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Hello and welcome back to the countdown to the release of the October My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, October 1st at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We will be here through tomorrow, sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as the new optional add-on products that will also be available on Monday. Stay tuned for more inspiration for the remainder of...

Fall has arrived, and we're thrilled to welcome a very talented guest artist to the blog to share a pair of cards inspired by the season. Please join us in welcoming Debi Adams! Here's Debi to share both modern and classic takes on Thanksgiving cards with die cutting... No better way to bring the fall season inside than with the Autumn Icons Fancy Dies by...

Hi everyone, Ilina here today with a video tutorial on how you can create your own custom shimmer sprays using the new Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Inks. For my cards today I am using three of the inks: Pewter, Gold, and Copper, but you can use any of the 8 colors you like. You can even mix two or more colors together to create new...

The Season of Wonder Catalog is filled with so many great stamps that are perfect for your holiday cards. But if you look closely, you will find quite a few stamps that can be used year round for any occasion, like the Sugar and Spice Bold Prints that I use on my card today. The first thing I did was ink up the background stamp...

Hello! One of my favorite looks for fall is gold embossing on dark cardstock and coloring in images with colored pencils or metallic watercolors. Today I'm sharing an Autumn Bounty with this background created by stamping and embossing images from the Autumn Bounty Stamp & Cut Set on navy cardstock with Gold Embossing Powder and coloring in the images with Polychromos colored pencils. (If you...

Hello and welcome to the Hero Arts blog! Janette here with you today to share about the ease of Glimmer Inks on dark cardstock. Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Inks are fast drying, loaded with pigment, easily diluted with water and super fun to work with. They are sold in packs of 2 coordinating colors. At this time there are four sets available, Green & Red,...

My favorite season, Fall, is soon approaching and the leaves on the trees are beginning to change into gorgeous shades of orange, yellow and red. Today's card is inspired by this beautiful season that goes by way too fast in my opinion. I decided to build my card on a white tag that I die cut from the Tag Infinity Dies. I added some texture...

Good morning! Emily Midgett here with you today. The brand new Ornate Floral Stencil that was released as an add-on to the September My Monthly Hero kit is absolutely stunning... I wanted to ink it up as soon as I got my hands on it! The pattern reminds me of a beautiful tablecloth, so I paired it with the Spill the Tea stamp set to...

Hello to you! Janette here sharing a card with you today that is fits perfectly within this month's A Blog Named Hero challenge theme, Sparkle & Shine. If ever a great month to get involved, this would be it. Sparkle and shine is almost synonymous with cardmaking! The challenge is open through September 10th, and you could win a gift certificate to the Hero Arts...

Hello friends! Nichol here today with a card featuring an all over background pattern created with the Hero Florals Sunflower Stem Stamp and colored in with Liquid Watercolors. Creating my own "patterned paper" designs from stamps is one of my go-to favorite techniques. For this beautiful background, I repeatedly stamped the Hero Florals Sunflower Stem Stamp all over a piece of watercolor cardstock using Versamark...

Good morning! Emily Midgett here with you today to share this week's video, in which I share three different techniques to incorporate Hero Arts Vellum into your cardmaking! Vellum is an extremely versatile product that can be used in numerous ways, but in the video, I've shown how to use it to highlight, to soften, and to create a stained glass effect. Here's the video:...

Hello friends! We have Season of Wonder inspiration for you today, as well as some Creative Team news. An exciting professional opportunity has come Clare Prezzia's way, and we couldn't be happier for her! That said, Clare will be stepping down from the Hero Arts Creative Team. Clare, we will always be grateful for the opportunity to work with you and to be able to...

We introduced you to our Season of Wonder 2018 Catalog with this post back in July. You've been seeing the new products available at your favorite retailers. And now the day we've been excited for - we are releasing all of the fabulous new fall, winter and holiday products right here in our shop! From stamps and dies to stencils, Glimmer Metallic Inks, and so...

Hello and welcome to the Hero Arts blog! Today I am sharing an easy technique to spice up background stamping and framing it with a glittery inlaid border. I'm featuring the Floral Doily Bold Prints cling stamp. I have also created a video tutorial. It is a fun technique I encourage you to try. I would be delighted if you create along with me. Many...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I am sharing a card using the Cowboy Life set. There are some wonderful larger images in the set but I really wanted to use some of the smaller ones on my card today. I decided to create a little grouping as a focal point for a good luck card. I started off by taking a white card base...

Today's card features the gorgeous floral images in the You're Beautiful stamp set. The flowers nestle together perfectly to create a solid floral background. I began by die cutting the largest heart in the Nesting Heart Infinity Dies from white cardstock. I knew I wanted to include some gold embossed flowers, so I started with those. I heat embossed them with the Gold Glitter Embossing...

Hello stamping friends! Scene cards are some of my all time favorite cards to create. There's something about some cute critters set against a beautiful backdrop that I never tire of. The Tea Party Fancy Die creates an amazing little tea party die cut silhouette that I thought would be perfect for the mice from the Mouse Tea Party Stamp Set. Adding soft coloring to...

Good morning! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing a special project for a special campaign that the folks at Hero Arts have created. The wonderful designers at Hero Arts have designed a pair of new woodblock stamps: Family Is Everything and Holding Hands. The best part? As part of the Families Together cause, Hero Arts will contribute 100% of net profits from these two...

As part of this month's My Monthly Hero add-ons, Hero Arts is now offering Cups & Handles Infinity Dies and Teapots & Handles Infinity Dies. The new handle addition makes it super easy to die-cut the cups and teapots with or without handles! For my cards today, I used the Cups & Handles Infinity Dies, just using a piece of washi tape to keep the...

