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Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing my first post on the Hero Arts blog after my (very long) maternity leave! I had twin baby boys last spring, and took some time off to get my family settled into our new groove. I'm so grateful that Hero Arts gave me the time that I needed with my family! I'm getting back into the...

Good morning everyone. It's Dana and Pam with you today sharing cards made with the Floral Love stamp set and coordinating Floral Love Frame Cuts. We had so much fun creating our take on this stamp set. Working with the 2021 Pantone Colors Of The Year of gray and yellow, Pam and I set out on a path of creating our cards. The first card...

Hi everyone! Ilina here. Today I am sharing how to make super fun and colorful backgrounds using the new Hexagon Infinity Dies. Once you have the background created you can just add a simple sentiment and your card is done. All you need is the Hexagon Infinity Dies, cardstock in colors of your choice, sentiment stamps (I used a sentiment from the Bee and Flowers...

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...

Hello friends, it's time to announce our giveaway winners from last week's 2021 Catalog festivities! We appreciate all of the comments and enthusiasm surrounding the new products and we can't wait to see the projects you create. Thank you for taking the time to stop by to celebrate the release with us! Products began shipping to retailers this week and will be available in our...

Hi everybody! It's Maria here and boy do we have something fun in store for you today! Today we are joining together with Pear Blossom Press for a fun blog hop showing how easy it is to use the EZ-Lights with Hero Arts products that you probably already have in your stash. I decided to use the Lucky Star stamp set for my card because...

⭐ LIMITED TIME OFFER ⭐ Hello friends! We have a special limited-time offer to let you know about today. When you subscribe to My Monthly Hero by January 28 (11:59pm PT), you will receive TWO awesome subscriber perks: A free copy of the new 108-page 2021 Hero Arts Catalog Idea Book (a $10 value) A $10-off coupon towards a future order of at least $50...

There are two things I love and go to often when I design cards. The first is geometric designs - I'm drawn to them probably because my dad was a math professor, and we spent a lot of time on geometric shapes and their mathematics. The second is the combo of yellow and grey! I was THRILLED when Pantone chose these for 2021 - and...

Welcome everyone! Mindy Eggen here with you today to share a card featuring the Bee The Queen stamp set. This coordinates so well with many of the products from the January 2021 release and has lovely encouraging messages. I'm going to keep my focal point on the Queen herself which leads me to creating a stunning background fit for royalty. I stamped the Bees and...

Do you enjoy making and sending cards with hearts? To me, including a heart on a card is the simplest way to express that you are thinking of someone. So when I thought about making a few heart cards for the current Stay Crafty Challenge, I immediately knew that I'd use the beautiful, heart-filled background stamp from the All My Heart Peek-A-Boo Parts stamp set....

Hello there, Michelle here and today, I am sharing a card using the new Bees and Flowers Fancy Dies. With these dies, you can create wonderful scenes but with the help of the Hexagon Infinity Dies, I am creating a simple focal point for my card today. Here is the video showing how I made the card: (If you are having trouble viewing this video,...

Happy Friday, friends! After our week full of sneak peeks, today we are thrilled to present to you (...drumroll...) the 2021 Hero Arts Catalog! Are you ready to see what's new? Grab your favorite beverage, settle in, and check out the 108-page catalog from cover to cover HERE. Mark your favorites because there's a chance to win a gift card at the end of this...

For our fourth and final sneak peek before tomorrow's 2021 Catalog reveal, we're taking it back -- to the back of the catalog, that is! That's where you'll traditionally find all of the Hero Arts inks, papers, embellishments and tools. It's a colorful section that's a feast for the eyes and has been known to make hearts go pitter-patter. Let's take a look at just...

Hello friends! With just two days until the full reveal of our 2021 Catalog, we are excited to share another round of sneak peeks with you today! The Hero Arts Unity Collection is growing in 2021. To recognize the challenges of the day, we have once again teamed up with two inspiring artists, Dana Joy and Pocono Pam. The Unity Collection recognizes the beauty of...

Hello stampers! It's time to announce the winner from our January 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... Laurie...

Welcome to the second day of our 2021 Catalog sneak peeks! Every day this week we are opening the pages of the catalog to give you a taste of what's coming soon. Keep reading for another opportunity to win a gift card! Today we flip to page 8 and find these delightful scenes... We'd like to introduce you to one of our new Color Layering...

We have so many exciting things planned for you in the year ahead and it all starts with our new 2021 Catalog! Beginning today, we'll be sharing sneak peeks leading up to the big catalog reveal this Friday, January 15. You'll want to stay tuned to the blog all week long to see the newest of the new, as well as a gift card GIVEAWAY...

Hi friends! It's time for another Stay Crafty With Hero challenge. Did you know that just 45 minutes of creative activity significantly lessens stress in the body, regardless of artistic experience or talent? That is why we started this challenge last year, when the pandemic appeared and our lives were turned upside down. And now here we are in 2021, still in need of crafty...

Hey friends! Daniel West here with a bee-day card featuring the Bee and Flowers Wreath stamp set and coordinating Frame Cuts. This beautiful stamp set goes together like honey and hive! (Is that a saying?) with the January My Monthly Hero Kit! Each little detail complements the next. Take a look at the elements of the set! Steps to Create this Card: To begin, I...

Welcome to our Awesome Add-ons monthly feature! January is here and with it, a whole new assortment of wonderful add-on products to complement the January My Monthly Hero kit. Before we dive into the project inspiration, let's take a peek at the collection. Get ready to BEE creative and have fun using these sweet-as-honey stamps and dies for all sorts of occasions throughout the year!...

Hello friends! It's Channin here and today I’m sharing a fun interactive card featuring the January 2021 My Monthly Hero Kit. In today’s video I will demonstrate how to create a bunch of buzzing bees with a super simple interactive technique. (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please try watching it HERE on YouTube.) To create this card I first stamped several images...

Welcome to our first kit of 2021! This month we are celebrating one of the most important creatures on our planet - the bee! The 6x8 stamp set in our kit for January is a lovely combination of bees, flowers, and honeycomb, with images that are fun for coloring, and large enough to work well with slimline cards, too. We think you'll enjoy creating with...

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...