September My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #5 + Giveaway!

Michelle Short

We are back with another look at the September My Monthly Hero release! The kit will be available on Tuesday, September 5th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We'll be sharing ideas for using the main kit and the optional add-on products all weekend long, so stay tuned for more inspiration! Now let's join Michelle, who is sharing another look at the fabulous main kit, available on Tuesday!

Hello there, what a fabulous kit this month! I absolutely love the autumnal feel to it. The stamp set is filled with wonderful images but I decided to use the pumpkins for my card today. I love that you can create them using a number of different colour combinations for lots of different looks.

I started off by stamping the pumpkins using various shades of yellow ink. For the smaller ones I used Butter Bar, Orange Soda and Pumpkin Pie. The larger one uses Butter Bar, Pumpkin Pie and Cup O' Joe. These were then fussy cut out with scissors. I cut one of the tags from the Tag Infinity Dies set and blended over Stormy Sky Distress ink. I then splattered over some water for a little interest. The sentiment was stamped in the top right with Intense Black Ink. The pumpkins were added to the tag with foam tape.

I took a piece of the Moonrock Cardstock from the kit (this has a lovely rustic look to it) and ran this through my die cutting machine with the Delicate Petals Stencil. This embossed the piece and gave some interest to it. I added this to a white A2 card base and then added the tag on top with foam tape. To finish off, I added natural twine through the top of the tag. I also added two sequins from the Champagne Mix and one pearl.

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, and announce the winner first thing Tuesday morning, September 5th, before the kit launches at 1pm eastern. The more you comment, the more chances to win!

Good luck!

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  • Jackie P.

    Beautiful card!!

  • Gina

    These fun layered pumpkins make me ready for cooler weather and more paper crafting!

  • Michelle D.

    Beautiful simple clean card. Love it!

  • Maye M. L.

    Michelle, the layering of textures in this card is superb. Love the understated rustic effect in this elegant card. Cheers

  • Richard CoVarn

    I am so glad we have a couple different size pumpkins to choose from in the set.

381 Responses

Janet D.

Janet D.

Sep 03, 2017

Such a wonderful fall card, it’s lovely!

Laura

Laura

Sep 03, 2017

The background matches well. So creative.

Ann Sciortino

Ann Sciortino

Sep 03, 2017

How lovely! Cannot wait to get this beautuful and versatile set!

Kathy Aguilar

Kathy Aguilar

Sep 03, 2017

I love pumpkins . I love coloring them. It’s how I learned to shade things!! Good to know another pumpkin stamp is headed my way!!??

Janis in ID

Janis in ID

Sep 03, 2017

Love the beautiful pumpkins!!!
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Diane Rasmussen

Diane Rasmussen

Sep 03, 2017

Like the idea of this card.

Linda

Linda

Sep 03, 2017

Love your card! Just found Hero Arts blog and am looking forward to more exciting products.

Valerie

Valerie

Sep 03, 2017

Beautiful card!

carol

carol

Sep 03, 2017

Your trio of pumpkins is fall fabulous! Love this eye-catching, CAS design!
~carol

Sue McRae

Sue McRae

Sep 03, 2017

Love the texture from the embossed background!

Diane Conklin

Diane Conklin

Sep 03, 2017

Awesome card! Looks like another great kit.

janet

janet

Sep 03, 2017

Beautifully done, and love the subtle texture on the base card!!

Julia D.

Julia D.

Sep 03, 2017

Lovely card! The embossing on the background adds a nice touch and a bit of texture – very pretty. Thank you for the chance to win!

Karen T

Karen T

Sep 03, 2017

Beautiful card! I love fall! My favorite season!

Pennie Artz-Glasser

Pennie Artz-Glasser

Sep 03, 2017

It’s going to be a great release!

Ty

Ty

Sep 03, 2017

How creative! I wish I could just come up with these beautiful cards.

Toni

Toni

Sep 03, 2017

Thank you. This it a nice fall card.

Toni

Toni

Sep 03, 2017

Thank you. This it a nice fall card.

Heidi Macy

Heidi Macy

Sep 03, 2017

Very pretty clean and simple fall card!

kari mano

kari mano

Sep 03, 2017

Great card! This is my favorite time of the year, so excited for this kit.

Edlyn

Edlyn

Sep 03, 2017

Very nice card! Love how you put the pumpkins on a tag. I can tell this is gonna be another awesome kit!

