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Today we are hopping to celebrate all things fall and winter - and to rev up your holiday cardmaking motors in the process! We are also joining Lea Lawson during her month-long Crafty Comeback Party. Lea is an amazing designer, and we are thrilled to support her! Tune into her blog every day this month - she began the party on October 7, and there...

Today I'm sharing a pair of holiday cards that I made using three of the new Wintertime products - the Most Wonderful Time sentiment stamp, the Swirly Flower Bold Prints stamp, and the Holiday Ornaments Stamp & Cut set. I've combined traditional colors with chalkboard sentiments to create a gift inspired card design. For the backgrounds, I simply stamped trimmed panels of white layering paper...

Happy Wednesday! Part two of our My Monthly Hero 2nd Anniversary celebration continues today in a big way. First, we're saying thank you with a Very Merry Flash Sale! Stock up on holiday stamps, dies and more during our one-day flash sale! Today only, SAVE 25% on all holiday category products and get a jumpstart on holiday crafting! This sale ends at 11:59pm PT on...

I just can't help creating a background when I see any stamp set filled with little images. For today's card, I created my own background with fun images from the Christmas Toys stamp set. After stamping the images with Intense Black Ink, I colored them with Copic markers. Then I added some dots between the images using a grey marker to finish off my background....

Hello there, Michelle here. I love stencils! They are really versatile. You can ink blend through them, spray through them and you can even use them to emboss. Which is what I am sharing with you today. I am sharing two clean and simple cards that show how adding embossing to the background, really brings the cards together. You can see in the video here,...

If you think about it, the Paper Layering dies are a great use for no-line coloring techniques. There’s no stamping directly involved, and it’s easy to follow the cut lines for coloring. For todays card, I used the adorable Paper Layering Bear with Frame for my no-line coloring. Since I wasn’t intending to do any heavy watercoloring, I die cut the bear from regular cardstock....

One of my favorite holidays of the year is Thanksgiving. How about you? There are so many wonderful things about Thanksgiving but I especially enjoy spending the day with family and friends. Then, of course, we all love sharing a large, traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Today I'm sharing a dinner-inspired card that I made with the new Thanksgiving Table stamp set and the matching dies. I'll...

Good morning! Jess here with a fun way of using the beautiful Autumn Icons Fancy Dies to create simple rustic decorations for some fall treats! I was baking a batch of pumpkin spice muffins a few days ago and wanted to "spice" them up a bit! I was also trying to convince myself that they were muffins (and therefore healthy) so I decided against adding...

Today I have a card to share that features some fun products from the 2017 Wintertime Fun Catalog. It's always tough for me to start making holiday cards when the fall season has just begun, but come December I'm always glad to have that stack of cards ready to go. The Color Layering Joy Message set features the large "joy" message along with some flourishes...

Hero's Color Layering sets have been favorites of mine for years. I am always anxiously looking forward to a new release to see what new sets there are for us to play with. That being said I'm very excited to introduce a new, special feature for the Hero Arts blog and YouTube channel called "Color Layering with Yana". In each one of my monthly videos...

Happy World Card Making Day, friends! We admit it, this is one of our very favorite days of the year. We hope you are able to set a little time aside today to get inky! We have a fun giveaway for you at the end of this post, but first, here's a couple cardmaking ideas from our fabulous Creative Team member, Ilina! Today I have...

Welcome to another Creative Team Rewind where we show you the beautiful work that our Creative Team has been sharing outside of the Hero Arts blog! Our team is welcoming Fall and thinking ahead to Christmas this month. First up is Ilina who used one of the September 2017 My Monthly Hero add-ons - SB180 Color Layering Squirrel set. She used the "supporting" images in...

Hello there, I hope you are starting to feel the spirit of the Holiday Season here on the blog this week starting with the October My Monthly Hero Kit sneak peeks last week and the release on Monday. For me, it's truly the most wonderful time of the year, as I LOVE Christmas crafting. Today I have a card using one of the October add-on...

Welcome to this month’s Awesome Add-ons feature! Before we check out today's card, here’s a look at all of the add-on products introduced along with the October kit – 4 stamp sets, 3 coordinating Frame Cuts, 1 Paper Layering die, 1 wood mounted stamp, and 3 Stamp & Cut sets! Shop for the October MMH add-ons here Yesterday Michelle shared some beautiful Christmas tags featuring...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a project to share with you using the new Santa's Door Accessories Stamp Set and Frame Cuts that were released as an add-on to the October My Monthly Hero kit. The set works really well with the Paper Layering Wooden Door but I wanted to use the set on it's own, so I created some tags that...

