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Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using the Trumpeting Angel Fancy Die. This is such a pretty die that you can use in many different ways. For today's card, I simply wanted to cut in from white and create a bold background.  I started off my card by creating the background so that I had time to leave...

Hello there! It's Seeka, and today I have a card featuring the sweet Color Layering Gingerbread House. This cute little house has four layers, one for the walls of the house, and three for the roof, windows, door, and trim. Think of all the color combinations you could use! I started off by stamping the house walls in Caramel Bold Ink onto Hero Hues Dove White Premium Cardstock. Then I stamped...

Hey there my friends! Daniel West here with a really fun set of gift tags featuring the Ornament Fancy Dies and Hero Arts embossing powders!  The Ornament Fancy Dies come in Joy, Wish, Love and Cheer (not pictured). I made a video tutorial for you to accompany this post. You can watch it here: (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please try watching it HERE on YouTube.)...

I haven’t even finished my Thanksgiving cards yet (SOON!!) when this assignment came along. I love working with word stamps, so let me show you a few ways to use them. I focused on Happy Holiday Mixed Font and Joy To The World Mixed Font woodblock stamps. I chose Ornament Peek-a-Boo Infinity Parts for my images. It’s hard for me to use non-traditional colors for Christmas, so...

Good morning! Jess here with a clean and simple ink-blended Christmas shaker! As we're headed into Christmas card crunch time, I thought I'd share a way to quickly create an interactive card! I started by blending Soft Pink, Stone Wash, and Navy ink onto Hero Hues Dove White cardstock with a blending brush. I kept my hand light for a soft background. I let it dry completely...

Hello, crafty friends! It's Seeka and today I have a card featuring a dressed up Greenery Medallion die cut wreath. I love how beautiful this detailed wreath is! I began by die cutting the wreath from Dove White cardstock. Using a light teal-colored Copic marker, I quickly colored in the greenery, leaving the berries and the inner and outer frames white. Next, I added a bit of shading...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am playing along with our current Stay Crafty With Hero Challenge to create a slimline card. You still have 10 more days to enter for a chance to win a Hero Arts gift card! I decided to use the Tri-fold Edge Village Fancy Die set to create a tri-fold slimline card along with the Holiday Blessings set and the Etched Winter Scene...

Welcome everyone! It's Mindy here with you today to share inspiration using the Shadowed Letter Set. I love being able to customize my card with any word of my choice. It adds a personal touch to the card. The Shadowed Letter Set steps it up a notch by adding a unique shadow detail. I started by stamping my letters from the Shadowed Letter Set and a...

Hello friends! I’m Debi Adams and today I am featuring a couple of my favorite die-cutting sets from the new Hero Arts Winter Catalog... Paper Layering Poinsettia, Joy Ornament Fancy Die, and Gift Card Holder Fancy Die. Although Christmas colors are traditionally red and green, I like going outside of the box so I chose pink and aqua for my palette. I have a new theme and/or color to...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I wanted to share an easily mass-producible holiday card with you using the Christmas Lights Border Fancy Die. In general terms, I do not mass produce cards. I maybe will make two of a card design and change up the colour, but that's it. However, for Christmas and the holidays, I find it easier to pick a couple of...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here and I'm hoping you've all had a wonderful weekend. Today I'd like to kick this week off with a really fun card featuring the Ornament Peek-A-Boo Infinity Parts stamp set and the Circle Peek-A-Boo Doors Mini Infinity Dies. These dies coordinate perfectly with the ornament stamps to create fun little doors so that the ornaments swing open (you can stamp messages or other...

During the holidays, surprises abound. So this year, I thought it would be fun to include an extra surprise on some of my Christmas cards. Today, I’m sharing a trio of peek-a-boo holiday cards made with the beautiful Color Layering Poinsettia Christmas Tree set. To make each of my cards, I started by stamping a Color Layering Poinsettia Christmas tree on Dove White cardstock. To...

