Some Hero Studio Monthly Mini Cards for May!

 I was so tickled to be asked to help showcase this month's Hero Studio products!  They have a floral theme going on, so of course I said YES!  The collection is called Flower Shoppe.

My first card was really fun to put together, using May's Studio Fancy Dies, Village Florist!

supplies: white, various shades of aqua, pinks, yellows, purples, and greens cardstock, Village Florist dies, sentiment from Flowers Bloom, my own tiny alphabet, a few teensy gems in flower centers

These dies are a set of 32 - everything you need to make your own little shop!  It went together very easily.  I couldn't resist naming mine "Lin's", using a tiny alphabet set that you will see in a few days.  I would love to work in such a shop, being surrounded with all those colors and scents every day!

My next card today features the May Cling Stamp, Floral Tiles.

supplies: white, yellow, and green cardstock, Hero Arts Hero Studio Floral Tiles cling, yellow ink, Village Florist flowers and leaves, Thinking of You Stamp & Cut, tiny pastel pearls

I made a tone-on-tone design with happy yellows, then just added a large sentiment die and some of the flowers from the Dies of the Month that you'll see more of below.  

Next up is the Stamp and Cut Studio Set, Flowers Bloom.

supplies: white and black cardstock, HA Studio Flowers Bloom stamps and matching dies, aqua enamel dots, my own leaf dies

This set consists of 15 stamps, 4 of which are sentiments, and 11 dies to cut out the flowers.  After coloring the flowers with markers, I arranged them across my card, used some Press n' Seal to hold them together until I could secure them on the back, then added a thin black strip to separate the sentiment, and sprinkled some enamel dots.  

And here is my last card that uses the Layering Stencils, Boho Bouquet.

supplies: white, pink/coral, and black cardstock, Boho Bouquet stencils, kitsch flamingo, worn lipstick, and mowed lawn oxide inks, picket fence distress crayon, Hello Stamp & Cut 

We had a little hiccup with this set, as I only received 3 of the 4 stencils, missing the one that puts down the solid parts of the leaves.  I decided to try it anyway, and I don't think it looks too bad!  The stencils will make a nice big 5 X 7 card, but I used an A2 size cardbase.  After doing my stencilling, I put the detail flower stencil back on and ran it through my machine with an embossing mat and plate.  And I used a white distress crayon for the centers of my flowers; that worked better than any white ink I had here on hand.  

Hero Studio items are revealed on the first of every month, and the subscription window remains open until the 27th.  You can subscribe any time and cancel hassle-free. Prices are discounted 6 - 14% off retail, and you get FREE shipping! Any leftover kits are available a la carte to anyone the following month, but they tend to disappear quickly during their debut.

I want to thank Kelly at Hero Arts for reaching out to me with these wonderful new goodies - I've thoroughly enjoyed playing with them!