We are back for another countdown post, leading up to the release of the August My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, August 6th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We'll be sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as new optional add-on products that will be available on Monday. And don't forget to leave a comment on this and every post as we will be giving away a kit. Now let's join Ilina who is sharing another look at this fabulous kit...
Welcome back to day #2 of the August My Monthly Hero countdown. Ilina Crouse here this morning with another look at this month's kit. I am a huge coffee lover, so this kit is right up my alley.
For my card today I used the cafe scene Fancy Die to dry emboss on piece of Snow Layering Paper. Once done, the piece was trimmed down to 3 3/4" x 5" and ink blended using Cotton Candy ink. Then I splashed little bit of the new Cocoa Liquid Watercolor (one of the new add-ons this month.)
Stamp the two coffee cups using Intense Black Ink and die cut them, as well as some of the tiny hearts (I cut those by hand). Then colored using Copic markers.
To create the shaped foam, I stamped the images into the coffee cups and used them as a guide line to apply the Crystal Clear Lacquer pen. While it was still wet I applied White Puff embossing powder and heat set it. This will look like foam! It's an amazing effect. Both the lacquer pen and White Puff embossing powder come in this month's kit.
Stamp the sentiment onto some dark brown card stock and emboss with White embossing powder, cut to size and assemble the whole card onto Kraft folded note card, adding some Champagne sequins as a finishing effect, along with some lacquer pen onto the tiny hearts. Let it dry before handling.
Thank you so much for stopping by and hope you are inspired. Don't forget to check back later today (and tomorrow) for more creative inspiration using this kit.
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OMG I just love what you created! The foam on top of the coffee is unbelievable! A barista could not have done it better LOL Your card is my favourite of all!
Love the overhead perspective!
Hugz!
so pretty
Love this card! The colors & the dry embossed background are great!
Love this kit and all the possibilities.
Love the use of the die stamped on foam, clever.
This puff looks great
Too stinkin cute! I need this kit in my life.
Whoever receives this card will be amazed and the realistic foam in the cup. Beautiful card and wonderful product. Can’t wait to play with that. Thanks Hero Arts for inspiring creativity and bringing fun new products!
Nice color-combo. Like this card alot.
Thanks for showing how we can get so much more out of our dies by embossing with them. Love this card.
Love the dry embossing for the background and the choice of colors. Beautifully layered elements.
Such a cute card! I just can’t get over the puffy embossing powder…must have! 😍
So much fun with the puff embossing powder! I like that background a lot too with the embossing and nice pink ink.
I love the subtle detail of the cafe site embossed into the paper. There are so many uses for our dies that I don’t always think of.
I’ve never tried dry embossing with dies, but I LOVE the subtle boost it gives to your card!! Thanks for inspiring me to give it a try with your lovely sample!
Fabulous card! Love the embossed coffee shop in the background, and that foam is awesome!
So pretty! I love the ombre ink blending and the dry embossed background!
Love the puff. Cute card,
Cute card for a coffee barista!
What a lovely card. Great background with the die impression.
i really like how you dry embossed the die for the background and the color is so lovely!
Ooh- I’m so enjoying the coffee theme, and your use of the puff embossing powder is so clever… the coffee jumps off the page!
Oh oh oh… CoooFeeee! Love them, and the stamps! <3
Love the white puff embossing. Very clever! Takes the card up a notch.
Yummy puffy foam and lived your design!! Gorgeous pink bg too!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the puff embossing powder with the lacquer pen! So gorgeous!
Cannot wait I love coffee, and stamps, and hero arts, and dies.
cute
Love this card…and the kit! Can’t wait to see what is all in it!
Love the way you used the die to emboss the card! Beautiful card!
I love the color combination you chose and the top of the coffee is just fun!
Genius move on the white puff on the cream of the coffees! The dry embossing detail in the background really makes the card pop!
Ph wow Ilina i love all those little details on your cards. You are suchan inspiration. Love the pink background! Beautiful card.
Nice card.
I love the die being used to emboss. Also love the color scheme. Awesome card!
Ilina, this is so pretty! I love the stamped images inside the cups!
Beautiful card. Great technique used for a stunning effect.
Oh my goodness! Love your card!❤You’ve added so much dimension and colors. Such a pretty card. Thank you for sharing. I can’t wait to get the kit tomorrow!🌞
Love the dry embossing technique and how you used the lacker pen to add embossing powder! It’s a lovely card. Thanks
Can’t wait to try the puffy embossing powder
Lovin’ this latte collection!
Great card, the puffy embossing card can be used in so many ways!
Loving the look of the white puff embossing powder with this set.
So cool with that foam
Loving the embossing with the die. More than one application for a product is super exciting! I am also jn love with this foaming embossing powder.
Love the foam created with marker and white puff embossing powder.
The lacquer pen sounds like a great addition to card making! I love the effect!
So cute! Thanks for sharing.
Love the amazing effect of the foam in the coffee.
Cute card! I’m drawn to the lattes, but also really like the textured embossed background.
Love the embossing and soft pink background. Those latte coffees are the bomb!
Love the color combination. Thank you for sharing.
Ilina that is a spectacular card! I love the white puff embossing powder – it really does look like real foam in a latte; too cool!
You’ve made a sweet card ! I love your choice of colours.
Love the embossed die and the foam design in the coffee cups!! So cute!!
Looks like a great kit! Such a cute card. I really like the embossed background too!!
Love the color pink! ☕️
Can’t wait…one more day😊
Can’t wait…one more day😊
Excited to see this complete reveal!
So lovely – from the fancy die to the lattes and everything in between!
Love the Foam Effect….. can’t wait to play with it! come on Monday!
Love the use of the die for embossing the background, the colors and the foam, lovely!!
The foam is so very cool!
Lovely design in the coffee! All the cards are adorable. TFS!
Love it
Coffee art stamps!
I’ve tried to create coffee art with laughable results… a stamped version is more up my alley.
I like the way they look at the cup. cute concept
Just perfect for so many I send cards to!
Very excited about the new release. Your card is delicious..:)
Love the colors! Can’t wait to get it!
I love that little latte cup! I know some friends who need a card made with this one. :)
Yummy colors and textures! Beautiful card!
Great way to use all elements on the kit, I can see the possibilities 😉
Love the colors & the shapes foam!
I love the use of the white embossing powder as it makes it look 3 dimensional.
I have many friends that is coffee lover, this would be a great set for me to make cards for them.
Love the foam swirl in the cups. Pretty card.
Beautiful card! Really liked the embossed background, very subtle but can tell it’s a coffee shop!!
Love the card and foam effect!
So feminine and pretty in pink! Love the background and puffy embossing to give the coffe cups a realistic look!!
Very cool background! Love the coffee!
Very cute with the White puff embossing powder. Can’t wait for the entire reveal.
This is a beautiful card and I love the top-view of the coffee cups!
I love this die. Can’t wait to see full kit
The dry embossing is really nice. Awesome card.
Love the soft embossed cafe background and the white puff cream designs in the lattes!
So pretty! Love the pink and the design of this card.
Simple but fun card. Love it!
I love the technique you used on the foam – this kit looks amazing so far!
This is so cute – the color combination is very pleasing. Plus, I am loving that puff embossing powder!
A very special card. Can’t wait for the release, it is going to such fun playing with the kit.
Oooh! The puff embossing powder looks fun to play with!
Beautiful card! I love the dry embossing done with dies. I can’t wait to try out this kit.
Love the embossing.
I love your card. Very creative use of the puffing embossing powder.
Love the subtle texture of the background. Looks amazing :)
Enjoy this card!
Ilina Crouse
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