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If you are anything like me you have a stack of panels set aside that maybe didn't work for another card or from technique trials. I have a whole drawer full. They are way to pretty to toss and certainly I'll be able to use them for something, right? Are you with me?  Today, I am sharing a great a way to use those panels,...

Welcome back to the 3rd episode of the Color Layering with Yana video series! In each one of my monthly videos I explore different ink pad and embossing powder color options for Hero Arts Color Layering sets and will hopefully inspire you to stamp! If you missed my first episode showcasing 4 color combo ideas for the Color Layering Fox stamp set be sure to...

One staple I always have in my wrapping supplies is kraft paper. It can be used for any occasion and you can dress it up with fun tags and ribbon in any color. You can also stamp on it to create your own personalized wrapping paper! Today I've created some colorful Christmas tags that are very simple to make with minimal supplies. I grabbed several white tags...

Are you working on your holiday cards? Do you prefer the traditional or non-traditional look? I'm a huge fan of using non-traditional colors. Today I'm featuring the 3-part Ornament Frame Cut. I used one of the dies from the set and teamed it up with an Oval Nesting Infinity Die to make a shaker ornament. I love how the Frost Sequin Mix looks. Don't you love...

Inspired by the fabulous Yana Smakula's work, I created a fun Christmas card with galaxy background.  I started by coloring a piece watercolor paper with watercolors to create a galaxy background. After drying my watercolor background, I added some white/gold splatters to add some interest.  I heat embossed the lights bold image from Christmas Lights Bold Prints with gold embossing powder. Then I adhered my watercolor...

When I decided to feature the adorable Penguin Family stamp on a few of my holiday cards, I knew that I wanted to surround the penguins with a wintry snowfall. Using one of the new Snowflake Infinity Dies and a snowflake stamp from Kelly's S'no Problem set, I was able to create a simple and graphic, snowy background that I hope these penguins love. To...

It's a sure sign the holidays are upon us when a quick trip to the grocers is greeted by full carts and long lines. All good signs pointing to the arrival of family, friends and full bellies.  Today's card features the Paper Layering Wooden Door with Decorative Woodgrain Cardstock adorned with a watercolored wreath from Santa's Door Accessories. Begin by trimming Decorative Woodgrain Cardstock into 1"...

Winter birthdays are a great chance to get some extra use out of your Holiday stamps and dies! Today I'm using the Snowflake Confetti Fancy Die to create a sparkly background for my daughter's birthday card. To create the background, I adhered some double-sided adhesive to a panel of Snow Layering Paper. Then I die cut the piece using the Snowflake Confetti Fancy Die. Because of the...

I can't believe that Christmas is almost a month away. If you are like me, you haven't finished your Christmas cards. I always think there is time, and then I realize Christmas is month away and most of my family lives in Europe, so cards take forever to get there.  Today I am exploring different looks of white on black backgrounds using the Christmas Poster...

Can you believe that we're already half-way through the month of November?  I don't know about you, but this year is going by so quickly!  Today I'm featuring a card that uses the Winter Deer and Frame Fancy Die: The deer has been colored with various copic markers.  I decorated her with images from the Santa's Door Accessories stamps and coordinating frame cuts.  The sentiment...

It's always fun to play with some holiday products, and we can't have too many Christmas cards, right? Today I created a classic holiday card using the following products: Color Layering Holly, Color Layering Holly Frame Cuts, Christmas Trimmings Stamp & Cut, and Wood Floor Bold Prints. I started by stamping the background image from the Wood Floor Bold Prints with watermark ink on a piece of gray cardstock which was...

As much as I look forward to the release of each month's new My Monthly Hero kit, I'm equally anxious to see the month's optional add-on products. I think that this month's set of Tag Frames Infinity Dies is a wonderful collection of decorative shaped dies that I'll be using again and again, throughout the year, to create sentiment or background panels, shaker windows, and...

It's no secret that Hero Arts Color Layering stamp sets are very popular! They are a favorite of mine as well - each set is always expertly designed and has everything a stamper needs to create a stunning hand-stamped card.  Welcome back to the 2nd episode of the Color Layering with Yana video series! In each one of my monthly videos I will explore different...

Hello! I'm here today to share something a little bit different. Since I am chairing an annual Christmas Tree Boutique for MS here in California, I have been hunting around for new ideas all year. A bell went off when someone was talking about ugly Christmas sweaters! I hunted through my dies and found the matching Frame Cuts from the Ooh La La stamp set,...

In my opinion, there's nothing more useful than a great woodblock message stamp! Today I'm using two large script holiday greetings from the Wintertime Fun release that make cardmaking a SNAP! Let’s begin with Season’s Greetings Script. I stamped the message in Red Royal on Snow layering paper, then matted it in red. As an embellishment, I stamped the Color Layering Holly leaves and then...

You know those perfectly decorated Christmas trees you see in the stores completely covered in sparkly white and gold ornaments and lights? That’s what my card today reminds me of…and also has me wanting to ditch my colored ornaments this year and try out this clean and simple color combo. I started off by creating a top folding card base from Snow Layering Paper. In the...

Have you started making your holiday cards? Today I have a fun winter holiday shaker card to inspire you all, combining 6 different stamp sets.  I created my background by ink blending with 4 colors of Distress inks. To give a feeling of snow falling, I added some ink splatters with Hero Arts Unicorn White Spray to my inked background.  I stamped my images from the following stamp sets: Santa’s...

