Hi everyone and welcome back to the blog! It’s Shari here to show you my latest technique.  I’m always looking for ways of getting the most of my products and had a “light bulb” moment when thinking about the stencils… it was worth a try and here is what I came up with!

My thinking was… how can I dry emboss using a stencil?

The result gave me a nice, crisp, shallow impression. Viola!

You can find the instructions and supplies HERE.

I’ve also put together a video showing the entire process.

Thanks for joining me today… I hope you’re having a fabulous Monday!!!

Hello, and a very happy Monday to you. It’s Lucy here, with a glittery, girly, tag-shaped birthday card. I love to make shaped cards, and our Frame Cut dies make it so easy. Die cut 2 of the same shape and score one 1/4″ from the top. Then attach the scored card to the reverse of the other card and voila! Simple.

My card today uses the Large Tag Frame Cut, along with some cute birthday stamps.

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

Don’t you just love the impact that a little bit of Glossy Accents adds to a card?

Well, that’s all for today. We’ll see you here again tomorrow, when Lisa will be sharing a card and the final sneak peek from our upcoming catalog!

Bye for now,

Hello! It’s Jennifer here and I have another sneak peek for you from our upcoming Stamp Your Story catalog, which debuts on May 1. These stamps are great for fun inking techniques…

I had such fun creating that inky card for the peek that I decided to create another with some of my favorite current stamps! This one looks complicated but is quite simple… thanks to the fabulous Distress Inks. I just inked the Painted Flower stamp with Distress Inks and stamped it on watercolor paper. I then “painted” it with a brush and water, causing it to blend and give a hand-painted watercolor look. (Distress Inks react with water and blend amazingly well!)

I added the look of texture by adding little dots to the flower’s center with markers.

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

Thanks for stopping by. See you soon!

Hello and Happy Monday everyone, it’s Kandis here! Mother’s day always reminds me of flowers. It seems like that’s when all my tulips start to bloom and it puts a smile on my face. I love the idea of using this large tag for a card base! It’s super easy too — just stamp it up close to the fold line on your favorite color notecard, cut out around the edge and decorate. I even hole punched mine and added some twine!

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

Each of the flowers was stamped onto colored cardstock and cut out by hand — it took a little time, but I love how each petal is bent at a different angle and gives the flower so much dimension.

The Tag Collage set I used here also happens to be our Stamp of the Week! Today through Sunday, you can get this “super sized” 6×8 inch Cling set at 25% off right HERE in the online store.

This card was so fun to make I hope you get a chance to make one too!

Have a great week,

Hello! It’s Jennifer here to share a simple spring flower card - perfect for Mother’s Day.

I absolutely love the Etched Daisy stamp, but really wanted it to have a stem in order to be work with a design idea I had in my head. So, I took matters into my own hands and added stems with a marker!

Using the fine tip of Memento Markers, I just drew a sketchy stem to match the style of the flower. I also used the markers to add shadow lines to the flower and color to the flower’s center.

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

This card is quick and simple to do and great for mass-producing for any occasion. Hope you will give it a try!

Hello, Kelly here! It’s the first of the month which means it is time for a new monthly contest — yay!

The themes for our April Monthly Contest are:

• Just For Her - We want to see projects for females of all ages! Mother’s Day, birthday, hello, thinking of you….any theme works here!
• Sketch Challenge
• Technique: Creating with Printables - You can find the Hero Arts Digital Printables in our online store.

All the details and deadlines for our monthly contest can be found HERE!

And now onto the card that I’ve created for today. I decided to create a bright and cheerful birthday card that would work for almost any female!

I white embossed the Looped Flower image on kraft cardstock and used a craft knife to cut out some of the petals to create openings for five flowers. I wanted some bright colors behind these flowers, so I inked up some pieces of cardstock with various Hero Arts Shadow Inks and adhered them to the back side of the tag. To finish it off, I filled in each of the petals with Glossy Accents and topped them off with a coordinating pearl. The shine and texture on this card is very striking in person!

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

I look forward to seeing all your fabulous new creations for our April contest. Thanks for joining me today!

Happy Monday! It’s Kelly here with a springy hello card to start off the week!

I finally got a chance to play around with the gorgeous Butterfly Fancy Die and here’s the card I made…

I die cut the butterfly from a piece of Snow Layering Paper and inked it up with some orange Distress Inks. Then I die cut the butterfly again from a piece of Shallows Layering Paper to use the negative portion of the die cut. I inset the orange butterfly into the Shallows piece and carefully secured it with little pieces of tape around the edges on the backside.

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

Then I added a sentiment and a Pinstripe stamped vellum strip to this panel and popped it up on a Tide Folded Card. I love this technique and can’t wait to try it using the Floral Lace Fancy Die!

Thanks for joining me today…have a great day!

BAM! POW! It’s Lisa here, to share the happy news that two NEW collections from Hero Arts/BasicGrey are coming to the shop starting on Wednesday: Kneehighs and Bowties!

You may have already seen these at your favorite local stamp stores, and here’s why:  here at Hero Arts, when you purchase something from our online store your order is fulfilled by local stores, so we wait to add them to allow time to have them in stock.

The Kneehighs collection is a fun for all the princesses out there with neon pinks, aqua, oranges and more! Bowties is perfect for the boys with rocket ships, charcoal grays, and other primary colors. I think they’ll be perfect for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards too. Preview the collections right HERE in the Hero Arts & Friends supplement.

For my card today I couldn’t resist playing with both collections together, and here are the results!

Love this owl so much! He’s like a neon bluebird of happiness. I gave him long legs so he could REALLY give a HIGH 5, ha!

He’s got some gleaming eyes too, thanks to Glossy Accents. Here’s a closeup so you can see it better:

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

Click on the link for more tips and tricks that I had up my sleeve.

Thanks so much for joining me today, and hope you have an awesome week! Don’t forget to pop by on Wednesday when the collections are in the shop. Just sayin. ;-D

Happy Monday everyone! March is nearly half over, so it’s time to get going on your Easter cards! I have always loved colorful eggs and springy colors, so I wanted to play with the Pattern Egg today. I cut and trimmed the eggs and split one to have our Fancy Dies Alphabet Uppercase letters tumbling out to spell Happy Easter! Fun!

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

Is spring starting to make an appearance in your part of the world? Even if you’re still knee deep in snow, playing with happy spring colors on your cards can brighten your day!

Thanks for stopping by,

Hi! Even though it’s still winter and there is snow outside my window, I have shifted into Spring mode. I’ve been planning my garden and landscaping projects, got my kids signed up for ball and even have a few summer vacations already on the calendar. So it’s only natural that this change take place with my card making, too!

Today I’ve created a springtime card that features our Stamp of the Week, the Friend Collage stamp set.

The images in this 6 x 8 inch set are perfect for creating a collage style and look great in a soft pastel color combo.

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

Do you see the decorative edge along the bottom of the celadon strip of paper? That was created using the Long and Cute Tags Frame Cuts. I just ran the die partially through my die cut machine so it would only cut half the tag. Then I just trimmed up the sides to create the long panel. Such a great way to get more mileage out of your dies!

And like I said before, the Friend Collage stamp set is our Stamp of the Week, so you can get it for 25% off this week only in the Hero Arts Online Store!

Have a great day!