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We are back for another countdown post, leading up to the release of the September My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, October 1st at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We'll be sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as new optional add-on products that will be available on Monday. And don't forget to leave a comment on this and every post...

Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the October My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Monday, October 1st at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We will be here for the next three days, sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as the new optional add-on products that will also be available on Monday. Stay tuned for more inspiration...

PLEASE NOTE: Only votes cast on the official voting page will count. Comments on this blog post are not tallied. Thank you! The countdown to our October My Monthly Hero kit begins right here on the blog tomorrow. But first, we have some special news and exciting giveaway opportunities for you! The news...? We are celebrating the 3 year anniversary of the My Monthly Hero...

Today guest artist Debi Adams is back on the blog and treating us to four Fall cards created with the Thanksgiving Mini Tub! The tub includes 12 small woodblock stamps, embellishments, and even an ink cube -- almost everything you need to get started making cute cards and other Thanksgiving decor. Place cards, anyone? Now here's Debi to tell us all about her projects... Short...

Fall has arrived, and we're thrilled to welcome a very talented guest artist to the blog to share a pair of cards inspired by the season. Please join us in welcoming Debi Adams! Here's Debi to share both modern and classic takes on Thanksgiving cards with die cutting... No better way to bring the fall season inside than with the Autumn Icons Fancy Dies by...

Hi everyone, Ilina here today with a video tutorial on how you can create your own custom shimmer sprays using the new Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Inks. For my cards today I am using three of the inks: Pewter, Gold, and Copper, but you can use any of the 8 colors you like. You can even mix two or more colors together to create new...

Happy Saturday! Emily Midgett is filling in for Lisa Stein to help spread the news and share some inspiration about this month's A Blog Named Hero challenge. Take it away, Emily! Hi there! As an alumnus for A Blog Named Hero, I have the pleasure of helping out occasionally with a post, so this month, I am filling in for Lisa with some information about...

The Season of Wonder Catalog is filled with so many great stamps that are perfect for your holiday cards. But if you look closely, you will find quite a few stamps that can be used year round for any occasion, like the Sugar and Spice Bold Prints that I use on my card today. The first thing I did was ink up the background stamp...

Hey y'all! Do you ever see stamps and dies and they just speak to you? Loudly? That was me with the Summer Collection - all of the southwest-inspired products made my heart sing! I lived in Texas for fifteen years after graduating from college - my kids are both native-born Texans. So I simply cannot resist a good cowboy boot! I began by die cutting...

I absolutely LOVED playing with all the new Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Inks. They come in packs of two - red & green, gold & pewter, bronze & copper and blue & purple. I played all weekend trying new techniques, so I will show you a few things today. First off I tried painting gold on the new Very Merry Tree and Cut-Out Holidays Fancy...

Hello! One of my favorite looks for fall is gold embossing on dark cardstock and coloring in images with colored pencils or metallic watercolors. Today I'm sharing an Autumn Bounty with this background created by stamping and embossing images from the Autumn Bounty Stamp & Cut Set on navy cardstock with Gold Embossing Powder and coloring in the images with Polychromos colored pencils. (If you...

We hope your weekend was a great one! It seems our phone system called in sick on this beautiful Monday morning. Although the phones at Hero Arts are currently unavailable, we are here to serve you via email - please email our customer service team (info@heroarts.com) until we are back up and running. Our sincere apologies, friends. We are sorry for the downtime and thank...

Hello and welcome to the Hero Arts blog! Janette here with you today to share about the ease of Glimmer Inks on dark cardstock. Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Inks are fast drying, loaded with pigment, easily diluted with water and super fun to work with. They are sold in packs of 2 coordinating colors. At this time there are four sets available, Green & Red,...

My favorite season, Fall, is soon approaching and the leaves on the trees are beginning to change into gorgeous shades of orange, yellow and red. Today's card is inspired by this beautiful season that goes by way too fast in my opinion. I decided to build my card on a white tag that I die cut from the Tag Infinity Dies. I added some texture...

Good morning! Jess here with a story-inspired card using the gorgeous Autumn Moon and Ink Painting Scene add-on sets from the September My Monthly Hero release! For those of you who don't know, I am a Japanese-American: born in Tokyo, Japan and adopted by American parents. When I was growing up it was important to my parents that they honor and celebrate my Japanese heritage...

Hello stampers! It's time to announce the winner from our September 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! If you haven't had a chance to grab your kit yet, we do still have a limited quantity available here. Our randomly selected...

I absolutely love everything included in the September release, but my very favorite is the Ink Painting Scene stamp set. I actually had the opportunity to travel to China on business back in fall of 2004, and it was a trip I'll never forget. I loved the art done in the style that this stamp set is capturing - mountains, trees, buildings drawn in black...

Hello Hero Arts fans! Welcome back for another episode of the Color Layering video series! In this video & episode I am taking a closer look at the Color Layering Owl set! I have several cards to share and of course a few different color combos to explore. Watch the video tutorial below to learn how I made the cards I'm sharing today. If you’re...

