When Hero Arts announced their last kit, I decided to order one knowing I had nothing like it, and would be able to use it during the fall season when I have lots of birthday cards to send. This is the first iteration, but not the first try. A white lacquer pen was included in the kit to be used to add details to the mushrooms. I could not manage to get consistently small dots with the pen, so started all over and used a gelly roll #10 pen for the white this time around.
The kit comes with a set of three stencils. In the sample directions, they used one ink color for each stencil, but one thing I love about autumn are the multi-colored leaves so I did a bit of masking and used tiny blending brushes to add a bit more color to the wreath.
Once it was completed I decided to add it with a bit of foam tape to a Hero Arts card that's been in my stash for a long time. If I were to name it I'd call in "paper bag brown" and I'd like to have some cardstock the same color.
The kit also comes with a stamp set filled with sentiments--they were all a bit busy for me and none were specifically birthday messages so I chose one from Gina K's Wreath Builder set.
Not surprisingly, a variety of challenges are looking for fall inspired cards: The Four Seasons Challenge, Just Us Girls which has a fall-inspired moodboard as does Inkspirational, and finally, Seize the Birthday where the topping is Use Fall Colors.
