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Rachel shares a creative tutorial on making adorable ghost-themed mixed media ATCs using the Boo to You dies. It’s a fun and spooky craft perfect for celebrating the best season of the year—Halloween!

In this Clever Crafts feature, discover how to transform simple paper into spooky-chic Halloween rosette door decorations. With just a few folds, layers, and a dash of creepy charm, these dimensional rosettes bring festive flair to your front door.

In this blog post, Lisa shares how to craft a sweet yet spooky Halloween card that's both simple and stylish. With a touch of splatter for added texture and interest, it's the perfect handmade touch for the season!

This month’s Fresh Take project captures the spirit of Halloween with a whimsical terrarium-style card featuring playful ghosts, a starry purple background, and spooky die-cut details.

Our next Stamp & Craft event is this Sunday (8/24)! Grab your supplies and craft along with Channin as she creates two projects with the new Hero Studio August 2025 release.

Natasha dresses up the What's Cookin? mouse for a bit of Hocus Pocus fun using the Tricks and Treats Stamp & Cut.

The Hocus Pocus and Very Merry Collections are now available! Join our Instagram Hop for loads of inspiration and a chance to win a $50 gift card.

See how Jeannie builds a spooky-chic background with heat embossing and die cut frames using the August Hero Studio Die Set of the Month!

Make a statement with the August Cling of the Month stamped in white ink on black cardstock for bold contrast. Layered portraits and metallic accents complete the dramatic look.

Two spooky cards were created using the crystal ball image from the August Stamp and Cut set. Both designs feature black cardstock as the base, setting a dark and moody tone—perfect for a mysterious, Halloween-inspired look.

Our next LIVE Make-Along event is this weekend! Join Channin to make along with the Hero Studio September 2024 Card Kit of the Month. Gather your supplies and create a card with Channin from start to finish.👉🏼 When: Sunday, October 6th at 12:00pm PT/ 3:00pm ET👉🏼 Where: Hero Arts Facebook and YouTube Supplies: September Card Kit of the Month Passion Flower Core Ink Amethyst Core...

Hello, friends! Today we're sharing some more crafty inspiration from our Global Team, using products from the September Hero Studio release (and more!) To begin, we have a gorgeous card from Anna. She used some of the patterned paper from the August Card Kit of the Month and paired it up with a tag, August Cling Stamp of the Month, and die cuts from the...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here. I am happy you have stopped by today as I will be sharing two cards I created with products from September's Extraordinary Extras: Halloween Words Stencil and Haunted Romance Fancy Dies. Skeletons are a bone-afide blast at Halloween time because they bring a playful spookiness to the season! For my first card I blended Pitch Black ink onto a Cranberry...

Hello Hero Arts creatives! This is Rachel Kleinman here to share four different cards, and a VIDEO, that all feature the intricate Ornate Gate Cover Plate. If the video above isn't playing, click here to watch on YouTube. The video process shares a variety of tips to create seamless paper piecing designs with your intricate dies. You'll see that by changing the color combinations and...

Hello, crafty friends. Heather Ruwe here with a spooky slimline card to share... To create this card, I started with the background. I cut a piece of Amethyst cardstock to a slimline sized card (3.5" x 8.5") and applied the Glow-in-the-Dark Lacquer Pen liquid through the Halloween Words Stencil. I did this at the top of the card, let it dry, and then repeated the...

Hello and welcome to our September Monthly Minis feature. We have some wonderful inspiration to share using the four new Hero Studio Monthly Minis: Clear Set + Dies of the Month Fancy Dies of the Month Layering Stencils of the Month Cling Stamp of the Month Monthly Minis are available by subscription at a discount (+ FREE US shipping) or you can purchase them separately...

It's time for our September Extraordinary Extras showcase! Each month, part of our Hero Studio release includes an assortment of new products that complement the monthly theme and Card Kit. We call these Extraordinary Extras. Unlike the Hero Studio subscription products, Extraordinary Extras are restocked in the shop if they sell out. Check out all of the frightfully, delightfully creative offerings below! Shop for the...

Hello friends!! It's Channin here and today I'm creating a Halloween card featuring the September Card Kit of the Month. In the video I demonstrate a fun and easy technique for adding texture to your solid stamped images. Watch below or on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. To create this card I first stamped the haunted house from the Haunted Scenic stamp set (included in...

Hey crafty friends! It's Mindy Eggen back with a fun technique of coloring on your die cuts. This technique gives such an artsy feel to your projects and really shows off the amazing details created by the dies. Watch the process video below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. The new peeking dies are so fun to create scenes with and I couldn't...

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...

Good morning! Jess here with a fun shaped Halloween card using some of the newest products from Hero Arts! To start I die-cut a piece of Pitch Black cardstock with the Arches Infinity Dies. I placed the new Art Deco Dancing Light Stencil over the panel and spritzed it liberally with Black + Shimmer Tone-on-Tone Metallic Spray. The spray dries very quickly so it's perfect...

