The NEW My Monthly Hero Kit, Blog Hop and Giveaway for April is now live and true to Hero Arts style, it’s a whole new world of inspiration from The Land Down Under. Think beaches and the outback with lots of indigenous animals and plants and you have the picture. Truly a refreshing view from where we all are living right now at this moment. The stamp and design images are unique and beautiful and offer a variety of applications. Though you will see many of the My Monthly Hero Main Kit cards on the hop, I have chosen to showcase three of the add-on images. Before I get started, let’s look at what is in the main kit first. (All of the products for this launch, the blog hop list and giveaway are located at the end of this post. Please make sure to read about shipping times for this month.)
Kit Contents:
6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp Set
31 Coordinating Frame Cuts
5.25″ x 6.5″ Sunset Stencil
Intense Black Ink Pad
2 5.5″ x 8.5″ Cherry Wood Sheets
3 5.5″ x 8.5″ Adhesive-backed Birch Wood Sheets
This entire collection retails for $80.00 but it is available for purchase for only $34.99 and is only available while supplies last. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. And I will be honest, they generally go fast.
And if this new release isn’t amazing enough, read about the purchase of this specially designed pin…
During these difficult times, this pin serves as a reminder that we are one world, in this together, and we are stronger when we support one another with friendship and kindness. Hero Arts will donate 100% of net profits from the sale of this pin to support COVID-19 disaster relief. How cool is that? We all win with this pin! This is one of the many reasons I love working alongside Hero Arts. They have such a giving heart as well as incredibly talented in-house artists.
Take a look at this My Monthly Hero add-on set for example. I love this floral set and someone at HA definitely has some talent. I suppose because I am a wedding florist, I am particularly drawn to this collection. I thought this would be a perfect Mother’s Day card. What do you think? The flowers were colored with Copic Markers and a few touches of a white pen. I added some leaves that were kept in black and white to draw attention to the flowers themselves.
My second card features this adorable koala. Sitting perched on a eucalyptus branch, he looks kind and welcoming. The Eucalyptus Bold Print stamp behind him opens up into a greeting card with a sentiment when the strings are untied. He was also colored with Copics.
And my last card was the entire Eucalyptus Bold Print on a card. This was probably my favorite design in the collection. The image was stamped onto Arches Watercolor paper using Intense Black Ink. For coloring, I used the Daniel Smith Watercolor Dot Palette and a water flow brush. I stitched a rectangular piece of vellum over the top and attach a stamped and embossed sentiment on Pitch Black cardstock.
So there you have my three add-on collection cards. I love the Australian inspired art this month. It’s nice to feel like you’ve gotten away even if you are still sitting in your home. Next up is Janette Kausen. I’m a total fan girl of her work. Sure hope you will stop in and see what she’s been creating.
XO,
Debi
You can click a link below if you missed anyone on the hop. 
Hero Arts
Michelle Short
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Channin Pelletier
Daniel West
Ilina Crouse
Debi Adams
Janette Kausen
Yana Smakula
Lydia Fiedler
Jennifer McGuire
Julee Tilman
Maria Willis
Seeka
Laurie Willison
Amy Kolling
Libby Hickson
Giveaway: We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, April 12th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Please note, this month shipping will be delayed. Currently we estimate that shipping will begin April 20. We know you are excited to get your kit and appreciate your patience as we work through delays during this time of COVID-19. We are sending love and support, as well as healing thoughts to those who know people who have fallen sick or are sick themselves.
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got my kit ordered !!!!! now the waiting begins ,all the cards have been so georgeous!!
Your cards and this release are amazing. Great job!
Your cards are beautiful with lovely colors, especially the one with the new eucalyptus background in watercolor.. Thanks for sharing!
Just gorgeous Debi. Love the protea floral Mother’s Day Card and Koala. Great use of subtle colors together with all the elements. Awesome! TFS! Love HA!
These are awesome cards–especially love the protea flower!
