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Hello! It's time for another look at the June My Monthly Hero Kit before the kit releases on Monday, June 3 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We will be here for the rest of the weekend, sharing inspiration before the launch. Now let's join Michelle for another look at this fabulous kit. Another fantastic kit this month! I love jungle foliage and animals and this kit...

Hello! It's time for another look at the June My Monthly Hero Kit before the kit releases on Monday, June 3rd at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We will be here for the rest of the weekend, sharing inspiration before the launch. Now let's join Ilina for another look at this fabulous kit. It's another month and another amazing MMH kit. This month's kit takes you right...

Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the June My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, June 3 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. Our Creative Team will be here for the next three days sharing ideas for using the kit, so stay tuned for more inspiration all weekend long! Now let's join Caly for a first look at the...

We're back to announce even more prize winners from our 45th Anniversary celebration! We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your enthusiastic participation in the various anniversary festivities over the past several weeks. It has been wonderful to read all of your comments and hear about your own adventures in stamping. We hope you've enjoyed it too! And now onto our next...

Good morning! Jess here with a fun way to create a "vintage" luggage tag that you can bring along on your travels! To start I stamped the From the Vault Travel suitcase onto Dove White cardstock with Intense Black ink and colored it with Copic markers in shades of brown before fussy-cutting it. I also stamped the sentiment from the same set onto Paradise cardstock...

Hello there, Michelle here. Today I have a card to share using the new From The Vault Bugs Stamp Set. I thought the bees in the set would work perfectly with the Honeycomb Stencil to make a get well type card. I started off my card by taking a piece of Hero Hues Dove White Premium cardstock and cutting it to 4" x 5.25". I...

Hi everyone, Ilina here! I hope you enjoyed the long weekend (if you are in the US) and are feeling refreshed. Today I am sharing with you a card using a few stamps "From the Vault" and simple masking technique. To make the card I started with a piece of Dove White card stock. I stamped the From the Vault Real Poppy using Strawberry and...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing a new video using the brand new Hero Hues Reactive Inks as watercolors! These water-soluble inks work beautifully for blending, but their reactive properties make them fantastic for watercoloring, as well! Here's the video, or you can go to YouTube to watch it in HD: Here's a quick synopsis of the technique shown in the video:...

Hello friends! Welcome back to our anniversary party! We are so glad to have you celebrating with us. If you missed Day 1 or Day 2, please click those links and take a look. We are celebrating 45 years of bringing you the products you love with our 2019 Summer Catalog - which is in itself a look back through our history! Today is another...

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of our 3-day anniversary event! We hope you enjoyed Day 1! We are celebrating 45 years in this amazing, creative industry with the release of our 2019 Summer Catalog. This release is extra special to us, as we've brought back some of our very favorite, and best selling, stamps from across the decades for a special "From the Vault"...

Hello and welcome! Today we are celebrating two wonderful things - the release of the 2019 Summer Catalog products in our shop, and the fact that Hero Arts has been sharing the love of stamping for 45 years! If you've been following along on this blog and our social media channels, you know we've been celebrating for the past month. We hope you've enjoyed all...

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today to share some super pale pastel inspiration created with the ultra-concentrated and vibrant Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors! With such concentrated watercolors in primary shades, it's really easy to find yourself creating vibrant, saturated projects, so I wanted to challenge myself to create some pale pastel colors for a unique feel. Let's get started with the details! I...

Hello and welcome to the Hero Arts blog! Janette Kausen here today sharing how to create an interlocking shaker card featuring Wood Frame Infinity Dies, the You're Beautiful stamp set and a touch of easy peasy watercolor. I've filmed a tutorial video you can view below: If you have any trouble viewing the video, you can watch it here on YouTube. I always love a...

Hi there crafting friends!It’s Linda from A Blog Named Hero here, and I’m excited to be introducing the current challenge we have running.We want you to CELEBRATE!We thought we’d run with the festivities that Hero Arts are hosting for their 45th anniversary, so we want to see all your celebration cards! They can be birthday, anniversary, achievement, whatever you like, so long as it’s CELEBRATORY!Here...

It's Friday which means it's time for another flashback! Over the course of the past four weeks, we've enjoyed sharing the story of Hero Arts with you, including the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and today...the 2010s. Time flies when you're having fun! Hero Arts CEO Aaron Leventhal joins us again with a summary of the decade: "The 2010s started off in difficult ways for the...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have three tags to share with you using the new Cross Stitch Alpha Set. This was released as an add-on to the May 2019 My Monthly Hero Kit. It is a little 3" x 4" set and perfect for personalising items for friends and family. I thought I would make some tags for today's project. They will be...

Good morning! Jess here with a clean and simple card featuring an adorable kitty from the new Knitting stamp set! I wanted to keep today's card simple and focused mainly on that adorable yarn-juggling kitty so I started by stamping him with Versafine and heat-embossing him with Clear Embossing Powder. Then I colored him with Copics and die-cut him with the coordinating die. I also...

