Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the February My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, February 5th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We will be here for the next three days, sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as the new optional add-on products that will also be available on Monday, so stay tuned for more inspiration! Now let's join Michelle who is sharing the first look at this wonderful kit.
What a fabulous kit this month! The main kit, along with the optional add-on products are all bird themed and are perfect for so many occasions. I decided to stick with the main stamp set for my projects today.
I started off by die cutting a piece of watercolour paper using one of the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies. I cut the bottom off to create a flat edge at the bottom. Using an ink blending tool, I blended Bold Inks over the piece. I used Dandelion, Tangerine and Strawberry. These inks blend beautifully together!
I took one of the birds from the main stamp set, along with one of the sentiments and placed these in my Mini MISTI. I lined them up with the ink blended piece and then stamped them using Black Ink. I stamped these twice to get a nice dark impression, so the MISTI comes in very handy for this.
I did the same thing for my second card. This time I used Soft Pool and Pool Shadow Inks for the ink blending and a different bird and sentiment. I took two white card bases and adhered Decorative Woodgrain Cardstock to the fronts. There is some wonderful woodgrain paper in the kit, so this could be used too. I added the stamped panels on to the card bases with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few clear gems.
The bird images have a distressed look to them (the edges are uneven) but because I wanted to keep my cards clean and simple, I went around the edges of them with a black fine-liner pen. This was very easy to do and shows that you can still use these images in a clean and simple way, if you wanted to.
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This would make a fantastic
birthday gift for my mom!!
Beautiful cards!! Thx for
sharing!! ??
Beautiful cards! Thx for
sharing!!
Just gorgeous. Stunning examples of a silhouette stamp and an inked background can have real impact
Omg. I can hardly wait for the birds. Love hummers been feeding them for years.
I really like this card. When I saw the kit I drew a blank on what to do with it; and then, I saw your card. Thank you!
I love these cards, simple yet beautfiul
Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards & the opportunity to win.
Love the simplycity of this card
Love the beautiful blended backgrounds you created!
Beautiful colors and simple cards. I am going to try my hand at making some like this, too!
These are very pretty! I love the color combos of ink. And the addition of the dew drops. Your bird really looks great against those backgrounds.
Beautiful card!
Gorgeous ombre blends! I love the colors you chose and how they work with the silhouette images and sentiments!
Wow!!! Such a cute card!!! Love these colors used in card so much!!!
I can’t wait to see the rest of the kit!!
I like the wood grain background and the simplicity of both cards. Clean, simple and very great choice of sentiments on each card.
Love the ink blended back ground and then modifying the circle to give a different shape. Great look!
Simply stunning.
These bird stamps are so cute; love your colors and design!
Love the “clean and simple “ look!
Those a some beautiful blended backgrounds – it really set of the bird silhouettes.
The color blending on this card is so beautifully done, it really does look like a bird flew into the sunset… gorgeous!
Excited to see this kit!
I’m so excited! The cards are amazing as are the stamps. I can’t believe 15 sentiments! Wow you guys have outdone yourselves. Thank You!!
Beautiful color blending on both and against the woodgrain background, lovely!!
Just lovely! I can’t wait to get it and play with it!
Just lovely! I can’t wait to get it and play with it!
What beautiful and clean looking cards! I like the distressed bird stamps and look forward to seeing the rest of the kit.
What a lovely clean and simple card! The bird stamp looks wonderful against the gorgeous background!
I love Michelle CAS cards so much !
Love the clean and simple design!
I’d love to have more birds!
Lovely CAS card—love the woodgrain background!
Love this CAS design!
Beautiful cards! You used my two favorite color combinations. The clear gems look great. I’ve never tried them. They look pretty. I’m going to try to duplicate the cards.
This card is beautiful in its simplicity!
Simple and cute. Love the woodgrain background.
Love the clean look to these cards. Also like the bottom cut circle – really adds interest to it!
I love how the bird pops off the ink blended backgrounds. I love the woodgrain paper. Very pretty cards that are suitable for many occassions.
These cards are so pretty. I love flowers and birds most of all.
Lovely, simple cards
So clean and elegant!
Wonderful cards! I love the simplicity!
C;ean and simple, what a gorgeous cards. And I still loves the woodgrain cardstock! Thanks for these beautiful examples.
Simple yet so effective with the ink blending and woodgrain background.
Love the bold inks. Very pretty.
Beautiful cards! So simple but so beautiful! Excited to see the whole kit.
Beautiful cards! Your ink blending is so skillful!
These simple but very effective card designs are uplifting.
Beautiful cards.
I am soooo looking forward to receiving my kit
Cute card. I love the humming bird.
Thanks for Sharing
Beautiful CAS cards — can’t wait to see more of the kit.
I like the sneak peak of the new kit. The birds are so versatile. Love your cards.
Beautiful CAS cards, Michelle. Thanks for sharing.
Eager to get my hands on this kit.
Can’t wait!! I’m excited to receive my kit in the mail!
I’m so excited! I love birds and I love what I see.
Stunning CASE cards. I thought the first one was lovely then I saw the second one THEN I saw the 3rd one. Im glad this competition doesnt involve picking out one of yours as the best as i couldnt choose. I love them all. Xxx ? xxx
Stunning CASE cards. I thought the first one was lovely then I saw the second one THEN I saw the 3rd one. Im glad this competition doesnt involve picking out one of yours as the best as i couldnt choose. I love them all. Xxx ? xxx
What cute, cheerful little birds. I’m having lots of bird related ideas flying around in my head!
How pretty! Love the woodgrain!
Can’t wait to start stamping!
Lovely clean and simple cards. beautiful blending. great release
I have been getting the card kit for around a year now. I love it! Every month challenges my creativity.
The wood background looks perfect with the bird. It is a natural.
I love the background colors. Nice blending!
Love the card. I have been thinking about a mini Misti, maybe it is time
Such lovely colors on this card! Looks like another kit for the books!
Such a pretty design! Thank you for mentioning that you used the Mini Misti. I do not have one, but your card idea makes me think maybe I should get one. You made this card look easy and simple but SO beautiful!
Very nice. Excited to see what the kit contains.
Love the woodgrain cardstock
Simple and very beautiful card!
Wow beautiful ink blending with silhouettes. So nice
Seriously, love these cards, the blending and birds are lovely
Lovely cards! Clean and simple, the blended inks and woodgrain paper are the perfect touch to elevate the cards to WOW.
Simple and elegant. A nice use of a variety of products that is doable and doesn’t feel busy.
Two great cards, I love the blue background with sending hugs best, I would use this more,. Thanks for sharing
This looks like such a gorgeous kit! Lovely cards.
I love the bird and dew drops.
great cards, I like cutting the bottom off the circle!
A very simple, but attractive card.
I can’t wait … love it!
I love these cards – so simply elegant!
Love the style of this card. Beautiful images, beautiful colors.
Very nice with the blended backgrounds and the nice birds!
i love the simplicity of these. sometimes less says more.
I really like how you cut the bottom off of the circle. Really adds a nice touch to the bird images.
So beautiful card ! Love this little birds!
Beautifully blended backgrounds
What a beautiful card, I love the colors so pretty. I love that bird also, I can see doing a lot with that.
Stunning cards!!!
love the birds!
Lovely backgrounds that pair perfectly with the birds!
Cute cards! Love the coloring on the backgrounds!
I love the texture of the card, and the bird with the red sun are perfect together
Great ink blending!! Love the color against that textured woodgrain cardstock. Looks like Hero Arts killed it again!
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