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There's so many cute little critters from the Spring 2018 release that could make adorable cards (as you've already seen from the rest of the creative team!). Today I thought I'd do a simpler and rather elegant take on two of my favorites (and I'm totally unbiased ;)) - Elephant Pair and Loving Giraffes. I started out by stamping both pairs in Indigo on watercolor...

Hi everyone, Ilina here today sharing a card using a new set from the 2018 Catalog, called Make a Fountain. This stamp set has a lot of elements to build your own fountain and add different details. As well, it comes with coordinating Frame Cuts. However, I opted to not use the dies this time, since I wanted to cut out the elements very close...

'Tis the season for lots of chicken soup! I was recently making some - and as I looked at my dishes, a lightbulb went off and I found the perfect color combo for a card! Here’s an idea using our fun new Alphabet Soup stamp set. I began by stamping the Alphabet Soup Bold Prints background in black ink on a white card. (One of...

Good morning and Happy Monday! Today I'm sharing a few cards using a technique I like to call impressionistic stamping with liquid watercolors and a few Bold Prints background stamps! The new liquid watercolors blend beautifully and this technique lets the paint do all the work for you!I also have a video showing you how to create this look. You can watch the video below...

Today I'm using the adorable House Stamp + Cut set to create a housewarming card. The house image in this set is amazing with all of its intricate details! I stamped the house with Intense Black ink on watercolor paper and heat embossed it using Ultra Fine Clear Embossing Powder. And since I'm not the best at using markers or pencils for coloring detailed images,...

Today is an exciting day at Hero Arts - we are launching our brand new 2018 Catalog Collection in the Hero Arts store! There are so many wonderful products to choose from. We are sure that flipping through the catalog and seeing all of the new items will inspire and excite you! Take a few moments and browse more than 100 new products in the...

Good morning! Emily Midgett here with you today to share a project using the new Hummingbird set that was an add-on for February's My Monthly Hero kit! The add-ons this month were SO fabulous... and I thought the Hummingbird set was just perfect to pair with the new Liquid Watercolors that will be available for purchase in the Hero Arts store tomorrow, February 15!! For...

Hello! It's time to announce the winner from our February My Monthly Hero Release Day Blog Hop. Thanks so much to everyone who participated, checked out the cards on the designers’ blogs, left lovely comments, and made this month’s kit a success! Our randomly selected winner will receive a free February kit (or reimbursement if the kit was already purchased.) And the winner is... •...

Good day to you and thank you for joining us here at Hero Arts! We are so happy to have you! In just two more sleeps Hero Arts will be releasing new Liquid Watercolors. I've been itching to play with them so I gave them a whirl with the Paper Layering Feather die. To create this card, die cut a few feathers with Bristol (my...

Welcome back to the 5th episode of the Color Layering with Yana video series! In each one of my monthly videos I explore different ink pad and embossing powder color options for Hero Arts Color Layering sets and will hopefully inspire you to stamp! In this video I am taking a closer look at one of my personal favorite sets - the Color Layering Mangrove....

We are excited to introduce you to another member of the Hero Arts family. In this feature we show you the people behind the scenes that work hard to bring you quality products and inspiration. We call them Hero's Heroes because they are how we do what we do! Today we are introducing you to Zeresh Aria, a member of our talented Design Team. What...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a really simple card to share with you using the Come Fly With Me stamp set, that was released as an add-on with the February My Monthly Hero Kit. It is such a beautiful set! I started off by taking a piece of Handmade Watercolor Paper and die cut this using the third largest of the Rectangle...

Hi stampers, it’s time for this month’s Awesome Add-ons feature! Before we fly into the project inspiration, here’s a bird's eye view of the add-on products that were introduced along with the February kit on Monday -- 3 clear stamp sets, 2 coordinating Frame Cut sets, 2 Stamp & Cut sets, 2 Bold Prints background stamps, 2 Fancy Dies, 1 Paper Layering Die, and 1...

Hi everyone, Ilina here! Today I am sharing two cards using the new Swirl of Starlings Bold Prints stamp and the little bit older Paper Layering Hummingbird pair. When I started making my card I was going to have only one, but then they became two and nothing really went to waste. I started with stamping my the background using Intense Black Ink onto Black...

We are excited to bring you the launch of our February My Monthly Hero kit and add-ons! This month is for the birds! At the end of the post you will find links to a blog hop that will give you lots of ideas for using this month's kit and add-ons. The words are for the birds in our Spoken Bird My Monthly Hero kit....

It's almost time to launch the February My Monthly Hero kit – release is coming up today at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific! We hope you’ve enjoyed all of the ideas our team has shared for using this kit. As promised, we have one kit to give away to a lucky blog reader, selected from comments left on our Countdown to Creativity posts. We’ve randomly selected a...

We are back with one more look at the February My Monthly Hero release! The kit and add-ons will be available on Monday, February 5th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Now let’s join May, who is sharing another look at this fabulous kit... It's May here with another inspiration for you using the February My Monthly Hero Kit. For today's project, I used one of my...

The countdown to the release of the February My Monthly Hero Kit continues! Release day is Monday, February 5th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. Let's join Clare for another look at this wonderful kit... There's so many great bird images in the kit this month that I almost missed some pretty feather images. Luckily, I was itching to pull out the trusted and true rock-'n-roll...

