October My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #4 + Giveaway
It's time for our fourth countdown peek! The October My Monthly Hero kit will be available on Monday, October 7 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Now let’s join Caly, who is sharing another look at this wonderful kit!
Hello, Friends! I hope you're ready for the holidays because we've got a holiday set coming at you with a retro feel! My countdown card today focuses on one of the two Christmas trees in this month's My Monthly Hero Kit (that's right! I said one of two Christmas trees - it's nice that you have the option!)
I stamped my images with Intensified Black Ink to color with Copic markers. It's a sparse tree like the Charlie Brown tree so I added some bits of colors to each branch and used similar colors throughout.
Copic colors used:
Reds: R05, R27, R29
Greens: YG07, G29
Teals: BG24, BG49
Blues: B16, B29
Purples: V01, V04
Yellows: Y00, Y08
Grays: C1, C4, C7
After coloring, I die-cut the images and added white gel highlights to them before setting them aside to work on the background. On a Dove White Top Folded card base, I ink-blended Squeezed Lemonade at the top and Broken China Distress Oxide Inks from the bottom. Where the two colors meet, a green organically mixes on its own. I sprayed the area with water droplets and also splattered some white and black paint to give the background some interest.
I set the card base aside to dry and used a Rectangle Infinity Die to cut a window from an A2-sized panel, centering it as best I could. I trimmed my panel to mat the card base and stamped a sentiment on the bottom portion. I added foam adhesive to the frame and adhered it over my ink-blended cardbase then decorated it with my colored images. The final thing I did was add Crystal Clear Lacquer over the ornaments.
This is a little teaser for my card that I'm sharing for the blog hop. Be sure to join us on Monday! Thank you all for stopping by!
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100 Responses
candgmom
Wonderful card, can’t wait til Monday’s release!
Cathy R
So jolly
Cecilia Nocella
There is nothing like a Holiday Tree with presents adorning it!
Dorothy Mutafopulos
Great card layout and your colors are perfect. I especially love the sentiment the lettering is fabulous.
Mary
This is a really sweet card. I like that you include the COPIC colors. It will help me continue which colors to blend as I learn comics.
Sharon Brand
Love your card! It is so cute and simple!
Tani k
Such a cute card. Love the Charlie Brown tree.
Ellie
So beautiful! Love all these pretty colors and clean design!
Evelyn Larson
What a fun xmas tree. I can see this tree surrounded with lots of critters outside in the forest. Love your background colors. Beautiful card.
MICHAEL BAKELER
Beautiful card. It is warm and festive.
Kim Kay Ostern
Cute cute cute! Such a great card!
Machele Wilson
I cannot wait to get this kit, that Christmas tree is just crying out to be embossed with some sparkly, foil type silver embossing powder!
Kim
Such a cute scene !!!!
Judy Hall
This card reminds me of Christmas’s past when our trees were less full. I love it.
Kristine Harris
I’m so excited to see the kit. Its joyful, fun and what we need!
Andrea Gallucio
Beautiful scene
Joan
Great “Charlie Brown” tree card! Love that the background offsets the tree and doesn’t detract from it. Can’t wait to start playing with this kit!
Margaret
Nice! I really like the background you created.
Tracy Steinbach
What a great card! Boy you really get a nice selection of stamps in the hero arts kits.
Teri S.
CAS & bright & cheery. This Charlie Brown tree is so cute & I like the two fonts in the sentiment. Thanks Caly/
Cynthia Link
This 50s look is just darling! Cant wait to see the whole set
Sonja Bowling
Cute card love the look!
Madeline L
I’m so excited for this kit! So many cute images!!
GLenda M Sultan
This kit gets better with each reveal! You made the presents pop with the gel that you added . The lacquer adds dimension to. the ornaments. Clever, Caly.
Karen Nelson
such a cheery card, thank you Caly. I can’t wait to get the kit and make the tree look like an aluminum tree, we had one when I was growing up. I thought they looked so beautiful all shimmery and colorful with the electric color wheel shining on it.
Mary Holshouser
Love the scrawny Christmas tree.
Shows off the ornaments so much better.
Cute card. thanks for sharing
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Susan Lang
That tree should have been in silver embossing! The silver trees came out in the 50’s and were the rage. Cute card!
Susan King
Love all the little dies of present, stockings and etc under the tree! How much fun to color them!
Sharon Suske
So pretty! Thanks for the chance to win!
Althea Robles
I love this card! I have a tree like that! This looks like an awsome kit.
Janet Barrie
I just love your ‘Charlie Brown’ tree, so cute.
Gail O'Keefe
Love the charlie brown tree! Makes Christmas look great
Lagene
I love the CAS look of this window card looking into the Christmas tree!
Swati jain
Love the trees and gifts under the tree !!!
karen t
Super cute card! Love this kit so far!
littlen
Very cute card. Love the colors and the simplicity.
