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

Our January kit reveal is just one day away! We can't wait to share it all with you on Monday, January 4 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. And of course we'll have some wonderful add-on products to go along with it! Now let's take a peek at six more BEE-utiful projects from our Creative Team. For more details on their cards, you can follow the blog...

Hello and welcome to our first kit countdown of 2021! We can't think of a better way to kick off the year than with a new kit to spark your creativity! You will be able to see and purchase the new kit and add-ons on Monday, January 4 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. In the meantime, we'll be here sharing lots of beautiful inspiration from...

The tumultuous times of 2020 have brought terrible health, economic, and social distress. It has been a time we have all needed support.At Hero Arts, we are thankful we have been able to endure as a company, which is a blessing we do not take for granted. Your kindness and support was the reason. Our customers are the strength that allows us to carry on....

Hello everyone. It's Dana Joy here with you today. I can't believe we are at the end of 2020. Whew what it a year it has been. I'm finding I need quick and easy cards with a punch. Let me show you how to make a striking card with just a few supplies. The supplies I'm using today are: Hero Arts & Honey Bee You...

Good morning! Jess here with a card for our current Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge #18! We're challenging you to create a card inspired by a Hero Arts Creative Team member and I decided to get my inspiration from this beautiful card created by Michelle Short! I loved her little galaxy focal point in an otherwise clean and simple card. Here's what I created! I...

Hi everybody! It's Maria Willis here and today I will be sharing two cards featuring the Tree With Roots Fancy Die. I've got a video showing you how to easily make two cards from one rainbow ink-blended background. It's also got some tips for building dimension with die cuts, adhering detailed die cuts without glue squirting out the sides and making sparkly magic on your...

The new Hero Arts 2021 Spring Catalog is being introduced next month and we have some exciting news -- you can find an exclusive sampling of pre-release products from the new collection in select stores now! Retailers who have opted to participate in our ShopBox program are displayed below alphabetically by state, with international locations rounding out the list. Be sure to ask for the...

Hi there crafting friends - Linda here, from A Blog Named Hero and I’m excited to be here for the last challenge of the year! We thought it might be nice to round the year out with a bit of reflection backwards, and we want to see you CASE one of your favourite cards from the year.I was so inspired by so many of the...

May this holiday season and the new year ahead be filled with peace, comfort and heartfelt memories. We wish you a Merry Christmas and all the joys of the season! 🎄 Warmly,

Hi everyone! Ilina here! By now you may be tired of all the holiday crafting so I decided to make a card that's not focused on the holiday season. I decided to make a thank you card suitable for almost any occasion (we all need to say more "thank you's") using the Please Deliver partner set between Ink Blot Shop and Hero Arts. To make...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here! Today I am sharing a project created with Kids United. This adorable set is part of the Unity Collection and was created in collaboration with Hero Arts, Dana Joy and myself. This set includes sweet images and sentiments that can be used for various projects and occasions. To create my home décor project, I started with the beautiful HeroScapes layering...

Hi friends! To go along with our new "Inspired By" challenge, today I'm bringing you a card inspired by my friend, teammate and brother from another mother - Daniel West. Daniel and I share an undying love for all things spooky, and most especially - ZOMBIES. We were so gleeful when the Graveyard HeroScape debuted, we could hardly stand it. So I'm taking this very...

Good morning! Jess here with a video featuring the beautiful new Sea and Sky Stencil! I used the stencil to create a scene with one of my long-time favorite Hero Arts sets! ;) You can watch the video below or over on our YouTube channel. If you're having problems viewing the video please click HERE! To start I blended Reactive inks over the Sea and...

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,...

Hi friends! It's time for another Stay Crafty With Hero challenge. We are constantly in awe of the amazing cards our Creative Team makes using our products. Do their ideas inspire you in your cardmaking? This month, we want to see that inspiration. Our theme is Inspired By... We're challenging you to create a card inspired by a Hero Arts Creative Team member! You can...

Hello there! Seeka here today and I'm sharing a super clean, simple, and sunny card featuring the Geometric Sun Fancy Die. I really love this radial design which could easily be interpreted not only as a sun, but also as a flower or starburst or fireworks. I can even see a sea urchin shell! What do you see? I began by die cutting the Geometric...

Hey there! Daniel West here with a fun use of the December Word Fancy Die paired with the Winter Woods HeroScape stamp set. Hero Arts creates a Word Fancy Die for each month (see them all here) and this December die reminded me of an Alpine scene. So I went for a snowy tree line and added the foreground with the deer and snow from...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today. Who needs a little sunshine in their life today? I have a beautiful and simple card using the Sun Pattern Bold Prints background stamp. I love these large stamps! They create beautiful backgrounds for your cards. Let's get into the details of the card. I started out with Canary cardstock for my base color. I stamped the...

