I have been watching your videos for several years now. While I have learnt a lot and love seeing what you create and how, I am even more blessed by your integrity and the way you live out faith in God through your kind words and actions. Hearing you show respect to those who have paved the way in the card making industry is just another example of this. Thanks for taking the time to fill us in on. God Bless! :)
I have always loved Hero Arts. My first stamp from them is from 1988 from when I was in High School. I used to participate in the Hero Arts contests before the blog. When the blog came along I remember it starting & your first video. I have always viewed them as one of the most respected companies in the industry. I'm glad you took a few minutes to remind everyone about them. Your cards are amazing, as always! Jil
Maybe an oldie but a goodie in doing pattern stamping! Also enjoyed your story about HA and other wonderful people that you have met through the years. As much as all of you have encouraged one another, all of you have encourage all of us card makers as well! I applaud each and everyone of you. :-) Thank you so much!
Beautiful cards Jennifer, I don't stop near often enough to leave comments...I want to change that! I especially loved the back story on Hero Arts!! I know they sure appreciated it too!! They truly are wonderful people there and great examples of leaders in their industry. Running a company with Christianity in their hearts and always known for their examples of amazing Humanity. A real pleasure shopping with a company of this stature!!
I was introduced to Hero Arts when I began taking calligraphy classes in the early 80's. Our instructor taught us to use rubber stamps along with pen and ink when decorating our projects. I still have Hero Arts stamps I bought way back then!
Thank you for sharing the Hero Arts story. It is wonderful to hear about collaboration with the different companies. I want to thank Hero Arts for getting you involved - brilliant move that benefitted all of us! Your cards are awesome too!
I really enjoy how Hero Arts is willing to sell their products in normal craft stores. It's nice to be able to get our hands on these higher-end stamps without having to order online.
Amazing story about Hero Arts. I have heard you talk about them before in terms of them being your first love and how they helped you get started, but I didn't know about the impact they had all over the industry. And what a great leader Erin is, to encourage other stampers so that everyone in the industry is competitive. And also on their impact to you personally in terms of how many friends you met - this is a wonderful story. I love it! Gorgeous cards, as always, I now have a MISTI so am looking forward to stamping my small images up - the gold embossing powder is lush! Thank you for the video and inspiration Jennifer!
These are nice cards. I always knew there is no mistakes in card making you just change it up & put a new twist on it. I love how each of the cards look. Several a bit different . Great job Jennifer & thanks for sharing with us. Great story about Hero Arts as well & thank you for sharing it with us. These are really awesome cards!
You make pattern stamping look so easy and fun. Because of your video on the Misti - way back then - I bought one myself. It makes life so much better - and I use it all the time when I have stamp & die sets where the dies are solid. With the Misti, I can make a template and stamp on the die cut perfectly every time. You are such an inspiration. Thank you!
Such an awesome technique; I'm so thankful that you share your fabulous ideas! Loved your story, too, Jennifer! Being a Hero Hostess was such an honor and helped me to find my place in this wonderful community and industry! I will always be grateful. By the way, my first ever stamp purchase was a Hero Arts teddy bear stamp, in the mid 1980s :)
Jennifer, I'm not sure what impressed me most in this video, ie your story, your method of stamping, or the gorgeous cards! I can't express enough how much you amaze me dear!!! Thanks so much Jennifer!
Hi Jennifer ~ Loved your Hero Arts story.....Kind of gave me that warm, fuzzy feeling to know that there are still so many encouraging, supportive people out there. Your stamping and coloring are stunning and, as always, you've made it all look so simple. Thanks for the inspiration. ~HUGS~
I have to thank you for the story. The cards are beautiful as always, but the story hit home for me. I work for a US based company that started a new "craze" 16 years ago. It has finally kicked into high gear last year and our competition is passing us in sales by leaps and bounds. We still have our loyal customers and we are slowly growing. It has been frustrating for me to watch the competition take over a market my boss started. I now have a new way to look at our competitors. So thank you :)
What a great story. Amazing and sharing people attract and support each other and not hold them back and your story shows just that. There is room for all of us and the more we help each other in all areas of life the more love and kindness there is to go around!
Thank you, Jennifer, for your generosity in sharing that great story of Hero Arts. Your cards, as always, are beautiful, and your explanations very helpful.
I used to drive by Hero Arts on my way to work and wish that I could go in, and maybe some day they'd have a sale. Now, I understand they have a store in that location. Unfortunately, I've now moved out of the area, but I'll never forget the urge to drive up to their door and get a sneak peek. Thanks for the wonderful story. Oh, and your cards are FABULOUS!