Becca Yahrling

Becca Yahrling

Sep 03, 2017

Great card – love the design using a tag & some earthy twine.

Karen P

Karen P

Sep 03, 2017

Love the pumpkins. Makes me want the kit!

Stephanie Bleeker

Stephanie Bleeker

Sep 03, 2017

Another great card. I’m excited for this month’s kit!

teresamnj

teresamnj

Sep 03, 2017

Simply beautiful!

Cindy Rice

Cindy Rice

Sep 03, 2017

Perfect for Fall!

Angela W

Angela W

Sep 03, 2017

This is such a cute tag. I really like the font the sentiment is in, too.

Leanne in Cali

Leanne in Cali

Sep 03, 2017

Love this! This kit is looking so great!! Thanks for sharing all of these fun ideas.

stephanie

stephanie

Sep 03, 2017

this is so simple and elegant

Susan Lang

Susan Lang

Sep 03, 2017

Very pretty card. Great pumpkins!

littlen

littlen

Sep 03, 2017

Great idea using a tag on the card. So clean and simple.

Dayle Schenk

Dayle Schenk

Sep 03, 2017

Love this pumpkin stamp, it’s quite different then others. Can’t wait to see the kit!

Tracy A

Tracy A

Sep 03, 2017

Very pretty card. The soft blue background compliments the pumpkins. I love the embossed card base.

Brenda in IN

Brenda in IN

Sep 03, 2017

Beautiful fall tag. I love that stencil and how you used it to emboss the background. What a great idea.

Brandi Ryals

Brandi Ryals

Sep 03, 2017

Wow. I never thought about using a stencil in my die cutting machine to create texture! What a great idea! I can’t wait to try it.

LaNell Taylor

LaNell Taylor

Sep 03, 2017

Lovely card! Thanks

J Gearhart

J Gearhart

Sep 03, 2017

Beautiful card. The. Colors are so soft together. I love the tag on a card idea!

Christine W

Christine W

Sep 03, 2017

Love the card inspirations. Can’t wait to see the full kit.

Brandy Duncan

Brandy Duncan

Sep 03, 2017

I am looking forward to this kit. I have been looking for layering pumpkin stamps. It looks like this kit will work perfectly.

Francine

Francine

Sep 03, 2017

Love the colors of the pumpkins, and your right.. they can be so many different colors. I love the embossed background too.. I ’ve just done that with all my stencils to see the effects.

Jean G.

Jean G.

Sep 03, 2017

How simple, yet perfect for this time of year. I love it.

Yvonne

Yvonne

Sep 03, 2017

Love the soft gentleness of your colors and card itself. Thetexture of the background adds the perfect touch. So pretty!

Sladjana Perisic

Sladjana Perisic

Sep 03, 2017

This is such an elegent card for the upcoming season.

Nina

Nina

Sep 03, 2017

Definitely love the autumn feel of this kit so far. Can’t wait to see everything! Cute card too!

Rosemary D

Rosemary D

Sep 03, 2017

beautiful clean, crisp design!!

Deborah Kaye

Deborah Kaye

Sep 03, 2017

What a lovely card! I really like the tag as a focal point and those pumpkins!

Kailash

Kailash

Sep 03, 2017

Simple and elegant!!!

Linda Peabodu

Linda Peabodu

Sep 03, 2017

Love these pumpkins

Dee Earnshaw

Dee Earnshaw

Sep 03, 2017

love this tag card. The delicate petal embossing is just so yummy:)

 O

O

Sep 03, 2017

Beautiful layered pumpkins, nice change from jack-o-lanterns.

ana

ana

Sep 03, 2017

the little pumpkins are adorable.

Lytona

Lytona

Sep 03, 2017

Love the fall card. The pumpkins are amazing.

BeverlyBL

BeverlyBL

Sep 03, 2017

Love your card. Your pumpkins look good, and I like the embossed petals.

Jessica Monte

Jessica Monte

Sep 03, 2017

Love the pumpkins

Essie

Essie

Sep 03, 2017

Lovely card—the tag idea is a winner!!

Michelle C Montemurro

Michelle C Montemurro

Sep 03, 2017

eouldnot hand thought to use brown on the pumpkins but it is pretty.

Anne Wylie

Anne Wylie

Sep 03, 2017

Fresh and simple! I love it!

Jewel Allen

Jewel Allen

Sep 03, 2017

How clever to use the tag on the front of the card – Love the pumpkins! ?

