June My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #4 + Giveaway
It's time for another countdown peek! The June My Monthly Hero kit will be available to pre-order on Monday, June 8 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Now let’s join Michelle for some fabulous inspiration using this month's kit!
Hello there, when I saw the kit this month, I immediately thought of the Northern Lights. I thought that the landscape dies in the kit would work perfectly to go with my Northern Lights sky. You can use the Bold Prints background stamp that comes in the kit to get the sky look, but I thought I would create it with ink blending for my card today.
I started off by die cutting the landscape die with the house and trees from Hero Hues Dove White Premium Cardstock. I then placed the same die on to a panel of Dove White Cardstock and ran this through my die cutting machine, but this time, I only partially cut it so that the bottom of the die did not cut. The fully cut piece was then adhered on top of the panel piece using Precision Glue.
I took a top folding card base and added ink blending to the top portion for the sky. Using blending brushes, I first blended on a line of Pool Party Reactive Ink, followed by Grape Slush Reactive Ink and then Taffy Reactive Ink on the right. For the rest of the sky, I used Blue Hawaii Reactive Ink and Navy Mid-Tone Shadow Ink. I splattered on some water and then White Iridescent Shimmer Spray. I then let the panel sit to fully dry.
Once the panel was dry, I stamped the sentiment from the clear stamp set in the kit, in the top right hand corner using Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied White Embossing Powder and heat set. The landscape panel was then added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few jewels in the sky.
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100 Responses
Terry Huie
Just gorgeous Michelle. I love the Card Grotto and find a lot of inspiration there. Thanks for all the great ideas. Terry
Leslie Spring
I love this simple elegant card. Just beautiful. Thanks for posting. I love Hero Arts!!
Sally Larsen
beautiful card and I love the colors
Tara Wilson
I love the way the ink blending looks with the glowing teal and purple streaks of “northern lights”. I also enjoy the look of the clean white die cutting. I love partial die cutting; such a fantastic technique. You are talented.
Louise
Such a beautiful card. It really inspires me to start making cards again! I love it
Amanda Hicks
Wow! I love the use of the reactive inks! Beautiful!
Eunice Brown
Lovely card, I especially like the colors you used to create the northern lights. You did a wonderful job in blending the colors, and using it against your white die cut. Tfs.
Kim
I love the white on white with the pop of color for the Northern Lights… beautiful!
Jade
An incredibly beautiful card. I love it!
Nancy Pearce
The colors in the skyline are perfect and the added jewels for the sparking stars makes me think of a snowy winter night. I can see using this die set in many ways.
Eileen Peters
Beautiful die cut.
Your colors are lovely!
Danielle Dietz
Beautiful background set against the white landscaping is stunning Michelle!
Amy
Beautiful card. The sky is beautiful.
Becky Beyl
Love the colors of blending!!
Katie Coggins
So excited for this kit – I think it will be able to be used with some that I have already
Anna Rodgers
Ooohhhh I love how your Northern Lights sky turned out. Beautiful die cut landscape too. Gorgeous card!
Karen L K
Beautiful ink blending! Those trees and house look great in white over that nice background!
Elaine Wood
This is so beautiful I love the northern lights
Frances
Michelle, the landscape with all the background blended colors are absolutely gorgeous. This is what I imagine the Northern Lights to look like. Thank you for taking me there.
Terrie L
So beautiful! Love the sky, and the sentiment is perfect!
Beth Medich
Beautiful card! So many great options with this set:)
Margilyne Williamson
This sky is beautiful.
Kris Reeves
Yep, I live in Alaska and this is EXACTLY what I’d do with that background!
Beth Harple
Would make a great Holiday card as well
Laura Staley
Very creative using inks to make northern lights to go with the sentiment! I love the background die cut out in white. Wouldn’t it be perfect for a Christmas card?!!!
Toni L
Beautiful sky with a wintery look.
Fionna Wheatley
Michelle! Such pretty ink blending! And the white really makes it pop! Thank you!
Ellie Uselton
Beautiful! I love the way the sky is blended and the white landscape really makes everything feel so clean and minimalistic. The jewels are such a great choice as well. I’m so excited about everything we’ve seen from the kit.
Mary Rose
Stunning!
Vicki Kroll
Great way to make the northern lit sky stand out. So pretty.
Claudia N
Stunning card! Experiencing the Aurora Borealis is on my bucket list, can’t wait to see the full reveal!
Pam Ramada
Gorgeous card, love the white with the colorful sky.
Deb
I love this card! Simple and clean- beautiful!
G. Anders
What a pretty card!
Jessica Kerr
Wowsa on your blending – it looks amazing!
Laurelle
Beautiful card
Patt H.
I love this beautiful card!!
Joan
Beautiful blend of colors and the stark white of the die cut makes them stand out even more! Love it!
Marie D
Lovely blending, great card
Heather Mills
Beautiful!! The white die cuts are striking against that fabulous sky background!
Miriam Prantner
I love your background with the white in white dies!
Maria B
I like the simplicity of your card.
