April My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #2 and Giveaway!
We're back for another countdown post, leading up to the release of the April My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, April 2nd at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Don’t forget to comment on each and every countdown post as we’ll be giving away a kit on Monday morning, before the kit launches! Here’s May with another card using the kit...
Hello, crafty friends! It's May Park here with a fun birthday card featuring my all-time favorite cardmaking technique: stamped backgrounds!
I started by stamping the images from the main kit with Intense Black Ink on an A2 size top folding white card base. Then I colored my images with Copic markers and added some dots between the images using the fine tips of green markers.
I stamped two sentiments from the main kit using Versamark Watermark Ink on a piece of black cardstock and heat embossed them using White Detail Embossing Powder.
After cutting out my sentiments into thin banners using a craft knife and ruler, I mounted the sentiment banners on the card front using 3M foam tape to add dimension.
To finish off my card, I added some dots on some of my images using a white gel pen. That's all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to come back tomorrow for more sneak peeks!
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100 Responses
Marylurdys Hernandez
Those chilis and maracas….!!!!! Awesome!!!
Sandra
Oooh I’ma love me some cactus!! I can’t wait to see the rest of this kit! Thanks for sharing this amazing card!
DSW
Cute background! Great images, colors, and layout. Look forward to the kit! I will love playing with the chili pepper stamp.
Rebecca Ballard
Coloring is beautiful. But the love of the chili 🌶 and the cactus 🌵 is amazing. Parents from New Mexico. Love love love this. These stamps are a amazing collaboration
Toni L
Very cute images.
Tasha Jorgensen
Awesome card! Love all the colorful images; they pop behind the black and white sentiment!
Lisa A creations
Awesome background!
Sharon Vincz 👻
This card is sooooo much fun!!! Love the combination of stamps and colors!!! It’s a party 🎉 👏💃🦎🌵💐
Bonnie Darroch-Dean
What a fun and colorful card. Really makes me want to create one! Looking forward to receiving my kit!
Ellen
This background is fun, colorful and delightful.
Stacey
Cool kit, love a party theme!
Aash B
What a fun background! Thanks the chance to win.
Tabitha Kelley
The colors are beautiful
DUMONTIER Marjorie
What a fun and joyful card design !!
Barbara Howell
Your stamped background is great and makes a perfect card.
Dena Byerley
I love the background
Shannon
This is so cute and I’m looking forward to this kit!
Pamela Toriello
Such cute stamp images. Seems like they would be so fun t play with!
C4G
Neato!
Brandy Moore
I love using the stamps as a background!
Kathy McCartney
Love this background
Janis Litynsky
I think this is a sweet Collection…
Vicki M.
Love the handstamped background, so fun to customize!
Ann T
Such a fun background.
Anne Roberts
Delightful background! The sentiment really pops against the bright colors. This card is really nice❤️
Rachel
What a fun bday card!
Evelyn Larson
Good morning all. Beautiful card. Guess what April is my birthday month. So much fun for me.
Beth B.
Love the colors and the stamps….so cute. Thanks for sharing and the opportunity to win.
Linda S.
Such a pretty card and your color detail is just fabulous.
Anita Sorensen
That card definitely brings to mind a fiesta! Very fun.
Bessie
I really love the background you designed and colored. Very eye catching. Your raised sentiment is very perfect! Fabulous job
Mitzi
Thanks for sharing your fun card & the opportunity to win.
Jessica Lyczynski
I always love Mays cards! Beautiful!
Claudia N
Totally love the background!! Fiesta time!!
Madeline
Great design! Beautiful card!
Lyndel T
The cacti and peppers are so cute
Amy
This is so pretty!! It looks just like printed paper pack!
Susan S. Thompson
I just love this card! All the colors and fiesta shapes are great!
StephanieM
The chili pepers and cacuti are so cute. The dots in the background really break up the white space.
Winona
This looks like so much fun! Stamping, coloring and embossing – what more could one want?
Barbara
So much fun!!! Looks like a great kit!
Jodi Warren
Great background. Very colorful. Love this idea of creating your background paper.
Sherri
Very fun and festive card!
Dawn Keene
Great colors and images. Feels like a birthday party.
