Welcome to October and the NEW My Monthly Hero Kit Launch by Hero Arts with a Blog Hop and Giveaway! I am so happy to be sharing with you another fantastic collection of designs from this month’s Main Kit and add-ons. Looks like Christmas is well under way and no better time to start creating than now. October’s kit features so many images and die cuts for making a variety of projects. Before I show what I created, let’s see what comes in this month’s kit. All products and their links are located at the end of this post, along with information for entering the giveaway and connecting with the blog hop team.
Included in the October Kit is the following:
6″ x 8″ Clear Stamp set
12 Coordinating Frame Cuts
1 Ornament Shape Die
2 Inner Ornament Dies
3 Embossing Powders (Red, Glacier Blue, White Sparkle), 1/2 oz. each
1 Watermark & Embossing Ink Cube
There are so many cards you can make from this set. It retails for $70.00 but is available for $34.99! It’s a deal for sure but remember that the Main Kit is only available while supplies last. Never want to miss a kit? Check out how to subscribe here .
For some reason I really liked pushing the envelope on this set so I made a unique tag. (Oh and btw, instructions for Friday’s sneak peek tag is located at the bottom of this post).
With just a few twists, turns and snips, the Main Kit can be made into a cuckoo clock!
You will need the following pieces to create this cutie:
My Monthly Hero Kit for October 2020
Two Coordinating Shades of Brown Cardstock
One Piece of Dove White Cardstock
White Embossing Powder
Embossing & Watermark Ink (In this kit)
MISTI Stamping Tool
Hero Arts Pool Party and Splash Reactive Inks
Other: Small Chain, Scissors, Heat Tool, Adhesive, Foam Dots, Copic Markers of Your Choice, Hot Glue Gun, Round Paper Punch, Thin Black Permanent Pen, Uni-ball White Pen
Here’s a picture of what the parts and pieces will look like. I provide measurements and instructions below.
- Die-cut the ornament, the triangle (bottom length 3″, height 2″), roof (5 3/4″ x 1″), shelf 2 3/4″ x 3/4″, the smallest Nesting Circle Infinity die from lighter brown cardstock.
- Die-cut one circle for the clock (using a smaller Infinity Circle die), the present and the small pendulum strip from darker brown cardstock.
- Die-cut a slightly larger circle from Dove White cardstock using a slightly larger circle from the Infinity Circle die.
- Using the MISTI, stamp deer onto Dove White cardstock using Cup ‘O Joe ink and stamp birds onto Dove White cardstock using Pool Party and Splash Reactive inks. Die-cut images.
- Stamp and emboss 2 straight leaves using white embossing powder onto dark brown cardstock. Hand cut image.
- Adhere leaves to two small chains, one that is 2 1/4″ long and the other that is 3 1/4″ long.
- Turn ornament upside down and stamp four leaves and two flowers onto ornament using embossing ink and white embossing powder. (See project photo for placement. Make sure to allow room for clock in center). Color in with Copic Markers.
- Attach triangle to backside of ornament. Cover up the tip of the ornament by creating a “faux” window with the upside down present.
- Score roof in half lengthwise and crease. Score the center of the strip to create the pitch of the roof and crease. Make a small “V” shaped snip on only one side of the center of the roof. (See pic) Bend roof at center and adhere roof to the back side of the triangle starting at the top of the “V” , insuring that roof is added on correctly.
- Attach pendulum ball to strip of brown cardstock and adhere strip to bottom of ornament.
- Hot glue two chains with leaves to bottom of ornament.
- To create clock, attach smaller brown circle to top of larger white circle using adhesive. Color in rim of clock with yellow marker. Add dots with black pen for details.
- Use a white Uni-ball pen to add numbers and hands to clock face.
- Use foam dots to attach birds to top of clock.
- Score shelf horizontally and adhere it close to bottom of clock.
- Adhere deer to shelf using a small amount of hot glue.
- Place a tiny paper-punch circle onto ornament hole if desired.
That’s it!
