The New Hero Arts Studio Kits Release: Fancy Gate Fold Card

Welcome to the NEW Hero Studio Kits launch and Blog Hop! You should have arrived from the fantastic Nichol Spohr. Hero Arts is generously giving away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, May 9th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog.

With the new studio there are lots of new options so you can get the products that work best for you! The Cardmaking Kit is the most similar to the previous Classic Kit. This kit includes Urban Sky HeroScape Clear Stamp Set, 6” x 8” Neighborhood Message Clear Stamp Set, 4″ x 6″ Coordinating Dies City Stencil, 6×6 (with 3 Fall-Out City Skylines) 5 Ink Cubes (Peony, Pitch Black, Dusty Blue, Stonewash, Amethyst) 2 Sheets each of Silver Foil, Silver Glitter, Silver Cube & Pitch Black Cardstock, 5.5″ x 8.5″ 2 Sheets City Textures Hero Transfers.

They also offer smaller options too including a Clear Stamp & Frame Cut, A Layering Stencil, and Fancy Dies of the Month. So There’s something for everyone and every budget!

If You find that you love them all you can also purchase The Whole Studio which includes all of the kits for the month.

And if you’re worried about the wonderful add ons they’ve always released no fear. They are still here! These will be stocked in the shop regularly unlike the monthly products. If you subscribe to the monthly products you’re guaranteed to get them and at a discount. However, you can also buy them while available without subscribing at full price.

I chose to work with the Clear Stamp & Frame Cuts along with the add on Garden Gate Coverplate. These were perfect to do a fun gatefold card.

I started by scoring a 5.5 x 8.5 piece of cardstock at 4.25. I then lined the Garden Gate Coverplate up on the right hand side of the score mark and ran it through my die cutting machine. I cut an additional Garden Gate Coverplate out of silver foil paper.

I cut another piece of cardstock to 5.5 x 5.25 and scored it at 4.25 as well. I laid my Garden Gate Coverplate die cut piece over top, lining it up to the left of the scored line and traced the arch and the cobblestones. I chose to go back over the cobblestones with a copic safe black pen to match my black stamping.

I stamped the pavement just above the cobblestones we traced. Using masking and ink blending I created a sky and some grass. I stamped both pigeons and the birdbath onto another piece of white cardstock. I colored them with copic markers. While I add my markers out I colored the pavement, cobblestones, and added some grasses to my background.

After I colored the images I die cut them using their coordinating dies. Once I glued them down to the background I used the similar colored markers to blend the white outline into the scene. A simple Hello greeting was stamped in the sky.

To create the Gate fold I added adhesive to the right hand side of the scored line on my background and attached it to the card base by folding it over the back. This allows the background to open from left to right. I adhered my silver foil die cut over top of the cardbase lining it up with the Garden Gate Coverplate we cut from there. Then reinforced all my score lines with a bone folder.

This gives a really fun peek-a-boo effect as if you’re walking into the garden through the gate. I love how it came out! Plus you still have the inside to keep your message to the recipient private. You can see the whole card come together in the video below

Make sure you head back to the Hero Arts Blog  so you don’t miss any of the inspiration along the hop or the giveaway!

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