils with embossed designs. So to start I used my MISTI to stamp the Underwater Pattern Bold Prints stamp onto Hero Hues cardstock in the appropriately named shade Adriatic using Navy ink. I left the stamp on the lid of my MISTI and then started coloring it with polychromos colored pencils. If you watch the video you’ll get a little glimpse of my new crafty helper! 😉
Once I was finished coloring I placed the panel back inside my MISTI and stamped it again with Embossing & Watermark ink before heat-embossing it with brass embossing powder. The nice thing about restamping and embossing the image after coloring is that it really cleans up any edges that might not be totally crisp from your coloring and gives it a fancy finished look! I decided to frame the panel with brass so I swiped my embossing ink around the edge of an A2 panel and heat-embossed that with brass embossing powder before adhering the colored panel. Next I stamped the sentiment from Need a Hand onto the same Adriatic cardstock and also heat-embossed it with brass powder. I trimmed it down to a thin label and then coiled some metallic gold thread behind it. I used foam mounting tape to adhere the sentiment and thread to my panel and finished it with some metallic gold sequins!
And that’s it! Head over and pick up your My Monthly Hero kit and add-ons today!
To celebrate the release Hero Arts is giving away a $50 gift card 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! Please comment before 11:59PM EST on Sunday, July 19th! You should have arrived from Jenn and Julee is your next stop!
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!!
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Hi Jess! I love this add-on! In fact, I like this one better than the other back ground stamp they suggest for the peek-a-boo set — so I think I’ll get this one and the peek-a-boo sentiments! I love your coloring (as usual)! Lovely! And cute helper today!
Gorgeous cards. Love the colors you chose to do the cards in.
I am in love with all of your cards. They are fantastic.
Fabulous color blending on your awesome underwater scene, Jess, & I love the brass embossing on the 2nd one! Great job!!
Absolutely adore the deep jewel tone with rich metallic embossing. Very fun as well as elegant!
This card is jaw dropping beautiful. You should be so proud of yourself !
The shading on that first card is spectacular.
You can see so far back into the distance.
Love the sand dollars. thanks for sharing
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Stunning card! Love your technique and use of colored cardstock for the base.
Love your cards! Thanks for sharing!
Your cards are beautiful. I especially love your coloring on the second one!!!
Lovely!
What a beautiful card and I like your idea of embossing after you color.
GORGEOUS CARDS! I especially love your use of the brass embossing powder!
These are awesome! I LOVE that DEEP teal with gold!
Beautiful cards. Especially like the “heat embosses over pencils” card. tfs-stay well.
Great release! Awesome creations, especially the gold embossed jelly fish card!
Wow I love the gold heat embossing I never would have thought to use gold!
Very pretty cards, Everyone did such a great job on this blog hop.
Your color pencil card made me want to color with you and was very impressive 👏.
It was such fun to watch you color on the video and see the card come to life. The brass embossing is awesome.
I never remember to emboss after coloring lol. That embossed card is gorgeous.
Dear Jessica
Your coloring is awesome. When i see your name i always come to see what surprises are in store and you always surprise me. You have done justice to the Hero Arts July release and tempted me to buy it. I learnt some things about coloring by watching you. Blessings