Hello friends! We are popping in with another batch of giveaway winners from our ongoing 45th Anniversary festivities, as well as a My Monthly Hero kit winner! Here we go...drum roll.... 1980s Flashback Friday ($25 Hero Arts gift card)Anna Mahtani: "I do not have the stamps as I am fairly new to this stamping community. But those bear stamps are so adorable!" 1990s Flashback Friday...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! I hope you love this month's My Monthly Hero add-on collection as much as I do. For today's card I am using few products from the release with the focal point being the Tin of Brushes wood block stamp. To make the card, start by stamping the image onto Dove White cardstock with Intense Black ink and color with alcohol markers....

Hello, Hero Arts fans! Welcome back for another episode of the Color Layering video series! In this video & episode, we are taking a closer look at the Color Layering Calla Lily stamp set. Watch the video tutorial below to learn how I made the cards I'm sharing today. If you’re having a problem viewing this video, please try watching it HERE in HD on...

Our 45th Anniversary Flashback Friday series continues and this week we're throwing it back to the 2000s! Here is CEO Aaron Leventhal to share some of the decade's highlights: "The 2000s were exciting years for Hero Arts and the stamping industry. Scrapbooking, after years of shunning stamps, began to embrace the idea of stamping on pages. This lead to themed collections, photography in catalogs that...

Hello there, and welcome to the Hero Arts blog! I've got great news for you! Did you know that your ink stash can create about twice as many colors as you have ink pads? It's true! In today's project I used four ink pads for blending, but I created eight colors! To recreate, white heat emboss Crafting Tools Bold Prints on Dove White cardstock. Ink...

Hi stampers! It’s time for this month’s Awesome Add-ons feature. Before we dive into the project inspiration, here’s a look at all of the fun new add-on products that were introduced along with the May My Monthly Hero kit. Crafty goodness abounds throughout this collection! Shop for the May MMH add-ons here Today we're delighted to have Debi Adams here to share some fabulous “beyond...

Did you see all the amazing May add-on products that were released yesterday? Fabulous stuff! As soon as I got these products in the mail, the housework got put on the back burner because I just had create with them right away. The card I'm sharing with you today uses the adorable Stick Together Stamp & Cut. I started out by stamping the glue, tape...

It's My Monthly Hero release day! Who's ready to get crafty? For 45 years we've been passionate about bringing you the very best tools of the trade. Our May release celebrates our history as well as YOU, our very crafty customers, and all of the hobbies you love! From stamping and painting to knitting and stitching, there's a rainbow of possibilities with this month's release....

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...

It's time for our final countdown peek before the release of the May My Monthly Hero kit! The kit will be available tomorrow, Monday, May 6 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Now let’s join Nichol, who is sharing another look at this fun kit! Hello friends! Today I'm sharing a crafting happiness card inspired by a couple of quilting/sewing projects I've made multiple times. I adore...

It's time for our next countdown peek! The May My Monthly Hero kit will be available on Monday, May 6 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Now let’s join Emily, who is sharing another look at this wonderful kit! Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today to share a sneak peek of this month's My Monthly Hero kit. This month's kit is an absolute winner; it's...

Welcome back to the countdown! Our May kit launches on Monday, May 6 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific and we couldn't be more excited to share it with you! Now let's join Ilina for another look at this kit filled with craftiness. Hi everyone! Ilina here. I hope you are enjoying all the peeks from the May My Monthly Hero. This is another kit that goes...

Hello and welcome as we continue the countdown to the release of the May My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, May 6 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We will be here for the rest of the weekend, sharing inspiration before the launch. Now let's join Jess for another look at this fantastically crafty kit. Hello! Jess here and I am just head over heels...

Hello! It's time for another look at the May My Monthly Hero Kit before the kit releases on Monday, May 6 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We will be here for the rest of the weekend, sharing inspiration before the launch. Now let's join Michelle for another look at this fabulous kit. Another fantastic kit this month and perfect for all us creatives. I love that...

Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the May My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, May 6 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. Our Creative Team will be here for the next three days sharing ideas for using the kit, so stay tuned for more inspiration all weekend long! Now let's join Caly for a first look at this...

Your calendar does not deceive you - it is Thursday! So why are we here with the next Flashback Friday feature? Since our 3-day countdown leading up to the May Monthly Hero kit launch is scheduled to begin tomorrow, we decided to adjust on the fly with an early flashback. We hope you don't mind! :) It's already time to explore Hero Arts' third decade...

Hello and Happy May! Today we want to let you know about something fun happening now through May 5! Our friends over at Scrapbook.com have organized a huge National Scrapbook Day celebration filled with challenges, deals, and of course amazing PRIZES! Hero Arts is happy to be one of this year's event sponsors. By participating in the challenges, you could win one of twenty prizes!...

Hello friends! Infinity Dies are fantastic for creating multiple images in different sizes. For today's card share I am using a couple of sizes of the Hot Air Balloons Infinity Dies to create these dimensional hot air balloons for an encouragement scene card. Clouds were stenciled over Hero Hues Paradise Cardstock with the Cloud Pattern Stencil and Unicorn Pigment Ink. Once the ink was dry...

Good morning! Jess here to share a fun technique video with you today! I've recently watched several crafty friends use acrylic paints with a brayer to create background panels and I decided to give it a try! You can watch the video below: If you are having trouble viewing the video, you can watch it here on YouTube. To start I squish a small blob...