
Hello and welcome! It’s release day at Hero Arts and we’re celebrating the sweet new May release with a blog hop full of inspiration and a giveaway. If you’ve arrived from visiting Pocono Pam, you’re right on track!
Hero Arts has cooked up some creativity with the May My Monthly Hero kit. The main kit features a gorgeous kitchen-themed Cover Plate die. The A2-sized cling stamp adds a great backsplash to your scene, or is versatile as a background on any project. There are dies for embellishing with pots or adding food, a fun new “cast iron” embossing powder, and messages for your card and gift giving needs. The kit is rounded out with cardstock in colors that give a vintage kitchen vibe, as well as wonderfully theme-appropriate baker’s twine.

I have two cards to share today, one with the kit and one that uses several of this month’s awesome add ons!

Have A Delicious Day!
For my first card, using the kit, I used the included cover die to die cut a piece of white cardstock. Next, I used Clear Embossing & Watermark ink and white embossing powder to heat emboss the tile background onto a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Mist cardstock. I glued a small piece of Papaya cardstock behind the bottom of the kitchen scene, so that a bit of orange would pop out from the drawer handle cutouts and at the baseboards, and then I glued the die cut panel to the heat-embossed background. Next, I used foam tape to adhere a sentiment from the kit that I’d stamped in Citrine Pigment ink onto an oval that I cut using a small die from the Nesting Ovals Infinity die set. To finish, I adhered the card front to a card base.

Thanks For Being So Sweet
For my second card, I began by cutting the two crocks from the Kitchen Crocks die set from Arctic cardstock. Next, I used a blending brush to blend Pool Party Reactive Ink over the sides and bottom of the crocks, and also onto the bottom of the small crock’s lid.
Next, I used dies from the Kitchen Tools die set to cut two spatulas and a whisk from matte silver cardstock, and a spoon and silicone spatula from Sand cardstock. I also cut the spatula from Antique Ivory cardstock. I used another blending brush to brush a bit of Caramel ink around the edges of the Sand spoon and silicone spatula, and then I trimmed the brown handle off the silicone spatula and glued it to the handle of the ivory spatula.
Next I used the large image from the Olive Branch stamp set to stamp two olive branches in Slate Pigment Ink onto a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of white cardstock. And then I stamped the sentiment, from the Treat Tags Stamp & Cut XL stamp and die set, in Onyx Pigment Ink.
To assemble the card, I tucked the kitchen tools into the large crock pot and used take on the back side to hold them in place. Then I used foam tape to adhere both crocks to the background before adhering the card front to a card base.
Thank you so much for visiting! Your next stop is the lovely Jennifer Kotas! Be sure to read below for giveaway details.

Giveaway
Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, May 8th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

The kitchen theme is wonderful. How did Hero Arts know I remodeled my Kitchen last mth.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
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Great cards! I love the kitchen tools card best. Thanks for sharing.
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Fantastic cards! I really like the add-ons in this kit.
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Hi, Seeka ! I love the crock w/ all the utensils in it! So cute and really well-done! I also like the blue kitchen. I’m excited about this kit b/c there is a lot that can be used w/ other items, mixed/matched and a lot of potential puns to be used. TFS!!
Lori S in PA
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All fabulous cards! I have ordered my kit and can’t wait to get it!
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I love the soft blue! Great kitchen scenes!
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Your blending on the pots gives them more of a dimensional look…love it!
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So pretty! I love the blue and orange colour combo!
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I LOVE the kitchen theme, and I really enjoyed seeing the lovely projects you’ve made with these wonderful new supplies. They’re fantastic! Thanks for the inspiration.
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The pot of utensils looks just wonderful. So homey and cute.
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Nice use of color! Very warming and comfy. Less is more. It totally works for me.
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This new Kitchen theme release from Hero Arts is Awesome-sauce! I especially love the apron and the cute baking theme tags.
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Love these colors and the olive branches are wonderful backgrounds. I have always wanted to put my utensils on the counter like that, but they never look as pretty as these. Neat cards!
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So pretty!
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So cute. . The utensils are such a cute set. tyfs 🙂
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Sweet kitchen, love the blue and the wood elements! That crock is awesome with the wood and metal utensils, great colors too….so FAB!
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I like your pretty kitchen themed cards.
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I like your kitchen themed cards.
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Love your cards the colors are a perfect choice!
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Fantastic cards! Love the kitchen scene. Thanks for sharing.
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Wow I am loving these!!! So creative!
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Wonderful card! I really love the colours you used!
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LOVE the blue and orange accents with the kitchen die! Fun release.
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Beautiful cards! I love the colors you used on both!
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Oh my goodness, those kitchen tool dies are so fun! Loving this new kit
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I LOVE the crockery and those awesome utensil dies. I like to cook and bake, so these are calling my name.
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