Hi crafty friends! Today, we are hopping along to introduce the May 2024 My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts and this one is a bit more special as we’re celebrating Hero Art’s 50th Anniversary! There’s a ton of inspiration and the full blog lineup can be found on the Hero Arts blog. You should be coming from Charlene Madrid‘s blog and your next stop will be Kailash Naidoo. The full blog list will be updated below! This month’s collection focuses on peace, love and kindness! Here is a peek at the Classic Kit:

The Classic Kit includes:

• Floral Cake Clear Stamp Set, 4″ x 6″
• 11 Floral Cake Coordinating Dies
• 6 Sheets Luxe White Watercolor Paper, 5.5″ x 8.5″
• Contour Ink Pad (AF468)
• Flat Water Flow Brush (PD105)
• Watercolor Palette (HT227)
• Ink Swatch Palette (a sheet that has 8 colors of watercolor paints in our Core Ink colors)
  
  Classic Special (50th Anniversary) Gifts:
• Message Clear Stamp Set, 3” x 4”
• 3 Coordinating Dies
• Yay Fancy Die

and the Premium Kit (along with the Classic kit items) includes:

• Balloon Background Cling Stamp, A2
• Champagne Sequins (CH306)
• Birthday Enamel Dots (CH332)
  
  Premium Special (50th Anniversary) Gifts:
• Yay Clear Stamp & Coordinating Die
• Congrats Fancy Die

I have two cards to share with you today featuring this month’s kit and add ons!

The first card focuses on the Premium Kit. I immediately fell in love with the Balloon Background Cling Stamp — it is so versatile. You can use it for birthdays, celebrations, new babies, and more! I picked out a few fun colors to smoosh ink with: Taffy, Lemon Drop, Blue Raspberry, Splash, Blue Hawaii, and Thistle reactive Inks. I used a piece of plastic I had to pick up the ink after I put it on a glass surface and sprayed a little bit of water. Using these on top of the Luxe White Watercolor paper, it created a really colorful background. I used the Congrats Fancy Die to cut out the sentiment from this inky background and removed the border. I matted it on Pitch Black Cardstock to really make the Congrats Fancy Die pop!

My second project features one of this month’s add ons dies, the Hooray Birthday Cover Plate. I pulled out a rainbow array of cardstock: Cherry, Papaya, Canary, Kiwi, Peacock, Amethyst, and Ultra Pink. I trimmed down the cardstock to half inch strips. I covered an A2 panel with double sided adhesive and covered the panel with strips diagonally. I used the Hooray Birthday Cover Plate and die cut it using Black Glitter cardstock. I added the die cut panel right over the rainbow striped panel so all those colors pop through. It’s so fun right?!

Giveaway:

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, March 11th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Blog Hop Lineup:

Hero Arts
Hero Arts Creative Team:
Channin Pelletier
Charlene Madrid
Jeannie Lieu
Kailash Naidoo
Lydia Fiedler
Michelle Short
Natasha Polite
Natasha Vacca
Rachel Kleinman
Special Guests:
Nichol Spohr
Emily Midgett
Kelly Taylor
Essie

Supplies:

Hero Arts – My Monthly Hero Classic Kit
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Hero Arts – My Monthly Hero Premium Kit
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Hero Arts – Hooray Birthday Cover Plate
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Hero Arts – Cherry Cardstock
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Hero Arts – Papaya Cardstock
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Hero Arts – Canary Cardstock
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Hero Arts – Kiwi Cardstock
—HA: https://shrsl.com/4hzii
Hero Arts – Peacock Cardstock
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Hero Arts – Amethyst Cardstock
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Hero Arts – Ultra Pink Cardstock
—HA: https://shrsl.com/4hzio
Hero Arts – Glitter Paper Basics
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Hero Arts – Taffy Reactive Ink
—HA: https://shrsl.com/4ax9a
Hero Arts – Lemon Drop Reactive Ink
—HA: https://shrsl.com/4ax97
Hero Arts – Blue Raspberry Reactive Ink
—HA: https://shrsl.com/4ax8u
Hero Arts – Splash Reactive Ink
—HA: https://shrsl.com/4ax94
Hero Arts – Blue Hawaii Reactive Ink
—HA: https://shrsl.com/4ax93
Hero Arts – Thistle Reactive Ink
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Hero Arts – Luxe White Watercolor Paper
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Hero Arts – Pitch Black Cardstock
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Hero Arts – INTENS-ified Black Ink 
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