Hi there! This afternoon we have some happy news! We’re here to announce the winner from our Stamp Your Story blog hop last week! We loved reading all of your wonderful comments here on the blog and along the entire hop! And we’re thrilled that you are as excited as we are about these new stamps!

So without further ado, our lucky winner is Barb, who said right here on this blog: “Those colorful circles are so fun, Sally! LOVE!! “

Barb, please send your address to winner@heroarts.com and we’ll get your prize package out to you.

Have a nice weekend,

Welcome back to the blog everyone, it’s Shari here with another Stamp Your Story inspiration! So far I’ve been showing how to make cards with the new stamps and accessories, this time I’ve created a very simple journal page with some basic stamping.

I’ve used fun bright inks that blend well together when stamped and layered.

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

And now I have an exciting event to let you know about! Are you local to the Bay Area? Check this out…!!

I’ll be at the Warehouse sale too and can’t wait to welcome you to my (other) home!  :o)

Hello! It’s Jennifer here and I have a bold and colorful card for you!

I love the look of painted watercolor brush strokes. And this is easy to do with the new Hero Arts My Notebook set…

I wanted a “messy” and colorful background. I inked the image with Distress Inks and gave it a mist of water from close up before stamping. Normally I mist from faraway so that it blends better. But by close up misting, I get more splotches in the final result…which can be fun!

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

Hope your day is bold and colorful, too.

Hi there! It’s Kelly here with more Stamp Your Story inspiration! Since Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday in the U.S., I thought I’d pull together a card just for her using some of my favorite new stamps.

One of those stamps is the Painted Circle — a fun brush stroke circle that can add a bit of texture to your projects! On my card below I used two different sized circle dies to cut both inside and outside the image, creating a hollow circle element to put behind the sentiment.

The sentiment strip was created by combining images from two new woodblock sets — Happy Thoughts and Best Mom Ever. The “I Love You Mom” sentiment fit perfectly inside the striped frame, creating a fun detailed border along the top and bottom of the sentiment banner.

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

And I wanted a very subtle background so the Tiny Ink Spots ended up being the perfect solution! I think the soft white on kraft helps pull the whole card together!

Hope you enjoyed the card and have a wonderful day!

Hi! It’s Tami here today with a little Stamp Your Story inspiration on this beautiful May Tuesday. When the first prototype Cling stamps arrived, the AC026 Brush Strokes set nearly jumped right outta the box…I’m almost positive it said “ink me first!” And here’s the first thing I came up with using these fun new brush stroke stamps…

Five yummy Mid-tone Shadow Inks provide the coloring on the tag. No paintbrushes, paint, or water — just stamps and ink! How simple is that?

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

I really love the “be who you are” message. We could all use that reminder now and then, right?

Before I wrap up, I have three more things to share with you!

• First, there’s still time to check out the eye candy from the Stamp Your Story Blog Hop if you haven’t had a chance to do so yet. Be sure to comment on all of the hop stops for a chance to win an awesome prize! It all starts right HERE.

• We also have a winner to announce this morning! The randomly chosen winner of the National Scrapbooking Day giveaway is #56…Sarah T! Sarah, please contact us at the winner’s email address located over in the sidebar and we’ll get your prize sent out to you. Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments on Joy’s layout!

• And lastly, it’s time to introduce you to our featured Stamp of the Week. It’s the Big Tag, and you can find HERE at 25% off (this week only!) in the Hero Arts Online Store! It coordinates with the Large Tag Frame Cut die I used to cut the tag above.

That’s all from me today. Thanks for stopping by! Kelly will be here tomorrow with more Stamp Your Story inspiration.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hi everyone! Welcome back to the blog!!! It’s Shari here to show you the monthly technique for May using the Stamp Your Story products …just in case you might have missed it with all the Stamp Your Story reveal excitement last week.

The card I created in the video features the Painted Canvas stamp used with the new ink Daubers… I’m hooked on these daubers and this color combination!!!

I love how the colors blend together on the Painted Canvas background!

Check out the video below to see how it’s done!

Remember these items have just shipped to your local stamp stores and will be available in our online store starting May 15th.  Our new contest has a different format, you’ll be able to see all the entries in one place, find out all the details HERE.

Thanks for hanging out with me, have a great Monday!!!

P.S. - Monday is the new Wednesday…when it comes to new videos on our blog, that is! Starting today, we’ll be sharing videos on Mondays instead of Wednesdays. We hope it provides a creative spark to your week!

