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Welcome back, everyone! The October challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero has now begun! The theme this month is one of my annual favourites – "Merry Everything". We want to see all your festive holiday creations – Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, any festive celebration that you like! And remember, it's not all about cards – we hope to see tags, decorations, scrapbook...

Hello! The new September challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero begins today. The theme is "Die-lightful". We want you to use your dies in any way you want – as a focal point, as a background, you could create your own stencil using a die – the possibilities are endless! Here's some inspiration from our design team to get you in the...

Hello! The new August challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero begins today. YAY! The theme is "It's Hip to be Square". We want you to incorporate a square or squares into your project in any way you want! Here's some inspiration from our design team to get you in the mood... Kanan Pandya You can find Kanan on Instagram and her blog....

Hello! The new July challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero begins today, and the theme is "Another Year Older". We want to see birthday cards! Any style, technique, theme, size, shape, colour scheme, as long as it's for a birthday! Here's some inspiration from our design team to get you in the mood! Kailash Naidoo You can find Kailash on Instagram. Kanan...

Hello! The new June challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero begins today, and the theme is "By the Sea"! You might make a seaside themed card, or something with mermaids, or ships, or boats, or anchors, or you could do a technique involving water, or use a blue/green colour sheme – the possibilities are endless! Here's some inspiration from our design team...

Hello! The May challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero begins today, and the theme is "Get Scrappy" – in other words, use up your scrap paper! You might decide to do some paper piecing, or a collage, or use scraps to die cut, or use leftovers from a previous card – the possibilities are endless. Here's some inspiration from our design team...

Hello! The March challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero is here, and the theme is "Send a Hug" – this could mean an encouragement card, a sympathy card, a thinking of you card, or simply a card with "hugs" as the sentiment! We've been introducing our new design team on Instagram, but here they are all together, with their inspiration for the...

Today we're sharing a gorgeous project from one of our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the amazing creations the team creates. There's no challenge this month but if you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, be sure to check them out in the future! Today team member Anna is...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the amazing creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member Joy is sharing a beautiful card for their November challenge. Hi there crafting friends! I’m excited...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the amazing creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member, Dhruvika, is sharing a cheerful card for their October challenge! Hi there crafting friends! I’m excited...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the amazing creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member, Anne-Laure, is sharing a gorgeous card for the September challenge! Hello here crafty friends! It’s Anne-Laure...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the amazing creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member, Kate, is sharing a few projects for their August challenge and they're fantastic! Hi! Kate here...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the amazing creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member, Teri, is sharing a project for their July challenge and it is so fun! It’s Teri...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the beautiful creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member, Essie, is sharing a project for their June challenge and it is gorgeous! Hello Crafty Friends!...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the beautiful creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member Meg is sharing a project for their May challenge and it is stunning! Hello everyone! My...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the beautiful creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member Kailash is sharing a project for their April challenge. Hi crafty friends. I’m so excited to...

Today's post introduces the latest challenge from our friends over at A Blog Named Hero. We are so thankful for the support they give us, and the beautiful creations the team creates. If you're looking for a fun challenge to play along with, check them out! Today team member Rosie is sharing a project for their March challenge. Hi crafty friends! I am so excited...

Good morning! It's time for another "Spotted" feature and this one is extra special! We are featuring the brand new design team over at the A Blog Named Hero challenge blog. Their team will be bringing you lots of monthly Hero Arts inspiration along with fun challenges so be sure to check them out! First up is this stunning card by Joy featuring our cute...

Hi crafty friends! It's Linda from A Blog Named Hero here with you today, and before I introduce our next challenge, I'd like to share a couple of announcements. First of all, this will be the final month our current Design Team is with us at A Blog Named Hero, and I'd like to thank Chaxi, LeeAnn, Caren & Seeka for their unwavering commitment and...

Hi there crafting friends - Linda here, from A Blog Named Hero and I’m excited to be here for the last challenge of the year! We thought it might be nice to round the year out with a bit of reflection backwards, and we want to see you CASE one of your favourite cards from the year.I was so inspired by so many of the...

Hi there crafting friends! It's Linda and I’m excited to be here today, to introduce the latest challenge on A Blog Named Hero. It’s heading towards the holiday season, so adding some sparkle will be right on time! For my card, I started with a plain white card base, then I took some texture paste and scraped it over the Glorious Petal Stencil. I then...

