Hello Folks! Happy Spring!! Scott here with a new set of 10 cards featuring the My Monthly Hero & Super Hero kits for April 2026. The theme for this kit is “Plant Lady Society” – just look at the number of plants and flowers in this kit!

My Monthly Hero Includes: • House Plants Stamp & Cut • You Grow Girl Stamp & Cut • Greenhouse Die Set • 10 Sheets of Cardstock – 1 of each color, 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Poppy, Pomegranate, Cranberry, Blush, Tutu, Dahlia, Beeswax, Tuscan, Rainforest, Fern)

My Monthly SUPER Hero Includes everything in the regular MMH above, PLUS: • Hello Beautiful Stamp & Cut  • Fresh Flowers Die Set • Watering Can Die Set

LOTS of cutting dies in these kits! More than 100 dies! PHEW! This appears to be the first of the New MMH/SH kits that doesn’t have any explicit cross-over between kits. The Hello Beautiful Stamps are all sentiments, so they can be used with both kits, but there are eight sentiments in the MMH kit alone, so the extra sentiments aren’t necessary. As usual, I’ll make the first five cards using just the MMH kit and then the last five cards will use everything all together!

At least we do have some good stamps for coloring! I don’t often do this, but I thought I would stamp all the images from the House Plants Stamp set with VersaFine Onyx Black ink on some Canson Mixed Media Card stock. I reached for my TomBow Water-Based Dual Tip markers to color everything. The Mixed Media card stock takes the watercolors very well, and it’s easy to blend the markers with each other or with light touches of water and a paintbrush.

To kick off my card making, I decided to use the matching dies to cut everything out. It’s always fun to lay out my colored and die-cut images directly on the stamp set. Haven’t done this in a long while !

Though we had a huge snowstorm just a month ago, and temperatures still seem reluctant to rise, I am all set for some Spring card making! And just look at all the colored and die-cut images I have available! I do often take my clues from the sentiments in a set, so here we go…!

I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of the Canson Mixed Media card stock with VersaFIne Onyx Black ink and embossed it with Clear embossing powder. I die-cut it out along with two blanks and glued them all together. I die-cut a piece of the Mixed Media card stock to 2.75″ x 4″ with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Die, and decided on my layout so I could add DMC Silver Metallic thread through the background. Using a needle, I got the 5 pieces of thread through a hole in the background (where the watering can spout will be) and I glued those down to the back of the card stock. Then I added a thin Black mat behind, and attached them both to an A2 White card base with foam tape.

I arranged the silver thread on the card front and added the two potted plants with foam tape. I attached the watering can with more foam tape and glued the spout to the top of the threads. I glued the sentiment in place letting it hang off the side a little bit. I thought these head vases conveyed the friendship theme perfectly!

I have mentioned before that I don’t particularly care for the white borders that most dies leave around an image. On the first card I just kept the background white – that helps camouflage the white borders… but there are more ways to hide those borders than just keeping your backgrounds white!

You can color those borders to match whatever background you want! This works very well as far as I’m concerned! I used the Spellbinders Essential Arches dies to make the plant arch. I like that there are 16 dies in this set so there’s a big assortment of sizes. I cut the Acid Green arch to 2.5″ wide and the Yellow Ochre arch to 2″ wide. I die-cut the frames from Auburn Pearlescent card stock using the next size smaller dies (2.25″ & 1.75″) and glued those frames on top of the colored card stocks.

I die-cut another piece of Mixed Media card stock to 3.75″ x 5″ and used my old metal Stampendous Flourishes stencil to ink blend Fossilized Amber and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide inks onto that piece. I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of Mixed Media card stock with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and embossed it with Clear embossing Powder. I die-cut that with the matching die along with one blank and glued the two together. I colored the white borders of the die-cut with an Ohuhu Alcohol marker to match the Yellow Ochre background.

The stenciled panel is glued to a White card base, the two Arches and the stacked sentiment are glued down flat, and the potted plant is attached with foam tape. I did add this “explainer” to the inside of the card using my Silhouette Software and the Dream State font. I printed that on a scrap of plain white card stock die-cut to 3.75″ x 5″ with a LFSRDie. That makes me giggle and justifies a birthday card with a potted plant. I guess “let’s get potted!” would work too!!

