April My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #4 + Giveaway
It's time for our fourth countdown peek! The April My Monthly Hero kit will be available on Monday, April 6 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Now let's join Michelle for another look at this wonderful kit!
As soon as I saw this kit, I thought sunset! I love creating sunsets with ink blending and I always think silhouetted images work so well with them. The stamp set in the kit is perfect for this type of technique!
I started off my card by taking a 4" x 5.25" panel of Hero Hues Dove White Premium Cardstock and masking off the bottom portion. I then die cut a piece of mask paper using one of the smaller dies in the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies set. This was placed where I wanted my sun to be and then using an ink blending brush, I blended ink on to the panel.
I started off by blending Lemon Drop Reactive Ink closest to the sun, followed by Creamsicle Reactive Ink and then Fruit Punch Reactive Ink towards to the top and sides. I felt that I wanted the red to be darker so I added on a layer of Hero Hues Ruby Pigment Ink to the very edges. I then removed the sun mask and blended over more Lemon Drop Reactive Ink.
I left the inks to dry for a little while whilst arranging my stamps in the Mini MISTI. I used one of the trees from the set, two kangaroos and one of the sentiments. Once arranged where I wanted them to be, I stamped them on to the panel using Intens-ified Black Ink. I did stamp them a few times, to get a nice dark impression. The panel was then simply adhered to a Dove White Top Folded Card using foam tape.
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201 Responses
Audrey Andrews
April 06, 2020
Simple is smashing. Love your card design 😊
Kate
April 06, 2020
This is so simple but elegant. Great ideas here!
Kathleen Melia-Whitaker
April 06, 2020
Beautiful sun set!
Lynn
April 06, 2020
Beautiful. The sunset with the silhouette of the animals & tree are perfect. Reminds me of the safari kit, that is one of my favorites.
Carol H
April 06, 2020
Love the simplicity of this card! Great colours and just really effective the ways it’s been done.
tina z.
April 06, 2020
great design!
Alice Turak
April 06, 2020
love the simplicity of your card
Karen L K
April 05, 2020
Nice ink blending! I like that the tree and kangaroos are silhouettes.
karenajo
April 05, 2020
Lovely sunset colors and love the cute kangaroos! Thanks for sharing!
NCDonna
April 05, 2020
Love all the different stamps we’ve seen shared so far! Can’t wait for the full release!
Gail Anderson
April 05, 2020
Love the colors!
Amy Wazwaz
April 05, 2020
This looks like it is going to be a super home run like the safari kit from couple years ago.
Danielle Dietz
April 05, 2020
Simple yet stunning colors!
Tera Fendley
April 05, 2020
Love the card and I need the kangaroo stamp
Tina Herbeck
April 05, 2020
I love the simplicity! That sunset background is amazing!!
Susan Petersen
April 05, 2020
I like three simplicity of this card.
Miriam Prantner
April 05, 2020
Love the gorgeous inking and the silhouette images! Such a fun new kit!
Denise Bryant
April 05, 2020
Awesome silhouette scene! Beautiful colors!
Laura Staley
April 05, 2020
Beautiful sky, perfectly blended. Love the clean lines of your card! Looking like another fun kit!
Lynnea Hollendonner
April 05, 2020
I love this masked scene! So easy and classy!!
rachel duong
April 05, 2020
Great card – I love how it is on just part of the paper and how the tree goes off the page. I am excited to try this.
TRACEY LANDT
April 05, 2020
Such a cute card Michelle. Definitely getting the Australian feel with this kit.
Thank you Hero Arts, looks wonderful.
T x
Andrea B
April 05, 2020
Gorgeous ink blending! This looks like it will be a fun kit!
Barbara M
April 05, 2020
I love this sunset and silhouette card.
Crystal Snedegar
April 05, 2020
You can really feel the scorching Australia sun beating down on the kangaroos. I love the simplicity of this card!
Nicole S
April 05, 2020
Adorbs! Love the sentiment!
Nikki S
April 05, 2020
I can’t do CAS but I love when I see a card designer do one!!! One of my favorites so far!
Linda Clark
April 05, 2020
I love the sunset in this card. Can’t wait for this kit.
Carolyn
April 05, 2020
Well done Hero Arts. This looks like a great kit for everyone to enjoy, but especially us Aussies!
Marianne
April 05, 2020
Auss-ome sunset!
Jade
April 05, 2020
Wow. What a beautiful and colorful card. I love the background. And the kangaroos are adorable.
