New Releaae at Hero Arts!

Hi friends!

It's release time at Hero Arts and this new release will definitely cheer you up if you are suffering of a long and cold winter like we are here in Finland! Winter is surely beautiful... But the nature waking up in the spring with beautiful lilacs is even more beautiful if you ask me! Let's have a look what kind of cards I've created with the dies and stamps of the release. 

Card 1

Die Cut There's No One Lilac You 

This card is created with the Layered Lilac Die Set and sentiment from No One Lilac You Samp Set. You could think putting this die cut lilac together takes for ages but actually not at all! There's "officially" 2 layers and the way the die is designed makes it very simple to know where to glue your layering pieces. I ended up adding a 3rd layer by randomly glueing small flowers here and there and I love the way this turned out! I used gold gel pen and shimmery glitter pen for the flower centers and embellished the card with white paint splatters. 

With this card I'd like to join:

Cut It Up Challenges: This makes me happy: using a die that gives very flashy outcome with less effort than the recipient will ever believe! :) 

Allsorts Challenge: Anything Goes

A Perfect time to Craft: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Goes/ photo inspiration

Crafting A Cut Above: Anything Goes

Card 2

Hello Friend

The stamps from There's No One Lilac You stamp set are perfect for clean and simple card making. I used two of the separate lilac stems and colored them with alcohol markers and colored pencils. The sentiment I heat embossed with white. I cut a small label tag to have something behind the flowers (Tag Frames Infinity Dies) and used a cover plate die from Cozy Critters, Die of The Month September 2025 for giving the tag some texture. 

With this card I'd like to join:

Just Add Ink: Sketch

CAS on Friday: Anything Goes

Simply Clean And Simple Challenge: Anything Goes

Card 3

Stamped There's No One Lilac You

The focal point of this card is the main image from the No One Lilac You Samp Set. I've colored it with alcohol markers and colored pencils. I wanted to have a very simple background for this card so all I did was mask off a strip from the bottom of the card and inked a little bit of blue above it. I added gold paint splatters for embellishment. The sentiment is simply stamped, no heat embossing this time!

With this card I'd like to join:

We Love Stamping challenge: Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations: Anything Goes

Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog: No Designer Paper

We Love to Create: Anything Goes

Daisy Chain Challenges: Something New

Thank you everyone for popping by and I hope I've inspired you to check out the New Release at Hero Arts. The florals from this release certainly help in waiting for the spring to arrive! :) 

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More Inspiration With My Monthly Hero Kits!

Hi friends!

I'm here with more inspiration with the new February Hero Arts My Monthly kits. Click HERE for all the subscription and product details!

Card 1 

Hello Friend, You are the Best

My first card is created with the larger kit, My Monthly Superhero. If you choose this option you'll receive fun coloring stencils for the outline flower stamp set and as you can see, I've also created a background with them! Love the look of the soft no line flowers I could create with the stencil. I've also colored my main flower with the coloring stencils as well. 

With this card I'd like to join:

Allsorts Challenge: Create Your Own Background

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft: Anything Goes

Card 2

Happy Spring

My second card is created using only supplies from the smaller kit, My Monthly Hero kit. I've stenciled a background with the layering stencils and added some die cut florals and heat embossed sentiment on top. This one ended up having sort of a retroish color scheme which I really loved! 

With this card I'd like to join:

Pick 3 challenge: Stencil, Layers + Texture from heat embossing and different cardstock textures

A Cut Above: Anything Goes with Die Cuts

Stencil Fun Challenge: Create Your Background with Stencils

I hope you get inspired to check out the February My Monthly Hero and become a My Monthly Subscriber -the products are great and so is the value! I'd love to see what you'll create with these products if you have them so do let me know where to find your work if you do! 

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February My Monthly Hero + My Monthly Superhero are Available, Woot Woot!

Hi friends!

I'm excited to be creating with the brand new Hero Arts My Monthly Superhero kit in my post today! Click HERE for all the details on the My Monthly Subscriptions. The January kits sold out in a couple of days so make sure to grab yours fast this month! If I inspire you with my post, I'd love you to do your shopping through my links... It helps me a lot without any extra cost for you! 

Card 1

Happy Easter

This card was so fun to make! This stamp set comes both with the My Monthly Hero kit and the My Monthly Superhero Kit and is one of the most cute things in the whole kit if you ask me! I've Copic colored the flowers and eggs but to save time, I used the coloring stencils from the My Monthly Superhero Kit to color in the bunnies. There are coloring stencils for the flowers too, but I love marker coloring cute florals like this so I had to do that of course! :) The stencil I used for the sky is an older Hero Arts product, Clouds and Grass Scenic Stencil. The die for the grass is included in the My Monthly Superhero Kit. With this card I'd like to play along in the following challenges:

Time Out Challenges: Favorite Technique (marker coloring)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes + Animals

Card 2

Thinking of You - a Galentine's Card! 

I made this card as a Galentine's card... February 14th is not the easiest if you've recently become single or your relationship status is unclear somehow... We ladies need to support each other! The background is made with the layering stencils you'll receive in both My Monthly Hero and My Monthly Superhero kits. The sweetest little bunnies you'll receive with the Superhero kit. I've used Hero Arts Heart Nesting Dies behind the bunnies, cut from vellum, and I love how sweet this card is! 

