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Hello! The new June challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero begins today, and the theme is "By the Sea"! You might make a seaside themed card, or something with mermaids, or ships, or boats, or anchors, or you could do a technique involving water, or use a blue/green colour sheme – the possibilities are endless! Here's some inspiration from our design team...

Hey there! Daniel West, here, with a fun little note card scene featuring images from the new Message in a Bottle stamp set. This stamp set features a few different fun corked bottle images, stylized sentiments and images that can fit inside each bottle. I decided to add one of the bottles to the center of a scene with little islands off in the distance....

Welcome to our Awesome Add-ons feature for the month of June! If you haven't had a chance to check out the new add-ons introduced on Monday along with the June My Monthly Hero Kit, we've got you covered today. Take a look at all of these fun stamps, dies, and stencils below. They are perfect for summer projects of all kinds and we can't wait...

Hello friends! It’s Channin here and today I’m watercoloring some of the beautiful images from the new June My Monthly Hero Kit. Watch the video below to see how you can use the Reactive Inks included in the kit to watercolor the gorgeous mermaid and create an enchanting underwater scene. (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) To create...

Head under the sea with our June My Monthly Hero release. A beautiful mermaid greets you, with hair flowing and tail shimmering. She's accompanied by a colorful fish and jelly, with seagrass and coral surrounding her. Pearls are an accent to this kit, with an image, messages, and embellishments uniting the theme. The kit is rounded out with a Reactive Ink palette and brush, perfect...

It's almost time to launch the June 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...

It's time for our final round of June countdown peeks! The kit and add-ons will be revealed on Tuesday at 10am PT...but not before our Creative Team shares a trio of fantastic cards that highlight how the images and sentiments in this kit provide endless versatility. For more details, you can follow the blog links below each photo, and don't forget to leave a comment...

Happy Saturday, friends! Who's ready to dive back into the June My Monthly Hero kit countdown? The Creative Team is here to treat you to four fabulous cards featuring the new kit. Just two days remain until the kit and add-ons launch on Monday at 10am PT! Don't forget to enter the giveaway at the end of this post, once you've had a chance to...

Hello and welcome to the first day of our June My Monthly Hero kit peeks! The new kit and add-ons will be released on Monday, June 6 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. In the meantime, we invite you to venture under the sea with the Creative Team and discover some amazing inspiration. Let's dive right in with four fantastic cards that showcase the upcoming kit! Project...

Create rainbows of happiness with the June Make Yourself at Home Card Kit from Hero Arts, available exclusively at joann.com. Get a closer look at the kit contents and project ideas in the video below. If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube. Get instructions how to make the adorable rainbow card above on the JOANN website HERE. This kit...

Hi all! So good to have you joining me today, as always! With Father’s Day just around the corner, I thought it might be a good time to share a quick and easy card for the occasion. So important to show those we love a bit of appreciation, right? Today’s featured card makes use of a piece of painted watercolor paper. I encourage you to...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card and video exploring if mixed media can be clean and simple. My answer? Yes, it can! Mixed media is about mixing different mediums and textures and I have done that on the honeycomb, but the card in itself, still reads as clean and simple. I used the new Tiling Textures stamp set to create the...

Good morning friends! Today we're sharing some crafty inspiration from our spectacular Global Team! First up, Jen shares this elegant and stunning card featuring the Floral Mandala from April's My Monthly Hero add-ons. The bold black stamping of the mandala paired with the black frames really makes this design pop! Ilda created this gorgeous vibrant card featuring the same Floral Mandala add-on set from April....

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here sharing a card showcasing the new Floral Silhouettes clear stamp set from the Mixed Media Catalog. Though the beautiful silhouette images are perfect for layering or grouping, I chose the single chrysanthemum to spotlight on my card. I started by adhering 1.5" strips of Peony, Lavender and Amethyst cardstock onto a 3.25" x 4.5" scrap cardstock panel. Next I die-cut...

Good morning! Jess here with a cheery mixed media card! Today I'm experimenting with the new Hero Wax for the first time and I'm excited to share those results with you. To start I stamped the Underwater Bold Prints stamp onto a panel of Adriatic cardstock with Navy ink. Then I laid the Water Flow Slimline Stencil over the panel and applied a thin layer...

Hello friends! The time has come to announce our giveaway winners from last week's 2022 Mixed Media Catalog festivities! We appreciate all of the comments and enthusiasm surrounding the catalog and we can't wait to see the projects you'll create with the new products. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and celebrate the new release with us! We've randomly selected three winners....

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today. The new 2022 Mixed Media Catalog has been revealed and I'm here for it all. So much goodness going on for mixed media lovers. Let's take a look at the colorful and simple bookmarks I made using the Abstract Frames Stencil. To get the colorful background, I inked up the stencil with Reactive Inks in Fruit Punch,...

Hello friends! It's Mindy here with you today to share how I created this mixed media card featuring the new Brick Embossing Powder. I included my step-by-step process in a video. If you have trouble viewing this video, you can watch it HERE on Youtube. Mixed media cards can seem a little intimidating but if you break it down into layers, it's really a lot...

