February My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #2 + Giveaway
It's time for our next countdown peek! The February My Monthly Hero kit will be available on Monday, February 3 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Just a reminder, the kit is limited edition and once it's gone, there are no more. If you're not a subscriber and wish to purchase the kit, your best bet is to grab it on Monday. Now let’s join Ilina, who is sharing another beautiful card created with this month's kit!
Hi everyone, Ilina here and I am sharing some inspiration using the February My Monthly Hero kit! I love this month's kit, as it focuses on birthdays and it can be used also way beyond birthdays.
For my card today I used the smaller fill-in rectangle stamp included in the kit. To make the card stamp the image twice on Dove White cardstock. Color the elements and die cut the balloons and flowers using the coordinating dies from one of the stamped panels. To cut out the mirrored image balloon, since there are no coordinating dies, I flipped over my stamped image and used my window to line up the die on the back side. I ran it this way through my die cutting machine and was able to cut out the mirror image.
Stamp, color and die cut the cake image. Set aside. Die cut the full panel using Rounded Rectangle Infinity Dies and adhere the die cut elements with foam adhesive. Stamp sentiment on vellum and emboss in white. Cut to size and wrap around the panel.
Die cut a larger rounded rectangle from Peony cardstock. Stamp "Happy Birthday" sentiment over it repeatedly using Clear Embossing and Watermark ink. Assemble the card and adhere to Dove White side folded notecard.
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100 Responses
Jeanne Beam
Adorable birthday card! Looks like it’s going to be a wonderful kit.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Amy McCue
Gorgeous!!
Christy Malone
Cute card! This looks like it’s a great kit.
Brandi R
Fabulous card! Love the design, love the colors ♥
Danielle Dietz
I love that this month’s kit is focused on birthdays!
Judy Hall
What a great card. Like using the vellum with it.
Theresa P
Fun Birthday card! Great kit for all those birthday celebrations.
Theresa P
Fun Birthday card! Great kit for all those birthday celebrations.
GLenda M Sultan
Such attention to detail. I like the color combos.
Marty Harris
Lovely birthday card! I appreciate the mirror-image die cutting tip.
Patsy blunt
Love this release
Janet Durbin
This looks like a great birthday kit! Your card is amazing!
Miram
This design is both whimsical and elegant — beautiful!
Julia D.
I LOVE this card! I love turquoise and coupling it with pink is wonderful. It just looks so festive and fun! Eager to see the whole kit. Thank you for the chance to win!!
Linda S.
I really like all the happy colors on your card and I can’t wait to see the rest of this kit.
jayn converse
What a great use of the stamped images. Likes the tip also for the mirror balloons. Like how the images could be used for any gender birthday.
Celeste Cassino
Great card! I like how you went the extra and did the reverse image on the balloons to make it more symmetrical.
Rose Johnson
This card is so adorable – would love to try this kit!
Sharon Brand
Lovely, bright, pretty card! I would
love to receive this for my birthday!
Amy G
The vellum on top is a wonderful accent on this beautiful card.
Isabel Z
Oh so pretty!
Lisa Byers
I love this fun birthday kit!! This card is gorgeous, it’s designed beautifully using what we can see so far!! Can’t wait to see the whole kit!!
nancy f
OMG! What a great birthday card. I can see many beautiful cards made with this kit.
maria
Let them eat cake! This cake will be fun to decorate. Fun card.
Janine Gearhart
This looks like a party on a card. It has movement and color. Beautiful!
Carla Page
Love the festive card! 😉
Pamella Albright
I am not sure I could do the mirrored images as well as you, but it sure gives me encouragement to try! Beautiful card ❤
Anne Furth Snelgrove
Such a pretty card and it looks like a very useful kit. Thank you for the tip of using a window to line up the die for a mirror image. I really love the look of watermark ink on colored card stock to create a tone on tone effect. Very inspiring, as always, Ilina
Donna Hilker
Love this card! Beautiful coloring and design. Nice.
Louise Gustavsson
Love this 😍
Felicia C
Wow! I just love all the image details. This is a great card! I certainly can see how this month’s kit is a must have for all!
Lyndi
Cute card, loving this kit so far.
KT Fit Kitty
Cute birthday card! This is going to be a lot of fun!
Carol H
I’d be so happy to receive a lovely card like this on my birthday. It’s so joyful. Love it! X
Denise Melia
Love the images and the rich bright colors on this card. Thanks for sharing a way to cut mirrored images without a coordinating die!
Paula Schuessler
Simple and pretty. Love the pop of colors, especially the balloons.
Rebecca Attwood
What a pretty card. Loving the look of this kit!
Melodie Isreal
This card says Birthday! Who wouldn’t want to get it on their special day??
Debbie McKelvey
I love how pretty this card is, so feminine. I think this set will be great for a lot of celebrations.
