Posted by Hero Arts
on August 12, 2026
Get ready for a new season of creativity! Our August 2026 Collections are here with playful Halloween characters, interactive card designs, charming vintage cars, and plenty of fall and holiday inspiration.
The new Spooky Smiles Collection puts a playful spin on Halloween cardmaking with pumpkins, vampires, and cats featuring mouths that really move. Then, take your creativity for a spin with the Whimsical Wheels Collection, where one adorable vintage car can be customized for everything from crisp autumn days to Christmas celebrations.
Watch the collection overview below for a closer look at all of the new products and plenty of cardmaking inspiration!
Now let’s dive in either further to each of these collections take a look at some inspiring sample cards along the way.
Spooky Smiles Collection
Give your Halloween cards some personality with the Spooky Smiles Collection! The Big Mouth Jack-o'-Lantern, Big Mouth Vampire, and Big Mouth Cat Die Sets create oversized characters that are perfect for filling a card front. Layer the die-cut pieces to customize each character with your favorite Halloween colors, add ink blending for extra dimension, and have fun giving every pumpkin, vampire, or kitty its own personality. The collection samples show just how different these characters can look with a change of color, background, or finishing details.
And these characters do more than look cute—their mouths can move! Pair any of the three new character sets with the original Big Mouth Slider Dies to create an interactive pull-tab mechanism that opens the character's mouth and reveals a surprise message inside. It's a playful way to add movement to Halloween cards while giving your sentiment an unexpected place to shine.
Spooky Smiles Collection Products:
The Bite Nite Stamp & Cut is the perfect finishing touch for these playful characters, with Halloween sentiments like “Fangs So Much,” “Happy Bite Nite!” and “Got Candy?” that fit right in with the collection's silly, spooky style. Use the coordinating dies to turn the greetings into dimensional accents, or tuck a sentiment inside an interactive mouth for an extra-fun reveal.
Want all three characters? The Spooky Smiles Want It All Bundle brings together the Big Mouth Jack-o'-Lantern, Vampire, and Cat Die Sets along with the Bite Nite Stamp & Cut, so you can mix and match your way through a whole stack of Halloween cards.
Whimsical Wheels Collection
Take your creativity for a spin with the Whimsical Wheels Collection! The Beep Beep Die Set creates an adorable vintage car that can be customized again and again with seasonal extras. Change the colors, switch out the driver, and fill the car with different details to create a completely new scene for every card. It's a fun foundation for scene building that can carry your cardmaking from the first days of fall straight through Christmas.
For autumn, the Beep Beep Leaf Peeper Die Set is packed with pumpkins, sunflowers, leaves, a scarecrow, crows, and other seasonal details. Fill the car with pumpkins, put the scarecrow behind the wheel, or use the smaller pieces on their own to create cozy fall scenes. Pair them with the Autumn Greetings Stamp Set and Fall Words Letterpress + Foil & Cut for sentiments celebrating fall, friendship, gratitude, and Thanksgiving.
Whimsical Wheels Collection Products:
When it's time to switch seasons, the Beep Beep Holiday Extras Die Set transforms the same little car for Christmas. Santa, reindeer, presents, wreaths, trees, snowflakes, and more can be mixed and matched to create everything from a car overflowing with presents to Santa heading out on a festive drive. Finish your designs with the Winter Words Letterpress + Foil & Cut for beautifully foiled or letterpressed holiday greetings.
The interchangeable pieces are what make this collection especially fun. Build a detailed scene around the car, use the seasonal extras as smaller focal points on their own, or combine pieces in new ways to create your own fall and Christmas designs. The Beep Beep Bundle includes the Beep Beep Die Set plus both seasonal add-on sets, giving you all the pieces you need to keep that little car rolling through the seasons.
Start Creating with the August Collections
From interactive Halloween characters with surprise messages to vintage cars loaded with pumpkins, presents, and seasonal charm, the August Collections are all about adding a little extra personality and playfulness to your cards.
Which collection is calling your name— Spooky Smiles or Whimsical Wheels? Let us know in the comments, and be sure to explore the full August release in the Hero Arts shop.
Happy crafting!