Thanks, Jennifer. I have only been stamping for a couple of years but I am a fan of Hero Arts. I love these cards that you created too. Thanks for the story. I always enjoy hearing the backgrounds of companies and individuals such as yourself. Very interesting.
Being fairly new to stamping, I had no idea that Hero Arts had been around for so long! I love their products and look forward to their monthly kits. Thanks for sharing your story. And these cards are just fabulous. I have all the Sparkle pens and love them. The brush is a lot bigger than the Wink of Stella's and I agree that they are harder to control, but oh, the shine! Thanks for all you do!
Jennifer you are the BEST!!!! I love every video! We always learn so much and you make the best cards!!! Not to mention you are also the sweetest person. I'm so thankful that you make these videos. Thanks for sharing your amazing talents!!!!!!
Love your cards and the demo on how to accomplish this technique. I too have been impressed with Hero Arts during my stamping journey. They are so helpful, kind and just fun to chat with when I have needed their help. Great people and I am thrilled to be a part of such a phenomenal group of individuals who share my love for this art and have the love of life that I have. Thanks for sharing and for being you :)
Beautiful! I loved the Hero Arts story, I did not know that...I recently started my own stamp company, and though it's small, I've definitely seen how some companies do not want competition or will not encourage, nor help with even the most minor issue, so I've done everything myself, I love the designing aspect and that's what has kept me going! Thanks for sharing! ~~Chelle
these cards are so gorgeous, i really love the way the "mistake" is actually a wonderful technique. Your story about hero arts is lovely. I have always loved hero arts and now I love them even more!
I have been trying to resist that tiny stamp set for so long, but now I'm done lol These cards are just gorgeous! Loved hearing the Hero Arts story as well!
I got my misty about a month ago and I absolutey love it! It is just so much easier for doing a lot of cards. I do also like doing the plane grandstanding, just for the fun of it. I love the technique for doing the backgrounds with the misty. What a time saver! I loved the hero arts story, and I always wondered why they were so very popular. Now I know. Tfs. Blessing! Lisa
Beautiful Jennifer! Always amazed to see what you have to share with us crafty people! Love your story! It's good to know that some companies or company owners give back and help others thrive in this industry. Thanks for always sharing!
What a wonderful story. Hero Arts is one of my favourite companies and I am obsessed with layered stamping right now. Thanks, Jennifer. The card is quite spectacular.
Thank you for sharing the Hero Arts story! As a person that also started out scrapbooking...I was a person who didn't care for the process of putting pages/layouts together. I think it was including photos that was frustrating to me. However, I've always loved stamping and knew as a kid that one day there would be so many choices I would have to choose carefully what I wanted. Your story gave me the "how" background that this came about and the "why" this community is so friendly and cordial. I must admit I'm a huge Lawn Fawn fan! I have more of there products than of any other brand. But I buy brands that are from newer companies such as Concord & 9th, and companies that have been around for a longer time, including Hero Arts! Stamps have to speak to me for me to buy them. As for Spectrum Noir, I've not been impressed with most of their products. I've watched many use these glitter pens and I noticed a huge lack of the ability to control it...and I've also seen people use these for larger areas and the lines of how you applied them are so visable, it made me cringe. I tend to care much more for my at you Spica gitter pens by the Copic makers as well as the Wink of Stella glitter brush pens. I wanted to thank you for incorporating the use of the MISTI in your videos. Due to my severe health diagnosis, energy is so precious it's like gold. I found that the 'price' for me has been worth it many times over. This is because I have to create in my bed, and the MISTI has made it possible to create more than one card at a time by cutting stamping time down by a 1/4 in my case. And with so many people who care for me and do so many kind things for me and my family, they need thank you cards to show the appreciation we feel. I like to send cards that I made personally, and this helps me be able to do so, along with the hard work by such awesome stamp companies. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of card making on your videos. I'm a big fan!
Oh my you are SO amazing! I would have never thought to make the card that size so you could cut it down to different sizes and configurations! When I saw that card with the offset circle I thought oh man she did a whole different layout! She did so much work! Then you told us your secret! So smart!
Really beautiful. Luv the technique. Thanks for sharing how you fixed the off-center sentiment. It really helps to have some oopsie saves in our bag of card tricks!! I also appreciated hearing how a company is good to the people who help it grow. How a business treats its employees and customers is really important to me.
Wow! I'm glad you linked this video in your latest one. I learnt something! And thanks for the beautiful pattern-design-idea. I guess this technique is where the turn-around stamps originate!
