Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the October My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, October 2nd at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific! We’ll be here throughout the weekend, sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as new optional add-on products that will be available on Monday. And don’t forget to comment on each and every Countdown post - we’ll be giving away a kit on Monday morning, before the kit launches! Here’s Jess with a first look at the kit!
This kit is jam-packed with adorable stamps and dies and I decided to focus on some of the fun landscape dies to create a wintry holiday scene!
To start I used dauber tools to apply ink to the top of a piece of cardstock. I dabbed on Rose Madder, Summer Sky, and Orchid Bold Inks to resemble the Northern Lights. Once I was happy with those colors I added Navy and Intense Black ink. I concentrated on the outer edges of the panel and the areas between the brighter colors. Then I swiped the brighter colors across the panel again to make sure there was no white space. Once I was happy with the colors I set it aside to dry while I worked on the rest of the card.
I die-cut the mountains using the silver glitter paper that's included in the kit and then die-cut the pine trees from Snow Layering Paper. I stamped the sentiment onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with Silver Embossing Powder before trimming it down to a label. Once the blended panel was totally dry I stamped the silhouette of Santa's sleigh and his reindeer and heat-embossed it with Silver Embossing Powder. Finally I layered the mountains and trees over the blended panel and then adhered the sentiment.
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Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to come back later today for a closer look at some of the fabulous stamps in the kit! ;)
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Very beautiful.
These stamps are incredibly precious and remind me exactly of the magic of Christmas when I was a child. The flying Santa and reindeer is a picture of the sixties rendition of the Christmas spirit. This immediately takes me back to some of the happiest memories of childhood. Perfect.
I can see making snow globe cards with lots of glitter!!
It is the beauty of the "winter wonderland”
Love the sparkleon this card and the white pines, very creative
Love the sparkleon this card and the white pines, very creative
Love the sparkleon this card and the white pines, very creative
Wow, look at all that gorgeous, sparkly snow! Looks just like the scene outside my window today. No, I’m not kidding :-(
I love the brightness and the colors of the sky. Beautiful
Beautiful!! I’ve seen them in real life and they are truly amazing!
so creative and unique – love the aurora borealis.
I love the colors and the sparkle !
What a beautiful scene……I love background dies!!!!
Beautiful. Looks like Santa’s heading home after a long night’s work of delivering toys!
So very pretty
Love this card – the mountains, the sparkle, the sky, everything!
Love the northern lights looks. This card is very clean. But has so much Christmas to it. Very sophisticated.
What an incredibly GORGEOUS sky! I need to learn your technique, Jess!
Love everything about this!
I love background dies so excited.
What a beautiful card! Love the sky and the silver embossing!
Fabulous card. The kit looks like is it going to be great.
I am so excited – I have only just subscribed to receive my first kit…. thank you for sharing this beautiful card and your ideas on using the products in the kit.
Gorgeous night sky!
Love the mountains, really neat with the embossing powder.
Love the mountains. Looking forward to seeing the whole kit.
I love the contrast of the silver mountains and santa against the night sky. Lovely card!
This is so beautiful! I can’t wait to see more!j
Beautiful, loving it so far.
Such a simple and cute card!
OMG Christmas kit!! Beautiful card!
LOVE this Christmas card, the sky is gorgeous with the silver Santa and sleigh and glittering mountains!
Beautiful sky and mountains. Wow!
What a beautiful way to show a winter wonderland against a mesmerizing shy! Sparkly and Spectacular! Can’t wait to see the kit in its entirety!!
The ideas are flowing ? !
The ideas are flowing ? !
This card is so beautiful!! I like that you used the Northern lights in the background. It’s perfect for Santa since he travels worldwide! :)
Im in love with this kit already! I cant wait for more peeks!
So beautiful, you are very talented!
This kit is adorable!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE these mountains
Gorgeous colors!!!! Love the winter theme! Thanks for the inspirarion and the chance to win!
Adoro todas sus creaciones, precioso
I like the silver glitter mountains.
I love the simple elegance of this card. Beautiful.
Beautiful colors!
Love the northern lights
A winter wonderland. Beautiful !!!!
This kit looks amazing!!!!
Lovely card. The kit looks awesome.
Love the pretty background for your Santa. Great card, can’t wait to see what else is in the kit!
Stunning inspiration.
Love Jessica’s fabulous card!
Love Christmas
Love the Santa and sleigh and the way you did the sky. Can’t wait to see the rest of the kit!
So cool!
I just love your kits & I can already tell that this will be another great one! Love this card with the gorgeous sky & glittery mountains!
Beautiful!!!
What a lovely card! Love the colors of the Northern lights
I love this card! So beautiful
Love that night sky!
I love this card , very elegantly done.
Glitter and sparkle, perfect card.
Beautiful Card, and great way to get us started into the holiday season!
Love the night sky you were able to create!!
Nothing like a Hero Arts kit to get me in the Christmas mode! Beautiful
Looking forward to seeing all the ideas.
This kit looks amazing.
Beautiful!
So graphic and gorgeous! Love the shimmering northern nights and glittery mountains!
Stunning!!
I love the layering and the silver glitter mountains!
This card makes me close my eyes and say BELIEVE !
Gorgeous card and colors – can’t wait!
Such a beautiful card!
oh i love these colors can’t wait till mine gets here!
Love, love the bold colors of this card. Thanks for sharing your idea. Looking forward to the kit.
I love the simplicity of this card!
Such elegant simplicity. Love it!
Love the northern lights idea!
Such a pretty card!
Such a beautifully done clean and simple card! This kit is going to be marvelous.
I’m loving this kit right now
I love the sparkles! That is a beautiful card.
I love how you created the winter sky.
Love the glittery mountains against a beautifully colored sky,
gorgeous !
I love every kit I receive.
This card is gorgeous with the glittery mountains. Can’t wait to see more of this kit.
aahahahha….I cannot wait to see the whole kit
The sky is beautiful!!! Love this card!!
I absolutely love these dies! Must try this beautiful night sky technique!
Gorgeous sky! I can’t wait to see the kit.
Can’t wait to see the new MH kit!
So simple, yet striking. The night sky is a beautiful background for the silver ep on the mountains.
I just love the shape of these mountains, gorgeous card
Hi Jessica,
I’m not sure if I like the glittery backdrop or your spectacular sky better…it all came together beautifully!??
Another month is upon us. Where did September go? I love how you made it look like the northern lights. Beautiful card.
I love the sparkle on the mountains
Love the colors and the layering on this card. It’s so pretty!
Jessica Frost-Ballas
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