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Have you picked up your July My Monthly Hero Add-ons? Today I'm featuring two of the products, Paper Layering Basket and Ant Trail Bold Prints.

Looking for a great product for creating cards all about love? Look no further than the Heart Confetti Fancy Die! This fun A2-sized die can be used in many different ways to sprinkle a little love on your next creation. I started this card by die-cutting the Heart Confetti Fancy Die from a panel of white cardstock. Then […]

Finding products that weren’t designed at the same time, but fit together perfectly makes me a little giddy! That is the case with the Thank You Die and Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies. The “thank you” words almost take on a heart shape when stacked on top of each other, so it was a natural fit. I […]

Someone is always having a birthday so you can never have too many birthday cards! I took Birthday Messages and went to the “other side”… I saw those long horizontal stamps and thought, wow, they would make great candles! So, I flipped them over on my block and started stamping them on the wrong side […]

Hello! Today I’m happy to be here sharing a card using the adorable Busy As A stamp set, as well as the Honeycomb Stencil. I’ll just jump right into it – I began by stenciling the honeycomb using a combination of Butter Bar, Soft Vanilla and Fresh Peach inks. I used a brush for my […]

Happy Monday! It’s May here with an easy watercolor card featuring the French Treats stamp set. I started by drawing an oval frame using a die from the Nesting Oval Infinity Die Set on a piece of A2 size watercolor paper.  Then I stamped the sentiment from the Make a Wish Birthday stamp set inside the oval […]

Mother’s Day is just around the corner, so today I’m sharing a card to give you some inspiration in case you still need to make a card for the special day. I decided to pull out one of my favorite older stamp sets called Flower Garden. This set is full of small floral and leaf […]

If you follow me on Instagram, you probably know that I enjoy watercoloring these days. So I decided to share some watercolor inspiration with you for today’s project: watercoloring the white embossed images. I started by stamping the floral background image with watermark ink on a watercolor paper. Then I heat embossed the image with white embossing powder. […]

Mother's Day is less than three weeks away so if you plan to make a special card or two before then, it's a good time to get started! This year, inspired by some of my mother's quilts, I made cards with mixed pattern backgrounds.

Today I have quick and easy watercolor cards to share with you all – I went out of my comfort zone to create kind of messy(?) watercolor cards. ;) I used the same watercolor technique but stamped the image with a different ink. For my first card, I stamped the Mum Flower image with black waterproof ink on the […]

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share using the gorgeous Succulent Trio stamp set. I have always had a fondness for succulents and cacti, growing them since I was a child. They seem to be very popular now days and I love that! I started off my card by stamping […]

Hero Arts not only has Color Layering floral stamps, but also actual dimensional layering images where each flower layer can be popped up for a raised, one-a-of kind look. Today I’m sharing an in depth look at the new Artistic Dahlia and Large Hydrangea stamps and their corresponding layering dies and showing you how to use these […]

Today it’s our pleasure to welcome one very talented teen to the Hero Arts blog — he’s a cardmaker, stamper, blogger, and YouTuber! His enthusiasm is contagious and we know you’re going to love what he’s created today. Take it away, Simon…! Hi there! It’s Simon Hurley and today I am excited to share a […]

Hello and happy Wednesday, stampers! We have a little gift for you today. Our wonderful Creative Team members have provided supply lists and tips for ALL of the original handmade cards featured in the pages of our 2017 Catalog! This information has been compiled into a single card index that you can now view digitally […]

Today I’ve got a simple and fresh card design using the awesome Thank You Messages clear stamp set. These two cards came together in about 30 minutes, which just might be a record for me! I was drawn to the “thanks” banner image, so I looked for a die to stamp it on — turns out that […]

Hello there, today I have a card to share using the beautiful Color Layering Birds & Blossoms stamp set and coordinating dies. This set can be used for so many occasions but today I decided to create an anniversary card. I started off by cutting a Tag Infinity Die from Snow Paper. I then took the Color […]

Recently I have a friend who lost her dad and grandmother within a week. I’m not sure if this is an appropriate sympathy card to be sent to her. But in my old Korean culture, we believe that good people go to a heaven after they die and I was trying to capture an image of the heaven […]

I am a big fan of Hero Arts ombré inks – I love using them for backgrounds, color layering stamps and more. Today I have simple monochromatic Thinking Of You cards to give you a closer look at the 4 new ombré pads – Ombré Hydrangea, Ombré Soft Sky To Indigo, Ombré Meadow and Ombré Spring […]

