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Hello everyone! It's Maria here today and I hope you were as totally blown away by yesterday's Mixed Media Catalog release as I was. Today I'll be sharing a mixed media card that uses some of the new stamps along with some of Hero's fabulous mediums. I started out by making DIY Liquid Watercolor Sprays. This is so easy to do and is very inexpensive,...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing some inspiration using a bunch of the new goodies from the May 2022 release! This release features so many fun standalone die cuts, but my favorite product was the beautifully detailed Kitchen Shelf Background. This gorgeous stamp covers the entirety of an A2 card front and creates the perfect backdrop for so many of the new...

Hello there, Michelle here with a friendship card to share with you using Passing Clouds Bold Prints. This stamp can be used in lots of different ways and lots of different color combinations too! I have a love for blue and purple and thought it would make a nice dramatic sky. I started off my card by stamping Passing Clouds Bold Prints on to Dove...

Hi friends! I'm here with a springy wonderland and a fun look at some of the new Hero Tools that have just arrived in the Hero Arts shop. (Read to the end of this post and watch the video to learn more!) This is a really simple project to make, but it really gives a fun new twist on emboss resist cards. I stamped the...

Hello everyone! It's Maria here and today I have a glitzy, blinged out card to share with you. I started with a piece of A2 sized Pitch Black cardstock and I used my Abstract Frames Stencil to apply Glitter Hero Paste to it with a palette knife. This new Glitter Paste looks so cool on black cardstock! I set my background aside to let it...

Hi friends! I'm here today with a fun, easy, layered mixed media card. Layering makes the details on your cards so, so interesting, so let's walk through the layers on today's card. I started by smooshing Fog and Purple Galaxy Reactive Inks onto my glass mat and stamping the image from Artichoke Blooms in Fog as well. I used a waterbrush and the smooshed ink...

Hello there, Michelle here! Today I have a card and video to share with you creating a simple spring scene using the Color Layering Duckling set. The duckling is so cute! Perfect for spring and Easter cards. You can view the video tutorial below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. I started off by stamping the Color Layering Duckling on to Dove White...

Good morning! Jess here with a fun way to add some sparkle to your cards! To start I placed the new Abstract Expressionist Bold Prints stamp on the lid of my MISTI and inked it up with Embossing & Watermark ink. Then I stamped it onto a panel of Pitch Black cardstock. I held the cardstock over a piece of scrap paper and then sprinkled...

Hello everyone. It's Dana here with you. Today's card is for a new monthly feature here on the Hero Arts blog called CommUNITY: A Celebration of Diversity in Crafting. This feature is near and dear to my heart. Being inspired by so many amazing creators and artists makes me happy. Making sure everyone is included and feels represented in this crafting community is my purpose....

Hi friends! It's Mindy here with you today to share a fun and colorful card using the new Apple Slices Bold Prints background stamp. I thought this background would make a great card to give to a teacher. I started by picking out a rainbow of cardstock colors from the Hero Hues line including Peony, Azalea, Cherry, Papaya, Canary, Kiwi, Meadow, Arctic, Paradise, Adriatic, Lavender,...

Hey everybody it's Maria here today with an easy concept to help you put together some super fun mixed media cards. The concept is "layering!" Layer those colors, layer those textures and layer that paper! When I'm creating mixed media projects I love trying to create depth in my work and thinking of my project in layers really helps me to do that. To get...

Hey, everybody! It's Maria here and today I get to share a really fun and easy way to make a card. As I was putting my card together I was in a little bit of a hurry but I still wanted to make a card that had a wow factor to it. Cover Plate dies to the rescue! Hero Arts has so many gorgeous cover...

Welcome friends! Mindy here with you today to share inspiration using the XOXO Cover Plate and an emboss resist background. I have a video walking through this process that you can view down below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. Cover plates dies are a lot of fun because you can use them for shakers, hot foil with them, die cut inlay technique...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here today with an easy way to add texture and patterns to your card backgrounds for a fun mixed-media style look. To create this card I started by watercoloring a a piece of watercolor cardstock with my liquid watercolor sprays (DIY sprays are easily made by adding a few drops of watercolor to water in a spray bottle). After my first...

Hi crafty friends! It's time for another Stay Crafty With Hero challenge! This month we are challenging you to create projects using Fall Colors. You can use the colors in this challenge banner or whatever fall colors speak to you! We'll include all of the details further down this post; but first, here's a beautiful, seasonally appropriate card from Maria to kick off our newest...

Welcome everyone! Mindy Eggen here with you today and it's time to board the Winter Express! Have your tickets ready, here we go! Do you get into Hallmark movies around the holidays? It's a guilty pleasure of mine and when I first saw the Winter Express Bold Prints, it reminded me of a cover for one of those movies. What came to mind was the...

