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Today we're excited to share creativity from a very special guest – Jenn Shurkus! If you know Jenn, you know that she loves creating with the Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils. The way she combined them with our stamps and dies is simply magical. Let's take a look... I created these three cards using watercolor pencils and watercolor cardstock. First, scribbling directly onto the Rough...

Hi friends! I'm here today to talk about just how much texture stamps can add to even the simplest cards – and how you can get a lot of interest with just one color of ink – in this case – Caramel Core Ink. I've also created a video tutorial that you'll find at the end of this post. To start with, I used 1"...

Hello friends! It’s Channin here and in today’s video I will demonstrate how to create a pair of clean and simple mixed media cards with the Classic and Premium April 2023 My Monthly Hero kits. Check out the video below and/or read the following post to get the step by step instructions on these fun and unique cards. Watch above or on the Hero Arts...

Our release for April is a fun, eclectic mix of florals and mixed media! Our Classic Kit includes a 6" x 8" stamp set full of elements to mix and match for creating flower clusters, vases filled with blooms, and interesting patterns – either in the background or right on the flowers and vases themselves! Two red rubber cling stamps add even more pattern options....

Welcome friends! This is Mindy and today I'm sharing a subtle approach to mixed media. I want to create a stenciled background without it overpowering my images and I'm going to show you how. I have a video walking you through this process that you can view below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. I will be starting my projects by stamping out...

Hi everybody! It's Maria Willis here. I had so much fun making the card that I'm sharing with you today. Earlier this week we had a stunning new release and it was all about those butterflies! The add-ons are equally fabulous so today I'm sharing two of my favorite add-ons with you: the Beautiful Butterflies Bundle and the Background Texture Strips. Now, I'm the kind...

Hi everyone, Ilina here! Have you tried the new Hero Wax yet? It's so fun to work with. For today's project I used the Berry and Olive Hero Wax and Color Layering Stencils to add some shimmer and texture to my stamped images. I used the Peonies Bunch stamp set, along with the coordinating dies and Color Layering Stencils. Watch the video below (or HERE...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here and I am popping in to share a little bit of mixed media love with you today. I started out by grabbing a background from my stash. I made it a while back using a fun technique with Hero Arts Inkers and rubbing alcohol. I squirted both Ultra Pink and Summer Sky Inkers onto my glass work surface. Then, using...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here with you today to share a fun technique creating a textured brick background. I love doing this background in a neutral so it adds interest to my card without overwhelming the focal point. You can see on my slimline card I used the Brick Wall Stencil as a background to create a wall for my windows to sit. Wouldn't...

Can you believe we are almost at the holidays? I can't! I've leaned into holiday cards this year – maybe more than I've made in any other year, so I'll have lots of colorful mail to send after Thanksgiving. One of my favorite types of cards to send is card with texture – when I receive cards with texture on them, it makes me happy...

Hi friends! Lydia here. Make some cider, put a sweater on and get ready for more holiday crafting today! I have the SIMPLEST of mixed media cards for you today using these mediums: Acrylic paint Embossing powder Embossing ink Glitter I love to make cards where there are different shimmery textures, and this card is no exception. I used the Wishing You Tree Bundle to...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here and I've got a sparkly, wintery, holiday card to share today but before I get to that... Have you heard about the Holiday Cheer Card Drive Hero Arts is hosting? Send in your "Merry Everything" themed cards by November 18th and not only will your card be donated to a good cause, but it will be shown off at the...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here today and I am really happy to be here to share a mixed media card that I had so much fun making. I started out wanting to focus on the beautiful new Leaf Circle Stencil (so great for Autumn cards, right?) and when I saw how magical it looked in gold I decided to go with more of a nature/woodland...

Hey everyone it's Dana here with you today. I'm going to be sharing with you how to make a repeating design or pattern using the Tiling Textures stamp set. This stamp set is really unique as you can create wonderful backgrounds for your cards or mixed media project with each tile. Watch the video below to see the full process or click HERE to watch...

Hello there and welcome to the last day of Color Week! It's Michelle here and today I am focusing on Inkers. Every ink in the Core Ink collection now has a matching Inker. That's 57 Core Inks and Inkers to play with! These Inkers have been made so that you can refill your Core Ink pads, but they can do so much more! The Creative...

Hi all! So good to have you joining me today, as always! With Father’s Day just around the corner, I thought it might be a good time to share a quick and easy card for the occasion. So important to show those we love a bit of appreciation, right? Today’s featured card makes use of a piece of painted watercolor paper. I encourage you to...

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...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today. The new 2022 Mixed Media Catalog has been revealed and I'm here for it all. So much goodness going on for mixed media lovers. Let's take a look at the colorful and simple bookmarks I made using the Abstract Frames Stencil. To get the colorful background, I inked up the stencil with Reactive Inks in Fruit Punch,...

Hello friends! It's Mindy here with you today to share how I created this mixed media card featuring the new Brick Embossing Powder. I included my step-by-step process in a video. If you have trouble viewing this video, you can watch it HERE on Youtube. Mixed media cards can seem a little intimidating but if you break it down into layers, it's really a lot...

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,...

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...

Hey, everybody! It's Maria here and I am so excited that I get to share some really special products with you today. What makes them so special? Well, once a year we all get to vote for our favorite My Monthly Hero kit from the previous year. Once the votes are tallied the most popular kit gets brought back so that we can all get...

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 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...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here and I hope you're all having an amazing day today! I'm excited because for today's blog post I got to play around with Hero Paste and I've even got a video for you. Hero Paste is a white, opaque texture paste that you can use in a variety of different ways to add texture to your projects. You can use...

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 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...