Good afternoon! It’s the first Monday of the month which means it’s release time for the May My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts!! The May 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 month we are featuring all things crafty and we think you’re going to LOVE the kit as much as we do!!
The kit contains:
- 6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set
- 20 Coordinating Frame Cuts
- 2 Fancy Dies
- Purple Sparkle Embossing Powder 0.5 oz.
- Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Cube
- Lavender Washi Tape
- 5 Mini Clothespins
And there are several fun add-on sets that you can see below:
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The kit value is $70, an amazing deal at $34.99!
I shared these cards using the kit over on the Hero Arts blog this weekend:
And today I’m sharing a rainbow-tastic shaker card using several of the add-on products!
I am head over heels for this fun Crafting Border with Frame Fancy Die and I decided to turn it into a shaker card! To start I die-cut it it with white cardstock and then colored some of the images with copic markers. I also stamped the sentiment from Knitting onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder before trimming it down to a thin label. I added crystal glaze to the paintbrush tips, paint palettes, knitting needles, and scissor blades and set that aside to dry while I worked on the background.
I blended candied apple, squeezed lemonade, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers, blueprint sketch, and wilted violet distress oxide inks onto a piece of strathmore bristol cardstock and splattered it with water. Once everything was totally dry I adhered a sheet of acetate behind the frame and added a layer of foam tape around the edges. Then I filled the shaker with sparkling clear and iridescent clear sequins, microbeads, and small clear beads and sealed it up with the distress blended background. I added the sentiment over the acetate and then added accents with my spectrum noir clear sparkle brush. Finally I finished the card by adding a few sequins to the crafty frame!
To celebrate the release Hero Arts is giving away one May My Monthly Hero 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 comment before 11:59PM EST on Sunday, May 12th! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- The Hero Arts Blog
- Michelle Short
- Caly Person
- Emily Midgett
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Janette Kausen
- Ilina Crouse
- Yana Smakula
- Lydia Fiedler
- Julee Tilman
- Laurie Willison
- Amy Kolling
- Debi Adams
- Jennifer McGuire
- Nichol Spohr
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!!
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Love the shaker card! Very creative use of MMH May kit. Thanks for sharing.
I love the simple card and the background die. Your use of markers really makes it stand out.
Such a pretty cards! Great texture too! Thanks for sharing!
Stunning shaker card! I love your ink blending & that you colored so
evof the birder frame!
sorry for the typos.. I meant to say, I love that you colored some of the border frame. 😊
Jess, your style is so pretty. The second card left me speechless. All of the details on the die frame are just spectacular. And then a shaker element? You’ve outdone yourself. It is beautiful. It would be hard for me to give this card away, it’s so beautiful.
This is sooooooooooo gorgeous!! Love the beautiful ink blended background and the mix of microbeads and sequins is perfect 🙂
Great cards Jessica, especially the shaker. WOW! I love that one. Very nicely done.
Well done!
Wow! Awesome cards! I love all the details and coloring you added to the Crafting Border die!
Jess, I adore this shaker card, both cards you made are very colourful but the shaker card just adds so much fun into the card. Thank you for sharing such a fab idea x
Such fun cards! I love the you make my day card!
I love your cards – so fun! This months MMH is a knock-out!
wonderful style and colors. Love what you did with the new kit. Thanks for sharing.
Both the cards are unique and gorgeous!!thanks for sharing>>
I love how colorful your cards always are! Thanks for all of the inspiration!
Your cards are so awesome. The softer partially blended background gives a fabulous base for the adorable envelopes, I totally agree that the crafty background die is fabulous. Your idea to turn it into a shaker makes it that much better. The colored pieces of the die really add that extra punch.
Love how you colored the images on the border die.
this is an amazing release – hits so many crafts
I love. I agree with you – that border die is
fantastic. Great cards. thanks for sharing
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Your card from this weekend was awesome just like the one you made today Jessica. I love everything on this great kit and add-ons, this is realy a bunch of happy craftiness. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome inspiration.
Jessica, I agree…I’m so in love with that Crafty Fancy Fame Die and your card is super fabulous!!
Your shaker card is super fun! Love it, love it, love it!
I love shaker cards and yours is so pretty ! Love the colorful background and the crafty border is one of my favorites in this new release. Thank you for sharing!
WOW a very cute fun card.
Wonderful shaker card! I love how you only colored some of the items on the border.
I love your shaker card and the rainbow of crafty items!