August My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #4 + Giveaway

Hello! We are continuing the countdown to the release of the August My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, August 5th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We will be here all weekend, sharing inspiration before the launch. Now let's join Michelle for another look at this fabulous kit!

Hello there, for today's countdown, I thought I would share a tag with you. Although I love making cards, I do have a soft spot for making tags. Since the images in the main stamp set are fairly small, I think they work well for tags as well as cards. I started off my tag by creating the night sky/galaxy background. I took a piece of watercolor paper and die cut it using the second to largest of the Nesting Tag Infinity Dies

Magical Day by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

I then blended inks on to it. I first started by adding small dabs of Reactive Ink in Grape Slush, Splash, Lemon Drop and Taffy. I then blended on Navy Mid-Tone Shadow Ink, as well as Intense Black Ink. I also added some of the colours on top of the black to intensify them. Because the inks are a hybrid formula, they do still show up on top of the black ink below. I spritzed the piece with White Iridescent Shimmer Spray, as well as Sea Salt Reactive Ink mixed with a little water and splattered it on with a paintbrush. The tag was then left to dry.

Magical day by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

I cut a further two tags from white cardstock and then partially cut these using the Nesting Cloudy Infinity Dies. Once the ink blended tag was dry, I took the sentiment from the main kit stamp set and stamped this on to the tag using Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied White Embossing Powder and heat set. 

Magical Day by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

I added the clouds to the tag using thin foam tape and tape runner. I took the unicorn image from main kit stamp set and stamped this on to white cardstock with Intense Black Ink. It was coloured with Copic Markers and added to the tag with more foam tape. To finish off, I added glitter and white gel pen dots to the unicorn, and twine to the top of the tag. 

Win a kit before you can buy it! Just leave a comment on this (and every) Countdown to Creativity post. We’ll randomly draw one lucky winner from all the comments left across all countdown posts. The winner will be announced first thing Monday morning, August 5th, before the kit launches at 10am Pacific. The more you comment, the more chances to win!

Good luck!


  • Teri S.

    Michelle, your night sky is fabulous on this tag. Thanks.

  • Machele Evans

    I was thinking Sleeping Beauty but now a unicorn. Hmmm interesting. I like it.

  • Beth Merrill

    Love this tag! Anything unicorn gets my attention every time!

  • Maggie E

    The stylized unicorn is amazing. Can’t wait to order this fabulous kit!

  • Jeanne Beam

    Love the tag and the magical unicorn!
    Thanks for sharing…