Enjoy your video. I was very informative and inspiring as always. I started stamping back in 1996 to teach a girl scout troop. Hero Arts was one of my first purchase of stamps. I still have my Hero Arts stamps from way back until now. Hero Arts has always been one of my favorite stamp companies to go to.
Your story was wonderful! Thank you Hero Arts! Thank you for always making up charts for us. This technique has beautiful results! Thank you for taking the time to video, edit, and upload! It's so much work but greatly appreciated. 💜
Hi Jennifer, What a great video, Love the story telling and how you got started, you are just a beautiful person, giving all of us so many thing to try, and you cards are fabulous, I love coming over to check out your video's, and to learn from you, thanks again for all that you do. Cheers Anna.
Thanks for sharing that story about Hero Arts and for sharing your talents so selflessly! You truly are an inspiration Jennifer. So much so that the owner of the Scrapbook store I frequent was saying that she wishes she knew what the topics of your videos would be ahead of time. She always has several people (like me) who come in asking for the products you show on your videos! Thanks also for sharing the color chart as I have most of the Sparkle Pens.
I follow your blog here in the UK & was thrilled to see you use a stamp set that I already own. Those little flowers are so cute. Thank you for the new inspiration to revisit the set. Wonderful videos every time.
Beautiful cards! Love the story about Hero Arts. I'm so glad to know there are really nice people in the card making business and isn't only about the money. Tfs
Loved hearing the HeroArts story - and am proud AND excited that they are literally in my backyard! Only 20 minutes away and just saw on their website they have a warehouse that opens twice a week! Thank you for again giving great information, ideas and your generosity with your experience!
I love hero arts! I still have the very first rubber stamp I ever purchased which is a hero arts stamp from 1983. It happens to be the Cheshire Cat and I still use it all the time. They are an absolutely wonderful company. I especially love their monthly hero kits
Thank-you for the story! It's just one more way that you inform/educate us! And, as always, the cards/techniques are amazing! Thank-you for taking the time to share!
Thank you, Jennifer! An awesome video with yet another great technique. I also loved your story about Hero Arts and your journey with them, it's a generous and lovely community.
I LOVE this!!! So glad you fixed the circle. I'm kind of an O.C.D. crafter too. Lol. 😆 The blue one was so pretty. This is my #1 go-to craft channel. You're awesome Jennifer!
I loved hearing your story about Hero Arts and how you meet everyone and a little history about Hero Arts. Many of my original wooden stamps are from Hero Arts... still work great after over a decade of stamping! It was fun to learn a new technique using the Misti! Thanks for always inspiring us!
These are awesome. I'm so glad that you made the mistaken because the cards turned out super cool with the hole in the top of the card. I love the look!!!!
Jennifer, I just love this story about Hero Arts! It's heartwarming and just reminds me that there is so much good in the world. So many good people with kind hearts. Thank you for telling it. I have a new respect for HA! Fantastic and fun cards! Bless your heart Jennifer! xoLina
These cards are stunning! Thank you for sharing a way to get greater use of stamps sets - so often I don't know how to use those little stamps! Also it wonderful to hear about Hero Arts - The industry is very welcoming which is unusual in a competitive environment and wonderful to learn about. The people behind this small (meduim and large!) businesses are fascinating to learn about and hear how they came to be in that position. I would love to learn more about the people around you. :):)
I love my Spectrum Noir sparkle pens!! What a beautiful set of cards you created and I especially love they story you shared with us!! I have some liquid platinum embossing powder...think this would look great with the sparkles pens also!! Thanks Jenifer!!🌺
Wow....love these cards!!!! I have been watching you for about a year now and i love you!!!! Many many years ago.... before 2001....i was working for the graphic designer who handled the Hero Arts account. I assume he still does? Back then it was all wood block stamps. I would work on the catalogs and color the digital versions of the stamp labels, help with photographing the sample cards that were displayed in the catalog, and lots of other things. It was great fun and i many times felt like i was coloring (on a computer) for a living. At the time Hero Arts was located in Emeryville, CA and i also worked in Emeryville. I visited the plant several times and it was always great fun and i remember wishing i could be more involved there. In 2001 I moved to the northwest and so no longer could work for the designer and to this day it was the best and most fun job i have had. It is so ironic how now i am super interested in stamping and coloring with handmade media, markers, ink, watercolors, ect. and the world is much more digital now. I have slowly been getting a few supplies and i hope to start creating cards and such with stamping and embossing and all! I am super critical of myself and i have to get over that and you are wonderful to learn from! Thank you for your story...it brought all kinds of great memories back!
