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Hello crafty friends! This is Mindy with you today to share two ways you can use your Hero Transfers. The holidays may be over but I'm here still dreaming of snow which I never thought I'd say. When you live in Wisconsin, it just feels weird to celebrate the holiday with no snow on the ground so instead, I'm bringing the snow to my cards!  One...

Hello! Charlene here and today I'm delighted to share the step-by-step process behind a wintery birthday card I created using the Holiday Flourishes stamp set. This project showcases a thoughtful combination of colors, textures, and techniques to produce an elegant and celebratory card. (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) First I used Hero Hues Premium Cardstock in Arctic...

Hello creative friends! This is Rachel Kleinman here for my first official Hero Arts blog post (internally screaming!)! Today I'll be sharing two very different cards using the same featured items: the Winter Town Cheer stamp set and Tag Infinity Dies. First I'll start with the gold and silver card. I just love how this came together paired up with the older Etched Winter Scene Bold...

Hello there, crafty friends. It’s Heather Ruwe here and I’m excited to share my first project as part of the Hero Arts Creative Team. I have two cards to share today featuring the Christmas Sentiment Strips stamp set. Here's a video sharing how to create these cards... If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube. Both of these cards feature how...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here. Thank you for stopping by! Today I am sharing a card I created showcasing the Falala Bold Prints stamp and Gold Trim Ornaments Hero Transfers.  To create my card, I adhered a 4" x 5.25" Gold Glitter Paper panel to an A2 Cherry cardstock card base. Next, I stamped Falala in black ink onto a 3.75" x 5" Dove White cardstock panel and adhered it...

Hi everyone! Ilina here. Today I am sharing a couple of shaker tags that are fairly simple to make using the Bulb Ornaments Infinity Dies along with the Circle Infinity Dies. I also added few elements from the Holly Berries Stamp & Cut XL set (the bows) and the foliage to decorate the ornaments is from the Winter Foliage Stamp and Cut XL (this set is temporarily out of...

Hi stampy friends! Lydia here. Before I start I wanted to say thanks to everyone who attended our recent Holiday Stamp-Along! Your cards were so beautiful and it was really fun hanging out with you! I'll see you at the next one in January.  Today I have a mixed media layering project for you that is ALL about the up-close experience that the person receiving...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share using the Peeking Owl Fancy Die that was part of the November 2023 My Monthly Hero Release. Although not strictly for the holidays/Christmas, I thought I would use the owl for a Christmas card today.  I started off by die cutting the Peeking Owl Fancy Die from Antique Ivory cardstock, as well as Cup...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card and an envelope embellishment made with the new Wax Seals Stamp & Cut set. If you love the look of wax seals, this set makes it easy to recreate that look without having to worry about whether the wax will make it through the mail! For the card, I stamped a selection of wax seal images in Ultra Pink...

Good morning! Jess here with my last official blog post as a member of the Hero Arts Creative Team. It's been an amazing ride since 2016 and I'll always have a special place in my heart for Hero Arts! And I'm sure you'll see me around here and there! ;) But anyway, I'm finishing up my time here with a card featuring all my favorites: glitter,...

Hi friends! I'm here today with a video on one of my absolute favorite things to do - mix embossing powders on solid images. I learned this technique from Fred Mullet in the late 1900s and it's remained my very favorite way to use embossing powders. BUT - it's kicked up to a whole new level with the new Hero Arts iridescent embossing powders because...

Welcome friends! This is Mindy today and I'm here to share a new look at Hero Transfers. You may have already thought of it but it was like a revelation to me!  One of the hardest things for me to do, personally, in card making is to heat emboss on acetate. I have always found it a little tricky. The Hero Transfers takes away all...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing a card that uses a single Bold Prints stamp, the Merry Christmas Letter Bold Prints. The stamp is used in two ways – for the background as well as the focal point message. You could use this same card design and change up your ink, cardstock, and embossing powder colors to get endless looks with just ONE stamp! To...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here. Thanks so much for stopping by today. I am sharing a card I created with the newly released Candy Cane Fancy Dies set. This six-piece die set is fun, as you can create candy canes in two sizes and decorate them with bows.  I created a candy cane heart to show the versatility of this set. For my card, I created an...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today. I have video tutorial sharing how to make an elegant crisp white poinsettia window card. By using the Poinsettia Fancy Window Die, you can create beautiful clean and simple cards for the upcoming holiday season.  Here's the tutorial for the card. (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) To start off the card, I die...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card made with the beautiful Three Snowflakes Hot Foil Plate set. These snowflakes are so pretty! I started by positioning the three snowflake hot foil plates and a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Lapis cardstock onto a Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil system and followed the system's instructions to hot foil the snowflakes using Speckled Prism hot foil. Next, I...

