Hero Arts Blog

Create four versatile birthday cards with the Best Gift Ever Collection using stencils, foiling, shaker elements, and easy one-layer designs.

Watch Carissa Wiley’s LIVE replay and learn how to combine foiling, letterpress, stamping, stenciling, and die cutting with the Tranquil Garden collection.

Create a beautifully foiled snowy background with the Celebration Letterpress + Foil Plate — the perfect match for our fun, festive, and Sassy Elf Dies!

Jeannie adds a touch of sparkle with the Celebration Letterpress & Foil Plate to this cheerful holiday card using the Sassy Elf Costume Die Set.

Learn how to add monochrome magic to hot foiled images so that they pop! This card uses the Cup of Cheer Letterpress + Foil Plate, adding color with pencils.

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 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!

Get a closer look at the Poppy Field Hot Foil Plate in our "In the Spotlight" series, featuring a variety of beautiful card samples.

Learn how to add sentiments to projects using both hot foiling and letterpress to get different looks.

Discover seven new Letterpress + Foil Plates now available from the Lovely Letterpress collection.

Create a stunning hot foiled background with a gorgeous floral framed focal point using our February Clear Set + Dies of the Month.

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing a sparkly Fall inspired card using the beautiful Fall Leaves Hot Foil Plate and the new Reactive Glitz Inks. To make the card, start with a A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") piece of Deluxe Smooth White cardstock and ink blend Naples Yellow, Spanish Orange, Byzantine Green and Egyptian Blue Reactive Glitz inks. Splash some water onto the panel to create...

Hello there, Michelle here. Today I have a card and video to share hot foiling with non-traditional holiday colours. I am using the Wreath & Finch Letterpress + Foil Plate, and although I am hot foiling today, you can use the plate with letterpress too for a completely different look! Here is the video showing how I made the card: (If you are having trouble...

Hello Creatives! This is Rachel Kleinman and today I'm sharing a couple of ways to use your Letterpress + Foil Plates, specifically the beautiful Thank You Flowers Plate. I started by foiling the flowers with Pewter Metallic Foil using my Glimmer Hot Foil machine – twice on Deluxe Smooth White Cardstock, twice on Peony cardstock, and twice on Kiwi cardstock. By foiling on a colored...

Hi crafty friends! It's Jeannie and today, I'm excited to share a new video with you focusing on the Large Circle Confetti Hot Foil Plate, which is such a versatile design that you can use with so many sentiments.   If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube. To create this card, I used the Large Circle Confetti Hot Foil Plate with Deluxe Smooth...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a Happy New Year's card (and video) to share with you using the Twinkling Stars Hot Foil Plate and Classic Vellum Layering Paper for a fun window design. Here's the video showing how I made the card: (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) I started off by hot foiling the Twinkling...

Hello creative friends! This is Rachel Kleinman here for my first official Hero Arts blog post (internally screaming!)! Today I'll be sharing two very different cards using the same featured items: the Winter Town Cheer stamp set and Tag Infinity Dies. First I'll start with the gold and silver card. I just love how this came together paired up with the older Etched Winter Scene Bold...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card made with the beautiful Three Snowflakes Hot Foil Plate set. These snowflakes are so pretty! I started by positioning the three snowflake hot foil plates and a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Lapis cardstock onto a Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil system and followed the system's instructions to hot foil the snowflakes using Speckled Prism hot foil. Next, I...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card and video to share using the Ornament Fancy Dies in a slightly different way, with hot foiling, ink blending, and die cutting.  Here is the video showing how I made the card: (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) I started off by hot foiling the Merry Christmas sentiment from...

Hi friends! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some super shiny, colorful iridescent inspiration for you today using some of the newest products from the Hero Arts Holiday 2023 release! I did some hot foiling using the new Leaves and Dots Hot Foil Plate and used the blues and greens in the iridescent aqua foil as the basis for my color scheme for...

Hey everyone! It's Mindy with you today to share a fun technique that you can do with you hot foil plates. Have you ever tried foiling on acetate? Well, we are about to!  (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please click HERE to watch on YouTube.) I have a key point I want to make before we begin and that is make sure your...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today. The CommUNITY collection has expanded and we are thrilled to provide you with new products to play with. The CommUNITY collection is a collaboration between Hero Arts, Pocono Pam and me (Dana Joy). 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...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card that features the United People Hot Foil Plate, one of the newer products included in the Hero Arts Unity Collection. This beautiful line art image covers an entire A2-sized panel to make for a quick and easy background. I began by using a copper-colored foil to hot foil the United People image onto a 4.25" x...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some shining inspiration using the beautiful new(ish) Magnolia Branches Hot Foil Plate and some of Hero Arts's hot foil-friendly Acetate Sheets! When I realized that the Acetate Sheets would work with hot foil plates, I was totally hooked. The super smooth surface of the acetate creates nearly-flawless hot foiling results... score! The results are even marvelous when...

Hey my crafty friends! This is Mindy with you today and I am going to be adding some serious shine to my project. This card would make a great graduation card or encouragement card. I'm going to be using the new Large Circle Confetti Hot Foil Plate but first I need to create my background. I like to add ink to my cardstock and then do my...

Good morning! Jess here with a card to brighten your day! Today I'm using the Bold Graphic Hot Foil Plate and some rainbow foil to create an encouragement card. I'll admit I'm not great at foiling...it's definitely not my forte. But a little rainbow foil and a bold design goes a long way in hiding any mistakes! I start by foiling the Bold Graphic Hot...

Hello there, Michelle here today to share a "Love You" card using products from the January 2023 My Monthly Hero release. Let me share a secret with you...I am not a huge fan of Valentine's Day cards. I like when other people make them, but I am not a huge fan of making them myself. Having said that, a lot of Valentine's Day products can...

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...

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...

Hey Hero fans! This is Mindy with you today and I want to share how to get more from our backgrounds. I will be using the new Twinkling Stars Hot Foil Plate for this example today. I'll be the first to admit that when I get a background stamp or background hot foil plate, I try to use the entire card front. What I often forget...

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...

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...

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 there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some angelic inspiration for you using the Stained Glass Angel Hot Foil Plate and the Stained Glass Angel Fancy Die. I love when I can get lots of mileage out of my stamps and dies, and these coordinating products work beautifully together! I started out to make a hot foiled shaker card, and ended...

Welcome friends! This is Mindy and I'm here to show you how to line up the stamped sentiment with your hot foiling using the Happy Holidays Foil & Cut set. This plate creates a foiled shadow effect, and while it can stand alone, it was also designed to pair with the Hero Greetings Happy Holidays clear stamp set. The two look amazing together!  You can watch 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...