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Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing Mother's Day card and a video using the new Mother's Day Window Die in a non-traditional way, along with some Iridescent EarthSafe Glitter and the Daisy Mosaic Stencil. To make the card, start by dry embossing piece of Dove White cardstock with the Daisy Mosaic Stencil. Tip: For a more prominent impression, I spray the cardstock with...

Hello! The new April challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero begins today, and the theme is "Blend It Up" – in other words, we'd like you to use ink blending. You can use a brush, a foam tool, even your fingers if you like! As long as it involves some kind of ink blending, it qualifies. Here's some inspiration from our design...

Hello crafty friends! It's Mindy with you today to share inspiration using the beautiful new Flowers and Swirls Bold Prints stamp. You know what one of my favorite ways to create backgrounds is right now? Using a rubber brayer. I like creating with my gel press and all but I found I liked the scratch paper I was cleaning my brayer on more then the...

Hi friends! Welcome to our Awesome Add-ons feature for the month of April. If you haven't had a chance to check out the new add-ons introduced on Monday along with the April My Monthly Hero Kit, we've got you covered today. It is said that April showers bring May flowers, but we're so glad that April has brought its own flowers and other springtime wonders....

Hello friends! It’s Channin here and today we are going to get inky with a faux watercoloring technique featuring the new April My Monthly Hero Kit! Watch the video below to see how I create a splashy watercolored background with the included stencils from this month’s kit and then add depth to the images with shadows and highlights. Watch below or HERE on the Hero...

Our fun and floral April My Monthly Hero kit is a celebration of spring as well as the amazing people in all of our lives. It features a gorgeous cling background with bees and flowers. Three layering stencils make the coloring process easy; simply pair them with the inks and blending brush included in the kit, and you'll quickly have cards in fresh spring colors....

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

The weekend has flown by and it's already time for our final countdown post before the April My Monthly Hero release on Monday! Tune in at 10am PT tomorrow for the big reveal of the new kit along with a host of wonderful add-ons, all highlighted in an inspiration-filled blog hop. Our Creative Team once again has the blog blooming with beautiful projects. Stop and...

Hello and welcome to day two of the April My Monthly Hero countdown! Are you ready for another round of beautiful kit inspiration before the reveal and launch on Monday? Get a load of these floral delights from the Creative Team and click on the links below the photos for additional details! (Don't forget to comment at the end for a chance to WIN a...

Happy Friday...happy April...happy almost-kit-time! A new month is here and we are super excited to kick off the countdown to the April release. The newest My Monthly Hero kit and add-ons will be revealed and available for purchase on Monday, April 4 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. Let's wander through the garden and take a peek at some of the amazing cards our Creative Team...

Hello and welcome! Today we are hopping with many of our friends from the papercraft industry to show our support for Ukraine. The hop was organized by sweet Katia, from Studio Katia. The majority of her family is from Ukraine, and the situation there has been quite overwhelming for her, as you might imagine. We want to send our love to her as well as...

Hi everyone! Ilina here today! Have you checked out the Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero Challenge for this month? The theme this month is Send a Hug, so I decided to make a card and send some hugs to someone. Let's be honest, we all can use a hug these days (and any day). For my card I combined the Hearts & Blossoms...

Hello everyone! It's Maria here and today I have a glitzy, blinged out card to share with you. I started with a piece of A2 sized Pitch Black cardstock and I used my Abstract Frames Stencil to apply Glitter Hero Paste to it with a palette knife. This new Glitter Paste looks so cool on black cardstock! I set my background aside to let it...

Good morning everyone. It's Dana here with you today. Let's make a beautiful card doing some loose watercoloring on the Magnolia Branches Cover Plate. This cover plate makes one stunning card. You can view the video tutorial below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. I started out the card by die cutting the Magnolia Branches Cover Plate using the new Luxe White Watercolor...

Good morning friends! Today we're sharing some creative March My Monthly Hero inspiration from our phenomenal Global Team! Erica used the trapped ink technique with the March My Monthly Hero kit and Reactive ink cubes to get those gorgeous bright splatters with that bold black background! She kept the rest of her card simple to put the emphasis on that colorful design. Lisa also used...

Hi friends! I'm here today with a fun, easy, layered mixed media card. Layering makes the details on your cards so, so interesting, so let's walk through the layers on today's card. I started by smooshing Fog and Purple Galaxy Reactive Inks onto my glass mat and stamping the image from Artichoke Blooms in Fog as well. I used a waterbrush and the smooshed ink...

Hey there! Daniel West, here, with a super fun card project featuring the Color Layering Flowers in Vase Stencils! I really enjoy coloring stamped images, but sometimes, I want to just quickly put together a great palette and brush it through a stencil, instead. Hero Arts offers some great Color Layering Stencils for this very reason. For today's card, I put the stamps aside and...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here with a card using the Girl with Kite cover plate die. When designing the card, I wanted to step away from my usual blended ink background and created marbled paper. The technique is fun and easy-to-do. I started by spraying a layer of shaving foam into a 8" x 8" disposable aluminum baking pan. (Shaving foam not cream works best...

