Hero Arts October 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit Blog Hop + Giveaway

*This is my third blog post of the day, please see below for my Clearly Besotted Teaser and release video*

Hello there, today we are celebrating the release of the Hero Arts October 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit. This kit has such a lovely winter and Christmas theme to it and is wonderful for scene building. For the hop, you should have arrived here from the amazing Lydia, but if you get lost along the way, I have the full list of participants below.

For my first card, I wanted to create a one layer (almost!) card. It turns out that Emily and I had very similar ideas but I thought I would still share mine here anyway. I started off by stamping the girl skating and bird from the main kit stamp set, on to a panel of white cardstock with Intense Black Ink. I then masked them off and added the tree and ice rink. The masks were removed and the sentiment stamped in the top right hand corner.
 

 

The whole panel was coloured using Copic Markers (the colours I used are listed below the supplies section) and then I added white gel pen dots for snow. The panel was added to a white A2 card base with foam sheet and DST. A very simple scene but I think it works well for a winter card.
 

 

My next card uses more images from the main stamp set. I took the tree, baubles/ornaments and the stacking animals stamps and stamped these on to white cardstock with Intense Black Ink. They were coloured with Copic Markers and the animals and tree die cut with the coordinating frame cuts. I then fussy cut the ornaments as these do not have matching dies. I took a panel of white cardstock and die cut a Rounded Rectangle Infinity Die in to the centre to create a window. I then added a sheet of acetate on the back, followed by a layer of foam tape.
 

 

I took a sheet of watercolour paper and blended Distress Inks in to this using an ink blending tool. I used Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire and Seedless Preserves. This panel was added on to a white A2 card base with tape runner. I then added Snowfall Glitter on top and then the frame piece on top to create a shaker card. I went a bit overboard with the glitter, but never mind! The tree and baubles were added on to the front of the card with more tape runner and then the animals added with thin foam tape. To finish off, I heat embossed the sentiment from the Color Layering Christmas Tree set on to black cardstock and added this with more thin foam tape.

 

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 logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Card 1 - Tree - E57, E55, G29, G24, G21. Girl skin - E13, E11, E00, E50. Hair - E23. Outfit - BV13, BV11, BV02, BV01, BG13, BG11, BG10. Skates - C3, C00. Ice - BG70, BG10. Sky - B02, B01, B00, B000, B0000. Snow - BV000, BV0000.

 

Card 2 - Tree - E57, E55, G29, G24, G21. Dog - E57, E55, E53, R89, R27. Cat - C8, C6, C5, C3, R12. Mouse - W5, W3, W1. Baubles/ornaments - R89, R37, R27, R24, B18, B28, B23, C2.

THE KIT:

The October 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit contains a 6" x 8" stamp set, 14 coordinating Frame Cuts, 1 Paper Layering Tree Die with Frame, 6 5.5" x 8.5" sheets of glitter paper (Silver, Sea Glass and Twilight), Iridescent Star embellishments and a bottle of Iridescent Ink. All of this is worth $70 but you can get it for $34.99 (approx. £28, depending on exchange rate). The kits are limited edition and often sell out quickly. You can subscribe here so that you never miss a kit.

 

There are also some fabulous add-on products this month. These are not limited edition and can be purchased from your favourite Hero Arts retailer, or added to your cart when ordering the kit from Hero. Here is a look at them:

 

 

BLOG HOP:

 

Here is the full list of participants in the hop today:

 

The Hero Arts Blog
Caly Person
Debi Adams
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Janette Kausen
Jennifer McGuire
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Julee Tilman
Kelly Latevola
Laurie Willison
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
Michelle Short - you are here!
Nichol Spohr
Yana Smakula

 

GIVEAWAY:

 

Hero Arts are giving away one kit to one lucky blog reader. The winner will be picked from comments across all of the blogs in the hop. The giveaway closes Sunday October 7th at 11.59pm. The winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts Blog. Good luck!

 

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