June My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #6 + Giveaway

MMH June 2020

Jun 07, 2020 Daniel West

Hello and welcome! This is the last peek at the June My Monthly Hero Kit before tomorrow's release at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We estimate June kits and add-ons will begin shipping on June 19. We appreciate your patience as we continue to work on restarting our operations in a safe manner and fulfilling orders already in-house. Now let's join Daniel for the final glimpse before the full reveal on Monday!

Hey everyone! What a great time to send encouraging cards to friends and essential workers to lift their spirits. The My Monthly Hero Kit for June 2020 includes some super fantastic fancy dies and nautical stamps. Uplifting sentiments like the one I used for today's countdown post come with all of this goodness, too. Every month, the kit leaves me gobsmacked. You get so much EVERY time!

For my card, I did some die cut layering to build a scene with Hero Hues cardstock in a red, white and blue color scheme: Nautical, Lapis, Cranberry and Dove White. All of the dies and sentiment come with the kit!

To begin, I die cut the mountains, tree line and lighthouse out. I stacked them on top a piece of white cardstock with Hero Arts Precision Glue. Then, I fussy-cut off the top of the white cardstock above the mountains, leaving the white showing in the details of the die cut behind the mountains. I also stacked an extra lighthouse die cut on the front for dimension.

Next, I adhered it all to the front of a 4.125 x 5.375" Lapis panel and stamped the sentiment, "You are a beacon of light," to the front using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink. To finish off the card, I adhered it all to the front of a card base measuring 4.25 x 5.5". This leaves a very thin border around the design.

The dies this month, really make a showing here, but the Hero Hues cardstock colors really make a great presentation, too. I can't say enough about the luxury of this cardstock in both weight and color--it delights.

Thank you for joining me today for this countdown peek at the June 2020 My Monthly Hero Kit. I cannot wait to see your creations with this fantastic kit.

*** 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 the comments left across all countdown posts. The winner will be announced first thing Monday morning, June 8, before the kit launches at 10am Pacific. The more you comment, the more chances to win!

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198 Responses

Sally Larsen

June 09, 2020

Daniel,
Wow…one of my fav’s. Love it

Polly

June 09, 2020

I love the designs. It is perfect for a Father’s Day Card, 4th of July, or Thanks to our Healthcare Professionals Card

Louise

June 08, 2020

This is such a striking card . I know several people I could send to.

Louise

June 08, 2020

I absolutely love this set

Amanda Hicks

June 08, 2020

Such a lovely card!

Kim

June 08, 2020

Love the red white and blue theme

Andrea Robinson

June 08, 2020

Love your products. I bought your monthly feb. Kit. So happy with it. Made tons of great cards with it. So many tutorials and ideas. Also love your inks last so long and are do vibrant. I would love a chance to win this beautiful mountain stamp set. Thank you for the opportunity!

Jade

June 08, 2020

An amazing card. Great bold colors.

Yvette Kerstens

June 08, 2020

Fantastic

Gil

June 08, 2020

absolutely beautiful card. This month it looks like Hero Arts has really hit a home run.

Linda

June 08, 2020

Daniel, your striking color combination immediately started me thinking about how to use this kit for 4th of July!
Maybe beautiful, sparkly fireworks exploding over the mountains? Thanks for sharing your design and tips for adding dimension!
Linda

DebbieC

June 08, 2020

This card is wonderful. The Hero Art dies are so detailed and the card stock colours so vibrant.

America Cuevas

June 08, 2020

Beautiful card

Diana King

June 08, 2020

America the Beautiful
O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! 🎵

I love your vision and creativity, Daniel. Well done 👏👏

Diana King

June 08, 2020

I love your vision and creativity, Daniel. Well done 👏👏

Barbara

June 08, 2020

Awesome masculine card.

Krystal Showalter

June 08, 2020

I am completely in love with your card. Fabulous!

Jody V

June 08, 2020

Love your card. Great release. Thanks for sharing.

Karrie Lasater

June 08, 2020

Beautiful card. This looks like a really great kit for masculine cards!! Cant wait to see the whole kit!! Great color combo!

Linda S.

June 08, 2020

I think your card is beautiful. I just love the way you use color.

Woendi Wells

June 08, 2020

Loving these die’s. So excited to see the full kit and add-on’s.

Priscilla Bergman Joseph

June 08, 2020

Your card is striking and the colors are perfect for the upcoming holiday! Beautiful work, Daniel!

Luis Rodriguez

June 08, 2020

This kit is perfect for Father’s Day cards.