Hello and welcome to the Hero Arts blog! It's Janette here with you today and I'm sharing a bit of simple watercoloring on the cutest lil' piglet you ever saw! Begin by stamping the County Fair Pig image on Arches Hot Press watercolor paper in watercolor friendly Intense Black ink. I like to use hot press for the smooth texture that provides crisp stamped images....

Good morning! Emily Midgett here today with some inspiration using our new Art Deco Thank You kit! For my project today, I did some sleuthing on Pinterest to discover color combinations and general style aesthetics for the Art Deco period. I discovered lots of bold jewel tones mixed with deep black. I drew inspiration from the peacock itself, recreating it's beautiful teal, purple, and blue...

Hi everyone, Ilina here today. Today I am featuring the new Handmade Accordion Book. This blank book measures 5"x7" and is comprised of 8 fold-out sheets of 140lb 100% recycled watercolor paper. A silky ribbon tie closure is included. When I first saw it, I though it would be perfect for Mini Albums for my kids' daycare pictures. To make/decorate the cover I used the...

Hello there, Michelle here. I really like creating tags but I do not often have something to attach them to, like a gift, so for this project, I decided to use the Tag Infinity Dies to create a tag shaped card. I created a video for you to see how easy it is: If you are having trouble viewing the video, you can watch it...

Happy Saturday! Today we are thrilled to have Lisa Stein joining us here on the blog, telling you about the latest monthly challenge over at A Blog Named Hero! She'll stop by every month to share the latest challenge info and inspiration. Take it away, Lisa! Good morning! Lisa here today to make sure that you get in on the fun over at A Blog...

Good morning! Jess here with a card combining one of my all-time favorite Hero Arts sets with a cute add-on set from our most recent My Monthly Hero Kit: #1 Winner Stamp & Cut! I love Luna the Halloween Cat and thought the cat silhouettes would be a subtle but interesting backdrop for my ribbon! I stamped the cats onto Cerulean Layering Paper from the...

We are 120 degrees into summer where I'm at, so that calls for a picnic basket. Instead of food, let’s pack it with flowers. Stamped AND hand sketched. So get out your watercolors and black pen and let’s play. I began die cutting the Paper Layering Basket from an old quilted coffee holder from our favorite coffee house. Next, I stamped the Bandana Bold Prints...

Welcome back to our 2018 Season of Wonder sneak peeks! Yesterday was all about stamps and today we're switching gears and taking a look at some exciting new dies from the collection... This beautiful card was created by Clare Prezzia and features our new Holiday Greenery Edge Fancy Die (DI533). This die produces intricate borders that will bring a touch of elegance to your cards,...

I am always amazed at how the Color Layering stamps build together to create stunning images and the Layered Topiary set does not disappoint! To create the topiary, I began by die cutting the full tree image from the coordinating Layered Topiary Frame Cuts. Then I used my Mini Misti to help line up the stamps and started stamping! I just wanted two sections to...

Hello there, Michelle here sharing a card using the new Hay Party Animals stamp set that was released as part of this month's My Monthly Hero add-ons. It is a wonderful set filled with lots of animals and sentiments. Since I love pigs, I went straight for the pig for my card today! I started off by die cutting a panel of watercolour paper using...

Hi stampers, it’s time for this month’s Awesome Add-ons feature! Before we dive into the project inspiration, here’s a look at all of the new add-on products introduced along with the July kit -- 4 clear stamp sets with coordinating Frame Cuts, 1 Stamp & Cut set, 1 Frame Fancy Die, 1 Bold Prints background stamp, and a fabulous Pink Liquid Watercolor... Shop for the...

Before we get to today's card, we wanted to take a moment to thank our dear friend Amy Tsuruta for spending the past few years with us. Today marks Amy's final regular post as part of the Hero Arts Creative Team. She joined us in August of 2015, and from blog posts, to catalog projects, to helping us at tradeshows, to representing us at classes...

Good morning! Jess here with a bold and sparkly card featuring the On the Prairie die! I've seen a lot of trendy decor featuring gilded skulls or sparkly antlers and decided to use that as inspiration for my card design! To start I die-cut the skull from On the Prairie using an off-white natural cardstock. Then I added liquid adhesive to the horns and pressed...

Hey there! Clare popping in today, with a pair of fun interactive birthday cards and a video. So, I super duper love the Snarky Mix & Match Messages stamp set, but there's one problem - there's too many funny sentiments! I know, best kind of problem to have. ;) I found a solution though, where you can use as many as you want - an...

Hi stampers, Ilina here today with a simple card using the Cowboy Adventure set along with the Desert Sunset Fancy Die. To make the card start with a panel of Black Layering Paper (Midnight mix) measuring 4" x 5 1/4" and die cut the Desert Sunset. Next, to make space for the horse image, you will need to cut out the little cactus. Set the...

Happy first day of Summer! One of my favorite things about summer is that all of my flower pots are in full bloom. I love the brights pops of color that line my front porch and wish they could last all year. But unfortunately living in Nebraska, that isn't a possibility. However, it is possible to create a card anytime of the year that reminds...

Hey there! Clare here with cute and quick card using the absolutely adorable Cactus Animals. Somehow these little cuties slipped under my radar when I first received them, but I'm so glad I took a second look, because they are so dang fun! I started out by die-cutting the Bold Graphic Confetti die out of white cardstock, and then adhering it to a kraft colored...