April My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #2 + Giveaway - Hero Arts
Posted by Ilina Crouse on April 03, 2020

April My Monthly Hero Countdown: Idea #2 + Giveaway

It's time for our next countdown peek! The April My Monthly Hero kit will be available to pre-order on Monday, April 6 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Now let’s join Ilina, who is sharing some more fabulous inspiration using this month's kit!

Hi everyone! I am in love with the April kit and I believe you will be too. I decided to depict a desert Australian scene. To make the card I started with piece of Canary Cardstock and temporarily adhered the stencil to it. I ink blended Butter Bar, Fresh Peach and Soft Cantaloupe Shadow inks, starting from lightest around the sun, and darkest on the edges.

Next secure the stencil on piece of Sand Cardstock and ink blend Soft Brown and Cup o' Joe Shadow inks on the sand part. Trim it to only have the sand edge. Adhere on top of the Canary layer using foam tape.

Ink blend Fresh Peach and Soft Cantaloupe inks on Canary Cardstock. Using Cup'o Joe ink stamp the boulder. Die cut using the coordinating die.

Stamp the tree using Moss and Cup O'Joe inks on Dove White Cardstock. Die cut using coordinating dies, ink blend some Butter Bar and Soft Brown inks to blend in with the background. Stamp the kangaroo on Sand Cardstock using Cup O'Joe ink. Stamp the sentiment in the middle of the sun and assemble your panel and adhere to a top folding Sand notecard.

And that's it!

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. The winner will be announced first thing Monday morning, April 6, before the kit launches at 10am Pacific. The more you comment, the more chances to win!

Good luck!

283 comments

Love it. So beautiful. Love the colors. Tree is awesome.

Shirley Galecki,

I love these colors. I can’t wait to see this stencil in person!

Emily Henry,

Beautiful card, looks like our new normal. Love the colors we all need everyone to be together now. Love the sentiment. My birthday is on the 8th, my family has been wonderful during this time.

Evelyn Larson,

Hi, what you call a boulder looks like Uluru to me as an Aussie. You’ve created a scene that looks like the red centre of Australia. Great use of stencil. 🇦🇺

Kellie,

Nice little kangaroo. Perfect representation of Australia.

Neha Mahajan,

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