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Hi everyone! Ilina here! I can't believe it's almost Christmas. But we can't forget all of the ones that also celebrate their birthdays during the holiday season. This applies to me too, as my husband, my firstborn and my brother all have December birthdays. So, December is pretty fun around here. ;) With that in mind, I am sharing a gender neutral card that can...

Hola everyone! Thanks for stopping by today! Pocono Pam here sharing a shaker card showcasing the newly released Moon Phases Window Die. This out of the world die is perfect for this month's Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero challenge: Shake It Up! The challenge encourages cardmakers to create shaker cards in all shapes and sizes. The fun part is to make them shake...

Hi friends! Today we are here with another 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 and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a wintry card that will be great for all those post-holiday thank yous. I started off by using a large blending brush to blend Amethyst ink around the border of a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Passion Flower cardstock, slightly offsetting the color a bit because I also planned to offset the stenciled snowflake pattern. Next,...

Hey everyone it's Dana here with you today. We are shaking things up with a shaker card today and a rainbow one which is is even better. Join in with A Blog Named Hero and shake things up this month with the December challenge. Let's get started. You can watch the entire video below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. For my card...

If you are like me, I have always overlooked sending a Christmas card to someone! So my remedy is to send a New Year’s card instead. Here are two quick ideas using the Holiday Sparkles Bundle. For this first card, stamp three large stars with Embossing & Watermark Ink onto Adriatic Cardstock. Use Silver Sparkle Embossing Powder and heat to melt. Die cut the stars....

Did you read the book A Wrinkle in Time? It was in my head the whole time I was creating this card. When I first started stamping, long before ink blending brushes, the torn edge technique was very popular and is still one of my favorite techniques. Especially for this month's super fun space theme, I thought the idea of a rip in the universe...

Hey Hero fans! This is Mindy with you today and I want to share how to get more from our backgrounds. I will be using the new Twinkling Stars Hot Foil Plate for this example today. I'll be the first to admit that when I get a background stamp or background hot foil plate, I try to use the entire card front. What I often...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some fun inspiration to share using several of the new products from the December My Monthly Hero release. We are shooting for the stars this month, and one of my favorite ways to use space-themed products is to create a watercolored galaxy filled with spots of vibrant color amidst the blackness of space. The...

Today we're happy to have a special guest on the blog – Essie! She is sharing some great cards using new digital products from our December release. Take it away, Essie! Hello Crafty friends! Essie here with some celestial digital cardmaking – this was a perfect way for me to get ready for the arrival of my December My Monthly Hero card kit! (Please hurry,...

Hello stampers! It's time to announce the winner from our December My Monthly Hero Release Day Blog Hop. Big thanks to everyone who participated, checked out the cards on the designers’ blogs, and shared kind comments! If you haven't had a chance to grab your kit yet, we do still have a limited quantity available here. Our randomly selected winner will receive a $50 gift...

Hey there! Daniel, here, with a fun thank you card featuring the new Star Cluster Stencil and some purple goodies. Hero Arts created this stencil to work together with the Nebula Cluster Stencil, but I wanted to share just the stars, today. I deployed this stencil in a fairly straightforward way, but the ink blending really helps the card to pop! You can watch the...

Our next LIVE Make-Along event is this weekend! Join Channin and Kelly from our Creative Team to make along with the November My Monthly Hero kit. Gather your supplies and create two cards from start to finish.👉🏼 When: Sunday, December 11 at noon PT/3pm ET👉🏼 Where: Hero Arts Facebook and YouTubeIn addition to the November My Monthly Hero kit, the following supplies will be used.For...

Welcome back, everyone! The Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero December challenge is here! The theme this month is "Shake It Up". We want to see all the shaker cards! You could make a traditional shaker card, or a full-front shaker card. You could use acetate, cellophane, or tulle to create your window, or something else - surprise us! And you could fill your...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here today and I have the fastest easiest watercolor background to share with you. It came out so pretty it completely changed my original idea for the card! I started with our Luxe White Watercolor Paper and cut it in half to get an A2 sized card front. Next I inked up the new Celestial Bold Prints stamp with Unicorn...

Hi friends! Let's lift our eyes up to the sky and peek at all of the new add-on products introduced along with this month's kit! Go ahead and wish upon a star and choose your favorites – these stamps, dies, and stencils are perfect to use all year round for encouragement, birthdays, and all sorts of occasions! Shop for the December MMH add-ons here Today...

Hello friends!! It’s Channin here and today I create a sweet card with the new December 2022 My Monthly Hero Kit. Check out the video below to see how I STAMP a blended galaxy background with the included cling stamp. Watch below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. To create this card I first stamped the galaxy background using the cling background stamp...

