Hero Arts Blog

Our June Hero Studio release is here! Inspired by breezy beach days, seaside treasures, and summer memories, this release is sure to bring a relaxing vibe to your crafty creations.

Watch Channin create a beautiful birthday card with the Flower Delivery Truck Die Set from the May Card Kit.

Create a cheerful graduation card featuring softly colored, stamped balloon.

Create a vibrant mixed media card featuring the Hero Arts Branches & Blossoms Die Set and ink smooshing techniques. This tutorial includes layered die cuts, ink blending, and stamped texture for a bold, artistic look.

Rachel Kleinman shares a video showcasing a unique way to use the Gardening Tools and Flowers Stamp Set and coordinating Cover Plate Die.

In this post, Michelle Short will share how to add selective stenciling to projects, as well as faux gold gilding with Hero Wax.

Watch Channin create colorful spring scene with the include ink cubes and the Tulip HeroScape from the February Card Kit. Learn how she stretches the inks to get two different looks with the same colors.

Join us for our next Make-Along featuring the January Hero Studio!! Gather your supplies have these instructions ready to create along with Channin LIVE on Sunday, January 26th. Create two cards from start to finish, the first featuring the Card Kit and the second featuring the Clear Set + Dies of the Month. Hope to see you there!

Create an interactive card with the Love Note Fancy Die. Michelle shows how to create and assemble this sweet pastel love note. This unique folded card would be perfect to share with someone special on Valentine's Day.

Hi friends! I have a fun old school technique for you today that's normally used with a focal image, but I'm using it with the Rainbows & Clouds December Cling Stamp of the Month. Any background stamp that has a colorable element to it works particularly well here. Lining up the two panels is the most important part as you will see in the video...

Hi everyone! This is Rachel Kleinman from rwkrafts and I'm excited to share today's video with you all! I'm showcasing the new Presents Tower Fancy Die and how to turn it into a holiday card and also a fun birthday card. (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) For the holiday card, I went with a traditional Christmas vibe......

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here and today I'm sharing two different watercolor techniques you can use for beautiful backgrounds. (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch it HERE on YouTube.) The first step to creating these beautiful watercolor cards is the Flower Market Bold Prints stamp. I stamped it onto our Luxe Watercolor Paper using Unicorn Pigment Ink. I then sprinkled...

Hi friends! Lydia here with one of my favorite coloring techniques – it's a selective focus technique with colored pencils. By selective focus, I mean a technique that is similar to a spotlighting technique, but it's more like portrait mode on an iPhone – it creates a sharp, focused foreground, with a soft, fuzzier background. If you are a photography buff, it's a similar effect...

Hi everyone, it's Libby popping in today. A few months ago, I had the honor of visiting the studio at Scrapbook.com headquarters in Arizona. While there I filmed three technique videos which are now available on the Scrapbook.com YouTube channel. We thought you might like to take a look! The first video is an introduction to Reactive Inks. I shared how to blend them and...

Hello! Today I'm sharing a heart framed scene card with the Love Birds Stamp & Cut images and Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies. Watch the video below to see how I created both die cut and embossed heart frames with the Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies as well as how I did a little creative masking to the birds to appear to be "sitting" on the branch...

Hello Hero Arts fans! Welcome back for another episode of the Color Layering video series! In this video & episode I am taking a closer look at a new Color Layering Tiger Lily stamp set. I have several cards to share and of course a few different color combos to explore. Watch the video tutorial below to learn how I made the cards I'm sharing...

Hey there! Clare popping in today, with a pair of fun interactive birthday cards and a video. So, I super duper love the Snarky Mix & Match Messages stamp set, but there's one problem - there's too many funny sentiments! I know, best kind of problem to have. ;) I found a solution though, where you can use as many as you want - an...

Good morning, Jess here! Last month I shared several ways to use Hero Arts liquid watercolors on Yupo paper. You can find that post here. I had several requests to create a video with this technique so here it is using products from our 2018 Summer Catalog! I also have a video showing you how to use this technique. You can watch the video below...

I haven't ever heard anyone say they don't like Fall or the Fall colors. And if you think about it - what is there not to love? Rich yellow, orange and red colors that this season brings are simply stunning and they inspired this simple Autumn card. Watch the video tutorial below to learn how I made this card: If you’re having a problem viewing...

One thing I’ve always loved doing with my stamps is adjusting the sentiments to fit and look exactly the way I want them to. I’ll try combining different parts of different sentiments, sometimes by cutting the stamp itself, and sometimes by masking. Today’s card is one of those tweaked sentiments, featuring the beautiful new Blessings Stamp & Cut. To start off with, I die cut...

One of my favorite techniques is creating a stamped background using small stamps. It's a great way to get more out of your neglected stamps. And here is what I came up with for today: To make a graduation card, I started by stamping small images from the following stamp sets: [hero_product_link sku="CL941"], [hero_product_link sku="CL954"], [hero_product_link sku="CL940"] and [hero_product_link sku="CL950"]. I used [hero_product_link sku="DI158"] to...