December My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #5 and Giveaway!
We are back with another look at the December My Monthly Hero release! The kit will be available on Monday, December 4th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We’ll be sharing ideas for using the main kit and optional add-on products all weekend long, so stay tuned for more project inspiration! Now let’s join Jess, who is sharing another look at this gorgeous kit.
Hello! Jess here with a Disney-inspired card using the new My Monthly Hero kit! I'll admit as soon as I saw this kit I was humming "A Whole New World" pretty much nonstop!
I was totally the little girl dreaming of a magic carpet ride when that movie came out in the early 90s! ;) So I decided to take that inspiration and make my own magic carpet ride scene. I started by taking a panel of watercolor paper cut 4.25" by 7.5" and blended it with Tangerine, Strawberry, Rose Madder, Orchid, and Indigo hybrid inks. I wanted to create a vivid ombre sunset so I applied several layers of colors with my blending tool to build up a bright background.
Then I placed the carpet stamp on my acrylic block but I curved it just slightly on the block to give it more of a "flying" look! ;) I stamped it on watercolor paper with Versamark and then heat-embossed it with brass embossing powder. I fussy cut the carpet and then watercolored it using the Hero Arts dot palette! Finally I stamped the sand dunes and sentiment onto a golden cardstock that's included in the kit and heat-embossed it with the same brass embossing powder. I fussy cut it and then adhered it over the ombre sky. To finish the card I adhered the carpet with foam mounting tape and trimmed off the edge. The perfect scene for a magic carpet ride, right? :)
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 of the comments left across all countdown posts and announce the winner first thing Monday morning, December 4th, before the kit launches at 1pm Eastern. The more you comment, the more chances to win!
Thanks so much for stopping by and make sure to come back later today for one last look at the kit! ;)
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100 Responses
Angela Talakoob
Very realistic with the shadow under the carpet. Great colours, wish I had my own magic carpet!
Dorothy A Reynaga
Love the colors & the carpet. Fabulous card!
Marlene
I am so impressed with your card. It is just lovely. I am 85 yrs. young and I do enjoy the process of card making. It’s very challenging, but when people like you share their talent…it helps so much for people like me. TFS your God given talent to the paper crafting world.
Fanny Cantero
Love the background colors in this card!
Janet
Simply magical!!
Julie O'Brien
Love the colors and the carpet!
Konnie Wren
Love the vivid sky and sand dunes
Konnie Wren
Love the vivid sky and sand dunes
Janet Ingraham
Oh yes a flying carpet!!!! Yeah!
Lynn
Such a cute card. My kids were little when that movie came out & that’s exactly what I thought of. Such wonderful memories.
Arianna Barbara
Love this kit!!! It’s really amazing!!! The carpet looks like so real!!! Love the colors!!!
Danielle Dietz
Gorgeous coloring! It seriously looks like you can hop on for a magic carpet ride. :)
Margery C
Lovely colors for the magic carpet. Fun card.
Rosanna H
This reminds me of Disney’s Aladdin movie which my son loved many, many years ago. Love the colors used on this card.
melisse
Beautiful card! I’m much older so I don’t know the movie reference… but I was in Morrocco a couple years ago and can’t wait to see the whole kit reveal.
Karen L K
Wow those colors you used are so nice especially with the theme of your card. What a great looking flying carpet!
Kiyomi
this is so beauriful! I love this.
Carla Hundley
How fun this card
is with the lovely
colors and the
flying carpet!
Carla from Utah
Teddie
Loved your color blending and contrast.
Jodi Warren
Wow – love this card and the idea. I will definitely try this one out when I get the kit.
DC
I can’t wait for this release! I love the sand dunes and magic carpet. Coloring of the sky is beautiful.
Jackie Price
Love your “flying” magic carpet and the scene you created for it. The colours you blended for your sunset make a beautiful background.
Chris
very pretty….
Sherry Olson
My granddaughter will love this kit
Tracy Lustick
Wow ? so beautiful ?!
Abby
Fun colors!
Leigh G
This kit is going to be great for party invites or cards!
Janice
The colors are yummy!
Brenda lubrant
I love this card . The magic carpet looks so real.
Kij0
So clever. Simple but not love this.
Sara n.
I love this what a beautiful background!
Carol K
such an unique card ….
Debi Walton
Nice concept, beautiful colors..
mary ann
beautiful color combos
Karthikha Uday
That’s such a lovely creation!
LaNell
Beautiful!
Judith B
Very cute idea ;)
Priscilla Bade
What beautiful colors! It makes me want to take a ride on the carpet!
Susan Done
Too much fun!
Michelle Hackett
I love the colors on this card. So vibrant. They go so well with the brass embossing powder. Wonderful card.
MelissaF
Loving this kit, and beautiful card, colors and design.
Pamela Bolger
Gorgeous Colors and Blending!
