April My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #2 + Giveaway
It's time for our next countdown peek! The April My Monthly Hero kit will be available to pre-order on Monday, April 6 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Now let’s join Ilina, who is sharing some more fabulous inspiration using this month's kit!
Hi everyone! I am in love with the April kit and I believe you will be too. I decided to depict a desert Australian scene. To make the card I started with piece of Canary Cardstock and temporarily adhered the stencil to it. I ink blended Butter Bar, Fresh Peach and Soft Cantaloupe Shadow inks, starting from lightest around the sun, and darkest on the edges.
Next secure the stencil on piece of Sand Cardstock and ink blend Soft Brown and Cup o' Joe Shadow inks on the sand part. Trim it to only have the sand edge. Adhere on top of the Canary layer using foam tape.
Ink blend Fresh Peach and Soft Cantaloupe inks on Canary Cardstock. Using Cup'o Joe ink stamp the boulder. Die cut using the coordinating die.
Stamp the tree using Moss and Cup O'Joe inks on Dove White Cardstock. Die cut using coordinating dies, ink blend some Butter Bar and Soft Brown inks to blend in with the background. Stamp the kangaroo on Sand Cardstock using Cup O'Joe ink. Stamp the sentiment in the middle of the sun and assemble your panel and adhere to a top folding Sand notecard.
And that's it!
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83 Responses
Julie
Kangaroos???? :) Sign me up! I love that the stencil can be used as water or sand!
Janet Trapp
Wow this looks so cool! Can’t wait to see the new kit! 💞
Leonie Haines
As an Aussie I’m so excited for this kit!
Tonya Byrd
The scenes from the first two cards are so vibrant! I visited Australia several years ago and created a scrapbook when I returned. I would have LOVED having this set while I was working on it!
Janet Axtman
Gorgeous depiction of Australian desert and perhaps a green mirage. TFS!
Josmary
Wow this is a stunning card
Christine Gruevska
Love everything about this, from the colours in the sky to the colours on the ground. Everything the Aussie out back looks like. I want this stencil bad, new i should of sing up for the 3 month subscription.
Faridah Mcatamney
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi,oi, oi! A proud Australian hurray expression is coming to Hero Arts, wow. Take care everyone and stay well.
Eunice Brown
Wow, what a versatile stencil, I love how you turned this into a land scene. The little Kangaroo is a very nice touch. Tfs.
Judy Crook
love the kangaroo die cut and colors
Karen Jordan
I love the blended sky and desert! Great job of creating an “Aussie” feel!
Donna H
Very creative color choices! Such a fun theme for this months kit.
KT Fit Kitty
Such a cute card! I can’t wait to see more of this kit!
Carol Wortman
It’s time to tie me a kangaroo down sport with this cute kit.(now I’ll be singing that in my head). Love your inspiration…come on lil wombat time to visit. Gonna be so cute!
Annie Sobieski
What a blast these stencils would be to use! I can think of so many ideas already!
Allie Fernandes
These sneaks have totally touched my heart. Australia we feel for you. Ilina lovely card.
Linda
What a cute set this promises to be! It will add lots of elements to my stash that I don’t have—yay!
Really like your color blending, Ilina.
Brande Kate Wester
Yayyy, can’t wait to see the kit. Thanks for sharing the sneak peek!
Judy
Looks like another awesome kit!
Leanne in Cali
I love this card with the colors, scene and feel of it! Fabulous!!
MaryG
It’s beautiful!! Love the peach and cantaloupe colors in the sky! And I’ve actually walked all around Uluru, or Ayers Rock.
Ellen Cooper
I love the vibrant sky on your card. :-)
Eve G.
Yay, Outback! Loving it! As I mentioned yesterday, I lived in Australia for 4 years. This is my must have kit! <3
Kathy McCartney
Like the color blending
Denise
You really thought outside the box with this card. Great card!
rachel duong
I love the colors and the great color blending. The stencil for the sky is awesome and the kangaroo is so cool!
Gail O'Keefe
This will be another fun kit!
karenajo
Great colors for an Aussie scene! Love the kangaroo and the lovely tree! Thanks for sharing!
Paula Schuessler
Really love the components so far. That cloud stencil is the bomb!
Cindy Johnson
So pretty! Love the ink blending…i really need to work on that!
Bertha
Loving that sky and those waves of sand in the desert could double for the sea too. Versatile set.
Cassie
Love the stencils for this kit! The clouds/sky and the sand look amazing, the colors on this card are so vibrant! Can’t wait for this Australian theme!
