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By now you know I am the QUEEN of creating things they weren’t designed for! So today I am showing you how to use your fall dies and stamps to create some pumpkins! All of these cards were made primarily from Halloween Peg Dolls, Autumn Leaves Fancy Dies and Pitch Black Core Ink. The little jack o' lantern face in the Halloween Peg Dolls set...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some angelic inspiration for you using the Stained Glass Angel Hot Foil Plate and the Stained Glass Angel Fancy Die. I love when I can get lots of mileage out of my stamps and dies, and these coordinating products work beautifully together! I started out to make a hot foiled shaker card, and ended...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card featuring two new dies – the Small Penguin Tag Fancy Die along with the Snow Globe Window Fancy Die. The penguin tag can be pulled out of this card and used separately! I started by using a large Blending Brush to blend Aquatic Core Ink over a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Arctic cardstock....

Hi friends! Today we are here with an installment of our monthly series, CommUNITY, where we share artwork from artists who we'd love for you to get to know. CommUNITY is about embracing and honoring the creativity of individuals who are often underrepresented. By sharing art from a diverse group of creators, we hope to not only bring inspiration to this papercrafting community we all...

Hey there friend! Daniel here with a fantastic gingerbread house card for the holidays. I've meditated recently on the amazing details that we cardmakers add to our projects to really give them a boost. I am not one for overly blinging up my cards, but I really enjoy the look of special details that increase the wow factor. I try to avoid throwing everything in...

Welcome friends! This is Mindy and I'm here to show you how to line up the stamped sentiment with your hot foiling using the Happy Holidays Foil & Cut set. This plate creates a foiled shadow effect, and while it can stand alone, it was also designed to pair with the Hero Greetings Happy Holidays clear stamp set. The two look amazing together! You can...

With the October release, we have added new products to a fun category in our shop - Digital Products! They are strictly digital downloads - no physical product will ship. Create with them with your computer or device! Or print them out to add to your traditional cardmaking, like we did here. This first card features the Christmas Tree Digital Papers. The download includes eight...

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...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here and today we are going to be adding dimension to our die cuts with Copic markers. I die cut all my pieces out of our Deluxe Smooth White cardstock using the new Santa's Sleigh Fancy Die. This cardstock is great for Copic coloring. I cut several trees and presents. I also stamped the Santa from our Holiday Peg Dolls...

Hello stampers! It's time to announce the winner from our October My Monthly Hero Release Day Blog Hop. Big thanks to everyone who participated, checked out the cards on the designers’ blogs, and shared kind comments! If you haven't had a chance to grab your kit yet, we do still have a limited quantity available here. Our randomly selected winner will receive a $50 gift...

PLEASE NOTE: Only votes cast on the official voting page will count. Comments on this blog post are not tallied. Thank you! Hello friends! HeroFest is in full swing and it's time to celebrate the 7-year anniversary of the My Monthly Hero program with one of our favorite annual traditions! 🎉 Seven years have gone by in a flash and all of us at Hero...

We get it. Money is tight these days. And if you do have a little money to spend on craft supplies, there are so many places to shop. So when you visit heroarts.com and make the choice to shop with us? It absolutely makes our day, and we are incredibly thankful. And one small way we can show how much we appreciate YOU is by...

Hello there, Michelle here with a card using the Stacked Happy Holidays Foil & Cut. This foil plate really gives a big impact on a card, and I love that there is a coordinating die to cut it out too! I started off my card by foiling the Stacked Happy Holidays Foil Plate on to white cardstock using Silver Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil...

Our next LIVE Make-Along event is this weekend! Join Channin and Kelly from our Creative Team to make along with the September My Monthly Hero kit. Gather your supplies and create two cards from start to finish.👉🏼 When: Sunday, October 9 at noon PT/3pm ET👉🏼 Where: Hero Arts Facebook and YouTubeIn addition to the September My Monthly Hero kit, the following supplies will be used....

Welcome back, everyone! The October challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero has now begun! The theme this month is one of my annual favourites – "Merry Everything". We want to see all your festive holiday creations – Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, any festive celebration that you like! And remember, it's not all about cards – we hope to see tags, decorations, scrapbook...

Calling all cardmakers! Today we're excited to invite you to join us in an effort to spread some holiday cheer. Who's up for a good old-fashioned mail-in card drive? Grab your crafty stamps AND your postage stamps, have fun creating, and join the cause. * Please feel free to share the image above on social media and blogs – the more participation, the merrier! *...

Hello friends! Holiday cheer from the North Pole has landed with our new collection of October add-ons introduced earlier this week! Have you had a chance to check out all of the goodness? You'll find a sleigh full of stamps, dies, and stencils that are perfect for creating festive looks. It's never too early to get a head start on holiday crafting! Shop for the...

