10 Cards from 1 Kit • Hero Studio • Card Kit of the Month • July 2025

Hello Folks! Scott here with another group of cards created with the Hero Studio Card Kit of the Month for July of 2025! “Road Trip” is the Hero Studio theme this month and the Card Kit combines a HeroScape Stamp set with quite a large batch of dies… looks like the interior of a car dashboard and some people parts to populate the car…

Our kits were a little late in arriving this month, and when I got mine (minus the Ink cube and Mirror paper) the only reference I had to what this kit was all about, was the picture above… I knew it would take me little time to decipher what all these pieces were and where they all went, and I admit that sometimes HeroScape Stamp sets intimidate me…especially when they don’t come with a stamping guide! So that’s what I decided to tackle first.

It’s pretty easy to spot the sky stamp… it’s the one with the clouds..! First I stamped the cloud stamp on some 80# Neenah Solar White card stock using HA Summer Sky ink (appropriate, huh!). The mountain stamp fit in right below the sky and I stamped that with HA Green Hills ink (I see a theme developing). Then I stamped the large detail stamp over the mountain stamp using the Pine Ink cube. It took a little time figuring out where the fourth stamp (a thinner band of detail) went in this arrangement, but it soon became apparent that it was the base and detail of the mountains – stamped in HA Forever Green ink. The road stamp is obviously very apparent and I stamped that using Altenew Dark Night ink – fading it out a bit in the distance.

Considering that I was just trying to figure out this stamp set, this first combination came out better than I expected! Even the slight misalignment of the road (leaving the white strip down the right side) works perfectly fine here! I decided this had to be my first card! I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and embossed it with Clear embossing powder (as usual) and die-cut it with its matching die. I die-cut two more sentiment blanks and glued them all together. I trimmed the stamping to 4″ x 2.75″ with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die and added a thin Black mat behind. I found a piece of perfectly matched card stock and cut it to 4.5″ x 3.25″ with the next larger LFSRdie and glued that to the back before gluing all to the front of an A2 White card base. I glued the thick sentiment directly to the card front and called it done! I think the Blues and Greens are quite vibrant and inviting, and that road pulls you right in!

Let’s take a look at these dies… I count 37 dies in the Let’s Go die set… and some are downright tiny!

I die-cut all the car pieces from three shades of Grey card stock, and black card stock, and I used some Silver Mylar I had in my stash to stand in for the Mirror paper in the kit. Just building up this dashboard took a great deal of fiddly time (especially when first figuring everything out!) My first revelation on this go round was to die-cut the dashboard background from two shades of Grey and then remove the light grey floorboards to show the darker grey behind. Plan on spending a good amount of time putting this dash together… so many little pieces!!

I stamped the Heroscape stamps using HA Sand, Sand Stone and Pine inks for the hills ( I did stamp the thin detail stamp twice – right side up and up-side down), and I didn’t care for the sky I stamped so I just cut that away at the mountain edge. If you want to get as much of the car on an A2 card as possible, then you’ll have to limit the amount of sky you’ll see. And remember… we want to see as much road as we can too! I ink blended a little Hero Hues Fruit Punch and Splash reactive ink on the top edge of a White card base and glued the fussy-cut hills on top.

Then to those body parts… we have a right hand and a left hand and a pair of legs with shoes and shorts and things. When I realized that the legs were meant to be propped up on the dashboard, my first reaction was “get your feet off the dash!” but far be it from me to criticize anyone’s riding habits…! I die-cut the legs using some HA Colors Of Earth Card Stock (I wish there were more flesh tones in the included card stocks!) I did use my Pastel Chalks to give a little shading to our body parts and clothing. I die-cut the left hand and curled the pointing finger around the sunglasses. I glued those legs and hand with sunglasses down to the passenger side. I die-cut the right hand from another piece of HA Colors of Earth card stock and after giving it a little shading and sliding the hand around the steering wheel, I was suddenly aware of a missing a leg on the drivers side of the car… seems odd to me!