Kellie
Very pretty colours and card.
I’m a little confused as to what the ‘rectangle fill in’ stamp is?
Laura s
Your card is lovely,Ilina. It looks like you had fun with the kit. I can’t wait to see it.
JoAnn Girimonte
What a beautiful Birthday card and the colors. The rounded infinity dies are so pretty.
Denise Bryant
Sweet card! It’s so fun to make birthday cards! This looks like a fabulous kit!
Laura
I really like this card.
Linda
Very festive, this looks like a fantastic birthday kit.
Linda W. (ScrappinBari)
Looks like a fun kit! Just love all your colored elements and the sentiment on vellum – great card, Ilina!!
Linda Sodano
This looks like a cute birthday set!
Beautiful card!
Nancy Tolan
I always love the birthday themed stamps. This is what makes up most of my cards and scrapbooking is birthday stuff.
Laurie Brown
So pretty!! Awesome card design!!
Carole
Fantastic Birthday card! Looks like a party happening. Thanks for sharing.
Sharon Gullikson
WOW, that is one fancy birthday party scene. I love the flowers!!! The coloring is wonderful on everything.
Sue
What a beautiful card. Can’t wait to see the rest
Jen A
Love this card! Can’t wait for this kit.
Dana M
Such a lovely and festive card! Beautiful coloring and wonderful design.
Paula Haller
Wonderful layering on this pretty card. I love the use of the “Happy Birthday” sentiment and the touch of vellum.
Catherine
Looks like this kit will have lots of opportunity for creative coloring and all the makings for festive cards.
Shannon
Beautiful! I can’t wait to “celebrate” the full reveal.
Terri
Love the cake, and flowers. Can’t wait to see this kit.
Nan Brown
What a beautiful set! So many options with the background and individual stamps.
Greta H
Fun images & love your stamped background!
Flo
This kit seems to be very pretty so far. Can’t wait to see more.
Marie T
Besides the placement of the design elements and colors, I especially like the use of clear embossing and watermark ink on the pink background!
Amy Peyton
What a bright and cheery card! I love the cake and the velum overlay.
Chris S.
Beautiful card. It is so bright and happy. I love the colors you used. This looks like it is going to be another great kit.
Kendra
Good tip on the flipping over to get the reverse cut! This card is beautiful.
Amali Hettiarachchi
Loving the colour scheme!!
Jane Elliott
These stamps are so cute…..love the colors you used on this card!
Fiona Duff
So cute!
Michelle Hendrix
Oh, what nice coloring that makes a pretty card! I especially love the pink tone on tone scattered happy birthday background. Thanks for sharing and the inspiration!
Laurie
Your colors are so pretty. Cute card!
Lynda L
Beautiful card – love birthday stamps – can use them all year long
Nonie
I love how fun this card looks.
Deborah Cooper
Lovely birthday card! I’m loving the preview already.
KerrynM
Love your card. What a great color combo.
sandra hall
so soft and pretty but festive too. i really like it.
Marilee DeMars
Wonderful card — this kits looks amazing!
Susan Mannas
Very cute! Love your colors =)
Seema Raja
Love how the elements come together so perfectly and the colors are beautiful!
Betsy B
Another great way to decorate a card.!
candy Hazzard
Love the look of the vellum wrap!
Kelsey Thomas
So pretty!
Marsha Stehle
Fabulous card! Great color combination!
Denise de Forest
That card is gorgeous, I can’t wait to see the rest of the kit.
Judy Inukai
Great card. Thanks for the tip on creating the mirror image for the balloons. Your coloring is wonderful.
Dgolly
Love the images in the kit preview. Can’t wait to see the full reveal.
Terri Cox
Such a pretty card!
Eunice Brown
Thanks for sharing a lovely card. Simple but very effective, love the colors you used.
Eva
That‘s a wonderful card! Everything is typical for a birthday card – but it‘s so well combined like no other card before!
Tonya Byrd
Very creative use of the mirrored image for the balloons! I like this sketch and am going to give it a try!
Anita
Really like this card and the stamp set.
Crystal
Such a cute card! This month’s kit appears to be quite festive – I can’t wait to see more…
Janis
Love the cake and balloons. Cant wait til monday
Karen L Hetherington
The vellum wrapped sentiment and lovely soft colors make this card! Thanks for sharing.
Lorenna Sousa
So colorful and delicate!
Christine Polasko
This would be a great addition to my collection!!
Retta Lutte
So cute! Can’t wait to see what else is in this kit!!!!!
Susy Ramirez
Beautiful card! I’m loving this kit! I love the colored images and I especially love the vellum sentiment. The design looks wonderful.
Kris
I love your kits. They are a real great value.
Twylla Smith
I love the white embossing on velum. Sets the whole card off.
Fionna Wheatley
This is jus gorgeous- I love the vellum over the top!
Ilina Crouse
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