My Monthly Hero - May 2018 Card Kit - All About Family!

Welcome to the Hero Arts "My Monthly Hero - May 2018" Blog Hop!" Hope your Spring is going great! Here we have been enjoying being outside, especially in the evenings... And later this week it's supposed to be 96 degrees! Yeeks. Way toooo early for that nonsense. Summer is coming I guess -whether we're ready or not! I still want a bit more Spring! I had a lovely weekend. Thursday and Friday, I enjoyed spending time with Cindi from Flora & Fauna who was here in Sactown!! (maybe you saw my Instagram Stories!?) Saturday, the hubs and I took the ferry over to San Francisco and went to the Ferry Building Farmers Market. It was the perfect foggy day and the produce and flowers were all so colorful. Things like that really inspire me creatively. Color, texture, flowers...all of it. Such a nice day! Plus, if you are a member of Rising Tide Society, you will appreciate this - I ran into Natalie Franke! She was just as warm and wonderful as I would have imagined! She even took a photo with me. What a surprise treat!

I'm glad to be here with you today launching the newest card kit from Hero Arts. This month's kit is full of cool silhouettes and beautiful dies, with a family tree and family theme. Super clever and unique stamps and dies with very fun accessories. I hope you find some (many) things to inspire you. I have two cards to share today! One was made with the main kit, and the other one I made with some of the pretty add-ons.

You may have arrived here from Nichol's amazing blog!! If you want to start at the beginning of the hop CLICK HERE to go to the Hero Arts Blog! As always, lots of fun and inspiration for you today from my awesome fellow bloggers! I'm always grateful to be included in the Hero Arts lineup! If you're new to my blog today - welcome. Enjoy the hop today! I will always warn you, these kits sell out VERY FAST. (usually the first day) so if you like it, don't hesitate! I know I say that every time, but it's true! Get it while you can! They are such a great value! Each kit is $34.99 and the value is double that, at least. Enjoy the hop today!

My first card is showcasing the pretty frames and silhouettes stamps add-ons. I tried to create a pretty frame wall look with gold embossed frames and rich black silhouettes of the family members. This would be a great Mother's Day card or Anniversary card. I chose elegant colors of gold, white, black and blush pink.

This card started with a soft blush pink card base in A2 size. I layered black and then white for my top layer. I used the very pretty Family Portrait stamp set for this one! I played with the frames and silhouettes on a scratch paper until I found the right combination. Then I embossed all the frames with Versamark Ink and Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder. Next I stamped the family members inside the frames. (The set even includes a cat and dog silhouette!) I added a few Hero Arts pearls for accents.

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with White Hero Arts Embossing Powder onto black paper and then trimmed to size. The sentiment strip was attached to the card with foam tape. I really love the pretty gold against the black and white. Looks like a gallery frame wall!

My next card was made using the stamps from the main card kit. All of them are silhouettes and there are a million stamps to choose from! A very large sheet of stamps to create scenes as many as your imagination can come up with! I loved the tree branches the most, so I built my card around them. The card base is a White A2 size. I layered orange cardstock and then my top panel was white before I inked it into a sunset!

To create my background I used three colors of Distress Inks (supplies listed below) and the Tim Holtz Blending Tools and kept going over the paper with color until I achieved the evening sunset look I was after. Once the ink blending was done, I used a paint brush and some water mixed with the distress inks to add splatters. Then I used the paint brush again to add white splatters. I can't help myself! Once all of the inking was dry. I used rich juicy black ink and stamped the two branches, the girl swinging, and the squirrel (so cute)! My college has a big swing that looks down over the entire campus and this stamp of the pretty girl swinging reminded me of that!

lastly I added the cheerful sentiment to the lower right corner of the card. I kept it very clean and simple because of all that color going on. These stamps really shine by themselves! I cannot wait to see what everyone else makes with these stamps!! The possibilities are endless really!

The new kit is available NOW! Yippeeeee! Below is a photo of THE ENTIRE KIT CONTENTS! This is a great value for $34.99! Hero Arts is VERY generous with their beautiful kits! The other supplies I used are listed below in my links!

MAIN CARD KIT CONTENTS!

PRIZE ALERT!! 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. Giveaway closes May 13th at midnight, and the winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts Blog. If you've already purchased your kit, and you win, you will be reimbursed. So be sure to leave a comment at each stop on the hop!

This kit is available for a limited time only - once it's gone, it's gone! Kits begin shipping from Hero Arts on Friday, May 11th. These kits have a habit of selling out fast! So don't wait if you like this one. The last one sold out the first day!

Next up on the blog hop is the super talented Janette!! The full hop list is at the bottom of my post. Have fun hopping and have a happy, creative day! XOXO When you make something with your new card kit, be sure to use the hashtag #mymonthlyhero on your social media! TO START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HOP, START HERE! Thanks for stopping by today!

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