A Great "Advent"ure!

Christmas Die Cutting MMH November 2018 My Monthly Hero

Nov 08, 2018 Sally Traidman

I have been hoping for years that Hero Arts would come out with an advent set, and my wish was finally granted! Oh what fun it was to create some advent-style cards with the November My Monthly Hero kit! The kit has already sold out, but I still wanted to share some fun ideas for using it. If you missed out on it, you might want to consider a subscription. For those of you who were able to grab one, shipping begins this Friday!

For my first card, I inked up the large ornament stamp from the kit with Antigua, Green Hills and Lime Green randomly until all areas were covered. I stamped it on Snow paper, then stamped the numbers in Black. I didn’t put them in order as it is a little challenge for kids to spy for the next number! I then lined up the die and cut the “doors”. I lightly traced the ornaments inside the die on the Pool card so I would know where to stamp images behind the ornament doors. Erase all marks before you glue the top layer to the card. Add cords, ribbons, gems.

Loving this kit so much, I decided to make another watercolored card. I inked the stamp in black and stamped onto watercolor paper. I let the ink thoroughly dry, then I began watercoloring all the images with my Watercolor Dot Palette.

After I was done I was ready to stamp the numbers, but resisted because I loved it without cutting the doors. I was afraid the numbers would overpower the pretty colors, so I let it be. I added some gems and glitter and mounted it onto gold and black and then white.

This was such fun that I am going to show my neighborhood group to see who wants to make them for their grandkids!! What a great “Advent”ure!!

You're invited! Join us for a live shoot in the Creativebug studio streaming on Facebook at 4pm PT today. You'll learn more about My Monthly Hero kits, inks, stamps and dies. With a three month subscription up for grabs, this is sure to be one fun event you don’t want to miss!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sally Traidman

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12 Responses

Hero Arts

November 30, 2018

Hi Patricia! The die measures 4.25″ × 5.5″ and is designed to fit a standard A2 sized card and envelope. The stamp set itself measures 4″ × 6″.

Patricia

November 30, 2018

I am assuming that since the Die is 4×6, our cards will be quite large! I’m having a hard time finding envelopes. Any suggestions?
Thank you!🎄

Susan Ann Banks

November 15, 2018

Received my kit a couple of days ago . While I love the kit itself what I don’t like is that this time I got stung for tax and customs ..my lovely little kit cost me the best part of $90 . My cards are going to be truly ‘precious’!!!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari)

November 11, 2018

Two darling cards with the ornament background, Sally!! Just rec’d my kit today and have had fun gold embossing the background. Can’t wait to try watercoloring it!!