Hello there, Michelle here. Today I have a tag and video to share with you where I am turning a cactus into a witch for a fun Halloween treat bag tag! Here is the video showing how I made the tag: (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) I started off by doing my die cutting, I cut the...

By now you know I am the QUEEN of creating things they weren’t designed for! So today I am showing you how to use your fall dies and stamps to create some pumpkins! All of these cards were made primarily from Halloween Peg Dolls, Autumn Leaves Fancy Dies and Pitch Black Core Ink. The little jack o' lantern face in the Halloween Peg Dolls set...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here! Fall is finally here! I live in Florida now and miss the changing of the leaves in Pennsylvania and New York City. However I still get to enjoy all of the holiday decorations – especially pumpkins. Today I am sharing a card featuring the Coloring Layering Pumpkin Bunch Stencils and Pumpkin Bunch Bundle set. For my card, I stamped Leaves...

I was inspired by a beautiful fall rainbow this week and it sparked an idea for a rainbow pumpkin! Because I am known for utilizing dies and stamps in unorthodox ways, today’s card idea is all that!! I used Rainbow Infinity Dies to cut Papaya and Pumpkin rainbow arches. Next was Large Snowflake and Swirls with Meadow cardstock to cut the stem and leaf. (However,...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing super fun shaker card using the Spider Web Bold Prints stamp that I combined with the Halloween Icons Fancy Dies, the Hero Greetings Halloween stamp set, and embossed acetate. To make the card I started with an Acetate Card Panel and stamped a sentiment from the Hero Greetings Halloween set using Clear Embossing and Watermark ink. Next...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today. I made a super cute Halloween card using the Hero Lifestyle Form Fancy Dies and Hero Lifestyle Trick or Treat Dies. The Hero Lifestyle dies are so much fun to play with as you can customize each die cut. So let's get into the card. To begin the card, I started with the background. Using a piece...

Hey there! Daniel, here, with a spooky little invitation created almost exclusively with stencils that I created from dies! I used a few stamps -- one for the face and one for the sentiment. This little card took its inspiration from one of the spookiest movie scenes ever -- Salem's Lot, where Danny floats up to Mark's window and tries to get him to open...

Yes, it’s getting to be pumpkin season, so get out your Halloween stamps and play! Today I chose Hero Greetings Halloween and Halloween Icons Dies for my main focus. Pull together some fall colors for your papers and inks. Die cut the cats and bats in Pitch Black cardstock, the web in Pebble cardstock and the pumpkin in, you guessed it, Pumpkin cardstock! Stamp the...

Hi friends! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing some spooky-cute inspiration using some of the new products in the 2021 Holiday Catalog! I used the new Halloween Icons dies along with some other products to create this Halloween scene. Who can resist black kitties and a glowing jack-o-lantern? Let's get started with the details! I began by die cutting the Halloween Icons from some...

Hello! Today I have three fun Halloween projects to share with you! First up are some super simple treat bag toppers. To create the toppers, I stamped the message using the Essential Lowercase Letters set. Then I added some bugs using the Bugs Ink 'n' Stamp tub, which has great selection of creepy crawler images that are perfect for Halloween projects. Next, I adhered the...

Hi friends! We're back with another Stay Crafty With Hero challenge. This time, the theme is Fall & Halloween. Make any sort of card or project you like, as long as it has a Fall or Halloween theme! Have fun creating, and best of all, mail your card to someone special when you're done! We'll include all of the challenge details further down this post,...

Hey there! Daniel West here with a fun monochrome Halloween greeting featuring the Spider Web Bold Prints! All the fun holidays come around in the fall. Some of us impatiently await invitations to parties, buy costumes, and make cards! This card looks like a great way to invite your friend to join your horde for a [socially distanced] costume party! Steps to Create this Card:...

Hello there! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a one-layer card featuring the new Graveyard HeroScape stamp set. The layering stamps in this set made it quick and easy to put this spooky scene together! I began with an A2-sized piece of Hero Hues Dove White cardstock which I placed into the the corner of a Mini MISTI. I positioned the first layer of the...

Hello and welcome back to the September My Monthly Hero Kit countdown! Release day is coming up on Tuesday, September 8 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Our Creative Team is here for another round of positively gourd-geous sneak peeks! How many ways can you layer this HeroScape? Ilina, Debi, Maria and Daniel will show you what's possible... Project #5 created by Ilina CrouseClick HERE to visit...

Happy Friday, friends! Today we get to kick off the countdown to the release of the September My Monthly Hero Kit and we couldn't be more excited to share it with you! Release day will be one day later than usual this month due to the Labor Day holiday. You will be able to purchase the kit on Tuesday, September 8 at 1pm Eastern/10 am...