There is a decent Birthday pun in the You Grow Girl Stamp set… so lets use that with another House plant!

That’s a good pun for any Birthday gardener! On a Green A2 card base, I used the HoneyBee Spring Leaves A2 Pierced Cover Plate die on the front. I die-cut another panel of the Mixed Media card stock to 3.25″ x 4.5″ with a Moda Scrap Framed Rectangle die and added thin Green, Black and White mats behind that before glueing all to the card front. I stamped and embossed the sentiment as usual directly on the card front. I made a little “shelf” for my plant with a piece of woodgrain pattern paper with a small black “shadow” glued behind. I glued the plant to the shelf and mounted them to the card front with foam tape. For embellishments, I added the single bloom stamp in the corner of the sentiment, and added these Dragon Scale Sequins (from the MMH August ’19 kit) for some fun sparkle! I like that the Pierced cover plate die adds the same pattern to the back of the card front so you can see the whole thing when the card is opened!

The images in the You Grow Girl stamp set are all basically silhouette stamps – perfect to use for backgrounds!

I stamped the background on Mixed Media card stock using Simon Says Stamp Barely Beige ink and all the pots and plants in the You Grow Girl stamp set. (I really like the cone flowers stamped upside-down on the round pot!) to finish the background, I spattered Black Soot Distress Oxide ink lightly on the stamping. I die-cut that panel to 3.25″ x 4.5″ with a LFSRdie and added a thin (1/16″) black mat and a thicker Blue mat using the 3.75″ x 5″ LFSRdie. I glued those together and then down to an A2 White card base.

I stamped, embossed and die-cut the sentiment as usual, die-cut three blanks and glued them all together. I trimmed the top leaf off of the potted plant and added my little pink bloom in it’s place. I mounted the potted plant with foam tape and glued the stacked sentiment below. I wanted to add the other small bloom from the House Plants Stamp set and decided to add it to the card with a small craft spinner – yes! the little bloom spins!! More Dragon Scale sequins add some fun sparkle and those spinners are small enough for this tiny little flower! Interactive fun!

That brings us to the Greenhouse Die Set. The die cuts the greenhouse to 3 & 7/8″ x 5 & 1/8″. Big enough for a shaped card!

Thinking it would be fun to “walk into” the green house, I die-cut a piece of wood-block pattern paper with the detailed Greenhouse die and glued that to a piece of thick vellum die-cut with the Greenhouse outline die. I die-cut another detail die from the same vellum, colored it with an alcohol marker, and glued it on the back of the vellum (the inside) to cover up the glue from the front piece. I die-cut the Blue background with the outline die and then added the structure and shelves with 1/8″ strips of the same wood-block pattern paper. I tried to match the inside structure to the detail die structure (minus the arch).

I die-cut all the decorative dies from my card stock scraps. All the detail dies layer together to make a cat, a large-leaf potted plant with a decorated pot, and two types of hanging plants in macrame hangers. That wasn’t quite enough for me so I used the pot-pattern die to make a bunch of new greenery that I glued into a simple “tray” cut from brown card stock. The flowers are die-cut from Yellow and Orange card stock scraps with the small flower die in the House Plants set and their centers are die-cut from the triple-bud die in the You Grow Girl set. I die-cut some extra pots and another small “tray” of seedlings using the small round-leaf dies used in the hanging plant on the right.

I wanted something to “hang” the plants on, so I die-cut six small Dark Grey dots with the tiny dot die and glued them to the intersections of the inside beams, and modified one for the cat’s nose. I placed the hanging plants on their “nails” and glued all the other plants in place. I stamped and embossed the sentiment on the front as usual and added the cat at the door using some dry adhesive. I didn’t worry about covering up the back of the cat because there’s a door there!

I cut a 1/4″ wide piece of vellum to 2.75″ long and scored two fold lines (very close together) down the center. I creased the vellum on both score lines and glued that to the front and back panels as my hinge. The double crease allows for some thickness inside the card without warping the front. For a final touch, I cut a scrap of White card stock with the Greenhouse outline die, trimmed 1/8″ from all the edges, and glued that to the back of the card for a writing surface. Admittedly, there’s a lot of small fiddly dies here, and that’s generally not my go-to method for card making. But there is definitely a certain allure in holding a tiny potted plant in a macrame hanger in the palm of your hand!

