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Introducing the 2017 Design Team: Lisa Stein and Jessica Frost-Ballas

December 19, 2016

Happy Monday to you! I hope you’re gearing up to have a nice relaxing week with your families and friends, and aren’t rushing around too much.

We have a couple of announcements to make regarding the blog.

The biggest one is that one of our founding Design Team members, and the co-owner of this blog, Linda Trace, has decided to step away from A Blog Named Hero and concentrate on some other fun endeavors. Now, don’t worry, she has an amazing family and three little girls that are very happy about this. More Mommy Time! And we are hoping that she will guest design for us once in a while. 🙂

Now, because Linda has left, Jessica has graciously offered to help run this blog. I am very excited about this. Jess and I share a love of not going to sleep at the proper time, so we can now both be up all night working on fun blog things. Ironically, because Linda is in Australia, and because I don’t sleep much, and am on the West Coast, it also worked out that we could spend all my night/her day working on fun blog things. So, yay for continued late night chats. Let’s all welcome Jess to the administrative side of A Blog Named Hero! “Hi Jess!”

Our third announcement might be obvious, depending upon how you are reading this post. We have moved our blog to WordPress! You might have noticed that we have a new web address here at A Blog Named Hero!  We’re in the process of moving our subscribers to the new blog but please update your bookmarks so you can easily find us.  We’ve also moved our archives to our new home so that you can still access all of our past inspiration.  And to go along with our new home: we’re hard at work behind the scenes to bring you a brand new look when we kick off our January challenge.  We can’t wait to show it to you!

Now, before Jess and I give you a little information about us, I wanted to mention a couple more things. For the next two weeks our 2017 Design Team will be introducing themselves here on the blog, so be sure to stop by and see who’s joining us. We are very excited about our new team. It should prove to be an amazing year. And make sure to join us in January when we start the year off right with a fun challenge.

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Hey there, I’m Lisa. I’ve been around A Blog Named Hero for a few years now, and absolutely love the friends I’ve made via our little crafty world. I’m currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada, but call Arizona home when we aren’t in Las Vegas. I’m married to a man that puts up with me, which is a neat thing. All he asks is that I keep him laughing, which I try to do. We are fortunate in that we get to travel quite a bit, yet we are both hankering for that to slow down so we can get a new puppy. I have been paper crafting since I was a child, I’ve always had a fondness for stationery and office supplies, and would gladly shop for school supplies for hours. You’ll find that I have a fondness for kraft paper, watercolor, heat embossing, and a clean and simple style. I look forward to seeing your entries into our challenges, and can’t wait to get started with our 2017 collaboration companies. I can assure you we’ve got some great partners lined up for next year!

Hi, I’m Jessica and I’m so excited to be returning to A Blog Named Hero for my third year and stepping up to help Lisa run the blog!  So, a little about me for those of you who don’t know me. I live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with my incredibly supportive husband, two senior shelties, a tortoiseshell cat, and a senior bunny.  I am a professional musician by day and a paper crafter by night (or really early morning)!  I enjoy creating cards for my friends and family and I can often be found coloring images or embossing a sentiment in-between lessons and gigs!  I love experimenting with new techniques and mediums and I usually can’t resist adding a little extra sparkle to all of my cards and projects! 😉  Being a part of this team has been one of the highlights of my crafting journey for the last three years and I hope to be a part of it for many years to come!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by during this busy holiday season!  We hope you’ll continue to come back over the next two weeks to meet the new design team!

And to entice you just a little bit, we’ve got a $20 gift certificate to Hero Arts. Have you seen their new Valentine’s release? Definitely something you’ll want to check out. We will draw a random winner from comments on posts starting today, through the end of the Design Team introductions.

Have a great holiday season!

Lisa & Jess

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  1. Melissa Chipperfield says

    December 19, 2016 at 6:41 pm

    Loving the look of the new blog! Very nice!!! 🙂 Looking forward to a new year of Hero Arts inspiration and fun!

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  2. Candi says

    December 19, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    Welcome to the team, and to the new blog home.

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  3. Cindy C. says

    December 19, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    Enjoying the new blog look very much!! Thanks Lisa and Jess!! Looking forward to meet the new DT members.

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  4. Heidi Stamps! says

    December 20, 2016 at 2:08 am

    Lots of changes, but definitely looking forward to the new year of this blog! Welcome to the DT!

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  5. Karen L K says

    December 20, 2016 at 12:37 am

    Glad to meet you both! I am looking forward to checking out the blog in it’s new home and continuing to enjoy the inspiration from the team.

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  6. Denise Bryant says

    December 20, 2016 at 1:40 am

    The new blog looks great! I’ll be sure to update! Looking forward to meeting the rest of the team also!

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  7. Vikki H says

    December 20, 2016 at 2:02 am

    Congrats on the new blog site and team! Looking forward to the new year with you!

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  8. Brenda says

    December 20, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Love the look of the new blog and so glad to have new posts! Thanks for all of your hard work and inspiration, can’t wait to see all that the new year brings.

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  9. Michelle Lupton says

    December 21, 2016 at 1:36 am

    Woo hoo! I am so excited to see you both back at A Blog Named Hero, and with a bright new shiny blog!

    Reply
  10. Carla Hundley says

    December 22, 2016 at 2:03 am

    Welcome to the team
    and I found the new
    blog!
    Carla from Utah

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  11. Helen Gullett says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:47 am

    Hello Lisa and Jess, both of you are amazing. Love the new look of the blog, too. And looking forward to the new challenges in 2017!

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  12. Crafty Math Chick says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    Congratulations on your new DT gig ladies – Lisa – hope you like living in Vegas more than I did when we were stationed there, and Jessica – seen a lot of your work before, big fan! Can’t wait to see what you ladies have in store for us! 🙂

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  13. Betty says

    December 23, 2016 at 5:36 pm

    wonderful choices for the new team – looking forward to another great ABNH year!!

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  14. Karin says

    December 24, 2016 at 2:30 am

    Love the new look!!! Wish tou a wonderful Christmas and a great ABNH yaer 2017, lots of love, Karin

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  15. Verna Angerhofer says

    December 28, 2016 at 1:12 pm

    I just subscribed to get your email so that I can keep up to date with the blog.

    Reply
  16. ionabunny says

    December 28, 2016 at 5:46 pm

    Woo hoo. Great to see the new blog and the new team. Hope to join you in January for the next fun challenge. Hugz

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  17. Memoriesbymanda says

    December 29, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    Neat to meet the new team. Thanks for sharing your crafty bio.

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    • jlingraham says

      December 30, 2016 at 8:03 pm

      I thought I lost it for a bit with the new name for the Hero blog and am a little late catching up. How awesome that two great designers are cooperating to do this blog. Happy!

      Reply
  18. craftychark says

    December 31, 2016 at 3:43 pm

    great new look and great team members!

    Reply

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This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is celebrating the 9th anniversary of our first challenge! To help us celebrate, we have invited some design team alumni and special guests to join us for an Instagram hop over two days! We also have one $50 Hero Arts gift card to be won! This will be drawn from all the comments on all the stops, so the more you hop and comment, the better your chance to win.
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