Sarah Deonarine
I love the sky!
Beth Canary-Lee
Perfect colors for your ink blending sky, looks like the Northern Lights. Can’t wait to see the complete kit!
Karen Hale
I’ve always wanted to see the Northern Lights…I believe I have now. BEAUTIFUL!
Darcy P
Wonderful! Love that sky.
Joyce
Love this stunning card.
Brenda
This card is so pretty and your ink blended sky is absolutely stunning!
Susan Petersen
The landscape dies are great!
Margaret R
Very beautiful card! Love that die – can’t wait to see it!
Chark
Beautiful design!
Cyndee S
Love the beautiful pop of color behind the village scene. The white really sets it off. Looks like this will be a very versatile kit. Fingers crossed!
Victoria Paris
This reminds me of the northern lights. It’s so peaceful. A perfect card for this year.
Karen Jordan
Beautiful color blending. And the dies, oh my! I think you did an amazing job of captivating the Northern Lights.
Elisa M Gray
Beautiful color blending.
Margery C
What a beautiful sky! Love your card.
HELEN C SPRAGUE
I love color and the simplicity of the card.
SueB
Very nice card. Can’t wait to see the entire kit.
Kendra
Your sky effect is so beautiful and complements the white die cut perfectly. Gorgeous work!
Valerija
Stunning design, beautiful colours and wonderful card.
Debra Smith
Love your background!
Debra Smith
Love your background!
Karen Lingel
Clever die cut technique. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Kay Dell Whitlock
That landscape die is beautiful and very versatile!
Teri S.
Michelle, I love, love this card!! I lived up north in BC for 5 years, & even though I hate the cold, this reminds me of some winter nights when the snow would be 6’ deep & covered most everything around & the northern lights would be playing in the sky. Gorgeous, but don’t want to live there again.
Leesa Hunter
Wonderful job. The all white of the card offsets the colorful background perfectly.
Rebecca Ednie
Ooh, a background stamp. That sounds fun!
Marianne
Love this! Such a fab way to use the dies for a CAS card!
Lori
So pretty
Laura
Nice blending.
Michele W
Love your sky. Very reminiscent of the northern lights. Thanks for sharing!
Bonnie
Beautiful card! I can see this die would work well for a winter scene. thank you for sharing, Michelle.
Terri Rizzo
Love this card, can’t wait to see the rest of the kit.
Jennifer L.
Love the colorful sky with the contrasting white landscape die! Looking forward to seeing more of those dies.
Monica Bilyk
The trees really stand out against the background on the card. Love them in white!
Robin Marshall Clark
What a peaceful scene! Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing!
Sherry Shelton
I am looking forward to seeing the full kit. Beautiful card.
Janet Carter
Beautiful Northern Lights sky, and it is a perfect backdrop for the trees.
Kristi H.
Pretty! Your beautiful sky really pops against the white. Thank you for sharing.
Stacey Kowbel
Beautiful card! Such a great background!
Christine Eck
Reminds me of home!
Martha Berry
This card has such a beautiful Northern Lights sky! Love the soft shimmer from the Iridescent Spray. I love using that stuff and sometime forget about it. Thanks for sharing this pretty card!
Emily Henry
Beautiful ink blending in the sky and the white town really sets it off. I love this card.
Sheri Kempke
Your card is beautiful, I love that gorgeous background and the white scene just stands out. Thanks for inspiring us!
Sidelle Menon
The Northern Lights is on my bucket list, love how you’ve interpreted it into the card!!!
Becky Moore
This is so pretty! I love the white scene against that sky. Thanks for sharing!
Donna
I love the colors on this one! So pretty! Thanks for the opportunity to win the kit!
Marisela Delgado
Gorgeous colors!
Toni
This is a very gorgeous colored card and does look like northern lights. Thanks for you inspiring rendition.
Sudhamathi Muthu
What a stunning card… love the background and the beautiful white scenic die cut..
karenajo
Gorgeous background – the ink blending is amazing. The landscape dies worked perfect for your wonderful card! Thanks for sharing!
Melissa Keller
Northern lights are on my bucket list — looking at this beautiful card reminds me why. Thanks for the beautiful inspiration you’ve provided!
Laura Holt
I’d love to win this drawing – have never worked from a kit before. Thanks.
Adonya S.
Your sky is beautiful! Perfect colors and blending! Thank you for sharing!
Bo
Gorgeous. I can see snuggling under blankets drinking hot chocolate in front of the fire. Gorgeous skyline.
Theresa Ransone
Your card really looks like the first time I saw the northern lights in north Alaska! What great memories. Cannot wait time get my hands on this kit!!
GMC
This is truly a beautiful winter wonderland in the northern hemisphere. I love the white contrast to the colorful sky.
Lisa Reber
Love your Northern Lights! Beautiful ink blending.
mary tollakson
Gorgeous sky! Looking forward to the June kit
Patricia Wilson
Love your card and makes me think of all those Christmas cards that need making. Thanks for sharing your talents with us! Can’t wait for the kit reveal!
Michelle Short
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