Hi there! Welcome to this month’s Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Blog Hop! You should have arrived from Debi Adams, and your next stop is Ilina Crouse. This month’s My Monthly Hero Kit features a super fun retro holiday theme for your holiday crafting enjoyment. This kit was such a blast to play with… so many fun elements to play with. Let’s take a peek at the kit contents:
This month’s kit contains:
6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set
19 Coordinating Frame Cuts
2 5.5″ x 8.5″ Sheets of Chrome Cardstock
6 5.5″ x 8.5″ Sheets of Neon Cardstock
Clay Snowflake Embellishments
Prisma Glitter 0.5 oz.
This kit has so many components. The value is over $75, but it’s available for purchase for only $34.99! These kits frequently sell out, and once they’re gone, they’re gone… so don’t wait and miss out! You can also subscribe to make sure that you get first dibs every month. The kits will begin shipping from the warehouse on Friday, October 11, 2019. I have two projects to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details!
For my first card, I used the fabulous vintage car from the main kit to create this utterly retro scene. My absolute favorite holiday movie is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Remember that memory from when Clark is a kid and he’s helping his parents unload all of the gifts from the trunk of their car? That scene was the inspiration for this project.
I began by stamping the fabulous 50’s car and a bunch of presents using Intens-ified Black Ink on some Copic-friendly white cardstock. I then used my Copic markers in super retro shades of aqua and red to color the images, finally die cutting them with the coordinating frame cuts, included in the main kit.
For the card base, I subtly blended some Aegean ink on a white card base using a blender brush, then used the snowflakes included in the main kit’s stamp set to stamp some Strawberry and Aegean snowflakes. I stamped a few of the snowflakes full strength, but stamped off once for the rest of them, creating a much more subtle effect. I stamped the greeting from the main kit on the bottom using more Intens-ified Black ink, then added the die cuts to the card front using dimensional foam adhesive.
For my second project, I wanted to use my favorite of the add-ons from this month: Ornament Pieces Cover Plate. The cover plate add-on dies are some of my favorite part of each My Monthly Hero release. They contain so much detail that they can easily stand on their own as a design for a card front! Talk about perfect for holiday mass-production! I took this project a couple of steps further, adding some ink blending and turning it into a shaker card, but it could easily be simplified for mass production.
I began by die cutting the Ornament Pieces Cover Plate from some Cherry cardstock. I added a panel of acetate behind it to create the windows for my shaker card. Next, I trimmed down an A2 panel of Arctic cardstock and blended some more Aegean ink around the edges to add a bit more interest to the background.
I filled the shaker with some sparkly sequins and closed it up. The final touch was to add a greeting from the new Merry Christmas Script stamp & cut set, which I die cut from some sparkling white cardstock created by putting super strong adhesive on white cardstock and adding some of the beautiful new Prisma Glitter included in the main kit!
Well, that’s all for my projects today. Now, we have some fun giveaway information for you!
We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, October 13th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!
Your next stop is Ilina Crouse. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!
These are so fabulous! Love the red and teal combo.
Theses are both so beautiful! Love the color scheme on your first one and how perfect is that die for a shaker card!
Ellibelle’s Corner
Love the gifts coming out of the car!
Beautiful cards! Such a great release!
Beautiful cards. Love the presents pouring
out of the trunk of the card. thanks for
sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Seeing your first card brought back memories of going to grandma’s on Christmas day. I guess I am showing my age. Love your card. The cover plate card is really a favorite and I love it for the ease of multiple cards.
I love this cover plate and the cards it makes.
The colors are wonderful! I will totally be getting my aqua out for this set!
This is a totally awesome kit, so retro and I love your creations!
I love the gifts falling out of the trunk. Perfect Christmas memory.
Two great looking cards created in the retro style. A+
Great retro-style cards. Can I have the packages falling out of that trunk? Really cute idea. Thanks for sharing!
Adorable! Especially the retro car! I love any card with old cars! Exciting! Thank u!
