Hey there Arties!! I’m happy you have stopped by for the release day blog hop and video for the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Augus 2022!

Adventure lies ahead with our August My Monthly Hero kit. The desert southwest is your destination as you create beautiful landscapes with the kit's layering stencils. We've included four ink colors to get you started, but a rainbow of possibilities await. Add some glistening shimmer with PearlEx powder. There are dies to cut out the desert elements, and a message set with greetings that are great for cardmaking and journaling alike. Be wild and free as you enjoy the creative journey!

Kit Shipping

Pre-order your kit today - we estimate kit shipping will begin Friday, August 5th and continue throughout the following week.

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Kit Contents:

• 3" x 4" Clear Stamp Set

• 4 Color Layering Stencils (5.25" x 6.5")

• 6 Coordinating Frame Cuts

• 4 Ink Cubes (Caramel, Sand, Tangerine, Pine)

• 5 Sheets Luxe White Watercolor Paper (5.5" x 8.5")

• Bronze PearlEx (0.11 oz.)

Kit Value: $70

Kit Cost: $34.99

GIVEAWAY:

We will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, August 7th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

NOTE: This card uses only stamps and dies from the main kit except for the infinity dies.

Project #1 — Red Desert Sun

Supplies:

1. My Monthly Hero Card Kit - August 2022

2. Dove Cardstock

3. Tangerine Core Ink

4. Fawn Core Ink

5. Espresso Core Ink

6. Cherry Core Ink

7. Intens-ified Black Ink

8. Hero Tools Blending Brush

9. Hero Tools Palette Knife

10. Black Hero Wax

11. Tim Holtz Guillotine Trimmer

12. MISTI Stamping Tool

13. Copic Markers (YR21)

Watch the video to see how the fun I had with this kit!

Project #2 — I Saw

Supplies:

1. CG892 Road Signs Bold Prints

2. CM655 Seaside Highway HeroScape

3. Crimson Core Ink

4. Indigo Core Ink

5. Copic Markers Y18

6. Classic Layering Vellum

7. Dove White Cardstock

8. Circle Infinity Dies

9. Clear Watermark & Embossing Ink

10. White Embossing Powder

11. Heat Tool

12. Precision Glue

13. Creative Station Lite

14. Foam Tape

15. Pitch Black Cardstock

16. Hero Pearls

Steps for Creating this Card

1. First, I stamped out the Road Signs Bold Prints in Crimson and then in Intens-ified Black Ink.

2. The red panel, I trimmed down a 1/4” on all sides and covered with two layers of vellum. To adhere vellum I prefer to run it through my Creative Station Lite for a uniform adhesive backing that doesn’t warp the paper.

3. Then, I popped it up on the front of a card base.

4. After that, I stamped one of the signs in Crimson and Indigo ink, masking each end of the sign off each time to create a red and blue sign.

5. Next, I fussy cut some of the signs outs and colored one in with a Y18 Copic marker.

6. Then, I created some sentiment strips by stamping “Let the adventure begin” from the Seaside Highway HeroScape set onto Pitch Black cardstock with Clear ink and melting white embossing powder over it with a heat tool.

7. Finally, I used Circle Infinity dies to create a ring out of Dove White cardstock and popped it all up on the front of the panel and added some drops of Hero Pearls White for shine.

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Bonus Projects… Just for lookin’ at! Can you guess how I made them? Leave a comment below.

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