October My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #1 + Giveaway!
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.
Win a kit before you can buy it! Just leave a comment on this (and every) Countdown to Creativity post! We'll randomly draw one lucky winner from all of the comments left across all countdown posts and announce the winner first thing Monday morning, October 2nd, before the kit launches at 1pm Eastern. The more you comment, the more chances to win!
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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100 Responses
Sarah L.
Very beautiful.
Julia , RDH
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.
Caren Adkinson
I can see making snow globe cards with lots of glitter!!
Jane Cordell
It is the beauty of the "winter wonderland”
Lisa Martin
Love the sparkleon this card and the white pines, very creative
Lisa Martin
Love the sparkleon this card and the white pines, very creative
Lisa Martin
Love the sparkleon this card and the white pines, very creative
PjP
Wow, look at all that gorgeous, sparkly snow! Looks just like the scene outside my window today. No, I’m not kidding :-(
Maria
I love the brightness and the colors of the sky. Beautiful
Nancy Haggerty
Beautiful!! I’ve seen them in real life and they are truly amazing!
Kim Cole
so creative and unique – love the aurora borealis.
Marie O.
I love the colors and the sparkle !
Nancy Berkery
What a beautiful scene……I love background dies!!!!
Lara Mosby
Beautiful. Looks like Santa’s heading home after a long night’s work of delivering toys!
Susan Bennett
So very pretty
Katya
Love this card – the mountains, the sparkle, the sky, everything!
Stephaney
Love the northern lights looks. This card is very clean. But has so much Christmas to it. Very sophisticated.
Heather Loughlin
What an incredibly GORGEOUS sky! I need to learn your technique, Jess!
Kayla E
Love everything about this!
Christina Dauven
I love background dies so excited.
MandaLJ
What a beautiful card! Love the sky and the silver embossing!
Gwen
Beautiful card, Jess!!
KerrynM
Fabulous card. The kit looks like is it going to be great.
Debbie
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.
Tanya Boser
Gorgeous night sky!
Joyce
Love the mountains, really neat with the embossing powder.
Deborah Ziadie
Love the mountains. Looking forward to seeing the whole kit.
Bertha
I love the contrast of the silver mountains and santa against the night sky. Lovely card!
Jen W
This is so beautiful! I can’t wait to see more!j
KathyR
Beautiful, loving it so far.
Brenda Shreves
Such a simple and cute card!
Claudia N
OMG Christmas kit!! Beautiful card!
MelissaF
LOVE this Christmas card, the sky is gorgeous with the silver Santa and sleigh and glittering mountains!
Jennifer D
Beautiful sky and mountains. Wow!
Yanira Hernandez
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!!
Tracy Lustick
The ideas are flowing ? !
Tracy Lustick
The ideas are flowing ? !
Anne Wylie
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! :)
Lisa Ann McDonald
Im in love with this kit already! I cant wait for more peeks!
Sara N
So beautiful, you are very talented!
Dori
This kit is adorable!!
Paula
LOVE LOVE LOVE these mountains
Liz O
Gorgeous colors!!!! Love the winter theme! Thanks for the inspirarion and the chance to win!
Sara Jara
Adoro todas sus creaciones, precioso
Nikki C.
I like the silver glitter mountains.
Kimberly H
I love the simple elegance of this card. Beautiful.
Nita K.
Beautiful colors!
Heather Wagner
Love the northern lights
JoAnn Girimonte
A winter wonderland. Beautiful !!!!
Judy Nafus
This kit looks amazing!!!!
Franka M.
Lovely card. The kit looks awesome.
karenajo
Love the pretty background for your Santa. Great card, can’t wait to see what else is in the kit!
Jean marmo
Stunning inspiration.
Linda E
Love Jessica’s fabulous card!
Madge
Love Christmas
Laura Staley
Love the Santa and sleigh and the way you did the sky. Can’t wait to see the rest of the kit!
Marina Cronvall
So cool!
Kate B
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!
Vicki Davis
Beautiful!!!
Anne
What a lovely card! Love the colors of the Northern lights
Penny Adams
I love this card! So beautiful
Donna Gibson
Love that night sky!
Rhonda
I love this card , very elegantly done.
Sophie
Glitter and sparkle, perfect card.
Diana S.
Beautiful Card, and great way to get us started into the holiday season!
Tasha Dawson
Love the night sky you were able to create!!
Debbie Bailey
Nothing like a Hero Arts kit to get me in the Christmas mode! Beautiful
Michelle Smith
Looking forward to seeing all the ideas.
Deborah Mattingly
This kit looks amazing.
Lori
Beautiful!
AJ Wong
So graphic and gorgeous! Love the shimmering northern nights and glittery mountains!
Cindy C.
Stunning!!
Audrey L.
I love the layering and the silver glitter mountains!
Steffi H.
This card makes me close my eyes and say BELIEVE !
Dianne S.
Gorgeous card and colors – can’t wait!
Stacey Kowbel
Such a beautiful card!
ashley shaffer
oh i love these colors can’t wait till mine gets here!
Victoria
Love, love the bold colors of this card. Thanks for sharing your idea. Looking forward to the kit.
Kathy Follmer
I love the simplicity of this card!
Monica W
Such elegant simplicity. Love it!
Bonnie Darroch-Dean
Love the northern lights idea!
Teddie
Such a pretty card!
DeniseP
Such a beautifully done clean and simple card! This kit is going to be marvelous.
Diana@playing
I’m loving this kit right now
Katherine Moore
I love the sparkles! That is a beautiful card.
Dawn C.
I love how you created the winter sky.
Marianna
Love the glittery mountains against a beautifully colored sky,
gorgeous !
Debbie B
I love every kit I receive.
Phi
This card is gorgeous with the glittery mountains. Can’t wait to see more of this kit.
Dawn Thompson
aahahahha….I cannot wait to see the whole kit
Judie Attard
The sky is beautiful!!! Love this card!!
Gina Mongenel
I absolutely love these dies! Must try this beautiful night sky technique!
Danielle Dietz
Gorgeous sky! I can’t wait to see the kit.
Janice
Can’t wait to see the new MH kit!
Sharon Young
So simple, yet striking. The night sky is a beautiful background for the silver ep on the mountains.
Nicola T
I just love the shape of these mountains, gorgeous card
Starqueen
Hi Jessica,
I’m not sure if I like the glittery backdrop or your spectacular sky better…it all came together beautifully!??
Sherry Olson
Another month is upon us. Where did September go? I love how you made it look like the northern lights. Beautiful card.
Gyongyi Wilson
I love the sparkle on the mountains
Cindi Patton
Love the colors and the layering on this card. It’s so pretty!
Jessica Frost-Ballas
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