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Learn how to make a fun, sparkly squishy card with Carly Tee using the Beary Sweet collection—an easy interactive design with minimal supplies and big impact!

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!

Learn how to add intertest to clean and simple cards by adding patterns in two different ways - with stenciling and with cardstock.

Discover the versatility of the Mixed Textures Clear Stamp Set! This set is perfect for adding depth, detail, and a unique touch to any crafting style.

Join us for Clever Crafts as Rachel demonstrates how to create a mixed media tag featuring a stunning floral focal point and background through the art of collage.

Hi there! Rosie here to share some winter themed birthday cards. I used a few basic products to get an elegant and sparkly birthday card. I created two top folding card bases from heavy weight vellum. I used the Color Layering Snowflake Stencils directly on the front of each vellum card base. I did this in two color ways. The first one I used Dusty...

Video tutorial giving step-by-step instructions for ink blending 3 different butterfly cards with layering stencils plus Hero Wax and Hero Glitter Paste.

Hi friends. Kailash here sharing a card using stencils and adding dimension to one of the images. I'm featuring the October Layering Stencils of the Month (Flourishy Christmas Tree). This set includes four stencils and has an intricate and detailed design, but also a beautiful Christmas tree focal point, which I decided to showcase by adding some dimension. Let me show you how: I started...

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 process on...

Greetings, fellow crafters! Today, I'm excited to share a fun and colorful card creation using the new Color Layering Beach Ball Stencils from Hero Arts. This card features a unique design with beach balls and water splashes, showcasing the versatility of these stencils.To create this card, I started by ink blending the three layering stencils with Taffy, Lemon Drop, and Splash Reactive Inks onto an A2-sized...

Hello fellow crafters, Karen Brown here with a new how-to video! I am excited to dive into the world of layering stencils, specifically focusing on how to select analogous colors that will bring harmony to your designs. Do you struggle selecting colors? Taking a quick peek at your color wheel can assist in making cardmaking projects that are both visually pleasing and polished. So let's...

Hello and welcome to our new Extraordinary Extras feature for the month of June! If you have been around the Hero Arts blog for a while, you may have come to know Wednesday of launch week as "Awesome Add-ons" day. This is much the same – only the name has changed! Awesome Add-ons have now become Extraordinary Extras. Each month as part of our Hero Studio release, we offer a variety...

We are sad to announce that Mindy has decided to step down from our Creative Team. We are go grateful for all the amazing inspiration that she has provided over the years. To say we will miss her is an understatement, but we are so fortunate to have had her with us on the team for as long as we did. Her card below is very fitting...

Welcome back, creatives! This is Rachel Kleinman here to share some fun ways to mix and match your mixed media products when using your stencils. Today I'm using the brand new Sparkle Weave Stencil a few different ways on this fun birthday card. I started by using the Sparkle Weave Stencil as an embossing folder. I taped the stencil to Plum cardstock and ran it through my...

Hello Hero Arts friends, I am excited to be back on the Hero Arts blog today!  Today I am sharing ideas on how to use Hero Arts Iridescent Embossing Powders. I had a lot of fun combining colors to add texture to a mixed media styled card! So let's get started!   I started today's project with a piece of Luxe White Watercolor Cardstock.  I created my...

Hi friends! Lydia here with a fun and simple way to custom dye your Hero Paste that will have you obsessing over custom color combos, I promise.  Hero has 57 Core Inkers for you to work with – so imagine how many unique combinations there are. Someone needs to do the math – but it is in the millions for sure.  I love to work...

Hello crafty friends, it is Natasha here today and I am excited to be back up on the Hero Arts blog sharing an idea on how to use two new stamp sets to create your own vintage ephemera. I am using Vintage Postmarks and Tickets and Vintage Map and Ledger from the new 2024 Spring Catalog. So let's get started! I started with a piece of...

