Hero Arts Countdown to Creativity: February 2023 My Monthly Hero Release

Hey everybody! It's almost time for the February 2023  Hero Arts My Monthly Hero release and this month's kit is a fabulous kit for creating some gorgeous butterfly themed cards and projects!

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! 

BIG NEWS!! Starting with the February 2023 release Hero Arts will now be offering both a Classic Kit and a Premium kit every month! The Classic kit will be what you're familiar with and will stay priced at $34.99. The Premium Kit will include everything from the Classic Kit plus some fabulous extras! If you are already a kit subscriber (prior to January 31, 2023) you will be receiving the Premium Kit at no additional cost (February 2023 only-after that you'll need to upgrade your subscription if you'd like to keep receiving the Premium kit).

You have the option to subscribe (subscribing now means your first kit will be the March 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! 

Today is Day Three of the Countdown to Creativity and I've got a card featuring one of the many gorgeous, detailed butterfly dies from the Premium kit! These dies feature both an inner (detailed) portion as well as as a separate outer die which can be used either on their own or together. On This card I've used them together.

I started by cutting a piece of Paradise Cardstock down to 4" x 5.25" and inkblending the edges with Blue Hawaii Reactive ink. Then I splattered it with both white and gold metallic glimmer ink. I also heat embossed some of the diamond stars from the main kit in gold onto the background. 

Next, I used the fancy butterfly dies from the Premium kit to cut out two butterflies from Canary and Pitch Black cardstock. I used Fruit Punch Reactive ink to ink blend the edges of the Dandelion butterfly and then glued that to the black butterfly slightly offset. I glued the double butterfly to my background and added that to a black cardbase. I added a sentiment from the kit (I masked it off so that I could use just part of it) with foam tape.

The final step was to add some Pewter Hero Pearls to the background and some white gel pen to butterfly to make some of those fabulous details pop!

Ok, guys, that's it for today! If you'd like a chance to win this kit before you can buy it then head on over to the Hero Arts blog and find out how (plus check out all three days of incredible inspiration for this kit which is coming at you tomorrow!).

Have an awesome day guys!

Maria

International Blog Hop Highlighting Stampin' Up! Products

Welcome to our International Blog Hop. We are a group of demonstrators from around the world that want to show you ideas and inspiration using the latest Stampin' Up!® products that are available to purchase right now. You may just be starting the blog hop here with me, Maria Willis, or you may have hopped over from the talented Katina Martinez. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below (bottom of my post) will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all the amazing projects. If this is your first time visiting my blog... Welcome! I'm Maria Willis and I'm from Boulder Creak, California, USA. I've been a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator for just about 2.5 years now and I have loved every second of it. I'm so glad to have you visiting me today as I take part in this fantastic hop put together by the incredible Kylie Bertucci.

On to my cards! I've got two cards to share with you today and the first card has a bright watercolor background and showcases both the beautiful Butterflies Thinlits Dies (intricate butterfly in the front) and the Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies (solid butterfly).

I love these butterflies! They are so beautiful and are so easy to work with. Here I've layered two different butterflies. The top, more intricate butterfly was cut from vellum for a soft look and was then washed over with Clear Wink of Stella for a bit of shimmer. 

I heat embossed my birthday sentiment in white so that it would really pop on my watercolored background. Some of the fun details of this card might be hard to see but there is Clear Wink of Stella splattered on the black background. The black background is made up of five layers of circles to give it a raised look. There are loops of silver metallic thread tied into a bow just to the left of the butterfly. 

Here's one more look that shows off the fun antennae and the silver metallic dot I used on the butterfly's head. 

For my second card I've used the adorable little kitty from the Pretty Kitty stamp set and the Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

I stamped the image in Basic Gray Archival on Shimmery White paper and watercolored it using my Aqua Painter. 

I trimmed the image using the new Layering Circles Framelits in Pink Pirouette and half of a doily. Some DSP from the A Little Foxy paper stack and some Stitched Ribbon in Smoky Slate finished the card off nicely. 

I hope you enjoyed my projects today! You are currently visiting me here in the USA and if you are from this area too I would love to assist you with purchasing Stampin' Up!® product or if you need any help with the products.

Thanks for taking part in our blog hop, there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration you don't want to miss so please keep on hopping! Remember that currently you are at my blog, Maria Willis, so check out the blog hop line up below to see who is next on the list.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to have you back again soon!
-Maria Willis

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