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This month’s Fresh Take project features the Floral Envelope Die Set, which can be customized for any season—giving you endless creative possibilities year-round.

The I Pick You and Yule Fuel Collections are now available! Join our Instagram Hop for loads of inspiration and a chance to win a $50 gift card.

Make a cozy fall gatefold card with vellum, layered stamping, and a belly band using the Hero Arts September Stamp & Cut of the Month: Pick of the Patch.

Discover how to make a bold, textured card using inks, stencils, and a unique stippling technique. Watch as the trees from the September Layering Stencil of the Month are brought to life with rich detail and depth.

Create an adorable die cut scene card featuring a fox and an orange tabby cat in a comfy brass bed complete with blue quilt and fluffy pillows.

Get inspired with our September Monthly Minis! Watch as Mindy Eggen and Charlene Madrid share creative project ideas in four inspiring videos—one for each subscription.

Celebrate the season with the Fall in the Forest September Hero Studio release! Featuring adorable woodland critters, autumn foliage, and festive details, this cozy collection is perfect for all your fall crafting.

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...

Hi friends! Lydia here today with a little US Postal Service love. I am an absolute fiend for the USPS catalogs with stamps in them. As a result, I have enough postage to last me for the rest of my life, but I cannot resist new designs! Some past designs linger in my mind, and one such design is the inspiration for today's card featuring...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! With the weather cooling down a little down here in Georgia and with the fact that it's already September, I thought it was perfect timing to start creating some Fall inspired cards. Today I am using the Fall Pattern stamp set along with the Fall Pattern Cover Plate. I also am using the new Reactive Glitz Inks – they are amazing!!! To make the...

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 September release. Take it away, Essie! Hi crafty friends, Essie here to encourage you to put some digital backgrounds into your card making bag of tricks!The new Scattered Leaves Digital Kit is a great way to kick off fall cardmaking! It’s full of individual...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a card featuring the Orange + Shimmer Tone-on-Tone Metallic Spray and Pumpkin Bunch stamp set. I started off by heat embossing the large pumpkin bunch image onto Dove White cardstock using Onyx pigment ink and clear Ultra Fine Embossing Powder.  Heat embossing an image is a great way to seal ink so that it doesn't smudge when you use plan to color the image using stencils....

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here sharing a card I created with the fun new Glow-in-the- Dark Lacquer Pen. It is a simple embellishment that will add a sprinkle of magic to your projects. In the dark, it was difficult to capture the glowing element in my photo. My grandchildren did squeal however when they saw the glowing pumpkins.  To create my card, I stamped Buffalo Check...

Good morning! Jess here with a vibrant card to say thanks or celebrate Thanksgiving featuring ink blending and dry-embossing. I love using stencils as they were originally intended but sometimes it's fun to change things up a bit!  Today I'm using the new Leaves and Swirls Stencil to dry-emboss a dimensional background on my card panel. To start, I take the Leaves and Swirls Stencil and...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I have a card to share using the new Pumpkin and Leaves Hero Transfers to create an easy focal point for a Fall card. I combined the transfers with a sentiment from the Fall Fox stamp set and the Gingko Leaves Bold Prints background stamp. To make the card start by cutting out the Hero Transfers you would like to use. I chose two pumpkins,...

Hello friends!! It’s Channin here and in today’s video I’m creating a fall themed shaker card featuring the elements from the Classic and Premium September My Monthly Hero Kits. Watch below or on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. To create this card I first die cut an A2 panel of Sand cardstock with the Coordinating Fall Window Die (Classic & Premium). I then ink-blended over...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing a pair of cards using one die to create a focal point, but by switching up the color palettes and sentiments, I made the cards for different occasions. The main die I am using is one of the branches from the new Winter Foliage Stamp & Cut XL set. For my first card I used fall color palette. To make the card...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here sharing a Thanksgiving card featuring the Grateful Pumpkin clear stamp set. This beautiful fall themed set also comes in a bundle that includes Frame Cuts designed to work perfectly with the stamps.  To begin, I splattered a 4" x 5.25" Cup O' Joe cardstock panel with Bronze Glimmer Metallic Ink and adhered it to a top-folded white card base. Next, I lightly spritzed...

Good morning friends! Today we're bringing you some amazing crafty inspiration from our Global Team, with a focus on some of the September release products! Starting off we have this beautiful autumn card created by Michelle using the Leaf Circle Stencil and a sentiment from Artichoke Arrangement. The colors of her beautiful ink blending certainly evoke a fall feeling! Lisa created this clean and simple beauty...

Do you ever get stuck creatively? I do all the time! I'm a technique person, so I like to start each card with a technique, and some days I feel like I am out of ideas.  So today I'm going to bring you one of my favorite ways to get around being stumped - going back to childhood art techniques. I learned some of my...