That’s a pretty thorough examination of the plain Hero Kit – now we can add in the Super Hero supplies and go all out. Of course, there was that cat stamp from the House Plant set that was taxing my brain – this is the only image in this whole kit that is viewed from above – the perspective just doesn’t work with the plants… I think this may help:

Skip the plants entirely and go for the cuddles!! I stamped, colored and die-cut another cat (orange tabby) the same as the first cat. Then I cut both cats from between their tails and ears, to their face and along the bottom of their front paws to their pits. That allows the two cats to be intertwined together in a cuddly embrace! That works well with this sentiment from the Hello Beautiful Stamp and Cut set along with the thank you sentiment from the House Plant set. I thought this whole idea would work best on a square card!

I die-cut more Mixed Media card stock with an old LDRS Fancy Squares and Little Things die and cut a black frame from the larger die in the set and glued them together. I stamped and embossed both sentiments as usual directly on the card front. I did give a little bit more of a curve to the large sentiment. I cut a panel of Auburn Pearlescent card stock to 4″ x 4″ and glued that to a 4.25″ square card base. I glued the stamped panel to the card front and added the intertwined cats with a spot of foam tape on the top of their heads, and their tails glued flat to the card front. A couple of tiny Copper jewels highlights the sentiment and gives us some sparkle. I really like using that cat stamp like this!

I figured I’d spend a little more time with the silhouette stamps in the You Go Girl stamp and cut set…

I decided to shoot for a little more of a watercolor effect for these stamps so I colored the stamps with my TomBow markers and gave them a light spritz of water before stamping them on more Mixed Media card stock. The flowers took a few stampings to get to their final color and then I die-cut all the blooms with their matching dies.

I die-cut an oval from a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Mixed Media card stock with a HA Oval Nested Frame die-cut and arranged my bouquet before stamping the stems with Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink. The stem stamps are not as long as I needed, so I extended their length by hiding the seams behind the sentiment. I die-cut the oval frame from Green card stock using the original Oval die and the next smaller die and glued that to the stamped oval. I glued all the flowers in place at the end of their stems, and stamped, embossed, die-cut and stacked the sentiment (+2 blanks) as usual.

I took the leftover panel of Mixed Media card stock (with the oval cut out) and embossed that with a Taylored Expressions Burlap embossing folder and ink blended a little Twisted Citron ink around the edges. I glued that to an A2 White card base and pieced the stamped oval back into the opening. I glued the sentiment in place (covering the stem seams) and added some HA Clear Enamel Dots for some highlights. Using watercolor markers to color your stamps is a fun way to hint at watercoloring without completely abandoning the fact that these are stamps.

That covers a couple of the sentiments from the Hello Beautiful Stamp and Cut set – time for the Fresh Flowers Die set!

I do believe this card uses every single die in this set! Again, I reached for my card stock scraps to die-cut all the layers of flowers, stems, and leaves, and assembled all the blooms using light touches of Alcohol Markers for some subtle shading. I do think I am getting better at matching my Ohuhu Alcohol markers to my colored card stocks! After a good amount of wrangling, I came up with a pleasing arrangement and gathered the stems in a bunch to go into our vase which I die-cut from a piece of Tim Holtz Metallic Jewels kraft-core card stock.

I took a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Hero Hues Kiwi card stock and die-cut that with a Waffle Flower Tiny Diamonds Die and glued it down to a White card base. I stamped, embossed and die-cut the sentiment on a scrap of Kiwi card stock along with two blanks and stacked them together. I glued the flower stems behind the vase and glued the vase and blooms flat to the card front. The thickness of the card stocks gives us plenty of dimension in the arrangement without having to use any foam tape. The sentiment is glued on top of the vase and I added more HA Clear enamel dots to some of the flower petals since they are so “fresh”. This is a great die set with lots of variety if you like die-cutting flowers! There are many types of flowers and leaves, and the stem dies are long enough that you can fill up a big 5″ x 7″ card or even a tall Slim-line card quite easily!

I do like that a number of the sentiment dies in the Hello Beautiful stamp set are single dies but will cut out the individual words on some of the larger sentiments! That’s very handy!

And that gives us the Watering Can Die Set in the Super Hero kit – looks like the same watering can as the stamp in the House Plants Stamp and Die set only larger.

