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 3 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. Don't forget to leave a comment on this post for a chance to win a kit before you can buy one! Now let's join Michelle who is sharing another beautiful look at the kit...
Hello there, this kit has such a serene and relaxing feel to it and it is perfect for those of us staying at home during this difficult time. I fell in love with the woman on the deck chair image and thought she would be perfect to create a little scene with her reading her book in the garden.
I started off by taking a panel of Dove White Cardstock and masking off the edges. I then blended Green Apple Reactive Ink at the bottom for the grass, followed by Splash Reactive Ink above for the sky. I tried to blend out to white at the top to give a softer look. I took the sentiment from the main kit stamp set and stamped it using Intens-ified Black Ink in the sky.
I adhered the panel flat to a top folding card base. I then took the woman on her deck chair image, as well as the potted plant image from the main kit stamp set and stamped these on to white cardstock with Intens-ified Black Ink. I coloured them with Copic Markers and cut them out using the coordinating Frame Cuts that come in the kit.
I wanted the plants to look like plants growing directly in the garden, so I cut the pot part off to just show the leaves and adhered them to the bottom of the ink blending with foam tape. I then popped the woman behind them using Precision Glue.
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205 Responses
Angela R
August 04, 2020
Hmmm… any other chairs available…
Doreen R
August 03, 2020
This looks exactly like my happy place. Love this set.
lee
August 03, 2020
What a fun new release! Great Card!
K. Eley
August 03, 2020
This might be my favorite card so far! Which is tough because they have all been amazing! Love the white borders and the softer look of the blue fading for the sky/background. Then of course the images are perfect!
Carol MJS
August 03, 2020
One of my favourite pastimes! Love the garden feel of this card. Amazing what a few well placed plants will do!
Katie Coggins
August 03, 2020
I love how relaxing this looks
Carolyn
August 03, 2020
Happy place indeed! Thanks for sharing
Sandy
August 03, 2020
This is so calming to look at the cool colors. It would definitely make me feel happy to get a card like this!
tina z
August 03, 2020
amazing ink blending in the background!
Pamela McGillin
August 03, 2020
Such a fun card!
Regine
August 03, 2020
Beautiful card!
Amy G
August 03, 2020
Her happy place looks a lot like mine!
Amy G
August 03, 2020
Her happy place looks a lot like mine!
anthonette
August 02, 2020
Oh I love this stamp! This card is so pretty
Beth Merrill
August 02, 2020
I love the soft, dreamy effect you created with such lovely ink blending. Really sets the tone for this card!
MS CAROLINE LIVERMORE
August 02, 2020
Looks so nice and relaxing! Beautiful coloring!
Kendra
August 02, 2020
I like how your blending fades out so naturally. I need to try that. Such a better solution than trying to cover the whole card space!
Judy
August 02, 2020
I love the ink blended background and the beautifully colored images on Michelle’s peaceful card! We can all use a little peace during these challenging times—thanks for the inspiration!!
karenajo
August 02, 2020
She does look so relaxed sitting on her pretty recliner! Love the soft background colors and how you added the plants to the foreground to make it look like a garden! Great card – thanks for sharing!
Carole Anne Patterson
August 02, 2020
That card…every woman needs a moment like this. Beautiful card.
Susan Petersen
August 02, 2020
So relaxing.
Jane A McBee
August 02, 2020
This is my happy place. Beautiful card.
Joyce Soo Hoo
August 02, 2020
Michelle, your ink blending for the background was beautiful.
sharon gullikson
August 02, 2020
Oh, this looks like a perfect day. I LOVE this idea.
Melissa Friedrich
August 02, 2020
Love the softly blended background and the dimensional leaves, perfect getaway scene, LOVE this kit already!
Shelly D Scott
August 02, 2020
I always wanted hammock. Such a lovely card. Its a reminder for us all to find our happy place.
Sheri Kempke
August 02, 2020
Love this—amazing ink blending in the background! This looks like a perfect kit for August!
