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Hello friends! It's time for our third and final sneak peek before tomorrow's 2021 Summer Catalog launch and we have a burst of sunshine headed your way. Here comes the sun! Whether you're stenciling, stamping or die cutting, we have some fun new designs that will bring sunny vibes to all of your projects. Let's start with the cheerful card on the left. This entire scene was created with...

Hello and welcome back to our Summer Catalog sneak peek extravaganza. Click here if you missed the first peek yesterday and read on for another chance to win a gift card! Let's shift gears from stamps to dies. How about a look at some fantastic new dies that our Creative Team has fallen in love with? Our Looking Glass Die collection is growing and today we're happy to introduce you to two of five beautiful new additions to the...

Our new Summer Catalog is coming soon -- this Thursday, May 20, to be exact! Today we're "berry" excited to kick off three days of sneak peeks leading up to Thursday's catalog reveal, product launch, and blog hop. Stay tuned to the blog this week to see the newest of the new, as well as a gift card GIVEAWAY each day! We can't think of a...

Who knew I could create a sandy, underwater scene while stamping in the desert?? All you need are the new aquatic stamps and dies from the May release! And a bit of my backyard desert sand for the perfect prop! Let’s begin with die cutting the Swirling Tide Border Fancy Die from Mist cardstock. Put a card base created from Paradise cardstock under it. Stamp your message from Color...

How about both? Hi there! Emily Midgett here today sharing a card with almost no stamping, but lots of color and dimension using the new Looking Glass Underwater Reef dies. Let's get started with the details! I began by die cutting all three windows from the Looking Glass Underwater Reef dies from the center of three pieces of A2 cardstock in shades of Mist, Paradise, and Adriatic....

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here with you today sharing a seashell shaker - say that 5 times fast - I created showcasing the In a Pinch clear stamp set. The images, sentiments and coordinating Frame Cuts are perfect for sea-themed cards, scrapbook pages and other paper projects.  To create my card, I die-cut a circle onto a 3 3/4” X 5” Dove White cardstock card panel...

Hi friends! I'm here today with a video showing you how to use our new Looking Glass Dies with one of the nifty Alignment Tool Stencils. This tool lets you perfectly align every Looking Glass Die set for your cards and is available in two sizes: A2/A6 and slimline. These dies create dimensional, layered scenes that are just so stunning, and for my project today with the Lighthouse...

Hi friends! Today we are sharing another installment of our monthly series, Celebrating Black Crafters, where we share artwork from Black artists who we'd love for you to get to know. Today our fabulous guest artist is Mirisha Dean! I have been a faithful crafter for as long as I can remember. Growing up in Virginia, my first project was sewing by hand, which was taught to me by...

Hello stampers! It's time to announce the winner from our May My Monthly Hero Release Day Blog Hop. Big thanks to everyone who participated, checked out the cards on the designers’ blogs, left lovely comments, and made this month's kit a success! If you haven't had a chance to grab your kit yet, we do still have a limited quantity available here. Our randomly selected winner will receive a $50...

Hello there, Michelle here with a card using the new Hero Lifestyle Mermaid dies. These work with the Hero Lifestyle Forms Fancy Dies to create merpeople. I created a mermaid today but you could create a merman too!  I started off my card by creating the mermaid. I die cut the body from the Hero Lifestyle Forms Fancy Dies using Antique Ivory Cardstock (cutting off the legs to fit...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the beautiful creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member Meg is sharing a project for their May challenge and it is stunning! Hello everyone! My name is...

Who's ready for summer and a little Fun in the Sun? We sure are. So we've made it the theme of our next challenge! You can interpret this theme however you'd like - any sort of imagery that makes you think of sunshine, summer, having fun - you name it! We'll include all of the challenge details further down this post, but first, here's a gorgeous card from...

Welcome everyone! This is Mindy here with you today to share some inspiration using the new Nautilus Pattern Bold Prints background stamp on your cards. There are many different techniques but I will be focusing on just one in particular. In fact, I was able to create five different cards with this technique and could have done more!  I have a video showing you step-by-step how to create these cards...

It's time for our Awesome Add-ons feature for the month of May! Have you had a chance to check out the new add-ons introduced on Monday along with this month's kit? There's an ocean of creative possibilities with all of these stamps, dies and stencils. We're also excited to introduce a brand NEW product collection -- Looking Glass Dies and coordinating alignment tools that double as stencils! The Underwater...

Hello friends! It's Channin here and today I’m creating a gateway fold card with the May 2021 My Monthly Hero Kit. In today’s video I will demonstrate how to use partial die-cutting to create a custom card base as well as how I Copic color many images from the kit’s stamp set!  You can watch the video below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. ...

With our May My Monthly Hero release, we're offering you a healthy dose of "vitamin sea"! The large 6x8 clear set will take you on an inky trip to a coral reef, featuring some of the most beautiful creatures to inhabit the ocean depths. There are also matching dies for the images in the kit as well as two of our most popular inks. Intens-ified Black...

It's almost time to launch the May My Monthly Hero kit – release is coming up today at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific! We hope you’ve enjoyed all of the ideas our team has shared for using this kit. As promised, we have one kit to give away to a lucky blog reader, selected from comments left on the Countdown to Creativity posts. We’ve randomly selected a comment from our Day...

Hello friends, we're so happy to "sea" you here for the final day of the May kit countdown. Just one more day until the kit and add-ons launch at 10am PT on Monday, May 3! A new round of cards also means another giveaway opportunity, so be sure to leave a comment below (one per person) to get your name in the drawing for a free kit!Mindy,...