On a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Mixed Media card stock (and with the help of my MISTI) I stamped the Watering Can from the House Plants Stamp set in a simple pattern using HA Fruit Punch, Creamsicle, Lemon Drop, Green Apple, Blue Hawaii, and Purple Galaxy Reactive inks. I trimmed that panel to 4″ x 5.25″ and added a thin black mat before gluing them down to a White card base. Makes a perfect background for this die-cut Watering Can!

I die-cut the Watering Can from Light Grey card stock and glued the pieces together before doing some ink blending on the can with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink and some HA Unicorn White pigment ink. Since the can was cut from thin card stock, it was quite flimsy, so I die-cut another whole can from Dark Grey card stock and glued it behind the grey can with a little offset on the bottom and left sides. That adds strength to the die cut and a little more dimension as well. The opening at the top of the can was left open for the plants. The plants are cut from three shades of Green with the darkest shade glued to the backs (with a little offset) of all the leaves. I glued all the plants in the can opening and added a patch of Black card stock behind the opening.

The sentiment is stamped on more Mixed Media card stock with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and embossed with Clear embossing powder and die-cut with the matching die. I die-cut one more blank sentiment and glued the two together. I attached the can to the card front with foam tape down the center and the handle and spout glued flat. There is a touch of foam tape behind the far right and far left leaves as well. I glued the sentiment directly under the can and added the happy birthday sentiment from the House Plants Stamp set on the inside. More Plantastic Birthday Cards!

Of course there is another Birthday sentiment in the Hello Beautiful Stamp set. A nice BIG sentiment!

I decided to return to the You Grow Girl Stamp set since I hadn’t spent any serious time with these silhouette pot stamps, and I actually haven’t used any masks for a flat one-layer card this month. I used Cincord & 9th inks for the pots – first I stamped the round pot with Poppy and Cranberry inks and cut a mask to cover that pot. Then I stamped the large pot with Buttercup and Stardust inks and the right pot with Oceanside and Peacock inks. I masked off the plants on the watering can stamp and stamped the can with C&9 Mushroom ink. I did have to complete the top of the can and handle and used a simple circle template for assistance.

I masked off the tops of the pots and stamped the plants in them with C&9th Parsley, Clover and Evergreen inks. Again, that Cone Flower stamp works perfectly well stamped upside down in the red pot! I reached for the “Ice Rink” stamp from the MMH October 2018 kit, masked off the potted plants and watering can and stamped that with Oceanside ink – there’s a puddle!! I colored the can and the puddle with my Tombow markers and a wet paint brush.

I decided where the sentiments would go and die-cut the colored panel to 4.5″ x 3.25″ with a LFSRdie. I created the sub-sentiment using my Silhouette Software and the Times New Roman font. I printed that directly on the panel using my piggy-back printing method. I stamped and embossed the HB sentiment as usual directly to the card front. I added a thin Black mat and a thicker Hero Hues Arctic mat behind the stamped panel and glued everything down to an A2 White card base. Finally, I added some highlights to the puddle with a White Gel pen. This has got to be one of my favorite plant puns… and with the addition of the watering can in this set, I just couldn’t resist!

And before you know it, that’s all ten of my cards created with the My Monthly Hero and Super Hero kits for April 2026.

Look at that! We’ve got Four Birthday cards this month! I guess that’s not too surprising seeing as how there are three different Happy Birthday sentiment stamps in this set! I am pleased that we had a decent amount of coloring to do this month, but I have to admit I do find it a bit tedious fiddling around with layering dies to create (rather smallish) flowers, and then you have to arrange them in a pleasant bouquet! I do try my best, but I am NOT a florist! HA!! I really enjoyed figuring out a logical use for the cat stamp, and I truly love opening the “door” and “walking” into my green house! The Hello Beautiful Stamp and Cut has a bunch of terrific sentiments, and the three die sets are good fun and offer lots of possibilities, but, I am always up for more coloring!!

If you are tired of this endless winter and are longing for spring, you might like to grab one of these kits for yourself. And for a change, just buying the My Monthly Hero kit this month isn’t compromised by needing something in the Super Hero kit. If you do go shopping at Hero Arts – for these Kits or anything else – please use my links listed below – I do get a small commission from anything you buy at HA (at no cost to you!) and that helps keep the plants sprouting and the crafty inspiration coming! It is, as always, genuinely appreciated!

