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Have you seen the new Hero Arts challenge? Its all about using those fabulous flowers on our projects! And truth be told, in anticipation of Spring all I want to do is surround myself with stunning florals and bright colors. How about you? Hero Arts [hero_product_link sku="SA067" text="Bold Floral Stencil"] from the 2016 Catalog (coming to our store on February 8!) is a perfect tool...

Happy New Year! We hope you've enjoyed the holiday season. We are kicking off the new year right with the start of our our next My Monthly Hero: Creativity in a Box countdown!! Our January kit will go live in the store at noon eastern on Monday, January 4. The kit is a good one, you won't want to miss it! Between now and Monday,...

Welcome back to our countdown, leading up to the launch of our January My Monthly Hero kit! Yesterday we shared a gorgeous card by Lucy, and mentioned she played a special role in the creation of this kit. Have you guessed what that might be? If you follow Lucy, you'll know that she loves sequins and is the master of the shaker card! For our...

Hello! Welcome to our third idea post, leading up to the launch of this month's My Monthly Hero kit! The kit will launch on Monday, January 4 at noon eastern. We're sharing ideas for using the kit throughout the weekend - and having a lot of fun while we're at it! I absolutely love the gorgeous Paper Layering die that's included in the kit. All...

The first My Monthly Hero kit of 2016 is quite fun. It has so many possibilities to create different cards for Valentines and beyond. One of the things I loved the most about this kit is that it has all that you need to create shaker cards: For this card, I created a front panel from layering paper (Carnation color), which is included in the...

Hi! Today I have a simple watercolored card to share with you featuring stamps and dies from the January My Monthly Hero kit. To make this card, I first die cut a heart from some scrap cardstock to create a heart shaped stencil. I used this to create my loose watercolor heart, then flicked some extra paint onto the panel. Once this was dry, I...

We are sorry to report we are once again having technical issues with our store. The store will be unavailable while we fix the issue. Please call us if you would like to place a phone order or email info@heroarts.com if you have questions. Do note, we are getting duplicate orders, and we will not process duplicates but instead refund any charges. We hope you’ve...

We hope you’ve enjoyed our Countdown to Creativity the past few days! The launch of My Monthly Hero is only a few short hours away, and we’re super excited to share our January kit with you! As promised, we have one kit to giveaway to a lucky blog reader. We’ve randomly selected a comment from our Idea #1 post ~ congratulations to Lin Brandyberry! Lin...

Today we're excited to begin sharing sneak peeks from our upcoming 2016 Catalog! The new catalog, which makes its debut later this week at CHA, is filled with more than 100 new products! Where to begin? How about a look at an addition to our popular line of Color Layering stamps... Creative Team member Jayne Nelson created the gorgeous card above using CL947 Color Layering...

Welcome back to our 2016 Catalog sneak peeks! Yesterday was about all stamps so today we'll turn our attention to some exciting new dies from the release... This sweet card was created by Creative Team member Mariana Grigsby and features the new DI160 Paper Layering Pineapple Die. This unique "pop-up" style die gives paper a 3-dimensional effect. After cutting, simply fold or curl the cuts...

Stamping friends, today we are pleased to present to you (...drumroll please...) the Hero Arts 2016 Catalog! Included in this release are 31 new clear sets including 5 additions to our popular Color Layering line, 29 new woodblock stamps, 11 new woodblock sets, many exciting new dies, stencils, 3 new ombré ink pads in neon colors, and a whole new line of bold colored hybrid...

Hello. Today I have a card to share featuring a fabulous new clear stamp set from the 2016 Catalog called Origami Animals. Although it is not yet available in our store, it will soon be arriving at your favourite retailer. Look for it in our store on February 8th! To make my card, I stitched half an Acetate Notecard to half a Blush Notecard on...

Happy Monday everyone! We hope you all had a great weekend. As you may have seen on social media, we spent ours at CHA, debuting the new Hero Arts 2016 Catalog and meeting with many wonderful folks in the craft industry. As we get set for another exciting day here in Anaheim, we thought we'd share a glimpse into what we've been up to! Kimberly,...

Hi everyone! One of my favorite stamp sets from the new 2016 Catalog is the You're So Lovely clear stamp set which features two sizes of ranunculus flowers along with various leaves, stems and messages. I created two cards that appeared in the catalog using this set and today I'm going to give you a closer look at those cards. For the first card, I...

One of my favorite Valentine's Day memories is exchanging valentine cards with my grade school classmates. Once I got to junior high, I continued to exchange cards with my close friends. So when my seventh grade niece asked me to make her some special valentines for her friends, I knew that I wanted to use the [hero_product_link sku="DI162"] to create cards that could be easily...

Two of the most beautiful stamp sets ever, Color Layering Large Orchid and Color Layering Orchid in a Pot, are being released in the new 2016 Catalog and today I am sharing two cards using them. For my first card using the Large Orchid, I stamped the stem and buds onto a white card stock base and stamped the flowers in coordinating colors on a...

