My Monthly Hero for June is Here!

Happy June Everyone!

A new month means there's a new Hero Arts My Monthly available on Hero Arts website! You can choose between  My Monthly Hero kit for $45 ($88 value) or My Monthly Superhero kit for $75 ($155 value).  The kit is called Soak Up the Sun and it is perfect for summer card making! You get summer themed stamps and dies, including sentiments... And a fun stencil set for creating lively looking water. However, from one of my cards today, you'll see that you can actually create faux animal print with it too, lol! 

I'll be using the Superhero kit in my post today. Let's have a look at the kit:

And now let's dive in to some fun summery cards!

I loved this fashionable lady so much that I had to make two cards with her right away! For the outfit of the fabulous blonde beauty I used the water stencil for making a sort of animal print looking fabric. What do you think? I love how both of these turned out. For all other die cutting I've used colored card stock (some of it came with the kit, love those teal ones!) and given them some extra dimension with shading them with inks. The sentiment stamps are included in the kit as well. 

With my fabulous blonde animal print lady I'd like to join:

Time Out Challenges: Favorite Beverage (Coke!)

Just Us Girls: Stencils (used in her outfit)

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

Cut It Up Challenges: Friendship (this goes to a fabulous friend who also happens to love Coke!)

A Cut Above: Anything Die Cut Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Before I go, here's another card made with the kit -this time I created actual water with the water stencil! :) Love the summery pool scene and all the texture in the water. I used some clear paste as my top layer and while it was still a bit damp, I spritzed the panel with Hero Arts Shimmer Mist Spray  and I'm pleased it stuck in the paste and gave more texture and shine. I did spatter some white paint too, just to add even more movement! It might be worth clicking the photo larger so you can see all the details. 

Again I used the card stock from the kit in addition to some marker card -the sun bathing lady is cut from marker card stock and colored with Copics. Sentiment is of course from the kit too. If I've intrigued you to have a closer look of the kit, here are the links again:

My Monthly Hero 

My Monthly Superhero

Thank you for popping by!  

Happy, happy June and happy, happy crafting! 

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Welcome, Little One!

Hi friends!

My colleagues got a new baby, their first child... A sweet little girl. The mum happens to LOVE pink so I could make this card very girly with the pink pillows and bedspread! I love this animal family from Hero Arts, it's from the Die of the Month September 2025, Cozy Critters. I don't often make cards to congratulate for a new family member... But I think this cute die set was so good for a new baby card! The sweet bunny ("the baby") is so cute I can hardly handle it!!! 

The critters are all cut from white Neenah and colored with inks. I used gold card for the bed frame and super old patterned papers from my stash for the bed linen and background. 

"Onnea ja Iloa" is Finnish for "Congratulations and Joy", it translates a bit odd but it makes sense in my mother tongue lol! 

With my card I'd like to join these challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Cute Critters 

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

Just Add Ink: Polka Dots

Sparkles Forum Challenge: 3 of Anything (3 critters)

Farm Quest Home Challenges: Anything Goes

Daisy Chain Challenge: Layer It Up

Die Cut Divas: Celebrations (celebrating new baby)

A Cut Above: Anything Goes

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I'm Joining the DT of Beautiful Blossoms Challenge, Woot Woot!

Hi friends!

Today I have some fun news to share... I'm joining the talented design team of Beautiful Blossoms Challenge! I'm looking forward getting more use for my floral crafting stash because you believe me... I have plenty of it lol! 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge gives you always two choices to join: either Anything Floral Goes OR you can draw inspiration from the inspiration photo provided. It's a monthly challenge running always from the 15th of every month to the 12th of the next month. I hope to see you all blogland buddies joining! 

My first DT card for the challenge does take inspiration from the photo. I love the blue and white vase on it and I knew exactly which die to use for this challenge after seeing the photo... The Regal Blooms by Spellbinders. I hadn't used it yet and this was the perfect opportunity! 

The sentiments come from February My Monthly Hero kit by Heroarts. This has been one of my favorite kits from the spring and not only for the sentiment stamp set that is super easy to combine to all kinds of projects! 

The frame die is an oldie from my stash, unfortunately the packaging is long gone so I don't know the brand. Same applies with the patterned papers lol! 

I hope to see you joining our challenge, either with your card inspired by the photo or with your anything floral goes project. There's plenty of more design team inspiration, link tool for your projects and all the challenge details available HERE. 

With my card I'd like to join:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Make It Colorful

A Cut Above Challenge: Anything Die Cut Goes

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

Just Add Ink: Dies

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More Cards with My Monthly Superhero kit!

Hi friends!

I have more cards to share made with the May "Yay Day" kit from Hero Arts.  

Learn all about the My Monthly subscriptions HERE!

In this post both of my cards have been made with the Superhero kit and I love how they both turned out. Let's have a closer look!

Card 1

Sometimes you get very fun looks if you combine stamped images and die cut shapes -I love how this card turned out with the small tags and stamped, die cut and colored in birthday icons! The Superhero kit includes an alphabet die set which was very fun to play with... And the size happens to be perfect for the tags, also included in the kit!  