So I die-cut another pair of legs to match the right arm, and cut away the top leg, added another pair of shorts (there’s that Sicily Card Stock) and slipped the new leg under the dash… it’s a little out of proportion, but I think it conveys the right idea and at least we have a driver that can reach the breaks! I cut a slit for the cassette tape in the dash, added a little stitching to the steering wheel, and glued all the body parts down to the car. I stamped, embossed and die-cut the sentiment the same as my first card and glued that to the left of the feet (Get Your Feet Off The Dash, PLEASE!) Quite an interesting perspective with all these die-cut assemblages… I don’t think I’ve ever put a die-cut together with quite so many pieces!!! Certainly something I’ve not seen depicted on a card before…! Kind of random but a detailed random!!

I got tired of asking my passenger to get her feet off the dash so I dropped her off at a rest stop and continued on my “Road Trip” all by myself. There’s even a sentiment encouraging that very thing…

I die-cut the dashboard pieces from two shades of Brown, Black, a little off-White and some Silver Metallic card stock again using the darker color for the floorboard and top of the dashboard and the lighter brown for the seats and console. Note that the Coffee Cup die cut DOES fit in the cup holders! Two more cassette tapes, the fuzzy dice (illegal to hang from your rear-view mirror in most states!) and that terrifically fun Pine Air Freshener adds more personal details, and I cut a couple of steering wheels and separated the wheel from the hub for the perfect additional steering wheel detail. I did notice that the die-cut dice are not actually accurate… each of the opposite sides of the dice should add up to 7… so One should be opposite the Six and Three should be opposite the Four… is that being too nit-picky? I guess we do still know what they are..!!

I die-cut the right arm and right leg from HA Ivory card stock and colored the arm with alcohol markers… I got a really nice flesh tone using R18, R19 and R20 Ohuhu markers – I’ll remember that one! I colored the leg Blue and tucked it under the dashboard, die-cut the shirt sleeve and cuff, added a little shading with Ohuhu markers and glued them on top of the arm, before gluing the hand to the steering wheel.

I stamped the sky on a panel of White card stock using the Earth Palette Reactive Ink pad (from the MMH December 2019 kit), and stamped the hills with HA Sand, Sand Stone, and Pine inks and added the small cacti and bushes with Pine and Green Hills ink. I was looking for a little bit of a lighter road surface, so I stamped that using HA Soft Granite ink and still tried to fade it out a bit as it recedes into the distance. I got the layering of the HeroScapes stamps pretty spot on this time! I stamped, embossed, die-cut and stacked the sentiment (thank you, Fleetwood Mac!) as usual.

I combined all the pieces together and glued everything down to a White card base. Personally, I have done a great deal of cross-country driving in my lifetime and have always enjoyed being able to listen to whatever music I wanted, being able to stop whenever I wanted and sometimes just being alone with my thoughts was the perfect way to rack up the miles! Go Your Own Way!

Enough with the fiddly little bits of these die cuts… is there some way to use the stamps without making a HeroScape?

Sure! Just use the tiny Cacti and Bushes stamps to make some pattern paper! I stamped the Cacti using HA Light Mint ink and the small and medium sized bushes in Green Hills ink. I used a little Micro-applicator to add tiny pink blooms to the larger cactus stamp. I die-cut the “pattern paper” to 3.75″ x 5″ with a LFSRdie and added a thin black mat behind and another thin Mint-y mat behind that before gluing them all to an A2 White card base.

At first I thought I could get away with just a sentiment on this pattern paper, but couldn’t find an appropriately large sentiment that worked with cactus pattern paper and would be a large enough focal point. I remember that the MMH August 2023 Kit included a few sheets of cacti rub-ons..! I printed the sentiment on a scrap of White card stock using my Silhouette Software and the Nanum Pen Script font. I selected a blooming cactus rub-on and nestled that in close to the printed sentiment and rubbed it into place. Then I fussy-cut around the cactus and the sentiment making it all look “of a piece” and mounted that to the card front with foam tape. A decent little pun on fun cacti pattern paper!

