August My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #4 + Giveaway!
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 on Monday. Now let's join Michelle who is sharing another look at this fabulous kit...
If you love coffee and tea, you will love this kit! Personally I do not drink either, but I have still enjoyed playing with the fabulous kit and I have a lot of friends who love coffee, so it is a wonderful kit for me to make cards for them with.
I started off by creating the background to my card. I took the Floral Doily Bold Prints stamp which is an optional add-on this month and stamped it on to watercolour paper using Versamark Ink. I applied White Detail Embossing Powder and then heat set. I then watercoloured it with the new Cocoa Liquid Watercolor which is also an add-on this month. Once the piece was dry, I die cut it using one of the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies.
I then took a die slightly larger than the die cut piece and used this to emboss the circle on to the card base. The watercoloured piece was then added on top. I took one of the cup images from the main kit and stamped this on to white cardstock with Intense Black Ink. I then lightly coloured the image with Copic Markers.
The cup was added to the card with foam tape. I took one of the sentiments from the main kit stamp set and stamped this on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink. I applied White Embossing Powder and heat set. This was then cut into a strip and added to the card with foam tape also. To finish off, I cut a heart from the Sun Showers dies and coloured it with Copic Markers. I added it to the cup with liquid glue and then covered it with the Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen that comes in the kit.
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100 Responses
Chana
Very nice design, Michelle. So pretty and really makes you want a cup of cocoa!
Hugz!
Tammy
Nice!
Kay
Love it!
Jean Crocker
Latte possibilities with this great stamp set!
Marlene Turbett
Love this card. Would love to try the watercolor technique.
Kelly Jo
Adorable card.
Jacklyn Price
Beautiful card! That background is amazing! It’s so soft and elegant and is perfect for the little coffee cup. Love the embossed circle holding everything. Looking forward to this kit!
Jane Mcbee
Floral print doily bold print stamp adds so much to the card.
Kathy
I like it :)
Iris
What a sweet card!
Purvi
Like this clean and cute card!
JoAnn Barragan
I love the simplicity of this card. The white embossed sentiment really pops.
Anna Ridderstrand
Love how the color radiates in the background. I’m not a coffee-drinker myself but my friends are so with this kit I can make cute cards for them.
Lauie M
Beautiful card! Going to love this months kit!
Karen L K
Such a nice card! Love that background! Of course that cup of coffee looks really nice on the background.
Diane Rizak
Simple yet quite lovely. I am really loving that doily stamp!
Frances
The simplicity yet ombre brown effect of this card is gorgeous. Fantastic job Michelle.
Lisa Peters
A clever sentiment for a lovely card! Can’t wait to see the whole kit!!
Jennifer
Love coffee cards. So excited for this release to come out
Dana M
Wonderful card! Love the clean design and soft colors.
Kate B
Simple, yet gorgeous card! I love that background stamp & how you added details like the dry embossed larger circle.
Golda
I love that beautiful background and your fun “window” of hot beverage.
Lisa A creations
What a cute card!
Katrina
The background is superb. Very elegant. Looks like copper shading.
Ashley Shaffer
love the use of color here. very classy!
Julie Wexler
I can’t believe you don’t drink coffee- your background, coloring and inset cup are exactly what a coffee lover would want to receive in a card! The more ideas I see of this set, the more in love with it I fall.
Carol Kelley
Love coffee. Love your background!
Beverly Jordan
Such a sweet heart cup!! Love!!
Sue D
Very pretty—I like the background.
Sheanna Nesseralla
Beautiful card, love that background stamp
Lynnea Hollendonner
I don’t drink coffee or tea either, but this kit makes me want to! I love this card!
Jo Williams
Michelle this is super cute! Love that it’s simple and easy to make multiples! THanks for sharing!
Hugs,
Jo in Jersey
Kathy McCartney
Latte love…..love it!
Laura Staley
Love the embossed background and the coloring. I definitely have to try embossing with a die! Thanks for sharing.
Terry Ladwig
Yep…I need this kit!
Lourdes Gonzalez
Love everything about this card!!
Tonya
Wonderful card, the little coffee cup is so sweet!
Betsy L
Love the simple of the card! It’s so clean!
Maria Elena Castilla
Oh that background stamp will be on my list. What a great design of your CAS card!
Sherri Lang
Great background! Very pretty card…clean!
Laura Litzinger
Sweet card.