Wow, the ornaments die is very cool. I didn’t think I would care for it, but I really love it, and might have to buy it!
I can envision using the car for non-Christmas cards, as well.
Love the ornament card and that car is soooo cool!
Very cool kit. Cant wait for it to be deliver
Truly awesome cards! I am crazy about that car!! Brings back lots of memories!
awesome cards
like the blue on the car card…and the shaker card is terrific!
you always rock it!
Love this new kit and products from Hero Arts! Your projects are amazing, really love the retro card with the presents falling out of the trunk. So fun!!
Super cute cards, love the presents falling out of the car!
Love that cover card and also the presents coming out of the trunk. Great cards! Great kit!!
I think we HAD that car when I was a kid! Very cute card!
Darling cards!!
LOVE the retro card! So cute!
Love the car from this kit…love your cards.
Beautiful cards. I especially like your shaker card from the ornament cover die. Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful card! Love that you used only 2 colors, the dimension and detail on the shading Is gorgeous and so cohesive. A great lesson on less is more. ♡♡
I loved the red and teal, it’s so reminiscent of 50-60’s. I really like the shaker card, so elegant!
Love teal ans red! Love this kit and your designs are fabulous.
Love your cards❣❣❣ Also enjoyed the walk down memory lane about the scene from National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Your color palette is super retro, and seeing all of the cards that have already been created makes me anxious for my own kit to arrive! Great job!
Gorgeous cards! Love the car in your holiday scene. So creative…
Thanks so much for sharing.
Your cars are so amazing! I really love the red and turquoise color combo so much!
Fabulous!! Love the non-traditional Christmas colors!
Shades of my childhood! Great cards
The car and whole card are too cool!
I love the retro feel of these new products! I love the aqua and red combinations that you used in your cards. Great job!
I love all of the new ideas!
Great cards Emily…. love the colors of the car and presents…. can’t wait to receive mine.
Emily, I am impressed with both your cards. Love the presents falling out of the trunk of the car like they’re being scattered to all your friends as you drive along. I also think turning the Ornament Cover Plate into a shaker card is fab. Thanks so much.
Wonderful set of cards! The car loaded with gifts is so cool 🙂
Love the aqua color!
Such lovely card designs, love your color choices too!
What terrific cards! I love the gifts coming out of the car- love the colors, too!
Fantastic cards! I love the presents falling out of the trunk!
I love the presents tumbling out of the trunk.
There is no doubt now I must have the kit for the car! Just fabulous!
Great cards. I really like the car.
These are fun cards!
Awesome cards. The card made with ornament pieces cover plate die is my favourite but the car comes a close second. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic cards, Emily! I just love this vintage car! Super card! Thanks so much for inspiring and sharing!
Oh how cute! What a fun idea to have the presents tumbling out of the car! I love this kit!
You rocked this kit!!
Love the soft snowflakes in the background of the car card…it really adds to the scene!
Gorgeous cards-especially the shaker one. I love that car and backgrounds too.
These are both gorgeous!! I LOVE the red and teal color combo and that ornament card is stunning!! Love the presents falling out of the trunk of the car; too fun!
Love the shaker card! So perfect with that die!
Your coloring of the car and the whole card is fabulous!! Gotta love National Lampoons! Thanks for sharing!
What a great imagination, I love the presents tumbling from the trunk of the car. So fun
Your ornament card is so pretty! And that car….cracks me up! We used to have one of those back when I was a child! We also had a station wagon that was even longer!!
Wow! That reminds me so much of my childhood Christmases!
Thank you so much for sharing these crafty ideas for using this kit.
Carol B
Adorable cards!
Oh what wonderfully festive and retro cards! Beautiful designs and amazing inspiration.
Beautiful work. Love the presents spilling out of the trunk of the car. 🙂
Such fun cards!! I love the car with the presents. So fun!! The cover plate card is so pretty!! I love shakers!!
so cute
Great cards – the shaker card is especially lovely! Thanks for sharing!