Lisa
August 02, 2020
Love the coloring on those leaves. This kit looks like it is going to be one to reach for often. So many uses! Looking forward to the release.
Terri Rizzo
August 02, 2020
Love this card, this looks like a great stamp set.
Georgie
August 02, 2020
One of my favorite, simple designs.
Julie Wexler
August 02, 2020
Michelle – your card sang to me…lounging by my garden with a good book is indeed one of my happy places! I’m so amazed at the many elements in this MMH kit, and options for scene- building. Thanks so much and stay safe!
Teri S.
August 02, 2020
This is my favourite way to relax. This whole set is perfect for me! I like the soft look of the colours & the CAS style of your card Michelle.
Emily Henry
August 02, 2020
She certainly does look comfy. I have loved all the scenes created with this set. I also think they would be great cards to send to ladies who are having an especially hard time right now, reminding them to take time for themselves to relax so that they can continue on with life. A refreshing time each day is necessary for mental health.
Alanna Purewall
August 02, 2020
This card totally speaks to me! Looking forward to seeing the entire release!
GLenda M Sultan
August 02, 2020
Your shading is well done. The pants have dimension too.The clothes are classic & won’t ever go out of style. We can always change them to what’s popular with Hero’s always changing markers.
Rebecca Ednie
August 02, 2020
Love the soft background and the plants along the bottom edge.
Gail Spresser
August 02, 2020
Very nice card – relaxing! Thank you.
Golda
August 02, 2020
What a fantastic way to ground the chair. This is a lovely card and looks like it’s going to be a wonderful release.
Doris
August 02, 2020
I wish that was me – its cold here and I wish we had a little more sun!
Lyndi
August 02, 2020
My happy place is with a book too. Love the colors and this card.
Iris Esther López
August 02, 2020
Love this relaxing scene. Fantastic card.
Cheri
August 02, 2020
oh, a favorite pastime……. & a very cute card!
GLenda M Sultan
August 02, 2020
This kit is just right for our stay at home vacations we are all faced with this summer. This cute card reminds us to sit back & relax.
Valerija
August 02, 2020
Stunning card. Love the scene you have created. Wonderful soft colours too.
Valerija xx
Dee Fisher
August 02, 2020
Love your card. We can all just see ourself sitting in the garden with a glass of lemonade. I really like how you did the plants
Bertha
August 02, 2020
Michelle, you have nailed this clean and simple card. Beautiful design, great colour scheme and blending. It really shows a garden haven.
Rosemary D
August 02, 2020
perfect clean and simple design using this new kit!
Karen Hale
August 02, 2020
Oh, my happy place indeed! Can’t wait to see the kit.
karen t
August 02, 2020
Now that’s definitely my happy place! Great kit! I’m sold!
Linda Edwards
August 02, 2020
This would be me as we travel around in our camper. I love this set.
GMC
August 02, 2020
It truly is a happy place. The background is well blended. Ah, to sit amid the plants and read.
Gil Vollrath
August 02, 2020
This card represents my retirement dream. Reading all day in the shade.
Louise
August 02, 2020
Love it😍
Kristin
August 02, 2020
What a relaxed scene and a wonderful inspiration for a simple + clean layout. thank you 👍😍♥️♥️♥️
NWFlamingo
August 02, 2020
Absolutely beautiful! I think you have captured relaxation.
rachel duong
August 02, 2020
This card is so relaxing to look at. It is so soft and beautiful. I want to find a book and take over her spot on the reclining chair.
Melissa
August 02, 2020
Lovely colors. Looks absolutely peaceful. This kit looks so fun.
LBSue
August 02, 2020
Such a relaxing scene! I love it!
Jen K.
August 02, 2020
I love anything to so with reading, so this image completely sold me on this kit!
Eileen
August 02, 2020
Such a relaxing scene.
Can’t wait for the kit!
Linda
August 02, 2020
Perfect!
Laurie Schlichter
August 02, 2020
That could be me. Very creative to have cut off the pots.
