Hero Arts has a new 2010 contest format! Hero Arts is now offering exciting MONTH-long contests around a creative monthly theme and featured technique/project. We will announce winners in TWO groups, so you have twice the opportunities to win! (Please note that December has five Thursdays so we have made some revisions to the usual calendar, noted below.)

• Submit as many entries as you would like around the monthly themes and/or featured technique.
• Submit by the third Thursday and the fifth Thursday of the month.
• 1st Group of Winners announced the fourth Thursday of the month from the early submissions.
• 2nd Group of Winners announced the first Thursday of the next month from ALL submissions.

Bookmark, save, or print the calendar below to help keep track of the dates and deadlines for entry.

December Challenge: Create a new card, scrapbook page, or other project based on any of the following…

• Giving Thanks — Thank you cards of all kinds…something we always need after the holidays!
• Color Challenge — Kraft, cranberry, slate blue, pine and snow. Project can be of any theme.

• Adding Shine — There are lots of products and techniques out there to add shine and we want to see how you use them! Project can be of any theme. Check out Shari Carroll’s new technique article this month for one idea using Glossy Accents!

Please use at least one Hero Arts stamp or Hero Arts digital element on each of your projects.

Submitting and Tagging: Upload your entries to the Hero Arts Flickr Group. Check the FAQ here for more information on how to upload to Flickr. When submitting your creations, please be sure to include the following tags:

• For projects created between December 1 and December 16 (11:59pm PST) - Tag entries with December2010A
• For projects created between December 17 and December 30 (11:59pm PST) - Tag entries with December2010B

Prizes: By entering, you could win a shopping spree of your choice of Hero Arts products from the Hero Arts Online Store! The prize amounts are as follows and will be awarded on both Thursday, December 23 and Thursday, January 6:

• Fab Five (five outstanding creations): $50 each
  
• Digital Winner (create something using a Hero Arts Digital Kit or a Hero Arts Silhouette design): $50
• Fresh Face Winner (someone who has not yet won a contest): $50

We would love to see everyone participate, from the wonderful long-time members, to the active contest submitters, to first timers, to casual participants. Our goal with this new contest format is to give more people more opportunities to submit, and more opportunities to show off our wonderfully diverse and inspirational creations from our broad community of stampers!

Submit your entries today — we can’t wait to see what you create!