Hello… Again… 😀 This is my third post today!!! To read the previous blog posts, you can scroll down or you can read more my first project blog post here and the second project blog post here.
And this third project and I am super excited because this project I made for participating at Hero Arts – My Monthly Hero Kit blog hop with their amazing and creative team members.
This time I made a shaker, watercolored card:
First I diecut the frame Fancy die set with my WRMK Evolution Advanced diecutting machine and watercolored it with Distress Mini Ink Pads. I set it aside to dry while working on the fairies and shaker.
I stamped the fairies with VersaFine Onyx Black ink pad and diecut them with the matching dies, and then watercolored them with Distress Mini Ink Pads also. Then I decided to add some sparkle and shine on their wings, clothes and hair using Wink Of Stella clear glitter brush… Oh love it! Now they are sparkly and shiny fairies 🙂
For the shaker, I diecut Bazzill vellum paper using the oval border die and then I stamped some of the ferns using Hero Arts green ink cubes. I used my craft heater to dry the stamped images.
Next, I added the vellum on the first diecut that I colored before with Tombow mono glue. Then I added 3d foam tape around the edge. I added some mixed sequins I had in stash that match the fairies and frame colors. Then I added the frame on the Wood grain cardstock.
I finished the card with some of the Pretty Pink Posh Droplets.
This month’s kit was inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and features a gorgeous forest fairy theme.
In the MMH August 2016 main kit contains:
- A 4×6 clear stamp set
- Three matching Frame Cuts dies
- An oval border with frame Fancy Die set
- Pretty Pink Posh Droplets
- Ranger Star Dust Stickles
- Three ink cubes in Bubble Gum, Orchid and Green Apple
- Woodgrain Cardstock and Vellum
- Other gems and cardstock
The kit value is over $50 but you can get this kit only for $34.99! And there are four optional add-on items:
CM105 Dreams Are Made 4×6 clear set
CM106 Shakespearean Poetry 4×6 clear set
DI320 Floral Border with Frame Fancy Die
The kit is available for a limited time only – once it’s gone, it’s gone!
We are giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop.
Your next hop is Libby to see what she has created to inspire you today using the MMH August 2016 kit!
And here is the full list of blog hop participants this month:
The Hero Arts Blog
Yana Smakula
Mariana Grigsby
Clare Prezzia
May Park
Jennifer McGuire
Kathy Racoosin
Laura Bassen
Lydia Fiedler
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Pretty Pink Posh
Debbie Olson
Cheiron Brandon
Alice Wertz
Helen Gullett
Libby Hickson
Don’t forget to leave comment for a chance to win! THANK YOU so much for visiting my blog today and I hope you all have a fabulous day!
Beautiful card love the vellum look over the sequins. So pretty.
Perfectly colored rainbow pixie dresses Helen!!
This is such a lovely and enchanting card! I love the colors, sequins, and sparkles! 🙂
The vellum is a nice touch. Love the coloring, too. Great card!
Really nice cards! You do beautiful work. Love the new products from Hero Arts!
Love the dreamy colors -Perfect! and the bundle is a mus!
LOVE this kit and LOVELOVELOVE your card!! Beautiful, fun and so dreamy!!! TFS!
Gorgeous shaker card, Helen! Love your coloring of the frame and the rainbow colored outfits!
What a great idea to use the vellum for your shaker card. It makes it so soft and inviting. This is a super kit!
What beautiful shaker card. The combination shaker cards and faries really make a stunnigng card. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful card! Thank you for sharing. Blessings…
Oh my goodness, this is gorgeous! I love the use of vellum for your shaker so it mutes the sequins a bit. I love the Spring feel you gave with the color scheme you used. Thank you for sharing your talent!
What a gorgeous card, love your color choices!
Stunning shaker card.
Beautiful card! love your colours!
Beautiful colors and such a special card.
Very beautiful! Love the colors!
Oh my goodness what a beautiful card. I just love the velumn and your lovely ideas. Your coloring is just so beautiful. I’m just in love with the fairy Kit!
Beautiful card!
Just love how you watercolored the frame, Helen – so great with the vellum shaker!!
I love the colors you used in this card-beautiful!
love the velum for the shaker … never done that before … so cool looking!
Gorgeous card!
Beautiful shaker card. Love that you used the vellum for a misty look.
Really beautiful shaker card!
Beautiful card! Love the fairies and all of the detail.
Your card is beautiful! I absolutely love this kit. I think it may be my favorite so far. That “frame” die is stunning and the sentiments and fairies are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!
Very sweet and dreamy shaker!
Gorgeous shaker card!
Lovely coloring and
wonderful design.
Carla from Utah
Very pretty card. I love your water coloring. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
OH I just love your card! The vellum shaker is a really nice soft element you added. Beautiful colors and coloring too!
Pretty!
Oh wow! Your card is a dream!!! Absolutely amazing!!! <3
I love the softness from the vellum!
Love this vivid fairy forst background.
I love the way you did the dresses on the fairies! SO magically pretty! Fantastic job, hope to be as talented as you lovely ladies one day!
I love your card!! So beautiful!! Your colors & your fairies dress!! Tie die look!!