Sheila
Wow! Stunning colors… Love the golden sands and deep jewel colors
Cindi
What an absolutely beautiful sky. Can’t wait for the release tomorrow!
Debbie Selby
This is shaping up to be another fantastic kit.
Linda Edwards
Totally gorgeous with the colors you achieved! I’m so excited to see the reveal, I can hardly wait!
Barb MacAskill
Oooo! I am the adult that still has that little girl who wants to ride on a magic carpet and meet a genie! This kit is going to be amazing! TFS! ?✨?✨?
Judy Hernandez
Gorgeous colors! Love the design of the card!
Kendra
What a fun card! I can’t wait to see the whole kit!
Colleen Halpern
This looks like it’s going to be a fantastic release!
Jessica L.
Love this, the colors and the flying carpet! Can’t wait to see the reveal!
Barbara-Jean
What a fantastic coloring job! That magic carpet looks like real cloth?
Kayla E
Beautiful colors and I love the sentiment!
Flo
The colors are so vivid, love the brass embossing.
Ruth
I love the colors can’t wait to see kit
Machele
This a a beautiful card with so many possibilities. Already thinking of how I can combine the sand stamp (or what I think is a stamp from this post) with the mermaid set earlier this year.
Dani
Sand looks great!
Karen P
Love the background. Looks Ike a great kit. Would love to win it.
kReN@afourthlife
A magic carpet ride? Cool!
Beverly Uhlmansiek
Beautiful background but I love that flying carpet!
D.Ann C
What a fabulous magical scene! I definitely want to ride that carpet!!
Juana Vega
The color in this one is amazing. Love the flying carpet.
Kim Gottlieb
Just perfect! I really like how you created the flying carpet. I’m so excited about this month’s kit.
Kirsty Vittetoe
LOOOOVE this!!!!!
Connie Schulz
Love, love, love the colours!
geri S.
Oh a magic ride is in store with this kit! Can’t wait to see the rest! Beautiful card!
Terri
Amazing details on the carpet! Great design!
Judie Attard
What a gorgeous unique card!
Delia
curving the carpet stamp is very clever, I love the detail of the carpet.
Starqueen
Oh Jess, Away you go…! What a great card…it puts me right back to the magic of the movie! TY!
Tammy Hubley
Love the color combos so rich and beautiful! This kit is amazing!
Gail Anderson
Fun card! The carpet looks real!
Chrissy E
Very pretty – reminds me of one of my favorite animated movies growing up! :)
Debra Rumpza
Beautiful backdrop for your flying carpet!
Rachel Walton I
Beautiful colors!!!
Angie Burkholder
Absolutely beautiful
Karen Hale
Beautiful card! The card looks like it could just fly right off the card!
Audrey
Love the jewel colors and the magic of this kit!!
Jan Turner
I love the carpet stamp, what a great idea!
Mateja P
That carpet is adorable :D Such a great interpretation of that sentiment.
Margaret
Just love the coloring on this card, especially the golden sand dunes. Thanks for sharing!
Jeanne Beam
Beautiful card. I love your background colors. Thanks for sharing…
Cha Lion
I love the sunset colors of this card and this scene reminds me Aladdin movie! I can’t wait to see the whole kit!
Julia D.
How lovely! The golden sand is perfect and love how you created the flying carpet. This kit looks like a winner! Thank you for the chance to win!!
Amy Wazwaz
Love this card. Got to have this kit this month for sure. Probably most of the add ons too.
Brandy Duncan
Love your card. It brought back memories of the Aladdin section in Disney World. I can’t wait to see the entire kit.
Cristina Wu
Such beautiful colors, thank you for the idea of curving the stamp on the stamping block for special effects.
Dawn Keene
Nice sunset.
Rebecca Attwood
Wow – what a gorgeous card. Love the colors & the gold embossing & the sense of movement you have created. This kit is so awesome!
Arlaeeh Galindo
This card reminds me of this song lyric
Well, you don’t know what we can find
Why don’t you come with me little girl
On a magic carpet ride
Laura Staley
Magic carpet ride over the sand dunes! Love it!
Diane Brown
Love this kit, and I love your card and the way you have coloured the background, such smooth transition from one colour to the next. That palm tree in the kit looks gorgeous.
margie
pretty color blending
Roberta S.
Beautiful card Jessica.
Kimberly ostgard
Love this set love your cards nice colors very creative.
Have blessed day!
lynda
Love the sunset background and the sand dunes with the brass embossing powder is magical.
Leanne
Beautifully made. Love the vibrant colors.
Tanya Suresh
So cool Jessica!! Man, the sand dunes by look perfect!!
Su
It’s a winner in.my in my book! Great dimension with the dunes.
Bonnie Darroch-Dean
Love the rich colors and the idea of bending the carpet stamp!
Jessica Frost-Ballas
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