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Hello everyone! It's Jennifer here and I’m so happy to share my first post on the Hero Arts blog! Today, I’m sharing how I create a background using smaller stamps. It’s one of my favorite techniques, especially when I'm not feeling creative or I'm not sure what to do with a stamp set. When creating a background from small stamps, I usually start in a...

Welcome to a new Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero Challenge! For November, we would love to see cards to thank a friend. Our friends do so many things, both big and small, that make them special in our lives, and they deserve our thanks. Here's some fabulous inspiration from our design team. You can follow the links below each card to discover even...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today. Sparkle up your background with a Hero Arts Bold Prints stamp and embossing. I love adding just a touch of sparkle to a background. Have you seen the new Acanthus Bold Prints from this month's release? It's absolutely beautiful and it's a great way to make quick and easy cards. Let's get into the card. I started...

Welcome to a new Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero Challenge! For September, we want you to make a card for a friend (can you hear the theme song from "Friends" playing in your head?). It could be a birthday card, a sympathy card, a you are awesome card, a hello card – any card that you would make for a friend. Here's some...

Hi friends! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some inspiration using the absolutely gorgeous new Golden Poppies stamp set and coordinating Color Layering Stencils. My initial inclination was to do some no-line watercoloring (how gorgeous are those flowers?), but the stencils make things so much easier and quicker that I couldn't resist playing with them! I have two cards to share with...

Welcome crafty friends! It's Mindy with you today to share inspiration using the new Bear Hugs Stamp & Cut. I set my bears in an outdoor scene to really give you the woodsy feel sitting right from the comfort of your home! Since the stamp image gives the outline of the mama bear and her cub, there are many ways to color in the image....

Hello there, Michelle here today, sharing a card using the Color Layering Wild Columbine Stencils. Here at Hero Arts, we have a number of stencils that were designed to coordinate with stamp sets, but did you know that you can use a lot of them on their own too? This gives a beautiful soft look! I started off my card by taking a 3.75" x...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here. Thanks for stopping by! Today, I am sharing a card I created with two fun products released in the Summer Catalog: Textured Compliments and Zigzag Texture Bold Prints. I love how these sets work so well together. To create my card, I adhered a 4" x 5.25" Bermuda cardstock panel to a white A2 card base. I then stamped the...

Hello there, Michelle here. Today I have a card and video to share with you using the Circle Set Fancy Die set. These dies are very versatile – you can use them for a background, create grounding for a focal point, add die-cut inlay, plus lots more! For today, I thought I would change the shape slightly to create a sun. (If you are having...

Birds of a feather flock together – and cards of a feather do, too! Today we have a trio of "tweet" cards to share with you, all featuring the charming new Be You stamp set and coordinating dies. One stamp set...three ideas...all perfect for sending a cheerful, thoughtful note across the miles! Lydia, Jayne, and Jess from the Creative Team are here to share a...

Hello everyone. It's Dana here with you today. Who's ready for some rainbow fun? And let's add in a Z-fold card base for giggles! Super easy card to create with loads of color. You can watch the tutorial below or over on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. Also there are written instructions below. Let's start off with the card base. I used Dove White. Trim...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here and today I have a fun technique to share with you that I think we'll be perfect for these upcoming summer months! This month has been all about our nostalgic childhoods and the You're Dynamite Bundle set definitely brings me back to mine. I went roller skating every Friday night! I really wanted to pair it with the fun...

Hola everyone! Thank you for stopping by. I hope your Wednesday is going well! Today I am sharing a card featuring the newly released Besties clear stamp set. This adorable set, along with the coordinating Frame Cuts, celebrates childhood friendship. To create my card, I started by blending Purple Galaxy, Berry Smoothie and Taffy Reactive Inks over the flower stencil included in the still available...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using Poppy Field Bold Prints. Bold Prints are essentially background stamps, but they can be so much more! If you take a portion of the background image, it automatically creates a focal point. I started off my card by stamping Poppy Field Bold Prints on to a panel of Perwinkle cardstock...

Hello crafty friends! This is Mindy and I'm here today to share a card I created using the Neon Brights Liquid Watercolors. I have a video tutorial of my process below. (If you are having trouble viewing this video, you can watch HERE on YouTube) Liquid Watercolors are not only ideal for watercoloring images – they are also great for creating backgrounds. In the video,...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a cozy card featuring the new Tea Kettle Fancy Die. I started off by die cutting the tea kettle's body, lid, and handle from a matte silver metallic cardstock. I cut the lid and handle again from Paradise cardstock and then cut off the two teal handles and glued them to the silver pieces. Then I...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here! Today I am sharing a card I created with the newly released Doodles clear stamp set. I am a doodler and love the images in this set. I was inspired by the swirl in the set and immediately wanted to make lollipops. For my card, I first stamped Mini Hearts Bold Prints in Granite Ink onto a 5" x 4.75"...

Hello friends! This is Mindy with you today to share inspiration using the Looking Glass Greenhouse die set. I had an idea to create a scene filled with florals and beautiful Spring colors. To start my scene, I applied Granite ink through the Brick Wall Stencil using a blending brush onto Deluxe Smooth White cardstock. It didn't have to be perfectly blended through the stencil....