Cut It Up Challenges: My Heart

Festive Friday: Valentine's (mine is a Galentine's though, hope that's ok!) and Pink, Ink Blending, Heart, Die Cuts

Die Cut Divas: Red and Pink

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Have a Heart

Thank you so much for popping by and make sure to come back next week for more inspiration!

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Have You Noticed Spellbinders Has a New Monthly Challenge?

Hi friends!

Have you noticed there's a new challenge in blogland? Spellbinders is trying out a monthly challenge, very exciting! The theme for January is Glam, Foil and Shine. You'll find the challenge HERE. 

I've used a bunch of Spellbinders products in my card:

Damask 3d Embossing Folder for the background

Gifting Bow Etched Dies for the Ribbon, Bow and Floral dies

La Dolce Vita Banners Etched Dies for the sentiment

I started this card by dry embossing a piece of gold cardstock with the Damask 3d folder that I had inked with watermark ink. My inking had been so heavy that it was a bit all over the card stock... So when I sprinkled gold embossing powder on top, the whole embossed piece got covered, oops! However after heating it this treatment made the piece look like a metal plate or something so I kept going. 

I then wiped some white pigment ink on the raised areas and sprinkled clear embssing glitter on top. After heating that powder some of the sparkles showed up pink and blue (if you enlarge the photo, you'll see it better). That made me choose a very pastel and light color scheme for the rest of the card. The ribbon and bow I did cut from gold mirror card to bring even more shine to my project!  

I'd also like to join:

Time Out Challenges: All That Glitters

A Cut Above Challenge: Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Emboss It 

...and you'll also find me joining the January Simon Says Challenge in Instagram.

Thank you for popping by!

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Ms. Detective's News are Published :)

Since receiving the Hero Arts My Monthly Superhero January kit I have had this card, or at least a version of it, in my head! I knew I wanted to combine the fun newspaper stamp and die from the My Monthly Superhero kit with the stamps and dies from the Case Closed Collection, my favorite Hero Arts collections! All the coloring, stamping, die cutting and some heat embossing sure took a couple of hours... But I do love the outcome and I had fun creating this card! Ms. Detective is colored with Copics with some added white gel pen highlights. The background is created with the newspaper stamp with some basic masking with post-its. This card is quite large, about a 6,5 inches square... But I wanted to add a lot of details! Let me know what you think! 

I'd like to join the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations: B for Breaking news and You are the Best

We Love Stamping: Something New (new card making kit)

Cut It Up Challenges: Favorite die (the magnifying glass from the Case Closed collection, which is my absolute favorite card making kit!) 

Time Out Challenges: All that glitters (gold card and gold paint splatters) 

Hello "from the other side" dear Time Out ladies! 

Thank you for popping by!

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Breaking News! More Insporation with My Monthly SuperHero

Hello friends! 

I'm here today with a fun card that I made with the January My Monthly Superhero Kit, available at Hero Arts. The Superhero kit includes the My Monthly kit + one extra stamp and die set and one extra stand-alone die set, both marked with a plus sign in the product photo below. The little postman pup of the Superhero Kit has absolutely stolen my heart! I colored him with Copics and added quite a bit of dimension to him popping some parts of the the hat and bag up with foam squares. The stamp set is so fun too -you can customize your own newspaper front or just cut the various sentiments from it with the matching dies -many possibilities. I have a fun idea for the newspaper stamp combining it with an older Hero Arts favorite... Make sure to pop back in a couple of days to see it! 

With my card I'd like to join:

A Cut Above: Anything Goes

AUD Sentiments Challenge: Anything Goes + sentiment

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Something New (new products)

A Perfect Time to Craft: Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafty Animals: Anything Goes with an animal

Creations in Pink Challenge: Anything Goes with Mostly Pink

Die Cut Divas: New Crafty Item (all the stamps and dies are new)

Thank you for popping by and I hope you like my project! Make sure to check out the My Monthly Hero subscription if you want to learn more about how to get your hands on these fun products! 

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More Inspiration with My Monthly Hero

I have not been able to put down the products from Hero Arts January My Monthly Hero... The Happy Mail theme is just so cheerful and the little chirps and the mailbox are too fun to color! 

Click HERE for all the details about My Monthly Hero products and subscription! 

I revisited an old technique for the background -I've dry embossed the white and red cardstocks using a Daisy Mosaic stencil and a die cutting machine... No embossing folders were used! :) I have (an almost vintage lol!!) Cuttlebug and the sandwich I used was 

A plate, B, plate, cardstock, stencil, rubbermat, piece of packing cardboard (so quite thick cardboard), B plate. 

My plates are pretty worn out and the whole machine is falling apart a little bit lol... But I've decided I won't replace it before it stops working!   

I'd love you to check out My Monthly Hero subscription! If you need more inspiration, simply scroll down to my older posts, I've used all of the products in my cards in the previous posts. 

I'd like to join:

Little Red Wagon: Use the Force (DIY dry embossing with a stencil!)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Add a Sentiment

Craft Rocket Challenge: Something New

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