Beautiful Cards!
Fabulous cards, love them all!
These are beautiful stencils.
Beautiful cards, love your style
Especially like the Koala creation with the background.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I like all 3 cards, but the Mother’s Day card is my favorite. I really like how you used black and white, especially the black & white leaves.
All three cards are winners! I especially like the Mothers Day one, but I am a flower nut.
It was great to see something done with the extra stamps. Your floral card is beautiful. I love the Koala card too.
Love the koala. That is a great card and I love the background stamp and the way you colored only part of it.
Great, fun cards! Thanks for sharing on this blog hop. Hero Arts has some fabulous new products!!
I would love to be the person who received the koala on the branch card. It is so cute. You have given me another set to add to my wish list to order when I go back to work after this Covid 19 is over. Thanks for sharing your creations with us.
Great to see the use of the floral stamp from the add ones. Awesome cards.
Love the use of the foliage. Thanks for the inspiration! .
I LOVE your florals and how you accented everything with twine!
I like the use of the bold prints background. The partial coloring looks great.
The koala has so much personality!
Fabulous! The little Koala hanging onto the eucalyptus is so precious. There…another thing I’ve never seen, sewing on vellum. Genius!! Love your creations! Thanks for the inspiration and please stay safe and healthy!
All of these cards are great, and I’m amazed at your coloring skills!
Very pretty flower cards.
These cards are amazing.
Love your designs! I especially love the koala! I am really looking forward to my monthly kit. I have always wanted to visit down under and see the kangaroos and koalas in person. I also remember from music class in school that the “kookaburra sits in the ole gum tree!”
Your cards are incredible! I love them all!!
Wow!! These cards are so stunning
love the first one so much!! Thank you so much for the amazing inspiration 
Gorgeous cards!
Thanks for all the inspiration and joy these kits bring
God bless!
Another kit that knocks it out of the park!
I love how you did the panels on these. All three are beautiful. Beautiful work.
Debi your cards are so beautiful! I LOVE the soft colors and layers!
Your cards are exquisite and so beautiful. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
I really like all of your cards. The flowers and other plants are just a little bit different from what I have seen in the past. And I LOVE how you colored everything. NICE!!
Gorgeous, fun cards. Your coloring is amazing.
Such beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing them xxx
Oh what beautiful and striking card designs. Love them all, so gorgeous!
Wow! What great cards. I relly love them.
Love that background stamp so much
Your coloring on the background stamp is beautiful!
Beautiful floral cards! Love that koala and this new kit.
Hi Debi, a wonderful collection of Aussie cards, I love the all over stamp with the gum blossoms. Thank you for the inspiration and opportunity to win a lovely prize… Megan
Wow! Gorgeous cards! I love how you kept the leaves black and white on your first card= the flowers really pop and they’re colored so beautifully! The koala card is super cute- great design!
Each and everyone of these is special in so many ways. A wonderful job!
Beautiful cards. Loving that Koala and the Eucalyptus background. Thank you.
These are so cute! I love the koala.
Gorgeous and pretty floral cards and cute koala card.
Beautiful designs for each. I like the different techniques used on each of them,
Wow! Your cards are stunning, Deb! I love them all! I agree it is a very special and clever release! Your flowers would make a perfect Mother’s Day card, and I do love your last eucalyptus print card! Stay safe!
Gorgeous cards! Your colouring is spectacular!
Such a sweet koala card!
I just the love the Koal-ity friend It turned out so good
Debi, your cards are always amazing. I thought that all 3 were fabulous. But the “Protea Flowers” are stunning! Well done.
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.
Love this card, the Koala is so sweet.
Love what you did with the Protea flowers.they almost look like thistles.
Koal-ity cards.
thanks for sharing
Awesome creations! I especially love the first gorgeous floral card!
Wow Debi
Love the compositions, colors and textures of your cards!!! Thanks for inspiring me 
Love the flowers and koala! Awesome cards!