November My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #3 + Giveaway!
Hello and welcome as we continue the countdown to the release of the November My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, November 5th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Stay tuned for more inspiration all weekend long! Now let's join Michelle for another look at this creative kit!
This kit is wonderful for creating Christmas advents. Advent calendars are very popular here in the UK, where you receive a chocolate behind the window for that day. I thought it would be fun to create handmade advent treats using the kit.
To create the tags for the advent parcels/treat bags, I first took a sheet of watercolour paper. I stamped the images from the main clear stamp set in the kit randomly with Versamark Ink. For the red tag, I used the reindeer image and for the blue tag, I used the three snowflake images. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. I then applied various shades of Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors (Strawberry and Mulled Wine for the red tag and Deep Ocean, Teal and Indigo for the blue), as well as the White Iridescent Shimmer Spray. These were then set aside to dry.
Once dry, they were die cut using the Snowflake Infinity Dies and a hole punched through the top. I then took the numbers from the clear stamp set and stamped these on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink, applied white embossing powder and heat set. These were cut in to circles using the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies and added to the middle of the tags with foam tape. The tags were added to the treat bags with twine from the DIY Ornament Kit, which is an add-on this month.
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100 Responses
Jennifer
Such a cute idea. Thank you.
MAGGIE V.
WOW what a great idea something that REPRESENTS the true meaning of Christmas. You made the perfect Advent Stamp & Die set. Great job Ladies!!!!
Jackie Price
Love the advent treat bag idea and your little tags are fabulous. This looks like a fabulous kit
Amy Peyton
A little chocolate each day in December?! Count me in! I love how you used the numbers for something other than a traditional card.
Karthikha Uday
What a lovely idea :)
Sue Townsend
I feel inspired. Just bought a few little stocking stuffers for the kiddos, but like this idea better!
Deneen Wilson
I love the playfulness of the tags.
Deb M
So cute!
Linda Keigher
What a great idea! You are making me think.
MelissaF
Super fun and festive holiday tags, love them and a great way to show off these cute images!
Jackie
So many fun ideas!
Jackie
Cute!
MandaLJ
These tags are so lovely!
K. Eley
So cute and another great idea for a different way if using the kit! Thanks!
sandra krouse
I absolutely love the advent gift idea, it is so cute! And chocolate!!
Kellie
I’m loving the ability to make a variety of tag shapes 💜🇦🇺
Rema DeLeeuw
Cute little treat bags!
Tracey Landt
Such cute tags Michelle. Thank you for sharing.
Nicole
I already love this Kit <3
Nikki
This will be such a great Kit <3 Can‘t wait to see it
Karen B
I’m interested in seeing what will be in this kit!
Julia L.
What a fun project!
Rose K
Really cute idea and fun for the littles to help
Wendy Lambert
This would be such a fun idea for the grandkids. Your tags are so sweet.
Christine Shoop
What lovely little treat tags – I love the idea of them being a part of an Advent Calendar!
Shelly Rasske
This kit is going to be great for so many things. Awesome idea using it to personalize treats.
Sue McRae
I like the idea of advent treat bags! You can really customize them for the recipients!
Veronica Griffin
This is such a great idea for giving advent treats.
Laura P.
I love this idea! The images are adorable and it would be so fun to open a treat each day of Advent. Thanks for sharing your cute idea!
Tess Redel
These advent treat tags ate awesome!!!
Karen L K
What fun treat tags! I like the idea of chocolate for each day!
Karin W
These are adorable advent treat tags!
Gail Fort
What a great idea!
Helen Gullett
Adorable gift tag!
Jenny C.
Who wouldn’t want these sweet treats before Christmas, so cute!
Annette Gordon
WOW! I am envious of the lucky person to receive such a pretty and yummy advent calendar!
LeAnne pittard
How stinking cute are thoses!
Marisela Delgado
I LOVE this! So cute.
Michelle Varol
What adorable tags… so pretty!
Jaclyn Watler
This would be such a cute idea for making little treat bags for my coworkers this holiday season. Great idea!
Jenny Kihlberg
Such a fun idea! Advent calendars is also really big here in Sweden but usually pretty unhealthy. This is a great idea to create your own with some more healthy snacks.
Debby Prutzman
What a great idea, so cute!
Penny D Walker
Great little treat tag idea. love the little designs on each one.Thank you for your inspiration.
Cristina
So pretty!
Renee Thompson
What a fun idea!
Bela
Fun! Great idea instead of a traditional advent calendar!
