October Hero Studio

10.1.2025

I threw my Swiftie heart into this release and used her upcoming album as inspiration for my projects today. I can’t tell you exactly when I became a full on Swiftie but I cannot deny the fact that Taylor Swift has me caught up in Easter eggs, numerology and granny hobbies. The timing of this October Hero Studio release is so perfect. It is a fun and unique for the holidays.

October 2025 Card Kit of the Month

Kit Includes:

• Deck the Halls with Disco Balls 6×8 Stamp Set
• Deck the Halls with Disco Balls Coordinating Dies
• Have a Ball Die Set
• Gold Embossing Powder .5 oz
• 10 Sheets of Cardstock- 1 of each color, 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Poppy, Dahlia, Tutu, Blush,
Alabaster, Beeswax, Tuscan, Fern, Seaside, Waterfall)
• Two Sheets of Gold Matte Paper, 5.5″ x 8.5″

I drew my inspiration from the color palette of the new Taylor Swift album. For my background I used Spellbinders Mint cardstock and splattered with Creamsicle Reactive inker.I cannot tell you how excited I was when I found orange glitter paper in my stash. I used the large disco ball and die cut it along with a similar size circle from Papaya cardstock. I glued most of the disco ball to the papaya backer. The pieces that popped out I popped up with foam tape for dimension. I die cut the large bow from Spellbinder Waterfall cardstock, did some light ink blending and assembled with precision glue. I heat embossed the sentiment with Creamsicle reactive ink and clear embossing powder on the Waterfall cardstock too. Lastly I die cut some of the sparkle dies from Papaya cardstock.

I heat embossed the sentiment with Creamsicle reactive ink and clear embossing powder on the Waterfall cardstock too. Lastly I die cut some of the sparkle dies from Papaya cardstock. Then it was on to assembling the card. I think any Swiftie would be so happy to get this card in the mail.

Hero Studio Monthly Minis

CD1025 October Stamp & Cut of the Month: Sparkle & Shine
FD1025 October Die Set of the Month: Twinkle Lights
LS1025 October Layering Stencils of the Month: The Tree
RB1025 October Cling of the Month: Starlight

Again, I used the new TS album as color inspiration. This layering stencil makes quick one layer cards that have tons of detail and a bold statement. I started with a white card panel and used Artic ink on stencil 1, Paradise ink on stencil 2, Tangerine and Papaya ink on stencil 3 and Tangering and Bermuda on stencil 4. I went back with stencil 3 and did a thin layer of Glitter Hero Paste. The sentiment is stamped with Papaya ink. I trimmed it down and added it to a card base.

Thank you for hopping along today! Don’t forget to subscribe to Hero Studio so you can get these chart topping products. I have a few more projects I will be sharing later this month so be sure to follow me on Instagram and subscribe to my blog.

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, October 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!

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Nichol Spohr
Seeka
Rosie Lopez
Rachel Kleinman <—–Next stop!
Natasha Polite
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Michelle Lupton
Lisa Tilson
Karen Brown
Jennifer Kotas
Jeannie Lieu
Charlene Madrid
Channin Pelletier
Anna Mahtani

July Hero Studio

7.1.2025

Let’s take a summer road trip across the country. This kit is so creative and I can’t wait to see where all my crafty friends travel to in their cardstock car!

July 2025 Card Kit of the Month
Kit Includes:
• On the Road HeroScape 6×8 Stamp Set
• On the Road HeroScape Coordinating Dies
• Let’s Go Die Set
• Pine Core Ink Cube
• 10 Sheets of Cardstock- 1 of each color, 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Sicily, Coral, Bellini, Waterfall,
Teal Topaz, Blue Spruce, Peridot, Beeswax, Saffron, Carrot)
• Mirror Paper, 1 sheet – 5.5″ x 8.5″

These dashboard cards are so unique! I used the entire kit to create two very different scenic drives. For the first card I used greens and blues to create a hill landscape. For the other card I used yellows, oranges and red to create a desert scene. I have a few more scenes I plan to create. It will be like traveling from one end of the country to the other without leaving my craft room!

The dashboard dies are very straight forward. I thought it was going to feel like a ton of dies and die cutting but the main die is super helpful to place everything correctly. I think a colorist could color that dashboard and it would be stunning. I went for simple die cutting from colored cardstock.