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Hello Folks! Scott here again with 10 new cards featuring the new My Monthly Hero & Super Hero kits for February of 2026! The theme this month is “In Full Bloom” and it’s just in time for us all to start dreaming of Spring! Much of the country is dealing with exceedingly low temperatures this week and a good dose of Spring is just what we need!

My Monthly Hero Includes: • Hoppy Spring Stamp & Cut • Field of Flowers Layering Stencil Set • Springtime Blooms Die Set • 10 Sheets of Cardstock – 1 of each color, 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Cascade, Fern, Rainforest, Mint, Carrot, Coral, Bellini, Chiffon, Beeswax, Alabaster)

My Monthly SUPER Hero Includes everything in the regular MMH above, plus: • Hoppy Spring Layering Stencil Set • Wildflowers Stamp & Cut • Bunny Trio Die Set • Grass Die

It is good to have some stencils in this kit this month – and great that they’re layering stencils in both the Hero and Super Hero kits. The Hoppy Spring Layering Stencil Set in the Super Hero kit actually fits the Hoppy Spring Stamp and Cut in the Hero Kit. Yes… it seems HA is tempting us to get the Super Hero Kit again this month! The Super Hero Kit sold out almost immediately last month!

As usual, I like to take the sets one-by-one, so, let’s start with the Hoppy Spring Stamp and Cut set from the Hero kit.

You probably know that I am not a big fan of the borders left on stamped images by their matching dies, and often prefer to do a little mask-cutting to create a vignette using only the stamps. This scene was easy to stamp as I only had to create a mask for the front bunny.

I stamped the front bunny using VersaFine Onyx Black ink on Bristol Smooth card stock and stamped a second one onto masking paper and fussy-cut that out. Then it was a simple matter of masking off the front bunny and then stamping the flower and the other two bunnies on top – again using VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

When the ink was nice and dry, I colored the scene with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I did reach for my Pebbles Chalk Palette to blend in the soft background colors – very subtle but grounding! I die-cut the colored panel to 3.75″ x 5″ with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die and added thin Black and Yellow mats behind that before gluing them all down to an A2 White card base.

I could not figure out where a sentiment should go on this little vignette, so I just left the front alone and added our sentiment to the inside of the card. There is an interesting juxtaposition of the large flower and the small bunnies – I do believe bunnies are probably as big as or even larger than most flowers, but this must be a special First-Of-Spring flower that stands taller than anything else!

Another scene occurred to me that was along the same lines as that first card but uses the other stamps in the set…!

This time, I had to cut a mask for the petal and the large egg, and I just stamped the top part of the largest flower and then completed the stem with a ruler and a Pigma Micron pen. This is all stamped and colored with the same materials used in the first card, but this time I left myself little room for a sentiment which is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and embossed with Clear Embossing powder.

You may notice the butterfly is flying downwards… the butterfly stamp was still attached to the largest flower stamp when I removed it from the backer, and I simply left it as is without noticing it was facing down… But butterflies fly in all directions, so I decided to leave it as is. I did think of the petal as a bit of a blanket protecting the eggs, but whether that reads or not is debatable! I again used my Pebbles Chalk Pallet for the soft background… so easy!

I die-cut the colored panel to 3.5″ x 4.75″ with a HA Rectangle Infinity Die, and added thin mats of Black and Pale Yellow before gluing them all down to an A2 White card base. I highlighted the eggs with some white dots using a White Gel pen for a little bit of added texture. I do love coloring with my Zig markers, and I really like the flowers on this card.

Those two cards use up most of the stamps in the Hoppy Spring Stamp and Cut set, so let’s move along to the Field of Flowers Layering Stencil set.

I did get the NEW release of Sarah Renae Clark’s Color Cubes (Vol. 1 & 2) for my Birthday (in December) and since I always find it a little daunting picking colors for layering stencils, I turned to the Volume 1 Spring tab, and selected card #187 for a color palette to use with the layering stencils. I selected Hero Hues Blue Raspberry, Green Apple, Grape Slush, Fruit Punch, and Splash Reactive inks to match the palette. The Blue Raspberry was probably the most off from the palette, but I did see a lot of Blue in that Dark Green color and the Blue raspberry worked quite nicely!