Glenna
The card looks so simple, until you really look at the detail. Love the card. Thank yiu!
LBSue
This tree looks just like the trees we had when I was a child. I love this card!! Beautifully colored.
Anita
I like the frame around the tree and the wonderful ink blending. So nice!
Dixie
Each card just gets better and better. So excited for this wonderful release.
Sandra B
So excited for this one! Pretty sure it’s going to be a favorite!
Sue D
Sweet and colorful framed Christmas tree scene.
Meghan Kennihan
I love all the little gifts under the tree! TOO CUTE!
Bonnie Reyes
I can see stamping this tree in silver, reminding me of the aluminum trees of my childhood 💖
Trina P.
Adorable Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
Jean G
Can hardly wait to see the whole release! Very cute card.
Mary
Love the retro look of this kit. Thank you for the chance to win!
Jeri
It’s like looking through a picture window to see this retro looking tree. I love the look of this card with the subtle inked background.
Janet Durbin
Fantastic retro card! Love the sentiment font!
Florie Vega
I love the background light color blending and the simple yet elegant scene of this card, Caly, tfs
Dee Ann Matthews
Love the humble stick tree surrounded by an abundance of gifts!
Renita Wade
Such a cute set. Can’t wait to get mine for Christmas!
Nelissa Winters
Great card, love the blue & yellow combo in the background.
Carol H
Lovely background colours and overall design. Very Christmassy 😊
Dgolly
What a fun card. The images make me smile and remember when…
Yamilette Mohr
I really like how the small scene was framed! Love it!
Vickie Hawkins
Fabulous card. Can’t wait to make one!!!!
Jenna Batik
Such a cute little Xmas tree. I love how you colored up. I can’t wait to see the entire release.
Janet Mack
Wow this is a really fun kit this month.
Seema Raja
Such a simple and beautiful card that reflects how a little goes a long way – love it!
doyle wasa
Oh I really love this card!!
Cindy Plourde
Vintage christmas at its finest! Very pretty!
Cindy Plourde
Vintage christmas at its finest! Very pretty!
Emily Henry
I love the look of the tree with bits of color. Such a sweet card.
Evan
Love the retro feel of this kit and your card.
Felicia C
A very festive card. Definitely, unique images for the holiday season.
Diane
Great card. Love the background colors along with the Christmas tree and all those presents. Christmas morning!
Karen L K
I like that tree with the lights! Nice background colors too!
Debbie McKelvey
This card is fun and retro, love it! I like how you made it look like we are looking in on someone’s tree, great job.
Lynnea Hollendonner
This is too cute! I love that tree!!
Rebecca J Hackett-Leas
I love that sentiment! Neat card
Jenny Kihlberg
Wow! I love the frame to this, it really brings the card together. And I looove the Christmas tree, it reminds me of my childhood.
Gail Anderson
That tree reminds me of a few we had when I was growing up with the bare spots. I love the scene you made.
Lisa W
Charlie Brown tree! So cute!
Anouk
So cute. Love the font of the sentiment stamps!
Janelle
I really like the color scheme you’ve used on your card. I can’t wait to get the kit.
Megan Caulder
The tree is so cute!
Laurelle
Beautiful card – anticipation of good things to come
MrsB8T
Looking like a fun release
Beverly Jordan
Oh how sweet a Christmas card!!
Carol Wortman
Very nice card a bit reminiscent of Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree.
Kendra
This card is so great. Love the background. Thanks for the inspiration!
Diane Zalusky
I love your card, I love the retro style.
Colleen Dixon
I love the background blending on this card!
Carla Hundley
Lovely coloring on the
Christmas tree. Great
background.
Carla from Utah
Christine E
Love the classic yet fresh look, Caly!
Michele
Love the tree! Cute card.
Michele D Jones
I love the retro look and the record player. It is so inique can’t wait to play with it myself.
Suzie Dube
I love this card! The colors are beautiful ❤ The splatters add even more life to the retro feel. Love the font of the greeting, too 😍❤🌲
Marg
A great card. I like how you set up the card. Great colouring.
Terri
Love this tree, very retro.
Andrea B
I love the twiggy tree with all the ornaments. That font is great, too. Looking forward to this kit!
Twylla Smith
I can’t wait to see the rest of the kit.
Lindsay S
Love the retro vibe! Can’t wait to see the whole kit and the add-ons!
Fionna Wheatley
There are so many things I like about this card…the black splatter, the shiny ornaments and the die cut window! Super cute!
Dee Earnshaw
love the soft sponged background – super festive scene – thanks for sharing :)
Sally
Cute retro card, I love the font on that sentiment too!
Stef Perry
Love all the ornaments decorating the tree, surrounded by the presents! Very cute card!
Toni L
Very vintage looking—reminds me of my childhood. Great use of topics.
Juana Vega
Yes, it’s Christmas!!! Love the sentiment with the different lettering stamped. Great colors used here.
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