We loved reading all of your comments about our new website and store yesterday! Thanks so much for taking the time to look around and share your thoughts. We will be sharing more about the features and answering some of your questions in the days to follow.

Since we are celebrating our new website with a BIG week here on our blog, we decided to share some additional ideas today. And! We have a fun scavenger hunt planned…with a chance to win a bunch of Hero goodies! Keep reading…

Let’s start with some card ideas that were inspired by projects on our main website, heroarts.com.

One of our favorite scrapbookers is Sheri Reguly, who is known for her layered, fresh style.  (Click to see more.)

Nichol Magouirk was inspired by Sheri’s page to create this layered card…

Card by Nichol Magouirk.
Supplies:

• Wallpaper Background
  
• Birds & Branches
  
• Clear Design Friends
  
• Spring Felt Buttons
  
• White Embossing Powder
  
• VersaMark Ink
  
• Black Memories Ink and Soft Pool Ink
  
• Clear Gemstones
  
• Other: American Crafts cardstock, Making Memories ledger paper, Cuttlebug embossing folder, flowers, buttons, staples
  
• Tip: Stamp and emboss the Design Block Wallpaper Background three times - once on blue cardstock, once on yellow cardstock and once on red cardstock. Trim strips apart to make several cards at once.

Isn’t it fun when someone is inspired by one style of card, and then creates something with a totally different style, but same design?  Shari Carroll made this playful card.  (Click to see big.)

And Hero Hostess Deborah Nolan created this elegant card, inspired by Shari’s!

Card by Deborah Nolan.
Supplies:

• Simple Messages
  
• Distress Ink
• Hero Arts Pearls
• Other: Tim Holtz Flights of Fancy stamp, Ranger Embossing Powder, Ranger Dabber Paint, Ranger Crackle Paint, Tim Holtz Grungeboard butterfly, Making Memories “button” brads, InkEssentials White Pen, ribbon, pop dots, Nestabilities

Did you know that each month, we take a set of stamps and create four card ideas for it?  You can find these Projects of the Month HERE, and Shari Carroll always creates great cards, like this one… (Click to see the details.)

Hero Hostess Judy Jung created this card inspired by Shari’s.  We just love the colors!

Card by Judy Jung.
Supplies:

• Asian Dolls
• Outline Flowers
  
• Green Apple Notecard
• VersaMark Ink
• Citron Gems and Red Heart Pearl
• Other: Cardstock, Memory Box paper, yellow embossing powder
  

Now, we would like to invite you to take part in a scavenger hunt for a chance to win some great prizes! All you need to do is explore the new heroarts.com site and send us links to the specific items or parts of the website we specify below. Sound like fun?

Here is the list of 10 things to search for on heroarts.com:

1. Butterfly Garden stamp (K5209) in the new store
2. 6×8 Clear Design Friendship stamp set (CL332) in the new store
3. Ink ‘n’ Stamp Design Elements stamps (LP137) in the new store
4. Spring Blossom Papers (PS547) in the new store
5. Art Flowers Summer (CH150) in the new store
6. Teal Gemstones (CH129) in the new store
7. Store Locator (tool to use to find where retail stores are located)
8. Any card in the holiday cardmaking gallery
9. The Layout of the Week in the scrapbooking gallery
10. And finally…click on “My Hero Club” and tell us…what color is the owl’s megaphone?

Send your answers and your name along with the subject line “Scavenger Hunt” to contest@heroarts.com by 11:59 pm PST on Saturday, July 18. And then also leave a comment right here on this blog post to let us know you entered.  Those who finish the hunt successfully will be entered to win a random drawing for all of the products from the hunt (items #1-6 above) plus a 2009 Hero Arts catalog!

Please note: It’s important that you do NOT post your answers on the blog, because if you do, everyone else will be able to see them! We will randomly pick the lucky winner from those who send the correct links to contest@heroarts.com.

The search is on…ready, set, GO!

Have fun and we’ll see you back here tomorrow for more!

P.S.  Don’t miss the winners of last week’s Vacation Challenge, just below this post!

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