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Hello all and thank you for stopping by today to help celebrate the launch of November My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts (more about the kit and blog hop below).
This month kit is definitely a very fun one! Great for creating little home decor pieces or paper ornaments for the Christmas tree. I’m not sure if we will have a tree this year (I am still deciding), so I didn’t want to make any ornaments just yet. Instead, I used stamps from both main kit and one of the add-ons to create several simple heat embossed Holiday cards.
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I used Simon’s Olive and Schoolhouse Red cardstock for the card you see above. I treated my Olive A2 top folding card base with an anti static powder tool and using my mini MISTI stamped a large snowflake triangle in Versamark ink.
I thought this triangle would look fantastic as a large Rockefeller Center-like Christmas tree. I added two lamp posts on each side of the triangle and a bench, also on each side. I stamped a sentiment that reads “May Your Holiday Be Warm & Cozy” and finally stamped Santa’s sleigh and two reindeer in the top.
As soon as my stamping was done I covered it with gold embossing powder and heat set it. I also heat embossed one additional sentiment and for that one I used Kelly’s Its Christmas Time, I heat embossed it in white embossing powder.
I also used a white gel pen and drew in little snow-like accents – snow on the benches and on the lamppost as well as little snow dots on the tree.
I made several cards, the design is the same on all, the difference is in the color of cardstock I used for the card base. Here’s one stamped on Simon’s Fog cardstock:
As always, I kept my cards rather simple. Because there’s very little dimension – they are very mail-friendly and do not require additional postage.
There are so many great things you can do with this month Hero Arts kit – the sky is the limit! I actually can’t wait to hop along all the stops of this hop and see what other designers have come up with.
MY MONTHLY HERO NOVEMBER 2016 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!
The kit contains: 4″x6″ clear stamp set; A set of 13 dies for creating diamond-shaped ornaments and embellishments; VersaMark ink cube; White Puff embossing powder; 10 half sheets of vellum cardstock; 2 half sheets of each cardstock: metallic red, metallic blue and patterned; Ornament hooks and more!
The kit value is $60, and Hero Arts is selling this one for $34.99.
You can now subscribe to receive the kit monthly and never miss one!
KIT & KIT ADD-ONS
There are 4 optional add-on items:
 Hero Arts Little Messages Stamp & Cut Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Number It Stamp & Cut Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Holiday Words Stencil Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Mini Christmas Stamp Set Shop at: HA | SSS |
NEW THIS MONTH: the above ADD-ON products will be available today on simonsaysstamp.com and scrapbook.com as well. I’ll update my links later to link to these stores.
On the Hero Arts site, there are also a couple of mystery “grab bags” available:
- Mystery Stocking Stuffer – a grab bag of 5 little Christmas-themed stamps, good for filling advent calendars or stuffing stockings!
- Mystery Treat Bag – for tag making, so includes printed tags, a stamp, twine and an ink cube
HOP ALONG WITH US!
The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Yana Smakula – you are here!
Mariana Grigsby
May Park
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Ilina Crouse
Laura Bassen
Heather Ruwe
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Shari Carroll at Simon Says Stamp
Julie Ebersole at Ellen Hutson’s CLASSroom
Libby Hickson
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!
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 November 2016 Shop at: HA |
Hero Arts Mini Christmas Stamp Set Shop at: HA | SSS |
 Hero Arts Kelly’s It’s Christmas Time CL994 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Forever Green AF229 Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# Schoolhouse Red Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# Olive Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel White Two Pack Shop at: SSS |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ |
 Doodlebug Ladybug Twine Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Beautiful card! I think the olive cardstock with the Hero Arts Gold embossing powder looks stunning! Thanks for sharing!
Where do I comment? I don’t think here, but this is a very beautiful card.
What a beautiful card. So elegant looking. 🙂
This is so elegant Yana. Beautifully done. Great kit from Hero Arts
Elegant cards! Gold embossing always looks good.
Cute cards easy to mass produce.
Your cards may be simple but I think they are gorgeous.
Great cards for mailing. You can’t go wrong with gold embossing.
Your cards look festive.
OH I just love how elegant your embossing looks
I love to see all the ideas on the blog hop; everyone comes up with something unique. Thank you for showing some of the add-on stamps. It helps me generate more ideas.
I like how you used just one of the triangle stamps to make your cards and they are stunning. The bench and lamppost additions are cute. There are so many options.
Your cards are so elegant.
Beautiful as always, Yana!
LOVE your beautiful cards and this new card kit!!!
beautiful cards Yans – and love that they are mail friendly!
Beautiful. Love the gold embossing and the use of the mini Christmas stamps.
Classic cards. Very nice.
Great cards!
I love your card! So beautiful with an adorable new kit!
beautiful cards . . . thanks for showing the various examples of cardstock/embossing. . . mystery bags look exciting.
Definitely in the running for next year’s card! (This year’s are almost finished.)
Lovely cards! Very easy to mass produce.
These examples are so pretty!
Beautiful cards! And elegant!
Your card is so elegant! I love it!
Stunning cards! Thanks for sharing.
What a wonderful idea to use the kit like yours! I just love the design of your cards – simple but very elegant!
Beautiful cards! Love your work Yana! This HA kit is really awesome!
Beautiful ideas! Love the embossing and versatility of this kit. Thanks for sharing!!
This kit is going to be so much fun to create with. Love what you did with it.
Beautiful card. Very delicate!
Beautiful! 🙂
Lovely cards!
That tree design is absolutely beautiful – I love it
I like the simplicity but freshness of your cards using the stamps.
Love your cards. Elegant.
Beautiful Cards! Loving this kit!
Beautiful cards Yana!! Gorgeous colors and love those little trees.
Absolutely elegant! Can’t wait to borrow some of your ideas.
It sure helps to be able to mail a card without extra postage. Thank you for sharing your pretty cards.
Love the colors, and the kit looks so fun! I like making simple cards too!
I love both your cards. Great for mass producing and mailing!
What lovely cards. Very elegant.
very beautiful card!!!
Beautiful, elegant cards.
You always have the most beautiful cards!!! Thanks for sharing, such an inspiration!
Love your embossed card! The tree is amazing!
Just beautiful!
Very lovely cards ! thanks for the inspiration!
Elegant & relatively easy! Love the idea of doing different colors.