Hey everybody! The wait is over! It's time for theHero ArtsOctober 2022My Monthly Hero release and this month's kit is a gorgeous, wintery, Christmas bundle! It's got a large 6"x8" stamp set filled stamps that are perfect for scene building or for using individually. There are also sentiments in a most beautiful font. The coordinating die set cuts out all of the images including the sentiments! The kit also includes a cling background stamp of falling snow, two different white ink cubes, and some gorgeous papers (affiliate links may be used at no extra cost to you)!
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 is just $34.99/month and the value is always much greater! This month's kit is valued at $79!
You have the option to subscribe (subscribing now means your first kit will be the November 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 share today I wanted to show how easy it is to make gorgeous holiday tags with this kit. I started out with a piece of Mist cardstock. I selected two of the images from the kit to build a scene. I stamped one with Granite ink and the second with INTENS-ified Black ink. The lighter gray ink helped the first image to fade into the background and made it look further away. The black ink brought the second image to the foreground and also allowed me to overlap the two images without losing any of the detail. After stamping the images I used my Tag Infinity Dies to cut out a tag in the size that I wanted.
I used some post-it tape to create a mask for the bottom portion of my tag. Then, I used a blending brush and some Blue Hawaii Reactive Ink to ink around the edges to darken up the sky before heat embossing the falling snow background stamp in White Satin Pearl. I used white and yellow Posca pens to snow and light to the windows on the images. Next, I heat embossed my sentiment in white onto Cherry cardstock, die cut it with the coordinating die, and adhered it to my tag with foam tape. A couple of rhinestone gems and some twine added the finishing touches to my tag.
For my next card I decided to use the Gingerbread House Fancy Die which is an add-on to this month's kit. I left the die set connected and ran it through my die cut machine twice, once with Luxe watercolor paper (I didn't end up watercoloring so white cardstock would've been fine), and again with Sand cardstock. I started by ink-blending the edges of the gingerbread house with Sand ink to add a little depth. Then I used my red and yellow Posca paint pens to color in the windows and sash on the house as well as the stripes on the candy cane. I added Gold Hero Pearls to sash on the house to fancy it up a little bit. I colored the gingerbread cookie and tree with my copic markers and set them aside.
I wanted to have some really great, textured snow on this card so I used the Snow & Froth Technique Kit (lacquer pen and white puff embossing powder) to add snow to the roof top and the door of the gingerbread house. To do this, just squirt the lacquer pen everywhere that you want snow, cover it with white puff embossing powder, and heat set it. You will end up with most wonderful snow!
For the background I started out with a piece of Mist cardstock and I inkblended the edges with Blue Hawaii Reactive ink. Next I grabbed the Sprinkled Dots stencil, taped it to my background (add tape to back of cardstock to prevent tearing). and applied Glitter Paste with my palette knife. I hit the glitter paste with my heat tool to dry it quickly and then I adhered my assembled gingerbread house and accessories to the card using foam adhesive. I stamped the Holiday Sentiment Strips in black ink on Cherry cardstock then cut all of the sentiments out at once using the Sentiment Strips Fancy Die. This combination is so awesome bc you end up with so many perfect sentiment strips at once and anything you don't use immediately can be saved for another project. Anyhow, I added my sentiment strip using foam tape and that was it for my card.
That is it for today you guys! I hope you love this month's kit as much as I do. Please check out the details for the giveaway below and make sure to check out the rest of the blog hop for some incredible inspiration!
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, October 9th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Hey everybody! The wait is over! It's time for theHero ArtsNovember My Monthly Hero release and this month's kit is a fun holiday tag building kit with many fun characters (affiliate links may be used at no extra cost to you)!
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 is just $34.99/month and the value is always much greater! This month's kit is valued at $70!
You have the option to subscribe (subscribing now means your first kit will be the November 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.
Now, this kit comes with some really fun tag building elements that allow you to custom build reindeer, elves, Santa and snowmen. You can make them tags or cut the circular "hook" off the top of the die cuts to create dies that can easily be used on cards. The kit also comes with two patterned stamps (dots and stripes), some sentiments and twine.
For my first card I got inspired by the "no peeking" sentiment. I decided to make presents using the patterned stamps and I used the twine to tie bows around them. For one present I used the the dot stamp, White Puff embossing powder and Paradise cardstock. For the second present I used the striped stamp, silver embossing powder and Lapis cardstock. I tied them up with the twine from the kit and the red added a nice little pop of color.
