1 May 2023

Hero Arts | My Monthly Hero May 2023 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there and welcome as we celebrate the release of the Hero Arts May 2023 My Monthly Hero Kit and add-on products. This month is all about nostalgia and childhood. 

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My first card today uses the Hero Arts May 2023 My Monthly Hero Classic Kit. I started off by stamping the bike from the main kit stamp set on to Hero Arts Deluxe Smooth White Cardstock using Hero Arts Intensified Black Ink. This image has two pieces, so that you can stamp them in different colours (the frame is one stamp and the wheels another) but I decided to go all black today! 


I also stamped the letter and envelope and small heart with the same black ink. They were all die cut out using the coordinating dies in the kit. I took the sentiment from the set and stamped it on to Hero Arts Pitch Black Cardstock using Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied Hero Arts White Embossing Powder and heat set. 


It was cut into a strip and set aside while I worked on the background. I took the flower stencil in the kit and ran it through my die cutting machine to emboss it on to a panel of white cardstock. It was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with thin foam tape. I then added the envelopes on top, followed by the bike and heart, that are three die cuts high, using Hero Arts Precision Glue. The sentiment was adhered using thin foam tape. 


For my countdown card, I used the Hero Arts May 2023 My Monthly Hero Premium Kit. This includes the fun tri-fold die that I used on my card (although only used one layer!). You can find more details on the card HERE


My last card today uses the Hero Arts You're Dynamite Stamp & Die Bundle. These skates are so fun and remind me of playing around on them when I was a child! I stamped the roller skates and bows on to white cardstock using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink


The skates were then coloured using Copic Markers and die cut out using the coordinating dies. I also stamped the sentiment from the set and cut that with the coordinating die too. I took a US A2 sized white card base and added a strip of black and white paper to the left hand side. 


I then adhered a white panel on top with thin foam tape. The skates, bows and sentiment were adhered with thin foam tape also. To finish off, I added Hero Arts Neutrals Enamel Dots

SUPPLIES:

 

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MY MONTHLY HERO KIT:



6" x 8" Clear Stamp Set
20 Coordinating Dies
6" x 6" Flower Stencil
3 Sheets of each Glitter Paper in Rose Gold & Aqua
3 Pigment Ink Cubes (Teal, Pink & Yellow)
Clear Embossing Powder

The kit is valued at $71 but you can get it for $36.99 ($34.99 if you are a monthly subscriber, $32.99 if you subscribe for 6 months). 


6" x 8" Clear Stamp Set
20 Coordinating Dies
6" x 6" Flower Stencil
3 Sheets of each Glitter Paper in Rose Gold & Aqua
3 Pigment Ink Cubes (Teal, Pink & Yellow)
Clear Embossing Powder
Tri-Fold Fancy Dies
4 Sheets of Bicycle Hero Transfers
2 Sheets of Holographic Paper

The kit is valued at $101 but you can get it for $49.99 ($47.99 if you are monthly subscriber, $45.99 if you subscribe for 6 months). 

ADD-ONS:

There are lots of add-on products released each month. These work alongside the kit, or work on their own too. These can be purchased from Hero Arts when you order a kit, on their own or from your favourite Hero Arts retailer (these are not exclusive (unlike the kit) and are restocked if sold out). Here is a look at them:

BLOG HOP:

This post is part of a fun, inspirational blog hop with prizes. For the hop, you should have arrived here from the fantastic Lydia. Next on the hop is the amazing Mindy. If you get lost along the hop, or want to start it from the beginning, please head over to the Hero Arts Blog

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away a $50 gift card to the Hero Store, drawn from the comments left across all the stops in the hop. Enter by Sunday 7th May 2023 at 11.59pm PT. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts Blog the following week. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really appreciate it. I hope you have a great rest of the day! 

24 comments:

  1. Your cards are stunning, really creative! Love the black and white and the colors you used on the skates

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  2. Lovely contrast between the black and white of your bike card and the fun colors of the skates.

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  3. Very Beautiful Cards that you made. Love them all. I like how you embossed your stencil onto a background. I have done that before.

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  4. I really like all three of your cards today! What a great release from Hero Arts.

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  5. I LOVE your CAS designs and the rollerskates are the BEST!

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  6. I adore the clean and simple look of all 3 cards. They are just lovely!

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  7. Great cards! I like the simplicity of the white park scene with the soft blue sky. It's so fun and dimensional- can't wait to make one like it!

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  8. What a great way to use that stencil! I love how it added just a little texture to the whole project. Your cards are wonderful!

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  9. Love your clean and simple cards!

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  10. Loving the CAS look of your cards, even the ones with color. This is a great kit for all kinds of styles!

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  11. I like the simplicity of your card designs.

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  12. 3 beautiful projects Michelle, I love them all but especially the aqua and white card. The purple skates are super fun and i can imagine you with those as a kid! The black and white card is perfect with the dry embossed background and simple colour scheme.

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  13. Thanks for sharing your cards.
    My favorite is the Purple roller skate card (Purple is my favorite color!)
    I also really like the White background with the flowers and the Black bike.

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  14. I really like all 3 of your cards, but especially the tree one. Simple and classy. I'm excited about this months kit!

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  15. Great cards! I love the idea of embossing with the stencil-never thought of doing it before, but it makes sense! You've opened up a whole new world for me, haha. So excited about this month's release!

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  16. Like how you used the dies!

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  17. Love the stencil embossing, all the white on the first two cards. Gorgeous all cards!

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  18. Love your beautiful cards! So pretty...thanks for the inspiration.

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  19. Wonderful cards! I especially love the park scene!

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  20. Smart thinking using the stencil as an embossing folder. It is just a touch of background interest.

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  21. Great cards! The roller skate card is so colorful but I also love the clean and simple black & mostly white cards!

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  22. Beautiful cards! I love all of them, but the simplicity of the mostly white with soft coloring behind the die cut really appeals to me, so pretty!

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