Posted by Hero Arts
on October 12, 2026
Two new collections have arrived at Hero Arts, bringing fresh ways to make your handmade cards stand out! This month, we're celebrating creative card designs and the perfect words to go with them. From playful projects to heartfelt messages, our new Parade Day and Say It With Style collections are ready to inspire your next trip to the craft table.
Let's take a closer look at what's new!
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Now let’s dive in either further to each of these collections take a look at some inspiring sample cards along the way.
Parade Day Collection
Make way for Parade Day! There's something magical about a parade in the city, and the new Parade Day Collection brings all that excitement to your handmade cards. With festive characters, charming city scenes, and interactive elements, this collection is ready for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and celebrations of all kinds. If you joined us for the Oh What Fun! event, you'll recognize this fun lineup of products!
Start building your scene with the In the City Stamp & Cut and City Skyline Die Set. Create colorful rows of buildings, charming storefronts, and city streets ready for a holiday celebration. Add festive characters and playful details from the On Parade Stamp & Cut to bring your parade to life. From Thanksgiving turkeys to Christmas characters, these sets make it easy to create cards for different holidays. Change up your colors and decorations to give the same city scene a completely new look!
Ready to add a little movement to your cards? The Big Fun Die Set creates an interactive wiper card with a surprise element that pops up when the card is opened or pulled. Imagine a festive character appearing above the city skyline or a playful holiday surprise popping into view! The Big Fun Add-On Die Set gives you even more creative possibilities, with additional elements to customize your interactive designs. It's a fun way to turn a handmade card into a little celebration all its own!
The Holiday Season Stamp & Cut adds the perfect finishing touches with festive greetings that work beautifully alongside the parade scenes. Mix and match sentiments with your favorite characters, layer stamped images over die-cut skylines, or create a colorful holiday scene that stretches across your card front. These products are designed to work together, making it easy to build detailed scenes while giving you plenty of room to add your own creative spin.
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Say It With Style Collection
Sometimes finding the right words is the hardest part of making a card. The new Say It With Style Collection makes it easy to add the perfect finishing touch to your handmade creations, with sentiments that are sweet, heartfelt, and even a little sassy!
The Say It Inside & Out and Birthdays Inside & Out stamp sets are designed to make both the outside and inside of your cards just as special. With a mix of playful fonts and clever messages, these stamps are perfect for adding a little humor or sharing something meaningful. Choose a sweet sentiment like "Your Kindness Means the World to Me" or give someone a laugh with "To My Favorite Introvert." The birthday set brings even more fun with greetings like "More Candles, More Cake, More Memories to Make" and "What Time? Because I'd Like to Be in Bed by Eleven."
Both sets are also available as Stamp & Cut sets, complete with coordinating dies to cut out each sentiment. This makes it easy to create dimensional greetings that can take center stage on your card front or be layered over stamped images and die-cut designs. As the sample cards show, sometimes a great sentiment is all you need to make a card shine!
Looking for even more ways to say it? The Sentiment Strips XL – Everyday Letterpress + Foil Plate features 11 versatile greetings for birthdays, friendship, encouragement, and everyday occasions. From "You've Been on My Mind" to "Sending Hugs," these messages are perfect for adding a polished finish to cards for all kinds of occasions.
Use the plate with your BetterPress system for beautifully detailed letterpressed sentiments, or add a little shine with hot foiling. The coordinating Sentiment Strips XL Die Set cuts all 11 greetings into individual strips in one pass, making it easy to create a stash of ready-to-use sentiments. Try foiling on colorful cardstock, layering the strips for dimension, or keeping things clean and simple with a single greeting across a floral card design.
The best part? These sentiment sets are designed to work with so many products already in your craft room. Pair them with your favorite floral stamps, decorative backgrounds, or die cut focal points to create cards that feel personal and thoughtful. They're the kind of versatile essentials you'll reach for again and again.
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Find Your Next Creative Inspiration
From festive parades and colorful celebrations to heartfelt sentiments and clever birthday greetings, our October collections offer plenty of new ways to get creative. Build a playful scene, make a sentiment the star of your card, or combine new products with old favorites for something completely your own.
Which new collection has you ready to create? Explore the Parade Day and Say It With Style collections in the Hero Arts shop, and let us know which products are on your crafty wish list!
Happy crafting!