Roberta
Ilina I can almost feel the heat! I’m loving this card kit even before I see it. Thank you
Jessica Williams
Love the colors you used on the background! Beautiful card.
Hope Overgaard
I love this kit. The colors you used are stunning. Beautiful.
Rachel W
Wow, love how versatile this month’s kit is. Change of colors and embellishments and it’s a whole new scene. Can’t wait for more!
Yoryina Nufio
Wow I love this cards shows hope to everyone
Debbie McKelvey
This card is awesome looking. I love the colors, so fitting for the Aussie feel. Great job!
Barbara-Jean
A great reassuring card!
Donna Hatfield
I love the effect of the desert in this card. It reminds me of the Outback on our trip to Australia.
Janine
Love honoring Australia after the hard year they have had with the fires. Great card
Connie Pyle
I love this card too! Just a few changes and you have a new card! Great joy on your creation!
Karen L Hetherington
This new kit looks interesting. I wonder if the stencil could be used as wood grain and possibly marbling too. Your card is very bright and cheerful.
Connie Pyle
I really like this card the bright colors and the entire scene that you built. Excellent creation!
Susan Petersen
The stencil seems very versatile.
Dawn
I love these stencils!
Nalini
I have no idea what type of tree that is – it doesn’t look familiar – but I need all things Australian! And I DESPERATELY need that “g’day mate” stamp on the previous blog post! (I’m Australian. Not that you really hear that type of language much any more but it’s so quintessentially Aussie! These days you’re more likely to hear “the ambo went down to the milko to buy bog roll but they’d sold out!”
Heather Broadnax
Love the color palette you used.
Angela
What a great card! I’m going to love this kit.
Christine E
Ohhhh I am excited to see this kit!
Joy Gainey
This a really cool kit!!
Andre M.
Gorgeous palette for this desert scene.
Christine S.
I love the ink colors and blending you did!
Deb
I love the bright colors. Makes you feel warm and toasty. The sentiment is perfect to help people feel that they are not along at this time. The kangaroo die cut looks great on the card.
Joni Morrill
So pretty! I love it!
Erika M Shapiro
Yup! Totally loving this new kit!
Carol H
How cool. Great colours. Love the idea. 😊
Marilee DeMars
This looks like it will be a fun kit — just what is needed right now!
Tera Fendley
Love the kangaroo
Susan McRae
Fabulous desert scene and I love the cute kangaroo!
Linda Talley
Wonderful Australia theme to pick us up during this dark time. Such beautiful colors and the Roo makes it complete. After all the efforts they made to save their animals during the terrible fires they had, this is so appropriate! Go Hero Arts!
Karen Hale
Oh, yes…must be an Australian theme. Love it!!
Deborah Smart
I’m lovin’ the Australian vibe so far! Beautiful card – and I love the kangaroo with joey peeking out of the pouch :)
Catharina R. Worthington
Your use of colors are refreshing.
Catherine Hanson
Yellow is my favorite color so I absolutely love the sky on this card. I never would have thought using these colors would work so well as the sky!
Jean Heming
wow its electric!!! not sure if its heat waves or thunder but its gorgeous!!! lovin these scene sets ,,,I picked up all 3 flower sets and the dock and the mountains…
Jean Crocker
Looks like a fun kit to play with
Holly A.
What a unique and fun design. Love the desert sky ink blending. I’m getting super excited for this kit!
Denise Kasbohm
Love this color scheme with the sun and desert.What an amazing stencil.!!
Vicki D
Love the kangaroo!
Vicki D
Love the kangaroo!
Art_of_albara
Wow ! I already loooove that kit, your cards are both (Jessica and yours) beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration <3
Kim S.
My brain would NEVER have considered a) water then b) desert. NEWP. Ingenious.
Renee Fallon
Wow, this looks fabulous. I am in the middle of scrapbooking a trip to Australia and definitely need these stamps!
Melynda C
What??? Kangaroos!! Krickey that’s “Aus-one” Mate
Patricia
What a fun kit! I can’t wait to see what other ideas are posted!
Karin W
Great card! Wonderful ink blending
NatQuebec
Wow, look forward to see all the projects with this kit😊💙
Anouk
Pretty card example!
How fun to see that the stencil can also be used very well as a sandy background (instead of the water background example from the first post).
Nancy Knapp
Wow! Love it! I’ve always wanted to go to Australia to see the kangaroos and koalas! I can’t hardly wait to get my monthly kit to see what is all in it!
Kailash
I can feel the desert warmth from that lovely scene!
ESTELLE
After water world, australia world. Cool.
Natacha Concepcion
Such a lovely card. This months theme is so much fun.
Ilina Crouse
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