Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Release, Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Hi everybody and happy Hero Arts release day! The July My Monthly Hero Kit is here and it is such a magical kit! 

If you aren't familiar with the My Monthly Hero kit, it's a kit that is released by Hero Arts on the first Monday of every month. It always has a fun, themed collection of stamps, dies and other goodies. The cost is just $34.99/month and the value is always much greater! This month's kit is valued at $72!

You have the option to subscribe (subscribing now means your first kit will be the August release), or, to buy your favorite kits as a one-off purchases. Be aware that once these kits sell out they are gone for good. If you see a kit you like make sure to snatch it up quickly! There are also always a ton of fantastic add-on products offered. You can choose to buy your favorites or buy them all at a discounted rate.

We also have an awesome GIVEAWAY and a BLOG HOP with tons of inspiration going on so please make sure to check the info for those at the bottom of my post!

Ok, on to my first card! This kit is full of small images that are really great for scene building. The second I saw the little gnome in a hammock I knew I wanted to stick him on a tropical beach somewhere. I stamped him onto white cardstock with copic friendly black ink.
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Then I used my copic markers to color him in, added sand below, and an ocean (or maybe the Caribbean Sea) behind him. I inkblended the background using my reactive inks and then heat embossed my sentiment. 
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The final touch was to add a black mat and pop the whole thing up on a kraft card base. 
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My next card was made using three of this month's add-ons. The add-ons this month are so awesome and I had a lot of fun making this card. I started out by creating a colorful galaxy background using my Nuvo Shimmer Powders and applying them to watercolor paper. 
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Next, I used the Starry Clouds Infinity Dies (the second largest die) to cut a gorgeous frame for my card out of Pitch Black Cardstock. I splattered this with Midas Touch Shimmer Pen for some subtle but gorgeous shimmer.
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I heat embossed the fairies from the Meadow HeroScape set in gold onto black and added those in with foam tape. Finally, I added a sentiment from the Magical Forest set and embellished with some gems.
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In case you missed it the other day, here's another look at the card I made for the Countdown to today's launch. You can learn more about how I put this card together by clicking here to head my original blog post.

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Before I go I want to give you a look at what's included in this month's kit. Check out this picture to see everything you'll receive when this July My Monthly Hero kit lands on your doorstep...

Ok, you guys, that's all I've got for today! Please make sure to check out the GIVEAWAY info below and continue on with the blog hop to see some amazing creativity and tons of inspiration with this release!

Have an awesome day!
Maria




GIVEAWAY:
Hero Arts will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, July 11th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

BLOG HOP LIST:
Hero Arts
Channin Pelletier
Dana Joy
Daniel West
Debi Adams
Ilina Crouse
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Lydia Fiedler
Maria Willis: YOU ARE HERE.
Michelle Short: NEXT.
Mindy Eggen
Seeka
Jennifer Kotas
Jennier McGuire
Meg Brooks
Nichol Spohr
Rebecca Keppel



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31 comments:

  1. Love your colors! Such great cards! Thanks for sharing

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  2. Love these!! I love the beach scene!

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  3. Love the hammock and beach scene as well as the beautiful fairy card!

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  4. Wow I love the colors you used in your galaxy card!

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  5. Fairy card background is outstanding. Love the gnome cards too!

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  6. The gnome climbing a ladder made me laugh. That is a cute stamp.

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  7. The gnome in the hammock is my favorite and I love what you did with him :). He looks so relaxed! Such a great release this month (who am I kidding? They are always great releases!)

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  8. Very cute cards. I like the gnome of the beach. (Although the gnome climbing the ladder is also cute and I liked the galaxy background.) Thanks for sharing your cards.

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  9. amazing backgrounds! I LOVE the little gnome on the beach!

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  10. Hi, Maria - I am in LOVE with all of these three! I'll go in reverse order of how they were presented. I ADORE the colors, esp the blue, that you used for the card with the little gnome (maybe that is redundant) climbing up a ladder to get to his little gnome, I mean HOME. The middle one has that exquisite "galaxy" background. SO COOL! And the first one shown, the "thank you" card -- love the colors you combined there and the cute little hammock gnome. You are über-talentosa, to mix two languages. TFS!!
    Lori S in PA

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  11. Love these - can't wait to get this set!

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  12. Great cards! Love your use of black.

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  13. What delightful cards. Love the gnome in his beach hammock. Sooo cute.

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  14. SUch a wonderful cards. I just love the beautiful night sky card with your sweet little fairies!! Thanks so much for the great inspiration! Stay safe! :)

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  15. Of course they go to the beach in the summer, silly me! That is just adorable...

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  16. Such great inspiration. I really like the dark sky and fairies!

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  17. Wonderful creations. Whimsical & pretty. The hammock is a fav.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  18. I love the cards, especially the one with the dark sky and the fairies!

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  19. Love the shimmery fairy card! I have not seen the products you used for the background but they certainly did the job! Just lovely! Thank you for your artwork!

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  20. Wow, your coloring and blending are amazing. Such beautiful cards!

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  21. Charming designs with these fun images! Love your awesome cards and your pretty color blending!

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  22. Marisela Delgado said: So beautiful! mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  23. Beautiful cards! The fairy window card is so striking!!

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  24. Loved your galaxy background card! Thanks for showing us how in your live tonight.

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  25. OMG I love this kit! I was given a little gnome plant climber years ago that looks just like this little guy on the ladder! Super cute! Outstanding colors on these cards! Love them!

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  26. Your cards are gorgeous! I love the shimmery background!

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  27. Cute, colorful and magical cards.

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  28. Good idea shares for the sets.

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