Hi friends! Lydia here with one of my favorite coloring techniques – it's a selective focus technique with colored pencils. By selective focus, I mean a technique that is similar to a spotlighting technique, but it's more like portrait mode on an iPhone – it creates a sharp, focused foreground, with a soft, fuzzier background. If you are a photography buff, it's a similar effect...

Hello there my friends! It's Maria here and today I've got a sweet watercolor card to share with you. I started out by stamping images from the Garden Critters Bundle onto Luxe Watercolor Paper. Then I watercolored the images with Hero Liquid Watercolors. I mostly used the new Neon Brights (Pink, Orange, Yellow, Chartreuse, Green) and I used Black to watercolor the cat. Here's a...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Have you had a chance to take a look at the two new catalogs and products? There are so many new and amazing products. For today's card I used two of the new products, the Floral Envelope woodblock stamp and the Friendly Messages stamp set and coordinating dies. To make the card, start by stamping the image on an A2 piece...

Hi everybody! It's Maria Willis here. I had so much fun making the card that I'm sharing with you today. Earlier this week we had a stunning new release and it was all about those butterflies! The add-ons are equally fabulous so today I'm sharing two of my favorite add-ons with you: the Beautiful Butterflies Bundle and the Background Texture Strips. Now, I'm the kind...

Hello and welcome to our February Awesome Add-ons feature! Have you had a chance to check out all of the beautiful new add-ons from this month's release? If not, you can take a look below and shop for them here. These delightful stamps, dies and stencils complement this month's kit while also working wonderfully on their own. They will be perfect for your springtime creations!...

Hello friends! This is Mindy and welcome back! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are able to sit back, relax and get some crafting time in. My card today features the Looking Glass Girl With Balloon die set but I'm only going to use one of the dies. I thought these heart trees were just adorable and wanted to make them the center...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card made using a combination of Gold Hero Paste and Berry Hero Wax. These two media play so well together! I began by positioning the Leaf Circle Stencil over a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Deluxe Smooth White cardstock and using low-tack tape to temporarily hold the stencil in place. Next, I used a palette...

Hi friends! Today we are here with an installment of our monthly series, CommUNITY, where we share artwork from artists who we'd love for you to get to know. CommUNITY is about embracing and honoring the creativity of individuals who are often underrepresented. By sharing art from a diverse group of creators, we hope to not only bring inspiration to this papercrafting community we all...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using the Foliage & Flowers Fancy Die that was released as an add-on alongside the September 2022 My Monthly Hero Kit. These dies can be used to represent any flower or foliage, but I thought it would be fun to try and make them in to sunflowers for my card. I...

Hey friends! This is Mindy here with you today to share some inspiration using the new Leafy Branches Hot Foil Plate. I absolutely love hot foiling! It brings cards a step up and adds such shine. I especially love using hot foiling in my Fall and Winter projects. I've played with this set a few times already but this time, I am going very clean...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here sharing a card featuring the new Little Buddy clear stamp set along with the Acorn Branch Fancy Die. These newly released products can be found in the Hero Arts Handmade For the Holidays 2022 Catalog. The catalog is filled with uplifting new ideas, techniques and designs that will inspire you to create projects for your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors and...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I am sharing a card and video using Cactus Bold Prints. Although, as the name suggests, Bold Prints can be bold in nature, I wanted to show you that they can also be subtle too! Watch the video below to see how I made the card: (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.)...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here and I hope you're all doing well. I am so excited about the entire August release because it is a theme that is hitting me in my adventure-loving heart. Recently, my husband and I have been trying to get out of the house more often to enjoy this beautiful place we live in (California). Last month we drove up the...

Hello Hero friends! This is Mindy with you today to share inspiration using the new Monstera stamp set. Let's start with some ink blending, shall we? Using Deluxe White cardstock, I ink blended Taffy and Lemon Drop Reactive inks using blending brushes to get tropical vibe. By overlapping the two colors, I get a fabulous shade of orange. To add subtle interest without overpowering the...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Recently I have fallen in love with die cutting and having my card's focal point be a die cut element. The new Peacock Fancy Die is perfect for this. To make the card start by die cutting the peacock and the frame (positioned together) from Bermuda, Paradise, and Kiwi cardstock. Next only die cut the frame from Paradise cardstock. You will...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here! Today I am sharing a card featuring the Looking Glass Pearl from our June monthly add-ons release. This set of three layering dies creates a beautiful underwater scene. My card was was fun to create as I got to play with some of the new Hero Arts Premium Cardstock and Core Inks. I started by blending Paradise and Arctic Core...

Hello there and welcome to the last day of Color Week! It's Michelle here and today I am focusing on Inkers. Every ink in the Core Ink collection now has a matching Inker. That's 57 Core Inks and Inkers to play with! These Inkers have been made so that you can refill your Core Ink pads, but they can do so much more! The Creative...

Hello Hero friends! It's Mindy with you today to share inspiration featuring some of the brand new Core Ink colors! There is a color combination I really wanted to try out and that is using Amethyst, Mist and Antique Ivory. The thing is... Antique Ivory is quite light and it can be more of a challenge to blend into another color like Mist. So I...