August My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #3 + Giveaway
Hello! Welcome back to the countdown to the release of the August My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is coming up on Monday, August 5th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. Now let's join Ilina for another look at the kit!
Hi everyone! Ilina here sharing another idea using this month's My Monthly Hero Kit. I had so much fun playing with this kit and creating different scenes.
For today's card I used the castle die from the kit and die cut it from a piece of Dove White cardstock measuring 4" x 5 1/4", then colored with alcohol based markers. I slid a piece of paper between the castle and the sky in such a way that the castle was covered and ink blended Tide Pool ink to create the sky.
Next, I stamped the queen image using Intense Black ink, colored and die cut. Set it aside. I cut another piece of Dove White cardstock measuring 4" x 5 1/4" and cut a circle using the Circle Infinity Dies. To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment and assembled the pieces.
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100 Responses
Brandy
Like the font & the castle. : )
Sara Nieuwenhuis
Castles! Love it!
Shawn Frank
Everything about this card is my style I can see me using in my crafts
Jodi Warren
Great concept, Love the different look of the castle.
Anushree Vaish
Love it!! Every detail is beautifully done!!
Cindi Patton
I love that font! Great card.
Bonnie P
Great card! Love the castle in the background!.
Mindy Eggen
love the light shading behind the castle! beautiful clean and simple card
Beatrice
Beautiful & regal card!
Breina Burgin
I’m looking forward to making cards for the birthday girls in my future!
Sharon Vincz
I love the stamps and the way your card layout.
Sarahp
love the royal theme!
Amanda Pina
Can’t wait to see the rest of the set!
Amanda Pina
Too cool! Love it
Kellie
A very regal and elegant feel has been created by your card. Lovely. 👸🏻
Emma H
Beautifully put together
jenny stratton
The castle is so cute, nice simple card.
jenny stratton
I love the fairytale theme it would be perfect for my granddaughter.
Janet Ruitto Kollar
What a wonderful way to encourage someone! I would be so pleased to receive this card
Jessica Williams
I love the composition of this card with the castle in the background in soft colors and the queen in the foreground with bold colors.
Kirsty
I love this delightful card!!!
Thersha Lewis
Ilina, you rule. Love it all
Joyce Mehrberg
Another fantastic card.
Laura
Cute
Melissa
I adore the font of this sentiment! I dabbled a little bit in calligraphy many years ago, and this is similar to Gothic and Carolingian hands that I tried lettering. Lovely!
Melissa Ringnalda
Cute card. Love the castle on the green background.
Stephanie Z
Girls rule – yea :)
Marisela Delgado
cute card
Shawn Frank
This is just stunning I love the castle and would have Queens on her own card with the castle in the background this is a wonderful kit!
Gretchen F
I can’t decide which I like better, the sentiment or the castle. Thankfully they’re together, and I don’t have to make that decision. :-)
Pamela Shea
I love your card. Can’t wait for this kit.
Shannon
Love the play on words with the queen!
Marie
Perfect placement of the three featured elements – throne, castle, and sentiment surrounding the circle! If only the sentiment were true outside my own little castle!!
Valerie Bullock
Oh my!! That font just makes your card perfect. I can’t wait to see the full reveal! Thanks for your inspiration.
Terri Bruin
Very cute.
Shirley Wallen
Perfect for young kids
Janice Letinic
Gorgeous Fonts and perfect theme
Janice Letinic
I love the Way these stamps make me feel- like a little girl again!
Sharon Howell
I love the castle. I can see so many possibilities with it! Your card was beautiful!
Ruth Dupchen
I am looking forward to the release of this next kit.
Tricia Wittenberg
I love, love, love this card! The colors are so calming and I love the Font for the sentiment it looks royal!
jessica kerr
Beautiful job with the sky background shading
Dorothea Prouty
Queen of the Castle! Yay! What fun…
Vanessa McDonald
So far I have liked everything - some more than others- but seeing the castle up close in your post means I’m really starting to like it too. (And that of course means my budget is in some serious trouble!) 😁🤗😊😉
Dannielle Ortolani
There’s just so many awesome things in this kit so far! Just when I think I seen all the cool stamps and die cuts another one pops up..this Castle is pretty cool😊
Glenda Sultan
Perfect card for any female, young or old! Love it.
Ann K.
The sentiments in this particular Old English calligraphy font crack me up, can’t wait to see if there are any others…
Heather George
I enjoy the period kits so much.
Machele Evans
This is making me think of Sleeping Beauty. Fun!
