The Summer 2021 Catalog is HERE! Blog Hop + Giveaway!
Posted by Hero Arts on May 20, 2021

The Summer 2021 Catalog is HERE! Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Today we are thrilled to introduce you to the Hero Arts 2021 Summer Catalog! There are over 50 new products in this release, including fun new Looking Glass Dies, and additions to our popular HeroScape, Color Layering and Hero Lifestyle lines. We are ready for some summertime fun in the craft room, and we're excited for you to see what's new!

The catalog itself is a gorgeous idea book - you can order a copy for yourself, or scroll through our flippable catalog here:

Many of our wonderful retailers are releasing these products today as well! If you have a favorite brick & mortar stamp store, give them a call and see if they have our summer products available. Not sure whether there's a store near you? We're also introducing a handy new feature on our website today - a Store Locator! Keep in mind, many of these fabulous stores will ship to you, or even do special orders!

Now let's take a look at one of the new products. Actually, it's a trio of products which work wonderfully together! Jayne created this first card using our Color Layering Strawberries. Ink up and layer the stamped images to create a realistic strawberry image that looks good enough to eat! There are coordinating Frame Cuts for this set as well.

Next is a card from Kelly. She used the Hero Florals Strawberries Line Art stamp set. This is a 3" x 4" stamp set featuring the outline of the strawberries. It can be used on its own, stamped and colored. Or it can add a black outline to the Color Layering Strawberries! It coordinates with the same Frame Cuts as well. Here, Kelly combined it with the new Floral Tile Stencil.

This third card from Jessica shows the single strawberry image included in the Hero Florals Strawberry Line Art set. She stamped and colored it repeatedly to create a fun background on her card.

Coincidentally, today is National Pick Strawberries Day. There's nothing like a ripe berry straight off the vine, but we must say, these delightful cards are just as sweet and sure to be enjoyed by whoever receives them!

Now let's hop and see what the amazing artists who are joining us today created! As you hop along, we encourage you to leave as many comments as possible (one per blog). We will give away THREE $50 gift cards, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, May 30th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Hero Arts
Channin Pelletier
Dana Joy
Daniel West
Debi Adams
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
Maria Willis
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Pocono Pam
Seeka

Special Guests:
Nichol Spohr
Jenn Shurkus
Jennifer McGuire

And as if today wasn't exciting enough... we have a little sneak of something that's coming soon. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR JULY 17th! We will be hosting our first virtual event, the Hero Summer Stamp-Along. We are so excited to bring this to you. Keep an eye out for registration details on our website, coming soon!

 

And finally, if you'd like to watch a live run-through of this wonderful release, join Libby tonight (Thursday, May 20) on our Hero Arts Facebook Page at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific for a Product Release Spotlight! She will be popping into our normal Creative Team Crafty Hour slot to show all of the new products as well as the card samples created by our team for the catalog. If you can't join live, the video will be available for replay once it ends.

So what's your favorite thing from our new release? Let us know in the comments below!

Happy Stamping,

Click on products to shop:
PS212 2021 Summer Catalog
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CM536 Color Layering Orca
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DI890 Color Layering Orca Frame Cuts (B)
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SB280 Color Layering Orca Combo
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CM537 Barrel Wave HeroScape
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DI892 Barrel Wave HeroScape Frame...
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SB274 Barrel Wave HeroScape Combo
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CM538 Color Layering Royal Angelfish
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DI891 Color Layering Royal Angelfish...
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SB281 Color Layering Royal Angelfish...
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CM539 Color Layering Strawberries
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CM540 Hero Florals Strawberries Line Art
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DI893 Color Layering Strawberries...
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SB276 Color Layering Strawberry Combo
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SB277 Hero Florals Strawberries Combo
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CM541 Succulent Bouquet
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DI894 Succulent Bouquet Frame Cuts (D)
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SB275 Succulent Bouquet Combo
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DC286 Message Strips Stamp & Cut XL
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CG843 Fireworks Bold Prints
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CG844 Sun Ray Bold Prints
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CG845 Graffiti Lines Bold Prints
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CG846 Brick Wall Bold Prints
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CG847 Slanted Checkerboard Bold Prints
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DI883 Looking Glass Windmill Tulips (E)
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DI884 Looking Glass Canyon Lands (E)
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DI885 Looking Glass Paris (E)
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DI886 Looking Glass Day or Night (E)
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DI887 Looking Glass Rain & Clouds (E)
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HT206 Alignment Tool A2 & A6 Stencil...
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HT207 Alignment Tool Slimline Stencil...
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DI888 Hero Lifestyle BBQ (D)
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DI889 Hero Lifestyle RBG (D)
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DI841 Hero Lifestyle Forms Fancy...
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CM500 Hero Lifestyle Faces - Hero Arts
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C6465 Cursive Congratulations
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C6466 Cursive With Sympathy
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C6468 Cursive Happy Birthday
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SA162 Clouds and Grass Scenic Stencil
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SA163 Waves Scenic Stencil
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SA165 Art Deco Arches Stencil
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SA166 Floral Tile Stencil
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PS331 Hero Hues Special Cardstock Coral
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PS332 Hero Hues Special Cardstock...
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NK346 Contour Ink Reinker
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AF469 Contour Ink + Reinker Bundle
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AF470 Embossing & Watermark + Reinker...
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AF471 Intense Black + Reinker Bundle
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AF472 Unicorn White + Reinker Bundle
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GW102 Precision Glue XL
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NK303 Compact Scrubber Pad
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