Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Hero Arts along with several talented designers to showcase the latest My Monthly Hero December Kit.
This month’s kit is all about celebrations! It’s perfect for New Years, birthdays, graduations, etc.
I’ve created a couple of cards using both the main kit’s stamps, dies & gorgeous foil & metallic papers.
For this first card I embossed several images from the main kit’s stamp set in white. Then using nesting circle dies I die cut them out and popped them up to create a colorful, dimension background. I used the “party” die cut for the sentiment.
This next card showcases that gorgeous sunburst die included in the main kit.
I die cut the sunburst into gold foil cardstock, stamped the cheers sentiment and added a coordinating sentiment that was embossed in white onto some metallic blue cardstock.
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. Giveaway closes Sunday, December 11 at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week.
Kits begin shipping from Hero Arts on Monday, December 12.
Here is the full blog hop order:
The Hero Arts Blog
Yana Smakula
Mariana Grigsby
May Park
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Laura Bassen←you are here!
Wanda Guess
Lydia Fiedler
Ilina Crouse
Julie Ebersole at Ellen Hutson’s CLASSroom
Shari Carroll at Simon Says Stamp
Libby Hickson
Thanks so much for hopping by!
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Awesome new ket and wonderful cards! Love all the glittery sparkle and embossing. You always leave me drooling at your work!
Beautiful cards, I love the colorful Party Time! Very cute and fun kit! Thanks for sharing your talent!
Amazing….. as always!
Such pretty cards!!!
Love the colors! Great hop and new release! God bless!
Lovely cards! That cheers card is just beautiful. This kit is a must have. It’s got so much potential and can be used for so many occasions!
Such a fun kit, so beautifully showcased by your gorgeous cards! I love the word dies! 🙂
I love the colors you used! Great cards!
I love the “Cheers” card : this sun die is fantastic. Your idea to use metallic paper is great, specially with the little touch of color, just perfect.
Your second card is also awesome, can be adapted for so many occasions….. as for the other one : just perfect !
Love all the colors and glitter!
Love the white embossing on the colored circles, great way to add more color. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing!!
Dear Laura, love your cards as always … and as always your 1st rainbow card is fantastic 🙂
Love the party time card and all it’s festive colors.
in LOVE with your party bubbles!!
So love your kits. Thank you for the giveaway!
Wow – love the bright colors!!!!!
Love, love, love the bright circles with party icons card! It’s so happy and cheerful and perfect for any celebration.
Cute, cute cards, love the die cut. Thanks for sharing
How cool is that gold sunburst! Party on!
Like the dimension that the sunburst die adds.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Fun designs!
Such a cool release
I love how colorful the first card is. And the second one has such a cool retro vibe. Loving the new kit with all the fabulous products and the great add-ons.
Such fun cards! Love them and the kit!
Love both of your cards and thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
So bright and beautiful and of course cheerful! thanks so much for the inspiration 🙂 Have to try the circle shapes idea 🙂
Awesome kit! Thanks to Hero Arts for some lucky person😊. Thank you too, Laura, for your awesome cards!
Gorgeous, as usual! Thanks for the inspiration.
Your card creations are always amazing & inspiring. You’ve convinced me to buy the MMH kit.
Wow very pretty and festive cards.
What a great use of this new kit. Such a versatile kit when used with the add ons. Love the colors you used and your designs are wonderful. TFS
It’s very festive, fun, and beautiful!
I love the first card, the sunburst die looks fantastic.
Great cards and oh so fun colors. So you.
Love your cards. Thanks for sharing.
I really like how you used the colorful circles on your card with the simplicity of the white embossed designs.
Love the colorful circles on the first card and love the gold elegance in the second.
What a great kit! Your cards are very festive 🙂
Fabulous cards, Laura! I really love the celebration stamps in this kit and you showcased them so well.
Wow!!! Stunning cards!!!! Love that burst die!!! Sooooo cool!!
Gorgeous! Love the starburst effect you did. Thanks for sharing your art.
seriously amazing designs!!
Absolutely beautiful cards. Nikki
Stunning cards!!
Love your use of the new My Monthly Hero Kit for December 2016 and the add-ons. Makes me want to party!
Super cute cards! I love the dimension and texture on both cards.
Love, love, love your cards Laura!!! Especially that sunburst!! OMG…I love that layering die but had no idea of how I would use it! Thanks for always coming through with awesome, “out-of-the-box” cards!!!
