The Final Stay Crafty Challenge Winner + Thank You!

Hero Arts

Wow — what an incredible creative journey this has been!

First, a big congratulations to our December Stay Crafty Monthly Challenge winner — Juan Ambida


We love this adorable scene created using the Festive Christmas Scene Die Set and Meowy Cat-mas Stamp & Cut. And that shiny gold frame is the perfect festive touch!


Please email krasmussen@spellbinders.us with "Stay Crafty Challenge Winner" in the subject to claim your prize.

💫 The End of a Wonderful Chapter

December marked the final Stay Crafty Monthly Challenge, and it feels bittersweet to share this news. Over the years, this challenge has become such a special part of our creative community — a place to experiment, share ideas, and be inspired by one another. With a wide variety of creative themes and seasonal inspiration, each challenge invited makers to explore something new month after month.

❤️ A Heartfelt Thank You

We want to extend our deepest thanks to everyone who made the ABNH Stay Crafty Monthly Challenge what it was. To Michelle Lupton, thank you for your creativity, leadership, and tireless work behind the scenes. From managing the ABNH team and organizing every challenge detail to writing each post, your dedication made this challenge what it was. 


To the entire A Blog Named Hero Team, thank you for your dedication, encouragement, and endless ideas that kept the creativity flowing month after month. 


And finally, thank you to all of you who participated, shared your projects, commented, and supported one another. Whether you joined us occasionally or never missed a month, you helped build an amazing, welcoming creative community, and we are so grateful.

💬 We’d Love to Hear From You

Even though this challenge series has come to an end, we know many of you love creative challenges just as much as we do — and we’d love your input! What types of challenges do you enjoy most? Do you gravitate toward sketch challenges, color challenges, theme-based prompts, or holiday-inspired projects? Is there something specific that really motivates you to participate and create?


Let us know in the comments — your feedback means so much to us and helps shape what comes next.


Thank you for your continued support of the ABNH Stay Crafty Challenge over the years. We are so grateful for this amazing community and excited to see what’s next. 


Stay crafty!

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  • Becca Yahrling

    I am so sad the challenge has come to an end! I didn’t participate as much as I would’ve liked to. I think I prefer challenges that are anything goes – the freedom to make anything with the Hero Arts products I have. Sometimes I didn’t have the products I needed for a particular challenge (or I just wasn’t creative enough to figure it out! lol). Anyway, I will continue to love & enjoy Hero Arts even without a challenge. ;-)

  • Meghan Kennihan

    OH NO! So there are no more Hero Arts Challenges or they are just changing?
    I LOVE theme and color ones…. I LOVE this challenge the themes were awesome… I hope there is a way to continue

  • Loreto Salinas

    What sad news! I was looking forward to this month’s challenge, just like every month, and I found out it was canceled 😩 However, I hope the new challenges will be as fun and creative as this one! Thank you so much for inspiring and encouraging us to create!

  • Jenn Borjeson

    Oh I really hope you bring back challenges – I love company-specific challenges! I have so many stamps that it encourages me to use stamps that have been neglected for a bit! My favorite challenges are color challenges and theme challenges. I want to thank you and Michelle for all the hard work you’ve done to keep this challenge blog going, it’s been a lot of fun.

  • Juan Ambida

    Wow! Thank you for choosing my card, it’s such an honour. It’s bittersweet that this is the last stay crafty challenge. Thank you so much for hosting such a great and wonderful event. Love the Hero Arts range and the creative possiblities are endless. 😻❤️

8 Responses

Becca Yahrling

Becca Yahrling

Jan 18, 2026

I am so sad the challenge has come to an end! I didn’t participate as much as I would’ve liked to. I think I prefer challenges that are anything goes – the freedom to make anything with the Hero Arts products I have. Sometimes I didn’t have the products I needed for a particular challenge (or I just wasn’t creative enough to figure it out! lol). Anyway, I will continue to love & enjoy Hero Arts even without a challenge. ;-)

Meghan Kennihan

Meghan Kennihan

Jan 18, 2026

OH NO! So there are no more Hero Arts Challenges or they are just changing?
I LOVE theme and color ones…. I LOVE this challenge the themes were awesome… I hope there is a way to continue

Loreto Salinas

Loreto Salinas

Jan 18, 2026

What sad news! I was looking forward to this month’s challenge, just like every month, and I found out it was canceled 😩 However, I hope the new challenges will be as fun and creative as this one! Thank you so much for inspiring and encouraging us to create!

Jenn Borjeson

Jenn Borjeson

Jan 18, 2026

Oh I really hope you bring back challenges – I love company-specific challenges! I have so many stamps that it encourages me to use stamps that have been neglected for a bit! My favorite challenges are color challenges and theme challenges. I want to thank you and Michelle for all the hard work you’ve done to keep this challenge blog going, it’s been a lot of fun.

Juan Ambida

Juan Ambida

Jan 18, 2026

Wow! Thank you for choosing my card, it’s such an honour. It’s bittersweet that this is the last stay crafty challenge. Thank you so much for hosting such a great and wonderful event. Love the Hero Arts range and the creative possiblities are endless. 😻❤️

Cassi D.

Cassi D.

Jan 18, 2026

Challenges are the best motivation for me! I usually just have a couple hours of throughout the weekend to dedicate to crafting, so I love to use the prompts to gete moving quickly. My favorite prompts are themes and sketches, but sometimes a color prompt is fun too.

And I would also add that my favorite part of challenges is getting a reaction from other participants. I appreciate the likes and comments even more than the possibility of a prize.

Thanks for hopefully keeping the Hero Arts challenges alive!

Cynthia D Olheiser

Cynthia D Olheiser

Jan 18, 2026

Congrats to Juan and his whimsical Christmas scene!

Stay Crafty Challenges and Design Team will be missed. Thank you for all of the inspiration and hard work to keep the challenge going.

I’m a big fan of sketch challenges. I will be excited to see the new creative challenges that Hero Arts sponsors.

Thanks for asking for customer feedback!

Tracy

Tracy

Jan 18, 2026

Awww I’m so sad to hear that December was the last challenge! I always look forward to seeing what the challenge will be each month. And while I wasn’t able to play every month it was a great “excuse” to get out some Hero Arts goodies and get creative.

I love sketches most, but also enjoy inspiration or “word queues”. I struggle the most with color challenges as I like a simpler, clean style and it’s usually hard to incorporate a lot of colors into those.