We hope you’ve been enjoying our Stamp Your Story Blog Hop this weekend! Be sure to visit if you haven’t already, and comment along the way to enter the prize drawing!

It’s National Scrapbooking Day today! We hope you are able to spend a little time creating, whether it be with your photographs, or making cards, or any other projects that make you happy! I am happy be here, sharing a layout with you today. I really wanted to have fun with this layout, using different mediums with stamping. I’m loving the messy look of cards and layouts these days and wanted to try it for myself! I used two fun new sets from the Stamp Your Story catalog - this fun new alphabet set called Letters as well as the gorgeous feather from My Favorite!

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

Since one of my favorite new sets from Stamp Your Story is My Favorite, and because National Scrapbooking Day is even more fun when there are prizes involved, how about a little giveaway?! Just leave a comment and we’ll draw a random winner to receive My Favorite. We’ll announce the winner on Tuesday, May 7.

Have a wonderful weekend!

On Wednesday we unveiled the new Stamp Your Story catalog and contest and today…we HOP! That’s right, six Hero Arts designers have joined forces today to celebrate the new release and get the creative juices flowing.

Here to kick things off is Sally Traidman!

Sally: “Hello everyone on this creative, wonderful Friday. I am bringing you MY story for today’s first stop of the blog hop. I LOVE bright colors and circles, so I got this idea to create the circle paint splotch from Texture and Shape stamped in many colors, with little designs stamped on top. Can you recognize some of the designs from Not Perfect? As for the message - an instructor of mine used those words in a quote, so I added them since they were the inspiration for the card.”

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

Every blog hop needs a fabulous prize, right? We think so! We’ve put together an assortment of new Stamp Your Story items to give away. Feast your eyes…

The lucky winner will be drawn at random from ALL of the comments received on all of the blog hop stops and announced on Friday, May 10th. Be sure to comment here and on all of the designers’ blogs to increase your chances of winning!

The Stamp Your Story products you’ll see featured today have begun shipping to local stamp stores and will be available in the Hero Arts Online Store starting May 15th.

Now that we have the details out of the way, let’s get hopping! Today we invite you to venture to the blogs of…

Shari Carroll

Lisa Spangler

Kelly Rasmussen

Tami Hartley

Jennifer McGuire

We hope you find lots of inspiration along the way. Thanks so much for joining us. Happy hopping and happy weekend, everyone!!

We are excited that YOU are so excited about our new Stamp Your Story catalog, and love all of the wonderful comments you’ve left so far! On Wednesday when we revealed the Stamp Your Story catalog, we asked you to leave a comment for a chance to win! We’ve drawn a random winner from all the comments - congratulations to Marilyn Nimmo, who said:

“LOVE the travel set. Perfect for those travel layouts.”

Marilyn, please email us at winner@heroarts.com with your mailing address, and we’ll get your prize right out to you!

Happy Stamping!

Hello, and welcome to our April Round 2 Winners post! We’ve loved this month, and as ever, had a really tough time choosing our favorites from the many pages of wonderful entries. But we’ve narrowed it down, and here are our picks this time.

First up, we have Vera Rhuhay, who created a stunning layout complete with plenty of girly details. She used stamps from our Love Jar set, combining them with sequins, twine and pretty papers. We think this is jaw-droppingly gorgeous!

Next, ivgupta(Isha), with this mixed media journal created for her daughters. The Etched Medallion stamp simply pops off the page with its delicious red tones.

cjmdd used our Big Owl printable to create this super fun backpack for her son. What a brilliant idea - we just love all the colors she has added!

This feminine card by Virginia L. is super stylish. Virginia used a number of sentiments from our Be Silly set to create her own custom message. Such fun.

And how about some delicate stamping on vellum by Angela Maine. This lovely Mother’s Day card features our Floral Stamp and Die-Cut set, along with some of our Blush Designer Paper. Such a pretty combination.

And finally, it’s time to announce our random winner, chosen from all the entries tagged with April2013B. This time it is:

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Winners, congratulations! Please contact us at winner@heroarts.com with your address and phone number, and also include your list of $50 worth of product by Thursday, May 9th. You can look through our online store to create your list. Please include “April2013B Winner” in the subject line. There are also blog blinkies available for all the winners - if you’d like one, please let us know in your email and we’ll send it along as well!

If you haven’t heard, we kicked off a big new Stamp Your Story contest yesterday — you can find the contest details HERE!

Have a very happy day, and we’ll see you tomorrow for the Stamp Your Story Blog Hop!