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Hi friends! To go along with our new "Inspired By" challenge, today I'm bringing you a card inspired by my friend, teammate and brother from another mother - Daniel West. Daniel and I share an undying love for all things spooky, and most especially - ZOMBIES. We were so gleeful when the Graveyard HeroScape debuted, we could hardly stand it. So I'm taking this very...

Good morning! Jess here with a video featuring the beautiful new Sea and Sky Stencil! I used the stencil to create a scene with one of my long-time favorite Hero Arts sets! ;) You can watch the video below or over on our YouTube channel. If you're having problems viewing the video please click HERE! To start I blended Reactive inks over the Sea and...

I think we can all agree this has been a year like no other! So I decided to focus on some New Year’s cards with a few of my favorite products. A new year also brings new Pantone colors, and for 2021 they've announced the colors are Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow. I tried to make my cards incorporate those, too. AND, in my mind,...

Hi friends! It's time for another Stay Crafty With Hero challenge. We are constantly in awe of the amazing cards our Creative Team makes using our products. Do their ideas inspire you in your cardmaking? This month, we want to see that inspiration. Our theme is Inspired By... We're challenging you to create a card inspired by a Hero Arts Creative Team member! You can...

Hello there! Seeka here today and I'm sharing a super clean, simple, and sunny card featuring the Geometric Sun Fancy Die. I really love this radial design which could easily be interpreted not only as a sun, but also as a flower or starburst or fireworks. I can even see a sea urchin shell! What do you see? I began by die cutting the Geometric...

Hey there! Daniel West here with a fun use of the December Word Fancy Die paired with the Winter Woods HeroScape stamp set. Hero Arts creates a Word Fancy Die for each month (see them all here) and this December die reminded me of an Alpine scene. So I went for a snowy tree line and added the foreground with the deer and snow from...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today. Who needs a little sunshine in their life today? I have a beautiful and simple card using the Sun Pattern Bold Prints background stamp. I love these large stamps! They create beautiful backgrounds for your cards. Let's get into the details of the card. I started out with Canary cardstock for my base color. I stamped the...

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, left lovely comments, and made this month's kit a success! Our randomly selected winner will receive a $50 gift card to use in the Hero Arts online store. And the winner is... Sherri...

Welcome everyone! Mindy Eggen here with you today to share some inspiration using the beautiful Phoenix Bird Fancy Die. I was so excited when I saw this being released. Art with the Phoenix has always inspired me because of the power the image provides and feelings of hope and rising up. I wanted to try and convey that in my card today. I have a...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here and I've got a bright, colorful, and just a little bit grungy card to share with you today. I love making grungy, distressed backgrounds and pairing them with bold images that will pop off of the background. For today's card I paired the You Shine stamp set with the Galaxy Peek-a-Boo Parts background stamp. I started out by ink-blending a...

Hi everyone! Ilina here on the blog today. I am sharing a card using the new Good Vibes stamp set. To make the background I used repetitive stamping of the flower peace image. You can use the MISTI or any stamp positioning tool or acrylic block for this technique. What I usually do is stamp the first image in the center, then build the background...

Hello and welcome to our December Awesome Add-ons feature! As you may know, along with each My Monthly Hero kit release, we introduce a handful of new add-on products that can be used with the kit or stand on their own. Here's a glance at all of the fabulous offerings this month! Shop for the December MMH add-ons here Today we're delighted to have Debi...

Hello friends! It's Channin here and today I have a new card and video to share featuring the December 2020 My Monthly Hero Kit. In today’s video I will demonstrate the beautiful stained glass technique using the included Hope Word Fancy Die! (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) To create this card I first die cut three “HOPE”...

Rising from the ashes of 2020 like a beautiful phoenix, we are taking you toward the new year with a ray of light and positivity! Our December release is designed to be uplifting, and bring a bit of hope that the new year will bring better days. With gorgeous layering stamps, wonderful dies, complementary inks, and a sparkly yellow embossing powder, we know you'll love...

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...

Just one more day until our December kit is revealed! We can't wait to share it all with you on Monday, December 7 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. And of course we'll have some wonderful add-on products to go along with it! Now let's take a peek at some more inspiration from our Creative Team. For more details on their beautiful cards, you can follow the...

Welcome back to the December My Monthly Hero countdown! Release day is coming up on Monday, December 7 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Our Creative Team is here to share another batch of uplifting cards today. You'll find even more detail about these lovely projects on the designers' blogs - links provided below. Project #5 created by Ilina CrouseClick HERE to visit her blog for more...

Hello and welcome to the first day of our December My Monthly Hero kit countdown! You will be able to see and purchase the new kit and add-ons on Monday, December 7 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. In the meantime, we're excited to share lots of beautiful inspiration from our talented Creative Team. Be sure to visit each of their blogs (linked below), where they...

