Hi everyone! Welcome back to the blog. It’s a Fun Friday and I have soooo much to share  with you today so let’s get going! Can you believe it’s February already??? I can’t… but with that comes a NEW monthly challenge! We’ve titled this Love & Lace and you can find more details about the theme, as well as prizes and entry dates, HERE.

The technique of the month is fun folds. You can create any type of  fold you want for this challenge. I have kept mine simple by creating an offset gate fold by using layering papers as my base. I wanted to create a masculine Valentines for my hubby… plus I couldn’t wait to show off our new papers.

Here’s a quick how-to video!

The background pattern reminds me of a necktie! :o)

You can find the written instructions and details HERE!

Here’s to a Fantabulous weekend! Enjoy!

Hello. And a very happy Friday to you. It’s Lucy here, and I have a clean and simple celebration card to share with you that uses lots of new stamps, so fits in with this month’s theme to ‘Try Something New‘. I chose to use the New Baby stamp set (my favorite set from the 2013 catalog!) but decided not to create a baby card. Instead I created a girly celebration card that could be used for a birthday, baby shower, bachelorette party or any other such occasion.

Card by Lucy Abrams. Click here for full supplies and instructions.

I hope I might have encouraged you to look at your stamps and see how they can be used in new ways. Have fun,

Hey everyone, TGIF! It’s Sally here, and we are in Anaheim for the annual CHA conference. If you’re at the show too, make sure to stop by and say hello!

Left to right: Sally, Shari & Lisa!

I’m having so much fun with my Hero Arts girls here in Anaheim! We even did a little scarf shopping. Can you guess which scarf is mine, which is Lisa’s and which is Shari’s?? Leave us your guesses, and we’ll randomly draw a correct guess to win two ink pads - Unicorn & Charcoal - to coordinate with our scarves!

Before I left, I stamped up a simple heart card (shocking, huh?) in some of my favorite bright colors - red, yellow, pink and lavender. I wanted to follow this month’s theme to “try something new”, so I designed the entire card using just one stamp. Well ok, just the Dots Around Heart stamp as well as a sentiment - so almost just one stamp! Simple but effective. To add a little dimension, I stamped a few of the hearts and foam mounted them on top.

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

Next week is going to be a really fun week on the blog - it’s time for the Hero Hostess 2013 Catalog Blog Hop! Make sure to tune in all week for that. Yay!

Happy weekend everyone and go stamp something!!

Happy Friday everyone! Tami here. I hope you all enjoyed your holiday celebrations! My Christmas tree will come down this weekend and that means it’s time to usher in all things hearts! Today I’m sharing a card that could be given as a Valentine, or really any time you want to tell someone you love them.

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

In keeping with this month’s “try something new” theme, I’ve used two new dies and a new stamp too. Did you spot them?

• The cute little X’s & O’s were cut with the Alphabet Uppercase Fancy Die. I have to say…I’m in love with this alphabet! It has earned its keep in a very short time.

• Floral Lace is the other new Fancy Die used here, tucked beneath the tag for a subtle tone-on-tone look.

• And I stamped the Notebook Paper image onto the tag to give it a bit of interest without distracting from the other elements. Another favorite from the new catalog!

Speaking of the new catalog…did you see? The 2013 products are now in the Online Store!

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. Wishing you a great first weekend of the new year!

Happy Friday, everyone!

This weekend is my oldest daughter’s 8th birthday and she requested a neon birthday party. So this week I have been busy making garlands, decorations and scrounging the dollar store aisles for anything neon. And when it came to making her card, I knew the Hero Arts Neon Inks would be the perfect choice. I am always amazed at how vibrant these inks are when I stamp them!

I used some fabulous new stamps from the 2013 Catalog including one of my favorite new backgrounds, Tweed Pattern. The sentiment is from the Fantastic Birthday clear stamp set which contains three awesome birthday sentiments that I will be using all the time.

