7 January 2019

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:

Michelle Short - you are here!
 
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!

94 comments:

  1. What a fun pair of cards! Love the added raindrops too!

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  2. Sweet cards, Michelle. Love the beautiful simplicity of each card. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  3. How fast, how easy and how cute is your balloon card.

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  4. So simple, so beautiful !! I love your card !

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  5. Your clean and simple cards are really lovely, and the bright colors just pop! Thank you for sharing!

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  6. Michelle, I love the way you used those sweet Valentine balloons!!!! So sweet....I loved it! This is such a great new kit....looking forward to receiving it. Thank you so much for sharing your great cards...Happy New Year Hugs!

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  7. Fun CAS design, love those heart balloons!!

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  8. I love how simply elegant these cards are!

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  9. I love the simplicity of your cards, Michelle, and especially like the heart card. But they are both lovely and elegant! TFS!

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  10. Great cards. So much inspiration.

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  11. Beautiful cards! I love the balloons.

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  12. I love your CAS cards! All the balloons is such a cute idea! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  13. Super CAS and awesome cards!! <3

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  14. Both of your cards are so simple but classy. I love them!

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  15. These cards are so cute! :) Love the clean and simple designs.

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  16. Love the stamping
    and coloring on your
    cards, great heart
    balloons!
    Carla from Utah

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  17. This is such a versatile kit. lots of great sentiments and those hearts are so cute.

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  18. Your floating heart card is just adorable. This kit is full of lots of cute ideas for both Valentine Day and Springtime.

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  19. Lovely cards - adore your masked stamping!

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  20. I love making Valentine's day cards and your love you card is very cool. I'm new to card making and I think I could make some of these as your explanation is very good. Thanks for the opportunity!

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  21. The simple balloons look really cute. Nice job.

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  22. I just love your style... clean, simple, but oh so elegant! your cards are gorgeous!

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  23. These are simply stunning. Love those heart balloons, but that soft mint julep background makes my heart go pitter patter!

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  24. Lovely cards and coloring--this kit is fantastic!!

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  25. I was trying to resist this kit but after seeing all of the amazing creations by you talented artists, I had to have it.

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  26. Your cards are so simple and sweet...love this! tfs

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  27. Both cards are wonderful, but the first one stole my heart!

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  28. The balloons is a simple, but very effective idea. I love it!
    It would make a great rainbow card, too. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  29. Beautiful cards! I love the floating hearts!

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  30. Your clean and simple cards are so pretty. I love that this release has so many possibilities. Lots 'n lots of inspiration!

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  31. love the clean look of your cards.

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  32. I’m in love with the Love You card! So sweet and simple. Nice! Thanks for sharing!

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  33. Thanks for sharing these beautiful cards.

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  34. Such a beautiful kit! It’s full of adorable stamps!

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  35. I love the simple love you card.

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  36. Your heart balloon card with the "I love you" is darling. I also love the background and small shelf you put your flower arrangements on. Fantastic cards! Thanks for inspiring me.

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  37. Thanks for sharing your pretty cards showcasing the new kit!

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  38. beautiful cards - do you have to subscribe to this or can you buy it as a one off ?

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    1. Thank you so much, Debby :) I am so sorry for the delay in replying. No, you can buy the kit as a one-off or you can subscribe to it too! :)

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  39. Your cards are so special Michelle! Love those red heart balloons! So eye-catching!! The subtle background is perfect for the flower containers! Thanks so much for the all the wonderful inspiration and the chance to win!

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  40. I love all of the new ideas!

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  41. Love the heart balloon card so fun

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  42. Great cards using this fabulous kit!

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  43. They are sweet sweey sweet CAS cards!

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  44. Such a clean and simple card but so very appealing. Love the use of the balloons! Thanks for sharing.

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  45. Love all your sweet red heart balloons!!! They made such a wonderful card.

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  46. Your cards are beautiful! I adore their clean and simple look - stunning!

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  47. I love your use of raindrops. Beautiful!

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  48. I like when I see someone use the "supporting cast" images in their samples. It reminds me of how versatile the kits are.

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  49. Your cards are absolutely stunning in their simplicity, as well as the anniversary card that I noticed on another post. It takes skill to imagine simple that is also eye-catching.

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  50. Delightful cards! Love the simplicity!

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  51. I love the simplicity of these card designs.

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  52. Such beautiful cards!
    Thanks for sharing...

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  53. Oh my, I love the aqua background you created on this card. Soft and beautiful. Also, the balloons floating away are fabulous. :)

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  54. I really like how you created the subtle patterned background on your second card.

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  55. This is beautiful. I love it.

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  56. Sweet cards! Love this pretty kit! So many delightful possibilities!

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  57. This kit is so gorgeous, just love it! Just looking at the wonderful cards that have been made makes me happy!

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  58. Wow...I love how clean and simple your cards look (even though I know how much work still must have gone into them!).

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  59. Lovely CAS cards! Love how you did the balloons.

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  60. I love the background in the planters card, and the green (my favorite color).

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  61. Such fun and cute cards! I really like how the balloons pop right off the page! Your blue sky is fun in the potted plants cards.

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  62. I really like the simplicity of both cards, simplicity and beauty!

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  63. This is so pretty. You did a wonderful job with the coloring.

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  64. These CAS cards are quite lovely!!

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  65. Hi Michelle - pretty cards - this is a nice kit with lots of options - but my favorite is the easel. Love how you really kept it subtle and clean - shows just how versatile this kit can be.

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  66. I love how you just took a couple of the smaller items and made such simple but striking cards. Hero Arts has such amazing card kits, for a price that can't be beat! Love this kit.

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  67. Such a cute clean cards! I love this kit and the add-ons too!

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  68. Wow, your cards are so beautiful!

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  69. Simple and sweet cards! The set has so many mix and match pieces to it.

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  70. Both cards are great - I love the background on the floral card and how bright and bold those balloons are!

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  71. Just love the simplicity of the heart balloon card.

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  72. My daughter went to Europe about 18months ago and I’m still yet to scrap an album for her. This kit would be absolutely perfect to do this. This kit would do justice to all of the amazing scenery of the wonderful countries that she was lucky enough to visit. Thank you for the opportunity.

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  73. Cute heart balloons and love the flowers in containers.

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  74. Sweet CAS designs on both your cards. Thanks for sharing this inspiration with these fun products.

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  75. WOW Michelle adore that first card, so sweet & totally unique, love it. Like the second card too, nice design & fabulous colouring. Thank you for sharing.

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  76. Loved your beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing!

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  77. I love that you did something different with this kit. I love the balloon card!

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  78. Wonderful cards I love your use of white space.

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