Hello and welcome back to the May My Monthly Hero countdown! Release day is coming up on Monday, May 3 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Our Creative Team is here to share another round of "fintastic" cards today. You'll find even more detail about these projects on the designers' blogs - links provided below. Project #5 created by Channin PelletierClick HERE to visit her blog for more details. Project #6 created by Dana JoyClick HERE to visit her...

Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the May My Monthly Hero Kit! The kit and add-ons will be available on Monday, May 3 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We're excited to dive right in and share four amazing cards from our Creative Team with you today! Be sure to visit each of their blogs (linked below), where you can find more details...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using the Life Is Beautiful set. This is a really pretty set with lots of small floral images in (as well as sentiments) that you can use in lots of different ways. One way that I like to use sets like these is to create backgrounds.  I started off my card...

Hello there, crafty friend, I hope you're having a nice day! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a birthday card featuring the Festive Balloon stamp set and the coordinating Festive Balloon Frame Cuts. This stamp set is perfect for this month's Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge; the theme is Birthday Cards! I started off by using the two balloon dies to cut four small and three large balloons...

Good morning! We're back with another "Spotted" feature and we have some fantastic creations to share with you. We are searching out Hero Arts creations and featuring some of our favorites. And the best part, one of our spotted features will receive a $25 gift card to the Hero Arts online shop! First up is this cheery butterfly card by Kate! We love how she matched her Color Layering Monarch Butterfly to...

Hey there! Daniel, here with a fun window card featuring the Soft Landscape Window Fancy Die. Some of my favorite products from Hero Arts are the Window Fancy Dies. You can color them in or leave them be, heat emboss them or dry emboss with them. Today, I just die cut out a panel of Dove White Cardstock and left it alone. You can catch all...

There are many wonderful ways to spotlight an image or a sentiment on a card. Today, I’m highlighting the focal images on a pair of cards by creating simple, embossed frames using the beautiful Butterfly Circle Stencil. By selectively embossing only some of the butterflies, it’s easy to create a round frame that adds charm and texture to a card. To create the embossed frames,...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some super graphic and clean inspiration to share with you using the new Line Art Flowers stamps and coordinating Frame Cuts. I used one background die cut with some selective die cutting to create two different card bases. Let's get started with the details!  Both cards feature the Line Art Flowers stamps and coordinating Frame Cuts, as...

Happy Earth Day, friends! 🌎 We want to celebrate one of our favorite days with all of you by offering 22% off all individual woodblock stamps and woodblock stamp sets in our online shop. When you spend $25 or more, you will also automatically receive a FREE Ombré Lime to Forever Green ink pad, while supplies last! All US orders over $50 (after the discount is applied) will receive FREE shipping...

Hi friends! Lydia here with a super fun accidental technique today. My intention for my card today was a crisp black and white design, but I had a lightbulb moment when I was inking up the Circles and Cylinders Bold Prints background stamp. The MISTI has made it so that if you have an imperfectly inked stamp - you can easily stamp it again and get...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here and I have a soft and sweet card to share with you today. I've paired up the Bug You stamp set and the Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors to make a quick and easy card.  I loved this Bug You stamp set from the second I saw it. I LOVE bugs! I often think that I could have been an entomologist because I...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I have fun kid friendly birthday card to share with you along with a video on how to make the card. I used the Confetti Bold Prints background stamp, along with the Hero Lifestyle Forms Fancy Dies, Hero Lifestyle Picnic Day and Hero Lifestyle Faces. Watch the video below to see how this card came to be (or click HERE to watch...

I just can’t believe how many birthday cards I am always making! And how did my granddaughter get to be six already?? Let’s join the current Stay Crafty with Hero Birthday Challenge and make a super easy card with some Hero Arts dies. To make this card stamp the Confetti Bold Prints background stamp in Rose Madder ink on Peony cardstock. Use Slimline & Bookmarks...

Hey there friends, Daniel, here with a fun spotlight technique featuring the Forest Shapes Bold Prints. Sometimes, I feel overwhelmed with a large amount of open spaces on a background stamp. What if I color the whole thing in and make a mistake on a section of it? What if I don't have time to color it in completely because I just learned I needed...

We at Hero Arts believe in the power of expression through creativity, and sharing is a pathway to connecting with others through the thoughtfulness of a creative community. To support these ideas, and to give back to the community we love, Hero Arts has multiple ongoing charitable campaigns. You can learn about each current campaign on our Giving Page. The best part? YOU help make all of...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here with you today sharing a card I created showcasing the new Flowy Stripes Stencil. This stencil can be layered with various Hero Arts inks to create beautiful designs that will enhance your projects. For today's card, I thought the stencil would make beautiful background paper.  To create my card, I adhered two opposite sides of the Flowy Stripes Stencil onto a...

Welcome back everyone! This is Mindy here with you today to share a clean and simple card using the fun new You Lift Me Up stamp set from Hero Arts. There are lots of great scene building elements included in this set with fun geometric patterns. I had my heart set on the hot air balloon and clouds the second I saw it! To draw attention...

Hi friends! Today we are excited to bring you the second installment of our monthly series, Celebrating Black Crafters - Honoring Black History Throughout The Year, where we share artwork from Black artists who we'd love for you to get to know! First, let's meet Robin! Hello everyone! I’m Robin Marshall Clark but you can call me The Delta Crafter. I have been a craft...