Diana Curtis

June 08, 2020

I can not wait to see this full reveal. It looks amazing.

KT Fit Kitty

June 08, 2020

Beautiful card! This is the kit for me!

Amy

June 08, 2020

Love the patriotic color scheme and the die cuts. Am so looking forward to seeing the whole kit.

Rosa P

June 08, 2020

Beautiful card. Love the colors.

Jane A McBee

June 08, 2020

Wonderful ideas. Father’s day is coming and I need a more masculine take, this is it.

Paula Schuessler

June 08, 2020

Quite striking. Great color choices!

Yvette Kerstens

June 08, 2020

Love it.

KC Wong

June 08, 2020

Wow! This is a very different design! Great to see the elements this way! Thanks for sharing!

Becky Beyl

June 08, 2020

Beautiful die cuts. Would love to win!

Katie Coggins

June 08, 2020

Love the red white and blue. As a non American – it screams Independence Day to me! Love the die cut combo

Anouk

June 08, 2020

What an interesting scene with that red lighthouse! Love the mountains on the background.

Anna Rodgers

June 08, 2020

Very pretty card, Daniel! It really makes a statement with that gorgeous card stock and incredible dies!

Juana Vega

June 08, 2020

Love the dye cutting here in this color combo. Great card!!!

SandyK

June 08, 2020

What a beautiful card – I love all the dimension you get from the layers! Can’t wait to see the rest of the kit.

Beth Merrill

June 08, 2020

Love the diversity of the dies in this kit! This would be a great card for a man or anyone who loves lighthouses!

Karen L K

June 08, 2020

Oooh love that scene! Interesting colors and really the perfect scene with mountains and the ocean. Those are some very cool dies.

Frances

June 08, 2020

I love your use of all the dies. It’s very nautical and can easily become a masculine card. I need to stock up on this beautiful cardstock. Thank you for sharing.

Terrie

June 08, 2020

Beautiful card! The lighthouse die is my favourite!

Elaine Wood

June 08, 2020

Lovely card the die cuts look fabulous

Beth Medich

June 08, 2020

Love this, looks great! It would be so awesome to win this kit:)

Geri S

June 07, 2020

Bright card and different dies – I like unusual!

Laurie Brown

June 07, 2020

What a fun card!! Love the colors and the dies are fantastic!

Christina M Dauven

June 07, 2020

I love how this card is all patriotic and yet has a wonderful worldly scene to it. It represents peaceful usa love and it is perfect 👌

Carla Hundley

June 07, 2020

Love the scenery of
this card, and cool
stamps.
Carla from Utah

Adonya S.

June 07, 2020

What great dies- can’t wait to see the whole package! Thanks for sharing!

Kris Reeves

June 07, 2020

Love those colors and the whole scene!

Gail O'Keefe

June 07, 2020

These kits are the only reason I look forward to Mondays! Love these color combos and sentiment

Kelly W.

June 07, 2020

Love this beautiful mountain scene with the pop of red making the lighthouse take center stage!

Laura Staley

June 07, 2020

I love the red, white and blue colors, perfect for a nautical card! It can be so hard sometimes to come up with an idea for masculine cards. Looks like this kit will make it easy!

Kelly W.

June 07, 2020

Such a fantastic card Daniel, love the beautiful mountain scene and pop of red making the lighthouse really take center stage!

Beth Harple

June 07, 2020

Reminds me of the New England coast line.

Toni L

June 07, 2020

This is truly ad amazing scenic card—love the colour. That lighthouse just pops in the foreground.

Ellie Uselton

June 07, 2020

That lighthouse absolutely pops! This card is so bold with stark lines and minimalist detail. I can feel the inspiration juices flowing! I can see my grandpa opening this card and it melts my heart. Great job!

Fionna Wheatley

June 07, 2020

This strikes me as a very patriotic American card. Very different!

Jeanne Beam

June 07, 2020

Gorgeous card! Love all the layers and colors…
Thanks so much for sharing.

Marie T

June 07, 2020

So nice to see a navy blue shade used! This is a perfect theme for July too and evokes the feeling of “mountains majesty!”

Mary Rose

June 07, 2020

Love this! Perfect for all of the lighthouses we have here in Michigan!

Dori

June 07, 2020

What great details in that card, love it! And I love the colors you chose. Very nice!

Vicki Kroll

June 07, 2020

Beautiful die-cut outdoor scene and love all the colors. That red lighthouse really pops.