Love this technique using the MISTI. I actually tried this the other night with my Christmas card design. I have an idea for stamping a poinsettia wreath, but I only have two pointsettia stamps...so I cut a small square of card stock and used this very idea! I'm still trying to perfect the placement of the stamps, but I like your idea of drawing on vellum and using it as a guide...I'll have to try that next! Also, thanks for sharing about Hero Arts...I've always wondered how people "got started"! Love your cards, videos, and inspiration! God bless! 😊
This is really awesome. You always come up with great ideas. The gold embossing with the sparkle pens is beautiful. Thanks for the video and the story of Hero Arts.
Thank you, not only for the great cards but also sharing your story. I love how we get to know the owners of they companies we buy from. I think it makes it so much more personal and enjoyable to shop. Blessings Mimi
I do enjoy your videos Jennifer. This is another keeper and a technique I will certainly use with my Misti. Thanks for the history, too. You are one of my favorite teachers!!!
Hi Jennifer!! I have watched you make a ton of cards and I must say that is has to be my FAVORITE!!!!!! This technique is absolutely amazing and I can't wait to try it out with my MISTI! Thank you!
Great video as always! Love your story. I became stamping because of HA as well. My first stamps were from HA and it was the first company that got me interested in stamping. For me HA is like the company everything started from
What a lovely story and such a great insight into companies that are somewhat untouchable to most of us. Im really loving the new Sparkle pens and must get my hands on some. Right down my alley. Tfs such lovely cards also. Take care 🌹
Thank you so much for sharing your techniques. I haven't felt like I was really getting the bang for my buck with the MISTI - love how you used it for the pattern stamping. I'm definitely going to try that! I'm still sorta new to stamping and you are my go to for inspiration! Also, thanks for the history of Hero Arts!
Wow Jennifer! This is such an innovative technique. I have lot of little "filler" stamps that I have never used that I am going to try this with. Thanks for sharing
Jennifer...this was a wonderful tutorial!!! And I was also very happy to hear your story about Hero Arts. I was also thrilled to see how you did this embossing technique. I have been on the look out for an acetate template/guide I can use in my MISTI, however, I haven't been able to find one. You have given me a great idea. I'll put some grid lines on a piece of vellum, using my t-ruler...and then laminate it. :) These cards are gorgeous!! Thank you for sharing!! :)
I have been watching your videos for several years now. While I have learnt a lot and love seeing what you create and how, I am even more blessed by your integrity and the way you live out faith in God through your kind words and actions. Hearing you show respect to those who have paved the way in the card making industry is just another example of this. Thanks for taking the time to fill us in on. God Bless! :)
I have always loved Hero Arts. My first stamp from them is from 1988 from when I was in High School. I used to participate in the Hero Arts contests before the blog. When the blog came along I remember it starting & your first video. I have always viewed them as one of the most respected companies in the industry. I'm glad you took a few minutes to remind everyone about them. Your cards are amazing, as always! Jil
Thank you for sharing your story with Hero Arts! It’s so wonderful to hear about good, genuine people. Bless you all! 💙
Such a great story, the birth of stamping as we know it, thanks to Hero Arts !!! Your cards are fabulous, TFS !!!!
thanks for sharing ;)
Maybe an oldie but a goodie in doing pattern stamping! Also enjoyed your story about HA and other wonderful people that you have met through the years. As much as all of you have encouraged one another, all of you have encourage all of us card makers as well! I applaud each and everyone of you. :-) Thank you so much!
Beautiful cards Jennifer, I don't stop near often enough to leave comments...I want to change that! I especially loved the back story on Hero Arts!! I know they sure appreciated it too!! They truly are wonderful people there and great examples of leaders in their industry. Running a company with Christianity in their hearts and always known for their examples of amazing Humanity. A real pleasure shopping with a company of this stature!!
My very first stamp that I bought was from Hero Arts... in 1983! Great story and I here's to another 40 years!
I was introduced to Hero Arts when I began taking calligraphy classes in the early 80's. Our instructor taught us to use rubber stamps along with pen and ink when decorating our projects. I still have Hero Arts stamps I bought way back then!
Thank you for sharing the Hero Arts story. It is wonderful to hear about collaboration with the different companies. I want to thank Hero Arts for getting you involved - brilliant move that benefitted all of us! Your cards are awesome too!
I really enjoy how Hero Arts is willing to sell their products in normal craft stores. It's nice to be able to get our hands on these higher-end stamps without having to order online.
yes they are BIG on this!
