Good afternoon! It’s the first Monday of the month which means it’s release time for the September My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts!! The September kit is now available for purchase at Hero Arts but once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good so make sure to head over and shop soon! Remember you can also subscribe to the kit so you’ll never miss one again! Plus you can add other items to your order and take advantage of the free kit shipping!! 😉
The kit contains:
- 6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set
- 18 Coordinating Frame Cuts
- 1 Window Fancy Die with Frame
- 1 Daniel Smith Watercolor Dot Card (6 Autumnal colors)
- 5 Mini Watercolor Brushes
- 30 Translucent Leaf Sticky Notes
The kit value is $73, an amazing deal at $34.99!
And there are several optional add-on items this month including a must-have adorable color layering set and a new liquid watercolor! Here’s a closer look at the add-ons:
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Over the weekend I shared this clean and simple watercolored card:
And today I’m getting a little more involved and adding in a fun light-up feature to my card using Chibitronics LED stickers!
When Chinese Lantern plants go to seed the shell turns into this really delicate cage and the large red seed inside is visible as shown here:
I thought it would be interesting to actually turn that little seed into a “lantern” and light up my card using Chibitronics! So to start I stamped the branches from the kit onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed them with gold glitter embossing powder. Then I stamped the pods onto vellum with versamark, heat-embossed them with the same embossing powder, and die-cut them with the coordinating dies.
Next I created two circuits using Chibitronics LED stickers and twinkling effects stickers. Here’s a view of the circuit in action before I sealed up the card! You can find a more detailed tutorial for using these effects stickers here.
Once my circuits were finished I punched a tiny hole over the position of each light on my gold heat-embossed panel. I used a double layer of foam mounting tape to adhere the panel over the circuits. Then I used vellum adhesive to adhere the vellum pods onto the card. I stamped the sentiment from the kit on dark red cardstock and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder. I trimmed it down to a label and adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape. Finally I added a few metallic gold sequins for a little more sparkle!
To celebrate the release 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 make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop for the most chances to win! If you win and have already purchased the kit you will be reimbursed! Please your comments before 11:59PM EST on Sunday, September 9th! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Ilina Crouse
- Lydia Fiedler
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Libby Hickson
- Janette Kausen
- Amy Kolling
- Kelly Latevola
- Jennifer McGuire
- Emily Midgett
- Caly Person
- Michelle Short
- Jenn Shurkus
- Yana Smakula
- Nichol Spohr
- Julee Tilman
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!
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Lovely cards! Hope Hero Arts keeps making elegant kits like this.
Such amazingly beautiful cards Jess! Love the interactive one with the lights especially…so much fun!
Beautiful! Love this kit!
Beautiful kit! Thanks for showing many ways to use it. I love the black card even without the lights, but the lights are so fun!
Wow! I love the gold and black together- so vibrant! And, the lights are just awesome!
Wow, above and beyond! What a clever idea.
Fantastic card
Love the cards! However, when I saw that you used the chibitronics to light up the “lanterns”, my jaw dropped! You are so creative! It is, hands down, on my top 10 favorite cards!
Thank you so much for sharing your amazing gift!
What pretty cards!
Loving this release, and the beautiful creations you shared 🙂
The black card with the LEDs is stunning!
Gorgeous. Black and gold a winning combo.
What a great idea! Love the image and your interpretation.
The Chinese lanterns are fabulous in gold and with lights!
Wow!!! Fabulous cards!! You’re so creative!!! <3 <3 <3
Wow! Loved seeing the ‘real thing’ – I didn’t know about this plant… And what you created was stunning!
Beautiful cards!
BEAUTIFUL!! Thanks for showing the cool seed pods! I love how they look lit up!!
Wonderfully striking card! Beautifully designed and so creative. Love the lights to represent the berries.
What a gorgeous card–love it! What an awesome kit from Hero Arts!
All your cards are so beautiful and unique. This is a wonderful release.
That is a gorgeous card! I love the lights that you put on it! Great job!
WOW – love your cards – the lighting up card is just breath taking!!!!
FABULOUS card!! I LOVE black cardstock.