Hello there, today we are celebrating the release of the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit for July 2019. If you love camping and being at the lake, you will love this kit. I cannot deny that I am not that type of person, however, I had a lot of fun with this kit and you can make some beautiful landscapes with it.
We are back with a blog hop this month. For the hop, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Jess, but if you get lost along the way, I have the full list of participants below.
My card today uses the main kit stamp set, coordinating dies and also a wonderful add-on set. I started off by taking a panel of white cardstock and die cutting a Nesting Oval Infinity Die into the centre. I then set about creating my scene for the inside. I took another panel of cardstock and stamped the trees at the top. I used Green Hills Ink for the first layer and then Pine Ink for the second. I then ran this piece though my die cutting machine using the coordinating die for the trees. This just cuts the top of the trees and leaves the rest of the panel intact.
I then masked off the trees and blended inks below for the lake/water. I used Cornflower Blue Ink with a blending brush. I then stamped the water lines on top with the same Cornflower Blue ink. I took the man and boy stamps from the Lake Time Fun Stamp Set and stamped these at the bottom using Intense Black Ink. I took another panel of white cardstock and cut the top using the coordinating die for the mountains. I wanted fairly light mountains, so I just stamped the second layer of the mountains on to the piece with Soft Granite Ink.
I took a white A2 card base and blended more ink at the top, this time for the sky. I used Summer Sky Ink for this and then stamped the birds using Intense Black Ink. The mountain piece was adhered on top, followed by the tree/lake piece. I then added the oval window piece on top with foam tape. To finish off, I took the sentiment from the set and stamped this on to Pitch Black Cardstock with Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was then cut in to a strip and added to the card with a combination of tape runner and foam tape.
This is the card that I shared over on the Hero Arts Blog. I wanted a simple scene so I decided to stamp the mountains and trees inside of a Nesting Circle Infinity Die die-cut. The trees were stamped using Pine and Forever Green inks and the mountains with Soft Granite Ink. The sky was coloured with Copic Markers and the sentiment stamped with Intense Black Ink.
SUPPLIES:
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products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero
Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use.
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THE KIT:
The July 2019 My Monthly Hero Kit contains a 6" x 8" clear stamp set, 14 coordinating Frame Cuts, 2 fancy Dies, 5 ink cubes (Dusty Blue, Lime Green, Forest, Cocoa and Sand Stone), 4 5.5" x 8.5" sheets of new Hero Hues Premium cardstock (2 each of Meadow and Lapis) and Blue Pearl Embossing Powder. All of this is valued at $76.00 but you can get it for $34.99 (approximately £28 depending on exchange rate). The kits often sell out quickly so you can subscribe here so that you never miss a kit. The kits will begin shipping on 8th July.
ADD-ONS:
There are also some fabulous add-on sets this month. These are not limited edition (unlike the kits themselves) and can be purchased from your favourite Hero Arts retailer. Here is a look at them:
BLOG HOP:
Here is everyone participating in the hop today:
Michelle Short - you are here!
GIVEAWAY:
Hero Arts are giving away one kit to one luck blog hop reader. The winner will be selected from all of the comments left across all of the stops in the hop. So the more you comment, the more chances there are to win. Only one comment per blog please. If the winner has already purchased a kit, they will be reimbursed for it. The giveaway closes Sunday July 7th at 11.59pm PST. The winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog. Good luck!
Thank you so much for stopping by today, I very much appreciate it. Next on the hop is the fantastic Amy. Have a great time on the rest of the hop!
Simple yet super awesome scenes!! <3
ReplyDeleteLove the scene - just so peaceful and gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWow, love your cards, this set is Amazing and my Favorite Ever!!!! super excited
ReplyDeleteI like the light blue color of the lake in the first card. The circular card is fun and I would not have thought to do that shape with this stamp set.
ReplyDeleteLove your cards. Make me remember a wonderful summer vacation to Montana!
ReplyDeleteThe scene with the boy and grandpa is so sweet. It is wonderful...