Nancy Tolan
April 05, 2020
I love the blending in the background it is so soft. I have a friend in Australia and this would be a perfect card for her.
Neha Mahajan
April 05, 2020
Perfect Aussie style!
Sandy Small
April 05, 2020
Wonderfully simple card; I love how only the top portion of the card has any color, and the kangaroos are adorable, plus the tree is great!
Patt H.
April 05, 2020
I love this awesome card! The simplicity & gorgeous colors are wonderful!
SueB
April 05, 2020
Beautiful job on the ink blending as the kangaroos really standout. Can’t wait to see the entire kit.
Bertha
April 05, 2020
Beautiful sunset. Those colours blended together so well. Great card.
Iris López
April 05, 2020
Great card. Love the ink blending.
Laurie Soffa
April 05, 2020
Love the sunset colors, cant wait to get
Karen Hale
April 05, 2020
Beautiful background…love those kangaroos!
Bonnie Miller
April 05, 2020
I’m so happy we are going down under. Be safe guys.
Bonnie Miller
April 05, 2020
I’m so happy we are going down under. Be safe guys.
Gael
April 05, 2020
That settles it – I NEED this kit! Love this card!
Jenna Batik
April 05, 2020
Masking off a portion of the card gives such a dramatic effect. I love those kangaroos. Can’t wait to see the full release.
Valerija
April 05, 2020
Wow this is beautiful! Great sunset scene. I love it!
Valerija xx
Brenda
April 05, 2020
I love how simple but striking your card is, it made me smile.
sara n
April 05, 2020
I love this one! Beautiful sunset
Margery C
April 05, 2020
Lovely blended background.
GLenda M Sultan
April 05, 2020
Fabulous job blending the sky background. The mom & baby kangaroo are so cute.
Terrie D.
April 05, 2020
What a beautiful card! I love this sunset scene. :)
Claudia K Anderson
April 05, 2020
The sunset on this card is amazing! Looking forward to the release!
Lisa
April 05, 2020
Cute card, love the colors!
Patsy
April 05, 2020
Very clever! I don’t know how you come up with these ideas. This is an easy one to try when I get the kit. Thanks!
Evelyn Larson
April 05, 2020
Beautiful card, looking forward to this month’s kit. I do not have any reactive inks. I really need to get me some.
Donna Hatfield
April 05, 2020
I love the simplicity of this card.
Meghan Kennihan
April 05, 2020
What a gorgeous sky and silhouette!
Sunnyk
April 05, 2020
The kangaroos are so cute!
Pamela Shea
April 05, 2020
Sweet card!
Renee Kroeger
April 05, 2020
It’s looking like an Aussie themed kit, there isn’t to many Aussie themed craft things around so this excites me 😁
Elizabeth Motyka
April 05, 2020
Love the Mama and baby kangaroo against the beautiful blended tangerine sky.
Susanbcards
April 05, 2020
My favorite color combination! Love Hero Arts!
Marilyn P
April 05, 2020
The horizon is beautiful. Beautiful color choices.
Karen L Hetherington
April 05, 2020
I love the blending. This is a simple but lovely card.
Dee Earnshaw
April 05, 2020
cute scene – love the sky you created:)
Teri S.
April 05, 2020
I love the colours you used to blend on the background! The kangaroos & tree stand out in sharp relief against the background. Great card! It’s strange that whenever H.A. has a countdown, I get email notifications about Days 1,3 & 5, but not Days 2 & 4. Thankfully I can go back & find them & comment on the wonderful creations that give us a peek at what is to come.
Cyndi Morris
April 05, 2020
Love that fun card. Gorgeous background.
Cyndee S
April 05, 2020
Love the way the color blend for a beautiful sunset. The black silhouette really pops as a result.
Margaret T.
April 05, 2020
Very nice use of the white space. It really sets off the scene.
Christine Eck
April 05, 2020
The background is outstanding! I’m intrigued by the theme I’m seeing- kangaroos and sharks? A surprise indeed!
Virginia Ellison
April 05, 2020
Such a nice blended sky… I love the silhouettes on the sky….
Steph Mitchell
April 05, 2020
As an Aussie it’s great to see some Aussie inspired stamps and I love the sunset colours.
Stacey Kowbel
April 05, 2020
Such a wonderful card! I love the ink blending on the top half. This is such a great kit!
sandra hall
April 05, 2020
simple but striking. my favorite so far.
