Hello everyone! It’s Joy here, taking over the blog for today and sharing a fun card that fits into this month’s contest. I wanted to share a card that had some fun aspects to it, from stamping fun borders, adding beautiful pattern papers and die cuts, to create a clean and simple birthday card. With the blue and white theme and the splash of red this really makes the ideal card for either gender, what’s more who doesn’t love butterflies?

Find out how to make this card — click for complete supplies and instructions.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope that this card has inspired you to create a simple and clean designed birthday card…enjoy your weekend!!

Hi! It’s Kelly here and today I get to give you a peek at another fun new stamp set that’s a part of the My Monthly Hero program for May — CL609 Little Birdie.

This set has everything you need to make a complete card and that’s exactly what I did. All images and sentiments on my card come from this one set!

Find out how to make this card — click for complete supplies and instructions.

I’ve recently jumped on the washi tape bandwagon and I’m now wondering what took me so long. There are so many possibilities with these tapes — wrap a gift, decorate an envelope or even stamp on them like I did here.

That adorable bird image was colored using Memento markers and I topped off the party hat with a little Glossy Accents.

In case you are wondering where to find these fun NEW stamps, we have a list of participating stores right HERE! Stores like Stamp Your Heart Out in Claremont, California! Just look at their wonderful My Monthly Hero display:

Stamp Your Heart out is having a “Blow Out the Candles” demo this Sunday, May 13th, from 1-2 pm. They’ve got a birthday themed afternoon planned with the four exclusive NEW sets! Why not fly on over and join them for this fun festival of ideas and clever cardmaking. Click on over HERE for more.

And that’s not all! If there are no participating stores near you, be sure to drop by the Hero Arts Online Store on Tuesday, May 15th when the new stamps will be added to the shop. As always, orders placed in the Hero Arts online shop are fulfilled by local stores, so you can still support local businesses.

Hope you all have a wonderful and creative weekend!

Hi everyone! It’s Tami here and today I get to give you a look at one of the four new stamps being released as part of the My Monthly Hero program for May. Presenting…CL611 Many Birthday Messages!

This sentiment set is a stamper’s dream when it comes to birthday cardmaking! It’s one of those workhorse sets that you’ll be able to reach for again and again. I especially love the variety of type styles — some great messages here for both guys and gals (kids too!)

Today I used Many Birthday Messages plus our Stamp of the Week and a Frame Cut die to create a pair of “Tucked Label” cards. At first glance it might look like the label with message is part of the card front, but it’s actually not. The label is partially die cut from the inside of the card, then the front of the card tucks behind the label. Just a fun little twist that’s a bit different than the usual fold!

Find out how to make these cards– click for complete supplies and instructions.

And don’t forget…participating local stamp stores have the Many Birthday Messages set, along with the rest of the My Monthly Hero stamps and a fabulous idea booklet in store now!

Marchant Rubber Stamps in Kingston, Ontario has been a Hero Arts retailer for 25 years — wow! Check out this photo of their eye-catching My Monthly Hero display. Just look at all those great card ideas, stamps, inks, and papers, too!

And that’s not all! Marchant’s invites you to to a full day crop for National Scrapbooking Day tomorrow, May 5th. Click HERE for full details. Psssst, I hear there are lots of giveaways, including great products from Hero Arts!

Thanks for stopping by today and checking out the new stamps. Wishing you all a fabulous weekend!

TGIF everyone! Sally here, and today I have another shaped card idea for you - this time a cloud! I simply cut a cloud shape from a Snow folded card, leaving a bit of paper along the fold. The umbrella is cut freehand as well, from some pretty paper from the Konnichiwa paper pad. It’s fun and easy to spell out whatever greeting you’d like to use with our alphabet stamps. I really do enjoy creating new shapes for my cards - it changes things up!

Find out how to make this card — click for complete supplies and instructions.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hi everyone! It’s Lucy here, and today I have a card to share with you that fits in with this month’s contest theme of sunshine and showers. I decided to create a rainbow of butterflies from the new Papillons digikit, printing them onto different papers from the Patterned Papers digikits. One of the best things about digital stamps is the ability to resize them in this way, and it’s so easily done in Word (or other software). Simply import the stamp into Word, click on Format Picture and change the size accordingly.

Find out how to make this card - click for complete supplies and instructions.

I hope you have a fantastic weekend, we’ll be back next week with some exciting announcements! See you then.