Thank you for the story. Makes my heart feel good that we all want to share this wonderful world of stamping.
Amazing story about Hero Arts. I have heard you talk about them before in terms of them being your first love and how they helped you get started, but I didn't know about the impact they had all over the industry. And what a great leader Erin is, to encourage other stampers so that everyone in the industry is competitive. And also on their impact to you personally in terms of how many friends you met - this is a wonderful story. I love it!
Gorgeous cards, as always, I now have a MISTI so am looking forward to stamping my small images up - the gold embossing powder is lush! Thank you for the video and inspiration Jennifer!
These are nice cards. I always knew there is no mistakes in card making you just change it up & put a new twist on it. I love how each of the cards look. Several a bit different . Great job Jennifer & thanks for sharing with us. Great story about Hero Arts as well & thank you for sharing it with us. These are really awesome cards!
You make pattern stamping look so easy and fun. Because of your video on the Misti - way back then - I bought one myself. It makes life so much better - and I use it all the time when I have stamp & die sets where the dies are solid. With the Misti, I can make a template and stamp on the die cut perfectly every time. You are such an inspiration. Thank you!
Such an awesome technique; I'm so thankful that you share your fabulous ideas! Loved your story, too, Jennifer! Being a Hero Hostess was such an honor and helped me to find my place in this wonderful community and industry! I will always be grateful. By the way, my first ever stamp purchase was a Hero Arts teddy bear stamp, in the mid 1980s :)
you have been a WONDERFUL part of the community. thank you for that.
Jennifer, I'm not sure what impressed me most in this video, ie your story, your method of stamping, or the gorgeous cards! I can't express enough how much you amaze me dear!!! Thanks so much Jennifer!
Hi Jennifer ~ Loved your Hero Arts story.....Kind of gave me that warm, fuzzy feeling to know that there are still so many encouraging, supportive people out there. Your stamping and coloring are stunning and, as always, you've made it all look so simple. Thanks for the inspiration. ~HUGS~
I have to thank you for the story. The cards are beautiful as always, but the story hit home for me. I work for a US based company that started a new "craze" 16 years ago. It has finally kicked into high gear last year and our competition is passing us in sales by leaps and bounds. We still have our loyal customers and we are slowly growing. It has been frustrating for me to watch the competition take over a market my boss started. I now have a new way to look at our competitors. So thank you :)
What a great story. Amazing and sharing people attract and support each other and not hold them back and your story shows just that. There is room for all of us and the more we help each other in all areas of life the more love and kindness there is to go around!
Thank you, Jennifer, for your generosity in sharing that great story of Hero Arts. Your cards, as always, are beautiful, and your explanations very helpful.
I really appreciate you, your teaching, and loved hearing a positive story about the industry! Thank you to Hero Arts also!! 💞💞💞
I used to drive by Hero Arts on my way to work and wish that I could go in, and maybe some day they'd have a sale. Now, I understand they have a store in that location. Unfortunately, I've now moved out of the area, but I'll never forget the urge to drive up to their door and get a sneak peek. Thanks for the wonderful story. Oh, and your cards are FABULOUS!
Thanks, Jennifer. I have only been stamping for a couple of years but I am a fan of Hero Arts. I love these cards that you created too. Thanks for the story. I always enjoy hearing the backgrounds of companies and individuals such as yourself. Very interesting.
Being fairly new to stamping, I had no idea that Hero Arts had been around for so long! I love their products and look forward to their monthly kits. Thanks for sharing your story. And these cards are just fabulous. I have all the Sparkle pens and love them. The brush is a lot bigger than the Wink of Stella's and I agree that they are harder to control, but oh, the shine! Thanks for all you do!
Jennifer you are the BEST!!!! I love every video! We always learn so much and you make the best cards!!! Not to mention you are also the sweetest person. I'm so thankful that you make these videos. Thanks for sharing your amazing talents!!!!!!
Love your cards and the demo on how to accomplish this technique. I too have been impressed with Hero Arts during my stamping journey. They are so helpful, kind and just fun to chat with when I have needed their help. Great people and I am thrilled to be a part of such a phenomenal group of individuals who share my love for this art and have the love of life that I have. Thanks for sharing and for being you :)
These cards are absolutely stunning. Your story about Hero Arts is inspirational. I'm so glad you shared both the cards and the story. Thank you!!!