I did find it completely enjoyable to search and match a palette card from the Color Cubes, and I didn’t fret about choosing my own colors or reverting to my old standbys…!

Isn’t that a pleasing color palette! I used Grape Slush and Splash for the flowers on stencil #1, Fruit Punch (light on the dots and heavy on the tulips) for stencil #2, Green Apple (light and dark) for Stencil #3, and Blue Raspberry for stencil #4. I die-cut the stenciled panel to 3.75″ x 5″ with a LFSRdie and added a thin mat of Metallic Green from the Tim Holtz Metallic Jewels Kraft-Stock pad and glued that to an A2 White card base.

I thought the background was a little busy for any die-cut flowers or stamps from the Hero set, but figured that nice big sentiment would work. The “thank you” is an old Darice Sentiments for Card Making die set that has been in my stash for many years… this may be the first time I’m actually using it! I die-cut the sentiment from more of the Metallic Green Kraft card stock and added three die-cut blanks behind the Green for a nice chunky sentiment, and glued those to the card front. I did grab the little dots die from the Springtime Blooms Die set and die-cut all 9 of them from the same card stock and added them to the card front for a little extra bling that just happens to match perfectly!

It must have been working with that metallic card stock that gave me the idea for this next card. I do like using more than just ink with my stencils… how about some added texture too!

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse in Cornflower Blue was used for Stencil #1, Gold Hero Wax used for Stencil #2, Nuvo Embellishment Mousse in Citrus Green for Stencil #3, and Olive Hero Wax for Stencil #4. Of course, I had to let each layer dry before moving to the next stencil, and after I had done the first stencil, I realized that the depth of the Mousse (or Wax) could interfere with the accuracy of the other layers… I did my best to minimize the over-smooshing by pressing very hard through the stencils with my palette knife. That worked surprisingly well, though I did get some overflow especially with the last stencil. All of the stenciled embellishments have a great shimmer, and the Gold Hero Wax positively shines!!

I reached for the pale Greenish-Yellow Metallic card stock from the Tim Holtz Metallic Confections Kraft-Stock pad for the thin mat and the sentiment. I trimmed the background panel to 3.75′ x 5″ by hand (didn’t want to risk sending it through the die cutting machine) and added the thin mat behind before gluing them to the card front. The Hello sentiment dies are from the Love From Lizi June 2021 card kit. I cut one from the Metallic card stock and two from plain white card stock. I glued one of the white ones behind the metallic sentiment, glued those to the shadow die (cut from thick Vellum) and then glued the other white Hello layer behind the vellum. That adds some lift to the whole sentiment so it doesn’t have to compete with the textures on the card front. Very different look than the ink-blended stenciling!

That still gives me the Springtime Blooms Die Set in the Hero kit… The two largest flowers have extra petal layers too!

I die-cut the blooms from the Chiffon card stock included in the kit – 1 big bloom with two layering petals, and 2 of the small blooms with 2 doubles of the layering petals. I received a 12 pack of Conte a Paris Pastel Crayons for Christmas so I decided to try using them for some color blending on the petals. These are waxier and much firmer than regular pastels, and have superb pigments – very interesting to play with and they gave me some nicely shaded petals for the flowers.

I did use a large ball stylus to give all the petals some shape… in the center of the bloom from the front, and along each petal from the back. I think that gave the blooms terrific dimension without adding too much depth. I glued the petals together – 3 pieces for each bloom – and die-cut the centers from some textured gold paper. I did use the ball stylus to add a little shape to the centerpiece of the large bloom and mounted that in place with glue carefully applied around the edges. I glued the smaller centers directly to the center of the blooms.

I die-cut the all the stems from plain Green card stock from my stash and when I realized how thin the stems were, figured I should double them up for a little strength. So I die-cut the stems again from some lighter Green card stock and glued the two colors together (a little off-set) to create some “shading” on the stems without having to color them. I die-cut the “dotted” stem twice from both colors of green and glued them together with the darker green on top. I die-cut a batch of dots from Metallic Red and Metallic White card stock and glued all those dots to the ends of that stem.

