October My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #5 + Giveaway

Nichol Spohr

Welcome back to the countdown to the release of the October My Monthly Hero Kit! Release is coming up tomorrow, Monday, October 7 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. Now let's join Nichol for another peek!

Hello! I'm so excited to share this retro Christmas scene card with you today featuring the October 2019 My Monthly Hero kit and Pop Art Fancy Dies add-on. The car, tree, packages, sentiments, and stars pair perfectly with the signage and Reactive Inks!

The background was created by masking off 3/4" along the bottom edge of a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" background. The top portion was inked with Lemon Drop, Splash, and Blue Hawaii Reactive Inks. More masking strips were adhered over the inked sky and "rays" were inked with Sea Salt Reactive Ink.

A sentiment and stars from the main kit were stamped with Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat embossed with White Detail Embossing Powder.

The images from the main kit were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Intens-ified Black Ink and colored in with Copic Markers. The images were adhered to the background scene with foam adhesive squares.

The Pop Art Fancy Dies were die cut from smooth white cardstock and colored with Copic Markers.

The green sign was stamped with an additional greeting from the main kit using Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat embossed with White Detail Embossing Powder. The sign pole was adhered directly to the card and the signs were adhered with foam adhesive.

The card was finished with Nuvo Crystal Drops in silver scattered about the background. Iridescent glitter drops were used to embellish the ornaments and bows.

I can't wait to see what you all create with this incredible kit!

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 the comments left across all countdown posts. The winner will be announced first thing Monday morning, October 7, before the kit launches at 10am Pacific. The more you comment, the more chances to win!


  • Rheanna Hoffman

    Girl you’ve done it AGAIN!! These colors are perfect!! The tone, the saturation, the palette…it’s PERFECT!! I love this card so much! My dad would flip. My grandmother had the very same car. I can’t wait to get my paws on this set!! 🏵🍃🌾🌼🍁🍂🌻🧣👢🧤🧦Happy Fallidays!!🏵🍃🍁🌻🍂🌾🌼🧣🧤👢🧦

  • Kathy Lane

    Off to Vegas they go, right?

  • Jodi Warren

    Love the vibrant colors. Loving the retro feel of the bits in this kit so far. Can’t wait to see the rest of it.

  • Barbara Huyck

    So totally vintage, these are the seen I grew up with. Love them they remind me of cruzing around looking at Chrtimas decoration before we could open our gifts on Christmas eve.

  • Marlena M

    I can’t wait to see this kit-it looks like so much fun to create with! Your colorful scene makes me happy :)

289 Responses

Janet Durbin

Janet Durbin

Oct 06, 2019

Oh this is wonderful! Love this whole scene!

Florie Vega

Florie Vega

Oct 06, 2019

Nichol, I love your card because it’s makes one feel as if Christmas was here already with those beautiful bright colors. Love love love it.

Debbie Selby

Debbie Selby

Oct 06, 2019

Great scene you have created. Love the retro sign.

marianne barr

marianne barr

Oct 06, 2019

Love the old car, could have alot of fun with this one.

marianne barr

marianne barr

Oct 06, 2019

Love the old car, could have alot of fun with this one.

Dee Ann Matthews

Dee Ann Matthews

Oct 06, 2019

What a fun kit full of marries- we had a similar car!

Suzie Dube

Suzie Dube

Oct 06, 2019

I am in love with this card!! ❤😍 The car, the sign, the stars … love, love, love it! Nichol is the queen of scene cards 😊 I adore the colors she used and the blended background with the rays is perfect. Can’t wait for the release to see all the stamps 😊

Renita Wade

Renita Wade

Oct 06, 2019

Such a cute set. Can’t wait to get mine for Christmas!

Nelissa Winters

Nelissa Winters

Oct 06, 2019

Absolutely love this card, the retro vibe is awesome!

Rebecca Kenny

Rebecca Kenny

Oct 06, 2019

Absolutely fabulous

Dgolly

Dgolly

Oct 06, 2019

What an amazing card. Love the retro vibe of this kit.