PHYLLIS FREESE
April 05, 2020
Beautiful ink blending used to create this vivid sky in contrast to the silhouettes of the trees & kangaroos.
Lagene
April 05, 2020
Love this sweet kangaroo scene, my heart still goes out to Australia about their devastating fires in the recent past!
Feriba
April 05, 2020
I love your card ! The ink blending is perfection and adorable kangaroos ❤❤
Debi
April 05, 2020
Great card. Beautiful use of colors. Love it.
Karen Rollefson
April 05, 2020
Love the colors!
Lauryne Cunningham
April 05, 2020
Love your CAS card! I would love this kit for my Australia scrapbook that I’m planning to start! These beautiful silhouette images would be perfect!
Fionna Wheatley
April 05, 2020
Hi Michelle, this reminds me of wvenings camping in a the country, thank you!
Gail O'Keefe
April 05, 2020
These sneak peaks always give m inspiration!
Ann
April 05, 2020
Great card; love the talking kangaroos. I could definitely make use of those living in Australia.
Linda S.
April 05, 2020
The colors you chose for your card are stunning. I really like the simplicity of the figures with the sunset and white space.
Kathy Benjamin
April 05, 2020
Kangaroos ❤❤
Gorgeous
Eva N
April 05, 2020
Oh, how cute! I thought this was a beachy kit, but now see it will have an Australian theme…even better!
Paula Schuessler
April 05, 2020
You can’t go wrong using the HA reactive inks. Love the blending on this card.
Jeanne Beam
April 05, 2020
Such an amazing card. Love the gorgeous sunset…
Thanks for sharing.
Maria B
April 05, 2020
I like the simplicity of your card and can’t wait to see the new release.
Julia D.
April 05, 2020
I love this card! The ink blending is gorgeous and captures the sky so well. Thank you for the chance to win!!
littlen
April 05, 2020
Very nice card. Simple but pretty.
Dawn
April 05, 2020
This is my favorite! Clean and simple with perfect ink blending. I love this!
Laura P
April 05, 2020
Hi Michelle, Absolutely lovely card! Your ink blending is fabulous. I really must try these inks! Love the kangaroo images. Animal stamps are at the top of my list so your card is very appealing. Thanks for sharing!
Emily Henry
April 05, 2020
Just beautiful. Wish my blending could be so smooth!
Sharon C
April 05, 2020
What a great sunset. I really like the contrast of the white at the bottom of the card.
Seema Raja
April 05, 2020
Love the silhouette card and the stamps in this kit are perfect for it!
Felicia C
April 05, 2020
I just love this card. The images are heartwarming! I also love the color combinations. Thank you for the inspiration!
Linda Hart
April 05, 2020
I just love Australia. Your card is beautiful. I am so looking forward to getting this kit
Melynda Cleveland
April 05, 2020
Nice! Really looking forward to playing with this kit!
Anushree Vaish
April 05, 2020
Love this CAS feel!!
Holly
April 05, 2020
Gorgeous sunset, gorgeous card, Michelle!
Allie Fernandes
April 05, 2020
Michelle, a very pretty CAS card! So excited for this kit. I love thats it’s a nod to Australia. They deserve the love. And I love that it a stamp set that I could make appropriate cards for, for my friends Down Under. So happy HA! Thank you for this very heartwarming set.
K
April 05, 2020
This set is adorable
D.L. Wilson
April 05, 2020
A really lovely sunset and kangaroo card.
Angela
April 04, 2020
Oh how adorable I see Mother’s Day cards in my near future. So beautiful
Mary Holshouser
April 04, 2020
Australia has been on my bucket list for many years.
I’m getting up in age and know I’ll never make the
triip (breaks my heart). This cardt would
give me a sense of being there.
thanks for sharing
txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Missy Ree
April 04, 2020
Love the card!! Can’t wait for this kit. I must have lol
Linda Clark
April 04, 2020
Beautiful card! I just love the way you did the sunset.
MandaLJ
April 04, 2020
Lovely card! Can’t wait to see the whole kit!
Beth
April 04, 2020
Very nicely done
Judy
April 04, 2020
I love this CAS design—the sunset is lovely and having white space at the bottom of the card really adds to the design!
Tammy Fredrickson
April 04, 2020
Gorgeous sunset! Love the colors. That could also be a kangaroo and a wallaby. This is a fabulous card kit.