Your cards always make me happy. Love the sunburst.
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The kit certainly looks festive.
Just love this release dedicated to New Years (and parties), very unique and awesome!
Great cards! Thanks for all the inspiration you share!
Love the white embossing on all the coloured circles! The gold sunburst is so festive!
Great cards! Thanks for sharing. Was hoping someone would use the paper layering die cut. Wasn’t sure how it would look. It looks fantastic in gold on your card. As do all the smaller icons – popped up on the first card.
Great cards! So glad that you used the sunburst as I was hoping to see the resulting die cut. Would love to see more of your ideas for using it. Thanks for sharing.
Love your colorful circle idea! And I was wondering what that sunburst die would look like, so thank you for sharing on the hop!!
I love the circles and how you ‘popped” all of them – great idea.
pretty cards but look easy enough for me
Great cards. Love that sunburst die. Thank you for sharing.
Love the rainbow circles with the super cute party images and the gold foil sunburst on blue is so elegant!
Oh my! I love this kit! Great cards Laura!
Absolutely gorgeous! What a fun kit and add-ons! You are such an inspiration!
I love the different Coleridge circles with bite embosse party items!! Very cool idea! Beautiful set.
A NEW YEAR already? This kit has it ‘goin’ on’!
Love the cards. The circles are so cute.
Thanks Laura! Your “Rainbow” design sold me on this kit! Always Love your style and inspiration.
Awesome cards! I love how you used the burst die!
Awesome and fun cards. Love the circles.
So colorful and clever!! Love the dimension too!
Party time for sure. Love those party circles.
Love them both, but that sunrise is just stunning, Laura.
Both cards are gorgeous! Love the bright colors and the great use of the stamp set on your first card.
LOVE YOUR CARDS AS USUAL!! I’m thinking even if I don’t get the kit…those add ons are awesome themselves!!
What an incredibly creative set of cards! I LOVE the circular colors and added sequins – and the brightness of the gold – just WOW! TFS ♥
I really like this idea – such a cute way to use a bunch of small stamps!
Super awesome cards!
I really love how everyone is using simple, colorful cardstock lately. This card is so cute!
Love the use of color in the first card. Both cards are so fun!
The sparkly golden one would be a great New Year card.
Love your cards especially the colors used in the first card.
Fun and fabulous use of colors and stamps.
Oh wow your cards are wonderful!!! Love them and this new kit!!
Took awhile to find where to leave a reply, but I hung in there.
The Party Time card is so colorful!
Fun cards. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Great cards love all the colors.
Gorgeous! Some of my favorite examples yet!!!
These are both very unique cards. Love the card with all the stamps on the circles and the gold fans are beautiful!
Great cards. The starbursts done in gold foil is awesome
Beautiful cards, great ideas inspired.
Fun cards! I love the Happy New Year stamp and cut set and the Confetti die in this release.
Great cards!
Awesome cards, Laura! Love that new Sunburst die especially!
Beautiful fun cards. LOVE the gold one – it is so bright, and bold!
These are so creative and fun!
LOVE them both!
Very fun and festive….love them!
Laura, as always your cards ROCK! Great work and a fab. kit!
I always like your creations. You never disappoint! Wonderful color combinations, so eye-catching! The foil is just plain classy! Thanks for sharing, please continue! You’really one of my very favorites!
beautiful cards. . . love how you used the circles. . .
This kit looks so fun and I love the creative ideas you came up with.
Very lovely! Wonderful rainbow colours!
I love your colorful spirit! I love rainbows and lots of color, too!
This kit totally rocks – great for any kind of celebration card. You always inspire me!
Beautiful cards Laura! My favorite is the Party time! So colorful and happy! TFS
Better late than never…I just had to tell you how much I LOVE your cards, Laura! Brilliant idea to stamp all those fun images on different sized circles, and your metallic sunburst is amazing! You sure know how to work those kits, my friend!!!
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WOWZA! You are my HERO…arts! Amazingly creative cards. LOVE!
Beautiful! I especially like that sunburst, just beautiful! TFS
love the rainbow card with white embossed images!
Gorgeous!!! I love the creativity of thecoloured circles.
What great cards. I love the coloured circles with the white embossed images.
The kit is amazing. Fun cards. Love the starburst.
