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National Craft Month Challenge: Dressing Up Envelopes

2019 Catalog

National Craft Month Challenge: Dressing Up Envelopes

We're already midway through National Craft Month and this week we have a new creative prompt for you! We challenge you to dress up your card envelopes. Stamping, coloring, doodling, hand lettering...anything goes! Share your decorated envelopes HERE and you'll be entered to win a Hero Arts prize pack valued at more than $100! How about some envelope inspiration? Jess is here with some fabulous ideas for you!...

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Video: Creating a DIY Notepad with Confetti Dies

Die Cutting

Video: Creating a DIY Notepad with Confetti Dies

Good morning and Happy Monday! Jess here with a fun video sharing how to create DIY notepads using the Dancing Music Notes Confetti Die and lots of our beautiful Hero Hues cardstock! I have a video sharing how to create this card that you can watch below: (If you are having problems viewing this video, please try watching it HERE on YouTube.) To start, I gathered a stack...

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Jessica Frost-Ballas

Festive Felt Ornaments & Banner

Christmas

Festive Felt Ornaments & Banner

Hello and happy Friday! Today we welcome Grace Wilson back to the blog with some fabulous and festive felt projects. Handmade ornaments are a wonderful way to add a personal touch to your holiday decor, or even give as gifts, and these are so much fun to make! Now here's Grace to share more... If you are like me, you spent many a Christmas season crafting with various...

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Die-Cut Holiday Treat Bags & Package Toppers

Christmas

Die-Cut Holiday Treat Bags & Package Toppers

Hello stampers! Today we are shifting gears from cardmaking to DIY projects, as Debi Adams is here to share some cheerful ideas for holiday gift-giving. Hi everyone! Today I have a fun little treat bag for you to make using the Holiday Greenery Edge Fancy Die. It’s simple to create and goes together quickly. The border finishes off the bag perfectly and the die is so versatile...

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Video: Holiday Garland with Hero Arts Dies

Christmas

Video: Holiday Garland with Hero Arts Dies

Good morning! Emily Midgett here with you today with a video showing how I used the new DIY Ornament Kit to create a simple, but very effective, holiday garland that would be perfect to bedeck your fireplace mantel, window, or even your Christmas tree. You can watch it below: If you are having trouble viewing the video, please try watching it here over on YouTube.  In case...

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Accordion Book Mini Album

Die Cutting

Accordion Book Mini Album

Hi everyone, Ilina here today. Today I am featuring the new Handmade Accordion Book. This blank book measures 5"x7" and is comprised of 8 fold-out sheets of 140lb 100% recycled watercolor paper. A silky ribbon tie closure is included. When I first saw it, I though it would be perfect for Mini Albums for my kids' daycare pictures. To make/decorate the cover I used the...

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Paper Fans for any Occasion

Bold Prints

Paper Fans for any Occasion

Today we welcome to the blog Grace Wilson, Hero Arts Director of Business Development. She's going to share how to put your background stamps to use to create easy, fancy (looking) paper fans for any occasion! Take it away, Grace... When I am looking for accessories I can make to add to my party decor, I always seem to come back to versatility. I don’t...

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Ugly Christmas Sweaters Galore!

2017 Wintertime Fun Catalog

Ugly Christmas Sweaters Galore!

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,...

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3-D Houses for Fall

autumn

3-D Houses for Fall

It's finally Fall! Though if you live in the South (Georgia for example) it may not feel like it. Just knowing that the temperatures will start dropping soon and it will become less humid makes me feel hopeful (I am honestly ready for summer weather to be over). And, I love Fall. All the rich colors, smell of pie and other baked goods. Knowing Halloween and...

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Video: Winter Silhouettes Ornament

2017 Wintertime Fun Catalog

Video: Winter Silhouettes Ornament

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...

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2017 Summer Catalog

Felt Monsters

Did you know that the Hero Arts dies can cut through felt? I love playing with felt! When I saw the Nesting Monsters Fancy Dies, I knew they’d be adorable in felt! To create a monster, I used the largest monster die, and cut it twice in the same color of felt. I also cut […]

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Snow Much Fun! + Giveaway Winners

2016 Winter Catalog

Snow Much Fun! + Giveaway Winners

Hello! When we launched our Holiday Cardmaking Challenge a couple weeks ago, I shared a little pop-up box card I had made using the Holiday Cheer stamp set. I never got around to cleaning up the supplies on my desk (oopsie!) so I just had to have some more fun with them!

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