Hero Studio Monthly Minis

CD0725 July Stamp & Cut of the Month: Sending Big Hugs
FD0725 July Die Set of the Month: Mix Tape
LS0725 July Layering Stencils of the Month: Just Keep Going
RB0725 July Cling of the Month: Cobblestone Courtyard

I used the layering stencil of the month, glitz inks and glitter paste to make this card shine! I used my blending brushed with glitz inks in French Pink, Naples Yellow, Egyptian Blue and African Violet. I do have separate brushes for these glitz ink as the shimmer is hard to wash out. On the last stencil I also used glitter paste on the diamonds over the ink. The clear glitter makes the inks sparkle even more.

For the background, I ink blended the inks again. This time I only went around the edge of a card panel making sure to blend well. Then I used the Sparkle Weave stencil and Glitter paste. This stencil matched the diamond shape in the sentiment stencil so well.

July 2025 The Whole Studio
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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 Everything’s Pine Stamp & Cut with the purchase of The
Whole Studio. (Not sold separately.)

These were quick double bonus cards! I used Meadow and Kiwi Cardstock and stamped the pine tree stamp twice on each color with Pine core ink. Then I added the sentiment and scene at the bottom. I die cut all 4 out along with the hangers. For the background I used the Cling stamp of the Month with Green Apple reactive ink. I stuck the cling to my glass work surface-stamp facing me. I inked up the cling and lightly spritzed it with water until there were little puddles on the cling. I placed Bristol Smooth mixed media paper directly on top and pressed evenly. After it dried I used my green blending brush to add some extra color. I didn’t add more ink to the brush-just used the leftover ink. I adhered the pine trees to the panel and that was it! Double the pines, double the cards!

Thanks for stopping by. Don’t forget Hero Arts is hosting a give away of a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Saturday, July 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
Hero Arts Creative Team:
Anna Mahtani
Channin Pelletier
Charlene Madrid
Jeannie Lieu
Jennifer Kotas
Karen Brown
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Polite
Natasha Vacca
Rachel Kleinman
Rosie Lopez
Seeka <—-Next Stop
Special Guests:
Nichol Spohr
Lea Lawson
Sheri Gilson

May 2025 Hero Studio

5.1.2025

Welcome to the May Hero Studio Blog Hop! This month is all about flowers. Classic floral images that are a stash builder. Use these for Mother’s day, birthday, Get well, sympathy, Congrats or weddings. You could use these products for pretty much any holiday or event. So here comes spring with a classic Hero Arts floral kit!

May 2025 Card Kit of the Month

Kit Includes:
• Vintage Blooms 6×8 Clear Stamp Set
• Vintage Blooms Die Set
• Flower Delivery Truck Die Set
• BoHo Bouquet Layering Stencils
• BoHo Bouquet Stencil Frame Cut
• 18 Sheets of Cardstock (2 of each color), 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Rainforest, Blue Spruce, Waterfall,
Seaside, Cascade, Mulberry, Dahlia, Carrot, Beeswax)

I used the layering floral stencil to blend a rainbow across the entire floral image. I used the same Reactive inks in Fruit Punch, Taffy, Lemon Drop, Key Lime Fizz, Splash, Thistle and Berry smoothie in every layer. If a layer didn’t pop as much as I liked, I went over the ink blending with a color next to it. These inks blend so smoothly it doesn’t take much work to get the detail lines to show up. The last stencil I used White Pearl Hero Paste. This paste picks up the color under it but gives a nice sheer pearl. After that was dry, I die cut the entire floral image with the coordinating die.

The can was stamped with Intensified Black ink and copic colored. I kept the can very neutral because the florals are so full of color. The sentiment is stamped with the same Reactive inks and then clear heat embossed.

For the background panel, I used the Cling of the Month stamp on Granite Hero Hue cardstock with Contour ink. This layering floral stencil could also be use alone without the dies as a focal point or even as clusters at the corners.

Hero Studio Monthly Minis
CD0525 May Stamp & Cut of the Month: Flowers Bloom
FD0525 May Die Set of the Month: Village Florist
LS0525 May Layering Stencils of the Month: Roses are Red
RB0525 May Cling of the Month: Floral Tiles

Cling stamps are always one of my favorite products for any release and this one does not disappoint. You can use it in so many ways. Today I used two similar ways. I did a traditional stamping with Hero Arts Reactive Inks and then for the second card I stepped it up just a bit by ink blending before stamping.

