Hello and welcome to the Hero Arts 2011 Catalog Blog Hop! We’re so happy you’re here!!

In anticipation and celebration of our 2011 Catalog, we’ve lined up 24 Hero Arts designers and friends to create projects with brand NEW 2011 stamps. It’s going to be an inspiring showcase of ideas and a glimpse of what awaits at Catalog Preview Parties worldwide! It’s also going to be a chance for you to WIN some of the new stamps…stay tuned for more on that in a bit!

First, our very own Sally Traidman and Nancy Taylor are here with some projects to get things hoppin’!

Sally says, “Holiday Greetings everyone! As you all know, I love flowers. Real, paper, silk…they are all good! I chose this fabulous new woodblock stamp, F5493 Hand Drawn Small Flower, to make a colorful bouquet of stamps that will live forever. Simply stamp it on any paper scrap three times and layer it by cutting it down. Stick foam tape in between, stick a fringed strip in the middle and pop a wire in the center. Tape or glue it to the wire and cover with floral tape. Add leaves. Have fun hopping around today. Hope you gather some really great ideas!”

And now here’s Nancy! She says,“Welcome to our new Hero Arts Catalog blog hop! Hop along with us for some new and exciting samples of things to come. We have be waiting (not so patiently) to show all of you our beautiful new images, so take a deep breath and have fun. With so many new stamps to choose from this was a tough decision. However; I thought after everybody’s marathon stamping over the holidays we needed a simple, ‘Minute to Stamp It’ card for Thank You’s that can use up some of your holiday supplies. This Silhouette card featuring the new woodblock LP195 3 Silhouettes can be made with many different colors of paper scraps and accessories (think blue and silver and a snowflake gem or maybe a felt tree with red and green paper. Hippety-hop here we go!“

Thanks for the wonderful inspiration, Sally and Nancy!

Now, about those PRIZES we mentioned earlier…here’s the scoop!

• We’ll be randomly giving away two HUGE prize bundles (2011 stamps and catalogs!) to people who leave comments on the blogs along the hop, starting with this one! To enter, just leave a comment on any of the participating blogs linked below. You won’t want to miss a single project so be sure to visit all of them! The more comments you leave the more times you’ll be entered into the random draw. (Only one comment per blog post, please.) You have until midnight PST on Monday, December 13, to leave your comments, so you have plenty of time to work your way through the hop as time allows this weekend and on Monday.
• But that’s not all! We’ll have even more goodies to give away to someone who makes it to the hop’s final destination and leaves a comment there. Where oh where could that be?! Hop along and see!
• All winners will be announced on the blog on Wednesday, December 15.

And now…the journey begins! Are you ready? Click over to the blog of Nichol Magouirk to begin hopping!

Enjoy!

P.S. - Just in case you encounter any broken links along the way, here is a complete list of our participating bloggers. You can always return to this post and click on the next blog if needed! Nichol Magouirk • Lucy Abrams • Ali Edwards • Jennifer McGuire • Kelly Goree • Margie Romney-Aslett • Shari Carroll • Jen Gallacher • Kandis Smith • Tami Hartley • Kristina Werner • Teri Anderson • Lisa Spangler • Julie Ebersole • Dawn McVey • Kelly Purkey • Susan Weinroth • Kelly Rasmussen • Sheri Reguly • Tracy Kyle • Kelly Marie Alvarez • Libby Hickson

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