This kit is also great for gift giving. Decorating this box was easy by using just parts and pieces from the kit. I like to sit and stamp a bunch of these while watching tv then put them into a box or jar. When I’m ready to use, I just grab a few and I’m good to go. How festive is this?
Of course this set works well for cardmaking too! This particular card actually opens at the slit line. And how about those reindeer? You can stamp and cut them or you can just die-cut them as I did here.
And for a colorful card with a bit more work but oh so festive…
And finally, one add-on card because I can never resist! Totally feeling the Scandinavian vibe here. This is a quick card to make. The Holiday Graphic Bold Print background is stamped and embossed with white embossing powder. ( I added red and white stamped strips for variety.). I cut the tree from red cardstock using the outline-only of the Holiday Tree Fancy die and cut the white tree from the outline and detailed version. I assembled them together and attached it to the card base. A small, die-cut Infinity Heart was the base for the “peace & joy” sentiment from the Christmas Folks add-on set. Oh and the stars were from the 5 Point Stars Infinity Dies.
So there you have it! A tip of the iceberg for everything that’s new! I know that Emily Midgett has got some great card ideas up next. Keep reading on how to enter the Hero Arts giveaway and learn more about Hero Arts products.
XO,
Debi
Missed anyone on the hop, you can catch up here…
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Channin Pelletier
Dana Joy
Daniel West
Debi Adams-you are here!
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
Maria Willis
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Pocono Pam
Seeka
Amy Kolling
Jennifer McGuire
Julee Tilman
Laurie Willison
Mariana Grigsby
Nichol Spohr
P.S. For those of you asking for the supply list for Friday’s Sneak Peek project, here you go…
Supplies:
Red, White and Peach Cardstock, Pink-ish Marker or Colored Pencil, White Uniball Pen, Black Thin Pen, Foam Dots, Adhesive, Taffy Reactive Ink, Blending Brush of Your Choice, Twine.
Assembly is soooo easy. Die-cut the objects as shown above. Embellish the peach-colored cardstock using the Taffy ink with a blending brush. Attach Ornament with oval cut-out to face. Then cut the following pieces up as shown…
Attach red “hat” and white “fur” onto Santa’s hat. Attach twine and pom-pom onto hat. Adhere hat onto cheek-embellished face. Attach two birds using foam dots onto Santa’s face to create his mustache. Color in mouth and nose using markers or pencils. Accentuate nose with white Uniball pen. Make dots for eyes. Add white eyebrows using white Uniball pen. Now he is ready to embellish a bag or box for the holiday season!
And NOW onto the Giveaway info
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We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, October 11th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
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Your creativity with these cards are amazing!! I always look forward to your creations! Heroarts has made another fabulous kit!
You are so clever. I love the clock and santa
you always have the most wonderful cards. I love your creativity.
The cuckoo clock is ingenious! Beautiful, creative projects all around!
Awesome projects! I love your creative ways to use this kit!! Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic projects! The cuckoo clock tag is spectacular!
The clock is definitely next level, but I love all these bright and fun ideas! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring!
Debi- I’m blown away by your creativity w/ all of these kit elements! So very clever and inspiring to look at dies and stamps in a new way. Thanks so much!
These are so cute! I love your clock.
You are an absolute GENIUS!!! I liked the kit before I got to your blog but now it’s a must have!!!
The clock is amazing! The doves for Santa’s mustache is genius!
Omg! That cuckoo clock is the cutest thing ever! My favorite make of the blog hop!
wow, Debi, your cards and creations always blow me away! I “wow” and “amazing”ed my way through your post–wonderful!!! I especially love the gray background and red tree–simple and breathtaking!
I love your cards—especially the cuckoo clock!
The Santa and clock are the cutest I’ve seen a quite a while with just paper piecing involved. Thank you for sharing them and the how-to’s.
Wow. Your clock card is fantastic. I am in awe of your creativity. And your Santa ornament is amazing!!
Seriously brilliant designs. How do you always come up with such unique designs??? I wish I had half your talent!