I masked off an inch all the way around a White A2 card base and ink blended some Hero Hues Lemon Drop Reactive ink in the center… heavier to the right and lighter to the left. Before removing the masking I spattered some HA Brown Acrylic Speckle over the inking and let that dry. I decided on an arrangement of flowers and stamped the sentiment on the card front using Walnut Stain Distress Oxide ink and embossed that with Clear Embossing powder. I glued all the flowers to the card front and die-cut the little string tie from some Auburn Pearlescent card stock and glued that in place. Spending just a little time giving the petals some shaping really brings these Springtime Blooms to life!

That’s a pretty thorough examination of the Hero kit… time to play with the Super Hero kit! More bunnies and blooms!

The Super Hero kit starts with the Hoppy Spring Layering Stencil Set – providing stencils to color all the flowers and bunnies in the Hoppy Spring Stamp and Cut set. This is what the layout looks like taken directly from the stencils. I did stamp the outlines after stenciling with Concord & 9th Dove ink for the flowers and Mushroom ink for the bunnies. I got the stamps lined up with the stencils pretty good! Careful with those stems!

You could also stamp the images and then use the stencils to color them individually. You would just have to take some extra care with the layering. I used Hero Hues Lemon Drop and Creamsicle Reactive inks for the blooms, HA Green Apple Reactive ink and C&9th Parsley ink for the stems, C&9th Dove ink for the left bunny, Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide inks for the center bunny and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide ink for the bunny on the right. Ultimately, I decided to forego the stencil arrangement and just die-cut everything out!

The smallest bloom and the two small bunnies make up this fun vignette. I die-cut some White card stock to 2.25″ x 3.5″ with a LFSRdie and stamped the sentiment towards the bottom with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink and embossed it with Clear Embossing powder. I added a thin Dark Grey mat behind. I die-cut a plain piece of Green card stock to 3.25″ x 4.5″ and embossed that with the Spellbinders Leafy 3D Embossing folder using HA Green Apple Reactive ink on the negative side to add a bit of a darker background to the embossed leaves.

I added a thin Dark Grey mat behind the green embossed panel and glued those to the center of a White card base. I glued the sentiment panel in the center and then glued the die-cuts in place with the flower in the hands of the grey bunny. I added some Black Nuvo Drops to the bunny eyes and even added a white dot for a little more personality.

And I have all those other stenciled die-cuts just staring at me…

This background is colored with my new Conte a Paris pastel crayons. These colors blended together so beautifully and held tight to the card stock when rubbed in. I love having another option for creating blended backgrounds, and I think the softness of the colors lends itself well to a springtime theme!

I trimmed the background to 3.75″ x 5″ and stamped the sentiment using Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink and embossed that with Clear Embossing powder. I added a Dark Grey mat to the background and glued those to an A2 White card base. I added the die cuts using thin foam tape and glue – the right bloom and the bottom of the stems are glued flat and everything else is attached with foam tape. The smell of these flowers reminds me of you!!

That appears to be the big crossover between the Hero and Super Hero kits this month… now we have the Wildflowers Stamp and Cut. I decided to do something a little different with these stamps.

I arranged all the bloom and leaf stamps in a grouping and stamped the group on the opposite ends of some plain Black card stock using Hero Arts Unicorn White ink. I let that ink dry and then colored all the white stampings with my Prismacolor Colored pencils. I think this is about the only way to actually color on Black card stock… unless you’re using some type of Gouache or Acrylic paint markers. I really like the bright blooms on a black background!

I trimmed the stamped and colored panel to 3.75″ x 5″ and added a thin White mat and a thin Black mat before gluing them all to a White card base. I stamped the sentiment with Hero Arts Unicorn White ink and embossed it with White Embossing powder. I do have a clipboard covered with a non-stick craft mat that has lots of different colors (and brands) of Enamel dots already dried and standing by. I chose a bunch of different colors and used them for the centers of all the blooms. Those add a great dimension to an otherwise flat card! And a couple of Maroon Enamel dots finishes up the sentiment and pulls the whole card together.

Sometimes, when faced with an assortment of flower stamps and dies, I find that narrowing the scope down to just one type of flower helps me to focus on a design that might feel a little innovative and yet isn’t necessarily so…!

