Hello – hello everyone and thanks so much for stopping by to help celebrate the launch of yet another fabulous kit by Hero Arts – July 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit (more about the kit, blog hop and giveaway below). I have 2 cards to share featuring the kit and some of the add ons. If there’s time later in the month I’m hoping to make a few more cards and possibly do a video featuring the add ons.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
As always, I filmed a video tutorial showing how to create this project from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARD DETAILS – USING KIT ONLY
I started making this card by stamping images in Copic marker friendly ink onto white paper. These images are very small and there’s not much room for coloring or blending. To me – these are the best types of images. There’s just something about these tiny prints that makes me want to use them over and over again. Hero Arts last year October or November kit had similar style images, those were for the Santa’s village and I just loved them! They are so perfect for making little cards with scenes.
Next, I used my Copic markers and colored. I used my go-to Copic marker colors and went with red, green, blue and a hint of gray color combo. There are coordinating dies for these images in July kit so you’ll be able to cut all of these out in your die cutting machine. I only had the stamps to play with this month so I actually cut these out using my Tonic Studios scissors.
Next, I white heat embossed sentiments onto red cardstock panel and foam mounted images in place. I love how my friend May Park always adds a ton of gorgeous detail to her clean and simple cards using a white or a black pen and I wanted to add some to my card as well.
I also used Hero’s Lacquer pen and coated some of the images to make them dimensional.
MY MONTHLY HERO JULY 2018 KIT
The kit is available for a limited time only – once it’s gone, it’s gone. If you love it – grab it now!
CARD DETAILS -USING KIT & ADD-ONS
I also made a similar card, a Birthday card, but this time I incorporated a few add ons from this month. I used Country Fair bold prints background and stamped it in Versamark ink for a tone on tone look for the background of my card.
I also white heat embossed a few images from the Ornate Carousel stamp set to create a base and top for my scene and I also used a sentiment from this stamp set to have my card say “Have a Magical Birthday”.
JULY ADD-ONS
There are several optional add-on items:
My Monthly Hero Kit July 2018 Shop at: HA |
Hero Arts County Fair Bold Prints Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts County Fair Pig Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts Hay Party Animals Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts Ornate Carousel Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts #1 Winner Stamp & Cut Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts Marquee Frame Fancy Die (F) Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts County Fair Pig Frame Cuts (D) Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts Hay Party Animals Frame Cuts (D) Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts Ornate Carousel Frame Cuts (E) Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts Pink Liquid Watercolor Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts You Are Sweet as Pie Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts You Are Sweet as Pie Dies Shop at: SSS | HA |
HOP ALONG WITH US!
I’m the last stop on this hop, you can start over at Hero Arts blog.
GIVEAWAY!
Hero Arts is giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop so be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win!The giveaway closes Sunday, July 8th at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support
My Monthly Hero Kit July 2018 Shop at: HA |
Hero Arts County Fair Bold Prints Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts Ornate Carousel Shop at: SSS | HA |
Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ |
Hero Arts Ink Pad Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen Shop at: SSS | HA |
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Copic Sketch Marker R22 Light Prawn Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Copic Sketch Marker R24 Prawn Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Copic Sketch Marker R89 Dark Red Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain Blue Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Copic Sketch Marker B00 Frost Blue Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Copic Sketch Marker YG00 Mimosa Yellow Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Copic Sketch Marker C1 Cool Gray Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Copic Sketch Marker C3 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Copic Sketch Marker C5 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tonic Spring-cut Fine Tip Detail Scissors Shop at: SSS |
Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Sakura Classic White Bold Line 10 Pen Shop at: SSS |
Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Red is my favorite color and this set looks GREAT on the red cardstock. Thanks for all the great examples.
I love the colors you chose for these cards. To me, they are true carnival colors! Love this kit!
Fantastic cards! Use of the red background with white embossing was brilliant and so different from what the other designers have done with this set. Absolutely love these fun cards. Thanks for inspiring me!
I love all of the new ideas!
Love the color combo – not something I would have tried but it really works! The pop of ‘Birthday’ on the banner of the second card is perfect. Thanks for sharing.
Great step away from the white, WOW ! LOVING the colour combination on both cards & how adorable those fun fair images are, thank you so much for sharing this fab cards x
Yada, your card is so bright and fun! I love all the happy red! beautiful designs and amazing look!
LOVE the red! So pretty and fun!
Love your beautiful coloring of this carnival and I adore the red background–I usually avoid red backgrounds for most things, but it’s perfect for this project.
love your bright n festive cards! the red really makes them stand out, perfect match for theese stamps 🙂
Amazing card. Love the red color.
Thanks for sharing…
Amazing love all the details.
awesome kit, awesome cards!
Love this bold red card, so fun! The extra details really add a lot. TFS.
Lovely cards the red really makes them pop!!
Another amazing release. Great patterns, coloring, and designs. Just amazing! I just love it, so fun.
Great cards! Love the white heat embossing on red. Also really love the background stamp in card 2.
Such vibrant colors…fun!
Wow, amazing
I am in love with your red cards using this months stamps! Perfect!
Nicely done! Such interesting colors and card designs. This is a great set.