Good afternoon! It’s the first Monday of the month which means it’s release time for the October My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts!! This fun retro Christmas 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!
This packed kit contains:
- 6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set
- 19 Coordinating Frame Cuts
- 2 5.5″ x 8.5″ Sheets of Chrome Cardstock
- 6 5.5″ x 8.5″ Sheets of Neon Cardstock
- Clay Snowflake Embellishments
- Prisma Glitter 0.5 oz.
And there are several fun add-on sets available:
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I shared this card on the Hero Arts blog this weekend:
And today I’m sharing a slimline card featuring that fun car!
To start I stamped the car with versamark and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder before coloring it with copics. Then I decided to fussy cut it so there’d be no white edges in my scene! I also stamped a bunch of presents and colored them in shades of pink and aqua and fussy cut them as well!
Next I masked off the bottom of a 3.75″ by 7.5″ panel of strathmore bristol cardstock and blended hickory smoke and black soot distress oxide ink to create a road. Then I masked the road and blended faded jeans, blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire, and black soot distress oxide inks to create my sky. I splattered the sky with water and white acrylic paint and let it dry completely. Then I stamped the sentiment and snowflakes from the kit and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. Next I took a post-it note and cut a deep v. I used that to create a mask on my sky and blended mustard seed distress oxide ink onto the panel to create a headlight “beam.” Finally I adhered my car and presents with foam mounting tape and added a few accents with a white gel pen to finish the card!
And that’s it!
To celebrate the release Hero Arts is giving away a $50 gift card 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! Please comment before 11:59PM EST on Sunday, October 13th! You should have arrived from Janette and Julee is your next stop!
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!!
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What great cards! Love how you made the road and the headlights!
Love, love, love your car card!
These are so adorable, what a fabulous kit.
Just darling!
The car with the snowy background…fabulous!
I just love your card Jess!! Your sky & headlight beams are amazing. I am so enjoying this release kit as it takes me back to when I was young in some ways. More years than I care to reveal. lol
Thanks for the inspiration!
Your cute design on the Hero Arts blog is still my favorite! The background reminds me so much of the twirling color wheel patterns in the wall behind our silver tree. Great retro memory. Thanks!
Beautiful as always, Jessica!
Dear Jessica
Your cards are fab and the coloring is awesome. love it all .Blessings
Great car card! I know so many men in my family would love to receive a card like that!!!
The galaxy sky is perfect and makes me think of Back to the Future!
Well Jess, I was already loving your Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree card, and then you stepped your creativity up another 10+ notches! Your slimline card with the old car, set in a night scene is over the top adorable!!! Love the attention to even the smallest of detail, like fussy cutting so there would be no white edges in your scene, the silver embossed car, and the head light beam? Fantastic job!
Your cards are so fun and
love the inking on them.
Carla from Utah
Super cute cards! I really love the bean of light coming from the headlights of the car! Very creative idea!
Love the long card, really shows off the car. Great scenes with this awesome set.
So much retro holiday fun! And the headlight beam on the car…….GENIUS!!
Shades of my childhood! Great Cards
I love all of the new ideas!
Beautiful cards! Love the car❤️
Thanks for sharing…
Wow what a great card! I can’t wait for my kit to make a few of these cards with cars. I have been thinking this is the perfect car to emboss with silver and here you did it! Cool!!!
Very cute cards…. I love the one with the car and the headlight…..super cute….
Awesome scenes!! Love these cards 🙂
Love the aqua car card. So retro!
Love the aqua car card. It’s so retro!