We are so excited to join in the 5th Anniversary celebration for A Blog Named Hero. We are thankful for the passion that they have for Hero Arts and all of the ways that they inspire others to create beautiful projects. There will be many great ideas in today’s blog hop and we are happy […]

I love the variety of inks that Hero Arts offers. It’s so fun to see the transformation of the Color Layering images. Today’s card is a good example of unexpected color combinations. Isn’t the Color Layering Hydrangea stamp set beautiful? The leaves are stamped with Lime Green Shadow Ink and then layered with Green Apple. I was surprised […]

Hello, today I'm sharing a set of colorful cards featuring stamps from the newest Clearly Kelly 3x4 stamp sets. I love the versatility of these stamps - not only are they great sets for decorating scrapbooks and journals, but they are full of fun sentiments that are perfect for cardmakers.

Hello there, today I have two cards to share using Bold Prints backgrounds and the Watercolor Dot Palette for some emboss resist. I thought it would be fun to create one more masculine and one more feminine. The Watercolor Dot Palette has little dots of Daniel Smith watercolour paint added to it. I believe the […]

Today I’m sharing a card which features beautiful dies from the 2017 Hero Arts Catalog – the Paper Layering Hummingbird Pair. I used just one of the pair. I die cut the bird, and then colored with my Copic makers. I love the dimension you can get with paper layering dies, in this case by […]

Howdy, I hope you are having a great week! I often give cards to guys (my hubby always appreciates them a lot) so I decided to create another masculine card to have on hand. The Wood Floor Bold Print background stamp from the Spring 2017 catalog has caught my eye and I wanted to try […]

Good morning! Jess here with a set of CAS cards using simple stamping and Copic coloring. If you're familiar with my work you know that I am always a fan of busy and complicated card designs...but sometimes it's nice to just let a little bit of Copic coloring make a big statement. This month is Kathy […]

Have you had a chance to check out the new Ombré Sequins that Hero Arts now carries? They are gorgeous! A great variety of colors and I love that there are two sizes in each pack. Sequins scream “birthday card” to me, so that’s what I decided to make today to showcase these beautiful sequins. […]

Today’s card is one you can share with a loved one who is going through a time of sadness or loss. Although this type of card can be difficult to make, I find it a bit easier to create several in one sitting and keep them on hand. A simple and elegant look is often […]

Hello there, today I wanted to share a card I have made using the beautiful new Artistic Dahlia stamp. This is such a beautiful stamp that can be coloured in lots of different ways. I first stamped the Artistic Dahlia on to a piece of white cardstock using Intense Black Ink and coloured it using Copic Markers. I […]

I've collected wood stamps for a long time so I'm always excited when I have the opportunity to add a beautiful, new stamp to my collection. In particular, I'm fond of the wood background stamps that can be used for many occasions during the year.

Our new Japanese Wishing Garden set is full of small images to use in many ways. When I think of Asian-themed cards, I think simple with hints of gold. So many of their washi papers are embedded with gold. Keeping in that tradition, I made one card and one gift tag with gold embossing. For […]

Hello! I can’t believe that we’re almost wrapping up the month of February. Where does the time go? I don’t know about you but I’m looking forward to Spring. Today I’m featuring the new Color Layering Birds and Blossoms set. This is one of my favorites because I simply adore cherry blossoms. There are a […]

Good morning! Jess here to share an interactive slider card using the new Paper Layering Koi, the watercolor dot palette, and the Nesting Circle Infinity dies! I made a video tutorial showing how I created this card.  If you’re having a problem viewing the video, please try watching it HERE on our YouTube channel! To […]

What do you say we treat ourselves to traditional French breakfast today – steaming delicious coffee and a buttery, flaky croissant! Hero Arts 2017 Spring catalog has entire section dedicated to Parisian Style – it features a handsome Color Layering Rooster, gorgeous Eiffel Tower and lots of various images that one would usually associate with France. I […]

Hi! Using stencils in my card designs is a fun challenge that I personally love! In particular, some stencils are perfect for creating beautiful background patterns. Today I'm sharing a set of thank you cards with three different, colorful backgrounds that I made with the new, "must-have" Honeycomb Stencil. The possible patterns that can be created with this stencil are virtually limitless.