Posted by Emily Midgett
on October 04, 2019
Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the October My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, October 7 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We will be here all weekend long, sharing inspiration before the launch on Monday. Now let's join Emily for the first look at this retro-inspired holiday kit!
Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing some inspiration using this month's fantastic My Monthly Hero kit! This kit is chock full of vintage, 1950's inspired images, including the fabulous hearth image, record player, and mod Christmas trees. I've created a little scene using these great scene-building images, so let's get started with the details!
To start, I stamped the hearth and record player on an A2 panel of white cardstock using Intens-ified Black Ink. I colored the images using Copic markers, then added some color to the blank areas on the "walls" using Aegean ink and a blending brush.
Next, I stamped several of the accessories on a separate panel of white cardstock, again using Intens-ified Black Ink, adding color with Copic markers in a vintage-y aqua, red, and white color scheme, then used the coordinating Frame Cuts included in the My Monthly Hero kit to die cut the images.
I added the die cut accessories to the card front using foam adhesive for some extra dimension. I stamped the greeting from the My Monthly Hero kit on a strip of white cardstock and added it to the card front using foam adhesive.
Well, that's all for me today! Now, for some fun giveaway information!
Win a kit before you can buy it! Just leave a comment on this (and every) Countdown to Creativity post! We’ll randomly draw one lucky winner from all the comments left across all countdown posts, and announce the winner first thing Monday morning, October 7, before the kit launches at 10am Pacific. The more you comment, the more chances to win!
462 comments
Beautiful card. Reminds me of the old days. So cozy.
Looks like you will be having a rocking good time at Christmas! Can’t wait to see the rest of the stamps.
It reminds me of a Christmas after my parents divorced and my mom let me decide what colors we were to use for Christmas I wanted a purple and white retro Christmas tree My mom found an old silver and white tree at a yard sale we decorated it with all purple ornaments the tree was only 5 ft tall I didn’t realize at the time why she chose me to decide our Christmas As it turned out it was our last Christmas in what was our family home come spring we moved into a small apartment and my little sister and I had to share a room and bed my brother actually slept on the sofa I’ll never forget that Christmas it will always be my favorite it was the last great Christmas before my childhood changes forever I was 14 years old As an adult I now know why my mom did it for me and I’m forever thankful
Reminds me of Xmas past!!
Love the card and can’t wait to see this kit. I am such a retro girl! I don’t even have to see the kit and know I will love it. Great job Emily!!!! ❤️👍