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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...

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...

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...

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...

All of us have smaller stamps in our collections that we love, but on their own, they might not be big enough to be the focal point of a card. One of the easiest ways to use these beautiful, but often-overlooked stamps, is to stamp them multiple times to create larger designs or backgrounds. Today, I’m sharing two simple cards that I made using the...

Build a stash of birthday cards with the with the August Make Yourself at Home Card Kit from Hero Arts, available exclusively at joann.com. Get a closer look at the kit contents and project ideas in the video below. If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube. Get instructions how to make the confetti balloons card above on the JOANN...

Hello crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here and I'm so excited for my first blog post. If you have followed along in my crafting journey you know I love to build scenes. If I'm new to you I'd love to introduce you to my style! The On the Road Window Fancy Die is a super fun scene in itself. Don't you love a die that does...

Hi there friend! Daniel, here with a few ways to step up a stenciled card panel. Today, I feature the new Desert Road Stencil and I'm putting to use some of the Hero Tools, too. A stenciled card can make for a quick turn project when you need a card in minutes. You can really make it shine, though, with just a few more extra...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have two birthday cards to share with you for the current "Another Year Older" Stay Crafty Challenge. For my cards I am using Clear Embossing Powder for the background, but changing up how it looks depending on which stage I add the embossing. I started off my first card (the green/blue one) by taking a panel of Deluxe...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here today and I hope you are all having a fantastic day. Today I've decided to play along with this month's Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge and the theme is "Another Year Older!" So, of course I'm making a birdday card. Mmmmhmmm, a "bird-day" card... I started out by grabbing the Every Which Way Stencil and ink-blending it onto white cardstock...

Hello! The new July challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero begins today, and the theme is "Another Year Older". We want to see birthday cards! Any style, technique, theme, size, shape, colour scheme, as long as it's for a birthday! Here's some inspiration from our design team to get you in the mood! Kailash Naidoo You can find Kailash on Instagram. Kanan...

Good morning! Jess here with a cheery mixed media card! Today I'm experimenting with the new Hero Wax for the first time and I'm excited to share those results with you. To start I stamped the Underwater Bold Prints stamp onto a panel of Adriatic cardstock with Navy ink. Then I laid the Water Flow Slimline Stencil over the panel and applied a thin layer...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here! Today I am sharing a card I created with the new Color Layering Happy Birthday clear stamp set. To begin, I inked Sun Ray Bold Prints with Grape Juice and Bubble Gum and stamped it onto a 4" x 5.25" Dove White cardstock panel. I adhered the panel to a top-folding A2 card base. Next, I stamped "happy" onto Lavender...

Good morning and Happy Monday! Jess here with a cheery card featuring the new Color Layering Cherries set from the 2022 Catalog! Here's a video to go along with today's card: (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please click HERE to watch on YouTube.) To start, I stamped the Color Layering Cherries onto Dove White cardstock using Strawberry, Red Royal, Fresh Lawn, and...

Hi, friends! One of my favorite things to do during the long winter days of January and February is to make birthday cards that I can keep on hand to use during the year. I also like to find ways to reuse my favorite supplies but still make each card unique. Today, I’m using the wonderful Birthday Message Cover Plate to create three inked birthday...

Good morning and Happy 2022! Jess here with my first card for the year! I'm creating a card for the current Stay Crafty with Hero challenge: Circles and also stocking up on my birthday cards for the year! To start I blended Cornflower, Navy, and Intens-ified Black Ink onto a panel of Periwinkle Cardstock using blending brushes. I applied the darkest color to my top...

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 amazing creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member, Kate, is sharing a few projects for their August challenge and they're fantastic! Hi! Kate here...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using the Decorate A Cake set that I made in to a shaker card. I thought this would work perfectly with our current Stay Crafty With Hero Challenge, which is to make an interactive card. I started off my card by taking a panel of Dove White Cardstock and stamping the...

Hi friends! Lydia here with a magical little fairytale forest video for you today. I thought that these gorgeous Mushrooms and Ferns Fancy Dies would look really neat as a stencil, so I kept the piece of watercolor paper I cut them out of and used a blending brush and Wet Cement ink to create a shadow background, and then watercolored the die cuts with...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some vibrant projects for you featuring some of the newest (and some older!) products from this month's release. I love adding black accents to colorful card fronts. The stark contrast makes things look so polished and clean, in my opinion. Let's get started with the details on my projects! Both of my projects feature...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today sharing some watercolor inspiration. I haven't played with my Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors recently so it was a great opportunity to break them out and get creative. To create my card I pulled out a piece of watercolor paper and stamped the image from the new Magical Forest stamp set in Intense Black Ink. Before the ink...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

Good morning everyone. It's Dana Joy with you today. Let's switch up our card design using only one stamp. The new Hero Arts Floral Strawberries Line Art is perfect for this kind of technique. Just a little bit of masking paper and your design will be totally new. For my cards today I'm going to share a card that is in the Hero Arts Summer...

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...