Then I built an elf and tucked him behind the gifts to make it look like he is indeed peeking- what a naughty guy! For my naughty elf I used paper from the Colors of Earth cardstock pack for his face and ears/hair. I colored his nose and hair with brown copic markers. I cut the eyes out of white cardstock, placed them in the eyeholes and held them in place with a piece of tape stuck to the back. I used a black gel pen to color the eyes then added highlights with a white gel pen. I cut the hat twice, once from red foil and again from white glitter cardstock. I cut the "crown" out from the white glitter and glued it to the red foil hat. This gave me dimension and sparkle. To embellish the pompom on the hat I used the lacquer pen and white puff embossing powder that come in the kit. When I heat set these two products they expanded and puffed to give me a really fun 3D effect on the pompom.
To finish my card off I used the new Candy Canes Bold Prints background stamp, versamark ink and Kiwi cardstock. Then I inkblended around the edges using Blue Raspberry Reactive ink which made the center of the card glow. I adhered the sentiment, gifts and elf using foam adhesive and that was that!
My next project was super fun to make and I could see myself making a bunch of these to handout as fun little treats! This is actually a box and I've put a packet of apple cider inside but it would be great with hot chocolate or fancy coffee packs too. I used mist cardstock to create my box which I custom sized to my apple cider packet. I used the Knitting Pattern Bold Prints stamp and versamark ink to stamp a subtle pattern onto my box (I did mask it off so that I only stamped the front of the box). I heat embossed my sentiment in Onyx ink and clear embossing powder. Then I glued my box together and wrapped it with a 1.5" strip of Woodgrain Vellum. I attached the vellum band to itself in the back so that I could slide it on and off of the box if I wanted to.
Next, I cut the mug from Kiwi cardstock and inkblended the edges with Blue Raspberry Reactive ink. I heat embossed a snowflake using White Puff embbossing powder. then I cut the top of the mug die again in Sand cardstock. I did this because the liquid part of the mug is not attached to the mug which made it really easy for me to make hot chocolate with Sand cardstock and some brown markers. I also die cut the whipped cream and the candy from white cardstock. I added color to the candy cane with red markers. Then, I added 3D foam to the whipped cream using the lacquer pen and White Puff embossing powder. I glued all of these pieces together and stuck them to my box using foam adhesive.
The last step was to create a topper for my apple cider packet. I did this by folding a strip of Cherry cardstock in half and glueing it to the top of the apple cider packet. I used the Tag Infinity dies to create a gold glitter circle thing for my topper and then I added some twine to finish it off.
The apple cider pouch fits perfectly inside the gift box. This could also be a really fun way to give some one a gift card to their favorite coffee shop or hot chocolate bar. I love having fun ways to give smaller gifts at the holidays because it's such an easy way to make people feel cared for and thought about.
Now, here's a look at another card that I made using the November MMH kit. This is the card that I shared during the countdown but I wanted to share it again today for anyone who missed my last post.
If you wnat to check out the details on how I made this please head to the original blog post by CLICKING HERE.
This reindeer really is so cute! I turned this tag into a card but it would be really fun to use this as a tag on a gift as well.
Now before I go I want to show you a look at the full kit... it's got so much great stuff in it!
Ok, that's all for today you guys! Make sure you check out the info below so that you can join our giveaway and keep on hopping along with us for more MMH kit inspiration!
Bye for now and have an awesome day!
Maria
GIVEWAY:
Hero Arts will give away ALL OF THE NOVEMBER ADD-ON PRODUCTS, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, November 7th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Hey everybody! It's almost time for the OctoberHero ArtsMy Monthly Hero release and this month's kit is a festive holiday kit!
But first, 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!
You have the option to subscribe (subscribing now means your first kit will be the November 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 Threeof the Countdown to Creativity and I've got a sneak peek of this month's kit to share with you... and this month's kit is fun for so many reasons! I can't spill all of the beans yet because this is just a sneak peek so stay tuned because the full release is tomorrow!
For today's card I started out by building myself a cute little reindeer using the dies from the kit. I cut the piece out from Sand cardstock and then added shading with my copic markers. I glued the reindeer pieces together and then added eyes and a nose that I had cut out in black. Once those were adhered I added some black gloss with a glossy gel pen. The final touch was to add a scarf that I had cut out using red foil.
To create the tag I used the Tag Infinity Dies to cut the largest tag out of Mist Cardstock. Next, I heat embossed my sentiment in Onyx Black and heat embossed in clear. I covered the sentiment with a small piece of low-tack tape. Then I used the dotted stamp from the kit to stamp the background in Versamark ink, removed the tape from the sentiment, and I heat embossed it in Clear Embossing Powder. I love the subtle look that gave my tag bc it helped give it a little personality but still allowed the reindeer to be the star of the show. I also added a gold glitter circle to reinforce the tag hole before adding a twine bow (twine is from the kit).
I covered an A2 cardbase with Woodgrain Vellum. I adhered it using liquid adhesive and because of the texture, the adhesive is not visible through the vellum at all. This gave my background some subtle but beautiful texture. I added the reindeer to the tag with foam tape. Then added the tag on top of the vellum and that finished off my card!