Hello there, Michelle here! Today I have a card and video to share with you creating a simple spring scene using the Color Layering Duckling set. The duckling is so cute! Perfect for spring and Easter cards. You can view the video tutorial below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. I started off by stamping the Color Layering Duckling on to Dove White...

Hi friends! Due to technical difficulties, Sally's post is on a Sunday, but whatever day she's here, we're happy to have her sharing her creativity! Hello You!!!!When I think of Pop Art I think of BRIGHT colors! Like Andy Warhol neon-like portraits!! So today I am presenting you with a few ideas with the new Pop Art Flowers and Pop Art Flowers Frame Cuts. Gather...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I've got some super springy inspiration for you using some of the new products from the 2022 Catalog! I love that the new Color Layering Bunny includes not just the layering stamps, but the outline stamp as well, so that you can stamp the layers or do some coloring in your choice of medium. I love...

Good morning! Jess here with a fun way to add some sparkle to your cards! To start I placed the new Abstract Expressionist Bold Prints stamp on the lid of my MISTI and inked it up with Embossing & Watermark ink. Then I stamped it onto a panel of Pitch Black cardstock. I held the cardstock over a piece of scrap paper and then sprinkled...

Hello everyone. It's Dana here with you. Today's card is for a new monthly feature here on the Hero Arts blog called CommUNITY: A Celebration of Diversity in Crafting. This feature is near and dear to my heart. Being inspired by so many amazing creators and artists makes me happy. Making sure everyone is included and feels represented in this crafting community is my purpose....

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card featuring the new Art Meowseum stamp set. There are so many fun images in this set and I chose the homage to Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer. I started off by stamping the image in Copic-friendly Intense Black ink onto Dove White cardstock. Then, I colored the image using a collection...

Hello stampers! It's time to announce the winner from our March 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...

Hello friends! It's Mindy with you today to share inspiration using the new Impressionist Water Lilies HeroScape set from the March My Monthly Hero release. You can view the video tutorial down below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. In my video today, I'm also showing you how you can layer your inks to get new colors. One of the reasons I love...

We're here today with a special post and blog hop. Like many, we are saddened and appalled by what is happening in Ukraine, and wanted to do what we could to help. We have gathered together a group of products from our line that we feel symbolize Ukraine. The blue and yellow of the Ukraine flag symbolize the beauty and calm of the skies above...

Hello! The March challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero is here, and the theme is "Send a Hug" – this could mean an encouragement card, a sympathy card, a thinking of you card, or simply a card with "hugs" as the sentiment! We've been introducing our new design team on Instagram, but here they are all together, with their inspiration for the...

Hello there, Michelle here today to share a card with you using the new Museum Columns Fancy Dies. These were released as part of the March 2022 My Monthly Hero release, which is all about art museums this month. So fun! I started off my card by die cutting two of the Museum Columns Fancy Dies from Dove White cardstock. I then coloured them using...

Hello and welcome to this month's Awesome Add-ons feature! If you haven't had a chance to check out the new add-ons introduced on Monday along with the March My Monthly Hero Kit, we've got you covered today. The creative possibilities are limitless with this art-themed collection of stamps, dies, and stencils. We can't wait to see what you'll dream up and create! Shop for the...

Hello friends! It’s Channin here and today I’m demonstrating a very cool ink trapping technique with the new March My Monthly Hero Kit! Watch the video below to see how I create bold and vibrant splatters over a black background without using several different embossing powders. (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) To create this card I first...

Take a trip to the art museum with the March My Monthly Hero release. The main kit features Abstract Expressionist art in the form of paint splatters. Stamp them with your favorite inks, or to mimic the bold look of acrylic paint, emboss them with the four vibrant embossing powders included in this kit. We've also included paper with the feel of canvas for creating...

It's almost time to launch the March 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 a beautiful day for another round of countdown peeks! Let's take a look at three wonderful cards from our Creative Team before Monday's My Monthly Hero kit launch at 10am PT. For more details, you can follow the blog links provided below each photo, and don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a kit too! Project #7 created by Daniel...

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton Welcome back to the March My Monthly Hero kit countdown! Release day is coming up on Monday, March 7at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific, and today we are thrilled to have the Creative Team here to share three more of their masterpieces. Step into the museum and take a look! Project...

Hello and happy Friday! Are you ready for a little trip? We invite you to join us as we head to the art museum, My Monthly Hero style! Today our Creative Team is here to kick off the countdown to the new March My Monthly Hero kit. The kit and add-ons will be available on Monday, March 7 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. In the meantime,...