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Mixed media is a creative blend of materials, colors, and techniques. It can be collage, dimensional cardmaking, journaling, and so much more. Most of all, mixed media offers variety and play. With Hero Arts stamps, inks, pastes, embossing powders, sprays, papers, dies, and tools, creating mixed media projects is fun and easy. Don't be afraid to color outside the lines! Our 2022 Mixed Media Catalog...

Welcome to our final day of 2022 Mixed Media Catalog sneak peeks before tomorrow's reveal and launch. You'll soon see that this catalog is filled with all of the products you need to unleash your creativity – and that includes new mediums and tools! Waxes, pastes, and pearls...oh my! The creative possibilities are endless with these three fun mediums. Add color and shine, introduce unique...

Hi friends! We're mixing it up on this Monday morning with something different. Something new. Something coming very, very soon! Today we are excited to begin showing you sneak peeks from our 2022 Mixed Media Catalog, leading up to the full catalog reveal, product launch, and blog hop on Wednesday, May 18. Stay tuned to the blog to preview some of the goodness and enter...

The newest Make Yourself at Home Card Kit from Hero Arts is now available exclusively at joann.com. The kit features stamps to create fun outdoor scenes and the color scheme is great for making cards for those special men in your life. Get a closer look at the kit contents and project ideas in the video below. If you are having trouble viewing this video,...

Over the years, I've found that adding handmade tags to simple baked gifts makes them extra special for the recipients. So today, I’m sharing layered gift tags made with the new Treat Tags Stamp & Cut XL set. This delicious set includes three baking themed tag dies and twenty-three sentiments that fit perfectly on the apron, cookie and oven mitt shapes. Paired with a tasty...

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

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing some inspiration using a bunch of the new goodies from the May 2022 release! This release features so many fun standalone die cuts, but my favorite product was the beautifully detailed Kitchen Shelf Background. This gorgeous stamp covers the entirety of an A2 card front and creates the perfect backdrop for so many of the new...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing a card featuring the reverse masking technique with the new Animal Cooks set along with the Kitchen Shelf Background. To make the card start by stamping the bear using Intens-ified Black ink and color with alcohol based markers (I used Copics) or any coloring medium of your choice. Once colored, add highlights using a white gel pen...

Hello stampers! It's time to announce the winner from our May 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 my friends! Daniel West, here, with an interesting and unique color palette for the new Olive Branch stamp set. I have a video of this Copic painting. You can watch it here. When I think of olives, my mind makes a beeline to pimento-stuffed olives in a jar. But the more colorful olives come in a green and violet palette. For today's selection of...

Join our artists Libby & Seeka tomorrow (Sunday, May 8 at noon PT/3pm ET) as they create projects using the April My Monthly Hero Kit! The Make-Along event will be broadcast live on both the Hero Arts Facebook page and YouTube channel. Grab your kit and craft right along with them. They will be creating two cards from start to finish. Libby will begin by...

Hello! The May challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero begins today, and the theme is "Get Scrappy" – in other words, use up your scrap paper! You might decide to do some paper piecing, or a collage, or use scraps to die cut, or use leftovers from a previous card – the possibilities are endless. Here's some inspiration from our design team...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a Father's Day card featuring the new Apron Stamp & Cut XL set. I really love the dies in this set and the sentiments are perfect for a variety of occasions! I started off by die cutting the apron from a piece of Paradise cardstock and the sweet little spatula and tongs from a matte silver...

Hello and welcome to the May edition of our Awesome Add-ons feature! If you haven't had a chance to check out the new add-ons introduced on Monday along with the May My Monthly Hero Kit, we've got you covered today. Take a look at all of these fun stamps and dies and think about how you'll add your own dash of creativity! Shop for the...

Hi everyone! Ilina here. Today I have a card for you using the fun new May My Monthly Hero Kit. For this card we will take plain white die cut and customize it by coloring it with your favorite coloring medium. I am using alcohol based markers (Copics) and colored pencils, but you can use any coloring medium of your choice. If you decide to...

We've cooked up some creativity with the May My Monthly Hero kit release. Join us in the kitchen for a kit made for sharing birthday greetings, friendship, or decorating your baked goodies! The main kit features a gorgeous kitchen-themed Cover Plate die. The A2-sized cling stamp adds a great backsplash to your scene, or is versatile as a background on any project. There are dies...

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

Do you smell that? It's the smell of a freshly baked batch of cards from the kitchen! That's right...our Creative Team is back with one more day of May kit peeks before tomorrow's launch at 10am PT. For more details on their wonderful creations you can follow the blog links provided below each photo, and don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to...