This first card is simply stamped with Fruit punch, Taffy, Creamsicle and Lemon Drop using my stamp positioner and then trimmed down. I used the same inks to blend the edges of the background panel. The sentiment is from the Whole Studio extra and stamped in Taffy ink. I matted that on Ultra Pink cardstock before popping it up and adhering to the panel.

The second card is very similar but I ink blended before stamping. I used Bermuda, Amethyst and Ultra pink to ink blend a panel. Then I used Hero Art Reactive Glitz inks in Egyptian Blue, African Violet and French Pink. The glitz inks stamped nicely and gave the background a little shimmer.

For the focal point I used an image and sentiment from the Clear Stamp & die of the month. I colored with copics and added a little glitter lacquer pen in the center of the daisies. Thank you for stopping by, I hope you get some inspiration for this month’s Hero Studio release. Be sure to hop to Seeka’s blog, she is next on the hop!

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Tuesday, May 6 at 11:59pm PDT, 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
Hero Arts Creative Team:
Anna Mahtani
Channin Pelletier
Charlene Madrid
Jeannie Lieu
Jennifer Kotas
Karen Brown
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Polite
Natasha Vacca
Rachel Kleinman
Rosie Lopez
Seeka <——–NEXT ON THE HOP
Special Guests:
Rebecca Keppel
Nichol Spohr
Kelly Taylor

March Hero Studio

3.1.2025

Welcome to the blog hop for March Hero Studio release! I was inspired by this month’s bow theme and made lots of cards in several different styles. I’ll start with the Card Kit of the Month. This subscription has my heart and I always find favorite elements but this month I created with each of the larger elements.

March 2025 Card Kit of the Month: Bows & Beyond

Kit Includes:
• Bows & Messages Clear Stamp Set, 6” x 8”
• Bow Tag Clear Stamp Set, 4″ x 6″
• 10 Bows & Messages Coordinating Dies
• 4 Bow Tag Coordinating Dies
• Ribbons Cover Plate Die
• Thin Stripes Stencil, 6″ x 6″
• 2 Bows Rub-On Transfer Sheets
• 6 Sheets of Cardstock, 5.5″ x 8.5″ (Bellini, Tutu, Beeswax, Mint, Cascade, Orchid)
• Pastel Pearl Embellishments

This first card focused on the the cover plate die. I die cut it from an Iridescent glitter paper. I did some ink blending with Reactive inks along the outside edge of a card panel. I made sure that the ink blending was peeking through the window part of the cover plate die.

I stamped the sentiment in the center with Intensified Black ink. I used a bit of thin foam along the inside ‘ribbon’ before adhering the cover plate die to the background panel. Then I adhered the bow in the top left corner.

This next card was inspired by the color pop color palette. I see these bright colored checkers and bold patterns everywhere so I used similar colors as inspiration.

This card is very simple. I stamped the bows and used my Copics to color in the bows. I arranged them on a card panel an found a sentiment that fit in that small spot where a 6th bow could go. I trimmed that panel down and popped it up on a background panel. The background panel is Passion Flower cardstock and ink with the February Cling Stamp of the month.

Hero Studio Monthly Minis

CD0325 March Clear Set + Dies of the Month: Hat Box
FD0325 March Fancy Dies of the Month: Suitcase & Florals
LS0325 March Layering Stencils of the Month: It’s Your Day
RB0325 March Cling of the Month: Bows

I created two more card with the Cling stamp of the Month. I told you I created a bunch of projects, I couldn’t stop myself! These next two cards were started exactly the same. Black heat embossed on Hero Arts watercolor paper.

The card above I ink smooshed Hero Arts Glitz inks directly to the heat embossed paper. I tried to smoosh on each bow. I used Glitz inks in French Pink, Spanish Orange and Naples Yellow. Then I spritzed the paper with water and let the water do the work. The embossing pools the ink in places and blends it in other places. I let it air dry, added a thin black strip and sentiment on vellum.

The card below was colored with Tombow dual brush markers. The background panel is Pitch Black cardstock with the stencil from the Card Kit of the Month and Black Hero Wax.

Thank you for sticking with me through this very long post. I saved some cards to post later this month so make sure you are following me on Instagram.

