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 lovely way to color the Underwater Pattern Bold Print background stamp. Thanks for the tip about coloring with pencils and then embossing. It adds so much to the overall look. Wish that background was a part of the kit. It has lots of potential.
Beautiful cards. Your background on the first one is amazing, and I love the gold embossing on the second one. This kit is wonderful — so many possibilities.
Great underwater scene card. I love the colored pencil card with embossing.
I enjoyed seeing that colorful embossed card on Hero Arts live today. The card on the blog earlier is gorgeous, too.
Your just floating by to say hi card is INCREDIBLE. I am going to try this technique. It is WOWZERS!
Gorgeous cards Jessica! Your video is great showing how you did the card, I saw the card and thought Wow!
Great cards! Thanks for the coloring tips!
Beautiful card 🙂 I cannot believe it’s color pencil that gives such a deep layer with embossing powder.
I would love to try the technique soon! Thank you for the wonderful idea.
Beautiful ink blending on your underwater scene, Jess!
Those jewel tones are so pretty and I definitely need the brass embossing powder.
Gorgeous cards! I love the background on the card you shared today. Amazing colors.
the pencils and gold embossing looks soooo good.
Beautiful cards. And the one with the gold embossed background looks gorgeous 😍
Loving that background embossed in gold with the colored pencils, so elegant!
Both of your cards are so stunningly beautiful!!!! Your pencil coloring and color choices are phenomenal! Thank you for sharing!
Stamping the background, then coloring before embossing is a technique I am going to try. You card is gorgeous!
Great card! Love the embossing over the colored pencil. Love the kitty cameo too. I have a black and white cat also!
What a beautiful background! Enjoy your video and tips. Trying to learn to color better and the embossing might help finish it a little more! Thanks for the inspiration in the fantastic kit. I love the addons so much!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for the tip about embossing after coloring with colored pencils!
These are beautiful! The ink blending and color choices on the first card are fantastic and the embossed frame and images really set of all those gorgeous colors. Thanks for the video.
Love the coloring on the second card!
Wow! Your card is absolutely gorgeous! I love the gold embossing outlining all of you beautiful pencil coloring!
Love your cards!
As always, I love your cards Jessica. You always love colors I love. Beautiful work of coloring too !
Wow, love your pencil coloring. Great cards! These add-ons to this months kit are awesome.