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

I love to create customized birthday cards with the age and the eight was super simple to create with the help of some circle dies.

I’ll admit this card might be a little much for some people, but for my girl I think it will be perfect and that’s what matters most.

Have a great weekend!

Happy Friday everyone! It’s Shari here with a quick card I created with the help of my trusty die-cutting machine! The background is embossed with the falling snow folder from the Large Christmas Words set. It’s such a perfect embossing folder to use on snowflake cards! And that gorgeous large snowflake is from the Hero Arts 2013 Catalog! It’s called Snowflake (DI064) and is one of our new Fancy Frames dies, which are stand-alone dies that produce beautiful cut-outs on paper - no stamp needed! Make sure and check out Tami’s post from yesterday if you haven’t already, she shared a picture of the actual die (as well as a beautiful card, of course!).

For shimmer and shine, I coated the snowflake with lots of Diamond Stickles. So pretty!

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

Have a wonderful weekend,

And we’re back- with the full reveal of 2013 Catalog Sneak Peek #4!

That’s right, you guessed it - a clear set that’s full of fun faux washi tape stamps! The set is called Tape Your Message. You’ll be able to stamp your washi in whatever color of ink you’d like! Woohoo! There’s a few other useful elements added in as well. Here’s a glimpse of the full stamp set:

And this is the set we featured last Friday, which contains a bit of washi along with an assortment of gratitude messages - My Favorite.

We’re getting so excited about the release of the new Hero Arts 2013 Catalog and all of the preview parties - we hope you are too!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Happy Friday! It’s time for another Hero Arts 2013 Catalog sneak peek. Whatever could it be? After our hint last Friday, you probably know…

We’ll be back later today with the reveal! In the meantime, let’s do another giveaway! Comment below to be in the drawing for a new Hero Arts 2013 Catalog! All of the winners will be announced on Thursday, December 13. Good luck!

And we’re back- with the full reveal of 2013 Catalog Sneak Peek #3!

What you’re seeing here are stamps from a new Clear set called My Favorite. In addition to that wonderful thank you definition, decoratively “ripped” at the bottom and held down with “washi tape” - the set also includes the message we see at the bottom of the card, as well as four other stamps expressing love and gratitude. If you are a fan of sending handmade thank you cards, you are going to need this one added to your stash!

You’re also getting a glimpse at bits from another set we’re going to share more of next week… you’ll just have to wait to hear more about that one! Oooooh, such a tease! But we will say - those of you who commented this morning that you were excited about washi tape stamps? Welllll, you’re gonna love it.

Want to get your hands on these stamps as soon as they come out?  Well then you’re in luck, because you’re invited to a 2013 Hero Arts Catalog Preview Party! YAY! Check out our list of participating stores right HERE!

All the NEW stamps will be arriving at these stores starting December 14th, with parties happening December 14-16th and December 21-23rd! Contact your local participating store for more details to see what they have planned!

And that’s not all! Remember to comment on this morning’s sneak peek for a chance to win one of our Hero Arts 2013 Catalogs! And speaking of winners…

We’re happy to announce the two lucky winners of our $50 Wish List Shopping Sprees for the month of October! Congratulations to Bonnie McKeeman and Flo Stevens, who each won a $50 shopping spree in the Hero Arts Online Store! Please contact us at  the winner’s email address located over the sidebar and we’ll get you all set up to shop. Yay!

Want to win a shopping spree? To enter, just join the Hero Club, then leave a comment on any blog post during the month. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hi everyone! It’s time for another Hero Arts 2013 Catalog sneak peek. Hmm… what do you see here?

We’ll be back later this afternoon for the full reveal! In the meantime, leave us a comment for a chance to win the Hero Arts 2013 Catalog! There will be a catalog giveaway on every sneak peek post for the next couple weeks! Yay! All of the winners will be announced on Thursday, December 13. Good luck!

See you again soon,