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Challenge #1 PLAY FAVORITES winners!

April 14, 2012

Hello!!

What can we say?! WOW!! We had 218 amazing projects submitted to our first challenge, you really all made incredibly beautiful cards!! We’re so very excited to be bringing you the winner of our first Challenge!!

The winner will receive:

 

A big thank you to our generous sponsors at Simon Says Stamp!

And the winner of the $25 gift certificate (as chosen by randomgenerator.org) is;

JULIE HOFFMAN!!!

While we would haev really loved to give out a gift certificate to all the entries (they were really all winners) we couldn’t, BUT we have also chosen a few cards that we felt deserved special mention 😉 the following cards have been awarded A Blog Named Hero HEROINES!!

CHEIRON

DONNA

DOREL

KELLY

SIMONE

THERESE

TINA

MICHELLE

We just love how all these ladies used their Hero Arts stamps in interesting ways!

Congratulations ladies! We will get a graphic for you to display on your blog/sites asap!

We’ll be back tomorrow with our second challenge!!

Thank you do much for stopping by.

Linda and Mary Dawn xx

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  1. leslie (crookedstamper) says

    April 14, 2012 at 10:40 pm

    Congratulations, everyone! Awesome cards!

    Reply
  2. abnhwp says

    April 14, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    Congrats to Julie, and to all the Heroines! It sure was a fab first challenge, ladies! Can't wait for the next one! 🙂

    Reply
  3. Cecilia Hsieh says

    April 14, 2012 at 11:04 pm

    Wow, what lovely cards! Congrats!

    Reply
  4. Cindy C. says

    April 14, 2012 at 11:51 pm

    Congrats ladies! All really beautiful cards!

    Reply
  5. joy says

    April 15, 2012 at 12:10 am

    Congratulations, Julie!! And, also to the other gals – your cards are just fabulous!

    Reply
  6. lostinpaper says

    April 15, 2012 at 2:18 am

    These cards are A-MaZing! Also a BIG Congrats to Julie!
    Thanks heaps for including my card, you have just made my day (insert happy dance here)! I'm looking forward to the next challenge, but first I'm heading back to check out everyone's cards again!

    Reply
  7. Maureen Chandler says

    April 15, 2012 at 3:31 am

    Congrats to the winners – all the cards are strikingly beautiful!

    Reply
  8. Katie says

    April 15, 2012 at 3:39 am

    There were so many great cards, I know it must have been difficult. There is great talent out there.
    Loving the new blog.

    Reply
  9. Anita Recksiedler says

    April 15, 2012 at 4:20 am

    Congrats Julie! And congrats to the Heroines! Fabulous first challenge!

    Reply
  10. Linda says

    April 15, 2012 at 5:24 am

    What gorgeous inspiration!

    Reply
  11. makingcardsisfun says

    April 15, 2012 at 7:02 am

    Congratulations ! 🙂

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  12. Glenda J says

    April 15, 2012 at 7:02 am

    Congrats to the winners! Thrilled to see my friend Cheiron on here!

    Reply
  13. abnhwp says

    April 15, 2012 at 7:16 am

    Oh, my! I am thrilled to see my card among other heroines!! Thank you and to all of the girls for tons of inspiration with amazing entries.

    Reply
  14. abnhwp says

    April 15, 2012 at 9:03 am

    Congratulations to Julie and the rest of the Heroines! I'm honored to have been chosen as a Heroine, too! Thank you! Looking forward to the next challenge!

    Reply
  15. abnhwp says

    April 15, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Shut the front door! There are no words to tell you how excited I am you picked my card 🙂 Congrats to Julie and all the other Heroines! Such beautiful cards from such talented Ladies!

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  16. stamplover2011 says

    April 15, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    Congratulations to Julie and to all the wonderful cards that were chosen to be heroines!!!

    Reply
  17. Judy1223 says

    April 15, 2012 at 1:21 pm

    Congrats to Julie and to all the Heroines mentioned…ALL the cards were fabulous! Pretty amazing for a first challenge…well done, ladies! Can't wait to see what's next!

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  18. abnhwp says

    April 15, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    Congrats to Julie and the Heroines, fabulous cards ladies!!

    Reply
  19. Julie Hoffman says

    April 15, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    I'm so excited to have won the drawing for the gift certificate! How awesome! Congratulations to the Heroines! Such gorgeous creations!!!

    Reply
  20. Michelle (from KY) says

    April 15, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    Thanks for choosing my card. What a nice surprise!

    Reply
  21. Shelly says

    April 15, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    Congrats Everyone!! What great cards and a fun challenge it was!

    Reply
  22. ThePurplePlace says

    April 15, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

    Reply
  23. abnhwp says

    April 15, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    Congrats to Julie, enjoy your shopping spree! What a nice surprise to see my card up here today! Thanks ABNH!

    Reply
  24. abnhwp says

    April 16, 2012 at 12:30 am

    Congratulations! Such gorgeous cards and thanks for chosing mine as a Heroine! So honored 🙂

    Reply
  25. Deirdre says

    April 16, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    Congrats to the Winners.

    Reply
  26. Robin K. says

    April 16, 2012 at 11:44 pm

    Congrats to Julie and to all the heroines!!! Fun first challenge!

    Reply

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