The Wildflowers Stamp and Cut set has two different sized Cone Flowers so let’s use those. And I hate white die-cut borders so let’s stamp these on colored cardstock! I stamped a pair of the cone flowers on Pale Yellow card stock with C&9th Buttercup and Poppy inks, and on the darker Yellow card stock I stamped the pair with HA Lemon Drop and Creamsicle Reactive ink. I stamped one pair on Orange card stock with HA Creamsicle Reactive ink and C&9th Marmalade ink. For the last pair I stamped light Purple card stock with HA Grape Slush Reactive ink and C&9th Eggplant ink. Using ink cubes and a small blending brush helps to blend the colors on the flower stamps. I did stamp the two flower centers on each color of card stock as well using VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

I die-cut the the flowers and centers with their matching dies, and instead of gluing the centers on top of the petals, I cut away the center from the petal stamps and glued the centers behind the petals. That makes for a seamless flower without a die-cut border between the center and the petals. I think that really enhances the look of these flowers. I stamped all the stems and leaves on Light Green card stock using HA Green Apple Reactive ink, and again on dark Green card stock using C&9th Evergreen ink and die-cut them all out. I did stamp the shortest stem on both Green card stocks once more to use as extras at the bottom of the bouquet.

I glued the yellow flowers to the light green stems and the orange and purple flowers to the dark green stems and arranged them in a pleasing bouquet along with the six leaves. Since some of the stems were short, I added my extra stems (cut in half so I had four) at the bottom of the bouquet to fill out those shorter stems. I thought the colors of these flowers worked especially well on a Black background, so I die-cut a panel of Glossy Black card stock to 2.75″ x 4″ with a LFSRdie and I die-cut a panel of Rainbow Mirror card stock to 3.25″ x 4.5″ and glued them together and then down to a White card base.

I picked the Glossy Black and Rainbow Mirror card stock because I had this pre-made sentiment that I wanted to use. It’s from a Spellbinders / Simon Hurley “Must Have Sentiments” Glimmer Plate and Die set that I got along with my Glimmer Hot Foil machine a year or so ago. I actually glued the bouquet flat to the card front – the only dimension is the layering of the card stock – and I added the sentiment with foam tape. I really love this card!

That leaves us with the Bunny Trio Die Set and the Grass die (though I find it hard to imagine any card maker without a grass die in their stash)!

Finally a Happy Easter card that features the rest of the dies in the Super Hero kit. I die-cut a 3.75″ x 5″ panel of White card stock with a LFSRdie and colored the sky with my Conte a Paris Pastel Crayons. I might have to give those a try with a cloud stencil..! I die-cut three grass dies from Altenew Green Meadows Gradient card stock set and trimmed them to size with the same LFSRdie. I die-cut the bunnies from some 110# White card stock and (since there are bunny tail dies) I flocked one side of a piece of Scor-Tape with Inkadinkado Linen White Flocking Powder, die-cut the tails from that and stuck them to the bunnies butts! I don’t use my flocking powders often, but they sure come in handy sometimes!

I die-cut the bunny bows from Chiffon card stock and glued them to the bunnies, then I die-cut the eggs from more of the Metallic Confections card stock. I stamped the sentiment in the sky with Hero Arts Unicorn White ink and embossed it with White Embossing powder. I glued the grass strips to the panel, and hid the eggs among the grass and tucked the bunnies in place gluing them on their bottoms and using thin foam tape on their heads/ears. I did use my Pebbles Chalk palette to blend some pink onto the bunnies ears and noses, and used some light grey to add a touch of shading on their bodies. Very subtle. I also added Black Enamel dots to the bunnies eyes.

I took a 110# White card base and used an Ohuhu Alcohol marker to draw a pink border on the card front. Then I glued a White die-cut Moda Scrap Framed Rectangle to the card front and glued the main panel on top of that. Though I thought it was frivolous at first, I do love the fuzzy bunny tails, and the frolicsome nature of these coy bunnies. Happy Easter!

And that wraps up my ten “In Full Bloom” cards inspired by the My Monthly Super Hero kit for February 2026. Thanks to some cute bunnies, this kit inspired a wide variety of springtime greetings.

If you are jonesing for a little spring these days, the February 2026 My Monthly Hero Kits fits the bill! I think the bunnies are adorable, the layering stencils work beautifully, and there is a large enough assortment of flowers to satisfy almost anyone! And whether you like coloring, or ink blending and stenciling, there’s more than enough options for everyone!

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