Nanette Leiker
I love the idea of treat bags for Advent. Thanks for the inspiration!
Janis B
This looks like a fun, versatile kit. I can’t wait!
Christina Dauven
Thos is an adorable idea to give each day a gift.
Mitzi
Thanks for sharing your great ideas & the opportunity to win.
Haejin Kang
I seriously can’t wait for the full reveal of this kit. Although I think you pretty much had me at the advent cover plate die.. 😊
Haejin Kang
I seriously can’t wait for the full reveal of this kit. Although I think you pretty much had me at the advent cover plate die.. 😊
Mindy Drummond
I love this idea, a yummy treat a day oh yeah! :) Thanks for sharing Michelle and the inspiration. (mardy14@bellsouth.net)
Lisa N
Cute idea!
littlen
Such a cute way to do holiday treats.
Sharon Dolan
What a cute idea! And the small tags are so cute there must be a lot of ways to use them. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
BeverlyBL
Very cute. I love your embossed backgrounds.
Carla Hundley
Such a fun idea!
Love the embossing
on the tags. Great
way to use the number
stamp.
Carla from Utah
Nina
Cute idea!
Michele W
Cute idea for Advent. Looking forward to seeing full kit.
Xiao Qi
Can’t wait for the new MMH kit!
Lara Mosby
Very nice tags. And I bet the treats are tasty! I’m sure the kit will be great!
Lana
I love seeing these stamps and dies used for things other than just cards.
Marla Trindade
I absolutely LOVE making tags!
Robin Poupard
Very cute idea! I could DO this!
Kimberly Dorval
Cute idea. Yummy looking treats.
Sue Adams
This is a great idea! I love making tags!! Christmas is the perfect time for beautiful tags!! Thank you!!
Audrey R
The advent treat bags and tags look so inviting and fun to receive!
Ellie
Another fantastic idea using this cute kit! Thanks for the inspiration!
Louise R.
Love these tags. So cute, So fun.
Lagene
Pretty little advent daily packaging for chocolates!
mandi c
What a cute idea!
Leslie Kiley
I really love this idea of cookies for an advent countdown and the wonderful tags to go with them. I love this idea.
Phoebe
Great idea!
Kathy Davis
I LOVE advent calendars and the tiny surprises behind the doors. Can’t. Wait. For. This. Kit.!
Lisa
Every special Holiday gathering my family will feast-dine together and gather together. I can see using this festive Hero Arts Kit for a family game! I’m looking forward to passing your idea Michelle Short to my family’s traditional game playing festivities! (Each numbered tag-counting down to Christmas can disclose a special message for each of my guests) I have many more ideas I can use for those cute tags!
Karen Wilson
Such a cute idea, thank you for the inspiration, I was looking to do something different this year. 😀🎄
Karen Wilson
Such a cute idea, thank you for the inspiration, I was looking to do something different this year. 😀🎄
Colleen Rutledge
I loved making ornaments every year for my kids. Now I’m making them for the grands! These look wonderful!!
Golda
What a sweet idea!
BeckyHL
Adorable tags! This is going to be an incredibly versatile kit. Wish I had it in my hands already.
Tonya
Fun way to use the set. Your treats look yummy. Thanks for sharing.
Sherry Lee
Cute little treat snowflakes! Treats look good too!!!
Sandee
This kit lends itself to so many creative ideas. This would be a quick way to make little packages for my employees!
Samantha Coleman
I have always been in love with advent calendars and we only had one when I was a kid, so I love anything relating to advent calendars. These are just the cutest little tags I’ve seen. Thank you for sharing!
Scarlett Theron Rush
Those are so cute! So excited for this kit! XD
Thersha Lewis
So Sweet!!!
Stacey
So cute!
Amy Cooley
This is a cute idea for treat tags. Looking forward to this month’s kit.
Lynne
This is whetting my appetite to see the whole kit. I can’t wait!
Mary Guikema
Looks like another winning kit. Great tags.
JoAnn
Great quick and easy project!
Cynthia link
Very sweet (no pun intended!)
Tina Schmidt
What a sweet idea
Robin Trala
This will make a lovely new tradition in our family.
Anika Petersdorf
Great idea. I’m so excited for monday
Kimberly Lee
Love that idea! So sweet
Kathryn D
Loving the design team ideas. Looking forward to the November kit
Cindi P
Cute gift tags! I can’t wait to see the whole kit!
Jessica Kerr
Love the mix of shapes, images, and techniques – and so practical! :)
Michelle Short
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