Hero Arts February 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today we are celebrating the release of the February 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts. It is called The Spoken Bird and it is fabulous! It can be used for so many occasions. Since I focussed my countdown cards on the main kit, I thought I would focus my projects today and two of the fabulous add-on products, as well as the sentiments in the main kit stamp set.

 

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

 

For my first project, I thought I would make a tag, using the wonderful hummingbirds set.

 

 

I started off by cutting the tag using the Nesting Tag Infinity Dies (I used the second largest size) from watercolour paper. I blended over Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, focussing most of the colour in the upper right of the tag. I splattered over some water and set aside to dry. Once dry, I stamped the sentiment from the main kit stamp set in black ink on the top left of the tag.

 

 

I took the hummingbird from the set and stamped this with Intense Black on to white cardstock. I also stamped three of the flower image too. These were coloured with Copic Markers, added some glitter details to the flowers and Aqua Shimmer to the bird's wings (the colours I used are listed below the supplies section). They were fussy cut out with scissors (there are dies available) and added to the tag with foam tape. To finish off, I added some twine through the top of the tag.

 

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: Hummingbird - V28, V25, V22, B04, B02, B01, B00, BG13, BG11, BG10, C5, C3. Flowers - V17, V15, V12, Spica 01 Lavender, 13 Lilac.

 

My second project uses the Paper Layering Feather die. In my mind, it was just crying out to be used in a rainbow!

 

I started off by cutting the die five times from Bristol cardstock. I used Distress Inks to apply colour to the die cuts. I used Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry for the pink, Dried Marigold and Spiced Marmalade for the orange, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn for the green, Broken China and Mermaid Lagoon for the blue and finally, Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet for the purple. I splatted on water and set aside to dry.

 

 

I added a piece of Decorative Woodgrain Cardstock to a white A2 card base and then added the feathers on top with foam tape. The ' sending you sunshine' sentiment is from the main kit. I stamped it with Versamark Ink on to black cardstock. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was then added to the card with more foam tape.

 

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 February 2018 MMH kit contains a 6" x 8" clear stamp set, 24 coordinating dies, 3 ink cubes (Nest, Robin's Egg and Feather), 2 sheets of Stone woodgrain cardstock, 2 sheets of Bubinga woodgrain cardstock and 2 mini grapevine wreaths.

 

 

The value of the kit is $70 but you can get it for an amazing $34.99 (approx. £26 depending on exchange rate). Remember the kits are limited edition and often sell out quickly. You can subscribe here so that you never miss a kit. International subscribers get a discount on shipping too!

 

There are lots of wonderful add-on products this month. These are not limited edition and can be purchased from your favourite Hero Arts retailer. here is a look at them:

 

 

BLOG HOP:

 

Here are the full list of participants in the hop:

 

Hero Arts

Jennifer McGuire

Yana Smakula

May Park

Emily Midgett

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Wanda Guess

Lydia Fiedler

Amy Tsuruta

Janette Kausen

Michelle Short - you are here!

Ilina Crouse

Clare Prezzia

Libby Hickson

 

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away one kit to one lucky winner, selected from all the comments left across all the blogs in the hop. The giveaway closes Sunday, February 11th at 11.59pm EST and the winner will be announced the following week. If the winner has already bought the kit, they will be reimbursed for it.

 

The next person in the hop is the fabulous Ilina. Thank you so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great time on the rest of the hop!