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Hello there, Michelle here and today I am creating a see-through window card using the newly released Wisteria HeroScape Bundle. You can watch the video below to see how I made the card, but I also have written instructions and photos below too.  (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) I started off by stamping the Wisteria HeroScape flowers and leaves....

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card featuring the sweet Looking Glass Layering Butterfly die set. The colors for the butterfly were inspired by a 4.25" x 5.5" panel in my stash of extra panels. When I use ink sprays, I like to catch the overspray by placing extra panels around the panel I'm spraying. The result is often a fun mix...

Hi everybody! It's Maria Willis here. I had so much fun making the card that I'm sharing with you today. Earlier this week we had a stunning new release and it was all about those butterflies! The add-ons are equally fabulous so today I'm sharing two of my favorite add-ons with you: the Beautiful Butterflies Bundle and the Background Texture Strips.  Now, I'm the kind...

Hello friends!! It’s Channin here and today I create a colorful card featuring the Butterfly Fancy Dies from the February 2023 My Monthly Hero Premium Kit. (Note: Although the Premium Kit is now sold out, the Classic Kit does remain available at the time of this post.) Check out the video below and/or read the following post to learn how I highlight the details in these...

Hi friends! Emily Midgett here with you today to help remind you about the Stay Crafty With Hero Crazy Little Thing Called Love Challenge! The challenge is a great way to inspire you to use some of your crafty stash, and as an added bonus, maybe win a crafty prize. This month's challenge is Crazy Little Thing Called Love, so appropriate for the upcoming Valentine's Day...

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I can’t think of a better occasion to make some floral gift tags. Traditional Valentine’s Day gifts, like flowers, candy and homemade treats, frequently aren’t gift wrapped so adding a special tag to the gift is sure to make it extra special. Today, I’m sharing a pair of tags that I made with some of my favorite Hero Arts...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here and I am popping in to share a little bit of mixed media love with you today. I started out by grabbing a background from my stash. I made it a while back using a fun technique with Hero Arts Inkers and rubbing alcohol. I squirted both Ultra Pink and Summer Sky Inkers onto my glass work surface. Then, using...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here and today I have a a little something different for you! You guys know I love stretching my supplies to get the most out of them. So today instead of using the 3D Matchbox Fancy Die as a matchbox I used it to create a Valentine's Day countdown calendar for my kids!  The video below shows you have to...

Hola everyone, Pocono Pam here! With Valentine's Day only a few weeks away, love is definitely in the air. I love LOVE and like to create cards and projects to express it year round! Today I am sharing a card showcasing the new Loving Sentiment Strips clear stamp set paired with the Sentiment Strips Fancy Die. To begin, I stamped Mini Hearts Bold Prints onto a 4" x 5.25" Dove...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing an easy card featuring the Heart Flourish Cover Plate. This die makes it so easy to create an intricate background. Here I used it to cut an ink-blended panel but it would be just as lovely to cut colored cardstock or patterned paper! I started off by using large blending brushes to blend Taffy, Berry Smoothie, and Grape...

Today we're happy to have a special guest return to the blog – Essie! She is sharing some great cards using new digital products from our January release. Take it away, Essie! Hello Friends! Essie here to share a couple more creations using the January 2023 Love Letter Digital Kit. I’ve made a pair of foiled cards today, and you’ll see that the design concept is quite...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here and today I'm super excited to share an easy way to make your die cuts, or stamped images, sparkle and shine!  Today I am using our Box of Choclates Fancy Dies to create a fun Valentine card. I started by die cutting my images out of Cherry, Plum, and Deluxe White Cardstock. To create the "tissue paper" holders inside the...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have a twofer featuring the new Love and Florals Fancy Dies! These new dies are so much fun, giving you the option to create custom sentiments, sentiment or shaker windows, and adding the delicate little florals to help accent the sentiment. I have created two different cards with two different techniques, so let's get started...

It's time for our Awesome Add-ons feature for the month of January! Have you had a chance to check out the new add-ons introduced on Monday along with this month's kit? The creative possibilities are endless with this lovely collection – stamps, dies, stencils, hot foil plates, and even rub-ons! We can't wait to see what you'll create with them! Shop for the January MMH add-ons...

Hi everyone! Ilina here. Today I am sharing a birthday card made solely using dies, and no stamping. To make the card I used the Hearts & Blossoms Cover Plate along with the Celebrate Words Fancy Dies. To make the card start by die cutting the background using an A2 (4.25" x 5.5") panel of Deluxe Smooth White cardstock. Set aside. Cut another A2 panel from...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here with you today to share a fun technique creating a textured brick background. I love doing this background in a neutral so it adds interest to my card without overwhelming the focal point.  You can see on my slimline card I used the Brick Wall Stencil as a background to create a wall for my windows to sit. Wouldn't this be an...

Hello there, Michelle here with something a little bit different for you. For the last video of 2022, I thought I would share some of my favorite Hero Arts products with you, focusing on tools and mediums. I LOVE stamps, dies, stencils and foil plates, but it is easy to get caught up with all the new products and forget the staples that we use...

Hello friends! This is Mindy and welcome back! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are able to sit back, relax and get some crafting time in.  My card today features the Looking Glass Girl With Balloon die set but I'm only going to use one of the dies. I thought these heart trees were just adorable and wanted to make them the center of attention! ...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! I can't believe it's almost Christmas. But we can't forget all of the ones that also celebrate their birthdays during the holiday season. This applies to me too, as my husband, my firstborn and my brother all have December birthdays. So, December is pretty fun around here. ;) With that in mind, I am sharing a gender neutral card that can...

