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Hello, stamping friends! How is this August already? Time really needs to slow down or we will be celebrating Halloween awfully soon. Today I’m excited to join Hero Arts for their August My Monthly Hero release. It’s a kind of a magical one – with knights and princesses, and dragons, and castles!
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CARD DETAILS
I don’t have a video this time around (I have a lot of family/medical stuff going on which keeps me away from my craft room), what I do have is a fun Knightly Birthday Card. I used just the contents of the kit + colored cardstock and inks from my stash.
I wanted to have a night scene (I do love darker, vibrant colors on my cards more than anything else these days), so I started by making a night sky background by ink blended Navy ink onto Adriatic cardstock. I kept the pure color just barely at the horizon line and blended the rest with dark blue for a night sky look.
To create the grass I freehand cut Kiwi cardstock and ink blended it using Forever Green ink to darken it up at the bottom of the card.
Next, I stamped images from the main kit, colored them using Copic markers and cut out with the help of coordinating dies (which are included in the kit). I created a simple scene and added “Happy day of thy birth” sentiment at the top of the card.
The night sky looked a bit incomplete to me, so I added a number of stars using a white pen and gold shimmer pen. Love the result!
HERO ARTS MY MONTHLY HERO KIT & ADD-ONS
The main kit is available for a limited time only – once it’s gone, it’s gone. You can subscribe to receive the kit monthly and never miss one! Add-ons may temporarily become unavailable, but they will be restocked.
 Hero Arts My Monthly Hero August 2019 Shop at: HA |
 CG792 Cobblestone Bold Prints Shop at: HA |
 CG793 Trefoil Bold Prints Shop at: HA |
 CG794 Maze Bold Prints Shop at: HA |
 CM387 Dragons & Unicorns Shop at: HA |
 CM388 Majestic Beasts Shop at: HA |
 CM389 Build A Castle Shop at: HA |
 CM390 As You Wish Shop at: HA |
 CM391 Fairytale Book Alphabet Shop at: HA |
 DI680 Paper Layering Dragon (C) Shop at: HA |
 DI681 Medieval Flags Infinity Dies (H) Shop at: HA |
 DI682 Paper Layering Castle (E) Shop at: HA |
 DI683 Rose Bush Cover Plate (E) Shop at: HA |
 DI684 Dragons & Unicorns Frame Cuts (C) Shop at: HA |
 DI685 Scrolls Infinity Dies (H) Shop at: HA |
 DI686 Majestic Beasts Frame Cuts (C) Shop at: HA |
 DI687 Build A Castle Frame Cuts (B) Shop at: HA |
 DI688 As You Wish Frame Cuts (D) Shop at: HA |
 SA133 Stained Glass Window Stencil 6×6 Shop at: HA |
BLOG HOP
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Janette Kausen
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Julee Tilman
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
Mariana Grigsby
Michelle Short
Yana Smakula – you are here
GIVEAWAY
Hero Arts will give away one kit, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, August 11th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog 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 August 2019 Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Ink Pad Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Hero Arts Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Adriatic Shop at: SSS | SC | HA |
 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Kiwi Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Navy Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Forever Green Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Spellbinders Circle Replacement Foam Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Sakura Classic White Gelly Roll Pens Set of 3 Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Midas Touch Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS | TS |
Well this card is amazing as all your work is Yana!!
Fantastic design – amazing inspiration!
Awesome card, thanks for sharing!
Very awesome card. I’m loving the sentiments in this kit, funny and cute at the same time. So much awesome inspiration from this kit.
I love your night sky. It looks great!
I’m sorry you are having illnesses/family troubles. You made a beautiful card at a time that it is probably hard to feel like creating. Take care!
Love the darker night sky on your knight card! Your color palette is to die for! I hope your medical challenges abate and you are in perfect health soon! I will say some prayers for you. Yana, great work as usual! So enjoyed your post!
Awesome card! I love the sentiments in this kit. TFS.
Such a lovely scene! Loving this release!
Love the colors on your card.
Gorgeous card! Your card is so beautifully coloured and vibrant – fabulous scene!!!