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!
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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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Love this cute card with all the little details and coloring:)
That is a gorgeous card! There are so many fun things in this kit.
So cute!! Love this kit.
Such a festive card, what a great kit!
I love your great coloring. Your cards are too cute.
Love this village scene! Can’t wait for my kit to come–they are so many possibilities! Thanks for sharing!
What an amazing and creative use of this Kit!
Such a beautiful scene! Thanks for sharing!
Such a pretty card, I can’t wait for my kit!
Such a cute little card! Thank you for the inspiration!
This is so beautiful. The color choice is amazing.
What a beautiful card. The red just pops out!
Your North Pole card is adorable. Love the colors and you put so much detail in the village! Thanks for sharing!!
Love your scene this kits is so darn cute
Love this card!
Your card is gorgeous (as usual!). I am going to get this kit and I’m going to use your design as a template for my own version. Thank you for sharing you are an inspiration!
Your cards are always so beautiful and inspiring!
Gorgeous card. So many cute images in this kit.
Beautiful card! But then all your cards are lovely.
Love this card and also love the kit with all the little stamps, a lot of fun can be had with these, and the beautiful papers.
Di
Beautiful cards!
What a fabulous kit. All the little figures will make for many fun winter cards. Cant wait to get started.
I love the pop of red on your cards, and your coloring is always flawless. This kit is incredible!
I love the pop of red on your cards, and your coloring is always flawless. This kit is incredible! Thanks for sharing
The stamp set is fabulous. So many possibilities. Your card is beautiful and festive.
Adorable card. Another super release and thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing your creativity! I love your cards.
Absolutely adorable card. Love little houses. . .
Awesome, love the frosted lace stickles accent!
This kit is so much fun to work with! Christmas is in the air!
Beautiful coloring and dimension!
Such a fabulous kit!! Everything you need to create so many perfect winter scenes. Love your card. It shows off what the kit has very nicely.
Love your card. This release is really cute.
Awesome card .. I love your coloring of your images !!
Such a beautiful card! So much details – I keep finding new ones! Love the snowy touch 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Yes, I remember your Big City card!! I love your layering and scene building in this card and especially the touch of snow. You really do work with these stamp sets with small images so well (town essentials). I love them.
Love the mountain die cuts. Makes it look so much like winter.
Gorgeous card!
Valerija xx
BEAUTIFUL!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK! =)
Your Christmas card is gorgeous!
You so nailed the layering! Such a beautiful card. And the set includes so many detailed items. What a bargain!
Beautiful card! I love all the detail you put into it!
Lovely card, thanks for sharing this idea.
Beautiful card! I love all the details you put into it and it creates such a wonderful wintery scene!
Fantastic scene.
there is so much depth to the town.
thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous!!!!!
Lovely – as always! The horizon line is fabulous.
The warm tones of red and green are just so inviting and cozy. Really just a fantastic winter holiday scene that really puts me in the holiday spirit! Thank you so much for sharing! 🙂
I love this card kit! The train with the train tracks are adorable.
Super lovely. I’m timid using bold Copic colors and this card fully shows their wow factor. Great layout too!