Tomorrow we get to reveal the full release so make sure to come back tomorrow for an awesome blog hop with tons of inspiration and giveaways too! For now you can head on over to the Hero Arts blog for a chance to win this kit before you can buy it!
See you tomorrow for the full release!
Maria
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Hey everybody and happy release day for Tonic Studios Stamp Club! This month's release is called Christmas Rose and it is such a beautiful and versatile set. You can get artsy with it, you can stamp, or, you can die cut your way into mass producing your holiday cards. We've got a blog hop full of inspiration and an epic giveaway so head to the bottom of this post to get those details. I've also got a VIDEO showing a ton of ways to use this bundle so make sure you check that out too.
Now, I've got about a million cards to share with you with you so let's get to it. For my first card I stamped the main floral image (by the way, I illustrated this stamp which is a first for me) in black ink onto white cardstock and I colored it with my copic markers.
Before I get any further here's that video I promised you...
Next, I used the dies cut the panel and add a dotted frame.
I stamped the border of my cardbase in a light blue using one of the texture stamps to add some soft, subtle texture.
For my next card I used the same stamp but this time I stamped it twice in black ink.
I ink blended the background in Distress Oxide Ink and then splattered the background with Glitter Gloss for some extra sparkle.
I stamped and die cut the sentiment and popped it up using foam tape, added a black mat, and mounted the whole thing to a white cardbase.
This next card has a totally different look. I watercolored the background using Nuvo Aquaflows in different greens.
Then I heat embossed the pine needle stamp repeatedly in gold to create a frame for my sentiment.
I cut the sentiment out in Gold Glitter cardstock and vellum, layered it up and added it to my card to finish it off.
I used the same pine needle stamp for this next card. This time I die cut the center piece with one of the dies included in the set . Then I stamped it with pine needles in green ink.
I heat embossed my sentiment in red and die cut it out so I could add it to my card front using foam tape. I added it to my kraft card base using foam tape to add a little extra dimension.
I added a few enamel dots in red to add a little more color and called it good.
This bundle is amazing for making shaker cards! I cut out multiple solid frames and glued them together to create a frame for my shaker card. I created the two top layers using a solid red layer and a dotted layer in gold glitter.
I added holly berries that I cut in green and red foil and added those to the edges of the frame.
The final step was to add my die cut sentiment to the front of the shaker.
This next card was so easy to put together using some patterned paper and the dies from the bundle. I started out by covering my card base in blue star cardstock. Then I cut a layer of star paper to put my sentiments on.
I added some detail to the background using the dotted detail from one of the dies.
Then I added my sentiments. This was such an easy card but I love the way it came out.
This next card was made similarly to my last one. The cool thing about this one is that I used the layering dies to create some custom sized layering pieces. Check out my video to learn how to do that.
Again, I used patterned paper to make an easy card. I don't use a lot of patterned paper in general but I have to say it sure made for some easy but pretty cards.
I added bot a die cut and stamped sentiment to this card followed by some stars to finish it off.
This next card started out with a base of patterned paper.
Then I added a circle of red foil and topped it off with a sentiment and some dies.
This may be one of the easiest cards I've ever made but with all of the foil I think somebody will be happy to get it in the mail.
If you like to send photo cards out then this set is great for that! You can build frames in different ways and easily add a photo and a sentiment. I've just got one example for you of you can do this but if you have a little play with all of the different frames you can create with this bundle I think you'll be surprised at what you can create.
This next card is a mini slimline card and it is a really easy card to make. I used some patterned paper as my base. Then I gold embossed the splatter stamp set a few different times in a diagonal.
I heat embossed my sentiment in black onto vellum and cut it out in a strip. I adhered it to the background using glue dots.
The final touch was to add a few rhinestones to increase the sparkly factor.
My last card is a three by three card and is the perfect size to include with a gift.
I added the die cut sentiment with a swirl of gold thread behind it. Then I added a few rhinestones as accents. It only took a minute to make this card and I'm sure I'll end making quite a few more before I'm done.
Well, that's it for today you guys! I hope you'll check out my VIDEO to get even more information than I've shared here. Make sure to enter the giveaway by leaving a comment here on my blog before you continue on with this awesome blog hop!
Have an awesome day! Maria
GIVEAWAY:
-One lucky winner will win a £50/$50 Giftcard to Tonic Studios and the Christmas Rose bundle!
-To enter, comment on every blog in the hop by 11:59pm PST on September 1, 2021/ 7:59am GST on September 2, 2021
-Winner will be announced on September 3rd, 2021 on IG and FB so make sure you're following all of the Tonic Studios social media accounts!