Beautiful! I loved the Hero Arts story, I did not know that...I recently started my own stamp company, and though it's small, I've definitely seen how some companies do not want competition or will not encourage, nor help with even the most minor issue, so I've done everything myself, I love the designing aspect and that's what has kept me going! Thanks for sharing! ~~Chelle
what a wonderful card and story! yay for Hero Arts 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I have been enjoying their products since the 1980s😊!! thank you💝
Gorgeous, gorgeous cards! I really appreciated hearing about Hero Arts and their importance to the industry.
Beautiful card and beautiful story. I love Hero Arts products fir their quality and design. So glad to know how supportive the company is.
Thank you Jennifer I love that you now do more than one card at a time it shows us so many different options. As always another get card.
these cards are so gorgeous, i really love the way the "mistake" is actually a wonderful technique. Your story about hero arts is lovely. I have always loved hero arts and now I love them even more!
I have been trying to resist that tiny stamp set for so long, but now I'm done lol These cards are just gorgeous! Loved hearing the Hero Arts story as well!
I got my misty about a month ago and I absolutey love it! It is just so much easier for doing a lot of cards. I do also like doing the plane grandstanding, just for the fun of it. I love the technique for doing the backgrounds with the misty. What a time saver! I loved the hero arts story, and I always wondered why they were so very popular. Now I know. Tfs. Blessing! Lisa
Beautiful Jennifer! Always amazed to see what you have to share with us crafty people! Love your story! It's good to know that some companies or company owners give back and help others thrive in this industry. Thanks for always sharing!
What a wonderful story. Hero Arts is one of my favourite companies and I am obsessed with layered stamping right now. Thanks, Jennifer. The card is quite spectacular.
Thank you for sharing the Hero Arts story! As a person that also started out scrapbooking...I was a person who didn't care for the process of putting pages/layouts together. I think it was including photos that was frustrating to me. However, I've always loved stamping and knew as a kid that one day there would be so many choices I would have to choose carefully what I wanted. Your story gave me the "how" background that this came about and the "why" this community is so friendly and cordial. I must admit I'm a huge Lawn Fawn fan! I have more of there products than of any other brand. But I buy brands that are from newer companies such as Concord & 9th, and companies that have been around for a longer time, including Hero Arts! Stamps have to speak to me for me to buy them. As for Spectrum Noir, I've not been impressed with most of their products. I've watched many use these glitter pens and I noticed a huge lack of the ability to control it...and I've also seen people use these for larger areas and the lines of how you applied them are so visable, it made me cringe. I tend to care much more for my at you Spica gitter pens by the Copic makers as well as the Wink of Stella glitter brush pens. I wanted to thank you for incorporating the use of the MISTI in your videos. Due to my severe health diagnosis, energy is so precious it's like gold. I found that the 'price' for me has been worth it many times over. This is because I have to create in my bed, and the MISTI has made it possible to create more than one card at a time by cutting stamping time down by a 1/4 in my case. And with so many people who care for me and do so many kind things for me and my family, they need thank you cards to show the appreciation we feel. I like to send cards that I made personally, and this helps me be able to do so, along with the hard work by such awesome stamp companies. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of card making on your videos. I'm a big fan!
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Oh, Jennifer. You make amazing cards, and you have such an amazing heart. Thank you for sharing your talent with us!!
I loved the history of your experience with Hero Arts and the importance of competition. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my you are SO amazing! I would have never thought to make the card that size so you could cut it down to different sizes and configurations! When I saw that card with the offset circle I thought oh man she did a whole different layout! She did so much work! Then you told us your secret! So smart!
I really love your story. I worked in a craft shop in 2002-2008 and remember Hero Arts being one of the first brands we stocked
I absolutely love these cards! The small flower stamp set is so adorable.
Ms. Jennifer, You are an artist of card making. Awesome cards
Love your card. Hero Arts is one of my favorite stamp companies. Thank you for sharing your story with us.
Really beautiful. Luv the technique. Thanks for sharing how you fixed the off-center sentiment. It really helps to have some oopsie saves in our bag of card tricks!! I also appreciated hearing how a company is good to the people who help it grow. How a business treats its employees and customers is really important to me.
Wow! I'm glad you linked this video in your latest one. I learnt something! And thanks for the beautiful pattern-design-idea. I guess this technique is where the turn-around stamps originate!
Enjoy your video. I was very informative and inspiring as always. I started stamping back in 1996 to teach a girl scout troop. Hero Arts was one of my first purchase of stamps. I still have my Hero Arts stamps from way back until now. Hero Arts has always been one of my favorite stamp companies to go to.