Good morning! Jess here with some spotlight coloring with the new Fluffy Stockings Stamp & Cut! I wanted to keep it clean and simple so I started by stamping the cute kittens in stockings across my card in a line with Intense Black ink. Then I used a ruler to draw a bar across the top, as if the stockings were hanging from a bar....

Hello there, this is Ilina "taking over" the blog today. I can't believe October is almost gone and the Holiday season is almost upon us. I love this time of the year.  So, today I have a holiday card for you that can be used for many different occasions. Have you tried the Hero Arts handmade watercolor paper yet? If not, you should. It's amazing! For...

I've been having fun making shaker cards lately. Today I'm featuring the Seal Family stamp. I decided to do a bit of fussy cutting. I used Hero Arts Bold Ink - Aquatic Hybrid ink with the Abstract Waves Stencils on both the base and top panel. It goes horizontal on the base and vertical on the top panel. I filled my shaker with the new...

Today we are hopping to celebrate all things fall and winter - and to rev up your holiday cardmaking motors in the process! We are also joining Lea Lawson during her month-long Crafty Comeback Party. Lea is an amazing designer, and we are thrilled to support her! Tune into her blog every day this month - she began the party on October 7, and there...

Today I'm sharing a pair of holiday cards that I made using three of the new Wintertime products - the Most Wonderful Time sentiment stamp, the Swirly Flower Bold Prints stamp, and the Holiday Ornaments Stamp & Cut set. I've combined traditional colors with chalkboard sentiments to create a gift inspired card design. For the backgrounds, I simply stamped trimmed panels of white layering paper...

If you think about it, the Paper Layering dies are a great use for no-line coloring techniques. There’s no stamping directly involved, and it’s easy to follow the cut lines for coloring. For todays card, I used the adorable Paper Layering Bear with Frame for my no-line coloring.   Since I wasn’t intending to do any heavy watercoloring, I die cut the bear from regular...

One of my favorite holidays of the year is Thanksgiving. How about you? There are so many wonderful things about Thanksgiving but I especially enjoy spending the day with family and friends. Then, of course, we all love sharing a large, traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Today I'm sharing a dinner-inspired card that I made with the new Thanksgiving Table stamp set and the matching dies. I'll...

Today I have a card to share that features some fun products from the 2017 Wintertime Fun Catalog. It's always tough for me to start making holiday cards when the fall season has just begun, but come December I'm always glad to have that stack of cards ready to go. The Color Layering Joy Message set features the large "joy" message along with some flourishes and corresponding...

Hero's Color Layering sets have been favorites of mine for years. I am always anxiously looking forward to a new release to see what new sets there are for us to play with.  That being said I'm very excited to introduce a new, special feature for the Hero Arts blog and YouTube channel called "Color Layering with Yana". In each one of my monthly videos I...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a project to share with you using the new Santa's Door Accessories Stamp Set and Frame Cuts that were released as an add-on to the October My Monthly Hero kit. The set works really well with the Paper Layering Wooden Door but I wanted to use the set on it's own, so I created some tags that...

Hi, crafty friends! It's May here with a fun Halloween card featuring a couple of Fancy Dies and the Mix and Match Pumpkins stamp set. I started by inking three shades of oranges from Ombre Butter Bar to Orange Soda ink on an A2 sized white card base. Then I stamped the sentiment and ghost images from the Mix and Match Pumpkins stamp set with black ink...

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 this video,...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share using the Wonderful Stamp & Cut along with the Bird Words stamp set. I wanted to create a quick and simple Christmas card that I thought would be good for mass producing. I started off by cutting a piece of white cardstock using one of the Rectangle Infinity Dies. I took the accompanying...

I kind of have a thing for speech bubbles. Whenever I stamp any critters, I will always look for a way to stick a cute little speech bubble in. The Four Owls stamp set was the starting point for this chatty little card... I stamped the owls in Mulled Wine, one at at time. Between stamping owls, I colored around the first one with Tumbled...

I love creating my own stamped background using images from different stamp sets. For today's card, I used the images from the following stamp sets: Thanksgiving Table, Christmas List Stamp & Cut, and Holiday Planner Icons.  I started by drawing an oval shape on my card front using the Nesting Oval Infinity Die and pencil. Then I randomly stamped the images outside the oval frame using black...

I love Fall! As I am writing this post our balcony door is open and I can feel fresh Autumn air - it's been anticipated so much after a hot Summer.  With Fall come several holidays including the biggest one - Thanksgiving. Today I have a watercolor card to share with you created using Hero Arts Color Layering Thanksgiving stamp set. This is a layering set...

I like to think outside the box and stretch my stamps to create projects that go beyond cards. When I saw the little hanging ornaments in the catalog I fell in love with them and thought that along with the Winter Silhouettes stamp set they are match made in Heaven. The images from the Winter Silhouettes fit perfectly in the ornament to create cute winter...

Halloween? Already? Where I am, stamping fall cards is a way to keep cool in the broiling 117 degree desert! As my friend Alma calls it - “stupid hot!”This adorable Mix and Match Pumpkins and Ghosts set is just plain FUN! My first card shows off those happy pumpkins stamped in all of our orange ink colors (Tangerine, Pale Tomato, Just Rust and Orange Soda)....