Hero Arts My Monthly July 2017 Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today we are celebrating the release of the My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts for July. The kit has a beautiful floral and gardening theme to it. You get two stamp sets in the kit and they contain lots of flowers, as well as the containers to put them in, as well as some fabulous accompanying sentiments.

 

For the hop, you should have arrived here from the amazing Amy, but of you get lost along the way, I have the full list of participants below.

 

For my card, I started off with a piece of watercolour paper (this is not the same paper as you get in the kit but I think the texture is pretty similar) and cut this using one of the Rectangle Infinity Dies. I stamped the jug on to it using Intense Black Ink. I made a mask for this and added it on top. I then stamped the sweet peas image so that the flower stems were inside the jug. I removed the mask and then water coloured the image.

 

 

I used Distress Ink along with water and a paint brush to colour the flowers and the jug first. The Iced Spruce Distress Oxide Ink would work perfectly for the jug to give an aged metal look but since I do not have it (yet!), I just used the regular Distress one. I then added in some ground and a light blue background (The inks I used are linked below in the supplies section). After this had dried, I added a little bit of extra pink on to the flowers using a Prismacolor Pencil. The sentiment is from the Little Florals add-on set. I thought it went so well with the flowers. The panel was adhered to an A2 Fog card base with foam tape. To finish off, I added three tiny pearls to the jug.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the letters below the product to shop at your favourite store - Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Hero Arts (HA), Seven Hills Crafts (SHC) Amazon (AZ) etc. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.

THE KIT:

 

 The July MMH Kit contains:

2 4" x 6" Clear stamp sets
17 Coordinating Frame Cuts
5 Recycled paper heart large confetti pieces (assorted colours)
Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad in Iced Spruce
Handmade Cold Press 100% recycled watercolour paper (1 6" x 6" circle with deckled edges, 3 5" x 7" sheets both 140lb)
 

That is an amazing $74 worth of products for only $34.99 (approx. £28.00). Remember that the kits are limited edition and often sell out quickly. There is a subscription service and you can find out all about that here and you can subscribe here so that you never miss a kit. If you are an international subscriber you get reduced shipping price too!

As always, there are some fabulous add-on products this month as well. Remember these are not limited edition and can be purchased from any of your favourite Hero Arts retailers, as well as the Hero Arts shop. Here is a look at them:

BLOG HOP:

Here is the full list of participants in the hop:

 

Hero Arts

Jennifer McGuire
Wanda Guess
May Park
Yana Smakula
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Kathy Racoosin
Lydia Fiedler
Amy Tsuruta
Michelle Short - you are here!
Libby Hickson
 

 

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader. The winner will be selected from all of the comments left along all the blogs in the hop. So the more you comment, the more chances you have to win the kit. If the winner has already bought the kit, they will be reimbursed for it. Giveaway closes Sunday, July 9th at 11.59pm EST, and the winner will be announced the following week.

 

Next on the hop is the amazing Libby. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great time on the rest of the hop and a great day!