Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: February Challenge
Posted by Michelle Lupton on February 02, 2022

Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: February Challenge

Welcome to the very first Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero challenge!

We are still in the process of choosing the 2022 design team, so for this challenge, we have some guest designers who will be providing us with some inspiration! And the theme is Anything Goes  any colours, any style, any theme, any shape, any project type let your imagination run wild!

Michelle Lupton

Kate Deignan

Essie

Rosie Lopez

Kailash Naidoo

Sandi MacIver

Jennifer Kotas

Now it's over to you to show us your creativity in your challenge entries! Use the InLinkz tool at the very bottom of this post to link up your card, and you will be entered into our drawing. We will be giving a $50 gift card randomly to one person who plays along, and another $50 gift card to one of our favourites!

To link up your project, you need to share it publicly somewhere you can grab the link – this can be your blog, Instagram, a Flickr account – anything that allows you to have a URL or website location to link up.

We, of course, would love for you to use your favorite Hero Arts products, but  all entries will be eligible for consideration – what's most important is the joy we find in our shared craft . Entries must be submitted by Sunday, March 6th at 5:00pm PT to be eligible for the giveaway. Scroll down to find the linkup! If you share your project on social media, we'd love if you'd use the #heroarts and #staycraftychallenge hashtags.

Enter our contest by linking your project below! Please enter your name in the caption area. By linking your project, you are giving us permission to feature your card on our blog, social media or newsletter, crediting you as the artist.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

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