Hero Arts ~ MMH KIT ~ APRIL 2020 - Australian Outback, Part 2 

Welcome Mates! I'm back today with three more slimline cards using the My Monthly Hero Arts Kit for April 2020. This kit sold out quickly.

Please check out the video using the link above or here.

Card 3: Has a Rainbow & Birthday Theme - Hoppy Birthday to Roo

I created a rainbow-colored panel using distress oxide inks: festive berries, ripe persimmon, fossilized amber, mowed lawn, blueprint sketch, seedless preserves, dusty concord, and chipped sapphire. I spritzed a little water on the panel to activate the ink to soften the color blend. Centered and repeat-stamped the Hoppy Birthday to Roo sentiment on the panel using the HA Intense black ink from the kit. Starting at the top I moved the cardstock down every 3/4ths of an inch and stamped until I reached the end. I cut a piece of 40lb Bazzill vellum to 4¼” wide by 8½” tall. I scored the vellum on the left side at ½” and folded and creased it. I placed my panel inside the vellum, face up and glued the back flap of the vellum to the backside of the panel. Next, I die cut the kangaroo from black cardstock and 5 balloons using the Sunny Studio balloon die using 3 different cardstock colors to form a balloon bouquet. I added colored twine to the base of the balloons to form balloon strings. Before affixing my kangaroo to the vellum layer of my panel I fashioned the balloon strings so that it appears that my kangaroo is holding the bouquet. I placed an acrylic block over it to let it dry a bit. Next, I trimmed the ends the balloon bouquet strings and added my finished panel to a 7½” x 8½” side folded card base.

Card 4: Shark Fest - G’DAY MATE

Features the background stencil from the kit. I started with 80# Neenah white cardstock cut at 3½” x 8¼”. I inked and blended ocean waves using salty ocean distress oxide ink and the bottom half of the stencil. I used the My Favorite Things mini cloud stencil along with tumbled glass distress oxide ink to create the clouds. Using the Hero Arts intense black ink from the kit, I stamped the mountains using a stamp from a previous Hero Arts kit. From that same kit I die-cut the smaller mountain to layer on top of the stamped mountain. I applied antistatic powder to a scrap of cardstock and used VersaFine onyx black pigment ink and clear embossing powder to heat emboss my sentiment. I stamped the birds using a stamp from a prior Hero Arts kit using the intense black ink. While the panel was drying I die-cut both the great white shark and the reef shark from the kit twice. I affixed the shark die-cuts to the panel “in the blue ocean area” with craft tacky glue and added the card panel to a black, 110lb, 7½” x 8½” side folded card base.  This left a black border around the finished card.

Card 5: BEAUT ~ Aussie You Soon - G’DAY MATE

Features the beautiful, Hero Arts Tropical Foliage Bold Prints background stamp. I started with a black slimline panel measuring 3¾” x 8½”. Using Hero Arts unicorn white pigment ink I stamped the background stamp and set the panel aside to dry. I taped three progressive-sized Scrapbook.com square dies together to form my design. I used three different size squares 1½, 2, and 2½ inches. I layer my black panel with a white piece of Neenah cardstock about the same size and die-cut the design. I started first designing the smallest white square. I used the stencil from the kit to color a little piece of sky and the sun portion of the stencil. I used dusty concord and fossilized amber distress oxide inks to blend a small portion of the sky. After the panel dried I heat embossed the sentiment “BEAUT” on the square. Next, on the middle square I blended the dusty concord and fossilized amber distress oxide inks to form more sky. Then, using the intense black ink and a branch stamp from a past kit, I stamped the branch of leaves and the cockatoo. Moving to the last, larger square, I used mowed lawn distress oxide ink to stamp the palm tree from the kit. I used dusty concord distress oxide ink and blended with chipped sapphire distress oxide ink to continue the skyline. Using vintage photo distress oxide ink I colored the ground brown. I stamped the dingo using intense black ink. Using craft tacky glue I affixed the black die-cut squares behind the colored and stamped squares and trimmed about 1/8^th” off the sides of each square. I affixed the black panel to a black, 110lb, 7½” x 8½” side folded card base.

The finished cards measures 3¾”x 8½ “and fit into a standard #9 business envelope or create your own matching envelopes using my DIY Slimline Card Envelope tutorial! Also, if you missed Part 1 of this series please check out that video. I’ll link both videos below.

**Link to Part 1: MMH KIT ~ APRIL 2020 - Australian Outback

***Link to my DIY Slimline Card Envelope Tutorial

Hero Arts: https://heroarts.com/pages/mmh-april-2020-kit

Sunny Studio Birthday Balloon Die: https://sunnystudiostamps.com/products/birthday-balloon-die?_pos=1&_sid=efac3cc5c&_ss=r

Scrapbook.com Nested Squares Die Set: https://www.scrapbook.com/store/uc-die-22801.html

Please leave your questions below.  I’m happy to answer them. Soon I’ll feature the May 2020 MMH Kit so stay tuned.  I received my shipment yesterday.

That’s it for today! I’ll be back soon with more inspiration! Until next time. Good day mates!

Rae