Hero Studio for November: One More Chapter

It's time for a new month of  Hero Arts Studio Kits!  This month our theme is One More Chapter; all about books!  The kits are available now for subscription, through the 27th.

I've been a reader all my life, so I think this is a great theme!

My first card uses the Stencil Kit, called On the Shelf.  The 4 stencils make a little library!

supplies: white cardstock, On the Shelf stencils, brown, aqua, and green inks, Hero Wax in gold (included in the Card Kit), sentiment/dies from Card Kit Professional Bookworm

I used 3 colors of ink 1 for each of the first 3 stencil layers, then Gold Hero Wax for the 4th layer.  This was my first time using the wax, and I was pleasantly surprised how creamy and easy to spread it was.  I threw my stencil and tools into a bin of water when I was finished, and it cleaned up easily, too!

I added one of the many sentiments and matching dies from the Card Kit, popped up with some adhesive strips.  

Next are the Fancy Dies: Book Bag.

supplies: white and colored cardstock, Book Bag dies, another sentiment from Card Kit Professional Bookworm stamps

Isn't this one cute? Love that bookworm that's included!  Because there are little flowers here and there, I used an old retired embossing folder with little flowers, too.

The Card Kit has 3 die sets and 2 coordinating stamp sets, plus cardstock and that wax I used on my first card.

My card features one of the Card Kit die sets called To Be Read Pile.  It has a stamp set to match.  This one was really easy and fun to put together!

supplies: cream, beige, kraft, and darker colors of cardstock, To Be Read Pile dies and matching stamps for book bindings, embossing powders in gold, silver, pewter, and clear, a sentiment from the Card Kit Professsional Bookworm sentiment stamps

This die set consists of 1 large die that forms the stack, and 8 smaller dies, 1 for each of the books.  Then I used the matching stamps and various embossing powders to put a design on the spine of each book.  How clever!  The stamps also include ones with sentiments on them, but I kept only to the patterned ones, and finished my card with yet another of the Professional Bookworm sentiment stamps in the Kit.

Lastly, here's the other set of the die in the Card Kit: Happy Place.

supplies: colored cardstock, Happy Place dies and sentiment from Professional Bookworm stamps, both in Card Kit

There are lots of other dies in this set that I didn't use here: sleeves for her arms, more flowers, and a  head of hair for a boy.

The Studio Collection is available now through the 27th of the month.  This is subscription-based, discounted from retail, and includes FREE shipping (for US customers)!

You can subscribe anytime and cancel hassle-free.

Currently the Studio includes 5 separate kits: a Card Kit, Layering Stencils, Fancy Dies, a Cling stamp, and a Clear Set of Stamps and matching Dies.  You can also get The Whole Studio, which includes all of the kits at a discount, plus a bonus item each month.  

A really nice perk is that, once you subscribe to any of the kits, you also will get free shipping on all orders that you make at Hero Arts between the 1st and 5th of each month!