June My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #3 + Giveaway
Welcome back to the countdown to the release of the June My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is coming up on Monday, June 8 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. Now let's join Channin, who is sharing another look at the kit!
Hello friends! It's Channin here with a new card featuring the incredible June 2020 My Monthly Hero Kit. This is kit is so gorgeous and the dies are so cleverly designed that they allow you to create several different scenes. For today’s card I decided to make and lighthouse and seaside scene.
To create this card I first stamped the bold stamp onto a 4 1/4” x 4 1/4” panel of Dove White cardstock in Soft Pool ink for the sky and Aquatic ink for the water. I then die cut the lighthouse out of Pitch Black cardstock three times and adhered all the layers together to create a dimensional die cut.
Next, I created an elongated triangular mask out of a large post-it note and placed it onto the panel with the narrowest side where I wanted the lighthouse to be. I then masked the water with painters tape and then ink blended the sky with Soft Pool, Summer Sky, and Indigo ink. Next, I removed the post-it note mask, masked off the sky around the light ray with painters tape and then ink blended Lemon Drop and Creamsicle Reactive inks.
I then removed the painters tape, taped off the sky adjacent to the water and ink blended the water with Aquatic. Next, I stamped a sentiment in INTENS-ified Black Ink. I then adhered the lighthouse onto the panel and trimmed off the excess with scissors. Next, I adhered the panel onto an 4 1/2” x 4 1/4” panel of white cardstock to create a 1/4” border at the bottom of the panel. Lastly, I finished the card by adhering the panel onto an A2 top-folding card base made from Mustard cardstock.
I hope you enjoyed my card! Thank you so much for stopping by!
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100 Responses
Mary Curry
This card confirmed for me that I reallly want this kit. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing the inspiring.
Sally Larsen
I love this month’s kit. Your lighthouse is wonderful.
Louise
I love your card. So creative. Absolutely beautiful job.
Kim Heath
Totally gorgeous cards and stamps! Can’t wait to try them out.
Amanda Hicks
This will make such a wonderful Father’s day card! Lovely!!
Eunice Brown
I love how you put the sentiment in the lighthouse beacon, and I liked the use of color for the sky and ocean. Tfs.
Kim
Pretty cool! I like how you made a beacon of light coming off the lighthouse
Jade
Such an incredible card. I love the background colors!
Nancy Pearce
I am a huge fan of lighthouses and this one with the shinning light that matches the yellow background is stunning. Great job!
Amy
Stunning card. Love the beam of light coming from the lighthouse. Looks so real.
Yvette Kerstens
What a great effect .
Becky Beyl
Lighthouses and the ocean are so pretty!
Katie coggins
Love the lighthouse. Such a beautiful card
Karen L K
Nice! I like the lighthouse and the rocks with that great background.
Pat
Love this card. Would love to have this kit
Frances
This is a card I need to card lift. The techniques look fun. The in no blending to mysterious and fun.
Terrie L
Love the lighthouse! And the background is beautiful!
Beth Medich
Love this monthly set, so many ideas:)
Kris Reeves
The background has so many possibilities!
Laura Staley
What a clever way to use all the elements in the kit! The background is so pretty and the lighthouse really stands out. Beautiful card!
Toni L
What a great effect—the silhouette and the bright beam from the lighthouse.
Fionna Wheatley
I love the black silhouette against the sky! So striking! Thank you!
Ellie Uselton
Love love LOVE the way part of the card was blocked off at different times to create the sky/ocean/light beam effect! The color combinations are lovely and I can hardly wait to try using these techniques soon.
Mary Rose
So pretty!
Vicki Kroll
Creative background. Very unique. I love the lighthouse.
Claudia N
Oh wow!! Beautiful card, a must have kit for me, my mom loved lighthouses!
Pam Ramada
Love the look of the background stamp and the lighthouse die cut.
Jessica Kerr
Great mini tutorial- thanks for sharing!
Joan
Fantastic!
Marie D
Looks great
Carol L.
Very nice how the yellow “light” from the lighthouse spotlights the sentiment and then yellow is repeated at the top and bottom of the card to tie everything together.
Miriam Prantner
I love the skyscape background and all that gorgeous masking you did!
Sarah Deonarine
I love the light beam. Thanks for the tip!
Beth Canary-Lee
Your card is very clever, love the sentiment “highlighted” in the light of the lighthouse!
Beth Canary-Lee
Your card is very clever, love the sentiment “highlighted” in the light of the lighthouse.
Joyce
Wow, this is really gorgeous.
Chark
This kit looks so fun!
Victoria Paris
Amazing. To be so talented must be wonderful. I hope to be this creative one day.
Elisa M Gray
I love how you created the light.
Kendra
I love the idea of putting the sentiment in the light beam like that. It stands out so beautifully. Your card is lovely.
Valerija
A gorgeous card.
Debra Smith
Great color blending. Love it!
Debra Smith
Great color blending. Love it!
Leesa Hunter
Love your card! And the items you show all look so tempting.
