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 |
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Adorable!
Beautiful card, love the bright red and green colors on this winter scene!
what a cute kit – perfect for holiday cards. And I love the elf add-ons too. Would have to get those as well.
Darling card!
What a gorgeous card! I love your layout and beautiful coloring.
Your cards are beautiful!
Love your card!
I like the detailed scene you created.
Beautiful card, beautiful kit! Excited about the scene building options.
Lovely!! The color combination is perfect and love how you built the scene.
Cute!
Awww, what a special card! Love the mountains and the little village complete with train tracks. The olive greens really make the reds pop!
What a great card. Love the scene and coloring.
Your coloring is beautiful and your card is gorgeous.
I agree, tiny building stamps fascinate me! I love your card and am looking forward to CASEing it!
Nothing less than extraordinary, Yana! Loving this beauty so much!
LOVE your card and this new kit!!
Loved your card.
Beautiful card, as always. The kit looks amazing! Can’t wait to get mine.
Beautiful card! I love your coloring and your photography! This kit looks amazing.
Perfect for Christmas with the versatility to be used with other a hero Arts stamps for other occasions. Lovely presentation Yana!
Those elf stamps are soooo cute!
Nice!
Love this, what a great kit!
Your card creations are amazing! I love all the details you included..
especially the snow! Very nice!!
Lovely!
Such a wonderful craft set. And I love your use of white space in your card, it makes the town scene pop.
Just Beautiful! The stamp set and kit are absolutely amazing!
WOW.. this is such a beautiful card!!!! Great job Yana!!! ANd this kit is out of this world gorgeous!!!! OH MY GOSH…. I am willing to pay double for it!
Hugs,
Jo in Jersey
Cute winter scene card, Yana.
Such a beautiful card!
I really like your use of reds in your cards! Very festive and striking.
Wow! Beautiful Xmas kit!
Love your stunning card!!!
Awesome kit. Love your card. The red really pops.
Love all the red images. Beautiful card. So festive!
Beautiful.
Nice
This is such an awesome kit for Christmas! I love the many possibilities
within this kit. Your card is beautiful!
Adorable and festive!
What a stunning card! …love it!
Wonderful card, I’m ready to do Holiday Cards. Great release, thanks for sharing.
Love the background dies in this kit
What a wonderful colorful card! I love how you used the stamps and dies from the card kit to create a happy holiday village scene. Thanks for sharing.
~Gin K.~
What a fun card, reminds me of my trip to the Canadian Rockies last month!
Beautiful card. This card kit is so versatile.
Lovely Christmas Card. The houses are so intricate.
What a beautiful card.
This card is gorgeous! Love Xmas cards. And I love, love this Hero Arts monthly kit!
This kit has me squealing with delight! I love all the mini houses and all the accoutrements!
Your card is beautiful and is sure to put a huge smile on the recipients face! TFS!
I love little houses and villages, too! Lovely work!