Good morning! Emily Midgett here with you today. The brand new Ornate Floral Stencil that was released as an add-on to the September My Monthly Hero kit is absolutely stunning... I wanted to ink it up as soon as I got my hands on it! The pattern reminds me of a beautiful tablecloth, so I paired it with the Spill the Tea stamp set to...

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 add-on products that were introduced along with the September My Monthly Hero kit -- 4 clear stamp sets, all with coordinating Frame Cuts, 1 Stamp & Cut set, 1 Bold Prints background stamp, 1 stencil, 1 Fancy Die, red embossing powder,...

Hello there, Michelle here sharing a card using the Patterned Lanterns Bold Prints and Autumn Moon sets that were released yesterday as add-ons for the September 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit. I thought they would work beautifully together to create a one layer card. I started off by taking a panel of dark blue cardstock and stamping the lanterns from the Autumn Moon set on...

It's kit release day! The September My Monthly Hero kit and optional add-ons are here! It's a season full of color, and we've set out to capture its beauty and variety in this Autumn-inspired My Monthly Hero kit. The 6x8 clear set features the uniqueness of a Chinese lantern plant, and includes a set of coordinating dies to use with the stamps. There's also a...

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

Hello and welcome as we continue the countdown to the release of the September My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Tuesday, September 4th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. This month we are one day later than normal due to the Labor Day holiday, so the kit releases tomorrow instead of today. Now let's join Michelle for another look at this wonderful kit. Hello there, I...

Hello and welcome as we continue the countdown to the release of the September My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Tuesday, September 4th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. This month we are one day later than normal due to the Labor Day holiday. Stay tuned for more inspiration tomorrow! Now let's join Ilina for another look at this autumn inspired kit. Hi everyone! I hope...

We're back for another post as we count down to the release of the September My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Tuesday, September 4th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. For something a little different, this card was created by our product designers rather than our Creative Team... For today's card, we had a ton of fun combining the September My Monthly Hero kit with a...

We are back for another countdown post, leading up to the release of the September My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Tuesday, September 4th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We'll be sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as new optional add-on products that will be available on Tuesday. And don't forget to leave a comment on this and every post...

We are back for another countdown post, leading up to the release of the September My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Tuesday, September 4th at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We'll be sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as new optional add-on products that will be available on Tuesday. And don't forget to leave a comment on this and every post...

Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the September My Monthly Hero Kit! Release day is Tuesday, September 4th at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. This month we are one day later than normal due to the Labor Day holiday. We will be here for the next four days, sharing ideas for using both the main kit, as well as the new...

Hello to you! Janette here sharing a card with you today that is fits perfectly within this month's A Blog Named Hero challenge theme, Sparkle & Shine. If ever a great month to get involved, this would be it. Sparkle and shine is almost synonymous with cardmaking! The challenge is open through September 10th, and you could win a gift certificate to the Hero Arts...

Hello friends! Nichol here today with a card featuring an all over background pattern created with the Hero Florals Sunflower Stem Stamp and colored in with Liquid Watercolors. Creating my own "patterned paper" designs from stamps is one of my go-to favorite techniques. For this beautiful background, I repeatedly stamped the Hero Florals Sunflower Stem Stamp all over a piece of watercolor cardstock using Versamark...

Hello stampers! We're back today to announce the winners from last week's Season of Wonder Catalog Blog Hop. Thanks to all who hopped along with our designers and checked out the eye candy! Congratulations to these two randomly chosen winners, who will each receive a $50 shopping spree to the Hero Arts Online Store: • Tavia Cheney - From Megan Hoeppner's blog. "That die and...

Good morning! Jess here with a clean and simple, easily mass-produced Halloween card featuring our Halloween Mirror stamp set! When I make CAS cards I try to stick to a more monochromatic color palette to keep it truly "simple." But I like to find a little way to make something pop and today I'm using embossing powder from Hero Arts for that unexpected pop! To...

Good morning! Emily Midgett here with you today to share this week's video, in which I share three different techniques to incorporate Hero Arts Vellum into your cardmaking! Vellum is an extremely versatile product that can be used in numerous ways, but in the video, I've shown how to use it to highlight, to soften, and to create a stained glass effect. Here's the video:...

Today we are excited to introduce you to another member of the Hero Arts family. In this feature we show you the people behind the scenes who work hard to bring you quality products and inspiration. We call them Hero's Heroes because they are how we do what we do! Let's dig in and get to know team member Linda Tsui... What you do for...

Hello friends! We have Season of Wonder inspiration for you today, as well as some Creative Team news. An exciting professional opportunity has come Clare Prezzia's way, and we couldn't be happier for her! That said, Clare will be stepping down from the Hero Arts Creative Team. Clare, we will always be grateful for the opportunity to work with you and to be able to...