Hi there! Today is the first Monday of 2020, which means a new My Monthly Hero kit (and fabulous add-ons) is now available for purchase! We are celebrating with a blog hop and giveaway. You should have arrived here from Debi Adams, and your next stop is Ilina Crouse. This first kit for the new year is one of the prettiest kits I’ve seen, featuring a huge branch of cherry blossoms, beautiful sentiments, a fun honeycomb die, and the cutest little chubby bumblebees that you ever did see!
This gorgeous kit contains: 6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set, Coordinating Frame Cuts, Honeycomb Window Die, Honey Lacquer Pen, six 5.5″ x 8.5″ Sheets of Paper (2 each in Pale Yellow Glitter, Black Glitter and Gold Brillanca). The kit is valued at $70, but is available for only $34.99! These kits frequently sell out very quickly, so don’t hesitate to purchase, because once it’s gone, it’s gone! You can also subscribe to ensure that you get your own kit every month.
For my project today, I couldn’t resist doing some coloring with that absolutely gorgeous cherry blossom branch from the main kit. I stamped it on Copic-friendly cardstock using Intens-ified Black ink, then used my Copic markers to color the blossoms and foliage. I also stamped that cute, chunky little bee and colored him a pretty shade of gold.
In order to highlight the black on the stamped images (and as an excuse to use that beautiful glitzy black paper included in the kit), I die cut the honeycomb window die from some plain white cardstock and backed it with the black glitter paper.
I stamped a greeting from the main kit on a strip of white cardstock, then adhered the die cuts and sentiment using foam adhesive. I finally added some black enamel dots to the card front to complete the “rule of three” (i.e.- three different uses of black) and also add some more texture ot the card front.
Well, that’s all for my project today! I hope you check out the add-ons for this kit (I tore my craft room apart last week in an attempt to get organized for the new year and ran out of time to play with the absolutely darling add-ons!), because they’re so, so cute.
Now for some fun giveaway information!
We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, January 10th 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 on the hop is Ilina Crouse. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!
So very pretty!
Bee-utiful flower to complement the bzzz Bee.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Beautiful card! I love your color choices! And using black glitter paper! So pretty! (I think your year at top of post is a little behind lol, says 2020!)
Your card is gorgeous. This may be my all time favorite kit. I love the little bees.
Thanks for sharing.
Ang
So pretty!
Very pretty
I love your bee-utiful card!! Thank you so much for your inspiration!!
This is gorgeous!
That is an interesting layout. I really like it.
What a beautiful card. I just love that floral stamp and the honeycomb die.
Beautiful card!
Fantastic set to start the new year off, so many used for these uber cute bees. Love the chunky bodies of the bees just like we get in our garden in the summer. As ever your flowers are stunning, no wonder they attract a bee. Happy New Year to you & all at HA.
Beautiful color combo! Love the way you colored the flowers and the bee! Awesome honeycomb die too!
This is awesome!
Happy New Year! So fun!
Your card using this kit is bee-utiful
Gorgeous, love how you colored the cherry blossoms so softly & yet vibrantly
I love the lovely pinks you’ve pulled onto your card design. Its just beautiful and the black glitter cardstock peeking through the die cut opening is a gorgeous texture! I want to reach out and touch this card – LOL. Thank you!!
Your card is bee-utiful, too. Love your coloring!
Bee-utiful card…I always enjoy your creativity.
Incredible coloring! I LOVE the bee and flowers!
The delicate coloring of the flowers against the bold hive is fantastic!!!
Those pink cherry blossoms are so beautiful.
Such a beautiful card.
So pretty!
So gorgeous, Emily!
Gorgeous, love how you added the honeycomb die in the background!
Love the way you colored those flowers!
Dainty, lovely, simply stunning! I love the contrast between the softness and the bold glitter.
Love the soft soothing colors.
Great colour scheme and a lovely resulting card.
I like the soft way you colored your flowers. They are like strawberry flowers, sort of.
Kit is the “bee-omb”. Love yourcard idea.
Love the contrast of colors. Beautiful card!
I love this pretty card! The pink against the black glitter is so fresh & spring like!
Awesome card. Thank you for sharing.
wonder project! I love the idea of leaving the black glitter paper in the background. Something about that is just so cool!!!
Pretty pink card!
I love the flowers, the colors, that chunky little bee, the black glitter paper– love, love, love this card!! In going to have to check out this kit!
Bee-utiful card. Love the black glitter paper.
Bee-utiful! The flowers are lovely and you can never go wrong with glitter.
Lovely card, not sure I’d use black glitter paper but it does open my mind to options
So soft and pretty, love the shaker look with the glitter cardstock.
Such a gorgeous card! Love the kit…
Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful card Emily! I really like the look of the black glitter paper in behind the honeycomb. Aren’t these bees so life-like the way they’ve been designed?
Such a great design! Really loving this kit, thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful card from a ‘bee-utiful’ release!I love the copic coloring.
Lovely cards, thanks,
sweet card – LOVE the design
I’m totally in love with this release! Those adorable bees and that honeycomb die are wonderful. I can see so many possibilities.
I love your design! The black glitter paper behind the honeycomb window is amazing!
love the colors!… nice work
Great card. I like how you arranged your pieces on the card.
Beautiful stamp set—your cherry blossom design is perfect.
Soft colours much preferred to the always yellow.
Sweet card! I really like how the glittery black shoes through your die cut…
Gorgeous card! I love the soft colors. I am so excited to get this months kit. You have inspired me. Thank you!
Great presentation of the Bee release.
What a beautiful design! I love the glittery black honeycomb!
The pink flowers are unexpected and I love the combo!
— Dalis
Wow! This card is gorgeous!
Great new products! Awesome creation! I especially love these beautiful cherry blossoms!
What a gorgeous card! Love the flowers and the way you’ve coloured them. Great new release! Wonderful new set from HA! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring! Take care! 🙂
Lovely card. Love the coloring on the blooms and your bee is very cute. The black glitter paper adds a depth to your card. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent and ideas with us. 🙂
The pink with the bold yellow and black of the bees is great! To be honest the pink azaleas with the bees remind me of my mom‘s backyard!
Very pretty card. Thanks for sharing.
The colors you chose and the shading is beautiful on the card.
Pretty flowers and I like the bee.
Love the card. Can’t wait to get my kit
What a gorgeous card! I love the black glitter paper you used behind the die cut, and how you colored the images. 🙂
Your card is Bee-utiful!
Love that black glitter paper under the honeycomb die and with the flowers. So pretty!
Bee….. utiful love what you did with the kit.