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Happy Friday, friends! Today we get to kick off the countdown to the release of the July My Monthly Hero Kit and we couldn't be more excited to share it with you! A bit of housekeeping before we begin: release day will be one day later than usual this month, due to Independence Day here in the US. Hero Arts will be closed on Monday,...

Hi everyone! Today I've got a simple technique to share that will add dimension and elevate your cards to the next level. Check out the video below for some diecut layering! If you are having trouble viewing this video, please try watching it HERE on YouTube. Dies like the Leaves & Vines Fancy Die are perfect for this technique. It makes a big statement and...

Good morning! We're back with another "Spotted" feature and we have some amazing cards to share with you today. We are searching out Hero Arts creations and featuring some of our favorites. And the best part, one of our spotted features will receive a $25 gift card to the Hero Arts online shop! First up is this pretty floral card by Kelly featuring lots of...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here! Hope you are having a great week so far! One of my favorite color combos is teal and coral. So, today, I am excited to share a card showcasing our new Hero Arts Bermuda and Coral Special Cardstock. The dark teal and bright coral are beautiful summer colors that work well together or with our existing line of premium cardstock....

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using the Succulent Bouquet stamp set. I thought about going traditional with my colours but then I thought, what if I went in a completely different direction and create a rainbow coloured succulent! Here is the video showing how I made the card: If you are having trouble viewing this video,...

Hi friends! Do you make different sized cards? I do - and my latest favorite is the mini slimline format - it's so cute! I'm more comfortable working in smaller formats, so this cute format is my jam. I wanted to use the Birthday Cake Pop-up Die in this format, but I ran into a bit of a snag. If I position the die at...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a shaker card featuring the Color Layering Royal Angelfish from the new Summer Catalog. I love how easily this dimensional little fish comes together! I started off by stamping the outline layers of the fish and three coral pieces in Intens-ified Black Ink onto Dove White cardstock. Next, I stamped the additional layers of the fish,...

Have you tried any of the new Looking Glass Die sets yet? Looking Glass Dies are designed to build small, layered scenes by cutting windows and backgrounds from cardstock. Although these sets can easily be interchanged, today I’m only using the three dies from the beautiful Looking Glass Windmill Tulips set to create the focal points for my two cards. This Dutch inspired die set...

Good morning! Jess here with a card in nothing resembling my usual style...and I kinda love it! I've been super inspired by the gorgeous mixed media projects that Maria creates and wanted to give it a try. I have a long way to go in releasing control and just going with the flow but I was pleasantly surprised at how today's card turned out! And...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here today and it's confession time...I am terrible with Color Layering stamps! My biggest issues are figuring out what order to stamp the layers in, and, what colors will work well together when layered. In case any of you have similar issues I really hope today's video and blog post will help you crack the code of Color Layering stamps. Now,...

Let’s make some cards today for our current Stay Crafty with Hero challenge theme - FOR THE GUYS! I thought the Seashells Fancy Dies would work great with some neutral colors. Start with a Sand note card. Stencil part of the inside card with the Water Flow Slimline Stencil using an Ink Blending Brush and Soft Brown ink. Make it as dark as you wish....

Announcing our very first virtual event - the Hero Summer Stamp-Along! Join us for a day of “LIVE” card classes, hosted in a private Facebook group! During this virtual event, you will have the opportunity to create eight beautiful cards from start to finish, learning tips and tricks from some of your favorite cardmakers. The event will take place in a private Facebook group -...

Hey my friends! Today I want to show you how I created this one layer, no line, Copic colored card with the new Birthday Panda stamp set. Shadows and layers bring a project to life, but they can make a card super thick. When mailing a card, I prefer to make them as thin as possible. Dimension does not have to mean bulky. We can...

Hi everyone and welcome back! This is Mindy with a festive birthday card to share today using the new Bunch of Balloons stamp set. I've been wanting to play with my Karin Brushmarker Pros for a while and thought this was a great time to brush off the dust and get coloring. Whenever I do watercoloring, I like to create a barrier. That means I...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have a super festive "fiesta" birthday project for you using the new Birthday Border Fancy Die! These fancy border dies are some of my favorites with which to create; you can go super simple and just use them as silhouettes for a great background, or you can go super detailed (as I've done today) with...

Hello stampers! It's time to announce the winner from our June My Monthly Hero Release Day Blog Hop. Big thanks to everyone who participated, checked out the cards on the designers’ blogs, left lovely comments, and made this month's kit a success! If you haven't had a chance to grab your kit yet, we do still have a limited quantity available here. Our randomly selected...

Hi friends! Today we are sharing another installment of our monthly series, Celebrating Black Crafters, where we share artwork from Black artists who we'd love for you to get to know. Today our fantastic guest artist is Karen Boyce! Hi! I'm Karen and I am the person behind Cards Stamps and Ink! I am a cardmaker located in Toronto, Ontario Canada. By day I am...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today sharing a tutorial using the Color Layering Cupcake and coordinating Frame Cuts. This stamp set pairs perfectly with the Streamer stencil. A full card of birthday happiness. (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please try watching it HERE on YouTube.) To create this card I stamped out three of the cupcake in a variety of...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the beautiful creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member, Essie, is sharing a project for their June challenge and it is gorgeous! Hello Crafty Friends!...