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Saturday, March 8 at 11:59pm PST, 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
Hero Arts Creative Team:
Anna Mahtani
Channin Pelletier
Charlene Madrid
Jeannie Lieu
Jennifer Kotas
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Polite
Natasha Vacca
Rachel Kleinman
Rosie Lopez
Seeka <——–Next Stop is my friend Seeka!
Special Guests:
Nichol Spohr
Rebecca Keppel

February 2025 Hero Studio

2.1.2025

The Hero Studios for 2025 have been so good this year. This month reminds me on that winter gardening. Where I live in California all the bulb flowers start sprouting at this time of year. In the next month we’ll start seeing blooms. The Card Kit of the Month is packed with great stamps and dies. The sentiment dies alone are so good but add to that the layering stamp and cling stamp plus ink cubes! Amazing value!

February 2025 Card Kit of the Month: Tulips

Kit Includes:
• Tulip HeroScapes Clear Stamp Set, 6” x 8”
• Circling Clouds Cling Stamp, 6″x 6″
• Messages Clear Stamp Set, 4″ x 6″
• 7 Tulip HeroScape Coordinating Dies
• 4 Word Fancy Dies with Frame Cuts
• 5 Messages Coordinating Dies
• 4 Ink Cubes (Thistle, Azalea, Moss, Blue Raspberry)

For my card kit project, I used the balloon as my focal point. When I get a kit that has so many great elements sometimes I like to take just a few and focus on that. It helps me to not be overwhelmed or to throw everything on one card.

I used Hero Arts reactive inks in Taffy, Creamsicle, Lemon Drop, Key Lime Fizz, Splash and Grape Slush for the balloons. I used Charcoal core ink for the strings. The balloon was easy to stamp, I was careful to ink up only the balloon and stamp it then inked the string and stamped it before moving the panel in my Misti. If I did this card again, I would stagger the balloons a bit by moving my panel closer to the hinge in my Misti. I trimmed that panel down and mounted it on a Pitch Black cardstock mat.

The sentiment is also from the kit. I used Intensified black ink and die cut with the coordinating die. I stacked some die cuts behind for dimension since this is a pretty one layer card. I love that the sentiment looks like brushstrokes. To finish I used some Hero Enamel Dots.

Hero Studio Monthly Minis

RB0225 February Cling of the Month: Burlap

CD0225 February Clear Set + Dies of the Month: Lovely Flowers

FD0225 February Fancy Dies of the Month: Flowers & Pots

LS0225 February Layering Stencils of the Month: Daffodils

The Fancy Die of the month is so good! This die set makes the prettiest winter bulb flowers. I decided to focus on the tulip dies. I die cut the two tulip flowers and the bud from Canary, Peony, Azalea and Ultra Pink. I die cut 2-3 of each flower from each color. They are pretty small dies so use up you’re scraps here! I used my Copic markers to add some shading and variation to the tulips. I cut the leaves and steams from Kiwi and Meadow cardstock and again added some shading with Copics. I die cut the planter box from Cup O’ Joe and ink blended the edges with Cup O’ Joe ink.
I trimmed a white cardstock card panel down to 3.5 x 5.5in and temporarily placed my planter on the panel. Then I just started filling in tulips and leaves. Once I was happy with the flower arrangement I made sure everything was super secure with Precision Glue.

I added two thin Pitch Black strips behind my panel for definition. I stamped the Script Bold Print with Embossing and Watermark ink on Sand cardstock and adhered the top panel in the center. The sentiment is from the Clear Set & Die of the month.

The Whole Studio included ALL 5 of the monthly subscriptions in one discounted buy.
Includes: Cling of the Month, Clear + Dies of the Month, Layering Stencil of the Month,
Fancy Dies of the Month, and the Card Kit of the Month.
NEW THIS MONTH: Receive a FREE bugs die set with the purchase of The Whole Studio.
(Die set is not sold separately.)

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Saturday, February 8 at 11:59pm PST, 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! Thanks for hopping along!

Hero Arts
Hero Arts Creative Team:
Seeka
Rosie Lopez
Rachel Kleinman
Natasha Vacca
Natasha Polite
Mindy Eggen
Michelle Short
Michelle Lupton
Lisa Tilson
Karen Brown
Jennifer Kotas
Jeannie Lieu
Charlene Madrid
Channin Pelletier
Anna Mahtani
Special Guests:
Nichol Spohr
Rebecca Keppel
Kelly Taylor