VIDEO: Hero Arts September 2021 MMH Release

Hi everybody and happy Hero Arts release day! The September 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 $87!

You have the option to subscribe (subscribing now means your first kit will be the October 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! And, I have a VIDEO today sharing a really fun foiling technique where no heat is necessary to foil (see below)

Ok, on to my first card! This kit has a gorgeous sunflower stamp with five coordinating stencils for adding perfect layers of color to your project. I used the stencils to ink blend the flowers and then I added a little extra color with a red copic marker.

Next, I used Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo to add some foil accents to my flowers. Here's the video so that you can see exactly how I did all of that...

If you are having trouble watching this video CLICK HERE to view it on YouTube.

After foiling the flowers I cut the image out with the coordinating dies and set them aside. I took a piece of Paradise cardstock cut to 4.25" x 5.5" and partially inkblended it using Blue Hawaii ink. Then, I heat embossed the "so much" from the Message Strips Stamp &  Cut XL onto my card front leaving enough space above to add the "thanks" die cut.

I added my sunflowers using foam tape and then splattered my card with both gold and white glimmer metallic ink. After the ink dried I added my thanks dies to front of my card with liquid adhesive. These dies were tripled up and I have a trick for perfectly aligning the dies and doing it without messy adhesive in my VIDEO.

This next card is another card with foiled accents and it was put together in much the same way as the first card. I did use a different color combo on the flower petals and centers (Creamsicle and Fruit Punch) But I didn't end up loving it so I again added red marker and then went in with a fine tip sharpie to add a bunch of scribbles and lines to make it my own.

I splattered my black background with gold glimmer metallic ink and then popped the sunflowers up in the center of the card using foam tape.

I added the "thanks" die to my card on an angle and using foam tape. This time instead of just using the detailed word die I also used the shadow background so that my sentiment would pop and be easy to read.

If you haven't seen the add-ons this month you have got to check them out! I made this card by combining three of them: Autumn Leaves Fancy Dies, Fall Leaves Stencil and a sentiment set called, Autumn Messages. I started off by grabbing a background I made using my DIY Liquid Watercolor sprays (How-to VIDEO HERE).Then I used gold Nuvo Mousse and the stencil to quickly create the background. I splattered it in both gold and white glimmer metallic ink and set it aside to dry.

Next I used the Autumn Leaves Fancy Dies to cut a whole bunch of leaves from the Fall Glitter Cardstock and some gold, metal sheets. I stamped the sentiment, cut it with my rectangle dies and popped it up using foam tape. I made sure only to apply foam tape in the center of the sentiment so that it was easy slide the leaves under the sentiment to embellish it.

I added all of my leaves using glue dots which made it easy to secure them without adhesive being visible.

I was also able to lift and curl the edges of some of the leaves to add even more dimension. If you decide to do use the metal sheets for your leaves or die cuts be aware that they can crease or bend in a very different way than paper does (because they are literally made of metal).

Now, Just in case you didn't see my blog post on Sunday with my sneak peek card for this release, here ya go. If you want more info on how to make this card you can head to my blog post HERE.

Ok, that's it for me today you all! I hope you love this Sunflower release and this month's add-ons as much as I do and will join the giveaway and continue hopping with us for even more inspiration.

Have an awesome day!

Maria

GIVEAWAY:

We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, September 12th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

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