Hero Arts June My Monthly Hero Kit reveal, GIVEAWAY and blog hop.

Hi Stampers!

Happy Monday and welcome to another My Monthly Hero Release! This month we are taking you on a safari. This is another totally amazing kit with so many possibilities. I had lots of fun and of course I didn't have enough time to execute all my ideas. I have some videos for my projects too, that will post tonight. (I lost track creating, so didn't get chance to edit my videos).

Before I go onto my project, here's a quick look of the kit and the add ons! 

 Kit contents: 

1 6" x 8" clear stamp set
9 coordinating Frame Cuts
1 Fancy Die
3 ink cubes (Just Rust, Mulled Wine, Moss)
0.5 oz. black embossing powder 
2 4" x "6"  Portuguese eco-friendly cork sheets
2 sheets of  5.5" x 8.5" metallic bronze paper (81 lb. text weight)
2 sheets of 5.5" x 8.5" metallic quartz cardstock (105 lb. cover weight)

The kit value is $73, an amazing deal at $34.99. 

Here's a quick look at the add ons, too! 

MH0617 My Monthly Hero June 2017	AF401 Ombre Serengeti Sunset ink	CG711 Mud Cloth Bold Prints Cling Stamp	CG712 Tribal Stripes Bold Prints Cling Stamp	CM176 Coloring Layering Bengal Tigers Stamp set	CM177 Coloring Layering Brave Lion Stamp set
DI396 Tent Fancy Die	G6242 I Got Your Back stamp	SA106 Tribal Shapes Stencil	CM178 Go On A Safari Stamp set	DI399 Thorn Tree and Grasses Fancy Die	DI398 Color Layering Lion Frame Cuts
DI397 Color Layering Tiger Frame Cuts

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If you are hopping along, you will head over Michelle Short blog after my blog ( so if you get bored with this long post, you can head over there any time :P) 

Scroll to the bottom for the full blog hop list and give away details. I added the supplies under each projects, so you know what is used on which project! 

For my first set of cards I used used my MISTI tool to stamp pattern onto the elephant using few background stamps. I stamped the elephant, then removed the pad of the MISTI and positioned the background stamp on the bottom with face up. Inked it up with White pigment ink and closed the door of the MISTI. This allowed the pattern to transfer to the elephant stamp. Next, I put back the mat and my card and stamped on it. So the pattern transferred exactly at the same spot where the first elephant was stamped. I more than a dozen of these elephants, then die cut them using the coordinating die. You can use Versamark ink and emboss with clear embossing powder for the pattern. I did that for one of the tangerine elephants. For the background, I stamped my cars with the same bold prints background stamp and versamark and embossed with ultra fine embossing powder. Then assembled my cards. 

To step it up a level, you can use some transfer foil and laminator (or MINC machine) to add some shine to the elephants you embossed. (just an idea) ( or the background)

I kept my next card pretty simple. I blended a piece of white card stock using : Mulled wine, strawberry, tangerine and dandelion  bold inks and adhered onto white card. I swiped tangerine ink on the sides of the white card.Adhered my black panel that was previously cut using the fancy die from the kit (removed the cloud on the bottom right) adhered lion and tree. At the end I stamped "Hakuna matata)

Next, for the background I used distress oxides to blend my background. After it was all blended I marked circle area (used infinity dies to cut the circle) and applied some water, daubed it off ( to get that faded sun look in the background). After it was completely dry I stamped my images, trimmed the panel, adhered to layer of black card stock and adhered to one of the Sunshine note cards. 

Now something little different. I used my MISTI to stamp the clusters of elephants and stamped with different shades of gray. I positioned the stamps in the MISTI, then picked up with the lid. Next I just moved my card stock (left, right, up and down ) to cover the panel with elephant images. 

This card is similar with the one above, It's just smaller scale. I just had to use the monkeys!!!! 

I  got your back! I just LOVE this stamp. Maybe because it brings me to my childhood when I was 3-4 or even 5 yrs old. I loved my parents scratching my back. lol. and asked them often to do so. So I had to use it! I stamped the image with the Intense Black ink pad and colored with copic markers ( E21-E29, YG17, YG01-YG07, BG10 and BG11). Cut with circle infinity die and assembled my card.

I have a video for this card that I will post later today. But I used my memory MISTI to stamp the suitcases. I adhered it to black card base, added the strip with white embossed sentiment.

Giveaway: Hero Arts is giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader - selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. (Hero Arts will reimburse them if they have already bought the kit) Giveaway closes Sunday, June 11 at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week.

 Kit availability and shipping: The kit is available for a limited time only - once it's gone, it's gone. Kits begin shipping from Hero Arts on Friday June 9. You can remind your readers that they can now subscribe to receive the kit monthly and never miss one!

Blog hop list: 

The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Wanda Guess
May Park
Yana Smakula
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Amy Kolling
Chari Moss
Amy Tsuruta
Ilina Crouse (that's ME)
Michelle Short
Claire Prezzia