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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Good luck and happy stamping!
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Ginny Womack
I like these tags. They are so fun.
Cheryl
Delicious!
Carol Tidrow
What cute little advent treats.
Margery C
Yummy and cute! Love the advent idea.
FeM
What a great idea. Awesome presentation.
Krisves
So darn cute!
Judy
Lovely packaging idea!
NCDonna
Can’t wait to see the details, if that cute little reindeer is any indication!!
Suzi Metcalfe
Cute, cute tags! I would love to try those liquid water colors! What I’d really love is another Christmas holiday in the UK. Hubby and I did that a few years ago, and it was THE best ever! You just reminded me of that!
PatriciaD
Looking forward to Monday for the full reveal.
Martha Berry
This is the most intriguing kit this month! Advent calendars and sweet tags…what’s next? LOL! Looking forward to receiving my very own kit!
Twylia Bell
The tags look great. I’m looking forward to getting this kit. So many ways to use it!
Joni
Curious to see the die-cuts in Themis months kit…so many different shapes are being seen in the blog posts.
Barb H.
Darling little treat bags.
diane
Like the idea for advent tag gifts.
Beverly Pevarnick
I need so many tags this time of year since I give 12 Day gifts to my children and grandchildren in addition to Christmas presents for them and my siblings. This is a great way to make many adorable tags quickly. Thanks for sharing.
margie j travers
I love giving little treats, this is a cute idea.
Joy Smith
Interesting kit…
Jodi Warren
Very cute idea. Love the different looks of advent options that all the designers are displaying. Thanks for the creativity.
Barbara Rodriguez
Fun tags and can’t wait to see this kit
Marcia
Fun and tasty project
Michelle Peckham
Such sweet tags!! Great idea for making multiples.😍
Susan Nichols
Can’t wait to see the kit!
Tracy
cute idea! Thanks.
Sue D
Thanks for this sweet idea!
Beverley Hollis
As Always, Hero Arts does it again!!!!
Robin P
Super cute idea, I love it. Thanks for sharing.
Juana Vega
Love this idea of advent treats. They will be perfect for girlfriends Christmas party.
Cheryl Phillips
Great idea for the tags. Can’t wait to get my kit!
Barbara Jo Danner
So many things we can do! How fun this is going to be!
Yanah G.
Your advent tags are so cute! I love the snowflakes!
Betty Wright
Wonderfully done!
Gale Thompson
These are darling and doable!
Linda Lipford
Nesting infinity dies and cute reindeer stamps? Yes, please!!
Janet D.
Great tags! Thanks for the inspiration!
Anne hudgens
I love the Practical aspect of such a beautiful and simple design. thanks for the inspiration!
Laura Ann
I Haven’t Tried The Liquid Watercolors Yet, Your Tags Turned Out Really Nice.
Nicki Wong
Adorable tags. This looks like a fun kit.
Kendra
I love the look of those snowflake dies. I can’t wait to see the whole kit!
ERIKA RUSCH
This looks like it would be so fun to do!
Sandy Small
I am excited to see more of this month’s MMH kit! It looks like so much fun!
Crystal
This looks like such a versatile kit…I can hardly wait to see all the elements! I’m just starting to make gift tags, too. :-)
Louise Horner
The size of these treat bags look just right with the size of the snowflake cutout dies. So excited to receive this kit!
Maggie E
I love advent calendars, and have been planning to make one for my crafting group’s Christmas gift exchange. This kit couldn’t come at a better time! Love what you did with it.
Lynnea Hollendonner
Love these tags!! Theyre too cute!
Barbara Woodard
These tags are amazing and a creative idea!!!!!
Kelly W.
Love your sweet little advent tags Michelle! The shape is so cute and perfect for treat bags. I love your idea and think my family would enjoy these!
Anita Szokol
Nice tags.
Lauren Z.
Growing up my family always had a chocolate advent calendars as well. Your advent tag idea is awesome! Thanks for the inspiration!
