My Monthly Hero January 2026

1.5.2025

Anyone else as excited as I am that Hero Art My Monthly Hero is back? I am so happy to have two kit options:

Kit will be revealed on the 1st of every month and the subscription window is open from the 1-27th. You can subscribe, switch plans, or cancel anytime. Easy Peasy! As always once a kit sells out, it is gone for good and won’t be restocked. There are some perks to being a subscriber so check out the Hero Arts website for all the details.

With all the hype of the return of My Monthly Hero, January’s My Monthly Super Hero is already sold out! But, you still have time to get the My Monthly Hero. I am sharing a few projects for the kits below.

I used images from the main kit and colored them with my new Olo markers. I die cut and arranged on a large background panel. I used the Postage Stamp infinity dies.

I used a different color palette than what came in the kit but I really like the blues and peaches together. I used Spellbinders cardstock in Chiffon, Bellini, Coral, Cascade and Celestial.

This card used the large die from the main kit. I kept it simple and made the mailbox the focal point. I used Comic Sky and a matte gold cardstock for this project.

For the My Monthly Super Hero project I did a little mass producing and made 4 of the same card-just changed up the background panel colors. I used several grey cardstocks from my stash, Spellbinders Anchor and Hero Arts Charcoal and Granite.

The card were pretty simple. I stamped the newspaper image and die cut it out. Then I use a side folding card and die cut the newspaper but did not cut the left side so the newspaper would fold. Then I adhered the stamped image to the mini card. I used the Novel Prose bold print with Charcoal ink on each of the grey backgrounds. I andhered the mini newspaper card to the background and stamped the Make A Wish greeting inside the newspaper. The main card is a top folding A2 card but the newspaper opens as well. you could even add a gift card in there.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you are able to snag a My Monthly Hero Kit before they sell out!

Soup season

12/20/2025

My final project of 2025! I created one more project with the December Card Kit of the Month. This one has an older PressPlate but I will tell you how to substitute with something from the release.

I made this card with some leftover bits and pieces from the other projects. I made a grid focal point and then mat it together as a group. I love doing this with a bunch of small images.

I used Mustard cardstock on for the background and Lapis for the mat.

For the background I used an old Hero Arts PressPlate. There is an Alphabet embossing plate in the Last Chance section that would also work. But, you could also use the letters from the Fancy Die of the month or even the Luggage Tag alphabet dies.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and I will see you in the New Year. Oh! That reminds me, did you hear the exciting news? Hero Arts is bring back My Monthly Hero Kits! Can you even imagine how excited I am? My Monthly Hero kits started my cardmaking journey and my craftroom is built on kit contents. I love MMH kits because they came with stamps & dies but also inks, cardstock and embellishments. It was great to have an all in one kit. I also loved the challenge of creating with a theme I may not normally choose. It really gets me thinking outside the box and taking creative risks, which I am usually really happy with.

Happy New Year!

December Hero Studio

12.3.2025

This is a SOUPER end to the 2026 Hero Studio subscriptions! Introverts unite with this cozy soup themed kit. I would stay home and cook soups all winter is I could. Hero Arts is finishing 2026 with a bang! This Card Kit is only $45.

December 2025 Card Kit of the Month

Kit Includes:
• You’re Souper Clear Stamp Set
• You’re Souper Coordinating Dies
• Big Squishy Hugs Die Set
• Brown Acrylic Speckle, .5 oz.
• 10 Sheets of Cardstock- 1 of each color, 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Poppy, Pomegranate, Carrot,
Terra Cotta, Cinnamon, Beeswax, Saffron, Tuscan, Truffle, Alabaster)

This card was simple to put together. I stamped the images on heavyweight cardstock with Intense Black ink and left the stamps in my Misti. I colored the images and and then put the cardstock back in my Misti and restamped with Versafine black ink. I really love a dark, crisp outline that only Versafine gives me. Then I die cut those images.

For the background, I kept it simple. I used my blue blending brush and very lightly inked the bottom left side of the panel. I did not put any ink on my brush, I only used the residual ink on the brush. I did use a craft knife to cut a couple small slits along the soup lines so I could slide the spoons into the pot and bowl. Then, I arranged the images as if the ingredients are being dumped into the soup pot. I think it gives the card some movement.

The Monthly Minis this month are also soup themed. The Clear Stamp and Cut spoke to me because I LOVE Cup o Noodles. I remember eating them growing up and there are still times that I crave them. Nothing better than the salty and savory noodles.

Hero Studio Monthly Minis

I looked up my favorite Cup o Noodles and chose cardstock that coordinated. I stamps and copic colored the images again going back with Versafine over the top to get a very crisp and dark outline. This is always a gamble because its easy to have the cardstock misaligned and end up with double stamping. Then I stamped the background panel with all the bits that come in the Cup O Noodles.

I started to lay everything out on a Cranberry cardstock mat but thought it needed some more interest so I went back to my image search. I noticed there is a theme of yellow strips on many images and the packaging so I made a striped strip. I used the Sentiment strips die with a scrap of Mustard cardstock and then adhered those strips to a Strip of white cardstock. I matted that with Pitch Black cardstock. I put everything together and centered on the stamped background.