I think this has to be one of my favourites in the hop. It’s just me. I love it!
Fantastic card. Love the muted shaker effect by using the vellum in front of the sequins and the added sparkle.. Thank you for sharing your ideas and being part of the giveaway.
Love the card. The colors are so fresh. Love the sequins behind the vellum.
Beautiful card. The vellum is such a nice soft touch. This Hero Arts kit is fantastic.
I LOVE this kit! I have nothing else like it. It sure makes a beautiful card.
Sweet card!
Looks like a spring fairy wonderland. Wonderful use of color to create the feel.
So sparkly and beautiful.
so lovely
Wow, I can hear the bird singing and the fairies chatting…. your card is incredible !
I really love this. the brown then the vellum with the colorful dots behind–makes for a stunning card!
Thanks for sharing this great card!
A sweet pastel shaker. Love the woodgrain on the background and the lovely coloring. Nice card.
Oh my, what a lovely card! TFS!
Love the daytime background. The fairies outfits are pretty
Gorgeous shaker! I love it…
Soft and dreamy! Beautiful!
I love this new card kit. What a lovely card you created.
What a spectacular background! This fairy card is so beautiful and I love how you used those little droplets. I must get some of those. Thanks for sharing your awesome creativity. Have a magical day.
What a lovelyear card, so delicate!
I really like your fairy shaker card with the little fern garden in the woods.
Love the soft colours in your card – gorgeous.
So many ways to use the wonderful products in this kit – love it!
Thanks for sharing.
So very lovely, beautiful coloring!!
Your card is stunning! Gorgeous!!
This is very beautiful. Love her rainbow of colors dress.
I like how you used the frame die cut to make the shaker. The matching colors of the sequins in the shaker to the colors of the fairies makes this card special.
Love the addition of velum for a super soft look!
what a lovely shaker card. . . .
I love the look of the velum shaker…so soft and pretty.
I love the look that the vellum adds & all the sparkle on the fairies! Such a pretty card!
Wow, I love your watercolored shaker card! Your fairy is beautiful with all her shine and sparkle from the wink of stella glitter brush.
Love the way you used the vellum, and the woodgrain for the trees.
Stunning card! I like how you added vellum, it contributes to the airy and magical spirit of your card 😉 Thank you!
Cutest little card from a darling stamp set
Omg this is stunning! I feel like I’m staring out of a window from a fairies house. I love how you all had the same tools and how different all the ladies visions were, awesome kit. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
Love the trees and the vellum shaker but even more I love your header and what drives you as you wrote in the description of yourself! God bless!
Love love love those little fairies – what an awesome kit from Hero Arts.
Beautiful and whimsical shaker card. Lovely colors that work well with the Fairies images. The ferns are a lovely touch.
I like the idea of using the vellum for the shaker. Gives the scene more of an ethereal feel.
Beautiful!
Beautiful card!
I love how you used watercolor painting to make the surrounding frame using distress inks!!
Lovely card
So pretty, thanks for sharing your talent!
I love this card thanks for sharing
Beautiful framing and coloring. I love the Dreams are Made sentiment and stencil in this release.
Lovely card, great use of the vellum
Beautiful card!!
Great card! I love your use of vellum for the shaker and the way it adds and ethereal feel to this fairy scene. Thanks for sharing!
Helen the colours you have chosen created a truly joyous card, your work and this MMH kit is inspiring.
I love the fairy with the wood grain paper!
Such a lovely card! So beautiful. Love the background shaker.
Love your shaker card!
Gorgeous!
My girls would so love to play with this kit as we craft for homeschooling! Gorgeous card and kit, just no money to buy ;o(
Thanks for the chance to win!
~God bless~
What A BEAUTIFUL card, Helen! I love the wood-colored die-cut frame. Your coloring is great, and I just love the clear droplets. The vellum idea is perfect. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us and for participating in this great hop and giveaway.
Yep! The “sparkle” brought this fairy to life!
Very realistic! Makes me feel like I am actually in a fairy garden! Thanks for sharing1
Beautiful card.
Love these. This whole kit is just beautiful. All the cards I have seen are amazing.
Yay! Congratulations, Helen! You made a super gorgeous dreamy card! This is probably my favorite HA kit, just love the little fairies, dies and everything!
I love your enchanting card!
Gorgeous shaker card, your coloring is so pretty on the fairy!!!
Beautiful coloring and blending! Your watercolored frame almost looks like wood…amazing! Love this card.
really lovely card!!
Super cute, love the embossed base and the fabulous frame
Helen your card is so pretty!! I love the dreamy background you created. So glad you joined the hop!!
Beautiful card. The subtle shaker card is lovely.
This is a very Beautiful card! Thank you for your Inspiration!
Pretty shaker card! I love the look of the vellum layer. Pretty coloring too!
I love how you used the vellum!
Love the way you colored the fairy.
So sweet! I love this.
Beautiful!
Oh I just love it! So pretty much pretty!
Your shaker card is lovely, the vellum is a nice detail!
Your color choices are wonderful because they make the card look so light and airy. Love the droplets that you used on the front of the card.