Meghan Kennihan
August 02, 2020
I love the sentiment and looks like such a relaxing place to be!
Lynn C.
August 02, 2020
I have done a lot of reading this summer so love this card. I really like the images of the chair with the woman reading along with the grass and plnts growing. Make for a peaceful place along with reading also enjoying nature. Thanks for sharing.
Karen Judy
August 02, 2020
Now this is my kind of card!! This is so cute! This is a great stamp set.
Seema Raja
August 02, 2020
What a relaxing scene – love it!
Linda Dennis
August 02, 2020
Great for summertime. So refreshing
Lori Lehnen
August 02, 2020
I love the vibe of sitting near the garden , reading a good book.
Great card!
Lagene Sands
August 02, 2020
Lovely, nothing better than a good book!
Avra N Williams
August 02, 2020
Wish I was there!
Denise Kitts-Wadlow
August 02, 2020
Love your little scene! I know I could be happy in a place like that if it would stop raining here every day. Lol! Super excited to receive my kit in the mail. Great card!
Gail O'Keefe
August 02, 2020
That’s where I want to be all the time!
cecelia cole
August 02, 2020
Beautiful card.
Kelsey Thomas
August 02, 2020
Love this card!
stampinLouie
August 02, 2020
Makes me homesick for the beach. Going to love this kit!
Gina McCarty
August 02, 2020
Lovely card. Love how you cut and placed the plants to look like they were growing in the garden.
Judy Hall
August 02, 2020
This is such a fun set of stamps! The card looks just like August feels, too hot for anything but reading in the shade. Great blending.
Susan Lang
August 02, 2020
The cutest card so far. Looks like this kit is a real winner!
littlen
August 02, 2020
Love the serene, relaxing look of this card. Beautiful colors.
Dee Earnshaw
August 02, 2020
what a relaxing scene – love it:)
Toni L
August 02, 2020
Beautiful and serene card. Love the softly shaded sky.
Felicia C
August 02, 2020
Relaxation! Staycation! I love the images as well as the smooth, soft colors. Thank you!
Patricia Bustin
August 02, 2020
This is a beautiful card.
Mary Holshouser
August 02, 2020
I agree – sitting in a lounge chair reading is
my happy place. Wonderful summer card.
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Katherine
August 02, 2020
Love the softness of this card
Lisa Byers
August 02, 2020
I love that sentiment. My Happy Place is my craftroom!!
Carol Krup
August 02, 2020
Those plants finish off the scene so nicely.
Linda S.
August 02, 2020
Love the soft look of your card and how the color just fades away to white. I’m really looking forward to getting this kit.
Cyndi Morris
August 02, 2020
I really love the peaceful, calming images in this kit. Relaxing, enjoying a good book — what a wonderful way to escape the stress for a few hours.
Brenda Kimball
August 02, 2020
Love the plants on the card, they pop right out, nice card!
Theresa P
August 02, 2020
Love this card! It has a personal feel to me since I’ve been reading so much lately. Love the simplicity of your design.
Donna Phelan
August 02, 2020
FABULOUS! I would definitely say my gardens are my happy place! LOVE this beauty!
Susieq
August 02, 2020
That looks like my happy place. Very nice card.
Evette Rodriguez
August 02, 2020
Well, I love books and relaxing so this is definitely the kit for me!
Debbie Alderson
August 02, 2020
This is a perfect card for me to make for my book club! Very cute!
Isabel Zj
August 02, 2020
LOVE the card that you created!
Debbie Alderson
August 02, 2020
Perfect summer card! I love these sneak peaks!
Amy Cooley
August 02, 2020
How sweet! I think I’m really going to love this month’s kit.
Kimmer
August 02, 2020
Looks like me without the hat😊! I absolutely want to add this to my Hero Arts growing collection😁
JoAnn Girimonte
August 02, 2020
Such a relaxing scene. Nothing like a good book. So peaceful. Beautiful card 💕
Christina M Dauven
August 02, 2020
This lady looks very chill on a summer or spring day.