Anushree Vaish

June 07, 2020

Awesome use of colors on the card!!

Leanne in Cali

June 07, 2020

Love this fabulous scene you created! Can’t wait to see the whole kit. Thanks so much for sharing!!

mary tollakson

June 07, 2020

Wonderful card!

Claudia N

June 07, 2020

Beautiful card! Love the red, white and blue, makes me wish I lived by the ocean! Can’t wait to see the whole kit!! A must have for sure.

Tina

June 07, 2020

Awesome card. I love the colors.

sharon gullikson

June 07, 2020

Oh, I LOVE THIS SCENE. It reminds me of Norway. LOVE IT. And the patriotic colors are amazing!!

KerrynM

June 07, 2020

Love your card Daniel. The kit looks fabulous.

Pam Ramada

June 07, 2020

Great use of the dies. I can’t wait to see the full kit tomorrow.

Jessica Kerr

June 07, 2020

What a peaceful looking set

Sara Dumont

June 07, 2020

I love this card and all the sneak peaks this month

Heidi Macy

June 07, 2020

That is a really crisp look! Great job!

josmary

June 07, 2020

oh man im so excited about this kit it just keeps getting better and better

Christy Malone

June 07, 2020

Love this!

Carol Wortman

June 07, 2020

Bold and impressive! Love the fussy cut that brought those mountains alive against that cabin. Then stacking the bright red lighthouse is so striking! Red, White and .blue-tiful!! ❤ Artie-tistic! Beautiful Hero .Arts, cant wait to see the whole MMH kit !

Eden

June 07, 2020

I just love everything about this card!

Christi Gulledge

June 07, 2020

Oh my goodness I want this set! Awesome design!

Brenda

June 07, 2020

The mountains and trees remind me of my family trip to Alaska 2 years ago! I really like this card, and the versatility of this set as seen in all of the cards this weekend.

Savvy Me

June 07, 2020

Great layered die cuts and card stock colors.

Linda Price

June 07, 2020

Very interesting design. Reminds me so much of New England. Thanks for your idea!

Joan

June 07, 2020

Would make a fabulous 4th of July card with those patriotic colors!

Jodi W

June 07, 2020

Love this look. The light house sure does pop! Great job!

Marie Doody

June 07, 2020

Looks great. Looks like a very versatile kit

Kathy Benjamin

June 07, 2020

Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.

Janet Trapp

June 07, 2020

Love all these great Dies! Can’t wait for the reveal ❣️

Miriam Prantner

June 07, 2020

Absolutely loving the landscape dies in this kit! So striking!

Lynn Sakal

June 07, 2020

Love the mountains and trees. I’m not very good at stamping wilderness backgrounds. This solves it for me.
Great use of colors.

Beth Canary-Lee

June 07, 2020

These dies are just awesome. Can’t wait to see the entire monthly kit. Love your card!

Sarah Deonarine

June 07, 2020

Thanks for sharing the inspiration!

Karen Hale

June 07, 2020

Love your color choices on this layered card. The red lighthouse really takes the show!

Lynn

June 07, 2020

This kit is so diverse. All of the cards created so far are very unique. I love your use of color on your card. Can’t wait until tomorrow. I also look forward to the add-ons as well.

Lynn Cyert

June 07, 2020

I really like this card with red, white, and blue. A finished appearance.

Joyce

June 07, 2020

This is really wonderful.

Margaret R

June 07, 2020

This is just stunning! Love its stark red, white, and blue, and its simplicity is what makes it so compelling.

Brenda

June 07, 2020

This kit looks so amazing and I am absolutely in love with this sentiment – it’s so perfect!

Susan Petersen

June 07, 2020

What a great use of vivid color.

Denise Kitts-Wadlow

June 07, 2020

Daniel, I love, love, LOVE your red white and blue color pallette and die choice!!! Very patriotic, and also makes a great masculine card. Looking forward to tomorrow’s release, and you definitely sold me on the cardstock too! 😁

Chark

June 07, 2020

Beautiful scene!

Cyndee

June 07, 2020

I love how all the different elements combine to make a really nice scene. What a great card!

Pamela Shea

June 07, 2020

I love your card. TFS.

Elisa M Gray

June 07, 2020

Love that color combination.

Kelsey Thomas

June 07, 2020

This is pretty! :)

Karen Jordan

June 07, 2020

Wow! Awesome, card, Daniel!!! I’m really excited for this kit!

Deborah Cooper

June 07, 2020

What a beautiful card! These dies are fabulous!