Here is a bonus card I created with this set. Notice the slight double stamping because I did line up exactly. It is noticeable but not enough that I didn’t want to use the image at all.

December 2025 The Whole Studio
The Whole Studio included ALL 5 of the monthly subscriptions in one discounted buy.
Includes: Cling of the Month, Stamp & Cut of the Month, Layering Stencil of the Month,
Die Set of the Month, and the Card Kit of the Month.
BONUS: Receive a FREE Bread Bowl Die Set with the purchase of The Whole Studio.
(Not sold separately.)

Thank you for joining me this year as I shared my projects for Hero Arts. If you don’t know my story, Hero Arts was my first introduction into the crafty world and they mean so much to me. I am looking forward to continuing my creative journey with hero Arts in 2026!

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, December 7th at 11:59pm MT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Leave a comment on all stops for more chances to win!

Hero Arts
Seeka
Rosie Lopez
Rachel Kleinman
Nichol Spohr
Natasha Polite
Mindy Eggen
Michelle Short
Michelle Lupton
Lisa Tilson
Karen Brown
Jen nifer Kotas
Jeannie Lieu
Charlene Madrid
Channin Pelletier
Anna Mahtani

Book Lovers Bookmarks

11.19.2025

Hi all! I am back to share one more project using the November Hero Studio release. I created these bookmarks using several of the subscription products. The actual blank bookmarks I found on Amazon. The set of blank bookmarks came with the clear sleeve, the blank insert and a bunch of colored tassels. I decorated the blank bookmarks just like I would for a card.

I used the Stencil of the month with Hero Arts reactive ink directly on the original bookmark insert to create a background and then stamped the image from the November Clear Stamp and die.

This green bookmark I ink blended at a diagonal and then stamped the Cling stamp of the month over the ink blending. I stamped the image, colored and die cut before adhering to the background.

For this one I used the Metallic sprays and tried to spray just 2/3 of the bookmark. I let that fully dry over night. The original insert cardstock absorbs the spray differently than Neenah cardstock so I wanted to be sure it totally dry before moving on to stamping. For the stamp I used the Whole Studio bonus set with Versafine ink. I did heat set this before sliding into the plastic sleeve.

This one is very similar to the previous one but I used Distress Oxide spray in Robins Egg and the image from the Clear stamp and die of the month.

I think these bookmarks came out so cute and they would make great gifts for coworkers, teachers or anyone who likes to read. Be sure to check out the Hero Studio subscriptions, the subscription window closes on November 27th.

November Hero Studio

10.3.2025

Book lovers are going to love the November Hero Studio release! When my box arrived and I opened it, I squealed! I do not have anything like this in my stash. The Card kit of the Month is packed with great products.

November 2025 Card Kit of the Month

Kit Includes:
• To Be Read Pile 4×6 Clear Stamp Set
• To Be Read Pile Coordinating Dies
• Happy Place Die Set
• Professional Bookworm 3×4 Stamp & Cut
• Gold Hero Wax, 1 oz.
• 10 Sheets of Cardstock- 1 of each color, 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Bellini, Coral, Carrot, Terra Cotta,
Beeswax, Saffron, Tuscan, Peridot, Seaside, Waterfall)

For my Card kit project, I focused on the stack of books die cuts. I die cut the main stack twice form heavy weight white cardstock and then layered the embossed books on top. I used Spellbinders cardstocks in Blush, Tutu, Dahlia, Mint, Breeze, Lavender and Hero Arts Canary with gold heat embossing. and since I was doing all this embossing and die cutting, I did it twice so I ended up with two projects.

After the book stack was complete, I moved on to the background. I did two panels at the same time and choose Adriatic and Bermuda cardstocks. I ink blended the edges with Nautical ink and left a large lighter area in the middle. I wanted the book stack to “glow” a bit. Then I used the gold Hero Wax included in the kit to splatter the background. I use a water brush and a little water to make the wax a thinner consistency that is easy to splatter. That was it! Two cards at once.

Hero Studio Monthly Minis

This project was fun. I die cut the books and worm from all the same cardstocks I used on the previous cards. The bookbag is die cut from Hero Arts Sand cardstock with a little ink blending on the edges for dimension. I put the bag together and layered in the books behind the bag handle.

The background panel is Lavender cardstock. I used Unicorn white pigment ink and the Cling stamp of the month. This was a brand new juicy ink pad and it stamped beautifully. This is your reminder to give your pigment ink a spa day and reink it.

November 2025 The Whole Studio
The Whole Studio included ALL 5 of the monthly subscriptions in one discounted buy.
Includes: Cling of the Month, Stamp & Cut of the Month, Layering Stencil of the Month,
Die Set of the Month, and the Card Kit of the Month.
BONUS: Receive a FREE Do Not Disturb 3×4 Stamp & Cut with the purchase of The Whole Studio. (Not sold separately.)

Thank you for hopping along today. I hope the book-lovers are excited for this month’s release. Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Wednesday, November 5th at 11:59pm PT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Leave a comment on all stops for more chances to win!

Hero Arts
Anna Mahtani
Channin Pelletier
Charlene Madrid
Jeannie Lieu
Jennifer Kotas
Karen Brown
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Polite
Rachel Kleinman
Rosie Lopez
Seeka <——-Next on the hop!
Nichol Spohr