Pam Sertich

Pam Sertich

Oct 06, 2019

What a gorgeous card ❤️

Carol H

Carol H

Oct 06, 2019

Such a cool card! Great idea!

Yamilette Mohr

Yamilette Mohr

Oct 06, 2019

Super retro!!! Love this card and the coloring is beautiful!

Elaine

Elaine

Oct 06, 2019

Brings back great memories..picking out the tree..and dad strapping it to the roof of the car and singing Christmas carols in the way home!

Elaine

Elaine

Oct 06, 2019

Brings back great memories..picking out the tree..and dad strapping it to the roof of the car and singing Christmas carols in the way home!

Diana Morrison

Diana Morrison

Oct 06, 2019

Another beautiful card. Thanks for a chance to win this beautiful kit.

Gabriella Bell

Gabriella Bell

Oct 06, 2019

Great background, plus this set looks like it’s going to be so cool to play with

Amy Cooley

Amy Cooley

Oct 06, 2019

This retro Christmas card is so much fun! Looking forward to this holiday kit.

Vickie

Vickie

Oct 06, 2019

Great card!

Theresa P

Theresa P

Oct 06, 2019

What a great holiday scene you have created with the new kit! Love that car stamp! Anxious to see the whole kit.

Patricia Wilson

Patricia Wilson

Oct 06, 2019

This kit is really speaking to me as it is “my” generation and love what people are doing with it. Can’t wait for the sale of it. Thanks for being you.

Evette Rodriguez

Evette Rodriguez

Oct 06, 2019

I love your work. The card is great and I’m eager to see the full reveal tomorrow. Thanks so much.

Petra

Petra

Oct 06, 2019

Wow!!! Can’t await to make cards with that kit. I have a good friend in Sweden who likes american cars. Guess which motif it will be on his christmas card :-)

Annie W

Annie W

Oct 06, 2019

What a great card!! Well done!! I really cant wait to see the whole kit. I’m thinking going to order this one!!

Eva

Eva

Oct 06, 2019

Wow – this card reminds me of movies. I just love it!

Natalie Bauman

Natalie Bauman

Oct 06, 2019

What a cool vintage Christmas card! Love it! This kit is gonna be great.

Anne hudgens

Anne hudgens

Oct 06, 2019

LOVE These POPS of COLOR! GREAT CARD!

KerrynM

KerrynM

Oct 06, 2019

Fabulous card. Love the kit.

Louise Coviello

Louise Coviello

Oct 06, 2019

Wow! Such a fun card. I love all the dimension and the bright colors. I can’t wait to see the kit!

Jenna Batik

Jenna Batik

Oct 06, 2019

Love the 50s/60s vibe of this card. Reminds me of my favorite show”Mad Men”. I can’t wait to see the full release.

doyle wasa

doyle wasa

Oct 06, 2019

Wow! I think this is my favorite card so far. Beautiful!!

Seema Raja

Seema Raja

Oct 06, 2019

Such a pretty and vibrant card – it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…..

Dannielle ortolani

Dannielle ortolani

Oct 06, 2019

Wow your card is so alive I love it ! You really did a great job with this card..

Cindy Plourde

Cindy Plourde

Oct 06, 2019

Lovely card! Great job on the background! Wonderful colours!

Diane T.

Diane T.

Oct 06, 2019

Such a nice vintage Christmas card! Love it!

Emily Henry

Emily Henry

Oct 06, 2019

I love the Retro sign. Those were used for all sorts of things back in the day. We had a hamburger restaurant which used that very shape. I was called “Sandy’s” and was in the same spot for about 20 years.

Janelle

Janelle

Oct 06, 2019

The signs really do add to the retro feel. I just adore that red car you colored. I can’t wait to get these stamps.

Andrea B

Andrea B

Oct 06, 2019

I love the bold colors of this card, and the sign with the pop art shapes is perfect!