Kim Earhart

June 07, 2020

I love the color that you chose for die cut layering, it give the the card a very serene look. Adorable!

Susan Petersen

June 07, 2020

What a great use of vivid color.

HELEN C SPRAGUE

June 07, 2020

OMG! I love the way this card turned out! The die cuts are amazing and make your card pop!

BECCA YAHRLING

June 07, 2020

Love the red, white & blue color combo! Very nice.

Lindarub

June 07, 2020

Beautiful card!

SueB

June 07, 2020

Beautiful card with ally you die cutting!

Debbie McKelvey

June 07, 2020

Love this card! The colors are great. I love how the house stands out against the dark of the mountains. Great job!

Denise Bryant

June 07, 2020

Awesome use of color and these die designs to create this card! Love it!

Kendra

June 07, 2020

These dies are beautiful and I love how you combined them to make such a gorgeous card.

Francine

June 07, 2020

I am so looking forward to seeing the full reveal! Exciting!

Valerija

June 07, 2020

Love your card! So wonderful!

Nan Brown

June 07, 2020

These die cuts are fabulous. What a stunning card.

Debra Smith

June 07, 2020

Great card. Love the layering.

Debra Smith

June 07, 2020

Great card. Love the layering.

Karen Lingel

June 07, 2020

Very nautical! Thanks for the opportunity to win

Sue D

June 07, 2020

Great scene and I like these colors.

Julia D.

June 07, 2020

Love the red, white, and blue of this card! Such a great scene. Can’t wait until tomorrow to see the entire kit! Thank you for the chance to win!!

Tamra Barnes

June 07, 2020

Love the idea of building on white paper to show snow in the crevices! Thanks for the tip. Gorgeous card!

Sarita Salmon

June 07, 2020

Great Card! Cant wait till monday!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari)

June 07, 2020

Great idea to layer all these diecuts, Daniel, and I love the colors! Fab scene card!!

Felicia C

June 07, 2020

Wow! Saving the best for last. I love the combination of all the imagery in this so very exciting coming kit. I can not wait anymore. Thank God it is only hours away! Love it!

Leslie Birdsall

June 07, 2020

I love the cardstock layers on this card! Excellent!

Eva

June 07, 2020

Beautiful card and great for everyone to allow the own dreams… maybe it‘s Swiss mountains or patriotic – or for Norway where the aurora borealis can be seen – the colours are the same there…

Joni Morrill

June 07, 2020

What a beautiful card!

Nancy Knapp

June 07, 2020

Love the red, white and blue card! This kit looks like it will blend in well with several of the other Hero Arts stamp sets that I already have. Looking forward to getting it!

Kimberly McField

June 07, 2020

Beautiful card, and I love the colors you chose!

Teri S.

June 07, 2020

Daniel, your card reminds me of where I live. We have ocean, islands & then snow capped mountains on the coast of BC that we look out on when we drive anywhere. We also have a lighthouse on a small rocky island at the end of a larger island we can see about 10 minutes away. Super card & boy, how I’d love to win this kit. Blessings to you & yours.

Susan Carlson

June 07, 2020

Love this card Daniel!!! Very classy! This kit is spectacular if the inspiration so far is any indication! Thanks for your creativity!!!

Nancy Deffner

June 07, 2020

Great card. Nice use of patriotic colors.

Kathy A

June 07, 2020

Using different colors of paper for the different dies make them really stand out. Nice!

Leesa Hunter

June 07, 2020

The dies and papers look amazing. Love your sentiment! Thank you.

Rebecca Ednie

June 07, 2020

I can’t wait for this kit!

Lindar C

June 07, 2020

A very patriotic landscape, love it!

Nina S

June 07, 2020

The dies in this kit are just amazing! Your card is so clean and vibrant. Really shows off the details of the die cuts.

Marianne

June 07, 2020

Great card. Love the bold die cuts.

Golda

June 07, 2020

This is a wonderful card. Your layers of color make a great, relaxing scene that is still bright.

Lauralee Cosgrove

June 07, 2020

This reminds me of the Swiss alps! So pretty and classic.

Nicole S

June 07, 2020

Cool card! Amazing dies with this set for sure!

Laura

June 07, 2020

Really like the Patriotic Colors. Nice job.

Carol H

June 07, 2020

Ooh love this card!! Great layout and colours. 😊 so excited to see the kit.

Bonnie

June 07, 2020

beautiful and encouraging card. thank you for sharing

Rachel

June 07, 2020

I love this card. The nautical colors and layered background is perfect. Simple, easy, quick card to make. Thanks for the design idea. I can’t wait for my kit to arrive.