Kathy Anderlini

Kathy Anderlini

Sep 03, 2017

Elegant yet rustic. Very nice.

Nicole

Nicole

Sep 03, 2017

This is a lovely card! Very clean and warm. Thanks for sharing the great layout idea!

Judith

Judith

Sep 03, 2017

Very elegant design. Love it!

nancy

nancy

Sep 03, 2017

This card reminds me of a bright, sunny Autumn day. So simple, so beautiful.

Diane Stricker

Diane Stricker

Sep 03, 2017

Pretty card, can’t wait to see whole kit and the add on’s.

Glenda Sultan

Glenda Sultan

Sep 03, 2017

Such a simple design that even I can copy! Love the pumpkins. They can be used for Halloween also.

Lindarub

Lindarub

Sep 03, 2017

Like the idea of using a tag on your card.

dgolly

dgolly

Sep 03, 2017

What a great fall card. Thanks for the inspiration.

Dell Richards

Dell Richards

Sep 03, 2017

I am loving this blog hop! This card is beautiful and that Moonrock card stock is fantastic! So, does the stencil emboss just like an embossing folder through an embossing machine? I think I just learned a new technique from you!!!! Can’t wait to try and get my hands on this lovely kit!

Linda M.

Linda M.

Sep 03, 2017

This kit looks amazing!

jayne

jayne

Sep 03, 2017

Love the ink combination and the watercolor effect.
Great collection of cards! The music was very nice also,
could listen to that for quite a while.

Denise Dolder

Denise Dolder

Sep 03, 2017

Very cute card. I had forgotten all about the stencil impression technique. Thank you!

Dee Ann Matthews

Dee Ann Matthews

Sep 03, 2017

Gorgeous pumpkins!

Carol Bostick

Carol Bostick

Sep 03, 2017

I’m really looking forward to this kit! I love the simplicity of this particular card!

C4G

C4G

Sep 03, 2017

Falloween is my favorite time of the year!

Michelle Scherer

Michelle Scherer

Sep 03, 2017

Really great use of the products. Ready for the fall and all those pumpkin things.

Phi

Phi

Sep 03, 2017

Great card. Love the delicately embossed background.

Celeste Cassino

Celeste Cassino

Sep 03, 2017

I really like the clean simplicity of this one. Looking forward to seeing the whole kit on a Tuesday.

Maria B

Maria B

Sep 03, 2017

The delicate petals stencil makes a lovely background. Good choice.

Della schmidt

Della schmidt

Sep 03, 2017

Those pumpkins are my favorite!!

CherriB

CherriB

Sep 03, 2017

I love the background for your card! I’ve never tried embossing a stencil before and you’ve given me some great ideas! Can’t wait for the whole kit.

Jeanne

Jeanne

Sep 03, 2017

That’s a lovely Fall card. Thanks for sharing!

Denise Kasbohm

Denise Kasbohm

Sep 03, 2017

This is soo prerty. Simple yet the little touches of texture with the embossing and the sequins make it so pretty.

Oliev

Oliev

Sep 03, 2017

Lovely card!

Judie Attard

Judie Attard

Sep 03, 2017

Wow this is one gorgeous card!

Marianne

Marianne

Sep 03, 2017

Love the look of your sweet tag against the textured background.

Robin P

Robin P

Sep 03, 2017

Cute card. I love the autumn feel you have given it. I’m super excited to see this month’s kit.

Helen Gullett

Helen Gullett

Sep 03, 2017

What a beautiful CAzs card. Love those pumpkins and embossed background.

Sallyann

Sallyann

Sep 03, 2017

That background looks so perfect for the scene you created..love your card!

Audrey

Audrey

Sep 03, 2017

What a beautiful tag for autumn gifts!

Izzy Scrap

Izzy Scrap

Sep 03, 2017

Love your beautiful fall greeting card ! What a gorgeous contrast these vibrant orange/pumpkin colours over the delicate embossed white panel ! Thanks for sharing !

Charlotte

Charlotte

Sep 03, 2017

Love this one!!

jayne

jayne

Sep 03, 2017

Really liked your choice of colors for the
pumpkins, am liking the watercolor effect

Amy Cooley

Amy Cooley

Sep 03, 2017

Pretty textured background and great pumpkins!

LaDonna Balliett

LaDonna Balliett

Sep 03, 2017

Love it. Fall cards are my favorite. Looking forward to this kit.

Thuy Conde

Thuy Conde

Sep 03, 2017

I love the color combinations for your card. It’s beautiful!