Hello stampers! It's time to announce the winner from our December 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! Our randomly selected winner will receive a $50 gift card to use in the Hero Arts online store. And the winner is... Sherri...

Welcome everyone! Mindy Eggen here with you today to share some inspiration using the beautiful Phoenix Bird Fancy Die. I was so excited when I saw this being released. Art with the Phoenix has always inspired me because of the power the image provides and feelings of hope and rising up. I wanted to try and convey that in my card today. I have a...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here and I've got a bright, colorful, and just a little bit grungy card to share with you today. I love making grungy, distressed backgrounds and pairing them with bold images that will pop off of the background. For today's card I paired the You Shine stamp set with the Galaxy Peek-a-Boo Parts background stamp. I started out by ink-blending a...

Hi everyone! Ilina here on the blog today. I am sharing a card using the new Good Vibes stamp set. To make the background I used repetitive stamping of the flower peace image. You can use the MISTI or any stamp positioning tool or acrylic block for this technique. What I usually do is stamp the first image in the center, then build the background...

Hello and welcome to our December Awesome Add-ons feature! As you may know, along with each My Monthly Hero kit release, we introduce a handful of new add-on products that can be used with the kit or stand on their own. Here's a glance at all of the fabulous offerings this month! Shop for the December MMH add-ons here Today we're delighted to have Debi...

Hello friends! It's Channin here and today I have a new card and video to share featuring the December 2020 My Monthly Hero Kit. In today’s video I will demonstrate the beautiful stained glass technique using the included Hope Word Fancy Die! (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) To create this card I first die cut three “HOPE”...

Rising from the ashes of 2020 like a beautiful phoenix, we are taking you toward the new year with a ray of light and positivity! Our December release is designed to be uplifting, and bring a bit of hope that the new year will bring better days. With gorgeous layering stamps, wonderful dies, complementary inks, and a sparkly yellow embossing powder, we know you'll love...

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

Just one more day until our December kit is revealed! We can't wait to share it all with you on Monday, December 7 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. And of course we'll have some wonderful add-on products to go along with it! Now let's take a peek at some more inspiration from our Creative Team. For more details on their beautiful cards, you can follow the...

Welcome back to the December My Monthly Hero countdown! Release day is coming up on Monday, December 7 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Our Creative Team is here to share another batch of uplifting cards today. You'll find even more detail about these lovely projects on the designers' blogs - links provided below. Project #5 created by Ilina CrouseClick HERE to visit her blog for more...

Hello and welcome to the first day of our December My Monthly Hero kit countdown! You will be able to see and purchase the new kit and add-ons on Monday, December 7 at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. In the meantime, we're excited to share lots of beautiful inspiration from our talented Creative Team. Be sure to visit each of their blogs (linked below), where they...

Before the Countdown to the new My Monthly Hero kit for December gets underway, we wanted to pop in and introduce you to a couple of wonderful artists we are thrilled to be working with! You've probably seen their videos using My Monthly Hero kits for a while now - and if you haven't, well, you're in for a treat! First, let's meet Scott Pegg,...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here sharing gift tags I created with the fun and versatile Gift Peek-A-Boo Infinity Parts clear stamp set. This set can be used alone or with the Square Peek-A-Boo Doors Mini Infinity Dies. For my tags, I first created three tag bases with Dove White Cardstock using one of the Tag Infinity dies. I chose the die that would fit the...

When I saw the Abstract Linocut Bold Prints background stamp, it was love at first sight! Not only does it bring back memories of my first attempts at printmaking in a junior high art class (anyone else?), but the abstract lines remind me of rustic woodgrain. It’s the perfect inspiration for creating a pair of woodsy, seasonal Thank You cards for the current Stay Crafty...

Happy December! I decided to take a break from making my holiday cards and put some holiday stamps to use on a few non-card projects. First up a fun gift wrapping idea! For smaller special presents, I think it's fun to create custom stamped wrapping paper. I like to keep rolls of plain white and kraft wrapping paper on hand just for this reason. You...

Hi friends! Lydia here with today's tutorial for a quick and easy masked vortex image created with our Circle Infinity Dies, used as a dimensional backdrop for the fluffy little owl from the Fawn and Friends combo. Infinity Dies make masked layered ink blending like this a snap! I always keep all the little scraps of masking paper in the container so that I can...

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...