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 DETAILSÂ -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 |
Love the bold red background!!!
What fun cards Yana! The red panels make a fabulous background for the images in the scenes you created. The black and white just pop. I like that you make a card using just the kit contents. It gives a good idea of what we’re getting in the kit.
I really like the color combination that you used on these fun filled cards. Thank you for sharing!
Love the bold colors! What a way to celebrate anything. Thanks for introducing the lacquer pen. I love the glossy accents, but can’t get a thin line. Can’t wait to try this out.
Love the card on red
Wow, both are great. I am impressed with all the copic coloring you did on the small spaces, I can never really do a great job on tiny places.
The red background really makes the images stand out. Fantastic!
I love the red color
Love what you did with the kit…
Such pretty bright colors – really sets off the images from this very fun kit! Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas!
Such a fun kit, and your card is delightful!
Like the color combo; ever so wonderfully striking.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
You have captured the carnival perfectly- love the use of the fence!
So lovely cards!
Super fun bright beautiful cards!!
Great Kit, AWESOME cards! I love the red backgrounds for your fair scenes!
Yana your work is always pure perfection!
I love this bright, beautiful card. This is such a versatile release with endless possibilities.
Beautiful cards! I love your choice of a red background
This card is fabulous! Just perfect for summer!!!
GREAT CARDS
GREAT KIT
Love the roller coaster.
Love the red! So pretty!
Great card. So bright.
Love that bold red background and the use of the panels for dimension!
the red background with this stamp set is beautiful. I love it.
Red, black, and yellow….. Beautiful combination!!!
Fantastic cards! The red background is festive and your images absolutely pop.
Your cards are beautiful ! The red background is really a great idea.
Great card! So bright.
Fantastic card! I love the red background and great red and yellow/green coloured stamped images!
Very bright and lively card! I really like this Hero Arts kit.
This is such a fun and happy card and I love the white embossing and layered stamping!
Love your cards! They are so bright and fun! This is such a great kit this month with so many great add-ons! Thanks for the great inspiration!
I love that bold red you used for your backgrounds. What fun cards these are!
Oh my goodness that red is so unexpected and AMAZING! Gorgeous!!
Love this card, sooo pretty!
super beautiful card!
Love the fun colors against the red background.
Oh my!!! Your card is totally stunning and so magical! Love it!!!
My favorite color is red and this the best card I ever seen!
I love the choice to use the red card stock! It really adds to the theme of this release! These cards are adorable with all the colors and stamps used! I enjoyed watching your video! Thank you!
I love the use of red on your card. I also like the way you used the background stamp.
Thanks for the great ideas!
Such a fun card. Love the red background.
The cards pop with the red cardstock. Great job.
The card is stunning! The colors are perfect and bring back lots of memories from the fair! Thanks for being part of the blog hop and sharing your talent!
I love your bold style! What great works. Thank you for sharing!
Only YOU!! Love your fabulous work, Yana!! And how perfectly matched are these great HA stamps and dies against that bold red! You are rocking this release!!!! Bam!
Love the idea of using red cardstock for the county fair card.
Love the use of the vivid red.
It’s a color you seem to associate with
a circus and it really serves as a
fantastic backdrop for the merry-go-round,
etc. thanks for sharing
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