Hello everyone, it is Natasha here and I am super excited for my first post on the Hero Arts blog as a Creative Team member! For today's card I am using the White Holiday Collage Hero Transfers to create a holiday card with a mixed media style!   I started by creating the background for my card using Luxe White Watercolor Paper and Hero Arts Reactive Inks...

Hi stampy friends! Lydia here. Before I start I wanted to say thanks to everyone who attended our recent Holiday Stamp-Along! Your cards were so beautiful and it was really fun hanging out with you! I'll see you at the next one in January.  Today I have a mixed media layering project for you that is ALL about the up-close experience that the person receiving...

Good morning! Jess here with my last official blog post as a member of the Hero Arts Creative Team. It's been an amazing ride since 2016 and I'll always have a special place in my heart for Hero Arts! And I'm sure you'll see me around here and there! ;) But anyway, I'm finishing up my time here with a card featuring all my favorites: glitter,...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing video that shows how to create a fun background using the new Color Layering Folk Winter Animals Stencil Set and add dimension and sparkle using Gold Hero Paste. I love the gold shade of the Hero Paste and think it goes perfectly with the soft color palette that I used on this non-conventional Christmas colors background. Also the Hero...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here and today I have a fun technique to share with you that I think we'll be perfect for these upcoming summer months! This month has been all about our nostalgic childhoods and the You're Dynamite Bundle set definitely brings me back to mine. I went roller skating every Friday night! I really wanted to pair it with the fun neon...

Good morning! Jess here with a fun sparkly card featuring some add-on items from the new May My Monthly Hero release. I wish you could see the shimmer of this card in person! To start I placed the Starlight Rays stencil over a panel of Pitch Black cardstock and used washi tape to temporarily tape it in place. Then I spread a thin layer of Hero Glitter Paste over the...

Hi Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here and today I have a fun technique to share with you. I'm calling it "Glittery Stained Glass" because that's exactly what it reminds me of! I started by pulling out a rainbow of Hero Arts Core Inks for my background. I blended on Azalea, Papaya, Lemon Yellow, Fresh Lawn, Summer Sky, and Grape Juice in a circle pattern starting in the...

Welcome friends! This is Mindy and today I'm sharing a subtle approach to mixed media. I want to create a stenciled background without it overpowering my images and I'm going to show you how. I have a video walking you through this process that you can view below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. I will be starting my projects by stamping out...

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 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 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...

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...

Can you believe we are almost at the holidays? I can't! I've leaned into holiday cards this year – maybe more than I've made in any other year, so I'll have lots of colorful mail to send after Thanksgiving.  One of my favorite types of cards to send is card with texture – when I receive cards with texture on them, it makes me happy...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card made using a combination of Gold Hero Paste and Berry Hero Wax. These two media play so well together! I began by positioning the Leaf Circle Stencil over a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Deluxe Smooth White cardstock and using low-tack tape to temporarily hold the stencil in place. Next, I used a palette knife to spread Gold...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card featuring two new dies – the Small Penguin Tag Fancy Die along with the Snow Globe Window Fancy Die. The penguin tag can be pulled out of this card and used separately! I started by using a large Blending Brush to blend Aquatic Core Ink over a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Arctic cardstock. I concentrated the color at...

Hey there friend! Daniel here with a fantastic gingerbread house card for the holidays. I've meditated recently on the amazing details that we cardmakers add to our projects to really give them a boost. I am not one for overly blinging up my cards, but I really enjoy the look of special details that increase the wow factor. I try to avoid throwing everything in...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here and I've got a sparkly, wintery, holiday card to share today but before I get to that... Have you heard about the Holiday Cheer Card Drive Hero Arts is hosting? Send in your "Merry Everything" themed cards by November 18th and not only will your card be donated to a good cause, but it will be shown off at the...

Hello there, Michelle here with a card using the Stacked Happy Holidays Foil & Cut. This foil plate really gives a big impact on a card, and I love that there is a coordinating die to cut it out too!  I started off my card by foiling the Stacked Happy Holidays Foil Plate on to white cardstock using Silver Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. Since this is a...