Monday, March 6, 2023

Hero Arts My Monthly Hero March 2023: Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Hey everybody! The wait is over! It's time for the Hero Arts March 2023 My Monthly Hero release and this month's kit is a fun, fruit and vegetable themed bundle! 

Before I get to my cards, 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 of this Classic kit is just $34.99/month and the value is always much greater! This month's kit is valued at $74! Starting with this release there is now a PREMIUM KIT option!!! The Premium Kit will include everything that the Classic (original) kit includes plus some additional upgrades. Premium Kit subscribers will receive the kit for $49.99 and the value for this month's kit is $108 so you'll be receiving over double the value! All current MMH subscribers (signed up prior to January 31, 2023) will receive this upgraded kit at no additional cost! Lucky you guys!

Check out the kits to see what is included:

-CLASSIC KIT

-PREMIUM KIT

You have the option to subscribe (subscribing now means your first kit will be the April 2023 release), or, to buy your favorite kits as 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 a ton of amazing add-on products! You can buy the add-ons as a bundle at a discounted rate or just pick up your favorite products. 

For my first card I am using some of the new Neon Brights Liquid Watercolors (Pink, Orange, Yellow and Red). I used a large paint brush to watercolor the paints horizontally across the background. Then I dried the background with my heat tool and splattered it with White Glimmer Metallic Ink. I used the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies to cut a window out of my background piece.

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Next, I heat embossed the citrus slices in White Puff embossing powder and the sentiment in Onyx Pigment ink and clear embossing powder.
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To make the card into a shaker I glued some acetate to the back side of the watercolored background. Then I added foam adhesive to the back. I picked through the embellishment mix that comes with the kit and used all of the citrus slices for this card. I made a little pile of the embellishments on a black card base then glued the watercolored piece on top of it trapping the embellishments in the window area.
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For my next card I went for a mixed media style card. I combined the new Produce Labels Stamp & Cut XL with the Grocery Bag Fancy Die, the Farmer's Market Icons, and the Brick Wall Stencil. I started out by spraying a piece of Luxe watercolor paper with my DIY liquid watercolor sprays. I think I used Teal, Indigo and Cocoa. Once that was dry I applied some white Hero Paste through the Brick Wall Stencil to add some great background texture. I applied it randomly so the paste is not on the whole background. I rubbed Gold Hero Wax over some of the bricks with my finger and ink blended some Indigo ink around the edges. Then I put the stencil back on the background, added Onyx Pigment Ink and heat embossed that in clear. I added splatters of White Glimmer Metallic ink over the top of all of that.  
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Next, I cut the grocery bag out of Sand Cardstock. I heat embossed it with the "Farmers Market" sentiment and strawberries and then folded it into a grocery bag (it makes a complete grocery bag that you can put things inside of!). 
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I glued that to the front of my card...
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...but it was empty and it needed some veggies. So, I used the Produce Labels Stamp & Cut XL to create the "rooting for you" piece that you see below. The rectangular die cut from this set fits perfectly inside of the grocery bag!
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I wanted to add a variety of root vegetables so I added some extras from the Farmers Market Icons set to round it out. I love how perfectly all of these sets work together and it is super fun to be able to put secret messages inside of the grocery bag!

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Just in case you didn't see my post from yesterday... here is another card I made using the Classic Kit. You can find out the details for this card by clicking HERE and heading to yesterday's blog post. 
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Ok, that is it for today you guys! We have a blog hop with a ton of inspiration so make sure to check out what the rest of the crew has made. Giveaway details are below!

Have an awesome day!
Maria

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

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19 comments:

  1. What a cool shaker! I LOVE the bright colors and fruits!

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  2. These cards are all so interesting and creative! Love the artsy brick wall farmer's market card especially!

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  3. Love the shaker and the "rooting" card - anything punny gets me. The last card is so bright and cheerful... it would help anyone whose health needs improvement (looks like a terrific get-well card). The Farmer's Market card's background is super-cool.
    Lori S in PA

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  4. I love your super vibrant and fun shaker card, then you come in with your fabulous Farmer's Market design with a clever little hidden message, and the wonderful fruity background on your third design is sure to brighten even the dreariest day! Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring!!!

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  5. Cute shaker! I love those little clay fruits!
    Always enjoy your cards, and the mixed media vibe.
    Thanks for sharing your talent!

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  6. Your citrus colors look so cool. Great job

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  7. Wonderful cards. The background on your first card really makes the bag stand out!

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  8. This shaker is awesome! I love these little clay embellishments!

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  9. Fantastic projects! I really love the shaker - those clay bits are fabulous! And the background on your farmer's market card is stunning!

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  10. I love the multidimensional aspect to the Farmer's Market card! This month's add-ons are really great! I want them all too!

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  11. I love love love your Farmers Market card. I would frame it for my kitchen.

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  12. Gorgeous! Love this release.

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  13. Gorgeous! Love this release.

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  14. Love the shopping bag. Great to be
    able to put something into it. Those
    fruits in the shaker are fantastic.
    thanks for sharing.

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  15. Love what you created and choice of colors.

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  16. All of your cards are fabulous! I just love the mixed media card! Thanks for sharing!

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  17. Love these beautiful cards!

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  18. These cards are so bright and cheery. You really showcased the neon watercolors well on your cards. Thanks for great ideas!

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  19. O too cute!!! That Farmers market Grocery bag card, Love it!!

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