April My Monthly Hero Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today I have the pleasure of taking part in the Hero Arts April My Monthly Hero Kit Blog Hop. The kit releases today and I have to say, it's a great one! Like I said in my post on Friday, it's especially good for all the women in our lives and for my cards today, I went with a friendship theme. I have focussed on using the main stamp set in the kit which is a fab DIY person set. You can create women with different heads, outfits, arms, feet etc. It is a lot of fun!

 

If you are following along with the hop, you should have arrived here from the amazing Libby. If you get lost a long the way, I have a full list of participants below.

For my first card, I started off with a piece of white cardstock and stamped the head, top, jeans and feet to create my woman. These stamps are really quite easy to line up but I did use a stamp positioning tool to help me out. These were all stamped using Intense Black Ink. I then coloured the image with Copic Markers.

The sentiment, from the Dress Up Stamp & Cut (a fabulous add-on that can be purchased separately), was stamped to the side. The panel was then cut down to 3.5" x 4.75" and added to a card base made using the teal cardstock included in the kit, with foam tape.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Please click on the picture or wording to be taken to where I purchased it. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links.

MMH April Kit Hero Arts Dress Up Stamp & Cut Hero Arts Intense Black Ink Copic Sketch Markers

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COPIC MARKERS: Skin - E13, E11, E00, E000, R20. Hair - E23, E25, E27, E49. Top - BG78, BG57, BG18, BG13, BG01. Trousers - T10, T8, T7, T6. Ground - W5, W3, W1.

Since I had so much fun building the woman using the stamps, I decided to create another. Again, I mixed and matched her head, top, arms, skirt and legs. When stamping the legs, I did mask off the skirt to make the legs fit a little better. The image was coloured with Copic Markers. This time I went for a softer look, just adding a slight bit of colour to each part of her.

The sentiment, from the same main stamp set, was stamped next to her using Intense Black Ink and Ultra Pink Ink. I took a white 4" x 5.25" card base and added a panel of the gorgeous shimmery pink cardstock that comes in the kit on top. The image panel was then added with foam tape.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Please click on the picture or wording to be taken to where I purchased it. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links.

MMH April Kit Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper Hero Arts Intense Black Ink Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Ultra Pink Hero Arts Ultra Pink Shadow Ink Pad Copic Sketch Markers

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COPIC MARKERS: Skin - E11, E00, E000. Hair - E55, E53. Skirt - RV55, RV52. Ground - W3, W1, W0.

 

THE KIT:

The MMH kit contains:

1 6"8" Clear stamp set

18 Coordinating frame cuts dies

1 bottle Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops

3 Ink cubes (Lavender, Teal, Midnight)

2 half sheets Onyx shimmer cardstock

2 half sheets Pink shimmer cardstock

2 half sheets Tiffany Blue cardstock

18" long pearl string

Themed paper clips

 

That is a whopping $70 worth of product fro only $34.99 (approx. £28.00). It is limited edition so grab one while you can. You can also subscribe to the kit so that you do not miss out.

 

There are also several great add-on products this month. These are not limited edition and can be purchased from any Hero Arts retailer.

Hero Arts You Are Fabulous Stamp Set Hero Arts Dress Up Stamp & Cut Hero Arts Diamond Stencil Hero Arts Paper Layering Eiffel Tower Die Hero Arts Paper Layering Ballerina Die Hero Arts 3D Shopping Bag Fancy Die

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BLOG HOP:

Here is the full list of participants in the hop:

 

Hero Arts Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Wanda Guess

May Park

Yana Smakula

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Amy Tsuruta

Lydia Fiedler

Ilina Crouse

Heather Ruwe

Libby Hickson

Michelle Short - you are here!

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away one kit to one blog reader - selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. If the winner has already purchased the kit, they will be reimbursed for it. Giveaway closes Sunday, April 9th at 11.59pm EST. The winner will be announced the following week.

 

As you can see, I am last in the hop. I hope you have enjoyed seeing all of the inspiration throughout the hop. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great rest of the day!