Tamra Barnes
August 02, 2020
Your card looks so peaceful grabbing a book to go sit in my garden! I love the ink blended background and the stamped image placement is perfect!
Jennifer Richardson
August 02, 2020
Thanks for this opportunity! Love Hero Arts!
karenladd
August 02, 2020
any chance to sit and read a book is going to be my happy place. Love this sweet and simple card.
Melodie Isreal
August 02, 2020
A cute and simple card showing my happy place!
Lisa Martis
August 02, 2020
The peacefulness in this card is just wonderful. The way you faded out to the white in this scene immediately made me think of the same thing happening to the woman’s stress while in her sanctuary- simply fading away. 💙
Surekha Galagoda
August 02, 2020
Dear Michelle
Love this card to bits as it took me down memory lane. I was a book worm before i started crafting and I used to spend hours reading like this in bed. Blessings
Rema DeLeeuw
August 02, 2020
Cant wait for the reveal!
Carmell Giacobbe
August 02, 2020
This is just lovely!
Geri S
August 02, 2020
Great card and kit seems fantastic. Can’t wait to play with mine!
Karen Parker
August 01, 2020
Such a restful image….just what we need. Looking forward to the entire release!
Cindy Johnson
August 01, 2020
PERFECT! The sentiments are going to be so versatile!
Ann Wong
August 01, 2020
Look so relaxing! Love the blues and greens. Thnx for sharing.
Carol L.
August 01, 2020
Great idea to cut the pots of the bottom of the leaves so it looks she is sitting in hedge of plants! Way to stretch your stamps for more creative uses!
Sue D
August 01, 2020
I like the serene peaceful scene.
Fionna Wheatley
August 01, 2020
Michelle! Gorgeous as usual! Looks like me in the summer.wish I could post a phot of my garden for you!
Francine
August 01, 2020
Totally awesome! Can’t wait for the reveal! Loving this theme!
KerrynM
August 01, 2020
Looks like my happy place. Fantastic card. The kit looks great.
Mary-Anne V
August 01, 2020
I think this lovely lady reading her book in the garden is just perfect. Great card.
Virginia Ellison
August 01, 2020
I’m liking all these images from the upcoming kit….I love your background shading and the coloring of the lady and the greens…..My Happy Place!!!!!
Debbie McKelvey
August 01, 2020
Reading is my happy place as well, cute card. I am loving all the examples with this kit. Great job!
Diana L Curtis
August 01, 2020
So clean and simple! Beautiful.
Beth Harple
August 01, 2020
Looks so relaxing.
Marla Cales
August 01, 2020
So dang cute! While a lot of other companies are doing trip kits- I love that this one I can use for all the staying at home we are doing right now. Perfection!!
Elaine Wood
August 01, 2020
Such a tranquil card I love sitting in my garden at the end of a long day.
Marisela Delgado
August 01, 2020
What a wonderful card! So relaxing!
Kimberly McField
August 01, 2020
My happy place is any quiet spot with a book in my hands, so I love this card. Can’t wait to see the kit!
Stephanie VR Burns
August 01, 2020
The masking and blending in this card really creates a serene backdrop for the woman on the chair. Thanks for the ideas! Yet another great kit.
Barbara Moore
August 01, 2020
Such a clever way of using the potted plant stamp and die. Love this kit
Julie
August 01, 2020
That’s a very fitting card for this summer and would be great to send to friends! It’s peaceful.
Alison Berry
August 01, 2020
Oh, that is so me – reading in my back yard. I can’t wait to play with this kit!
Rachel W
August 01, 2020
I love this card and the serenity it evokes. I can imagine that I am reading and relaxing myself. Thanks for the beautiful card design.
Bernice
August 01, 2020
Love this card and look forward to seeing the kit. This is so me during this crazy time.
Shannon
August 01, 2020
So relaxing!!!