This month we invite you to go on a celestial fantasy adventure with us! Our December release is full of stars, galaxies, moons and clouds. The playful December My Monthly Hero kit, with its adorable space cadets, is perfect for birthdays, encouragement, or simply sending a friendly hello. The kit includes a jam-packed 6 x 8 stamp set with coordinating dies. There's also the perfect...

It's almost time to launch the December 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 the Countdown to Creativity posts. We’ve randomly selected a...

We're wrapping up the December My Monthly Hero countdown today with a trio of fantastic cards from the Creative Team. The stars will align on Monday, December 5 at 10am PT when the kit and add-ons will launch. We love it all to the moon and back and can hardly wait to show you everything that's included and see what you create! Project #7 created...

Welcome back, friends! Day two of the December My Monthly Hero countdown brings more out-of-this-world inspiration from the Creative Team. Check out their projects below and don't forget to drop a comment for another chance to win a kit before you can buy one on Monday at 10am PT! Project #4 created by Channin PelletierClick HERE to visit her blog for more details. Project #5...

We invite you to go on a creative adventure with us for the next three days. The December My Monthly Hero countdown starts now! This month's kit and add-ons will be revealed and available for purchase on Monday, December 5 at 10am PT. The Creative Team has some truly stellar inspiration to share with you today – follow the links below each photo for more...

It’s always good to keep a few gift card holders handy during the holidays! Today I will show you a few new ideas with a basic star and tag dies, plus one with a tree. Let’s start with the 5-Point Stars Infinity Dies. I used the biggest one to cut my reindeer. I wanted to use felt but I had no brown, so I used...

Good morning friends! Today we're bringing you some gorgeous crafty inspiration from our Global Team, with a focus on some of our recent holiday release products! First up, Santa makes an appearance with this festive card by Lisa! She used the Snowflake Pattern Hot Foil Plate to dry emboss that bold pattern into a panel of Cherry cardstock. Then she created a background for her...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card featuring a sentiment made using the Kraft Holiday Tags Printable. This printable file includes ten versatile tag images that can be resized and printed over and over. Of course it's perfect for creating quick and easy gift tags, but it also works beautifully for cardmaking. You'll never run out of tags or holiday sentiments...

Hey crafty friends! This is Mindy with you today to share inspiration using the Poinsettia Flowers Bold Prints background stamp. I also have a video tutorial that you can view down below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. While this background is beautiful for coloring or ink blending, I'm going to show you a quick and easy way to use it on your...

Hi, have you had an opportunity to make a new card for the current Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero November Challenge? This month’s theme is “The Great Outdoors” and I’ve used this inspiration to create a pair of floral thank you cards using the beautiful Floral Silhouettes stamp set (currently 20% off along with all clear stamps!) and the equally lovely Foliage &...

Thanksgiving offers us a special time to reflect on all that we have to be grateful for and to remember all of the wonderful people in our lives. We at Hero Arts are grateful for YOU. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your creative journey. We send our warmest wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving! 🧡A quick housekeeping note: Hero Arts will...

As we enter the holiday season, we give thanks for family, friends, and our wonderful customers. Your support and loyalty throughout the year means the world to us. We at Hero Arts wish you and yours peace, happiness, good health, and of course a very Happy Thanksgiving! Today through November 28, you are invited to shop our Season of Thanks Sale and save 20% on...

Hi friends! Jessica here with a sparkly, shimmery winter birthday card featuring the gorgeous Snowflake Pattern Hot Foil Plate and some of my favorite snowflake products! To start, I hot foiled the Snowflake Pattern Hot Foil Plate onto an A2 panel of Nautical cardstock with a beautiful shimmery opal foil. I trimmed it down and adhered it to a White Top-Folded Card Base. Then I...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here and I'm super excited to be sharing this fun scene card with you today. Combining digital stamps with products we already own is a great way to stretch our supplies! (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) For this super cute card I combined our new Christmas Elves Printable with our Birch Trees...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here. Thanks for stopping by! Today I am sharing a card showcasing the newly released Snowman Gift Tag Fancy Die. YES! A gift tag die for a card! It was quick and fun to create! To begin I stenciled Sprinkled Dots onto a 4" x 5.25" Pitch Black cardstock panel in Dove White ink and adhered it to an A2 card...

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. Today I have a fun project to share with you creating ornaments using felt. These work great as ornaments or tags on their own but can also be added to gift card holders and cards! Since I did not want to add any stuffing to these, nor sewing, I also die cut the elements from cardstock, so that I could adhere...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some slimline inspiration to share with you using some of the beautiful hot foiling products from the 2022 Hero Arts Holiday Catalog! I know that we cardmakers tend to stick to A2 sized cards, but so many products lend themselves beautifully to slimline size, particularly the Holiday Greenery Foil & Cut, and what fun...