Jacquelyn Harmon
Such a fun and festive background!
Darlene
Love it!! Can’t wait to buy it!!
Brandy Duncan
What a fun card! It screams to me “Party Time”. I love how you used the images as the background. Great colors.
Jessica L.
Love the background, lots of fun images to color 😊
Margery C
Fun card. You always make the most fabulous backgrounds. Perfect way to use all the cute images.
Sue
The dots really add the perfect finishing touch. Beautiful card!!
Jeanette D.
This looks like a really fun set. Can’t wait to see more!
margie
great colorful background
Sheri
I love the background stamping and how wonderful it turned out. I hope I can imitate it enough to do the card justice! So pretty
Hanatsuki
My favorite of the 6 cards so far. I really love this cacti and everything else on the background. 🌵
Wendy Lambert
I wish I knew how to colour like this.
Denise Bryant
Awesome background with all these fun images! Love the colors!
Beverly Uhlmansiek
I love the way you fill a card front with glorious images and coloring! This is spectacular!
Judy
Love this idea of birthday fiesta!
Kerstin
Oh, those cacti! So gorgeous and versatile! I am very looking forward to the new kit.
Becca Yahrling
Wow, your coloring, as usual, is awesome! And
I love this type of technique of stamping all
over using the elements of the kit.
kathleen dumpert
I like the cactus stamps
Sara jara
Es maravilloso la temática mexicana
Ang
This looks like such a fun kit, can’t wait to see everything!
Ang
Beverly Robinson
I love the bright colors and the layout you created for this card. I think this kit has to go in my cart on Monday.
Kailash
Such an amazing background, love the bright colors!
Cheri
Great card! Really like the cactus & chili pepper stamps! Perfect for all-occasions, too. My niece’s birthday is on Cinco de Mayo…..this would be a perfect card for her (or anyone)! Can’t wait to see the entire Kit!
Marianna
I love your happy and colorful card! The images are great.
Karenajo
What a fun background – awesome card!
LaNell
A really cute, colorful card! Fiesta!!!
Cristina
Super fun card!! May is amazing!
Christina Dauven
I love these specially the chillies since my oldest was a chilli pepper for her first Halloween.
Theresa P
Great background with all those great stamps! Love your coloring and design.
MandaLJ
You do these backgrounds so well! Such a fun card!
Bela
What a unique card! I have nothing resembling these stamps of a whimsical nature! Awesome!
Ritz
Clean and perfect for spring
Amber MacMurtry
This turned out wonderfully! I love the addition of the green dots between the stamped images. Great detail!
Peege04
These desert images are so versatile! Will be lots of fun to use. Thanks for the creative card!
Leslie Birdsall
I love the stamped background!
Rochelle C
I love the colors…
Karen L K
That is a card that is full of so much fun! I just love all your images and how colorful they are.
Danielle Siegel
Loving this theme!!
Charlotte
This looks perfect for celebration cards. I am thinking that crafts celebrating Cinco de Mayo with these beautiful, bright colors and stamps. I can’t wait to try them.
DebbyH
I love your work, May!
Beth Merrill
It is amazing how a small detail like simply putting random dots of ink really finishes the background design so fabulously! This is such a fun card!
Jade B
Very festive. Love the cacti
Michelle Montemurro
Super cute cactus.
Lyndsay Dunn
So festive!
Anne Bennett
Those cactus stamps are super cute!
F. Andre
Beautiful pattern. Thanks for sharing.
Danielle Dietz
Wow. This was a lot of work May. Love the random stamping.
Iris Soscia
So pretty – love all the beautifully colored images.
Glenn Zdziarski
Nice stamping and coloring! Cactuses are still hugely popular!!!
Barbara-Jean
your stamped background cards are always so much fun!
Jackie Price
Love all those little images. So fun! Looks like it’s another awesome kit!
Jackie S
You did such a lovely job with the Copics. Totally love the cactus stamps.
Helen Warren
This kit is caliente!
Marsha S.
Cute card! Love the gel dots!
Diane Stricker
Such a festive card.
Bevely Rykerd
Love this theme
Susan M.
Can’t wait to get started on this!
May Park
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