Leslie F
August 01, 2020
I’m really liking this kit. Your card is beautifully blended, the colors are so peaceful.
Nancy T.
August 01, 2020
I wish I was there now.
Rebecca
August 01, 2020
Love those colors!
Lynn Dansie
August 01, 2020
Beautiful blending – you make it look effortless! I love the simplicity in this card and how it ilicits a feeling of relaxation! Ahhh!!!
Joyce
August 01, 2020
Love this fun card.
Michele W
August 01, 2020
I am getting relaxed just by looking at calming cards like this one. A simple card so perfect for today’s world. Thanks for sharing!
Sheila H
August 01, 2020
Love the lady relaxing in her deck chair!
Robin Keith
August 01, 2020
I love this card and can’t wait to play with this kit!
Nikki Cochran
August 01, 2020
I love how calming this card is!
Kelly Alford
August 01, 2020
Yes that is definitely my happy place!
Barbara A Wolters
August 01, 2020
I love this! Such a relaxing choice of soft colors and great placement of the cutouts. Makes me want to join her. Anxious to see what else is in the August Kit.
Linda Price
August 01, 2020
Lovely card-very relaxing feeling. I know many people who would appreciate this sentiment and card. Thanks for sharing.
J. Vega
August 01, 2020
Love the idea of a happy place. The colors in the card sure invite to a peaceful place.
Brenda
August 01, 2020
Love the simplicity of this card and boy do I wish I was doing that right now! LOL
Janet
August 01, 2020
I love this card! The plants in the foreground just make it. Very cute! 🌱
DL
August 01, 2020
What a lovely card, such soothing colours!
Barbara-Jean
August 01, 2020
That relaxing woman is great! Clever to cut the plant pots away from the leaves! I always enjoy your cards!
Kailash
August 01, 2020
Such a lovely design. Love it💕
Andrea B
August 01, 2020
This is totally my happy place this summer! Perfect card!
Rhonna Blatt
August 01, 2020
This kit looks better with every peek.
Karen L Hetherington
August 01, 2020
Pretty scene. Lovely soft colors.
Gail Anderson
August 01, 2020
This scene is so appealing! I’d love to be right there! So looking forward to receiving this kit and starting some projects!
Sandra C
August 01, 2020
Love this!. Makes you want to go to your happy place… crafting to calm and relax has been my go to especially in our current times. Also loving the sneak peaks. My 10yr old special needs boy has been recently been introduced and loves making cards and stamping with the MHK, and some of the addons which we only got for first time last month. Monday cant come soon enough…getting excited to see the rest of the kit.. He is making a list already…..
Julia D.
August 01, 2020
I love this card! Such a great little scene. Thank you for the inspiration and the chance to win!!
Schmidenkiwi
August 01, 2020
I always like your way of designing your backgrounds. I hope my staycation is going to look like that.
Denise Bryant
August 01, 2020
This looks like the spot I’d love to be in… pretty coloring on your relaxing scene! A good book and a comfy lounge sounds divine!
Cynthia Stasiewski
August 01, 2020
Going to love adding this kit to my collection
Karin Adkins
August 01, 2020
Love this. Can’t wait to see whole kit
Astrid Pinna
August 01, 2020
This kit is so lovely 😍 in these hard times, a good kit to calm down can do miracles 😁
Karen L K
August 01, 2020
That is a very relaxing scene and the garden is a good place to hang out! Such fun images in the kit.
Preetha Strand
August 01, 2020
This looks like an amazing kit!!
Preetha Strand
August 01, 2020
This looks like an amazing kit!!
Becky
August 01, 2020
Love the summer themed cards.
Margaret R
August 01, 2020
I’ll say it again – I just love the sentiments in this kit! All in all, a wonderful summer-at-home collection!
Deconinck Barbara
August 01, 2020
How relaxing… So much inspiration with this stamp!
dori
August 01, 2020
Super simple and cute, Michelle! Great job on the background and coloring the images!
