May 2025 Hero Studio

5.1.2025

Welcome to the May Hero Studio Blog Hop! This month is all about flowers. Classic floral images that are a stash builder. Use these for Mother’s day, birthday, Get well, sympathy, Congrats or weddings. You could use these products for pretty much any holiday or event. So here comes spring with a classic Hero Arts floral kit!

May 2025 Card Kit of the Month

    Kit Includes:
          • Vintage Blooms 6×8 Clear Stamp Set
          • Vintage Blooms Die Set
          • Flower Delivery Truck Die Set
          • BoHo Bouquet Layering Stencils
          • BoHo Bouquet Stencil Frame Cut
          • 18 Sheets of Cardstock (2 of each color), 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Rainforest, Blue Spruce, Waterfall, 
                Seaside, Cascade, Mulberry, Dahlia, Carrot, Beeswax)

I used the layering floral stencil to blend a rainbow across the entire floral image. I used the same Reactive inks in Fruit Punch, Taffy, Lemon Drop, Key Lime Fizz, Splash, Thistle and Berry smoothie in every layer. If a layer didn’t pop as much as I liked, I went over the ink blending with a color next to it. These inks blend so smoothly it doesn’t take much work to get the detail lines to show up. The last stencil I used White Pearl Hero Paste. This paste picks up the color under it but gives a nice sheer pearl. After that was dry, I die cut the entire floral image with the coordinating die.

The can was stamped with Intensified Black ink and copic colored. I kept the can very neutral because the florals are so full of color. The sentiment is stamped with the same Reactive inks and then clear heat embossed.

For the background panel, I used the Cling of the Month stamp on Granite Hero Hue cardstock with Contour ink. This layering floral stencil could also be use alone without the dies as a focal point or even as clusters at the corners.

Hero Studio Monthly Minis
CD0525 May Stamp & Cut of the Month: Flowers Bloom
FD0525 May Die Set of the Month: Village Florist
LS0525 May Layering Stencils of the Month: Roses are Red
RB0525 May Cling of the Month: Floral Tiles

Cling stamps are always one of my favorite products for any release and this one does not disappoint. You can use it in so many ways. Today I used two similar ways. I did a traditional stamping with Hero Arts Reactive Inks and then for the second card I stepped it up just a bit by ink blending before stamping.

This first card is simply stamped with Fruit punch, Taffy, Creamsicle and Lemon Drop using my stamp positioner and then trimmed down. I used the same inks to blend the edges of the background panel. The sentiment is from the Whole Studio extra and stamped in Taffy ink. I matted that on Ultra Pink cardstock before popping it up and adhering to the panel.

The second card is very similar but I ink blended before stamping. I used Bermuda, Amethyst and Ultra pink to ink blend a panel. Then I used Hero Art Reactive Glitz inks in Egyptian Blue, African Violet and French Pink. The glitz inks stamped nicely and gave the background a little shimmer.

For the focal point I used an image and sentiment from the Clear Stamp & die of the month. I colored with copics and added a little glitter lacquer pen in the center of the daisies. Thank you for stopping by, I hope you get some inspiration for this month’s Hero Studio release. Be sure to hop to Seeka’s blog, she is next on the hop!

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