Hola everyone! Thanks for stopping by today! Pocono Pam here sharing a shaker card showcasing the newly released Moon Phases Window Die. This out of the world die is perfect for this month's Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero challenge: Shake It Up! The challenge encourages cardmakers to create shaker cards in all shapes and sizes. The fun part is to make them shake...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a wintry card that will be great for all those post-holiday thank yous. I started off by using a large blending brush to blend Amethyst ink around the border of a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Passion Flower cardstock, slightly offsetting the color a bit because I also planned to offset the stenciled snowflake pattern. Next, I positioned...

If you are like me, I have always overlooked sending a Christmas card to someone! So my remedy is to send a New Year’s card instead. Here are two quick ideas using the Holiday Sparkles Bundle. For this first card, stamp three large stars with Embossing & Watermark Ink onto Adriatic Cardstock. Use Silver Sparkle Embossing Powder and heat to melt. Die cut the stars....

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some fun inspiration to share using several of the new products from the December My Monthly Hero release. We are shooting for the stars this month, and one of my favorite ways to use space-themed products is to create a watercolored galaxy filled with spots of vibrant color amidst the blackness of space. The...

Hey there! Daniel, here, with a fun thank you card featuring the new Star Cluster Stencil and some purple goodies. Hero Arts created this stencil to work together with the Nebula Cluster Stencil, but I wanted to share just the stars, today. I deployed this stencil in a fairly straightforward way, but the ink blending really helps the card to pop!  You can watch the...

It’s always good to keep a few gift card holders handy during the holidays! Today I will show you a few new ideas with a basic star and tag dies, plus one with a tree. Let’s start with the 5-Point Stars Infinity Dies. I used the biggest one to cut my reindeer. I wanted to use felt but I had no brown, so I used...

Hi, have you had an opportunity to make a new card for the current Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero November Challenge? This month’s theme is “The Great Outdoors” and I’ve used this inspiration to create a pair of floral thank you cards using the beautiful Floral Silhouettes stamp set (currently 20% off along with all clear stamps!) and the equally lovely Foliage &...

Thanksgiving offers us a special time to reflect on all that we have to be grateful for and to remember all of the wonderful people in our lives. We at Hero Arts are grateful for YOU. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your creative journey. We send our warmest wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving! 🧡A quick housekeeping note: Hero Arts will be closed Thursday-Sunday...

Hi friends! Jessica here with a sparkly, shimmery winter birthday card featuring the gorgeous Snowflake Pattern Hot Foil Plate and some of my favorite snowflake products! To start, I hot foiled the Snowflake Pattern Hot Foil Plate onto an A2 panel of Nautical cardstock with a beautiful shimmery opal foil. I trimmed it down and adhered it to a White Top-Folded Card Base. Then I watered down a...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here. Thanks for stopping by! Today I am sharing a card showcasing the newly released Snowman Gift Tag Fancy Die. YES! A gift tag die for a card! It was quick and fun to create!  To begin I stenciled Sprinkled Dots onto a 4" x 5.25" Pitch Black cardstock panel in Dove White ink and adhered it to an A2 card base. ...

Hello there, Michelle here. Today I have a fun project to share with you creating ornaments using felt. These work great as ornaments or tags on their own but can also be added to gift card holders and cards! Since I did not want to add any stuffing to these, nor sewing, I also die cut the elements from cardstock, so that I could adhere the...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some slimline inspiration to share with you using some of the beautiful hot foiling products from the 2022 Hero Arts Holiday Catalog! I know that we cardmakers tend to stick to A2 sized cards, but so many products lend themselves beautifully to slimline size, particularly the Holiday Greenery Foil & Cut, and what fun it...

Hi everyone! It's Maria here and I hope you are all having a wonderful day. Today I've got a fun card to share with you using the new Winter Wishes Bundle. This set is perfect for building a beautiful focal point on your cards and you could also use it to make tags or paper ornaments. I started out by stamping the image on white...

Hello friends!! It’s Channin here and today I create a couple of holiday tags with the November 2022 My Monthly Hero Kit. Check out the video below to see how I watercolor die cuts with Reactive Inks and and then add frosty details to create festive tags. Watch the video below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. To create these tags I first...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I am sharing how to enhance stenciling by dry embossing first. I also share how to partially die cut the Small Penguin Tag Fancy Die so that it is no longer a tag. You can watch the video below.  (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.)  I have found that by dry embossing...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here sharing a Thanksgiving card featuring the Grateful Pumpkin clear stamp set. This beautiful fall themed set also comes in a bundle that includes Frame Cuts designed to work perfectly with the stamps.  To begin, I splattered a 4" x 5.25" Cup O' Joe cardstock panel with Bronze Glimmer Metallic Ink and adhered it to a top-folded white card base. Next, I lightly spritzed...

Looking Glass die sets are invaluable tools for creating intricate, layered scenes easily. The new Looking Glass Nativity set is perfect for creating the classic Christmas nativity on your holiday cards. Although the dies can be used most simply with plain cardstock colors to create beautiful scenes, enhancing several of the die-cut layers with ink will create unique and custom designs. To make today’s card,...