Your story was wonderful! Thank you Hero Arts! Thank you for always making up charts for us. This technique has beautiful results! Thank you for taking the time to video, edit, and upload! It's so much work but greatly appreciated. 💜
Hi Jennifer, What a great video, Love the story telling and how you got started, you are just a beautiful person, giving all of us so many thing to try, and you cards are fabulous, I love coming over to check out your video's, and to learn from you, thanks again for all that you do. Cheers Anna.
Thanks for sharing that story about Hero Arts and for sharing your talents so selflessly! You truly are an inspiration Jennifer. So much so that the owner of the Scrapbook store I frequent was saying that she wishes she knew what the topics of your videos would be ahead of time. She always has several people (like me) who come in asking for the products you show on your videos! Thanks also for sharing the color chart as I have most of the Sparkle Pens.
I follow your blog here in the UK & was thrilled to see you use a stamp set that I already own. Those little flowers are so cute. Thank you for the new inspiration to revisit the set. Wonderful videos every time.
Beautiful cards as always! Thank you for sharing the great story about Hero Arts
Beautiful cards! Love the story about Hero Arts. I'm so glad to know there are really nice people in the card making business and isn't only about the money. Tfs
Loved hearing the HeroArts story - and am proud AND excited that they are literally in my backyard! Only 20 minutes away and just saw on their website they have a warehouse that opens twice a week! Thank you for again giving great information, ideas and your generosity with your experience!
Debbie Petersen whoa! That would be so cool! Where do you live at? Where is their warehouse? I bet California huh?
I want Togo the hero arts outlet store too. But sadly I don't live in California
I love hero arts! I still have the very first rubber stamp I ever purchased which is a hero arts stamp from 1983. It happens to be the Cheshire Cat and I still use it all the time. They are an absolutely wonderful company. I especially love their monthly hero kits
Thank-you for the story! It's just one more way that you inform/educate us! And, as always, the cards/techniques are amazing! Thank-you for taking the time to share!
Thank you, Jennifer! An awesome video with yet another great technique. I also loved your story about Hero Arts and your journey with them, it's a generous and lovely community.
I often of to the factory store of Hero Arts in Richmond, California and the people there are so nice and helpful. Love Hero Arts.
I think these are the most beautiful cards you've ever made!!!
Loved hearing your story Jennifer, and also thinking I need a Misti even though I am not a huge cardmaker. Thanks for all you do in our world!
Whoa, I love what you've done w/ these cards! The patterns, the gold, the Spectrum sparkle colos...... All wonderful
Thank you for sharing your talents with us and I loved hearing your story about Hero Arts.
I LOVE this!!! So glad you fixed the circle. I'm kind of an O.C.D. crafter too. Lol. 😆 The blue one was so pretty. This is my #1 go-to craft channel. You're awesome Jennifer!
Jennifer, Thank you so much for the chart, you're effort is very much appreciated!!
So pretty! It's fun that you took the same technique and made so many different cards. Loved your story too!
I loved hearing your story about Hero Arts and how you meet everyone and a little history about Hero Arts. Many of my original wooden stamps are from Hero Arts... still work great after over a decade of stamping! It was fun to learn a new technique using the Misti! Thanks for always inspiring us!
Thank you Jennifer for the story and the card ideas.....wonderful!
Those are some great cards. Thanks for sharing the story about Hero Arts.
These are awesome. I'm so glad that you made the mistaken because the cards turned out super cool with the hole in the top of the card. I love the look!!!!
These cards are all very beautiful. Thanks for sharing your lovely story!
I do like Hero Arts and they are not too far away. I like this idea.
Jennifer, I just love this story about Hero Arts! It's heartwarming and just reminds me that there is so much good in the world. So many good people with kind hearts. Thank you for telling it. I have a new respect for HA! Fantastic and fun cards! Bless your heart Jennifer! xoLina
These cards are stunning! Thank you for sharing a way to get greater use of stamps sets - so often I don't know how to use those little stamps! Also it wonderful to hear about Hero Arts - The industry is very welcoming which is unusual in a competitive environment and wonderful to learn about. The people behind this small (meduim and large!) businesses are fascinating to learn about and hear how they came to be in that position. I would love to learn more about the people around you. :):)
Thank you for sharing that story! I love to hear about designers like you get started in the industry. Your cards are so pretty!💖
I love my Spectrum Noir sparkle pens!! What a beautiful set of cards you created and I especially love they story you shared with us!! I have some liquid platinum embossing powder...think this would look great with the sparkles pens also!! Thanks Jenifer!!🌺
Ha love your blabing. Thanks for the story. Love hearing about stamping history and wonderful cards!
