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Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the January My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, January 8th 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 every...

Excitement is building for the new Hero Arts 2018 release being introduced later this month. Want to see some of it now? A select group of retail stores have received ShopBox, an advance shipment of a selection of the new products.Here is where to get them now! (Stores are displayed alphabetically by state, with one Canadian location rounding out the list.) ArkansasR U Stampin &...

I think one of my favorite ways to accent a card is to heat emboss. I just love the gloss and/or sparkle you can get from it. It can be super subtle or really catch the eye! Today's cards features a couple different looks from embossing. I started by arranging the Winter Animals stamps on a piece of cardstock, and once I got them arranged the...

Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so today I'm sharing card idea using the Love Note Pair Fancy Dies. The package comes with two envelope dies -- one that makes a regular envelope and one that creates a cute heart scallop like on my card today. I started out by creating a background with watercolor paints. I used painter's tape to create a thin border...

Happy New Year! We hope you've enjoyed the holidays, and are settling into 2018. We are thrilled to be joining a big hop today, full of generous stampers and craft companies. The purpose of this hop is to say a great big THANK YOU to all of YOU, our wonderful blog readers! Every single stop along this hop is offering some sort of prize. How...

We have been so grateful to have Jayne Nelson as part of the Hero Arts Creative Team for over two years. We have enjoyed having her on the team as she has created many beautiful and inspiring projects. Sadly, she will no longer be part of the team in 2018. We asked other members of the team to share one of their favorite projects of Jayne's during her...

Stamping with alcohol... I'm talking the isopropyl type here friends! Today, I am featuring the Loving Swans stamp that takes center stage above a Leafy Vines alcohol stamped background. To begin, I stamped Loving Swans in Intense Black Copic friendly ink. I then used a touch of grey marker to add depth to the shadowed areas of the swans. I fussy cut the swans omitting...

Good morning! Jess here using products from our new Valentine's collection for a modern New Year's card! I've enjoyed binge-making Christmas cards for the last few weeks but it was definitely refreshing to make a non-Christmas card today! I knew I wanted to make a tone on tone background but I wanted to make sure the sentiment would be visible. So I decided to spray...

If you are lucky enough to be on vacation today, perhaps you'd like to make some valentine cards. I'm sharing a pair of cards that feature several of the new, heart-shaped sentiment stamps. I really like how these love themed stamps can be paired with a heart die to create fun, sentiment panels for anniversary, wedding and valentine cards. To make my first card, I...

One of my favorite stamp sets from the new 2018 Valentine's Collection has the wonderfully fun name I Love You More Than Pizza. This little message set has LOTS of great uses. One is making little “love” notes out of tiny cards or tags. I began by die cutting several tags and envelopes out of paper scraps, and fancied them up with circles and eyelets…...

Well, only 4 days until Christmas. Are you ready? The days have flown by and I just didn't get all the cards sent out that I wanted to. As I popped my last cards in the mail on Monday, I know I need to make more postal friendly designs. I'm going to move on to Valentine's Day and hopefully make up for the cards that didn't get sent...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I am using the new Otter Family Stamp & Cut. What an adorable set! I thought it would be fun to create an alcohol ink background for my little guy to swim in. I started off with a piece of Yupo paper and applied Copic Refill ink on to the piece in three blue shades. I then applied some...

I love finding ways to get color in my stamped images without actually doing much coloring. Today's giraffe pair is just one way to do that! I stamped the new Loving Giraffes in Rose Madder on watercolor cardstock. I then added a light wash of pink using a pale pink ZIG brush and some water. And ta-da! All colored! I added a little more color...

Today I incorporated the shaped stamping technique into my Valentine's Day card. I started by drawing a heart shape on a piece of white cardstock with a pencil as a guide.  Then I stamped various images from following stamp sets: Cherubs, Love Notes, Love, and Peace. FYI, I used following inks for my stamping: Butter Bar, Lime Green, Fresh Peach, Tide Pool, Wet Cement. I added tiny dots using a tip of alcohol markers between my...

We are thrilled to be part of Taheerah’s Advent Calendar Extravaganza again this year!  We’re offering  $25 shopping spree as a prize this year.  Join in the fun for a chance to win! Simply leave a comment on this post - then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too! You must leave a comment on Taheerah’s blog as well as on the Hero Arts blog in...

We are thrilled to introduce you to another member of the Hero Arts family! There are many people behind the scenes that work hard every day to bring you quality products and inspiration. This is part of a monthly feature so you can get to know them a little better. We call them Hero's Heroes because they are how we do what we do! Today...

