Welcome to another fun week here on the Hero Arts Blog!  We have so much excitement planned that we decided to have two hosts for the week - Jennifer and Tami!  Let’s get started…

Awhile back, we got an email from Enid Sanstad suggesting that the Hero artists tell their favorite stamps.  And, thanks to her, we decided to do a whole week focused on just that - favorite stamps.  Each day, we will share ideas from various folks using their favorites.  Let’s get started!  (Oh, and thank you for the suggestion, Enid!)

First, here are the stamps that we came up with as our favorites: Patterned Hearts, Clear Design: All Occasion Messages, Clear Design: Thank You Flourishes and the Raindrop Background.

Now it is time to play with these great stamps.  First up is a card by Tami using all four of our favorites…

Card by Tami Hartley
Supplies:

• Patterned Hearts
• Clear Design: All Occasion Messages
• Clear Design: Thank You Flourishes
• Raindrop Background
• Blush, Sunshine & White Notecards
• Memories Ruby Ink
• Soft Apricot Shadow Ink
• VersaMark
• White Embossing Powder
• Spring & Summer Card Buttons
• Spring & Summer Art Flowers
• Accent Pearls
• other: string, pop dots

Next up is a card by Jennifer using the same favorites…

Card by Jennifer McGuire
Supplies:

• Patterned Hearts
• Clear Design: All Occasion Messages
• Clear Design: Thank You Flourishes
• Raindrop Background
• Kraft, Blush & Chocolate Notecards
  
• ArtPrint Brown Memories Ink
• Soft Blossom Shadow Ink
  
• VersaMark
• White & Clear Embossing Powder
  
• Art Flowers White and Cream
• Accent Pearls
• other: string, pop dots, EK Success decorative border punch and corner rounder

And since these stamps work so well for scrapbooking, how about a page by Jennifer?

Layout by Jennifer McGuire
Supplies:

• Patterned Hearts
• Clear Design: All Occasion Messages
• Clear Design: Thank You Flourishes
• Raindrop Background
• Clear Design: Scallop Borders
• Clear Design: Simple and Basic Alphabet
  
• Memories Ruby Ink
• VersaMark
• White & Clear Embossing Powder
  
• Midnight Black Accent Pearls
  
• other: stripe patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye), dot patterned paper (Bo Bunny), sewing machine, cardstock

Since we are talking about “favorites,” we decided to ask three of our favorite artists - Tim Holtz, Ali Edwards and Donna Downey - about what they love most in the 2009 Hero Arts Catalog.

Hero Arts’ friend Tim Holtz says he loves our new Collage Art Flowers - both the Vintage Collage and the Pastel Collage. They work great with any collage project.

Ali Edwards says, “For me, many of my favorite things become favorites because they feature the simplest designs. I love the Raindrop Background stamp because it is completely versatile. It can be used on so many different projects as a background, to add texture, or just add a bit of color.”

Artist Donna Downey was quick to say which stamp she adored - the Long Branch. In fact, she created an amazing canvas project using this stamp a lot - click HERE to see it.  (And rumor has it she will be giving a few of these stamps away later this week on her blog HERE!)

Thanks to these artists for sharing their favorite Hero Arts stamps!

Let’s move onto our challenge for this week: simply create a card, project or scrapbook page using YOUR favorite Hero Arts product(s)!  Load it up to the Hero Arts Flickr group by 11:59pm PST on Sunday, February 15th. Please include the tag “favorites” on your submissions.

• Fresh Face Winner (someone who has not yet won a contest): $50 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog
• Scrapbook Page Winner: $50 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog
• 1st Place: $50 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog
• 2nd Place: $25 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog
• 3rd Place: $15 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog

And to start the week off with a bang, let’s give away a few of today’s favorites!  Just leave a comment on this post by Wednesday at 11:59pmPST telling us what YOUR favorite Hero Arts stamp is and we will pick a winner of these goodies…

Have a great week…

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