Posted by Michelle Short
on September 29, 2018
Hello and welcome as we continue the countdown to the release of the October My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, October 1st at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Stay tuned for more inspiration all weekend long! Now let's join Michelle for another look at this Christmas and Winter inspired kit.
I am not sure why, but I really love making winter cards. I especially love snowflakes and I think they work perfectly for sending some winter cheer to friends.
For my card I started off with a panel of watercolour paper. I then took the 'winter wishes' sentiment from the main kit stamp set and stamped this on to the panel using Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. I then took the two snowflake stamps and randomly stamped these over the background towards the top, with Versamark Ink again. This time I heat embossed with White Detail Embossing Powder to get the added detail in the snowflakes.
I then took Distress Inks in Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet and Dusty Concord and blended these over the panel with an ink blending tool. I took the iridescent ink that is in the kit and splattered this over the panel with a paintbrush. I did use a quite a lot of this, but you can never have too much shimmer can you? :) I set the piece aside to dry.
I took the deer from the stamp set and stamped this on to white cardstock with Intense Black Ink and coloured with Copic Markers. I then used the coordinating Frame Cuts to cut it out. The panel was added to a 4.5" x 4.5" white card base with foam sheet and double sided tape and then the deer added on top with thin foam tape.
Win a kit before you can buy it! Just leave a comment on this (and every) Countdown to Creativity post! We’ll randomly draw one lucky winner from all the comments left across all countdown posts, and announce the winner first thing Monday morning, October 1, before the kit launches at 1 pm Eastern. The more you comment, the more chances to win!
Good luck and happy stamping!
326 comments
I love this Bambi frolicking in the snow!
I agree with you, Michelle. I love the deer in this set. I love your card. It is magical! Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful background! And the sweetest little fawn! Love the simplicity of this card😄
Inspiration and Hope. I am new to stamping and bought my first Hero Arts kit in September, 2018. My kit arrived just 2 days before Hurricane Florence destroyed much of my neighborhood. We were without electricity for days. My “moment of sanity” was the one hour each day I spent using my new stamps and cutting dies that came in the kit-something I could do with no electricity. Fortunately, although the roof of my home was damaged and we had interior water damage, my craft room was spared. I am looking forward to the October kit. Your card is such an inspiration and I want to make one just like it. To me it signifies Hope.
Love the background so beautiful and the deer is adorable. Winter kits from Hero Arts is so nostalgic.