Happy Saturday! What's cookin'? Our May My Monthly Hero kit countdown continues today with a second course of culinary creativity from our Creative Team. Just two days remain until the kit and add-ons launch on Monday at 10am PT! Don't forget to enter the giveaway at the end of this post, once you've feasted your eyes on these four delightful creations... Project #5 created by...

Hello friends! We've been cooking up some creativity that we can hardly wait to share with you. Today the countdown to the May My Monthly Hero kit begins! The new kit and add-ons will be revealed and available for purchase on Monday, May 2 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. Ready? Grab your apron and take a look at some of the delicious cards our Creative...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here sharing a card showcasing the Script Thank You stamp. I created a card inspired by my fellow Creative Team member Ilina Crouse. Did you see her beautiful Glittery Mother's Day card post here on April 11th? Her design and ink blended background inspired me to create a card for this month's Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero Challenge: "Blend...

Hello there, Michelle here with a friendship card to share with you using Passing Clouds Bold Prints. This stamp can be used in lots of different ways and lots of different color combinations too! I have a love for blue and purple and thought it would make a nice dramatic sky. I started off my card by stamping Passing Clouds Bold Prints on to Dove...

Hello everyone. It's Dana here with you today. As Mother's Day approaches, it was time for me to create my Mother's Day cards. So let's see what I created using a few products from Hero Arts. My card today features the beautiful new Mother's Day Window Die and the Floral Border Fancy Die. These two products work wonderfully together. To start the card I die...

Good morning and Happy Monday! Jess here with a simple and easy way to create a unique card design with endless customization options! Watch the video below to see the full process or click HERE to watch on YouTube. To start I stamped the floral arrangement from Sweet as Honey onto a panel of Deluxe Smooth White cardstock using Navy ink. I inked the stamp...

Did you know that Hero Arts offers a monthly card kit available exclusively at joann.com? It features a selection of carefully curated products that work together beautifully to create cards and projects. The April kit features a lovely mix of floral stamps, inks, cardstock and watercolor accessories to create cards sharing love and kindness with those special people in your life. Get a closer look...

Happy Earth Day! One of the many popular ways to celebrate Earth Day is to plant something - a flower, a tree, or even a garden. So today, I’m sharing a card inspired by a delightful, gardening background stamp. I’ve used the Veggie Medley Bold Prints stamp, filled with turnips, beets, peas, bell peppers, and onions, to make a fun, garden themed card for a...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here today and I've got a fun and easy way to "paint" the canvas on the Painting Easel woodblock stamp. I started out by stamping the Easel on Luxe Watercolor Paper in INTENS-ified Black ink. Then I masked off the edges of the paper leaving only the easel's canvas exposed. I used my MISTI to stamp one of the stamps from...

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

Hi friends! I'm here with a springy wonderland and a fun look at some of the new Hero Tools that have just arrived in the Hero Arts shop. (Read to the end of this post and watch the video to learn more!) This is a really simple project to make, but it really gives a fun new twist on emboss resist cards. I stamped the...

With this post we are launching a new feature on the blog - From the Mind of Milagros! Milagros Rivera is the owner of a store in Puerto Rico called Paper Boutique. We are always amazed and inspired by what she does with Hero Arts products. We hope you will enjoy getting a little glimpse into her creative process, as she thinks outside the box...

Happy Spring, Passover, Easter, Coachella and Cora Traidman’s 7th Birthday weekend!!! That's a lot to celebrate! The Hero frames really come in handy and I thought I would try to use them in a way you might not have thought of. By using Looking Glass Fine Art Frame on a diagonal it completely changes the look. I die cut it from Papaya cardstock, and put...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some inspiration using one of the brand new sets from the April release! I was inspired by our fearless leader, the purple-loving Libby, to use lots of different shades of purple on this whimsical Mother's Day Vase image, but I kept the background seamless with lots of white cardstock. Let's get started with the...

Hey there! Daniel, here, with a simple stenciled background to help bring attention to the focal point of your project. The Flower Circle Stencil features a ring of flowers around an empty center. This design leaves a great place to add a sentiment as I have done on my card today. To begin, I sprayed my stencil with some Pixie Spray and let it sit...

Good morning! Jess here with a simple but elegant card featuring the beautiful new Floral Mandala stamp set! To start I stamped the two largest designs from Floral Mandala onto Nautical and Dove White cardstock with Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat-embossed it with Brass Embossing Powder. Then I die-cut them with the coordinating dies and adhered them together with Precision Glue. I also stamped...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card featuring an image from the sweet new Mother and Father Animals stamp set and some very easy masking for a clean and simple thank you card. I started off with the sweet kitty image by stamping it in Copic-friendly Intense Black ink onto Dove White cardstock. Then I did some very simple coloring, first...

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