Beth Merrill
Great card! Love the sentiment! Looking forward to seeing more from this kit!
Maggie E
I love the detail and dimension of this card. The font on the sentiment is amazing.
Stacey Kowbel
Love that font! Such a great castle too!
Fonda Rush
Lovely card. Thank you for sharing.
Laura Staley
Love the coloring on the card! I’m really enjoying seeing this kit. It so reminds me of a mural I did in my granddaughter’s room. Isn’t there just something magical and fun about castles?
Zlatka K
Beautiful card! I love the font.
Beth Buss
Great card. I never tire of the fantasy kingdom.I believe.
Dee Earnshaw
love the design of this sweet card
MicheleS
Lovely card, I love how you highlighted the castle with the circle cutout.
Lisa Byers
I love love love the castle!! This kit is magical!!!
Valerie
The castle is so cool and that sentiment so powerful, but I just adore this stamp!!!
Jenna Batik
Great card. Can be used for so many occasions.
Fatima Almajed
Beautiful castle, beautiful queen and beautiful ILina
Kim Gottlieb
Love the fairytale theme and what a great font!
Kim Gottlieb
Loving the fairytale theme!
Anna
Love your use of that royal font for a fun sentiment! Beautifully done!
Gabriella Bell
Oh I feel a fairytale coming on ….so exciting I can hard.y wait
Melodie Isreal
This card reminded me of my favorite movie Camalot….thanks!!!!
Chiara
Love the sentiment and the queen, and Also the colors, this kit seems really unique!
Crystal Lewis
I love the font in this set. I can’t wait.
Sharon
I must say this is my very first peek at the kit! Looks like fun-I can’t wait to see the rest!
Kaylene
Very cool card and technique. Love the collies. Reminds me of Neuschwanstein castle in Germany. I can see lots of uses for this new kit.
Kelley H
Oh nice the dragon and castle I bet would look great together
Leslie Birdsall
Love your card! I can see this as a magical shaker card as well!
Andrea B
This card rules! 😁 I love how you added color to the castle. I’m excited to see the whole kit!
Neha Mahajan
This is a cute card. The castle looks great.
Patti R
Looks like a wonderful, magical set!
Sandra Krouse
Obviously this willbe a royally stunning kit when completely revealed.
NCDonna
Very dreamy looking card! Love the clean lines.
Emma Charlotte
Castle is perfect for the royal queen and this new kit is perfect for me! Lol !
Trina
I love focal point cards and this one is done beautifully. There is the beautiful background but you are always drawn back to that amazing queen!
Ellen Gilliam
Love the inclusion of the historical script!
Linda Clark
Beautiful card! I really like how you put the queen in front of the castle. With the sentiment, it’s perfect!
Gail
Love love love this- gotta get this set.
Robin Buchholz
What a pretty card, love the castle!
Daphne Ross
I fell down a rabbit hole while creating swatch sheets for my ink pads and found myself here! I am so excited about the August kit…
I am going to recreate your card as a way to practice the basics – beautiful card.
Donna Holloway
You’ve done a queenly job of this card. I can’t wait to get my kit.
Carla Hundley
Lovely card. The cut
out looks great with
the castle in it. Lovely
coloring.
Carla from Utah
Charlene Cisler
I absolutely love how this card is set up. It’s different, rather unique and I can honestly say that I never would have thought to do it myself! I feel that too often I approach cardmaking with blinders on. I thank you for the adjustment to my tunnel vision!
Karthikha Uday
Ooh this is awesome! :)
Bonnie McKenzie
This is a beautiful card 😊 I can’t wait to get this kit
Kelsey Thomas
This is an awesome card design. :) Can’t wait to see the full kit reveal!
Debra J Maurer
How cute it this! I love it, and the sentiment is perfect!
Monica Tozier-Brown
I love the detail and demention in the castle. I see so many possibilities with this kit already!!!!! I’m at Comic-con this weekend with my husband and son and just can’t wait to get this month’s kit to embelish some scrapbook pages from this weekend with it!
Tracy
Such an elegant looking card, nice work!!
Judy Dahman
Perfect for my family tree! I am descended from a long line of royalty on my mom’s side. Our lineage is like hitting the ancestry lottery!
Claudine Vance
I absolutely love this kit so far! Hero Arts comes out with amazing sets!
Claudine Vance
I love what I see of this kit so far! I love your card!
Katrina Bocchi
I want to visit that castle.
Becky Moore
That castle is so adorable!
Susan Tipton
Love the Queen! Cute and fun card.
Ilina Crouse
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