Hi friends! Emily Midgett here with you today with some icy inspiration using the beautiful Merry Foliage Bundle, paired with my newest obsession: Iridescent Blue Embossing Powder. This embossing powder looks stunning on its own, on white or colored cardstock, but it also works beautifully when embossed over colorful ink as I've done here to create this crisp, wintry holiday card. Let's get started with...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card and video to share using the Ornament Fancy Dies in a slightly different way, with hot foiling, ink blending, and die cutting.  Here is the video showing how I made the card: (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) I started off by hot foiling the Merry Christmas sentiment from...

Hello crafty friends! This is Mindy with you today and I am sharing inspiration with the new Peeking Bear Cub Fancy Die. This cute little guy could be peeking out from around so many different items or even the edge of your card. I have the Candy Cane Fancy Die that I thought would be adorable for him to be holding. The thing was, when I die cut...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing a night scene card using the new Northern Lights Polar Bears Bundle. To create the background, start with an 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Nautical cardstock. To add some depth, use an Extra Large Ink Blending Brush to add Nautical and Pitch Black ink around the sides of the panel, leaving the center as is. Trim the panel to 4" x...

Good morning and Happy Monday! Today I'm sharing a video tutorial using some new and old holiday sets to create a wintery Christmas card! If you aren't able to view the video above please click HERE to watch it on YouTube To start I stamped the Color Layering Seasonal Tree with Stone Wash, Nautical, and Intens-ified Black ink onto Deluxe Smooth White cardstock. Then I stamped the fox...

Hi friends! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some super shiny, colorful iridescent inspiration for you today using some of the newest products from the Hero Arts Holiday 2023 release! I did some hot foiling using the new Leaves and Dots Hot Foil Plate and used the blues and greens in the iridescent aqua foil as the basis for my color scheme for...

Hello there, Michelle here sharing a card using the new Ginkgo Leaves Pattern Bold Prints. This stamp can be used in so many ways, but for today's card, I thought that I would add a lot of shimmer and shine in autumnal tones.  I started off my card by stamping Ginkgo Leaves Pattern Bold Prints onto a panel of watercolour paper using Clear Embossing & Watermark...

Hello my crafty friends! It's Mindy here today to share inspiration on how to customize your birthday cards! Have you seen the new Number Fancy Dies from the Oh Joy Holiday release? They are absolutely perfect for this! You can get the numerals individually or all together in a discounted bundle. I am creating two versions of this card using the exact same products but...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing a pair of cards using one die to create a focal point, but by switching up the color palettes and sentiments, I made the cards for different occasions. The main die I am using is one of the branches from the new Winter Foliage Stamp & Cut XL set. For my first card I used fall color palette. To make the card...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here. Thank you for stopping by today. I am sharing a card showcasing the new Peeking Witch Fancy Die. This adorable Fancy Die is perfect for sending Halloween wishes. To begin, I blended Grape Slush and Creamsicle Reactive inks onto a 3.75" x 5" white cardstock panel. I created a stencil with a Circle Nesting Infinity Die and placed a moon with Unicorn ink...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today. We are speeding into fall very quickly so I decided to pull out my shades of brown and get ready for cooler weather. When making a monochromatic card, it's all about keeping the color tones to one palette. So let's take it up a notch and do no-line watercoloring as well. Here is the video for my...

Hello and welcome! We are thrilled to share our fabulous new Oh Joy 2023 Holiday Catalog with you today! It's launching in our online store, and at participating retailers. The release is packed full of new stamps, dies, stencils, hot foil plates, rub-ons, sprays, lacquer pens, embossing powders and more! At the bottom of this post you're invited to join our blog hop, where our Creative Team, Global Team...

Hello and welcome back to our 2023 Oh Joy Holiday Catalog sneak peeks! We can hardly wait for tomorrow, when we get to share ALL of the goodness with you! Thursday's catalog launch and blog hop will begin right here at 10am PT. We hope you can join us! The participating artists have outdone themselves and will be sprinkling their creative magic all around – get ready to be inspired...

Hello friends! Today we are excited to kick off our 2023 Oh Joy Holiday Catalog sneak peeks, leading up to the catalog reveal, product launch, and blog hop in just two days. That's right, on Thursday, August 24 all of the season's newest products will be available at Hero Arts retailers and in our online shop. Stay tuned to the blog today and tomorrow to preview the newest of the new and enter...