The left hand die cut features a pointing finger, and as a die-hard fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson, I thought that die could help me take this kit to the heavens!

On a panel of Watercolor paper, I used Brusho Black Powdered Watercolor to begin my galaxy coloring. I sprinkled that across the watercolor paper and lightly sprayed water over the top… then I just let it dry naturally. I ink blended some HA Taffy and Splash Reactive inks into the leftover white spaces and spattered a bunch of stars using Permanent White Gouache watercolor. I trimmed that panel to 3.25″ x 4.5″ with a LFSRdie, added a thin white mat and a thin black mat and glued those to a White card base.

I die-cut the right arm from Ivory card stock and colored that with my Ohuhu Alcohol markers. I die-cut the shirt sleeve and cuff from some textured Blue card stock, shaded them with some alcohol markers and glued them to the arm. I printed and cut this sentiment using my Silhouette Portrait and the Dream State font and I cut a few more blanks to glue together. I trimmed the arm to length and glued the bottom edge to the card front and added some foam tape behind the hand for some dimension. I glued the sentiment in place and decided we needed to be pointing to something particular, so I added a small clear gem to be the sparkling star we’re pointing at… This is a terrific sentiment for an encouragement card… whether you’re looking at the stars or just looking at life!

I did want to go back to the HeroScape stamps because they have interesting edges (on the top and bottom) that aren’t simply straight lines… we do have dies that will cut the top and bottom, but I do dislike the white borders those leave.

Also… The MMH August 2023 kit (with the rub-on cacti) has some GREAT sentiments perfectly suited to this set! I stamped the sky using HA Fruit Punch, Creamsicle, and Lemon Drop Reactive inks, used Sand Stone ink for the background hills, Caramel ink for the big detail stamp and Pine ink for the small details. Again I flipped the small detail stamp around for a little bit of extra green in the distance. I went back to the Altenew Dark Night ink for the road. I do believe this was my best layering of these Heroscape stamps… no errant white gaps anywhere! WOO-HOO!

I trimmed the stamped panel to 5″ x 3.75″ with a LFSRdie, added a thin Black mat and a thin Saffron mat (from the card stock in the kit) and glued those to an A2 White card base. I stamped the sentiment (from the MMH August 2023 kit) with VersaMark ink, embossed it with Clear Embossing powder and die-cut it with a Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banners die and mounted it to the card front with thick foam tape. I do like the irregular top and bottom edges of this Heroscape stamping, and I love how different this card looks compared to my first HeroScape card!

Another sentiment from the MMH August 2023 kit caught my eye and made me think about summertime tubing!

I die-cut one set of legs from Ivory card stock (colored with my Ohuhu markers) and and one set in a mid-brown from the Colors of Earth card stock and added shading with my Alcohol markers. I added the shoes to both sets of legs and die-cut a couple of half-circles using the HA Circle Infinity dies. I die-cut a piece of Blue Marbelized pattern paper to 3.75″ x 5″ and added a thin black mat behind before gluing them both down to a White card base. I did a little shading around the half-circles with my Chalk Pastels, positioned the legs on top, trimmed the edges and glued them to the card front. I stamped, embossed and die-cut the sentiment the same as the previous card (without the banner ends) and added that to the card front with thin foam tape. Whether you’re in a pool or on a river, reclining on a float is a great way to relax!!!

I do believe this is my first set of dice in my stash… I have no stamps or dies featuring pairs of dice… but now I do!!

A little “ABBA” anyone!? I die-cut the dice background (the pips) from some Glossy black card stock and the foreground from some plain White card stock. I trimmed off the hanging cord and glued the dice together. I die-cut (and embossed) the heart from a scrap of Red card stock using an old Sizzix Cross Stitch Heart die. I printed this sentiment on the front of an A2 White card base using my Silhouette Software and the Nanum Pen Script font. I lightly ink blended some Fruit Punch Reactive ink on the card front as a ground behind the heart and ink blended some around the edges of the die cut heart as well. Lastly, I added two strips of Washi Tape along the edges. I glued the die cut heart in place and added the dice with thin foam tape. Love the reflective dots on the dice and the obvious Abba reference!!

