Hello and welcome! Today we are celebrating two wonderful things - the release of the 2019 Summer Catalog products in our shop, and the fact that Hero Arts has been sharing the love of stamping for 45 years! If you've been following along on this blog and our social media channels, you know we've been celebrating for the past month. We hope you've enjoyed all of the Flashback Fridays, and we've certainly enjoyed seeing your Show & Tell entries!
The 2019 Summer Catalog celebrates our 45 years in business. Take a trip back through the decades, with classic red rubber designs curated into beautiful new clear stamp sets. Also, best selling woodblock stamps from yesteryear have returned "from the vault" with special, limited edition labeling. We're excited to be introducing a fresh, new line of Reactive Inks in gorgeous, vibrant colors. We think you'll enjoy thumbing through the catalog to see how our company has evolved over the years!
It wouldn't be a celebration without party guests, now would it? We've gathered together some of our industry friends to help us get the party started. And for you, our most honored guests, we've pulled together amazing prizes - more than $1400 in prizes in all! Our celebration will extend for three days - be sure to visit every day through Friday for inspiration, stories and of course a chance to win prizes from these wonderful sponsors:
Here's a look at the prizes up for grabs. Winners will be selected from all comments left across the entire hop over the three days.
Before we begin the blog hop, let's start with some card inspiration from our artists. First up, Kelly Rasmussen, combining our new Reactive Inks with some adorable stamps "from the vault"!
Hi there! I'm thrilled to be here today to help showcase the awesome new Reactive Inks!
Before I started with my background, I stamped the adorable From the Vault Bear and Kitty image onto watercolor paper using Intense Black Ink. Then I stamped it again onto masking paper, trimmed it out and placed it over the image on the watercolor paper.
Next, I used Berry Smoothie, Blue Hawaii and Blue Raspberry Reactive Inks to create the background. I put some ink on a craft mat, spritzed it with water and then used a Water Flow Brush to paint the background. These inks blend together beautifully creating new colors as they overlap each other!
Once the panel was dry, I removed the mask and stamped my sentiment from the Stamped Just For You clear stamp set using Intense Black Ink. Then I mounted the panel to a top-folding card base made from Periwinkle Premium Cardstock.
Thanks Kelly for the adorable card! For more detailed information about the Reactive Inks, Jessica Frost-Ballas has put together a helpful video. Take a look!
And now it's time to hop! Here's today's list, including our wonderful Creative Team, past team members, and some great industry friends.
Hero Arts (you are here!)Commenting on all of the blogs within the hop will give you more chances to win! Comment by Sunday, June 2 at 11:59pm Pacific, and we will announce the winners on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
We hope you enjoyed all of this wonderful inspiration, and tune in again tomorrow for Day 2 of our anniversary celebration!
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Fun dyes to work with I love the colors together!
Happy 45th anniversary Hero Arts
Happy Anniversary. Thanks for the chance to win.
Happy 45th Anniversary Hero Arts! Thank you for being an amazing leader in this industry! I love Keely’s card – can’t wait to try those inks!
Happy Anniversary! Hero Arts has always been and will continue to be a favorite of mine!
I love watercoloring. These new inks look so easy to use, I can’t wait to try them!
Supercute card Kelly! Such a fun and creative inspirational blog hop ♥ Many congratulations on your 45th anniversary :)
What a pretty card! I love the black and white stamp against the bright colored background. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Anniversary. Have a wonderful anniversary year.
So glad you’re kind of close, maybe I can make a store visit from Monterey County area to see ALL your goodies in person.
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! 45 years that is awesome.
Happy 45th Anniversary! OMG… I love your new Hero Hues inks. I want them all!
Adorable card!
Thanks for the chance to win awesome prizes .
WOW, the new reactive inks are fabulous….thanks, Jessica for the demo. Love the smooshing technique!
Happy anniversary, Hero Arts! I can’t wait to see what you do for your 50th!
Bear and cat friends – too cute!
Happy 45th Anniversary, Hero Arts.
What amazing celebration!!! Thanks for this chance to win amazing prizes!!!
Congrats on your 45th Anniversary!
Love how the black and white images pop off the bright background.
Congratulations for forty five years. Great staying power. Wishes for many more years to come.
Cute card!! excited to use the new inks!!!
I LOVE HOW VIBRANT THESE INKS ARE!! I CANNOT WAIT TO GE SOM TO TRY
45 years Congrats!!! Hero Arts you have been one of my favorites for years.. I can not wait to seethe stamps from the past!
Oh my goodness!!! 45 years! What an amazing milestone! CONGRATULATIONS!!! And what a fun look back through the years you’ve brought to us :) Can’t wait to see all these stamps from the vault!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank You!
Such a sweet card!
Wow, 45 years! Congratulations!
I’ve been a fan for many years!
Thanks for the lovely inspiration and a fun blog hop!
Here’s to many more years!
Hugs
Rene
45 years as an industry leader is amazing! Congrats!!
Happy 45th anniversary, Hero Arts. That’s an amazing achievement, with lots of fabulous products and new development along the way. The new inks look amazing!
Marianne x
I’ve been a fan of yours for 30 years or more. Keep up your wonderful products and inspiration. Thank you
I’m looking forward to playing with the new inks.
Sweet friends with pink and blue. The background brings out my vulnerability. Wonderful mix of design and color
Very happy card for Spring or young summer
Hero Arts has been one of my favorites for years. I am so glad you are bringing back some of our old favorites.
Congrats HA! I have not been stamping for anything close to 45 years, but from my start HA has been my FAV! Thanks for being awesome!
