Hello everyone and thanks so much for stopping by to help celebrate the launch of Hero Arts October My Monthly Hero Kit (more about the kit, blog hop and giveaway below).
Every few month there comes a kit that I simply adore. I loved the Safari kit this Summer (I’m sure you all did too) and now I’m loving this one – I’m a sucker for tiny Christmas houses and villages so this kit quickly became a favorite of mine. If you’ve been following me for more than a year, you might remember this card, Big City, I shared last year – it actually inspired the project I am sharing today.
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CARD DETAILS
I started working on my project by creating a scene with my stamps. I picked the images I wanted to use, arranged them on the front of my card and stamped using Hero Arts Intense Black ink. I love the mountain stamp – I stamped it several times creating a horizon line for my village.
I also stamped the houses as well as the tower and the sleight with the gifts onto white cardstock and cut them out with the help of coordinating dies. My choice of images was somewhat dictated by the coordinating dies, I planned my scene so that I was able to cut certain images out for my project and layer them.
I used my Copics to color both the die cuts and the stamped scene on my panel. I didn’t do any fancy coloring, but went with simple 2 or 3 color coloring for my sky, mountains, houses and sleight (I’m listing exact colors of Copic markers I used below in my Supplies section).
Once my coloring was done I foam mounted die cuts onto the main panel and adhered the panel onto an A2 side folding card base. My panel was cut to 4 1/4 x 5 1/4″ and so I also added a thin strip of red cardstock off to the left hand side. I used Stickles in Frosted Lace from my stash and added “glitter snow” details onto some of the white areas on my images.
MY MONTHLY HERO OCTOBER 2017 KIT
The kit is available for a limited time only – once it’s gone, it’s gone. If you love it – better grab it now!
You can now subscribe to receive the kit monthly and never miss one!
KIT & KIT ADD-ONS
There are several optional add-on items:
 Hero Arts My Monthly Hero October 2017 Kit Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Santa’s Door Accessories Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Nice Elves Stamp Set Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Naughty Elves Stamp Set Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Irreverent Elf Messages Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Fluffy Stockings Stamp & Cut Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Winter Heart Stamp & Cut Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts North Pole Stamp & Cut Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Santa’s Door Accessories Frame Cuts Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Nice Elves Frame Cuts Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Naughty Elves Frame Cuts Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Three Happy Elves Stamp Shop at: HA | SSS |
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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! Giveaway closes Sunday, October 1st at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week.
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!
Hero Arts My Monthly Hero October 2017 Kit Shop at: HA |
Hero Arts Nice Elves Stamp Set Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Ink Pad Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Envelopes Schoolhouse Red Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Stickles Frosted Lace Glitter Glue Shop at: SSS | SC |
 Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker R22 Light Prawn Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker R39 Garnet Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker R24 Prawn Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain Blue Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker B00 Frost Blue Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG93 Grayish Yellow Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG95 Pale Olive Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG99 Marine Green Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker E37 Sepia Brown Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Marker E79 Cashew Dark Brown Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
PIN THIS PROJECT
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Beautiful!!! Can’t wait to get my kit!
Such an awesome card. Love all the detail you put into it. I loved reading your article about photo props, it’s something I need to learn and practice more.
What a beautiful card–it’s going to be a really busy Christmas with all of these wonderful stamps and dies! Thank you so much for sharing!
Really cute, vibrant scene!
This cutest kit ever…would love it!!!
This card is amazing! I love the colors!
Beautiful Christmas card. This is a really nice release. Thanks for sharing your talent….
Such a charming Christmas card made with this great new release. I love making scenes, especially at Christmas.
Great card and love the kit!
Love the bright colors! Thank you!
A wonderful Christmas card. Love the cute scene and rich colors.
Love this card! Super cute!
Very cute. Love all the little details.
Love this kit!!
Stunning card! Thanks for sharing!
Great card! So many ideas for using a fantastic kit. Can’t wait to receive mine!
Adorable card! Luv all the mountains in the background. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love this village scene!
Darling and the popped
up parts look so fun!
Carla from Utah
Love your card! And such a great card kit!
This is a gorgeous card, love it.
Love the card so many little details!
I love how clean your cards came out. The colors pop on the white.
Fantastic kit and card design!
Such a cute card! This is an amazing kit!
The Santa Village is so wonderful!
Beautiful card! So crisp and clean.
Your card bringssuch childhood fantasy images from my mind!! You rocked this new kit!! Such an adorable village card!
This card is so cute, I love this stamp collection. thank you for sharing.
Cute card and this is a wonderful kit!!!
Such a beautiful winter scene you’ve created for this pretty holiday card!
Such a great card!!
Very nice Yana! I love your scene and especially the repeated mountains.
How amazing! Love how versatile everything is.
Beautiful as always!j Thanks for sharing your creativity. Your card is so festive!
Eep! I love the dimension you achieved with the foam mounting!
I love the cards you made, I will have to try these for christmas.
Love your card….village is beautifully colored.
I adore your card! So beautiful!
What an amazing card! This is such an adorable kit with such a wonderful stamp set!!
Awesome, you’re so clever.
I love how you colored the mountains! Well, actually all of the card!
This is a great kit, can’t wait to get mine.
Cute card. this is an amazing card kit and I was lucky enough to get one.
Beautiful cards! Coloring is fabulous.
Love, love , love this card. The scene is adorable
Gorgeous! I absolutely love these blog hops. You give us beautiful examples and inspiration on how to use the My Monthly Hero Kits. Thanks!
Wonderful cards, Yana!
Love everything about your Christmas scenic card. This is such a great kit with so many options.TFS
Such an awesome scenery Yana! Beautiful card!
lovely holiday cards!