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The final day of the countdown is here and and we want to thank you for joining us these past few days! We can hardly wait to share the new January kit and add-ons with you at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific tomorrow. You're in for a treat today as Kelly, Mindy, Pam and Lydia are sharing four delightful cards featuring stamps and dies from the kit,...

Welcome back to the countdown and another round of January My Monthly Hero eye candy before the launch of the new kit on Monday! Take a look at these sweet projects from the Creative Team and click on the links below the photos for more details. For a chance to WIN a kit before you can buy one on Monday, don't forget to leave a...

Hello friends! It's time to kick off the countdown to the very first My Monthly Hero kit of 2023 and we couldn't be more excited! The new January kit and add-ons will be revealed and available for purchase on Monday, January 9 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. Set those alarms so you don't miss it! Quantities are limited. Now let's turn it over to the...

Welcome to 2023! The Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero challenge is back for another year, with a brand new challenge theme. (Yes, we're a bit earlier than usual, to give you plenty of time to join in!) This month is "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". We want to see Valentine's cards, hearts, cupids, anything related to love! Here's some inspiration from our design...

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...

The new 2023 Spring Catalog is being introduced next month and we have some exciting news – you can find a sampling of pre-release products from the new collection in select stores now! Join us for a detailed look at the products included in the ShopBox pre-release by watching the video below or on YouTube. To find retailers who have opted to participate in our...

“And now we welcome the new year.Full of things that have never been.”—Rainer Maria Rilke Happy New Year from all of us at Hero Arts! May the year ahead be filled with joy, creativity, and wonderful things that have never been. Here's to new beginnings and all that is to come in 2023! We look forward to sharing it with you. Warmest wishes,

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...

Good morning friends! Today we're sharing some crafty inspiration from our amazing Global Team, with a focus on some of the December My Monthly Hero release products! Erica kicks us off with this rainbow bright card featuring the Twinkling Stars Hot Foil Plate and the Space Window Die. She added accents from the Celestial Fancy Dies and created a gorgeous rainbow background using our vibrant...

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...

Like so many of you, flower stamps and flower dies are a personal favorite of mine. So when I saw the new Color Layering Stellar Flowers Bundle, with it’s fresh and modern floral designs, I was immediately smitten. The celestial inspired Color Layering Stellar Flowers Bundle contains ten, unique floral stamps that can be layered and mixed, six wonderful sentiment stamps, five additional, small stamps...

We hope that this holiday season brings you joy, laughter, and time to spend with loved ones. May the magic and wonder of this special time of year fill your heart! Merriest wishes,

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...

Hi friends! Today we are here with another 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...

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,...

Hey everyone it's Dana here with you today. We are shaking things up with a shaker card today and a rainbow one which is is even better. Join in with A Blog Named Hero and shake things up this month with the December challenge. Let's get started. You can watch the entire video below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. For my card...

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....

Did you read the book A Wrinkle in Time? It was in my head the whole time I was creating this card. When I first started stamping, long before ink blending brushes, the torn edge technique was very popular and is still one of my favorite techniques. Especially for this month's super fun space theme, I thought the idea of a rip in the universe...

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...

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...

Today we're happy to have a special guest on the blog – Essie! She is sharing some great cards using new digital products from our December release. Take it away, Essie! Hello Crafty friends! Essie here with some celestial digital cardmaking – this was a perfect way for me to get ready for the arrival of my December My Monthly Hero card kit! (Please hurry,...

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

Our next LIVE Make-Along event is this weekend! Join Channin and Kelly from our Creative Team to make along with the November My Monthly Hero kit. Gather your supplies and create two cards from start to finish.👉🏼 When: Sunday, December 11 at noon PT/3pm ET👉🏼 Where: Hero Arts Facebook and YouTubeIn addition to the November My Monthly Hero kit, the following supplies will be used.For...

Welcome back, everyone! The Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero December challenge is here! The theme this month is "Shake It Up". We want to see all the shaker cards! You could make a traditional shaker card, or a full-front shaker card. You could use acetate, cellophane, or tulle to create your window, or something else - surprise us! And you could fill your...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Taylor here today and I have the fastest easiest watercolor background to share with you. It came out so pretty it completely changed my original idea for the card! I started with our Luxe White Watercolor Paper and cut it in half to get an A2 sized card front. Next I inked up the new Celestial Bold Prints stamp with Unicorn...

Hi friends! Let's lift our eyes up to the sky and peek at all of the new add-on products introduced along with this month's kit! Go ahead and wish upon a star and choose your favorites – these stamps, dies, and stencils are perfect to use all year round for encouragement, birthdays, and all sorts of occasions! Shop for the December MMH add-ons here Today...

Hello friends!! It’s Channin here and today I create a sweet card with the new December 2022 My Monthly Hero Kit. Check out the video below to see how I STAMP a blended galaxy background with the included cling stamp. Watch below or HERE on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. To create this card I first stamped the galaxy background using the cling background stamp...

This month we invite you to go on a celestial fantasy adventure with us! Our December release is full of stars, galaxies, moons and clouds. The playful December My Monthly Hero kit, with its adorable space cadets, is perfect for birthdays, encouragement, or simply sending a friendly hello. The kit includes a jam-packed 6 x 8 stamp set with coordinating dies. There's also the perfect...

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

We're wrapping up the December My Monthly Hero countdown today with a trio of fantastic cards from the Creative Team. The stars will align on Monday, December 5 at 10am PT when the kit and add-ons will launch. We love it all to the moon and back and can hardly wait to show you everything that's included and see what you create! Project #7 created...

Welcome back, friends! Day two of the December My Monthly Hero countdown brings more out-of-this-world inspiration from the Creative Team. Check out their projects below and don't forget to drop a comment for another chance to win a kit before you can buy one on Monday at 10am PT! Project #4 created by Channin PelletierClick HERE to visit her blog for more details. Project #5...

We invite you to go on a creative adventure with us for the next three days. The December My Monthly Hero countdown starts now! This month's kit and add-ons will be revealed and available for purchase on Monday, December 5 at 10am PT. The Creative Team has some truly stellar inspiration to share with you today – follow the links below each photo for more...

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...