Thanks so much for a great week. We walked on the wild side a bit with some unexpected but truly inspiring color combos for your holiday cards. I cannot wait to pour over all the colorful creations you have all shared on our Flickr group!

Check out all the eye-candy from this past week:

Monday we saw cards from Leslie, Lucy and Kandis.
Tuesday brought 3 more creations courtesy of Sheri R, Leslie and Robyn.
Wednesday Jennifer showed us some great tips on card making and Leslie shared a layout.
Friday we finished things off with 3 cards by Lisa S, Tami and Leslie.

It has been fun! Be sure to get your Challenge submissions into our Flickr group by Sunday, November 8th at 11:59pm PST. (Click HERE for all the details.)

Happy Halloween! No tricks here today — just a look back at the week’s treats! Special thanks to our Web Artists for the simple holiday card inspiration shared all week long…

Daily links:

• Monday - Sheri, Kelly and Barbara share three simply sweet cards with a touch of pink
• Tuesday - Two more fabulous, easy-to-create holiday cards from Kandis and Leslie
• Wednesday - Elegant embossed designs from Laura and Jacki
• Friday - My package card with a surprise and Lucy’s adorable penguin gift tags

Thanks so much for joining us on the blog this week! I hope we’ve given you some ideas that will help simplify your holiday cardmaking process. Remember…less is more! We look forward to seeing all of your simple holiday cards in the Flickr pool! You have until 11:59 pm PST on Sunday to submit your entries. (More info HERE.)

And good news for U.S. stampers! The end of Daylight Savings Time means we gain an extra hour this weekend — an extra hour to stamp!

Have a fun and safe Halloween weekend!

Welcome to the weekend. First I want to thank all of you for answering the question about using vellum on Wednesday’s post. I appreciate all your input and time to write comments about vellum so I am randomly picking two prize winners. They are…

• #17 - Patricia Swagler (October 21st, 2009 at 6:01 am)

• #131 - Coraline (October 21st, 2009 at 11:47 am)

Congratulations, I hope you will enjoy the prizes! Please email the blog address (located over in the sidebar) with your mailing address and I’ll send your goodies out to you.

Now for a look back at the paper tearing projects shared this week…

I look forward to seeing all the unique ways you use torn paper on Flickr. Remember, you have until Sunday at 11:59pm PST to submit your challenge entries. (Click here for all the details.) I have been looking at the cards during the week and you all have me tearing paper in the evening. I was talking to my mother on the phone last night and she said “what are you doing?” Oops, I better stick to ironing, it’s quieter.

In other news…I can’t wait for all of you to see our new catalog. Jackie has an unbelievable way of coming up with new and better images year after year!! You won’t be disappointed.

Have a good weekend and thanks again for taking time to share your cards and comments with me.

WOW!! Where did the time go THIS week? I have been buried in stamping for the 2010 catalog (just WAIT til you see some of the fun stuff!!!),  blogging, and having out of town guests, so I can’t believe another weekend is here!! If you didn’t start your holiday accessory card yet, don’t worry…you can multi-task like I have been!!! Go onto Monday’s post HERE to get all the details on the challenge. And be sure to check out Wednesday’s video that shows how to make a quick wooden bracelet.

Now here’s a look back at our week…

• Monday - Holiday cards featuring our newest holiday accessories
  
• Tuesday - Creative ways with the build a snowman set
  
• Wednesday - Who says snowflakes have to be white?
  
• Friday - Going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month with four pink tulip cards
  

I certainly hope you have enjoyed blogging with us this week. I know I have!! Happy Weekend!

Well here we are, it’s Saturday already and that means it’s time to wrap up our week of paper piecing! Here’s a glimpse at the week’s projects, from cupcakes and snowmen to boats and hearts…

• Monday - A step-by-step introduction to paper piecing and three cards.
• Tuesday - Two unique takes on paper pieced snowmen
• Wednesday - A video and three more paper pieced designs including a mouse, a tree, and a boat.
• Friday - Paper piecing goes digital!

After all that cutting, the ol’ scissors may deserve a little rest. :)  Not for long though — paper piecing is so much fun and it’s a technique you can turn to time and time again. The great thing is the results look different every time depending on the papers you use. Those scraps keep accumulating and paper piecing makes wonderful use of them, so I hope you’ll give it a try and have fun with the challenge!