I started thinking about this next card when I was working on the other two car cards… I just couldn’t resist!

YES! A Thelma and Louise Card!!! First I need a cliff – preferably a Grand Canyon cliff! I die cut the canyon from a panel of White card stock using the negative part of the Venice Skyline die from the MMH April 2019 Card Kit. I colored the canyon walls with my Ohuhu Alcohol markers. I free-handed the cliff edge on another piece of White card stock and colored that with my Alcohol markers as well – trying to pull your attention right to the edge… I ink blended some Splash Reactive ink to the top of a White card base and glued my canyon walls (with the top trimmed off) to the card front. I added the cliff with foam tape along the top edge and glued it flat along the bottom.

Thelma and Louise are driving a turquoise 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible in the movie, so I looked on-line to see what the dashboard looked like on that car… I created the dashboard using Black, Ivory, Grey and Silver Metallic card stock. In order to expose as much of the cliff and canyon as possible, I trimmed down the car piece down to just past the seats. I die-cut both arms and two sets of legs and colored them all with Alcohol markers. I added some bracelets to the arms with some assorted cords and clasped them together… just like they do in the movie! As they are speeding along to the edge of the canyon they reach out and hold hands just like this – the camera even zooms in on their hands…! I glued the bottom of the arms flat and put some foam tape behind the clasped hands. I printed the sentiment (Thelma says this) on a scrap of White card stock using my Silhouette Software and the Winnie font, trimmed it to size and added it with foam tape. I’m not sure if anyone other than a true Thelma and Louise fan would recognize this card, but as a unique encouragement card, it tickles me to no end!

Playing around with the die cut arms on this card gave me this idea for the last card for this kit…

Hopefully everyone recognizes the hands from Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel… matching that up with a classic Dad joke gives me the giggles! I die-cut two right arms from more Ivory card stock and adjusted their poses to suit the picture… the one on the left is the back-side of the die cut (Adam’s left arm) with the wrist bent down a little more, and the arm on the right (God’s right arm) I straightened out the wrist a little bit and the finger a bit more. (I took “darts” at the wrists and knuckle and trimmed away any overlap so the cut edges matched up as close as possible) you can see traces of the seams on the left wrist and right knuckle, but once I colored the arms up with my colored pencils (trying to imitate the original) the seams almost disappeared!

I cut some Grey marble pattern paper to 4.25″ x 5.5″ and ink blended some Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink around the edges. I die-cut some Gold Metallic card stock with the largest HA Wood Frame Infinity die and toned it down a little by rubbing some VersaMark Onyx Black ink over the surface. I glued the pattern paper to a White A2 card base, arranged the hands and glued them down… trimmed off the excesses and glued the frame over the top. I printed the sentiment on a scrap of Ivory card stock again with the Nanum Pen Script font and trimmed it to size with a Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banners die. I added two more layers of card stock to the back and glued the thick sentiment to the card front. This would make a great Father’s Day card or even a Birthday card for the Dad Joke Champion in your family!

I admit that I thought this kit was pretty limited in it’s scope, so I’m actually a little surprised I was able to come up with as many options as I did… and while all of these options might not work for everybody, I hope some these ideas inspire you to keep experimenting! I did use most of the stamps (no sun or moon or “you go girl”) but I do believe I used every single die in the Let’s Go die set. I only used a couple pieces of the card stock but I already mentioned I thought that there should have been more skin tones and neutrals in that batch.

Regardless, this is certainly a riotous collection of colorful cards this month! The Let’s Go Die set is very unique – you can do a lot with those arms and legs! I do feel like I conquered the HeroScape Stamp set admirably, and heaven knows there are tons of backgrounds (even lots from past MMH Kits) that would work with a close-up car dashboard! I actually did consider a Drive-in Theatre theme but never got that far…! All in all, a wide variety of cards created from this kit! Let me know which ones are your favorites!

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