Hello friends!! It’s Channin here and today I'm creating a Christmas card with the October 2022 My Monthly Hero Kit. Check out the video below to see how I no-line color a solid stamped image then ink blend and stamp a serene wintry scene. Watch below or on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. To create this card I first stamped the house and pine trees...

Winter has come, direct from the North Pole! The October My Monthly Hero Kit features a darling 6” x 8” stamp set with everything you need to build a magical scene, right down to Santa's sleigh. The coordinating dies cut out everything in the stamp set, including the messages. There's a cling background stamp for adding falling snow, and we've included two types of white...

It's almost time to launch the October 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 the Countdown to Creativity posts. We’ve randomly selected a...

It's time for our final round of October countdown peeks! The kit and add-ons will be revealed on Monday at 10am PT...but not before our Creative Team shares four fantastic cards that highlight how the stamps and dies in this kit provide endless versatility. For more details, you can follow the blog links below each photo, and don't forget to leave a comment for a...

Hello and Happy World Cardmaking Day, friends! At the end of this post we're sharing details about a LIVE World Cardmaking Day event we have planned for this evening – we hope you can join us! But first, the Creative Team is back to treat you to four magical cards featuring the soon-to-be-released October My Monthly Hero kit. Just two days remain until the kit...

Hello and welcome to the first day of our October My Monthly Hero kit peeks! The new kit and add-ons will be released on Monday, October 3 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. In the meantime, we invite you to venture north (think way north!) with the Creative Team and check out some amazing projects that showcase the kit! A quick word before we dive into the...

Good morning friends! Today we're bringing you some amazing crafty inspiration from our Global Team, with a focus on some of the September release products! Starting off we have this beautiful autumn card created by Michelle using the Leaf Circle Stencil and a sentiment from Artichoke Arrangement. The colors of her beautiful ink blending certainly evoke a fall feeling! Lisa created this clean and simple...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here! Fall is finally here! I live in Florida now and miss the changing of the leaves in Pennsylvania and New York City. However I still get to enjoy all of the holiday decorations – especially pumpkins. Today I am sharing a card featuring the Coloring Layering Pumpkin Bunch Stencils and Pumpkin Bunch Bundle set. For my card, I stamped Leaves...

Do you ever get stuck creatively? I do all the time! I'm a technique person, so I like to start each card with a technique, and some days I feel like I am out of ideas. So today I'm going to bring you one of my favorite ways to get around being stumped - going back to childhood art techniques. I learned some of my...

Hey there, friend! Daniel West, here, with a great way to use the Hero Arts Hot Foil Plates without foil! We always like to use our supplies in creative ways to get the most out of them. In today's video tutorial, I will show you how to use the Circle Confetti Hot Foil Plate for a dry embossed background. Check out the video here: If...

I am grateful for every day! So let’s begin by making a seasonal Thanksgiving/Fall grateful card using some watercolors. After all, fall officially started this week!!! Grab some Luxe Watercolor Paper, a Pitch Black Core Ink pad and the stamps from Grateful Pumpkin. Randomly stamp the leaves, branches and acorns all over the watercolor paper. Let thoroughly dry. Take another piece of paper and stamp...

Today we welcome our creative friend Milagros Rivera back to the blog. Milagros owns a store in Puerto Rico called The Paper Boutique Scrapbooking Studio. While Milagros did lose power temporarily as Hurricane Fiona hit, thankfully she is not in the areas greatly impacted by the storm. But our hearts are with Milagros, and all of the people on the island, as they work to...

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...

Hi friends! Today we are here with an installment of our monthly series, CommUNITY, where we share artwork from artists who we'd love for you to get to know. CommUNITY is about embracing and honoring the creativity of individuals who are often underrepresented. By sharing art from a diverse group of creators, we hope to not only bring inspiration to this papercrafting community we all...

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...

Hello crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here and I'm so excited to share this card combining mediums with you today! I used my Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors with my alcohol markers to really help the Artichoke Arrangement shine. I did use the Artichoke Arrangement Bundle for this card for added dimension. You can watch how I did it below or on the Hero Arts YouTube channel....

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a bright and sunny card featuring the new Floral Flourish Stencil. This beautiful stencil is not only perfect for ink blending, as I've done here, but it's also great for using with Hero Pastes! I started off by positioning the stencil over an 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Deluxe Smooth White cardstock. I used a bit...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using the Foliage & Flowers Fancy Die that was released as an add-on alongside the September 2022 My Monthly Hero Kit. These dies can be used to represent any flower or foliage, but I thought it would be fun to try and make them in to sunflowers for my card. I...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some autumnal inspiration for you using the new Autumn Arrangement wood block stamp! If this image looks familiar to you, it's because this beautiful bouquet was the focal point for the latest My Monthly Hero Kit. It's so gorgeous...I'm so glad that we have it in the regular stamp lineup! I struggle with autumn...