I look forward to seeing more of your projects in the Flickr group. There’s still plenty of time to play along — you have until Sunday, October 11 at 11:59pm PST to stamp and submit for the challenge. (For more details, just click on Monday’s post HERE.)

Thanks so much to each of you for visiting this week and I hope you have a great weekend!

Hello!  Today I am going to share a quick wrap-up of our FUN ATC week…

• On Monday, I shared fun ATC ideas for Halloween.
• Tuesday brought ideas for fall and Thanksgiving.
• Wednesday included holiday ATC inspiration and a video.
• And on Friday, we announced our first ATC swap!

Remember that you still have time to play along in our ATC challenge HERE with a chance to win big prizes.  Also, you can still sign up to be part of our exciting Hero Arts ATC Swap!  Click HERE for more details.

Have a great weekend!

Thank you for all your enthusiasm this week, I got so many ideas from the Flickr group already. You saw photo cards the way I did, as an untapped resource for card making. In yesterday’s comments Nancyljk even had a fun idea on making a sock monkey her signature card –  what a great idea.

Here’s a glance back at the photo card ideas I showed on the blog this week…

And here are the daily links with more details and larger project views:

• Monday - Jazzing up pre-printed photo cards
• Tuesday - A one-of-a-kind idea with chocolates
• Wednesday - Simple, creative photo corners
• Friday - Fun fall designs with bears, spiders, and gourds

You still have time to enter the challenge so I hope you will dig through your photos and create a unique photo card. Upload it to the Hero Flickr Pool by 11:59 PST on Sunday, September 27 and tag it with the word photocard for a chance to win free stamps from the Hero Arts store!

Thank you all for stamping along with me this week,

Thanks so much for joining us during this week of learning! And special thanks to the wonderful Hero Hostesses who shared their card makeovers with us this week…

• Monday - Hostesses Kathy & Lin
  
• Tuesday - Hostesses Virginia & Sarah
  
• Wednesday - Hostess Cathy plus a video from Jennifer showing how to create recycled treat bags
  
• Friday - Hostesses Lucy and Tiffany
  

So, I hope you’ve been inspired to create something for the weekly challenge! The challenge is simple –  to create a project trying something new or something you have recently learned. (You can find all the details HERE.) No matter your skill level, there’s always something new to learn so I hope you have fun with it!

Have a great weekend!

Welcome to the weekend! Thank you so much for spending this week of Fall Colors with us. Here’s a review of the Web Artists’ colorful creations…

• Monday - A Thanksgiving card by Sheri and Fall layout by Robyn using the colors from our Fall Mixed Notecards.

• Tuesday - Tami & Kelly created cards with the second color combo.

• Wednesday - Cards from Jacki & Leslie, plus a great colored pencil video for Palette #3.

• Friday - Laura, Kandis & Barbara designed Halloween and Thanksgiving cards with this lively color scheme.

Reminder: Challenge submissions are due by Sunday, September 13 at 11:59pm PST. (Click HERE for details.) And remember, your projects can be of ANY theme — you’re not limited to Fall themes. Whether or not Fall is in the air where you live, we hope you’ll be able to play along!

One more thing! We kicked off our Win a Day on the Blog contest this week too! You can read more HERE in case you missed it.

Happy stamping everyone! Enjoy your weekend…

Hello!  Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.  Remember that you have until late tomorrow night to enter our “Man Week” challenge.  And you can even have a guy in your life play along for a chance to win, too.  Click HERE for information.

I also wanted to say that we have a winner from Monday’s post!  The lucky one is…

• Vicki:  “I love that the men are involved in Hero Arts too! I will be sure to tell my husband. He helps me on occasion and I’m sure it’ll make him feel more “manly” if he knows others are stamping too!!! Thanks for making me smile first thing on a Monday!!!”

And now, time for our weekly wrap-up…

• Monday - The men behind Hero Arts shared their talents with us.
  
• Tuesday - We put our wonderful husbands to work - what fun!
  
• Wednesday - Wednesday was all about kids.  Watching them stamp is very inspiring.
• Friday - Even teen and young adult guys can enjoy our hobby.
  

Thanks for visiting this week.  See you next week for some more fun stamping…