Hello! I have a trio of mini cards that features the [hero_product_link sku="CL923" text="You are My Happy"] set from the 2016 Valentine's Collection along with the new Mum Flower from the 2016 catalog. This set includes three 4x4 inch cards, same stamps - different looks. First up is the tone on tone, I used [hero_product_link sku="AF168" text="Soft Pink Shadow Ink"]: I'm a big fan of...

Today I'm gonna show you how to get some more use out of your inks - by using them to create custom colored paint! To create your custom color, smoosh your ink pad against an acrylic block (or some plastic acetate), and then add a couple drops of acrylic. I used some pearlescent white acrylic paint, so that I could also get a nice shine...

Some of my favorite products from the new 2016 Hero Arts Catalog are the Paper Layering Dies. The die that I am featuring today is called Large Lotus. This is a pop-up die that gives the paper a 3-D effect. You die cut the paper, and then, you fold or curl the cuts to reveal the beautiful Lotus design. I made a video showing how...

Hi. Today I have a simple card set to share that I created with some products from our Valentine's catalog. Many of the Valentine collection stamps and dies can be used year round for everyday cards. To make my cards, I first die cut the word Love from the Love Stamp & Cut set then adhered it to a 5 1/2 x 4" panel of...

Hello and welcome to our Creative Team Rewind, where we recap some of the fantastic cards our creative team has been sharing outside of the Hero Arts blog! With February right around the corner, this month we are featuring Valentine's projects! First up is Amy with this fabulous card featuring [hero_product_link sku="DC175"]. We love how she used a heart mask with the "happy valentine's day"...

Happy February, stampers! We're excited to kick off a brand new challenge today. You're invited to join the Fabulous Flowers Challenge for a chance to win one of several Hero Arts shopping sprees! Click HERE to read all about it and enter your floral masterpieces. Think "Spring" and let your creativity bloom! What do you say we get a jump start on the inspiration? Check...

A note from our CEO, Aaron Leventhal: The Hero Arts Customer Super Power: Kindness I want to apologize again for the web store issues Hero Arts experienced around the launching of our My Monthly Hero program. Thank you for your unbending patience and understanding during the difficulties we experienced. I have to recognize the generosity of heart and outpouring of support we received from all...

Today I am sharing a quick and easy masking project using a new stamp and stamp set from the 2016 catalog: Color Layering Bouquet and Dotted Hello. As you can see, though, I 'decomposed' the color-layering aspect of the florals and randomly stamped them all over the inside of a masked circle to create a fun background pattern! To do this, I used [hero_product_link sku="AF233"]...

Hello and welcome to our fourth and final Friend Friday with Chameleon! We have had so much fun using these fabulous markers this month. Be sure to head over to their blog, where the Chameleon design team is coloring Hero Arts images, too! And of course there are prizes – keep reading to the end […]

We have been so grateful to have Mariana Grigsby as part of the Hero Arts Creative Team for over two years. She has inspired us all with her creativity. Sadly, she will no longer be part of the team in 2017. We asked other members of the team to share one of their favorite projects […]

We are excited to welcome Jessica Frost-Ballas and Michelle Short to the Hero Arts Creative Team in 2017! You are going to love their creative styles as they join our amazing team of talented designers. Let’s get to know them a little bit. First Jess…. Hi, I’m Jessica but most people call me Jess! I […]

With Valentine’s Day being just around the corner I decided to make a fun Beary Valentine’s Day card! I haven’t yet put my Christmas stamps away so I grabbed this adorable bear image from the Holiday Animals set and stamped him in Hero Arts Intense Black ink. I love to use my Holiday critters all year […]

While Chameleon pens are perfect for coloring images (especially for the coloring-impaired such as myself), they aren't limited to just that. For my card today, I decided to use the pens to create an ombre look on my die cuts.

Hello! I’m back today with more planning ideas for the new year. Yesterday I shared my crafty planner. Today I’m diving into the fascinating, creative world of bullet journaling! Have you heard of bullet journaling? I’ve just recently discovered it, and I have to say – I am LOVING it!! I am a doodler at […]

How many of you out there are planners? I love the creative planner trend, and looking through everyone’s pretty, colorful, fun ideas for decorating their planners when I’m on Instagram or Pinterest. For me personally, I admit that I’m more of a Google Calendar kind of gal – but I consider decorating my planner another […]

I think I have a problem with heat embossing…I can’t seem to stop using it! Today’s card shows how you can heat emboss on top of an already heat embossed layer, as well as use some heat embossing to help create your own shaker elements for a shaker card. To start off, I die cut […]

In a world of texts and emails, we feel there’s something special about handwritten correspondence. So we were very excited to find out about a wonderful year-long online workshop geared towards helping people stay connected through sending cards. It’s called “Love Jac Mail: A Year of Staying Connected” and you can learn all about it […]