Evelyn Larson
August 01, 2020
Great card kit. so many possibilities
Sherry Shelton
August 01, 2020
This kit has so much potential. Love it!Marie T
August 01, 2020
The background is totally perfect – the colors and soft blending, and the perspective makes me want to just walk right into your garden, but then I wouldn’t want to disturb you so pleasantly relaxing there!
Linda W. (ScrappinBari)
August 01, 2020
Just love the hedge of leaves you created for your backyard reader, Michelle! Beautiful blended background behind too!!
Kelly Kennedy
August 01, 2020
Great card!
Donna Rohwer
August 01, 2020
So cute, I can’t wait to adapt these cute stamps, and dies to my ideas.
Eva
August 01, 2020
Beautiful card – clean and simple and a wonderful reminder that sometimes a book is just enough
Kim Heath
August 01, 2020
Totally love it!
Glenna
August 01, 2020
Looks soooo peaceful and quiet. What a lovely card. Thank you.
Karin2
August 01, 2020
Adorable card. Makes me want to grab my book and sit on the patio with some iced tea!!!😊
Kimberly Curphey
August 01, 2020
I love this card-I think it’s great that this card can help make staycations look glamorous.
Jeanne Beam
August 01, 2020
Such a gorgeous card! Love the colors and the scene you created…
Thanks for sharing.
Mary Fleer
August 01, 2020
simple but beautiful card idea. Love the plants and the idea that they are growing in the ground and the girl with the chair gives you the impression of a small area fo a beautiful garden.
Marilee DeMars
August 01, 2020
Beautifully done — looks very 3D and lovely.
Leanne in Cali
August 01, 2020
Lovely card! This is such a nice and relaxing scene!!
Nicole S
August 01, 2020
Another peace inducing calming card! Love it! Monday can’t come soon enough!!!
Cindi Johnson
August 01, 2020
The colors in this card are very soothing, just right for a staycation!
Nancy Knapp
August 01, 2020
I like what I’ Seen of this kit so far. Looking forward to seeing the whole kit!
Judith Totten
August 01, 2020
Love the sentiment and how it works with the images!
Susan
August 01, 2020
Awesome!
Amy Reser
August 01, 2020
Nice job creating this peaceful scene.
Cynthia O.
August 01, 2020
Love your scene… Perfect way to spend a staycation!
SHartl
August 01, 2020
I’d love to spend an afternoon relaxing with a good book, but my kids have a different idea, lol! This is such a sweet, peaceful card design.
Geri
August 01, 2020
This card is so peaceful feeling. Solo excited about this kit.
Carol Wortman
August 01, 2020
I love the feeling of this card!!!and of this MMH kit!!! Everything is so hectic and frightening out in this world and I do love my “happy place” …in my house… that I refer to as the perfect bubble right now! I’d cross my fingers and toes for this kit, but it’s calling me to relax and enjoy my bubble.mmmmm thanks Hero Arts!! I wanna be the lady in the gorgeous comfy card!
Charlotte E (Lady Joyful)
August 01, 2020
This is so pretty! Such a serene looking scene.
Sheryl C
August 01, 2020
The August kit is such a good choice. Card is beautiful.
Lindar C
August 01, 2020
She just looks so totally relaxed, great card!
Sharon
August 01, 2020
Hi Michelle,
Every gardener needs a break. I can see rows of these plants in my garden. Great color blending and calling me in.
Jodi W.
August 01, 2020
I love the look of the background. Great job and the plants look like she is in the greenhouse or something. Great card.
Diana Morrison
August 01, 2020
Beautiful, plain and simple.
Jackie S
August 01, 2020
Would love to be relaxing in the garden with a book like this. It’s a perfect card.
Vivian Swain
August 01, 2020
Very nice card and it looks so peaceful to be outside and reading a book. I really like the ombre background that you made.
Madeline L
August 01, 2020
Cute card. I’m looking forward to Monday at 10 AM!
Beverly Robinson
August 01, 2020
Nice ink blending! Love the colors you’ve chosen.