Welcome everyone! Thank you so much for stopping by. Mindy here with you today to share a card created with the Cozy Town stamp set. Sometimes small images can be tedious to color but I'm going to show you how I quickly colored up my houses to create a simple Christmas card. I have a video for you to walk you through my steps creating this card....

Yesterday marked the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month! To honor and celebrate the contributions of the Hispanic community, we will be highlighting some wonderful individuals in the crafty world during the next several weeks. Please join us in welcoming Luisa Elena Guillén-K. to the blog today! Luisa Elena Guillén-K. is an artist originally from Mérida, Venezuela and has devoted her life towards her passion—the arts. Although an...

Hello everybody! It's Maria Willis here and today I get to share a card using the gorgeous new Bare Branched Tree Bold Prints stamp. This is a 6"x6" stamp and is perfect for making beautiful backgrounds with ease. You can pair this stamp with ink blending as I did here, a watercolored background, or, stamp it on its own to get a variety of looks. For...

Hello, Hero Arts fans! Welcome back for the last episode of the Color Layering video series! I hope you’ve enjoyed all the previous episodes and will enjoy this one just as much. I had the best time taking you with me on the Color Layering journey, exploring various color combinations, tips, and techniques for stamping Hero Arts Color Layering stamps. There is a special playlist available on...

Hi friends! We're back with another Stay Crafty With Hero challenge. This time, the theme is Critters. Make any sort of card or project you like, as long as it includes a critter! And any sort of critter will do, too. Have fun creating, and best of all, mail your card to someone special when you're done! We'll include all of the challenge details further down this post, but...

With the release of our 2020 Winter Collection, we are proud and excited to add four additional products to our Unity line of stamps and dies! We've partnered with Pocono Pam and Dana Joy for these products, in a conscious effort to be intentionally diverse and inclusive. Representation is so important, as crafters and cardmakers of color need to feel support, appreciation and respect when expressing...

Today we are so excited to share that the products from our 2020 Winter Collection are now available in the Hero Arts store! If you've already flipped through our catalog, you know that this release is packed full of beautiful new products. Take a few moments and browse the collection by clicking here. As always, enjoy FREE shipping on all US orders over $50! To celebrate...

Our 2020 Winter Catalog is here and we are so excited to share it with you today!  You can view the digital catalog from cover to cover now by clicking here or on the image above. Would you prefer a paper copy? We've got them available in our shop here. Order today and you'll be one of the first to get your hands on the new catalog! Please note when flipping...

Hello stampers! We've saved something special for our final sneak peek before tomorrow’s 2020 Winter Catalog reveal. This sweet friendship card showcases a new 6" x 8" clear stamp set from our expanding Unity Collection in collaboration with Dana Joy and Pocono Pam. Card created by Dana Joy We know you'll fall in love with the images and heartfelt messages included in Kids United (CM471). Representation is such...

Hi stampers! We're just two days away from the full reveal of our 2020 Winter Catalog and have another sneak peek in store for you today. How about something bold - a Bold Prints background cling stamp, that is! Card created by Janette Kausen Isn't Janette's card a gorgeous introduction to the new Christmas Rose Bold Prints (CG815)? This 6" x 6" red rubber beauty is the perfect...

Welcome back to 2020 Winter Catalog sneak peek week! (Click here if you missed the first peek yesterday.) Thank you for all of the wonderful feedback on the new Peek-a-Boo collection additions we shared! Your enthusiasm and support fuels our creativity and makes us even more eager to see what you'll create this holiday season. Today we have a double dose of delightful inspiration for you... Cards by Jessica...

Hello and welcome! Today we are excited to kick off a week of 2020 Winter Catalog sneak peeks, leading up to the full reveal of the catalog this Friday, August 14! Each day we'll share a different photo from our new catalog, as well as several chances to win Hero Arts gift cards.  On day one we say...peek-a-boo! Card by Janette Kausen Our Peek-a-Boo Collection delights season after season,...