Cheryll

June 07, 2020

It’s amazing!

America Cuevas

June 07, 2020

Love the colors

Michele W

June 07, 2020

Love this card! So much detail and your color choices are perfect. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to the full reveal of this kit tomorrow.

Cindy Johnson

June 07, 2020

Love the patriotic colors! Lovely scene- thank you for the inspiration!

Barbara-Jean

June 07, 2020

another fantastic card, Daniel! very dramatic!

Sherry Shelton

June 07, 2020

The mountains with the lighthouse look so good together.

Bonnie King

June 07, 2020

I cannot wait to see this whole kit. I am not the greatest at the whole scene-building thing, but I think this kit might help me out! Looking forward to tomorrow!

Jennifer L.

June 07, 2020

Amazing scene card! I can’t wait to see these landscape dies in the kit.

Julie

June 07, 2020

Great card, Daniel! I like the layered colors and how the lighthouse stands out.

Terri Rizzo

June 07, 2020

Love this card, can’t wait to see this kit. It looks like it will pair up very well with a few other monthly kits.

Robin Marshall Clark

June 07, 2020

This is lovely. The colors work so well together. Great job!

Monica Bilyk

June 07, 2020

Love the pop of red on this card!

Janet Carter

June 07, 2020

I love the feel of your card. The dies are fabulous!

Sherri

June 07, 2020

Love the choice of red, white, and blue! Super cool. Use of dies is great here, and I am so excited to see the full kit and add-ons.

Susan McRae

June 07, 2020

Love how you layered all the die cuts to create this amazing scene!

Kristi H.

June 07, 2020

Very nice! Really brings to mind a little fishing village, perfect for several men in my life. Thank you for this unique take.

Jackie Lee

June 07, 2020

Awesome! I love it. Simple nautical colors. Perfect!

Stephanie VR Burns

June 07, 2020

Very nice card! The beautifully simple use of the landscape dies really brings out the richness of the colored cardstock. Looking forward to tomorrow, looks like another must-have kit!

Kailash

June 07, 2020

Beautiful card, love the colors!

Stacey Kowbel

June 07, 2020

Wonderful card! Such a great looking kit!

Molly Kremnitzer

June 07, 2020

I love this one

Molly Kremnitzer

June 07, 2020

I love this one

Molly Kremnitzer

June 07, 2020

I love this one

Lynn Dansie

June 07, 2020

How do each of these designs keep getting better and better with each reveal! You sure know how to make a project exciting! Love it!!

Lisa

June 07, 2020

Love this! The colors go well together and really pop! Can’t wait to see the whole kit.

Christine Eck

June 07, 2020

Love those mountains! Fun card, Daniel!

Beverly Robinson

June 07, 2020

What a dramatic card! Shows how versatile this kit is. Looking forward to Monday.

Dawn N.

June 07, 2020

This is my favorite sample yet! ❤
Love the nautical colors!

MaryG

June 07, 2020

There seems to be quite a variety in this month’s kit.
Nice job, Daniel!

Naomi

June 07, 2020

Fantastic use of die cuts!

Mary Holshouser

June 07, 2020

So much depth to the fantastic scene.
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Art_of_albara

June 07, 2020

Wow Daniel. I love your card. Simple colours but they are getting very well together ! And the scene is great. Love it ! I am altesse in Love with this kit.

Martha Berry

June 07, 2020

This landscape card has it all from ocean to mountains! I really like the red, white, and blue color scheme. Very peaceful scene.

JillT

June 07, 2020

This is a beauty and you are correct about the cardstock colors. I pick and choose my HA kits—honestly don’t make enough cards to spring for a sub. This is one that’s coming to my house!

Emily Henry

June 07, 2020

Daniel, I love the card. I love die cuts and any chance to use them I take it. I love your color scheme as well. You gave each color a place to shine and it balances out well. Thanks for the inspiration. Can’t wait to order. Love the sentiments that I have seen.

Sheri Kempke

June 07, 2020

Your card is beautiful Daniel, love the sentiment and beautiful die cut background.

Seema Raja

June 07, 2020

With July 4th right around the corner, these colors for the card stock are just in time. Looking forward to seeing what the whole kit includes.

SarahC

June 07, 2020

Lovely card!!! The bright colors remind me of the Fourth of July and vacations up in Maine. This is a wonderful kit and I’d really like to play with it. TFS