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Hero Arts | Book Bag

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a fun project created with the Hero Arts Studio Book Bag die set. This clever set lets you assemble a miniature book bag filled with die-cut books and a cute worm. It’s perfect for celebrating teachers, students, or any book lover in your life.

- Cover an A2-size card base with patterned paper.
- Cut the bag, books, sentiment, and worm from a variety of cardstock colors with the Book Bag set. Assemble.
- Add assembly to prepared card base.

You can create a polished focal piece with the Book Bag die set, or you can pair the set with additional sentiments from other Hero Arts releases this month for even more versatility.

Here for the Presents with Hero Arts

Hello! I’m sharing a Christmas card created with the Best Gift Ever Collection from Hero Arts. The design pairs the Gift Boxes die set, a cover plate that cuts an array of six presents, with the Here for the Presents Letterpress plates.

To create my design, I cut the Gift Boxes from white cardstock (for the frame) and again from coordinating Christmas-themed patterned papers and solid cardstock.

I used Library Green ink on the Letterpress sentiment plate. The sentiment set includes coordinating dies.

On three of the packages, I added gold twine bows.

While perfect for Christmas, the Gift Boxes set can easily be used for birthdays or any celebration.

Hero Arts | Playful Ghost Birthday Card

Hello! For an October birthday, I wanted to create something festive with a hint of Halloween fun. Using several Hero Arts products, I put together a playful card featuring a ghost holding a bundle of bright balloons. The background is full of color, and the simple “boo” sentiment ties it all together. What’s great about this design is its flexibility—you can easily change the balloon colors to suit any season or celebration, and in this case, the ghost adds a perfect nod to the time of year.

- Cover a 5″ x 7″ card base with a patterned paper panel.
- Cut the balloons and strings with the Balloon Bunch die set and assemble. (I previously used the balloon die HERE.)
- Cut the ghost with dies in the Boo to You set and assemble.
- Stamp the Season’s Creepings sentiment and cut with the coordinating die.
- Add balloons, ghost, and sentiment to prepared base with dot and foam adhesive.

Hero Arts | Twinkle Lights Christmas Tree

Hello! Today’s card captures the holiday magic of a Christmas tree, sparkling with lights, in die-cut form. I featured the Twinkle Lights die set from Hero Arts, the October Hero Studio Die Set of the Month, as the star of the design and paired it with additional supplies from Hero Arts and Spellbinders to complete the scene.

- Cover an A2-size card base with patterned paper.
- Dry-emboss Classic White cardstock that has been cut with an arch with the Sparkling Snow folder. With the Festive Tree Die set, cut a tree shape from the center of the arch.
- With the Twinkle Lights set, cut light strands and bulbs from cardstock. Trim as necessary to fit within the tree shape. Assemble.
- Add a Fern cardstock panel behind the ornaments. Add the assembly to a Poppy cardstock arch and adhere to card base.
- Cut sentiment with dies in the North Pole Sentiments set. Add to the card.

Hero Arts | Apple Frame

Hello! Today I am sharing a fall-themed card that highlights the Hero Arts I Pick You Collection, which includes the Apple Frame die set designed to create a frame of layered apples, leaves, and flowers. I die-cut the pieces from Bristol cardstock and colored the pieces with Distress Oxide inks. The design is finished with a stamped sentiment, “You’re So Golden,” for an uplifting touch.

- To begin, cut the Apple Frame, leaves, apples, flowers, and flower centers from Bristol cardstock.
- Color frame with Distress Oxide inks, masking areas for different colors as needed.
- Apply blue ink to a Bristol cardstock A2-size panel. Add to the back of the inked frame panel. Attach assembly to card base.
- Color leaves, flowers, flower centers, and apples with Distress Oxide inks. Assemble flowers as needed. Add elements to the card front.
- Stamp the You’re Golden sentiment and cut with the coordinating die. Add to the card with foam adhesive.

Just like apple picking brings a wave of nostalgia and marks the cozy arrival of fall, this apple vine border card celebrates the simple joys of the season.