Love the new Hero Hues inks, do you do re-inkers for them? I can’t wait to try them!
WOW, Hero Arts does it again. Your new Reactive inks look FABULOUS. Sooo much can be done with them. Can’t wait to try them
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WISH I WAS STILL 45.
Congrats on 45 years, what a great accomplishment! These new inks look wonderful too.
Lovely, both the techniques and the colors.
My very first stamps were Hero Arts wood and red rubber. So happy you continue to be in business. Here’s to another 45 … cheers!
Very cute card. I love the way the new inks blend. Lots of possibilities.
Beautiful background!! Love the way those colors blend together!!
Hero Arts you are always able to inspire me to create! Congrats on 45 years of positivity!
Awesome! I love Hero Arts!
Wow! That is some gorgeous watercolor look. Happy 45! But honestly you don’t look a day over 25! ❤️
Love the look of these inks and how well they blend – great cards!
45 years is an impressive milestone! That stamp from the vault is adorable and I love the colors that were paired together for the background. Beautiful card!
Wow, 45 years in business. Great job. I can’t imagine all the changes over the years. Keep up the great work, you are doing amazing things.
Happy Anniversary to a wonderful company!
Happy 45th Anniversary! The first stamp that I bought was Hero Arts. I love how you created the background with the inks. That little bear and kitty are so sweet!
Happy Anniversary! 45 years is a long time in the crafting business!
A huge congratulations is in order for this huge milestone for Hero Arts and the entire HA family. Wooooot woot 🙌🏼🙌🏼.
Beautiful new hybrid HA inks!
Congratulations on your 45th Anniversary
oh my! these sweet little friends!!!
What a great company!
Happy 45th Birthday!
Very excited to get back from vacation and see this. I love the reactive inks I have gotten in kits and can’t wait to get more.
Very exciting hop! Lots of great ideas!
Happy 45th Anniversary! That’s quite the ride, and one I’ve enjoyed being on for over 25 years.
Happy 45 years! I am loving those water reactive inks. They are on my list when I place my order Thursday!
thank you for the blog hop !
Oh wow… The ink colours are so pretty… lovely card
Happy 45 years! That’s AMAZING!
Love the background on this card!
I absolutely love what I’ve seen regarding your new reactive inks. I can’t wait to try them for myself.
Beautiful contrast of the gorgeous colors created with the new reactive inks and the black/white of the sweet kitty and teddy bear image, and will give this technique a try. Congratulations on 45 years!!
Congratulations on 45 years!! Love the blog hop inspirations.
So sweet and I love the colors!
I love how vibrant these colors are! Happy Anniversary on 45 years!!!
Happy anniversary! Something to be so very proud of…45 years! Here’s to many many more. Thanks for all your great products.
Congrats on this anniversary. Love the background for this cute bear and cat.
Happy anniversary Hero Arts! Hero Arts has been one of my favorite products because of the quality and awesome designs. I have stamps that are 20 years old and I still use them. I am looking forward to trying Hero Hues.
Love the colors of those reactive inks!!!
Happy anniversary!!! So exciting! And fab card to start the celebration!
Congratulations on 45 years! My first stamps, so many years ago, were Hero Arts. Such great designs-I still have them!
Congratulations on 45 years! What a beautiful card with the From the Vault stamp. Love the background.
The colors of the Hero Hues…I love love love!
45 years in the biz! That’s so impressive! Congratulations and a big thank you for providing us with great products and inspiration all those years!
Thanks Hero Arts for letting us celebrate this exciting milestone with you! I love seeing all the ‘from the vault’ products. Wow, the sharp black stamped image really pops against Kelly’s beautiful background. Such a fabulous card to kick off an amazing celebration!
Love so many Hero Arts products and own alot. Always trust them!!
Cute card and that background is so pretty!
Congratulations on 45th Anniversary. What an accomplishment. Look forward to see whats in store next!!.
I love the new Hues reactive color pads. Congratulations on 45 wonderful years.
Looking fwd to trying the new inks, I hope they’re not too expensive.
Sweet. Congrats Hero Arts!
Happy Anniversary Hero Arts! What a milestone to achieve in this industry. May the crafting community flourish forever.
Congrats, Hero Arts!
Here’s to the next 45!
I love kitty stamps!
Happy 45th Anniversary – thank you for your contribution to our crafty world!!! Love the look of these reactive inks – Kelly’s card is so sweet with that adorable stamp! What a great idea to re-release some of these “vintage” images from the vault!!
Happy 45th Anniversary Hero Arts! What tremendous longevity. Thanks for all of the wonderful inspiration.
What an Amazing anniversary to celebrate…I know I have had Hero Arts stamps in my stash for the last 15 years and will have them in my stash for the next 15 years since they are amazing company with creative and quality products.
I’ve been in love with your stamps for over 20 years! Congrats on 45 years of bringing joy to stampers!!!
What fun inks!! And such wonderful colors. Can’t wait to get my hands on some!!
I’ve never worked with Hero Arts ink but they look amazing. Cute card. Happy 45th Anniversary Hero Arts
Congratulations on 45 years in the rubber stamp creativity business!! Like so many others, Hero Arts is where I got my start and you remain my go to place for a wide variety of products and creative inspiration. Thank You Hero Arts and best wishes for continued success!!
Have to try these inks, look fantastic! Happy anniversary to all of you!
Love the vivid colors of these new inks. The stamp is darling!
I am excited to try these reactive inks. Happy Anniversary. I love Hero Arts! I love that you are bringing back your stamps from the past. This is awesome.
I can’t wait to get these inks and try out different techniques with them. They are so vibrant and beautiful.
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