Wonderful creativity. The clock is awesome. TY for sharing steps.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
WOW! You have really been thinking outside the box with this kit. Love the cuckoo clock. Fabulous! Thanks for including the great details as well as the details for the darling Santa ornament you made for the sneak peek.
These are all soooo beautiful! I LOVE Your tree ones!!!
You are soooo creative. My favorites are the Santa face & clock.
What a lovely, unique clock tag! I also really adore the Santa bulb ornament; how cute is that!
Fabulous! You are a rock star!
Wow! The clock is wonderful! Love the other cards too! So talented and creative! Thanks for sharing!
Love this kit and what you’ve done with it. The cuckoo clock is just ingenious!! And I love the santa bauble idea. Fabulous!
So very creative designs, each and every one unique and beautiful!
Gorgeous cards! A wonderful kit!
Lovely!
Each piece of art displayed is a masterpiece – I love that clock as well such great art! TFS
OMG LOVE your take on using these new products – you are so creative
I usually don’t comment with superlatives on creative projects, but I will make an exception this time. This is the BEST use of this kit I have seen. I’m a HE subscriber but was feeling ho-hum about this release. I almost skipped it…and then I saw your photo of this cuckoo clock. I fell in love with Switzerland when I visited there many years ago; this surely rang true to the style that I loved there so much and now I’m stoked to be getting this kit. Thanks for sharing your creativity and inspiring me.
I just realized after commenting that my profile pic is me on a ferry on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland!
The cards are beautiful, and the clock is really cool. I can’t wait to try some of these out, and make my own clock. I have a special person in mind who will love that.
I love how you create new things from the kit. These are all so awesome!
These projects are so inspiring. Love your creativity with this kit!
The cuckoo clock is such an amazing idea, I also love the tree with the doe/deer as the tree topper. Such beautiful card designs
Have to agree with others, you really took this kit to the next level with your creativity! Thank you for sharing all your how-tos with us. The doves as Santa’s mustache really made me smile. Enjoyed all your creations very much.
Ok, you are a creative genius!!! That clock is amazing! I would never have seen those elements working like that, but once you show it, it’s so perfect! And that little Santa tag is the cutest (and I don’t even “do” Santa)!
Oh my gosh, Debi! I LOVE how you used the ornament to make a cuckoo clock!!!! It is SO ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very clever!!!
What a fantastic idea to make a cuckoo clock using the kit and I love the santa moustache too. Very clever indeed. Great kit.
You are amazing! Your Santa ornament in the sneak peek is one of the things that convinced me to buy this kit as soon as it was available. All your ideas are just so creative – thank you for all the inspiration!
love all your projects but how fu is that Coo-Coo Clock!
cute …and such novel ideas for the kit…fabulous…
The cuckoo clock you created from this kit was amazing! I love seeing someone think “outside the box” and then acting on it. Thanks for a great idea!
your Cuckoo clock tag is awesome! So creative!
While the Scandinavian card is my favorite, it was a tough choice, I like all of them!
Thanks for sharing.
Debi, you are so creative and am so delighted you shared your adorable cuckoo clock tag!!!! Amazing and thank you for the detailed instructions!! Am in awe! Your second card is so much my style with the bright colors and reindeer!!! I want it all!!! So fun and festive and especially happy!!
Your creativity always amazes me. What you’ve done with this kit, the Santa and the clock are creations that no one else would ever dream of! and you are generous in supplying the details, too. Thank you!
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Love Love Love the Santa ornament
Wow! You’re incredibly creative! Your projects are absolutely beautiful! I love the cuckoo clock!
Wow so creative! Thanks for sharing the details for recreating your fab creations! That clock and the Santa ornament are just so cool! What a fun kit.
How absolutely fantastic! Mind blowing designs…thank you for sharing!
Wonderful cards and tags. so clever to make a cuckoo clock.
Oh Debi I am in love with your Cookoo Clock!!! I have to make that!
The clock idea is so very fun. I like the alternative view and use for the project. The images workout so wonderful for the scene.
Fabulous tag! Very imaginative creation!