Hero Arts January 2019 My Monthly Hero Kit Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today we are celebrating the release of the January 2019 My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts. What a beautiful kit, it is filled with beautiful flowers, a flower stand, wonderful sentiments and lots of amazing dies. It is perfect for Valentine's, spring cards, birthday cards and just because cards.

If you are following along in the hop, you should have arrived here from the amazing Jessica, but if you get lost along the way, I have the full list of participants below.

As you can see, I kept my card very clean and simple. I started off by taking a panel of white cardstock and the balloon image from the main stamp set. I stamped the balloon on to the panel with Intense Black Ink. I masked off as I went, so that I could create a cluster of balloons flying up in to the sky.

When I got to the third set of balloons, I decided to stamp the sentiment. I masked off the 'I' from the sentiment and just stamped the 'love you' portion. I made a quick mask for this and then carried on stamping the balloons. I removed the masks and then coloured the balloons with Copic Markers. I used my favourite colour combination for red - R89, R37, R29, R27, R24. The panel was added flat to an A2 white card base and then I added a few raindrops to finish.

 

In case you didn't see it, this is the card that I shared over on the Hero Arts Blog. I used the flowers and containers from the main stamp set. Masked these off and then stamped the Hearts & Flowers Bold Prints at the top of the panel and added some ink blending. The sentiment is from the You Are Loved Flourish Messages set. Both this set and the Bold Prints are add-ons this month. You can find out more details about the card here.

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.
 

THE KIT:

The January 2019 My Monthly Hero Kit contains a 6" x 8" clear stamp set, 21 coordinating Frame Cuts, 1 easel die with inner board cut, 10 A2 vellum envelopes, 20 circle envelope seals, 10 8.5" x 5.5" sheets of cardstock (5 red, 5 pink) and 1 Pink Glimmer Lacquer. All of this is worth $79.00 but you can get it for $34.99 (approx. £28 depending on exchange rate). The kits are exclusive to Hero Arts and often sell out quickly, so you can subscribe here so that you never miss a kit.

ADD-ONS:

There are a number of amazing add-ons this month. You can add these to your cart when ordering the kit and they are also available at your favourite Hero Arts retailer.

BLOG HOP:

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

The Hero Arts Blog

Caly Person

Emily Midgett

Ilina Crouse

Janette Kausen

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Michelle Short - you are here!

Nichol Spohr

Yana Smakula

Amy Kolling

Debi Adams

Emily Loggans

Julee Tilman

Laurie Willison

Lydia Fiedler

Libby Hickson

 

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away one kit to one lucky blog hop reader. The winner will be selected from all the comments left across all of the stops in the hop. The giveaway closes Sunday, January 13th at 11.59pm and the winner will be announced the flowing week on the Hero Arts Blog. Good luck!

 

Next on the hop is the amazing Nichol. Thanks so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. Have a great time on the rest of the hop!