Marilee DeMars
There is no better way to send a greeting to a friend than a cup of coffee card! Love it!!
Marilee DeMars
There is no better way to send a greeting to a friend than a cup of coffee card! Love it!!
Allison
I love the simplicity and beauty of this card! So many great ideas here.
Dawn Fields
Such a lovely card Michelle! I love the colors on the background.
Jacquelyn Harmon
Yummy preview card!
Neshia W
Simply beautiful card.
Julie
That background stamp looks intriguing.
Mandalj
Beautiful card! I love the Floral Doily Bold Prints stamp background!
Kimberly Dorval
I live this view of the cup. So much I can do with this!
Cha Lion
Love your elegant card! Thanks!
BONNIE Pleune
Love the subtle colors and warm feeling with this card.
Cathy Jordison
Your card is so pretty. I love the clean and simple design. I’ll have to case your design. Thank you for sharing.
Joy Revert
Great card idea. Thanks
Lisa Woodburn
The lacquer pen gives a nice effect I’m looking forward to trying
eileen bochsler
I really love this latte collection. So many ways to use it.
Janet
Such a pretty card, I love the background stamp and the ombre look, very nice!
Janice
I love the warm swirls, in cuppacino colours
Sarah T.
Simple, but so effective. What a fun kit this month.
Jennifer Forster
That’s so cute! I absolutely love this monthly kit!!
Nita Moser
Nice!!!!
Vikki Hein
Great sentiment on your card!
Marsha Segard
I love the variegated look of the circle place on top. It makes it look more interesting.
Cheyenne Feece
I adore the simplicity of this card. Thanks for sharing!
Beverly Perdue
Love this card design! Can’t wait to see this kit.
Maryann
Very elegant card! I’m really looking forward to the full kit reveal
Marianne
Love this!
BRENDA C WILKINSON
The Floral Doily print is so pretty and makes a lovely background for your cup.
Melanie Parnell
So simple and pretty. I am off to have a cup of tea.
Sam Burnett
Great card Michelle. I love that new background stamp!
Sarah Mix
Great card – elegant and simple!
DUMONTIER Marjorie
This is a cute card ! I love the pun sentiment.
Kim Smart
Love the coffee theme this month!! Beautiful card!!
Rita Childs
love the saying
Trinity Knieriem
I love the coffee theme…while everyone else is releasing fall/holiday theme, I like that HA hasn’t 😉.
Penny Walker
Great card, love the coffee theme.Cant wait for my kit.
Karen p
Love, love, love the cups!
Joan Petty
What a wonderful card. Lots of lovely instructions too, thank you.
I do not like coffee but love tea especially in a pretty china cup. I suppose that is because I am English LOL For me it is tea with everything, even when stamping with Hero Arts.
Joanne
The background stamp is gorgeous! It highlights the lovely latte!
K. Eley
Beautiful and elegant card! The new color of watercolor is beautiful. It almost looks copper in the background part of this card!
Krystal S
Your card is so lovely! Very elegant and yet would work for just about any one that I send cards to. Thank you for sharing with us, so we can be inspired by it.
Judy Hernandez
Love your creation! Can’t wait for this to be released! I’m definitely going to have to get some of the liquid watercolors and give them a try. :)
Pamela Toriello
whole Latte Love for this card…… can’t wait
Kristina Hein
Such a lovely card!
Marlene twilley
What a pretty but elegant card which could be sent to a man or women. I love how you added all of the dimension and texture.
Donna J Billingsley
Cute sentiment! Love the stamp set. TFS.
Melisse McF
CAS with lots of interesting detail – definitely will be CASEing this one.
Thanks Michelle!
Laurie Schlichter
Coffee is my friend! I love the background color; makes me think of coffee ice cream. Love the pun in the sentiment, too.
Beverly COLEMAN
Love the little cup. So cute!
Sylvia Vicari
Nice
RuthJ
Such fun and perfect for so many!
Patt H.
So pretty! Love the background stamping,!
Patt H.
So pretty! Love the background stamping,!
Dgolly
Cute card and what looks like a great kit.
Jenine
I love the colors for your card – and the background stamp is just awesome!
Debbie Winkler
Can’t wait to try the kit for myself. Love the background.
Veronica Barba
Gotta love coffee!
Jeanette D.
Love the background! 😍
Lori D
Love that floral doily! What a great add-on. I can hardly wait!
Denise Bryant
This is so pretty! I love that beautiful background design!
Michelle Short
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