Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit May 2021: Vitamin Sea!

Hi everybody and happy Hero Arts release day! The May My Monthly Hero Kit is here and it is fantastic... or, should I say "fintastic?!" Hahaha! Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

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 June 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!

Now, onto my card! The main image in the kit is quite large and I thought it would be awesome on a slimline as I'd still have room to add some fish at the top of the card. I started out by watercoloring my background panel using Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors in Dark Teal, Deep Ocean and Indigo. Then I stamped randomly on the background in black ink. To finish off the background I added white acrylic paint using the Delicate Petals stencil and then added splatters with gold metallic ink. The final touch was to add a sandy bottom by heat embossing it with Sand Embossing Powder.

I stamped and colored all of my images using copic markers. Then I adhered them to my card face using foam tape.

After adding my heat embossed sentiment I added some clear and white enamel dots and then glued the whole thing to a black cardbase to make it pop.

I also wanted to share a second card I made using this kit. You may have already seen it yesterday but I wanted to share it in the same post as the first card to show that you can also make clean and simple cards with this kit. 

If you would like to learn more about this card please check out my blog post HERE.

Well that's just about it for today you guys but before I go I want to make sure you know about the generous giveaway from Hero Arts as well as that this is a blog hop. Giveaway details as well as the blog hop list are below. I hope you love the May MMH Kit as much as I do!

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, May 9th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

BLOG HOP: 

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Channin Pelletier
Dana Joy
Daniel West
Debi Adams
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
Maria Willis
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Pocono Pam
Seeka

Special Guests:

Jennifer Kotas
Jennifer Shurkus
Nichol Spohr
Rebecca Keppel

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BreAnn Loveland
Kailash Naidoo

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VIDEO: Backgrounds Two Ways! Stenciled and Die Cut!

Hi Everybody! I hope you are having an amazing day! I'm glad you are here today because not only do I have a a couple of happy cards and a VIDEO to share with you but I'm also taking part in a YouTube hop to celebrate a friend. My friend Jessica Frost-Ballas has hit over 10k subscribers on her YouTube channel so we are YT video hopping to celebrate. There are over $800 prizes to be won so be sure to head to my channel to enter the giveaway (leave a comment).

I made two cards today and had a ton of fun playing around with some goodies from Pinkfresh Studios.

Here's the video for you to check out...

If you are having trouble watching this video please click HERE to view it now.

My first card is a slimline card. I ink-blended the background and then stenciled using Moonshine Glimmer Paste.

I added both a die cut "hello" and stamped sentiment to the card before adding silver, heat embossed florals to the sides.

I finished the card off by adding some small gems to my card.

For my second card I ink-blended the background using the same colors as on my first card. The colors look bolder on this card because I switched from using Bristol (first card) to using 100lb Hammermill on my second card. After ink-blending I adapted the Slim Stitches die to work with my A2 sized card face.

I added a sentiment using the Kelly Alpha dies and the Simply Sentiments- Hello stamp set. I added some sparkly gems to finish my card off!

Here's a last look at both of my cards. I love that even though I used the same color scheme on each card the slimline looks softer and dreamier while the A2 sized card is much more bold.

If you want more details on how I made my cards please head over to my YouTube channel and watch the video. While you are over there make sure to leave a comment and enter yourself into Jessica's giveaway.

I hope you have a fantastic day today and I'll see you back here soon!

Maria

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Triple Shaker Slim-line card and Trinity Stamps turns Two!

Hello everybody! I feel like it's been forever since I've been here. I think it's bc I've doing a little a work on the side for Tonic Studios and I've been a bit strapped for time. Soon I'll be sharing the videos and projects I've been working on for them but today we are here to celebrate Trinity Stamps and their Second Birthday! Woohoo!

I'm joining in the fun to celebrate Trinity Stamps by making a triple shaker slim line card! I think this may only be the second slimline I've ever made and it was so easy using the stitched slimline dies from Trinity. This die set has a piece that cuts three squares from the center line of your card and I used it to make three shaker windows.

I made a quick video to show you how to easily put this triple shaker slim line card together... enjoy!

If you'd like to be entered to win a $25 gift card to Trinity Stamps make sure to leave a comment on my YouTube Channel (and the other channels on the hop).

I used the Winter Friends stamp set on this card. It was intended to be a winter celebration card but with an easy sentiment change and using non-holiday colors it was easily turned into a birthday shenanigans card.

I used distress oxide inks to ink blend my background panel. Then, I used the Funfetti stencil to emboss the background so that there would always be some fun going on in the background.

I added a layer of acetate to the back of my front panel. Next, I used a double layer of foam adhesive to create window pockets. I filled each of the window pockets with shaker guts (Birthday Cake Sprinkles from Trinity and some shiny beauties from Tonic Studios). 

I sealed my layers together and added them to a large black card base. I matched it up with a #10 sized envelope and that's a wrap!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! It's always fun to celebrate a birthday and I'm so happy to join the party for Trinity Stamp's Second Birthday!

I'll put links to the products I've used below in case you'd like to check them out.

Have an amazing day! Sending crafty hugs from California!
Maria


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