Before the Countdown to the new My Monthly Hero kit for December gets underway, we wanted to pop in and introduce you to a couple of wonderful artists we are thrilled to be working with! You've probably seen their videos using My Monthly Hero kits for a while now - and if you haven't, well, you're in for a treat! First, let's meet Scott Pegg,...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here sharing gift tags I created with the fun and versatile Gift Peek-A-Boo Infinity Parts clear stamp set. This set can be used alone or with the Square Peek-A-Boo Doors Mini Infinity Dies. For my tags, I first created three tag bases with Dove White Cardstock using one of the Tag Infinity dies. I chose the die that would fit the...

When I saw the Abstract Linocut Bold Prints background stamp, it was love at first sight! Not only does it bring back memories of my first attempts at printmaking in a junior high art class (anyone else?), but the abstract lines remind me of rustic woodgrain. It’s the perfect inspiration for creating a pair of woodsy, seasonal Thank You cards for the current Stay Crafty...

Happy December! I decided to take a break from making my holiday cards and put some holiday stamps to use on a few non-card projects. First up a fun gift wrapping idea! For smaller special presents, I think it's fun to create custom stamped wrapping paper. I like to keep rolls of plain white and kraft wrapping paper on hand just for this reason. You...

Hi friends! Lydia here with today's tutorial for a quick and easy masked vortex image created with our Circle Infinity Dies, used as a dimensional backdrop for the fluffy little owl from the Fawn and Friends combo. Infinity Dies make masked layered ink blending like this a snap! I always keep all the little scraps of masking paper in the container so that I can...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using the Trumpeting Angel Fancy Die. This is such a pretty die that you can use in many different ways. For today's card, I simply wanted to cut in from white and create a bold background. I started off my card by creating the background so that I had time to...

We at Hero Arts wish you and your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving! We are grateful for all of YOU and your continued support. May your Thanksgiving be warm with joy and filled with blessings! Housekeeping note: Hero Arts will be closed today and Friday. Customer service and shipping will resume on Monday, November 30. Happy Thanksgiving,

Good morning! We're back with another "Spotted!" feature and we have some fantastic creations to share with you. We are searching out Hero Arts creations and featuring some of our favorites each month. 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 festive card from Kalyani! We love all...

Hello there! It's Seeka, and today I have a card featuring the sweet Color Layering Gingerbread House. This cute little house has four layers, one for the walls of the house, and three for the roof, windows, door, and trim. Think of all the color combinations you could use! I started off by stamping the house walls in Caramel Bold Ink onto Hero Hues Dove...

Hey there my friends! Daniel West here with a really fun set of gift tags featuring the Ornament Fancy Dies and Hero Arts embossing powders! The Ornament Fancy Dies come in Joy, Wish, Love and Cheer (not pictured). I made a video tutorial for you to accompany this post. You can watch it here: (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please try watching...

As we enter the holiday season, it is a time to give thanks to the people who matter most. We at Hero Arts are thankful for family, friends, and our wonderful customers. Your support and loyalty during this past year has meant the world to us. We wish you and yours peace, happiness and good health. Now through November 30, you are invited to shop...

Hi there crafting friends! It's Linda and I’m excited to be here today, to introduce the latest challenge on A Blog Named Hero. It’s heading towards the holiday season, so adding some sparkle will be right on time! For my card, I started with a plain white card base, then I took some texture paste and scraped it over the Glorious Petal Stencil. I then...

I haven’t even finished my Thanksgiving cards yet (SOON!!) when this assignment came along. I love working with word stamps, so let me show you a few ways to use them. I focused on Happy Holiday Mixed Font and Joy To The World Mixed Font woodblock stamps. I chose Ornament Peek-a-Boo Infinity Parts for my images. It’s hard for me to use non-traditional colors for...

It's time for another Stay Crafty With Hero challenge. With Thanksgiving in the US coming this month, we decided to make the theme Thank You Cards. This has been, without question, an incredibly difficult year. But one way to get through it is to think about all of the things you still have to be thankful for. Gratitude can lift spirits and help heal. And...

Welcome everyone! It's Mindy Eggen and today I'm sharing some inspiration with the Snowflake Swirl Bold Prints background stamp. Typically, you would see this stamped in some traditional winter sky colors but I thought I would change it up today for a fun holiday scene. I'm starting by stamping the Snowflake Swirl Bold Prints onto Hero Hues Premium Dove White cardstock cut to 4 1/4"x...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here and I am so excited to get to share a card using the Fuzzy Winter Animals set today. This set is full of beautiful animals drawn in a fun, sketchy style. I decided to use the moose and the sweet little fawn. I started by stamping them and the moon onto watercolor paper using Intens-ified Black ink. I watercolored using...

Good morning! Jess here with a clean and simple ink-blended Christmas shaker! As we're headed into Christmas card crunch time, I thought I'd share a way to quickly create an interactive card! I started by blending Soft Pink, Stone Wash, and Navy ink onto Hero Hues Dove White cardstock with a blending brush. I kept my hand light for a soft background. I let it...

Good morning everyone. It's Dana Joy here with you today. For today's card we are going to do a little bit of stenciling using the new Woodland Forest stencil along with texture paste and Hero Arts inks. Watch the video below to see how this card came to be (or click HERE to watch on YouTube). To create my card I used the Woodland Forest...