Absolutely beautiful card!
Beautiful card! I really love how you colored those fairies – their rainbow dresses are perfect!
Your card is really pretty, thanks for sharing
What a lovely card! Especially love the frostiness of the vellum contrasted with the colors of the fairies. TFS!!
Beautiful card! Such sweet fairies and subdued shaker embellishments. Thanks for sharingyour creation!
Beautiful shaker card-love the use of vellum!
I like how the frame looks like wood and compliments the fairies.
Helen, your card is really lovely. I adore vellum as it always makes a card even more elegant. Great job!
Love the frame and the ferns in the background.
Your card is so pretty. I love the colors on the fairy.
Lovely card – very delicate touches!
Your card is sweet and lovely – thank you so much!
I love the pastel colors in the background.
Beautiful card.
thanks for sharing.
Soooo pretty.
Wow! Love your water coloring!!! Very well done! Excellent card! Thank you for sharing it!
Love the colors!!
Your card is so pretty!!! Love it and this new card kit:)
The fairy is amazing and I love the kit and I love your card!
Charming card….love these fairies!
Wow! I love the way you did on the shaker card! The fairies are so cute and whimsical! Love it! Hero Arts kit is a mixed of elegance and magical vibe! I love it and it is perfect for my card making projects. I’ve been sending letters to different part of the world and my letters will look so beautiful with the use of these stamps! The Shakespearean Poetry Stamp is one of the stamps that I liked the most because of poetry and words on it but I also like the Fairy Stamp and Dreams Are Made Stamp because they are very detailed! I really want this kit and I can’t wait to use them and share them with my friends!
Your card is so beautiful Helen!
Your coloring is awesome. Pretty card.
Your card is very pretty! I love your realistic color on the trees and the use of the vellum. Thank you for sharing 😉
Very pretty card. I love how you colored the frame and the way you colored the fairy.
Wow, it’s so bright and colorful and it’s a shaker card! I am impressed! The colors are great! You also used Velum paper! I wish I was that creative. We’re not worthy! LOL You even used watercolors! Okay, I am going to bow out of card making now because I can never make something so beautiful. Just kidding about bowing out. Thanks for letting us see your beautiful work!
I really like how you used the vellum. It gives the card an ethereal look.
I absolutely love what you’ve done with the set. This is so beautiful. This set is great!
This is so pretty and I love the softness the vellum adds.
So pretty!!
love the 2 fairies
This is super pretty, love the idea of the vellum!
Very pretty! ! I love the colors used on the fairies and love how you colored up the leaves and bird on the frame! !
Loving this kit and all the designers with their beautiful designs using the fairies and your shaker card is so lovely! TFS
Beautiful card and love the colors! Thank you for sharing!
I love the vellum element used in this card, makes it even more magical looking, fantastic job!
Beautiful card so colourful! Definitely one of my favouritestuff in this Hero Arts Blog Hop! This kit is awesome!
OMG!!! Such an amazing card! The best one!
Love the soft background of the vellum for your shaker. Pretty card
Spring has come to the fairyland. Reminds me that the mushrooms show up in a “fairy ring” after a rain. I love the birds in the trees. Very nice choice of colors.
wow , love love this card!!!
I just love how you used vellum on your project. I just made some vellum projects too and you can see them at http://afourthlife.blogspot.com. What I love about vellum is that it really adds a magical element to the cards. It is the mist in the mountains or the fog over the lake or just softens the whole look of a card. These sets are wonderful and as an ex-English teacher, it would be difficult to choose a favorite here. So much fun!
I love the colors that you chose. Beautiful touch adding the vellum. Your work is inspiring – thanks for sharing with us!
Very pretty how you used the vellum and muted the background.
I love the effect of the bold sequins underneath the vellum.
I really love your card! Gorgeous colors! Thanks for sharing your creativity!
Beautiful card! Love the us of vellum. The hex for sharing your creativity!
Thanks for a pretty card
Love the vellum that softens the sequins background. Gorgeous colors.
Love the soft colors!
Super sweet card, Helen!
Beautiful, I love how it pops off the white background!
Very pretty shaker card. Tfs
I love your card! I think vellum for a shaker card is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing with us!
Beautiful card, love the dreamy feel to it. Great products on the kit, love each and every piece of it
What a beautiful card! I love the watercolored background that you’ve created! Perfect for showing off the pretty fairies!
Oh, your card is so pleasing to the eye, Helen. I enjoy seeing the woodgrain background and the water coloring. Your card looks refreshing and is unique the way you made it. Good job!
Love the colors!
You created a beautiful and dreamy scene, Helen. Love your watercoloring.
Very nice, I love the vellum with colorful sequins and the fairies!
Hi Helen,
Love your card. So lovely. Loved the colors so beautiful.
Thank You,
Dianne K.
Fabulous card. I really like the way the vellum gives a wonderful pastel dreamy feel to the background.
your coloring is so lovely! It makes these Hero Arts designs pop!
Love the sequins behind the velum and your use of color. The ferns are a nice touch.
What a lovely shaker! I love how you used the vellum to soften the colors!
Oh my wow just amazing your card is breataking…
Thank you!