Saw the theme of this kit and had to come see what you’d done with it. FABULOUS. I just love those rainbow circles for each little image. Definitely a party on a card. And those golden sunbursts – whoa. Classy.
Love both of these cards, the star burst is very pretty
You never disappoint! I love how you used each of the stamps, the colors, the dimension… I can’t say enough. Lovely, lovely cards!
Great cards
Awesome cards, Laura -LOVE your second card – truly festive and shouts’ PARTY” lol!!!
Absolutely love your Party Time card!
Fun and festive cards. I like all the circles.
Leave it up to you to come up with something brilliant. I love the cards.
Gorgeous work, Laura. I particularly like that sunburst. It’s a “must have”!
Both cards are so awesome. I love how you brightened things up by stamping on the colored circles.. Very festive!
Thanks for showing the Sunburst die, I was wondering how it worked. Beautiful, as always!
You make the most colorful and lovely cards! Love both of these. I can’t wait to get my kit and create. Thanks so much. Happy Holidays!
Love the gold sunburst.
All of the colorful dots on the first card
are a fun idea.
thanks for sharing.
Both cards are fantastic. Putting the smaller images on the bright circles just looks wonderful and the starburst die is just a must have.
Love how the sunburst die looks with the gold paper! It looks like fireworks.
Wow! Such amazing kit for perfect celebration cards!!! I love your gorgeous cards!
Wow! so pretty!
I love what you did with the starburst die. Very cleaver!
Fabulous cards, love the
sunburst die though, neat looking.
Carla from Utah
Love your rainbow party card!
Great cards!
Gorgeous cards! I love them both. That sunburst die is awesome!
Both of your card is so lovely and cheerful
Laura, I have a hard time wondering which card I love the best. So let’s say love them both. Thanks.
Really great cards! This kit looks awesome!
Absolutely love these cards. Shows great possiblities.
Fun vibrant cards!
Awesome cards as always! Love the black and gold one!! This is wonderful kit.
Great cards! Wonderful kit!
Your first card is so colorful. Love it. Also really like the classic style of the second card. It’s really hard to pick a favorite. Thanks for showing us how the sunburst die cut looks and for sharing your creativity!
Beautiful cards! Love the colours in the first one!
Beautiful cards! And what a great kit this month!
These cards are truly eye-catching! They shout “celebrate!”
I love how you did the partial diecutting using half circles and the raised rays, Great cards!
I am never surprised at how beautiful your cards and your colors are. I just love your use of color. I especially LOVE that dot card. So pretty. LOVE IT!
Thanks for using/sharing the sunburst design. I hadn’t paid attention to that part of the die set before I saw your card. Love it! And it was very clever to emboss the party icons on different size and color circles for your other card. Great designs!
I can’t chose! Both cards are amazing! Well done.
All I can say is WOWSERS!
Awesome cards! Definitely are beautiful and fun cards to invite friends to celebrate together! Thank you for sharing!
wow… they are awesome! great job!
I love these!! Your use of color and design always blows me away and I always leave here inspired!!
I love your cards. Particularly the white embossing on colored circles. So fun!
Laura I love your cards again just amazing I love what you do with some of the smaller stamps and color and that starburst die or half starburst is so cool thank you
Wonderful kit and awesome cards! Especially love the first one – so cheery and colorful, perfect for a party ^^
.creative and colorful card. nice job.
I love the cards you made from this awesome kit. Thank you so much!!
I am screaming for that starburst thing-y! I could think of 10 ways to play with that one! Thanks.
Your first card is so colorful and fun,. Love all of the gold on the second one. Thanks for sharing
Both cards are fabulous as usual. Love the circle theme on the first.
Beautiful!
Love your festive cards! Fabulous kit!
Beautiful kit. I love the gold paper and the sunburst die. Thanks for the hop!
Fantastic bold cards, wow.
Great cards! Party time is my favorite.
Great use of the stamps for the background and in cheery fun hues! Thank You for sharing along in this awesome hop and for a chance at winning a gorgeous kit!
I always love your work, Laura. Thanks for always being one of my go to sources for inspiration!
Laura, these are awesome! LOVE the colors you’ve used for the first card!
Love these cards – thanks for sharing! QUESTION… I’ve been trying to figure out how you cut the half-circle around the sunburst die, since it looks like some of the longer rays extend outside the circle. Is that a trick of the angle or do you have a secret I should steal? 😉