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I have ALWAYS loved dots of any kind, so the Large Sprinkled Dots Stencil really got me excited. It is super easy to create a great background in a matter of minutes with ink pads and ink blending brushes. Obviously the easiest way is to pick one color and swirl the brush to cover all areas. If you want a multicolor card, you must be careful...

What goes around, comes around! And today it’s all about making flowers with our Build-a-Flower Infinity Dies. In a matter of minutes you can make an entire basket of flowers using paper, crepe paper, origami paper, craft foam, felt, fabric and more. As you see peeking through the flowers above is a Hero Arts catalog and a few flowers from 2011. The dies are different...

Finally it’s Spring outside which means FLOWERS! Inspired by the blooms, today I used the Floral Envelope and Lily of the Valley woodblock stamps with the ever versatile Burlap Bold Prints for my cards. I LOVE that burlap stamp!! It makes a fast background, envelope liner, cross stitch grid, squares to punch and MORE. Let’s start with Floral Envelope. Stamp it in black ink on a white notecard. Let dry....

It’s always time for someone’s birthday, so I try to have a few cards on hand at all times. Yay! Birthday is a great stamp set to use for building your birthday stash. And the Yay! Birthday Bundle has the coordinating dies, so that is even BETTER! These ideas are ultra simple and all use that ONE STAMP SET and six inks. The ink colors are Dandelion, Butter Bar,...

What a dream assignment I received! Play with the new Hero Transfers for Valentine’s Day and make some SIMPLE designs! REALLY??? That had MY NAME (and heart) on it! I could have played forever with these cool transfers. No ink, no mess and FAST! I am showing you several possibilities and will give you instructions for a few. I used Hugs and Kisses Hero Transfers...

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....

By now you know I am the QUEEN of creating things they weren’t designed for! So today I am showing you how to use your fall dies and stamps to create some pumpkins! All of these cards were made primarily from Halloween Peg Dolls, Autumn Leaves Fancy Dies and Pitch Black Core Ink. The little jack o' lantern face in the Halloween Peg Dolls set can be...

I LOVE playing with watercolors! I am packing up my suitcase once again and making sure my small watercolor kit and brushes are going in!! And lots of watercolor paper. For today’s cards I used Liquid Watercolors. For the first card, take a flat brush and make rainbow stripes with colors of your choice on watercolor paper. Let thoroughly dry. Stamp CREATE from Art Journal Messages...

Our Mixed Media Catalog is just filled with awesome stamps and Tiling Textures brings so many possibilities. I love patterns and textures on everything, so let me show you a few ideas you might not have thought of. I have always loved black and white designs. But they get even more fun when you add a pop of color! I randomly stamped the Tiling Textures tiles on Dove...

Our new mixed media release provides lots of new possibilities for creating! Try some new products and let the artist in you CREATE! My cards today feature Handwritten Affirmations, which work well with these projects. This first one featuring "Dream Big" could be a great graduation card. Simply paint with inks or watercolor wash a piece of watercolor paper with colors shown. Let dry. Die cut stars...

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 an Azalea mat inside of...

Hi friends! Due to technical difficulties, Sally's post is on a Sunday, but whatever day she's here, we're happy to have her sharing her creativity! Hello You!!!!When I think of Pop Art I think of BRIGHT colors! Like Andy Warhol neon-like portraits!! So today I am presenting you with a few ideas with the new Pop Art Flowers and Pop Art Flowers Frame Cuts. Gather...

Today is Sally's day on the blog, and it also happens to be SALLY'S BIRTHDAY!!! So before we jump into her Saturdays with Sally post, we wanted to take a moment to wish her a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! We hope you have a wonderful day, Sally! Now let's see what the birthday girl has created for us today... I have always cherished different types of...

I love HEARTS! I think the whole world knows that! And this month I took pleasure in maxing out the Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies. I tried using them in many ways! I will chat about all of these but give you instructions for a few. The others are easily replicated by looking at them!! My first and favorite is the “cut out hearts” on a white card....

I was inspired by a beautiful fall rainbow this week and it sparked an idea for a rainbow pumpkin! Because I am known for utilizing dies and stamps in unorthodox ways, today’s card idea is all that!! I used Rainbow Infinity Dies to cut Papaya and Pumpkin rainbow arches. Next was Large Snowflake and Swirls with Meadow cardstock to cut the stem and leaf. (However, most any leaf dies will suffice....

Let’s make some cards today for our current Stay Crafty with Hero challenge theme - FOR THE GUYS! I thought the Seashells Fancy Dies would work great with some neutral colors. Start with a Sand note card. Stencil part of the inside card with the Water Flow Slimline Stencil using an Ink Blending Brush and Soft Brown ink. Make it as dark as you wish. Next die cut several...

Who knew I could create a sandy, underwater scene while stamping in the desert?? All you need are the new aquatic stamps and dies from the May release! And a bit of my backyard desert sand for the perfect prop! Let’s begin with die cutting the Swirling Tide Border Fancy Die from Mist cardstock. Put a card base created from Paradise cardstock under it. Stamp your message from Color...

I am honored to host the blog on this first day of SPRING!!! It is MOST welcomed this year! And on this first day of spring, I'm inspired by this month's Stay Crafty with Hero blog challenge - Bring on Spring! Life Is Beautiful is one of my favorite sets because it has so many possibilities. So let’s show you a few cards you can...

Using a heart for the latest Stay Crafty with Hero challenge really is NO CHALLENGE for me. Almost everything leaves my desk with a heart on it! I decided to use the Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies to make actual heart-shaped cards today. You merely put the folded edge below the die’s cutting edge, and the card will open up and stand all by itself. The fold can...

I think we can all agree this has been a year like no other! So I decided to focus on some New Year’s cards with a few of my favorite products. A new year also brings new Pantone colors, and for 2021 they've announced the colors are Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow. I tried to make my cards incorporate those, too. AND, in my mind, New Year’s...

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...

If it’s time for pumpkin spice lattes, then it’s time for me to start die cutting pumpkins! It’s a lot easier than carving!! Let’s begin with my BOO card! I stamped Halloween Scene Background Cling in Soft Granite ink on a white card. Then I die cut two pumpkins with Jack O' Lantern Fancy Dies from Pumpkin and Mustard cardstocks. I die cut out their faces with the dies included in...

Welcome to another Saturdays with Sally. Today I'm sharing a birthday “fit to a tee” and a “onesie-of-a-kind!! We have a special Hero Arts birthday to celebrate today, so let me show you a cute card created with the T-Shirt Infinity Dies. First I stamped a lavender card with Wish Big Peek-A-Boo Parts background. While you have it inked, stamp all over a white envelope too, but mask...

Hi friends! I'm so happy to be back for another Saturdays with Sally feature! The stamp I used today - Love You More Than All of the Stars - is the perfect quote for MY house these past two months. My Chicago grandkids have quarantined themselves here and I DO love them more than all the stars!!! I thought I would incorporate a few of...

It’s PUMPKIN time again. But after perusing my collection, I couldn’t find one large enough for my card idea. No worries for me. My eyes found a perfect dies that would work! I started first by stamping Halloween Scene in Soft Granite Ink for a pale background. Next I used Halloween Trimmings Stamp & Cut and die cut the words in Pitch Black cardstock. I also die cut the *bat* die...

It's time for another Saturday with Sally! I love making journals so I know where we went during trips. Hero Arts has a great, small Handmade Accordion hardcover book for documenting your travels. By the time you read this I will already be writing in it while we are cooling off out east. I inked up the From the Vault Aged Shadow stamp in several green...