Good afternoon! Today is the release day for the Hero Arts February My Monthly Hero kit and it’s a must-have!! You should have arrived from May but if not, you can head to the Hero Arts Blog to start at the beginning! The February 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!
The kit contains:
- 1 4X6 clear stamp set
- 20 coordinating dies
- 1 coordinating stencil, with several cutouts included
- 1 Soft Sky ink cube
- 1 sponge for daubing
- 2 thin rolls of glitter washi tape in blue and silver
- 1 skein silver embroidery thread
- Vellum in blue and patterned white
I know everyone might not agree but I kinda love rainy days….especially when I can just watch them from the comfort of my window. And sometimes my cat will join me! 😉
To create my card I die-cut the window with white cardstock and then ran it through my bigshot with the coordinating die that embosses the pretty design into the window die. I also die-cut the kitty with black cardstock and adhered her to the window sill. Next I used a pencil to lightly outline the window die on my card panel so could mask it off to create my sky. I taped off the edges and then blended chipped sapphire, blueprint sketch, and salty ocean distress ink onto my panel to create my sky.
I let the distress ink dry completely and then placed the cloud stencil over my sky and used the sponge to dab unicorn white pigment ink over the sky. I moved the cloud stencil a few times and dabbed the ink on to create dimension. While the pigment ink was still wet I sprinkled it with sparkle embossing powder and heat-set it. Then I removed the masking tape and stamped the sentiment with intense black ink. Finally I adhered the window with foam mounting tape and that’s it!
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! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Yana Smakula
Wanda Guess
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Kathy Racoosin
Debby Hughes
Kelly Latevola
Lydia Fiedler
May Park
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Libby Hickson
Michelle Short
Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the hop!
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Beautiful card, and so unique from the ones that I have seen so far. You have done a wonderful job of showing the versatility of this set.
Purr-fect use of the window die.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Jess, this is so sweet!
Great card! It’s purrfect!
Beautiful kit! Love the rain drops.
It’s a very nice winter scene!
Great card!! It’s different from all the others, you did a great job!
Beautiful card. Gotta love cats!
This card has a clean & simple, yet elegant look to it. I REALLY like it. I live in the Rain Forest on the coast of BC so would get so much use of it.
Love your card its so cute.
This is simply an adorable card. I have a black kitty that sits looking out the window. I love all the components of this kit including all the add-ons. I love the color you used for the sky and how you created the clouds. They look like rain clouds..kind of gray and damp. Your design is great. TFS
I have my brother’s cat with me for a visit and this is just how she looks gazing out the window! Darling scene, Jess, and I love the details on your window and the vellum clouds!!
Thanks Jessica. You talked me into it with your adorable card!
Your card is a picture of my little Venus on a rainy day…….
Cute card! I like watching a rainstorm from the comfort of my home, too.
What a perfect card. Love everything about it.
Such a sweet card! Love it!!
beautiful card. Love all the details
Adorable card and kit. I would love to win this kit but I know there are many other wishing the same thing. Congratulations to whomever wins. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
I LOVE the scene you created!
Such a sweet card!Love it!
Jessica, I really, really like your window card! What awesome idea!💜🤗
You know that scene is awesome Kitty wants to go out, but the rain, while he waits for me! So Sweet, when I saw the Kit I saw that exact scene! Thanks, Denise
This is a beautiful card, it has given me some ideas, I love the window, brilliant, thank you so much for sharing xx
This is adorable. I just love the cat looking out the window idea.