Our new mixed media release provides lots of new possibilities for creating! Try some new products and let the artist in you CREATE! My cards today feature Handwritten Affirmations, which work well with these projects. This first one featuring "Dream Big" could be a great graduation card. Simply paint with inks or watercolor wash a piece of watercolor paper with colors shown. Let dry. Die...

Hi friends! Now that summer is back with a VENGEANCE here in Central Texas, I'm back to my fiery orange vs. cool blue color schemes in my designs. I wanted to show you a way to stretch all the beautiful Bold Prints cling backgrounds that Hero Arts has by turning them into shaped elements on your cards. There are a number of ways you can...

Hello everyone! It's Maria here today and I hope you were as totally blown away by yesterday's Mixed Media Catalog release as I was. Today I'll be sharing a mixed media card that uses some of the new stamps along with some of Hero's fabulous mediums. I started out by making DIY Liquid Watercolor Sprays. This is so easy to do and is very inexpensive,...

Mixed media is a creative blend of materials, colors, and techniques. It can be collage, dimensional cardmaking, journaling, and so much more. Most of all, mixed media offers variety and play. With Hero Arts stamps, inks, pastes, embossing powders, sprays, papers, dies, and tools, creating mixed media projects is fun and easy. Don't be afraid to color outside the lines! Our 2022 Mixed Media Catalog...

Welcome to our final day of 2022 Mixed Media Catalog sneak peeks before tomorrow's reveal and launch. You'll soon see that this catalog is filled with all of the products you need to unleash your creativity – and that includes new mediums and tools! Waxes, pastes, and pearls...oh my! The creative possibilities are endless with these three fun mediums. Add color and shine, introduce unique...

Hi friends! We're mixing it up on this Monday morning with something different. Something new. Something coming very, very soon! Today we are excited to begin showing you sneak peeks from our 2022 Mixed Media Catalog, leading up to the full catalog reveal, product launch, and blog hop on Wednesday, May 18. Stay tuned to the blog to preview some of the goodness and enter...

The newest Make Yourself at Home Card Kit from Hero Arts is now available exclusively at joann.com. The kit features stamps to create fun outdoor scenes and the color scheme is great for making cards for those special men in your life. Get a closer look at the kit contents and project ideas in the video below. If you are having trouble viewing this video,...

Over the years, I've found that adding handmade tags to simple baked gifts makes them extra special for the recipients. So today, I’m sharing layered gift tags made with the new Treat Tags Stamp & Cut XL set. This delicious set includes three baking themed tag dies and twenty-three sentiments that fit perfectly on the apron, cookie and oven mitt shapes. Paired with a tasty...

Hi friends! Today we are here with an installment of our monthly series, CommUNITY, where we share artwork from artists who we'd love for you to get to know. CommUNITY is about embracing and honoring the creativity of individuals who are often underrepresented. By sharing art from a diverse group of creators, we hope to not only bring inspiration to this papercrafting community we all...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing some inspiration using a bunch of the new goodies from the May 2022 release! This release features so many fun standalone die cuts, but my favorite product was the beautifully detailed Kitchen Shelf Background. This gorgeous stamp covers the entirety of an A2 card front and creates the perfect backdrop for so many of the new...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing a card featuring the reverse masking technique with the new Animal Cooks set along with the Kitchen Shelf Background. To make the card start by stamping the bear using Intens-ified Black ink and color with alcohol based markers (I used Copics) or any coloring medium of your choice. Once colored, add highlights using a white gel pen...

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, and shared kind comments! 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 gift...

Hey my friends! Daniel West, here, with an interesting and unique color palette for the new Olive Branch stamp set. I have a video of this Copic painting. You can watch it here. When I think of olives, my mind makes a beeline to pimento-stuffed olives in a jar. But the more colorful olives come in a green and violet palette. For today's selection of...

Join our artists Libby & Seeka tomorrow (Sunday, May 8 at noon PT/3pm ET) as they create projects using the April My Monthly Hero Kit! The Make-Along event will be broadcast live on both the Hero Arts Facebook page and YouTube channel. Grab your kit and craft right along with them. They will be creating two cards from start to finish. Libby will begin by...

Hello! The May challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero begins today, and the theme is "Get Scrappy" – in other words, use up your scrap paper! You might decide to do some paper piecing, or a collage, or use scraps to die cut, or use leftovers from a previous card – the possibilities are endless. Here's some inspiration from our design team...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a Father's Day card featuring the new Apron Stamp & Cut XL set. I really love the dies in this set and the sentiments are perfect for a variety of occasions! I started off by die cutting the apron from a piece of Paradise cardstock and the sweet little spatula and tongs from a matte silver...

Hello and welcome to the May edition of our Awesome Add-ons feature! If you haven't had a chance to check out the new add-ons introduced on Monday along with the May My Monthly Hero Kit, we've got you covered today. Take a look at all of these fun stamps and dies and think about how you'll add your own dash of creativity! Shop for the...

Hi everyone! Ilina here. Today I have a card for you using the fun new May My Monthly Hero Kit. For this card we will take plain white die cut and customize it by coloring it with your favorite coloring medium. I am using alcohol based markers (Copics) and colored pencils, but you can use any coloring medium of your choice. If you decide to...