Welcome everyone! It's Mindy here with you today to show how I used the Rays of Color Window Fancy Die for a Christmas/Holiday card. I have a video tutorial that you can check out down below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. This die can be used in so many ways! It's great for die cut inlay techniques, shaker cards, adding a rainbow...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing some rainbow inspiration featuring some of the latest products from the August 2021 release! I will admit that I am one of the few crafters who finds it difficult to create with rainbows. I think they're beautiful, and I adore what other people create with them, but (like critters) they're a little outside my wheelhouse, creatively-speaking....

Hi everybody! It's Maria here today and I've got a colorful stenciled card to share with you. I've combined some different and fun techniques to make the background using the Rays of Color Stencil then topped it off with the Love You Stamp & Cut XL and the Color Me Words stamp set. I started out with a watercolored background that I made using liquid...

Hello everybody! It's Maria here and today I am sharing a bright galaxy card and sending you all some intergalactic fairy kisses! I started out by selecting a galaxy background that I made on a Hero Arts Live last week. I did a session all about creating galaxy backgrounds using Hero Arts mediums and you can check it out by clicking here. For this background,...

Hello, friends! It’s Channin here and today I’m creating a colorful full panel shaker card with the July 2021 My Monthly Hero Kit. A full panel shaker is one of the easiest shaker cards to make, check out my video below to see how! (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please try watching it HERE on YouTube.) To create this card first I...

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...

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!...

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...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! I hope you are excited about the Summer Catalog as much as I am. I am so excited about the new selection of Looking Glass Dies and today I decided to use the Looking Glass Day or Night set and show you how changing the colors you use will change the look of your card. For my first card I used...

Who's ready for summer and a little Fun in the Sun? We sure are. So we've made it the theme of our next challenge! You can interpret this theme however you'd like - any sort of imagery that makes you think of sunshine, summer, having fun - you name it! We'll include all of the challenge details further down this post, but first, here's a...

Welcome everyone! This is Mindy here with you today to share some inspiration using the new Nautilus Pattern Bold Prints background stamp on your cards. There are many different techniques but I will be focusing on just one in particular. In fact, I was able to create five different cards with this technique and could have done more! I have a video showing you step-by-step...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using the Life Is Beautiful set. This is a really pretty set with lots of small floral images in (as well as sentiments) that you can use in lots of different ways. One way that I like to use sets like these is to create backgrounds. I started off my card...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here and I have a soft and sweet card to share with you today. I've paired up the Bug You stamp set and the Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors to make a quick and easy card. I loved this Bug You stamp set from the second I saw it. I LOVE bugs! I often think that I could have been an entomologist...

Hey there friends, Daniel, here with a fun spotlight technique featuring the Forest Shapes Bold Prints. Sometimes, I feel overwhelmed with a large amount of open spaces on a background stamp. What if I color the whole thing in and make a mistake on a section of it? What if I don't have time to color it in completely because I just learned I needed...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here with you today sharing a card I created showcasing the new Flowy Stripes Stencil. This stencil can be layered with various Hero Arts inks to create beautiful designs that will enhance your projects. For today's card, I thought the stencil would make beautiful background paper. To create my card, I adhered two opposite sides of the Flowy Stripes Stencil onto...

Hi everybody! It’s Maria here and today I’ve got a really fun and easy technique to share with you. I’m calling it a Faux Watercolor Technique and I’ll be showing how to do it with your background stamps. This technique will work best with stamps that have some surface area to the design vs. being detailed stamp designs with fine lines. For today’s cards I’ve...

Hi friends! Lydia here today with a card design tip - FINGERPAINT! My friend Jeanne told me to just fingerpaint clouds with white acrylic paint several years ago, and I was a changed woman - it's so easy to get wispy, sweet, partially transparent clouds with your built in paintbrushes that I rarely do them any other way. I used acrylic paint to paint a...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here with you today sharing a card I created using the Flower Shop Background Cling. This delightful red rubber stamp is A2 size - perfect to stamp onto a card base. Though the stamp has several windows, sills and flowers to color, I wanted to create a clean and simple card spotlighting two of the windows. I started by stamping the...

Hey everyone. It's Dana Joy with you today. I have a quick card for you featuring the Book Stacks Bold Prints background stamp and the Literary Quotes clear set. Having a large image as a background makes card designing a breeze. To start my card I stamped the large Book Stack on Meadow cardstock with embossing ink. I sprinkled on gold embossing powder and then...

Welcome everyone! It's Mindy here with you today to share something a little different. The moment I saw the Novel Prose Bold Prints background stamp, I knew I wanted to get out of my comfort zone and try my hand at a little mixed media. It's new (to me!), unpredictable and a ton of fun! The latest release featuring books, ties well with some previously...