Happy National Scrapbooking Day, stamping friends!

We’re thrilled to be teaming up with our fabulous friends at BasicGrey to celebrate this special day. How about some scrapbooking inspiration…and a chance to win some Hero Arts & BasicGrey goodies too?! (More on that in just a bit…stay tuned!)

First, we wanted to show you this cute-as-can-be layout Kandis Smith created. We just love how she combined a variety of stamps with papers from BasicGrey’s 6×6 Lauderdale Paper Pad here. The result is a page full of life, color, and fun!

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

Now about that giveaway…! Click over HERE to the BasicGrey blog to see even more scrapbooking inspiration and read all about how you could win some Hero Arts & BasicGrey products of your choice! Entering is easy and you have almost a full week to submit. Yay!

Happy scrapbooking, happy stamping, and happy weekend! Hope yours is wonderful!

We are excited to announce that our NEW Frame Cuts & Mid-tone Inks are now fully available for ordering!

Those of you who placed pre-orders will be happy to know that your orders are now starting to ship, too!

So go ahead — start shopping — orders are fulfilled by local stamp stores!

Hi everyone! Welcome back to the 2012 Catalog Blog Hop with the Hero Hostesses!

Coming your way today — more inspiration and more chances to win new stamps! Just wait until you see the beauties the Hostesses have created for day 3! Here’s a bit of what Lisa, Arlene, Linda and Sally have cooked up…

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Or would that be the tip of the inkpad?

Either way, we’re ready to hop…how about you? The first stop on today’s journey is the blog of Lisa Carroll! Click here to visit Lisa’s blog and then follow the links to each of the Hostesses participating today.

Be sure to leave a comment at each blog (as well as this post) and you’ll be eligible to win one of three fabulous assortments of stamps from the 2012 Catalog! Winners will be announced on Monday, January 16th. Remember, you have an entire week to visit. If you didn’t have time to hop the first two days…no problem! You have all week to enjoy the projects and comment for a chance to win.

A hoppy Wednesday to all,

P.S. - If you happen to come across any broken links, you can always come back to this post and find links to all of today’s participating bloggers: Lisa Carroll • Arlene McClung • Linda Wetterlin • Sally Sherfield

Hello there, friends…we meet again! Welcome to the twentieth and final stop of the 2012 Catalog Blog Hop! We hope you enjoyed the ride and found lots of inspiration in the projects our artists and special guests created!

Who would like a closer look at the 18 new featured stamps/sets featured throughout today’s hop? Here they are!

Ah, there’s nothing quite like new stamp images to inspire creativity! These stamps and many, many more have arrived at hundreds of retail stores already! Click here to to find a Hero Arts Catalog Debut store near you. Starting January 5, the 2012 Catalog stamps will be available in the Hero Arts Online Store as well!

Now, as tradition holds, it’s time to unveil the cover of the new catalog! With great excitement, we present to you the 2012 Hero Arts Catalog — seventy-five pages chock full of inspiring new card ideas, stamps, papers, inks, accessories, and more!

The digital version of the 2012 Catalog will be coming to heroarts.com on December 20th so that you can browse all of the wonderful new offerings from the catalog at the click of a mouse!

The fun is really just beginning, as Catalog Preview Parties kick off tomorrow and continue throughout the month at participating stores worldwide. Find a party near you and take some time out to enjoy these fun in-store events! And don’t forget about our photo contest — you could win new 2012 Catalog stamps for sharing photos from the Preview Parties you attend!

We can’t wait to hear what you think about the new stamps you’ve seen so far. Do you have a favorite? (We promise not to tell the other stamps!) Please leave a comment and let us know. We love hearing from you!

Thank you so much for hopping with us!

Happy holidays from our stamp desk to yours,

Hi everyone! Welcome back to our week with BasicGrey!

I am so excited because I got to play with one of my favorite BasicGrey lines - Picadilly. It is so fun, fresh and colorful. And to challenge myself a bit more, I decided to not only use one of our sketches, but also go with this month’s theme of holiday cards! Yep, I took the summery Picadilly line and worked it into this holiday card…

Card by Jennifer McGuire. Find complete supplies and instructions here.

By the way, for this card I used the second sketch shown HERE (just turned on it’s side). And the red dotted strip? That was from a Picadilly sticker sheet. And those trees? Those were cut using the dies from the Holiday Cheer stamp + die set. And then I just stamped them with the Picadilly Fabulous Patterns stamp.