Bette

Bette

Sep 03, 2017

Very nicely done. Love the fade around the beautiful pumpkins!

Tammy

Tammy

Sep 03, 2017

These cards so far are cute but the backgrounds are what are making them shine. The backgrounds are awesome.

Ana A

Ana A

Sep 03, 2017

This kit is perfect for fall. I’m so excited to see full kit on Tuesday!

Peege04

Peege04

Sep 03, 2017

Looks intriguing. Can’t wait to see this months kit.

Lonnie

Lonnie

Sep 03, 2017

My favorite photos are of my red headed grandsons in the pumpkin patch so I am going to love this pumpkin.

Gabriella B

Gabriella B

Sep 03, 2017

Looks like a cute pumpkin and I love the embossed background

Elena

Elena

Sep 03, 2017

Love the shading of the pumpkins and the background detail!

JmB

JmB

Sep 03, 2017

I love the layering. Thank you for sharing.

Amy Vitriani

Amy Vitriani

Sep 03, 2017

Beautiful card Michelle! I love the rustic feel of your card! And the background you did with the stencil is just perfect.

Katherine

Katherine

Sep 03, 2017

This is a beautiful card. I can’t wait to see the whole
Reveal!

Naama E

Naama E

Sep 03, 2017

Such a pretty card! Love the coloring of the pumpkins and the embossed background is just a perfect touch! Can’t wait for the kit reveal – soon now… :D

Cathy R

Cathy R

Sep 03, 2017

Oooooo. I’m so liking this one.

Sharon Brand

Sharon Brand

Sep 03, 2017

Lovely fall card. Really like the embossed background.

Susieq

Susieq

Sep 03, 2017

I love the pumpkins! They are the best part of autumn and these look really great.

Jeanne Beam

Jeanne Beam

Sep 03, 2017

Lovely card. Love the embossed background. Thanks for sharing…

E R  Wade

E R Wade

Sep 03, 2017

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I love the rustic but classic look of this.

Dorothy Mutafopulos

Dorothy Mutafopulos

Sep 03, 2017

Love the rage idea on a card and the pumpkin look amazing and colors are perfect for fall !! Hero arts makes amazing kits !!

Joan

Joan

Sep 03, 2017

Wow, this is a pretty card for fall. Love the coloring on your fussy cut pumpkins and the whole softness of it.

Terry

Terry

Sep 03, 2017

Love this kit. I love fall.

Jackie Adair

Jackie Adair

Sep 03, 2017

I love pumpkins! This is a beautiful tag!

Christy Q

Christy Q

Sep 03, 2017

This is just breathtaking and I love the CAS look of Michelle’s card. The blue makes the pumpkins pop!

Carolyn S

Carolyn S

Sep 03, 2017

Absolutely love those beautiful pumpkins. Can’t wait!

Neudorf Terry

Neudorf Terry

Sep 03, 2017

Very cute

Valerie

Valerie

Sep 03, 2017

Wow! What an elegant, yet simple card; love it.

Laura Buehler

Laura Buehler

Sep 03, 2017

What a lovely card. Using the stencil to emboss the background was a nice touch.

Amy mccue

Amy mccue

Sep 03, 2017

Beautiful pumpkins!

Isabel Z

Isabel Z

Sep 03, 2017

Wow, this is an amazing kit!!!

Peggy

Peggy

Sep 03, 2017

I enjoyed the way you put a tag onto a card.

SueB

SueB

Sep 03, 2017

Love this card! So fun!

Cat Worthington

Cat Worthington

Sep 03, 2017

I love the way the pumpkins look so real.

Kim Matthews

Kim Matthews

Sep 03, 2017

Great card! Thanks for sharing.

Julia Cissell

Julia Cissell

Sep 03, 2017

Love the card. Gets me feeling ready for fall! Thanks Michelle!

Terri

Terri

Sep 03, 2017

Love the look of the Moonrock Cardstock!

Arianna Barbara

Arianna Barbara

Sep 03, 2017

Wow! Beautiful and delicate Fall card!!!

Mary D

Mary D

Sep 03, 2017

Love the pumpkins particularly the dark accents and using the stencil for the background.

leslie pierson

leslie pierson

Sep 03, 2017

love the embossing it gives an added demission to the card. it is beautiful,

Karen Mills

Karen Mills

Sep 03, 2017

Beautiful, love the simplicity of your card.