Hello and welcome - today we have some happy news to share - the second group of winners of the September contest!  We were in awe of all the fall goodness you uploaded to Flickr in the first half of the month - and we’re happy to say you all finished up the month just as strong. WOW! So many wonderful autumn creations!!  But as next-to-impossible as it was, we actually managed to narrow down all of the entries to another group of winners…

First up is our Fresh Face winner!  Patscrap91 created this amazing autumn display from an old tray she found in her attic.  Talk about trash to treasure - wowza!  Love the variety of Hero Arts stamps she used on this, too - especially our sweet Baby Reindeer!

Next up is paintingeyedoc (Trinh), the winner of our Digital category.  Trinh used the Delicate Leaves DigiKit, and what’s especially fabulous about her card is how it’s impossible to tell it wasn’t a stamped image!  She masked it off, used distress inks, added stamping, made it shine - great work!

And now onto our Fab Five - five fabulous projects, presented in no particular order. Just like our Digital and Fresh Face winners, every member of the Fab Five will receive a $50 Hero Arts shopping spree.

We loved this entire ensemble from leni4jjc!  All of the layering of stamps and ink and masking on her card are just gorgeous!  Her polka dotted pumpkin is especially fabby!

Next up is lizhaworth, who had so many fabulous creations this month it was hard to choose just one to show!  We loved her beautiful fall blooms, and her adorable card-that-looks-like-a-treat-bag (to quote Tami, “she had me at candy button!”), but this pumpkin patch scene is our favorite.  The use of the Silhouette Ivy as pumpkin vines is beyond wonderful!

Here’s an incredibly beautiful fall wreath from stampersuzz (Suzanne)!  We love how she decorated all of those leaves with Starburst Lace.  Just gorgeous.

Anna-Karin (A-K) practiced the kiss technique on this wonderful fall pear card.  Check out her Flickr post for more detail, she used a huge variety of Hero Arts stamps for the kissing!

And finally, this gorgeous scene from Paper Girl, who repurposed a winter stamp to create a starry night in November! We just love the look of this stamp in warm, fall colors.

Congratulations to all of the winners!!  Please send an email to winner@heroarts.com with your choice of $50 worth of Hero Arts product, along with your shipping address. You can create your wishlist by looking through the Hero Arts Online Store.  And please include “September2010B” in the subject of your email.  And if you’d like a winner blinkie to include on your blog, let us know that too!

A great big thanks to everyone who played along this month, you never stop wowing us with your talent!

A quick reminder, our next monthly contest is underway! This time around the theme is Holiday Cardmaking, as well as the photo card technique.  Get your creations uploaded to Flickr before the first round ends on October 14!

And one more thing before we go, let’s check in and see what our wonderful Hero Hostesses have been up to!  Click on the snippet or the name below to visit the full card, and return some of the kindness they share with everyone in our Flickr community!

Cards created by bdengler4(Barb), weememories(Jenny), joytaylor1975, sugarbuffet, nancyljk, and “card”rageous(Robin).

Happy Stamping,

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