Thank you for joining us during this week of sunny inspiration! If you’re looking for a last-minute Easter card idea, here’s a fun one — use assorted background stamps and Designer Papers to create a colorful pile of eggs nestled in grass made from ribbon or fabric. The Celebrate Everyday set contains a greeting for just about every holiday, including the Easter message shown here.

Wishing you a beautiful Easter weekend, friends!

Hi all! Kristina here again for my final post as guest blogger for the week. It’s been a pleasure sharing some ideas with you!

For today’s card I started out with the basic card from the Add Your Message Blossom Design Card Kit.

To step up the card, I used the printed card as “patterned paper” and created a new card. I also used one of the sentiment stamps from the kit.

Cards by Kristina Werner. Find complete supplies and instructions here.

I hope that gave you some ideas for how to stretch the kits. It’s definitely fun to see how I can change the card from the original. 

To wrap up the week, I am happy to be able to  announce the second $50 Wish List Shopping Spree winner of the month. Congratulations to Barbara Lassiter who was randomly picked for her February 20 comment on the blog! Barbara, please contact us at winner@heroarts.com to claim your prize.

Until next time, happy crafting!

Kristina

Hi there! It’s another happy Friday here in Heroville — we have exciting news and a giveaway too!

First, the news. We passed the 10,000 “likes” milestone on our Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon! Earlier that day, I noticed the count was at 9,996 so I had my finger poised and ready to capture a screenshot of the big moment, which you can see below. I also created a card for our wonderful Facebook fans because we like you too. A lot.

Thank you for your support!!

This calls for a celebration, don’t you think!? As you know, around here the words “celebrate” and “giveaway” often go hand in hand. So…it’s GIVEAWAY TIME!! One lucky stamper is going to walk away with a prize pack that includes some of our newest stamps for Spring:

Please Note, Konnichiwa Lantern, Be Happy, Newsprint Butterfly, 19th Century French Script

For a chance to win the goodies pictured above, here’s what you can do:

1. Leave a comment on THIS blog post telling us how long you’ve been stamping, and how you got started. We love learning more about our blog readers!
2. If you’re already a Hero Arts Facebook fan, leave a comment on THIS blog post and let us know.
3. If you’re not yet a Hero Arts Facebook fan, we invite you to “like” our page here and then leave a comment on THIS blog post and let us know you’re our newest “liker”!
4. Spread the word about the “10,000 Likes” giveaway and let us know. You could share via Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, blogs, etc. — any social media.

Each comment gives you a chance to win the prize. The giveaway will be open through the end of the month. Please comment by Saturday, March 31st at 11:59pm PST. Good luck!!

Thanks so much for joining me on the blog this week. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Friday! Today I’ve got a fun home decor project to share.

I’m working on making a little collage of pictures and decorations in my girls’ bedroom and this embroidery hoop is one of the first things I have made for it. The two patterns in the background were created by printing some papers from the Pool and Earth Patterned Paper DigiKits directly on to sticky back canvas. I was amazed at the results and how well the canvas ran through my printer….can’t wait to use this technique on a card soon!

Project by Kelly Rasmussen. Find complete supplies and instructions here.

Then I just secured the canvas in the embroidery hoop and added a few more embellishments. Those adorable sentiments are from the Be Happy stamp set…which is quickly becoming one of my favorite sets!

Thanks so much for joining me this week. Hope you have a great weekend!

Hi everyone. Happy Friday!

I can’t believe it’s here already… this week went so fast for me.

Today’s card isn’t really a new idea, it’s a favorite idea revisited. Years ago Jennifer made an adorable flower shape card, you can see it here. This thing just melted me it was so clever.

I created a new card with that same idea using updated stamps and an acetate card as my base. It’s pretty basic stamping but makes quite a big impact. To make life easier for you, I’ve created a template that you can download HERE.

Our Art of The Card “Untitled Word Shadows” fit PERFECT in the center! Don’t you think?

Card by Shari Carroll.  Complete instructions can be found HERE.

I have had such a great time this week with you all, thanks for joining me!  I’ll be taking some time this week-end to inspect the yard for more signs of Spring.  I’ll grab some photos of anything noteworthy. :o)

Oh! Before I go, I want to let you know that Lucy has been busy over on her BLOG this week with Digi tips and tricks, she’s amazing and her tips are in such detail.  Thanks Lucy!

Enjoy!