ReplyDeleteMs. Michelle those cards are really pretty! I'm amazed that you used Intense black ink for the little boy because the expression on his face is so subtle, peacefully and loving. That sums up this set. I LOVE it. Really hoping to win! Thanks Hero Arts. You did it again, beautiful product! ♡♡ Carol Wortman
ReplyDeleteJust love the “Life is better at the lake” card! It’s super nice!
ReplyDeleteOh my, that card of the man and boy is So Sweet! Great job on both cards.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of Yosemite, so nice scenery-father and son
ReplyDeleteThe cards evoke relaxing at the lake. Lovely
ReplyDeleteGreat cards and great kit! Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas with us!!
ReplyDeleteLove the cards and thanks for the instructions.
ReplyDeleteSuch a SWEET scene on both cards! I LOVE your CAS look!
ReplyDeleteI love these cards! Amazing kit...love it!
ReplyDeleteI love these cards! Amazing kit...love it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!!
ReplyDeleteLove how you framed your scenes!!
This kit creates such peaceful nature scenes! Love your cards!
ReplyDeleteFantastic cards! That first one would make a wonderful father's day card.
ReplyDeletenice job! cant wait to see all you do!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards. I like your framing techniques
ReplyDeleteGreat cards. Great kit!
ReplyDeleteNice cards - love how you sort of framed out your scenes in two different ways. Love the inspiration that I am seeing coming out of this kit!
ReplyDeleteRobyn S
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your lake scene, you can just about hear the
conversation between the two!
Lovely cards! Thanks for sharing .
ReplyDeleteLove your cards! 🥰
ReplyDeleteThe scenes are beautiful and I love the gorgeous colours.
ReplyDeleteLove both cards
ReplyDeleteGreat creations - I truly like the Wish you Were here to send to someone while on vacation at a lovely spot such as this - how creative TFS
ReplyDeletebeautiful cards!!
ReplyDeleteOh these are both so fabulous.
ReplyDeleteLove your cards! The first one is like an actual picture in a frame - very creative. And I love how you did the second one with lots of white space around it to really set it off. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable! I'm not much of a fisherwoman, but I would watch from the shore as my dad fished with my younger brother. Your card brought back lots of happy memories, and I can't stop smiling!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these gorgeous cards with us--I love this kit!
ReplyDeletelove these darling cars - great scenes
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! I love how you created the scenes... Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Love your cards. I'm waiting my kit now. I was glad to see they were not sold out yet.
ReplyDeleteBrenda West
Fabulous cards! I love the two different ways you used to frame your images!
ReplyDeleteLovely kit and scenic cards!
ReplyDeleteI love the cards, very peaceful and serene; now I'm ready to head to the lake for some peace!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! It's true...life is better at the lake!
ReplyDeleteWhat sweet cards. I love the scene with the fishermen. This reminds me of fishing with my dad when I was young. Wonderful memories.
ReplyDeleteI love your focus on the fishing buddies - great kit for masculine cards, I am so excited to get mine!
ReplyDeleteI love your focus on the fishing buddies - great kits for masculine cards, I can't wait to get mine!
ReplyDeleteOh WOW Michelle, these are GORGEOUS!! I really like them equally. The top one looks like it's in a picture frame, and the second one reminds me of old worldly pictures taken in the 50's, my nan had one in her lounge and yours is the same style, love love LOVE them. I think this release is my favourite so far. TFS. Xx
ReplyDeleteLovely lake scenes, Michelle!
ReplyDeleteLove both of these scenes and I like the sentiment on the first one.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards, lovely scenes!
ReplyDeleteNice cards...I especially love the simplicity of the 2nd card with just the scene in the circle.
ReplyDeleteLovely cards. :) That first one would make an awesome Father's Day card.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent cards. The framing and the scenes, AWESOMESAUCE!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty clean and simple card! I love this kit!
ReplyDeleteLove the clean simplicity of these awesome cards!! Just my type!!
ReplyDeleteSuch incredible cards!!! Beautiful scene building and perfectly framed! Thank you for sharing!!!
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