We are so excited to welcome you to the North Pole with our October My Monthly Hero kit and add-ons! Our Creative Team has gotten into the holiday spirit using the products this month and we hope you are ready to play too! At the end of this post you will find links to a blog hop that will provide plenty of inspiration using this...

It’s almost time to launch the October 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 our Countdown to Creativity posts. We’ve randomly selected a...

Hello, we are back with another Countdown to Creativity post before launching our October My Monthly Hero Kit and add-ons on Monday, October 2nd at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We'll be giving away one kit tomorrow morning, before the kit launches, so be sure to comment on every Countdown post! Now, join Amy as she shares a fun card created with stamps from the main kit....

We are back with another look at the October My Monthly Hero release! The kit will be available on Monday, October 2nd at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We’ll be sharing ideas for using the main kit and optional add-on products all weekend long, so stay tuned for more project inspiration! Now let’s join Clare, who is sharing another look at this fabulous kit. The new...

We are back with another look at the October My Monthly Hero release! The kit will be available on Monday, October 2nd at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We’ll be sharing ideas for using the main kit and optional add-on products all weekend long, so stay tuned for more project inspiration! Now let’s join Ilina, who is sharing another look at this fabulous kit. I love...

We are back with another look at the October My monthly hero Release! The kit will be available on Monday, October 2nd at 1pm Eastern/10 am Pacific. We'll be sharing ideas for using the main kit and the optional add-on products all weekend long, so stay tuned for more inspiration! Now let's join Michelle, who is sharing another look at the fabulous kit, available on...

We are back with another idea for using our October My Monthly Hero kit, leading up to the release on Monday, October 2nd at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. We'll be sharing inspiration for using the main kit and the optional add-on products all weekend. In this post, Jayne uses stamps and dies from the monthly kit to create a fun and colorful Christmas card. If you...

Hello and welcome as we begin the countdown to the release of the October My Monthly Hero kit! Release day is Monday, October 2nd at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific! We’ll be here throughout the weekend, 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 comment on each and every Countdown...

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 2 year anniversary of the My Monthly Hero program! All of us at Hero Arts would like to thank you for your excitement, joy and passion surrounding the kits during...

Hi, crafty friends! It's May here with a fun Halloween card featuring a couple of Fancy Dies and the Mix and Match Pumpkins stamp set. I started by inking three shades of oranges from Ombre Butter Bar to Orange Soda ink on an A2 sized white card base. Then I stamped the sentiment and ghost images from the Mix and Match Pumpkins stamp set with...

It's finally Fall! Though if you live in the South (Georgia for example) it may not feel like it. Just knowing that the temperatures will start dropping soon and it will become less humid makes me feel hopeful (I am honestly ready for summer weather to be over). And, I love Fall. All the rich colors, smell of pie and other baked goods. Knowing Halloween...

When was the last time that you made a card using a die cut image as the focal point of your design? Hero Arts has created a large selection of Paper Layering dies that make beautiful, dimensional designs, perfect for any occasion and any card style. Today, I'm using the new Paper Layering Sunflower die, paired with a few sentiments, to make a colorful encouragement...

I haven't ever heard anyone say they don't like Fall or the Fall colors. And if you think about it - what is there not to love? Rich yellow, orange and red colors that this season brings are simply stunning and they inspired this simple Autumn card. Watch the video tutorial below to learn how I made this card: If you’re having a problem viewing...

This giant cling stamp Vine Pattern Bold Prints is very versatile. Even though it was meant to be used with sunflowers and pumpkins, I think it makes a great background for anything! For my first card, I did indeed combine it with a pumpkin. I stamped the background in Soft Brown ink on a light orange card. Then I gathered together some dies to have...

Good morning! Jess here with a spooky sweet card using the adorable Luna the Halloween Cat that is an add-on to September's My Monthly Hero Kit. I really love this versatile cat set...I used it earlier this month for a CAS card and wanted to go in a different direction this time! To start I blended Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, and Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxides...

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share using the Wonderful Stamp & Cut along with the Bird Words stamp set. I wanted to create a quick and simple Christmas card that I thought would be good for mass producing. I started off by cutting a piece of white cardstock using one of the Rectangle Infinity Dies. I took the accompanying...

I kind of have a thing for speech bubbles. Whenever I stamp any critters, I will always look for a way to stick a cute little speech bubble in. The Four Owls stamp set was the starting point for this chatty little card... I stamped the owls in Mulled Wine, one at at time. Between stamping owls, I colored around the first one with Tumbled...

Good morning! Jess here to share a card using the Joseph's Coat technique with the Sugar Skulls set and ombre ink pads! I made a video tutorial showing how I created this card. If you’re having a problem viewing the video below, please try watching it HERE on our YouTube channel! This is an old technique but one that I think gets forgotten and I...