Jennifer K
Your Advent tags are fantastic and so much fun, the chocolates with each tags is a great idea, who wouldn’t love that! This looks like it is going to be a fabulous kit, I can’t wait to see the entire kit!
Melissa Klepser
Can’t wait for this kit!
Chrissy E
Very pretty. Thank you for the reminder that papercrafts can really make anything extra extra special!
Karen S.
What a lovely idea! Thanks for sharing.
Lisa A creations
Cute tags!
Ada Ruiz
Beautiful and can be used in so many ways.
Neha Mahajan
Love the idea for the treat bags. The Infinity Dies are so useful each time. I use them for several projects. The treat pouches look adorable.
Laura Staley
What a clever thing to make – advent treats! Love the tags. You could easily use them for Secret Santa gifts for the days before Christmas!
Joy Baldwin
I am so excited for this kit!!!
Dana M
Adorable tags! So perfect for daily advent calendar goodies.
Mary Holshouser
Love the little designs. Fit onto a tag
so well. thanks for sharing
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Pamella Albright
Each blog makes me more excited to see the coming kit. Thanks for sharing your talent
Diane b
The kit looks amazing! Can’t wait!
Gina
Amazing tags for your advent treats!
Leslie Birdsall
I love your treat idea with the advent! This looks to be a fabulous kit!
Karen Federly
Thanks Michelle for the “out of the box” idea. I love it! Can’t wait to see the kit!
Barbara-Jean
Great custom! Maybe I should move to the UK!
Flo
Great idea, who doesn’t like chocolates. I’d have to make more than one.
Sandra
Those look yummilicious!!! =) TFS
Kimberly T.
Perfect tags….love it!
Denise Bryant
Beautiful tags for your treat bags!
Rene' Tucker
This is adorable! Making favors and little gifts are my favorite thing to do year round. Inspires me!
Debbie McKelvey
This is a cool idea and your tags are fabulous!
Hilde Larsen aka Tindaloo
supersweet tags! ♥ I cannot wait to see the whole kit!!! so exiting :)
Holly Graham
Love this idea! This is such a neat kit!
Vivian C
Thanks for sharing.
Sheanna
So lovely, Michelle!! I love advent calendars, just went shopping for my sons today, hopefully this kit will be perfect for crafting it!!
Nala
New tag option is welcomed!
Henriétte
Love your idea for a Advent treat bag, love also the nummertags you made for them. Awesome Michelle, thank you for sharing and have a nice weekend.
Karen P
Perfect for tags and the holidays!
Jackie S
I love this idea! looks so cute, too. thanks
Helen
Sweet! tfs
Gail Anderson
Very cute ideas for treat bags!
Robin Summers
This is so cute. Thank you for sharing
Andre M.
Adorable tags. The kits seems to be really versatile for the holidays.
Michelle
What a fun idea!
Connie Diaz
I love the tags!
Luly G
These would make fantastic gift tags too!! Love these sneaks
Leanne S
Beautiful tags!
cecelia
All the ideas for this kit are so nice!
Rachel Walton
What a great idea! I like the simplicity of the tags, you can make them quickly when there are a lot of tags needed.
Rosemary D
really fun way to use this new kit! can’t wait until Monday to see all the unique products in the kit!
E R Wade
The tags are sweet & open up endless possibilities! Thanks
Kim T
Love it. Cute reindeer stamp.
Lynn O'Sullivan
Love the tags, look like cookies themselves. Good enough to eat. Would be fun to make the actual cookies like the tags.
Beth Buss
Love the refreshing colors you used on these. I love making paper ornaments for my tree. How cute for small gifts.
Elaine Cook
I enjoy making Christmas tags and this is a great idea! I love the watercolor look, very unique.
Nicole Rinaldi
Love this treat bag idea!
Margaret
A wonderful way to make tags! And who could resist the treats that go with them?!?!?
HelenK
I love this clever kit and cannot wait to get my hands on it!
Jennifer
Love the trees bag idea. Can’t wait to see the rest of the kit
Michelle Short
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