Rebecca Ednie
This is gorgeous. So excited for the kit.
Marianne
The more I see of the kit, the more I love it!
Bonnie
Another beautiful card! Love your great ideas. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Laura
I really like this card. Pretty.
Jennifer L.
Love how you created the light coming from the lighthouse. Beautiful card.
Monica Bilyk
Love the emphasis on the sentiment for this card. It stands out, and for good reason!
Robin Marshall Clark
This is spectacular! Your inking is superb. Beautiful job!
Sherry Shelton
I want to get this kit. Beautiful lighthouse card.
Janet Carter
Beautiful card! I’m excited to see the whole kit. I’ve really been focused on the background stamp, it add so much in such a subtle way.
Christine Eck
NOW we’re talking- this is perfectly awesome! I’m suddenly very excited for this kit!
Martha Berry
Oh boy! Fantastic colors and textures on this 3rd card! I think the design team is ultra- creative with the June kit. More, More, More!
Sidelle Menon
Such a lovely idea!!
Becky Moore
This card is fabulous! Thanks for taking the time to share how you made it!
Donna
LOVE this. Love that shadowed look against the night sky.
Sudhamathi Muthu
What a gorgeous scene and backdrop… love how the light from the lighthouse pops and shows up separately ….
Melissa Keller
Grew up on west north coast — this card brings me right back there. Thanks for such an inspiring card.
karenajo
Amazing card ! Sentiment is so appropriate! Love the design and colors! Great inspiration!
Adonya Swab
I love this nighttime scene. Lighthouses are so majestic to me and I love them as a silhouette! Thanks for sharing!
Bo
Beautiful kit. Love the skyline and how it seems to have so much depth.
Theresa Ransone
Love your method of showing the light!! I love this kit!!
GMC
Loved the beautiful light beacon in the night.
Rajee Pandi
thank you so much for the chance
Lisa Reber
I love everything about this card. Love the colors, love the lighthouse silhouette, love the sentiment. Beautiful job.
mary tollakson
Beautiful card! Love the lighthouse
Nancy Rose
Can’t wait to see the full kit- with all of these amazing inspirations; all you guys do is tease!
Julie Wexler
I’m loving this month’s kit (another winner!) And what you did with it is absolutely stunning! The crisp lines of the light really accentuate the spirit of the sentiment. Thanks! Stay safe and be well.
nancy f
Love the lighthouse.
Pamela McGillin
What an inspiring card, this month’s kit is looking very special.
Janet Durbin
Oh my! This is fantastic and what a great message! Outstanding!
Becky Thomas
I can’t wait to see the full set! I have to have it!!! It is amazing!
Susan Babcock
I love the lighthouse and that sentiment! You used some beautiful colors here!
Peggy
I love light houses! What a beautiful card
Bev Wilkinson
Beautiful symbol of hope in these crazy times. Love this kit already!
caren
I love all your masking techniques to create this stunning card!
Barbara Rademacher
Yes, we all need to be beacons of light. You have hit the nail on the head. Every morning I pray that God will let me feed His sheep that day. Now, I can feed them AND make cards for them. Your card has been food for my soul.
Bertha
Great lighthouse die cut and love the selection of sentiments too!
Dianne Froman
OMG!!! How beautiful is this! I can’t wait to get my kit and start making some amazing cards! The options are endless! Love, love, love!
MS CAROLINE LIVERMORE
Love nautical themed sets! Hero Arts is a fantastic company!
Carole R
Beautiful card and a great sneak peek. Thanks for sharing.
Anna W
Great choice of colors. Thanks for the inspiration.
Felicia C
It just keeps getting better. This kit is going to be on the number one list. So inspirational! Well done Hero Arts. Especially, in these trying times!
Helen F
I love this beautiful sentiment! Your card is wonderful with a super clever design allowing the sentiment to fit into the lovely scene!
Iris De Wagt
I would love to share the results I could make with this kit with my family and friends here in the Netherlands!
Iris De Wagt
I would absolutely love this kit!!
Woendi Wells
Love the lighthouse lighting
Dawn Thompson
I LOVE lighthouses… so excited to see it all
candgmom
What a great kit for summer birthdays…. I have many in my family. Can’t wait til Monday!
Denise
Wow! Love the highlights on the rocks. So pretty!
Christi Gulledge
I love the masking. Beautiful!
Julie Babb
So excited to see the new kit! I love the masking for the beam of light!
Birgit ANorton
This is both clever and brilliant! I love how you did the ray of light from the lighthouse. Just stunning!
Jeanne Beam
Beautiful card! Love the seascape and its colors.
Thanks so much for sharing …
Linda S.
Your card is beautiful and I like the fact that this kit is good for any gender cards.
Patti Killen
The lighthouse card is stunning. It draws you in. Can’t wait to see the whole kit. Hero arts kits are the best,
Janet Mack
Gorgeous. I am liking the ink you used, I have to try them.
Anouk
That beacon of Light is so super pretty!! Love this card.
Channin Pelletier
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