November My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #5 + Giveaway!
Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the November My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, November 6th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We'll be here all weekend, sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as new optional add-on products that will also be available on Monday. And, remember to comment on each and every post as we'll be giving away a kit on Monday morning, before the kit launches! Now join Jess as she shares a project using some of the add-on items...
Hi, Jess here! I love the November kit but I was really drawn to one of the add-on items and decided to focus on it today! As someone who celebrates Jewish holidays, I always struggle to find a good Hanukkah set amidst all the fabulous Christmas sets so I was ridiculously excited to see some of the add-on items this month! ;)
This add-on set has beautiful images for the festival of lights or for general winter holiday cards! I'll be sharing another card during the hop using the same set but without a Hanukkah theme to show its versatility! To start I stamped the menorah with Versamark and heat-embossed it with Silver Embossing Powder. Then I die-cut it with the coordinating die before coloring the flames with Copic markers. Next I added a thick layer of Spectrum Noir clear sparkle to the menorah and then added a layer of Nuvo crystal glaze. I set that aside to dry while I worked on the background.
I wanted to keep my card fairly clean and simple but decided to add a little interest to the card base with the help of one of the add-on stencils. I placed the stencil over a piece of white cardstock and ran it through my Big Shot using the embossing pad instead of a cutting pad. This resulted in a dry embossed pattern across the entire panel. Next I stamped the sentiment with Versamark on dark navy blue cardstock and heat-embossed it with Silver Embossing Powder. I also added a layer of Spectrum Noir clear sparkle over the entire sentiment. I adhered the menorah and the sentiment to the embossed card base with foam mounting tape and finished the card with a sprinkling of Frost sequins!
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100 Responses
Dannielle Ortolani
This one is very beautiful…love it
Denise Lassiter
Nice!
Stacey Block
Thanks so much for including a Jewish themed project to your blog and for providing Hanukkah stamps. So few stamp companies carry anything for those of us who celebrate Jewish holidays. I really wish there was more available for our little corner of the market.
RobiW
How nice to see a pretty Hanukkah set!
Beverly COLEMAN
Simple yet elegant!
Vicki Gersey
This is a beautiful set. I’m always looking for stamp sets I can use to sent cards to my Jewish friends. This year you’ve done it. Thank you.
Char Adams
Cannot wait for this release!!! So many great ideas on the blog hop!,
Tracy McBee
You are so right! Very hard to find Hanukkah stamps! Love how you did your menorah!
Bonnie Darroch-Dean
Love how delicate and clean this looks!
June Lihrman
Oh, how pretty is that, all that sparkle.
Catherine Nowak
Love having a Hanukkah stamp/die combo, very pretty card!
Nina s
This is a simple but very pretty card.
Catherine Nowak
Oh, its hard to find Hanukkah items and I love the die.Beautiful card♡♡♡
Virginia DelPiano
We have several Jewish friends and I struggle every year with an appropriate card for their holidays. You have solved my problem. Beautiful card. Thanks
Veronica Griffin
Just beautiful!!
Vincent Sweis
The sinplicity of the card is giving me so much ideas. Just a small focal point and a sentiment looka good.
DeAnn O
Very pretty card!
KathyP
Very nice card design!
Sherry Olson
The menorah is beautiful
Sue C.
Very pretty card!
Beverley H
Gorgeous Sparkle, love the idea of a stamp set for other winter holidays. Thank you Jess for the inspiration.
Marianne B in AZ
I am happy to see the Hanukkah set, as well. I am not Jewish, but I have friends who I exchange cards with who are Jewish. I have been looking for a stamp set for the cards I will be making them. I will be excited to see the entire set!
Charlene
This is a beautiful card.
Starqueen
What a simple and elegant Hanukkah card.??
Siqi Z
Love the texture with the silver embossing
JANIS LITYNSKY
Pretty Card Thanks for ideas for Friends… Janis
Rachel Walton
What a beautiful card.
Angie
I love the colord used in this MMHK. The sparkle of the silver with the backdrop of blue..my fave!!
Y. Bashor
This embossing powder makes a beautiful menorah. The sequins are lovely to make the card very elegant.
KarenAnn
Simple but elegant idea!
Flo
Great kit as usual. So versatile and the add ons too.
Merianne
The sparkles make this one nice!
Suzi Cafran
Your card is beautiful!
Roxanne Anderson
Oh I could use this to send some cards to my Jewish friends who used to come to my grade 1 class and share their traditions.
NC_Donna
Love all the Sparkle! Beautiful card!