All stamps and dies come from the Hero Arts May Superhero Kit

With this card I'd like to join the following challenges:

AAA Birthday Challenge: Anything Birthday Goes

Die Cut Divas: Celebrations

Crafter's Cafe: Anything Goes

Love to Craft: Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

Card 2 

If you want to try something different with die cutting, use only one color of cardstock! I went with an all white look here and created texture and color shade difference by bringing in white glitter card, using acetate for the balloon and adding white embellishments too. 

All dies from the Hero Arts May Superhero Kit

With this card I'd like to join the following challenges:

A Cut Above: Anything Die Cut Goes

Crafts Galore Encore: Anything Goes

Daisy Chain Challenges: Layer It Up

Mix It Up: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Thank you for popping by! 

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My Monthly Hero for May is Here!

Happy May Everyone!

A new month means there's a new Hero Arts My Monthly available... Either My Monthly Hero kit for $45 ($88 value) or My Monthly Superhero kit for $75 ($155 value). 

In this post I'm sharing one card made with the standard kit and another with the superhero version and I'll be back later in May with more inspiration! 

The kit theme for May is "Yay Day", the kit includes lots of additions to your celebratory card making stash: balloon shaker dies, a gift box die, birthday images and sentiments and much more! 

Don't miss any of it, click HERE

Card 1 

In this card I've been playing with the large gift box die and the cute and scripty Happy Birthday sentiment die. I've cut the box pieces from the cardstocks included in the kit and I've then given the die cut pieces a bit more dimension with inks, markers and Wink of Stella. I've also spattered gold water color for extra shine and detail! For the background I used a die called Swirls and Confetti Die -very festive and a perfect addition to use with the kit! 

With this card I'd like to join these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

The Paper Funday Challenges: Anything Goes + Die Cuts

Die Cut Divas: Celebrations

Card 2 

My second card showcases the beautiful balloon shaker die and one of the cute Birthday sentiments of the Superhero kit. I was lucky to find sticky back vellum in my stash -I thought it was perfect to use as the highlights of the balloon on top of the clear acetate! 

With this card I'd like to join these challenges:

Allsorts Challenges: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

The May kits are great value (as the kits always are!) with versatile and very detailed, fun products that go together super well. I had a blast creating these cards and I'll be back in a couple of days with more cards created with the kit. Thank you for popping by!

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Colorful Orchids!

Hi friends!

I'm here with a quick post sharing a card I made with some Hero Arts products. Coloring this orchid background took quite some time but I do think it was worth it in the end! I decided on a simple celebratory die cut sentiment to keep the rest of the card very simple. The products I used are:

It's Our Anniversary Stamp and Cut (die cut sentiment)

Everyday Sentiment Strips Stamps

Sentiment Strips Fancy Dies

August 2024 Cling of the Month Orchids

I've colored the flowers in with Copics. The background is so vivid and colorful that I really thought a die cut sentiment was all this card needed in addition to it... Let me know what you think of it! 

I'd like to join:

Try It on Tuesday: Make your own background

A Perfect Time to Craft: Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas: Birthday

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Floral Goes

Allsorts Challenge: In the garden/ AG

Stamping Sensations: Inspired by Nature/ AG

Thank you for popping by!

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More Inspiration With My Monthly Hero for April!

Hi friends!

I'm back with more inspiration for April My Monthly Hero by Hero Arts. The kit is called Plant Lade Society and it's filled with fun dies, stamps and sentiments, perfect for all plant and flower lovers! There's two options: the standard kit for $45 ($88 value) or the Superhero kit for $75 ($155 value). In this post I'm sharing three cards made with the Superhero version of the kit. Make sure to head on over to Hero Arts store for more information about the kits! 

Card 1 

Stamped and marker colored plants 

This card is one of the favorites I've made with the kit! I love coloring in and smallish images like these come to life with some marker coloring so easily and fast. I used shelf stamps and dies from On the Shelf Stamp and Cut set to create my card design with the planters and I love how it turned out! 

I'd like to join:

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations: Inspired by Nature

Card 2 

Die cut watering can with sparkly greenery

The cute little watering can with greenery is a super sweet addition in the kit... Perfect for sweet little CAS cards! I sponged a simple halo blue background for my watering can and simply stamped the sentiments instead of heat embossing, to add to the CAS feel. I've added plenty of glitter glue to the greenery pieces so despite of the simplicity, this card has plenty of texture! Also the heart is shiny, I did the trick where you cover your card stock with packing tape before die cutting it. Works like a charm! 

I'd like to join:

A Cut Above Challenge: Anything Goes

Pick 3 Challenges: Text, Die Cuts, CAS

Dragonfly Dreams Challenges: CAS

Card 3

Die cut tulips on a vase

These tulip dies would have a third layer, but in my excitement of making the card, I didn't realize to use it lol! I do think they still look like tulips though so no harm done. :) I combined the dies and stamped sentiments from the kit with a beautiful frame die called Floral Window -I just love how the vase pops from the background! 

I'd like to join:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas: Birthday

Before I sign off for today, here are still the product photos of the kits. Make sure to check them out HERE if you are intrigued! 

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