Inspiring the Creative Soul

Hello everyone! Welcome to my new website. It is still a little bit of a work in progress but what better way to celebrate than to have the new My Monthly Hero kit for July as a first official post! This kit is filled with beautiful wildflower images and picnic fun!

This month you can also buy the elements from the Premium kit separately! How amazing in Hero Arts for offering so many different options?!

Let’s take a look at each of these gorgeous kits!

First up, I have 2 cards using the classic kit.

1. Cut a piece of white card stock and ink blend Reactive inks in: Lemon Drop, Creamsicle, Taffy, and Fruit Punch.
2. Using the Linen stamp from the kit, stamp the background using the same colors of ink to add texture.
3. When the background is dry, use pigment ink to stamp the silhouette flowers and heat set with clear embossing powder.
4. Cut another panel of white card stock using the Hexagon infinity dies (You can use any shape here). I cut a few panels so I could layer them to add dimension.
5. Cut a thin frame from black card stock and adhere it to the top panel.
6. Stamp your sentiment with black ink.
7. Adhere all panels together (if using multiple) and add the inked panel in the “window”.
8. Add the finished panel to a 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 inch top folding card base.

Supply List:

• My Monthly Hero July 2023 Classic Kit
• Reactive Ink: Lemon Drop, Creamsicle, Taffy, and Fruit Punch
• Black Pigment Ink
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Hexagon Infinity Dies
• Card stock: White Dove and Pitch Black

1. Cut a panel of Sand cardstock to 4 by 5 1/4 inches.
2. Spatter white and black inks or paint onto the panel.
3. Die cut a dandelion from black cardstock…don’t forget a few of the seeds.
4. Position die cut in the corner and adhere to the panel.
5. Using black ink, stamp the small seeds across the panel and adhere the die cut seeds.
6. Stamp your sentiment in black ink.
7. Adhere the sand panel to a black A2 card base.

Supply List:

• My Monthly Hero July 2023 Classic Kit
• Card stock: Sand and Pitch Black
• Intensified Black Ink

I also have 1 card from the premium kit to show you today.

1. Cut a white panel to 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches.
2. Stamp the wild flower silhouette with Antique Ivory ink (or any other light ink).
3. Die cut the “grassy field” and grass pieces from Meadow cardstock and blend green ink onto the pieces for dimension.
4. Apply the “grassy field” to the stamped white panel (cut off any extra).
5. Stamp the sentiment in black ink.
6. Die cut pieces of the picnic basket and food items. Color using inks, markers or any other mediums you like.
7. Add all items to the basket and panel using liquid glue and foam tape.
8. Add the panel to a top folding A2 card base.

Supply List:

• My Monthly Hero July 2023 Premium Kit
• Cardstock: Dove White, Cranberry, Nautical, Sand and Meadow
• Inks: Spicy Mustard, Grape Juice, Sand, Cup O’ Joe, Moss, Antique Ivory
• Unicorn White Pigment Ink
• Reactive: Green Apple
• Intensified Black Ink

Giveaway: We will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, July 9th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Next on the hop is: Nichol Spohr

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