Teresa
Beautiful card and I love the sentiment you chose. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Marianne
Thank you so much for including images and sentiments for my friends who celebrate other holidays!!
Arleen
I’ve never had to make a Hanukkah card, but this beautiful and elegant card is making me want to make one!
Stacey
Love the sparkle"
Tammy Weirich
Thank you for the ideas, I think my coworker would like this card.
FeM
I love the elegance of this creation.
Debbie Rumpza
I love how sparkly your card is!
Karen T
Oh I like this! Beautifully done!
Barb McCarthy
Amazing! Love this card!
Rhonda Roumph
Great card , I love the silver embossing powder you used.
Leslie Birdsall
I love the embossing with a stencil detail… creative!
Sara N.
How beautiful, I love the silver!
Robin P
Such a pretty card.
Em Kay
Love the little details!
Fanny
Beautiful card! Love all the sparkle and the dry embossed background.
Ann K.
Love all the textures… beautiful work!
Marilyn
This is a beautiful card!
Lynnea Hollendonner
I love the sparkle! The silver is so classy!
paperpicnic
So many beautiful details in your design, Jess! It’s a gorgeous card!
JmB
Beautiful card. Love the sparkle. Thank you for sharing.
Denise KW
Love to make cards with lots of sparkle!
Rhonda F
I love all of the sparkle, great ideas!!
Krista Knight
Can’t wait til Monday
Frances
Such a stunning card. Simple yet so beautiful for the folks that will be on the receiving end. Hannukka cards are hard to come by.
Michelle Rivera
Beautiful!
Peg
Pretty sparkly card!
Brenda Lubrant
This is a lovely card.
Raven Magill
Awesome! I can’t wait to get a good look at the add-ons, especially that stencil.
Rita María Castillo GT
Lovely! I can´t wait to have my kit and make my designs with this inspiration. Thanks for sharing, Jess.
Jessica Robertson
Love the diversity of this kit!
Kimberly Cole
Such a pretty card with pretty colors
Cecilia Mohney
This is really beautiful! Everything about it says “LIGHT”!
Katrina
Can’t see the texture background very well but love the clean look.
Vina
What a pretty card, so simple.
Karen P
Love the very pretty sparkle card!
Anna
Awesome ideas. Looking forward to create and share Christmas cards with my friends.
becca yahrling
Love all that sparkle! Very pretty card.
Rosanna H
Beautiful card. I can’t wait to see the entire kit (and add-ons).
cindy rice
Nice!
Rebecca Attwood
So pretty – love this sparkly card.
Brandy Duncan
Great Hanukkah card. Perfect for the Jewish holidays.
Jessica Monte
Wow what a great new kit so far
MandaLJ
Love the sparkle of the card to match the sentiment!
Lindsay Meyers
Beautiful card!! I am loving all these techniques.
Christy Malone
Beautiful card!
Mary Holshouser
Simple card but beautiful.
thanks for sharing.
Dayle Shimamura
Awesome card! CAS at it’s finest…
Ann C Wong
Clean and sparkly design. Can’t wait for release!
Cassie
I always want to make cards for other holidays, even though I don’t personally celebrate them, for those who do, but I’ve had the same problem. I usually end up just end up making generic winter festive cards.
Abby
Thanx for the Chanukkah set!
Gretchen n
Wonderful card! I am so excited for the no Christmas add ons. So often they are forgotten or an afterthought. This looks like it will be amazing!
Effie Coleman
Simply stunning!
Kim Hund
Nice card. I love anything that sparkles :) It is not easy to find things for Jewish holidays. I will definitely be checking these out on Monday!
Julia L
Love your card!
Kris k.
Love the Hanukkah stamps….great to have that option.
Angela Walters
This looks like a great kit! I can’t wait to see everything tomorrow!
Machele Evans
Beautiful stamp. Good variety to have in my stash.
Barbara Chapman
can’t wait to see the entire kit tomorrow!
Yanira
Very classic and elegant! Love how it sparkles!
Cynthia
Appreciate the details about how you embossed and colored the menorah and how you embossed with the stencil. These are definitely techniques I can use later!
Cha de León
Can’t wait to see the rest of add-ons! Beautiful and elegant card! Thanks.
Audre
Love your Hanukkah card. Simple but lots of glitz.
Rhonda
very pretty! looking forward to seeing the kit and add-ons
Traci Jenkins
I love everything about this kit. I am so excited.
Francine
Oh, i can’t believe its almost here.. The kit will be released tomorrow and we can see everything..Woo hoo!
Jessica Frost-Ballas
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