Now how about another giveaway? Today we have one of the fabulous Picadilly collection packs plus your choice of two Picadilly embellishments up for grabs!

For a chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post. Comments will be accepted through Friday, October 21 at 11:59pm PST, with the winner announced over the weekend. Good luck!

After you’ve entered the giveaway, don’t forget to take a moment to visit the BasicGrey blog to see some wonderful projects from their design team. There’s a giveaway there too! Stamps anyone…?

Enjoy and be sure to come back tomorrow - we’ve got more BasicGrey goodness to share!

P.S. - Scroll down to the post below to check out the first round winners from our October contest and leave them some love!

Hi everyone, it’s Shari here with a little sneaky peek from our NEW Summer catalog.  I’m so excited to share!!  The Stamp I’m using today is called Large Lotus Background (CG350)…so very YUMMY!!!  I can see this being used in a lot of my future projects.

I had a little play with this gorgeous stamp and Tim Holtz Distress Stains to create a quick watercolor background effect.  I’ve got a few more marriage ceremonies to attend this summer, these soft muted colors are AWESOME for wedding cards.   Check it out!

Here’s a close up of the daisy flower

Card by Shari Carroll.  Find instructions and supplies HERE.

Thanks for joining us for a week of mixed artists.  Tomorrow is a Social Thursday and Remember, ALL stamps from the Summer Catalog will be available in the Hero Arts Online Store this Friday, June 17!!!

Welcome back to the blog everyone!

Today I have a more sophisticated manly card in a monochromatic color scheme using another Sketch.  I’ve also used my all time FAVORITE stamp set… Stone Etchings!  To make things really quick and easy, I printed the Stone Etching Flower Printable sheet on Earth Designer papers, they are ready to go straight out of the printer!

Card by Shari Carroll.  You can find complete instructions here.

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s “man-spiration”…  Hee Hee.  I’ll see you back here on Friday!

Hi Everyone!  Shari here to bring you a week of MAN-ly cards using this month’s challenge sketches.  Now you would think making masculine cards would be easy for me being that I am surrounded by men in my home… but this girl is used to using flowers, bows and pretty little details.

When I think of masculine cards, the first thing that comes to mind are colors like browns, blues and naturals.  For today’s card, I wanted to focus on texture and pattern.  I chose the Line Dots and Plaid Person to get the job done for a simple card suited for any MAN occasion.  Here’s what I’ve come up with.

Card by Shari Carroll.  Instructions and card details can be found HERE.

And because there is a window on this card I thought it would be fun to stamp the inside with Many Dots and a message from the Sending Smiles set.  This card design can be used for birthdays, graduations, job promotions, etc.

I’ll be back tomorrow with more man-ly goodness, enjoy your day!

As promised, I said I would let you know the moment our new Digital Die Cuts would be ready.  NOW is the time!!! Our digital Die cutting files can be used in most NON cartridge type Digital Die cutting machines. The file types come in the following:

• AI
• JPEG
• PNG
• SVG
• GSD
• DXF
• STUDIO

Please check your machines specifications for more information.

What I didn’t tell you was that we also made Printable downloads of some of our best images.  These printables can be printed from any home computer, no extra software needed. The printable sheets measure 8 1/2″ x 11″.  Check it all out HERE.

I’m so thrilled and can’t wait to hear what you think.

Don’t forget to check out Kelly’s wonderful masculine Birthday Boy Card, she has ROCKED the sketch today!!!

Hi everyone, Shari here… I’ve hijacked the blog today….No joke!

First off, today is the first day of April!!!  That means it’s time to announce our new challenge!  This month we have a Sketch Challenge, Masculine Projects and the Stamp Layering Technique.  You can find out all the details HERE.

Next, I’m soooo excited to give you a peek at something that will be available very SOON from Hero Arts!

Have you ever been frustrated with cutting out intricate stamped images to put on your cards?  Well listen to this… We have designed cutting files for your digital cutting machines.  Each file has the perfect cut-out of some of our most popular stamps.  I know…its a BRILLIANT idea!  I’ve created a sample for you to see how it works.

This is going to be so much fun to have cut-outs of our images!  Stayed tuned for more information to come! I’ll let you know the moment they are available!

As you know TODAY is April 1st… I feel like it’s MY day as I plan all my pranks and jokes to play…haha, short sheeting is one of my favorites because it’s a great way to end the day! Gotta get that last one in before bedtime.  Hope you have a day filled with fun and laughter!