We're back for another countdown post, leading up to the release of the February My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, February 5th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We’ll be here all weekend long, sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as new optional add-on products that will be available on Monday. And don’t forget to comment on each and every post...

Hello and welcome back to the countdown to the release of the February My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, February 5th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We'll be here for another couple days, sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as new optional add-on products that will also be available on Monday. And, remember to comment on each and every post...

Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the February My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, February 5th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We'll be here for the next three days, sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as new optional add-on products that will also be available on Monday. And, remember to comment on each and...

Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the February My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, February 5th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We will be here for the next three days, sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as the new optional add-on products that will also be available on Monday, so stay tuned for...

Have you checked out my Valentine's Day card that I created using the Window On Love Confetti Fancy Die for January 2018 My Monthly Hero blog hop? This time I wanted to use the die as my stencil to create another Valentine's Day card. After applying some embossing paste over my paper stencil, I heat embossed the stenciled background using gold embossing powder. I stamped...

It is a happy day at Hero Arts when we have the pleasure of introducing a new member of the Hero Arts Creative Team. And today is one of those days! Meet Emily Midgett! You will be so inspired by her work and creativity. Let's get to know Emily: Hi there! I'm Emily Midgett, and I could not be more ecstatic to be here as...

Today I'm using the Floral Tile Bold Prints background to create a simple ombré background using four ink colors. To create the background I slightly overlapped each color to create the seamless transition from one color to the next. The four ink colors I used are (from top to bottom) Bubble Gum, Ultra Pink, Pale Tomato and Soft Cantaloupe. Next, I die-cut the A Bit...

Hello there and welcome to Monday on the Hero Arts blog! Today, I'm sharing some tips on blending ink backgrounds with Hero Arts inks, featuring the adorable Stealing My Heart thieves. Before I started blending my background, I stamped and colored the thieves using ZIG Clean Color Real Brush pens. I then placed them over a cardstock panel I had trimmed down to 4x5.5, and...

Hearts aren’t just for Valentine’s Day! Being the Queen of Hearts, I stamp or die cut them almost DAILY! Let me show you a few ideas for our large Heart Confetti Fancy Die and the Happily Ever After banner stamp. These easy-to-make cards are great for weddings and anniversaries. For this first card, I die cut the confetti hearts on white cardstock and mounted it...

Good morning! Jess here with a cutesy Valentine's card featuring our adorable Love Bandit set with a cheeky sentiment from I Love How You! There's only one house "chore" that I'm really reluctant to do and that's taking out the trash...I don't know, for some reason I just really don't like to do it. But thankfully my husband has decided it's best not to argue...

Hello and Happy Wednesday! It's Amy here with a Valentine's Day card design. I'm having fun with the January My Monthly Hero add-ons. I heat embossed the Rose Heart in white on a panel from the Blush Mix Layering Paper pack. Using the Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies accentuates their shape. The sentiment is from the Love Birds Stamp & Cut. The Love is Love Bold...

Hi everyone! Now that the 2018 Catalog has been revealed, it’s time to announce last week’s giveaway winners. First, we’ve randomly selected three winners from each peek post to receive a copy of the 2018 Catalog. They are: Peek #1• Beverly Stickley: "Can’t wait to see the unveiling of the beautiful garden stamps and dies. They make great cards." (January 15)• Teri M: "I love...

Hello there and welcome to Monday on the Hero Arts blog! Today, I am sharing flick style coloring with pencils featuring the blissful Bouquet wood mount stamp. As wedding season draws near I'm working on building my stash of congratulatory cards. I have zero in my stash. My mojo goes out the window when I "need" to create so working ahead and leaving the inside...

We are thrilled to bring you the Hero Arts Better Together collaboration stamp and die set sold exclusively by Ellen Hutson. One of the best things about this crafting industry is the opportunity to partner with other great companies and today we are honored to do just that. This is part of the Better Together blog hop. If you want to start at the beginning...

Today is the day! We’re thrilled share the new 2018 Hero Arts Catalog with you. You can see everything now by clicking HERE or on the image below. Grab your favorite beverage and soak up all 124 pages, with more than 100 new items and card samples galore! You will notice that this mega-sized issue includes both new and previously-released products. All NEW products in...

Hello stampers! For the final sneak peek before Friday's 2018 Catalog reveal, we're sharing something a little wild. Do these images look familiar...? If they do, it's because they were previously included in the June 2017 My Monthly Hero safari-themed kit that sold out so quickly! Back in September, we asked customers to vote on which kit stamps and dies we should consider re-releasing in...

The sneak peek parade marches on as we close in on tomorrow's 2018 Catalog reveal! We want to thank you for sharing so many wonderful comments this week. Your enthusiasm and support energizes us! Today we're delighted to introduce you to a new 4"x6" clear set that's cute as can be... Whimsical line art images of mice, teacups, mushrooms, butterflies and more make up the...

Welcome to day 3 of our 2018 Catalog peeks. Today we are switching gears from stamps to something completely new, colorful, and fun! In fact, we could hardly wait to let you in on this addition to our product line... Say hello to new Liquid Watercolors! They are bright transparent hues, are easy to blend and mix, dilute to desired color intensity with water, and...