Annette Bridges
April 04, 2020
Love the ’roos! Thanks for sharing
Michele W
April 04, 2020
Love your sunset. Your blending and choice of colors look amazing. And then there’s those adorable kangaroos. Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Karthikha Uday
April 04, 2020
Wonderful card! :)
Joyce Soo Hoo
April 04, 2020
Michelle, Nice blending with reactive inks. Love it. Joyce
Claudia N
April 04, 2020
Stunning card! Beautiful blended background! So excited for the full reveal of this month’s kit!
Golda
April 04, 2020
This is beautiful! I love that you didn’t use the stencil on it and created a beautiful scene just with inking.
Jennifer L.
April 04, 2020
Love this card! The ink blending with the kangaroo silhouettes is striking!
Iza Malek
April 04, 2020
Wonderful new kit ! I love this little kangaroos 🦘 so adorable!
Carla Hundley
April 04, 2020
Beautifully made card
with the colorful background.
Carla from Utah
Marilee DeMars
April 04, 2020
Nice! A simple but effective look — love the colors!
Barbara Woodard
April 04, 2020
love the cute kangaroo silhouettes with your clean and simple card. your blending is so smooth and even!!!!
Denise Bryant
April 04, 2020
Love the ’roos! Awesome scene!
Sue D
April 04, 2020
I like the ink blending and the cute kangaroos.
Susan B
April 04, 2020
Beautiful sunset – i cant wait for the reveal – Thank you for sharing – May you and yours be safe and healthy.
Jackie S
April 04, 2020
Lovely sunset card – I also love silhouette stamps. Beautiful.
Lyndi
April 04, 2020
Another beautiful card.
beverly robinson
April 04, 2020
I love sunsets, too, and yours is awesome!
KerrynM
April 04, 2020
Stunning card. Goer gouges ink blending. . This looks like the kangaroos that visit our property. We leave food out for them and this morning we had 7 come in. It varies day to day and it is wonderful to watch them, particularly the joeys when they are learning to hop. Love this kit
Shirley Galecki
April 04, 2020
Beautiful card. Your bending is awesome. Love how you laid it out. Really like this kit
Elaine Wood
April 04, 2020
Wow beautiful sunset
Can’t wait to see the kit
Ann Challenor
April 04, 2020
Great colour range
Denise Barney
April 04, 2020
Love the way the inks blend to form the sky!
Avra N Williams
April 04, 2020
I love it!
Faridah Mcatamney
April 04, 2020
Hi from Sydney, Australia. Yes, Michelle, you got it right on the color theme of the great Aussieland. Cheers Altenew on your 6th anniversary. Stay healty and indoors everyone.
Aline Diener
April 04, 2020
Wow flawless blending. Love the little animals!!! great design.
Melissa Leftrick
April 04, 2020
This kit looks like so much fun!! Thank you for the opportunity and the inspiration!
lee
April 04, 2020
Great card! I love the kangaroos!
Kimberly McField
April 04, 2020
This is a lovely creation!
Brandi R
April 04, 2020
Wonderful card. Love the sky ♥
Toni L
April 04, 2020
Yes—perfect card for blending and I love the background colours.
Megan Caulder
April 04, 2020
Love the look of this card. Simple but lovely!
Debby Jensen
April 04, 2020
Love this card-so colorful
Glenna
April 04, 2020
Love the colors! Such a beautiful card.
Savvy Me
April 04, 2020
Great card. The layout and colors are beautiful. Love this set! 💗
Joni Morrill
April 04, 2020
Beautiful!
Andre M.
April 04, 2020
Your blended background is fabulous, perfect with the silhouette animals.
Noemi Robles
April 04, 2020
Love the Hero art kits. Love the sun set colors
The kangaroo arr so cute.
Jodi Warren
April 04, 2020
So very sweet. Great ink blending on the background. Love the different looks that I am seeing with this kit.
KT Fit Kitty
April 04, 2020
Absolutely stunning! Really loving what I’m seeing!
Leola Janz
April 04, 2020
G’day Mate. As an Australian love love this card idea. I will be making this card.
Karen Jordan
April 04, 2020
Such calm amidst the storm these days! Beautiful silhouette! Thank you for sharing!
Christa
April 04, 2020
So pretty thanks for the inspiration
Tamra Barnes
April 04, 2020
Can’t wait to see what else is in store with this kit. Beautiful card!
Nikki Cochran
April 04, 2020
Love how clean and simple the card is.
