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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What a stunning card!! The brass embossing powder really pops on that adriatic cardstock. I enjoyed the visit from your cat–so cute!! My cat loves to rub her cheek on my colored pencils when I am coloring an image. So glad that she’s enjoying my cardmaking, too!
Absolutely stunning cards! Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing.
Your card is so beautiful! I love the colors you used along with the brass embossing powder! Magical!
Really stunning, especially the gold embossing.
Love the brass embossing with the dark card stock! Love all of the jelly fish, the cuttlefish, and the coral.
I loved this card! The brass embossing powder with those gorgeous colors makes the card a work of art!
Your creativity astounds me. Amazing job. I can’t get over how beautiful your second card is. That is a great stamp. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful cards! Love this new Hero Arts release. Thanks for sharing on the blog hop!!
I didn’t think it was possible for me at my age.. I just feel in love {with this card} LOL
Jessica, I don’t know how many times I’ve said it before, but I love your cards and this one is no exception. That brass is so rich looking on the Adriatic cardstock! Thanks again for more great inspiration!
Both of these cards are beautiful. The depth you created with your colors are amazing. These are my favorite of this hop.
Love the rich and very elegant look on your embossed card, gorgeous!
Wow! I’ve never considering coloring first and then embossing! What a beautiful result!
Really enjoying this release and all the awesome inspiration on this hop❣️💞
Beautiful cards. Love them all.
I love your colorful card! Embossing it after coloring was a great idea!
So beautiful
Nice coloring of the background. I like the darker underwater scene.
Spectacular! I love the embossed design and the colors! Great tip to color first and emboss at the end!
Gorgeous cards!
Wow! What a gorgeous card with the embossing over. Colored pencils. I forget to try that but you’ve given terrific inspiration. Amazing!
Your cards are beautiful Jess! Thanks so much for the video on heat embossing over coloured pencils! A great way to get the desired results!! Thanks for the inspiration!! 🙂
Jessica your cards are gorgeous- and the penciled/embossed one particularly stunning ! Thanks for the post-coloring embossing tip! It makes so much sense to do it this way.
Love that gold embossing on the underwater background! Great Kit this month!
I love the rich, sophisticated colors you used on the floating by card! Thank for the tip to emboss after coloring. I can’t wait to try it.