Wow....love these cards!!!! I have been watching you for about a year now and i love you!!!! Many many years ago.... before 2001....i was working for the graphic designer who handled the Hero Arts account. I assume he still does? Back then it was all wood block stamps. I would work on the catalogs and color the digital versions of the stamp labels, help with photographing the sample cards that were displayed in the catalog, and lots of other things. It was great fun and i many times felt like i was coloring (on a computer) for a living. At the time Hero Arts was located in Emeryville, CA and i also worked in Emeryville. I visited the plant several times and it was always great fun and i remember wishing i could be more involved there. In 2001 I moved to the northwest and so no longer could work for the designer and to this day it was the best and most fun job i have had. It is so ironic how now i am super interested in stamping and coloring with handmade media, markers, ink, watercolors, ect. and the world is much more digital now. I have slowly been getting a few supplies and i hope to start creating cards and such with stamping and embossing and all! I am super critical of myself and i have to get over that and you are wonderful to learn from! Thank you for your story...it brought all kinds of great memories back!
Love this technique using the MISTI. I actually tried this the other night with my Christmas card design. I have an idea for stamping a poinsettia wreath, but I only have two pointsettia stamps...so I cut a small square of card stock and used this very idea! I'm still trying to perfect the placement of the stamps, but I like your idea of drawing on vellum and using it as a guide...I'll have to try that next! Also, thanks for sharing about Hero Arts...I've always wondered how people "got started"! Love your cards, videos, and inspiration! God bless! 😊
This is really awesome. You always come up with great ideas. The gold embossing with the sparkle pens is beautiful. Thanks for the video and the story of Hero Arts.
I love this card and the method. I especially love the story. How wonderful!
Red rubber is still my favorite, I have some great old Hero Arts stamps!
Thank you Jennifer for sharing your story. Your cards are gorgeous! I really like this technique and the colors are just beautiful.
Thank you, not only for the great cards but also sharing your story. I love how we get to know the owners of they companies we buy from. I think it makes it so much more personal and enjoyable to shop. Blessings Mimi
Awesome cards and wonderful strory. I love Hero Arts products and get the monthly Card Kits.
I do enjoy your videos Jennifer. This is another keeper and a technique I will certainly use with my Misti. Thanks for the history, too. You are one of my favorite teachers!!!
Hi Jennifer!! I have watched you make a ton of cards and I must say that is has to be my FAVORITE!!!!!! This technique is absolutely amazing and I can't wait to try it out with my MISTI! Thank you!
Great video as always! Love your story. I became stamping because of HA as well. My first stamps were from HA and it was the first company that got me interested in stamping. For me HA is like the company everything started from
Wow, love your cards, such gorgeous stamping and colouring! Love that stamp set! Greatly enjoyed your story, very interesting. Tfs
What a lovely story and such a great insight into companies that are somewhat untouchable to most of us. Im really loving the new Sparkle pens and must get my hands on some. Right down my alley.
Tfs such lovely cards also.
Take care 🌹
OMG you never ever cease to amaze me. Thanks for hopping again today LOVE you!
i love you!
Thank you so much for sharing your techniques. I haven't felt like I was really getting the bang for my buck with the MISTI - love how you used it for the pattern stamping. I'm definitely going to try that! I'm still sorta new to stamping and you are my go to for inspiration! Also, thanks for the history of Hero Arts!
Beautiful cards Jennifer!! Loved listening to the Hero Arts story as well. Hero Arts was the first clear stamp I bought :)
Thank you for your wonderful tutorial! I could listen to you all day long! You always have such great ideas, you are one of my favorite "pros"!
Wow Jennifer! This is such an innovative technique. I have lot of little "filler" stamps that I have never used that I am going to try this with. Thanks for sharing
Jennifer...this was a wonderful tutorial!!! And I was also very happy to hear your story about Hero Arts. I was also thrilled to see how you did this embossing technique. I have been on the look out for an acetate template/guide I can use in my MISTI, however, I haven't been able to find one. You have given me a great idea. I'll put some grid lines on a piece of vellum, using my t-ruler...and then laminate it. :) These cards are gorgeous!! Thank you for sharing!! :)
Thank you for the awesome pattern stamping and the very interesting story. It is nice to see and learn more about the industry and community.
I always love your creative ideas as well as your step by step explicit directions. I am a fan!
beautiful card Jennifer! so creative to fix your mistake... it's better than if the hello was centered. wonderful story too!
These are gorgeous! Some of my earliest stamps (I have been stamping for 17 years) ARE Hero Arts. ♥ them and still use them!
yay!