Hello crafty friends! It's time for another Stay Crafty With Hero challenge! This month we are challenging you to make cards For the Guys! You can create a card for any occasion: anniversaries, birthdays, graduation, weddings, get well soon, congratulations...just think of those special guys in your life and make a card to celebrate them! We'll include all of the challenge details further down this...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing a super fun birthday card using the new Number Candles stamp set and coordinating dies along with the Birthday Stamp & Cut XL and the Birthday Balloons Bold Prints. To make the card, start by stamping the number candles and flames on watercolor paper using Intens-ified Black ink. Then watercolor the numbers and die cut. Apply Sparkle...

Break out the confetti...today we're celebrating some amazing new add-ons! Have you had a chance to check out the new birthday-themed stamps, dies and stencils released along with the June MMH Kit on Monday? Take a look at all of this fun and festive goodness! The best part is that you'll be able to use these again and again throughout the year to celebrate your...

Hello friends! It's Channin here and today I’m creating a clean and simple shaker card with the June 2021 My Monthly Hero Kit. In today’s video I will demonstrate how to turn a stamped image into a shaker using the matching die and the fun clay sprinkles all included in the kit! (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please try watching it HERE...

Let's get the paw-ty started - it's time for the June My Monthly Hero release! This month we are celebrating birthdays with adorable cats and dogs, who are partying it up at a birthday soiree. The kit is full of balloons, cake, sprinkles, paw prints and sparkle - everything you need to have a paw-sitively amazing time in your crafting space! This month’s kit includes:...

It's almost time to launch the June 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...

It's almost time! The June My Monthly Hero kit launches tomorrow at 10am PT right here on heroarts.com. We can hardly wait to show you everything that's new this month! Get ready for loads of creative options for making birthday cards with the June kit and add-ons. Before we start counting down the hours until launch, our Creative Team is back to share four paws-itively...

Who's ready for a second round of countdown peeks? The new June My Monthly Hero kit will be available to order on Monday, June 7 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Yesterday the cats were the first to arrive at the party, and today some playful pups have showed up to add to the fun! Check out these adorable cards from the Creative Team and get more...

Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the June My Monthly Hero Kit! The new kit and add-ons will be available on Monday, June 7 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. What do you say we get this "paw-ty" started with four adorable cards from our Creative Team? Be sure to visit each of their blogs (linked below), where you can find...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here and today I've got a fun card with a mixed media background to share with you. I wanted to use the new Art Deco Arches Stencil to create my background. I grabbed a piece of white cardstock and a bottle of Eggplant (purple) gloss spray. I sprayed my stencil (not the paper through the stencil, just the stencil itself) with...

When I was in high school, I had an outfit that was SO 80s-tastic that I'd wear it today if I still had it! For all you young peeps - the clothing store to end all clothing stores in the 80s was Benetton, and we had one in our tiny mall. I would save up the money I made working at McDonald's for $3/hour and...

Hi everyone and welcome back! This is Mindy here today to share with you a fun emboss resist technique using the Gel Press. I've done a few videos myself using the gel press and this is a new technique that I recently learned from Jennifer McGuire that I thought would look amazing with the Fireworks Bold Prints background stamp. If you are not familiar with...

Many thanks to everyone who joined us for the Summer Catalog Blog Hop! We appreciate you taking time to check out the new collection and of course all of the wonderful projects in the hop. We hope you came away with lots of inspiration for Summer stamping! As promised, we are giving away $50 Hero Arts gift cards to three lucky winners:• Jennifer Mitten, who...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing two cards featuring the Barrel Waves HeroScape stamp set and coordinating dies (also available as a combo). With just a simple swap of colors, it's easy to change up this fun scene to fit any mood or time of day! For my first card, a daytime scene, I began by placing the large wave layer stamp...

Hey there friends! Daniel, here, with a birthday card any guy would enjoy. It features the new Looking Glass Canyon Lands Dies in a tri-fold setup. Watching Jennifer McGuire's video on using these Looking Glass line of dies inspired me to move beyond my basic single fold card to try a more complex set up. It looks hard but proved quite easy to accomplish. Supplies...

We loved reading all of your comments during our 2021 Summer Catalog sneak peeks last week! Big thanks to everyone who stopped by to check out the new collection. There's still time to enjoy the Summer Catalog Blog Hop so be sure to check it out if you haven't and get yourself into the drawing for more prizes! Here are the sneak peek winners, randomly...

Are you participating in the current Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge? I love participating in card challenges as I like the idea of using a given theme, provided by someone else, as inspiration. This month’s theme, Fun in the Sun, is a perfect opportunity to use your favorite summer supplies, anything that reminds you of fun and sunshine. Today I’m sharing a pair of sun-inspired...