Sidekickcards
April 04, 2020
Amazing colours 😊
Joanne W
April 04, 2020
Love the colors and the sentiment.
Kenzie Higdon
April 04, 2020
I LOVE it!!!!!!!! This looks so fun, cute, and like an interesting kit, I just can’t wait to see what more is in store!
Katie Coggins
April 04, 2020
Love the ink blending here. Definitely an Aussie sunset
JL
April 04, 2020
Love me some kangaroos, ready to hop to it w/ this kit. Heh.
Cindy Johnson
April 04, 2020
Clean and simple. I love it!
Margaret R
April 04, 2020
Love those kangaroos!
Carolyn
April 04, 2020
Love what I have seen. When looking, I was reminded what Australia has gone threw with fires and the beautiful animals and people suffering from the fires country wide.
Josmary
April 04, 2020
So cool
Catherine
April 04, 2020
I love the sunset colours on this card. They’re so pretty with the silhouettes.
Diane Loughrey
April 04, 2020
I could have used this kit a few months back when I did cards in honor of tgexwikdfires. Today I signed up for the subscription. Really want this in my hands now.
Tasha Bond
April 04, 2020
Love this! Kangaroos are just adorable!
Cassie
April 04, 2020
The little Kangaroos are so cute! Very unique stamps!
JoSi
April 04, 2020
G’Day, Ace card! Beaut sunset ! I like your card heaps!
Susan McRae
April 04, 2020
This kit looks amazing, can’t wait to see more!
sabinevdk
April 04, 2020
I love that you used the kangaroos! Great card!
Carla Sjoholm
April 04, 2020
Love the card ideas!!
Heidi Macy
April 04, 2020
That is a sweet scene and a fun sentiment!
Stephanie VR Burns
April 04, 2020
Awww, look at the little joey! I can already tell we’ll be getting a kick out of this kit 😉
Ana
April 04, 2020
These kangaroos are cute. This card is stunning in its simplicity
SandyK
April 04, 2020
I’ve always loved kangaroos, and that baby is adorable! In love with this kit already!
Carol Wortman
April 04, 2020
A sweet card. Would be a great Aussi mother’s day card!! Thanks for having this… please stay safe and healthy!
Madeline L
April 04, 2020
Such a cute card! Can’t wait to see the whole kit!
Pia
April 04, 2020
Love this card!
Pat v
April 04, 2020
So cool. I love it!
Vicki Mayberry
April 04, 2020
This kit will be great for sending cards to my friends in Australia. Love all the blending.
Janetb
April 04, 2020
Those kangaroo silhouettes are so cute, looks like I will have to have them.
Debbie McKelvey
April 04, 2020
Love the beautiful blend you did of the sunset. This card would be great for guys.
Marianna
April 04, 2020
Cute card, would be great for mass-producing. Can’t wait to see the full reveal
Nancy Knapp
April 04, 2020
I love the kangaroos! Looking forward to receiving this kit!
Shirley
April 04, 2020
I like the Australian theme this month.
Barbara-Jean
April 04, 2020
Great blending job, Michelle, something I need to practice!
Donna Rohwer
April 04, 2020
Kangaroos! Who doesn’t love them? This looks like a fun kit!
Eva
April 04, 2020
What a beautiful card – what a beautiful Kit!! I‘ve started to count hours left to see the whole Kit…
Schmidenkiwi
April 04, 2020
That is a gorgeos sunset!
Kristin
April 04, 2020
What a wonderful card 😍 that reminds me of a relaxed vacation Downunder 🦘🦘🦘😊🗺💞
Julie
April 04, 2020
Love the colors in the sunset! Can’t wait to see the full kit revealed!
Nan Brown
April 04, 2020
Beautiful scene with the kangaroos.
Denise Kasbohm
April 04, 2020
Wow this is beautiful! Love the silhouette against the sunset background!
Leanne in Cali
April 04, 2020
So cute and the ink blending is lovely! Can’t wait to see the whole kit!!
KC Wong
April 04, 2020
Beautiful work and a great description of the steps!
Janet Durbin
April 04, 2020
Your colors are fantastic, what a great scene you created!
Mary Swearengin
April 04, 2020
Lovely. Can’t wait for this kit.
Nina S
April 04, 2020
Super cute! This definitely makes me want this kit!
Toni F
April 04, 2020
I need to win this awesome kit. It’s been a lifelong desire to visit Australia and this is probably the only way.
Kailash
April 04, 2020
A beautifully inked panel. Love the elegant design!