I am grateful for every day! So let’s begin by making a seasonal Thanksgiving/Fall grateful card using some watercolors. After all, fall officially started this week!!! Grab some Luxe Watercolor Paper, a Pitch Black Core Ink pad and the stamps from Grateful Pumpkin. Randomly stamp the leaves, branches and acorns all over the watercolor paper. Let thoroughly dry. Take another piece of paper and stamp extra leaves...

Hey everybody! It's Maria here today and I am really happy to be here to share a mixed media card that I had so much fun making. I started out wanting to focus on the beautiful new Leaf Circle Stencil (so great for Autumn cards, right?) and when I saw how magical it looked in gold I decided to go with more of a nature/woodland...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share with you using the Foliage & Flowers Fancy Die that was released as an add-on alongside the September 2022 My Monthly Hero Kit.  These dies can be used to represent any flower or foliage, but I thought it would be fun to try and make them in to sunflowers for my card. I used...

Hey friends! This is Mindy here with you today to share some inspiration using the new Leafy Branches Hot Foil Plate. I absolutely love hot foiling! It brings cards a step up and adds such shine. I especially love using hot foiling in my Fall and Winter projects. I've played with this set a few times already but this time, I am going very clean and...

Hi everyone! Ilina here. I hope you are as excited for Fall as I am, even though it's still pretty warm down here in Georgia, but I am looking forward to chillier weather. Today I am sharing a Fall card using the new Fall Leaves Cover Plate and doing some creative masking/stenciling with it to add color to the leaves. To make the card start by...

Hello friends! It’s Channin here and in today's video I create a beautiful fall floral card with the new September 2022 My Monthly Hero Kit. Check out the video below to see how I Copic color the elegant bouquet image and then create a rich tone-on-tone background to complete the card. Watch below or on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. To create this card I first...

Hi friends! I'm here today with some easy no-line watercolor tips. I know that a lot of people are intimidated by watercolor and especially no-line watercolor, but I want to show you an easy way to get your feet wet with this fun technique. It starts by choosing a Fancy Die – these are my go-to for watercolor projects like this, and today I am...

Fall is quickly approaching and we have some gorgeous new stamps, dies and stencils in our new 2022 Handmade for the Holidays Catalog that are perfect for autumn crafting. Today I'm using the Color Layering Wreath Stencils, which contain four stencils that layer to create a custom colored wreath for any season. While Christmas and Winter might be the more obvious occasions to use this stencil, I'm going to use...

The minute I saw the new 5-Point Stars Infinity Dies, I knew I had to try making them into hanging, sculptural ornaments! How easy and fast these became my fall centerpiece. I already had a branch to decorate, but you can probably find them outside. Mine lights up, or you can add tiny “rice” lights that are battery operated. If you want, spray the branch...

Hi friends! Lydia here with a closeup of the October Word Fancy Die. I love the month word die series, because I feel like it makes birthday cards feel extra special. But because you know I like things spooky in October, I'm using it for a Halloween card today, as part of the Stay Crafty With Hero Challenge #15. Because of the size of these...

Good morning! Jess here with a clean and simple video to start your week! Today I'm using some cardstock scraps and a little swipe embossing to create a thank you card that's perfect for fall. I've also created a video for today's card and you can watch the video below or over at our YouTube channel! To start I've cut 1/4" and 1/2" strips of Hero...

Hi friends! We're back with another Stay Crafty With Hero challenge. This time, the theme is Fall & Halloween. Make any sort of card or project you like, as long as it has a Fall or Halloween theme! 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 first, here's a gorgeous...

Hey there! Daniel West here with a fun monochrome Halloween greeting featuring the Spider Web Bold Prints! All the fun holidays come around in the fall. Some of us impatiently await invitations to parties, buy costumes, and make cards! This card looks like a great way to invite your friend to join your horde for a [socially distanced] costume party!  Steps to Create this Card:...

November brings one of my favorite holidays, Thanksgiving. I wanted to make a few cards for dear friends, so I decided to do it Japanese style with Etegami. Etegami is Japanese postcard art that usually shares heartfelt feelings. Instead of the traditional handwritten words, I used one of our messages from the Color Layering Pomegranate set. Another characteristic of Etegami is painting, so our Reactive...

Today we are hopping to celebrate all things fall and winter - and to rev up your holiday cardmaking motors in the process! We are also joining Lea Lawson during her month-long Crafty Comeback Party. Lea is an amazing designer, and we are thrilled to support her! Tune into her blog every day this month - she began the party on October 7, and there...

Good morning! Jess here with a fun way of using the beautiful Autumn Icons Fancy Dies to create simple rustic decorations for some fall treats! I was baking a batch of pumpkin spice muffins a few days ago and wanted to "spice" them up a bit! I was also trying to convince myself that they were muffins (and therefore healthy) so I decided against adding frosting....