Today is an exciting day here at Hero Arts - we are launching our brand new Valentine's Collection in the Hero Arts store. It is the time that most of us are focused on the busy December holidays but Valentine's Day will be here before you know it! And you'll be looking for some fabulous new products for creating your Valentine's Day projects. To get...

If you are anything like me you have a stack of panels set aside that maybe didn't work for another card or from technique trials. I have a whole drawer full. They are way to pretty to toss and certainly I'll be able to use them for something, right? Are you with me?  Today, I am sharing a great a way to use those panels,...

Good morning!  If you've been to my blog recently you know that I'm on a bit of an alcohol ink kick these days.  But I've gotten a few comments from people who aren't quite ready to make the commitment to purchase alcohol inks and were wondering if there was a way to achieve a similar look.  So I did a little experimenting and discovered that...

Hello! It's time to announce the winner from our December 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 December kit (or reimbursement if the kit was already purchased.) And the winner is... • Becky...

Welcome back to the 3rd 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! If you missed my first episode showcasing 4 color combo ideas for the Color Layering Fox stamp set be sure to...

One staple I always have in my wrapping supplies is kraft paper. It can be used for any occasion and you can dress it up with fun tags and ribbon in any color. You can also stamp on it to create your own personalized wrapping paper! Today I've created some colorful Christmas tags that are very simple to make with minimal supplies. I grabbed several white tags...

When was the last time that you made a card with kraft paper? I love the look of kraft cards but it's not one of my usual go-to colors. So today, for a change, I'm sharing a kraft card that features images from the beautiful, new Ornate Henna Patterns stamp set. To make my card, I simply stamped several of the henna pattern stamps randomly onto...

It’s time for this month’s Awesome Add-ons feature! Before we check out the project inspiration, here’s a look at the add-on products introduced along with the December kit – 17 in all! From stamps and dies to skin safe henna ink pads, there's a little something for everyone. At the time of this writing, the main kit is also still available...but we can't promise how...

I love detailed dies, so when I saw the new Filigree Border Fancy Die (part of the December My Monthly Hero add-on collection), it was love at first sight. First, here's a look at the die itself and the cut-outs it produces. Delicate, ornamental, and so pretty! While it complements the December kit and other add-ons beautifully, I thought it would make a lovely background...

It is time again to bring you the launch of this month's December My Monthly Hero kit and add-ons! Our Creative Team has been busy using these products this month and we think you will enjoy them as much as they have. And at the end of the post you will find links to a blog hop that will provide plenty of inspiration using this...

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 our Countdown to Creativity posts. We’ve randomly selected a...

Hello again! We've come to the end of our countdown, leading up to the launch of the December My Monthly Hero kit tomorrow, Monday, December 4th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Remember to comment on each and every post as we'll be giving away a kit on Monday morning, before the release! Now join Amy as she shares a few more ideas for combining this month's optional add-on products with...

We are back with another look at the December My Monthly Hero release! The kit will be available on Monday, December 4th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We’ll be sharing ideas for using the main kit and optional add-on products all weekend long, so stay tuned for more project inspiration! Now let’s join Jess, who is sharing another look at this gorgeous kit.  Hello!  Jess here with a Disney-inspired card using the new...

We are back with another look at the December My Monthly Hero release! The kit will be available on Monday, December 4th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We’ll be sharing ideas for using the main kit and optional add-on products all weekend long, so stay tuned for more project inspiration! Now let’s join Ilina, who is sharing another look at this fabulous kit.  I hope you are enjoying all the projects you...

We are back with another look at the December My Monthly Hero release! The kit will be available on Monday, December 4th at 1pm eastern/10am pacific. We'll be sharing ideas for using the main kit and the optional add-on products all weekend long, so stay tuned for more inspiration! Now let's join Michelle, who is sharing another look at the fabulous main kit, available on...

We are back with another look at the December My Monthly Hero release! The kit will be available on Monday, December 4th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We’ll be sharing ideas for using the main kit and optional add-on products all weekend long, so stay tuned for more project inspiration! Now let’s join Clare, who is sharing another look at this fabulous kit.  I think I'm a little obsessed with making backgrounds...

Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the December My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, December 4th 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...

Are you working on your holiday cards? Do you prefer the traditional or non-traditional look? I'm a huge fan of using non-traditional colors. Today I'm featuring the 3-part Ornament Frame Cut. I used one of the dies from the set and teamed it up with an Oval Nesting Infinity Die to make a shaker ornament. I love how the Frost Sequin Mix looks. Don't you love...