Hi crafters!! It’s Linda here, from A Blog Named Hero and I’m excited to be introducing our next challenge to you! This month we want to see you use a: See-through elements are NOT my usual go-to, but I always love how they look so I knuckled down and tried to get creative! For my card, I used a piece of acetate as my base,...

Hi crafting friends! Linda here with a new project today, introducing the latest A Blog Named Hero challenge, which is... For my card, I wanted to play with some brand-new-to-me goodies that just arrived in the mail to create a banner scene, because what’s cuter than a banner swaying in the breeze?!I started with a piece of Hero Hues Lapis cardstock (you could easily use...

Hi crafting friends! It’s Linda here from A Blog Named Hero, and I’m excited to be introducing our next challenge theme with you.We’re so happy with this theme, it’s always so fun to find older favourite stamps, and give them a new spin by playing with them, together with some newer stamps, stencils or other crafting goodies!I decided to take a real old favourite, the...

Hi everyone! Let's join our friends at A Blog Named Hero for their fun monthly challenge! Thanks to Linda for sharing her creation with us here! Hello crafty friends! I hope you’re all well and safe. This month, A Blog Named Hero wanted to make the challenge theme, extra special for these difficult times. We’re challenging you to: The style of your project is wide...

Hi crafty friends, it’s Linda here from A Blog Named Hero and this month we’re challenging you to use Muted Tones. This can mean softer colours, dark, autumnal ones or even baby blues and yellows, we just want to see your more mellow coloured creations! Here’s the card I made. I used the super sweet Deco Pattern Stencil, with Soft Sky and Soft Blossom shadow...

Hi there crafty friends! It’s Linda from A Blog Named Hero, and I’m here to introduce this month’s challenge to you! This time we want to challenge you to make projects that are: So you can be inspired by any of the wonderful crafters in our amazing industry, tell us who they are! We’d love to know who inspires you - it can be a...

Hi there crafty peeps!Linda from A Blog Named Hero here with you today to share our latest challenge theme which is... We all find the need for sympathy cards at the most difficult of times and it’s never an easy thing to make—especially when you’re hurting too, so we thought it would be a smart idea to get a few made so that in those...

Hello crafty friends! It’s Linda from A Blog Named Hero here, and I’m excited to introduce our new challenge to you. We want you to keep things: Here is my card:Remember when these angular cards were all the rage? It was about 2013 and they were EVERYWHERE! I loved them then and I still do now (even though getting the angles right makes me a...

Hello crafty friends! It’s Linda from A Blog Named Hero, and I’m ridiculously excited to be here today, to introduce the new challenge on A Blog Named Hero. It’s seriously made an impression on me…*snort*This can be dry embossing or heat embossing, we don’t mind, we just want to see your creative flag fly.I wanted to get a bit crafty (crafty like a fox I...

Good morning! Lisa here from A Blog Named Hero to entice you to join this month's challenge. We're calling it Love is in the Air, and it's based on this color palette. Why Love is in the Air? Well, the challenge started the day after Valentine's Day, so love is still lingering. Along with some chocolates, I hope. I wasn't really sure what I was...

Happy Saturday to you! Lisa here to highlight our new challenge at A Blog Named Hero. We're calling it Crafter's Choice and that means as long as you use Hero Arts products, you qualify. We have a few other rules, so make sure to check our the Challenge Rules page to make sure you can win one of the two awesome prizes. I interpreted the...

Good morning to you! It's Lisa and I'm excited to share some quick and easy holiday tags, just in case you might be spending your weekend wrapping holiday presents! These tags were inspired by our current challenge at A Blog Named Hero. If you find a few spare moments I do hope you'll join us. There are prizes to win, and relaxation to be had...

Good morning! I hope you're having a great first day of your weekend. Lisa here to tell you about our latest challenge at A Blog Named Hero and hope that you'll join in on the fun. We are using this picture as our inspiration and so far we've seen some gorgeous entries! I made a simple anniversary card to help inspire you, and I love...

Happy Saturday! Emily Midgett is filling in for Lisa Stein to help spread the news and share some inspiration about this month's A Blog Named Hero challenge. Take it away, Emily! Hi there! As an alumnus for A Blog Named Hero, I have the pleasure of helping out occasionally with a post, so this month, I am filling in for Lisa with some information about...

Good morning! It's Lisa here, hoping to entice you to join our challenge at A Blog Named Hero this month. The theme is sparkle and shine and I know that we all love the sparkle! I am excited to see all of the entries this month. Here are a couple of cards I made; they were easy to make, and sparkly, but hard to photograph....