Hero Arts October 2017 My Monthly Hero Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today we are celebrating the release of the October 2017 My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts. It is called Destination North Pole and let me tell you, it is fabulous! I adore the stamp set in the kit, it is filled with lovely little images that are perfect for creating scenes with.

 

If you are following along in the hop, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Ilina but if you get lost along the way, I have the full list of participants below.

 

I wanted to create a winter scene for my card today. I took a panel of white cardstock and first stamped the mountains towards the top of the piece. I then stamped the trees below, followed by the sled and huskies. I then stamped the 'happy holidays' sentiment at the top. The panel was coloured using Copic Markers.

I wasn't sure what kind of card base to use, so I thought I would use an acetate one so that the focus is on the panel. I added foam tape to the back of the panel and adhered it to the front of the card. I then added cardstock pieces to the inside panels and the back to hide the adhesive and to give somewhere to write on. To finish off, I added white gel pen snow to the sky and Star Dust Stickles to the snow on the top of the mountains.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. 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. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.

COPIC MARKERS: Sky - BV04, BV13, BV02, BV01, BV00, BV000. Mountains - BV25, BV23, BV20. Snow - BG01, BG000, BG0000. Person - E000, BV13, BV00, C5. Sled - R29, R24, R14. Huskies - E57, E55, E53, E40.

In case you didn't see it, I thought I would share my countdown card with you too. For this card, I went with a North Pole themed card with Santa and Mrs Claus.

 

I created a background piece first for the sky by blending Broken China Distress Ink on to a piece of Bristol cardstock. I then spritzed this piece with water. I die cut the mountains from the kit from Bristol cardstock also. I then blended over Iced Spruce Distress Ink on to them and spritzed with water again. I set them aside to dry and stamped out my images. The images were coloured with Copic markers and then cut out with the coordinating dies.

I stamped the sentiment and the stars/snowflakes on to the sky piece and then cut some snow banks from white cardstock. I then set about layering up my images on to a square card base with a combination of tape runner and foam tape. I took a square panel of cardstock and cut a circle from it using a Circle Infinity Die. This piece was then popped up on to the card base with foam tape to frame the scene.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. 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. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.

THE KIT:

The October My Monthly Hero kit contains the fabulous 6" x 8" stamp set, along with 10 coordinating frame cuts and 3 fancy dies. The kit also contains a unicorn white ink pad, 3 sheets of speciality paper, a lacquer pen and a pot of silver embossing powder.

 

That is an amazing $70 worth of products fro only $34.99 (approx. £28.00). Remember that the kits are limited edition and often sell out quickly. To make sure that you never miss a kit you can subscribe here. If you are an international subscriber you get a reduced rate of shipping too! :)

 

As always, there are some fabulous add-on products available to purchase this month too. You can purchase these in the Hero Arts shop but also at any of your favourite retailers that stock Hero Arts. Here is a look at the add-ons:

BLOG HOP:

Here is the full list of participants in the hop:

 

The Hero Arts Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Nichol Sphor

Yana Smakula

Kelly Latevola

Lydia Fiedler

May Park

Wanda Guess

Amy Tsuruta

Ilina Crouse

Michelle Short - you are here!

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Clare Prezzia

Libby Hickson

GIVEAWAY:

Hero arts are giving away one kit as a prize to one lucky blog reader. The winner is selected from all of the comments left across all of the blogs in the hop. So the more you comment, the more chances to you have to win! The giveaway closes Sunday, October 8th at 23.59 EST, and the winner will be announced the following week. If the winner has already purchased the kit, they will be reimbursed.

 

Next on the hop is the fabulous Jess. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great rest of the day!