Hi crafting friends,
It’s challenge time again! Here’s what we’re challenging you to this month:
One winner will be selected by our design team, and win a $50 gift voucher. A second winner will be chosen at random to receive a $25 voucher!
Be sure to enter the challenge (via the linky tool below) by 5pm on the 10th of March, to be in the running for one of the TWO gift cards from our delightful sponsors, Hero Arts!
See you soon! We can’t wait to see what you make. Linda & the team.
Hi Everyone! I’m here today to announce the winners for the January Anything Goes challenge! We had a TON of awesome entries, thank you to everyone who links up with our challenges, we love seeing all of your work!
First up, the chosen winner as voted on by the DT was a gorgeous beach card that’s got us all thinking spring – Congrats to Maria!
And for our random winner this month, congrats go to Lagene with this super cute Valentines shaker card!
Congrats everyone! Please send an email to ablognamedhero@gmail.com, leaving the month and prize (Chosen Winner / Random Winner) in the subject line!
See you in a few days with next months challenge!
Hi all, it’s Gwendolyn here on the blog to share a Valentine’s day card for our “Anything Goes” challenge. You still have a day to enter our challenge and be in the running to win either a $25 or $50 gift voucher to the Hero Arts store. 
I created a “wild” Valentine’s Day card using Hero Arts Jungle Frame fancy die which I watercoloured using Hero Arts liquid watercolours, painting one leaf with Pink watercolour so that it would stand out. I also used this colour to paint the sentiment strip. These inks are really so vibrant!
I adhered this frame onto a watercoloured background and added the tiger which I had stamped, watercoloured and then diecut. This tiger is part of last June’s kit which I hadn’t had a chance to play with until now.
For the sentiment, I hand wrote “Let’s Get” and stamped the word “Wild” using part of a stamp from the above kit.
Well I hope I’ve inspired you to join in our “Anything Goes” challenge and I look forward to seeing your wonderful creations in the link-up here.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day doing something you love!
Hugs, 
Hi Friends! Happy February – I’m here today stretching my Hero Arts stamps with a non traditional Valentine’s card.
These stamped were actually part of a summer / tropical release, but when I saw the “you’re the sweetest” sentiment while scrolling through my stamps I thought why not, Valentine’s Day is coming up after all.
Thanks for stopping by today, and don’t forget, you’ve got a few days left to enter our Anything Goes challenge!
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Hello there! It’s Cha here at A Blog Named Hero to show you my card for this month’s challenge that it’s going to end in a few days. I decided to create a card using the My Monthly Hero kit from January 2019. This kit is sold out but I will give you some options that will help you to create a card like this. Keep reading to see the complete card!
I wanted to stamp some plants and flowers that will be seen through a window. So, I had to create a window mask in order to color the wall around that window, first.
Once I had the masks that I die cut from the Ballroom Fancy Die Set, I added the positive part just right to the center of the card panel in order to color the background. I used an Ink Blending Tool for adding Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide Ink. Then, I picked a Brick Stencil that I have from my stash and put it on top using Fired Brick Distress Oxide Ink. I sprayed some water to give an oldish look.
I removed the mask from the center and added the negative part right to the gap that I had in the middle of the card. I also added the mask of the frame of that ballroom window and fit in the gap of the window. I stamped the images from the My Monthly Hero Kit from January 2019 (Stamp sets similar to this set are found HERE and HERE). As I needed to mask these images to continue stamping, I decided to mask the images using their Frame Cuts or Coordinating Dies (See HERE and HERE). I stamped the images using the Hero Arts Intense Black Ink (or you can use the Hero Arts Intens-ified Black ink). When I finished stamping all the images, the card would be something like this:
I removed all the little masked images (not the mask of the window frame) and I decided to draw the lines with a black pen to complete the images that I masked. Look at the following picture:
So, at this point I had all my flowers and plants stamped, it was the time to color them. I used Copic Sketch Markers:
– Flowers: R89, R46, R27, RV29, RV14, BV08, BV13, BV02, Y02, Y19, Y11
– Plants and leaves: G21, G05, G14, YG97, BG18
– Pots: E11, E15, E18, E79, C7, C1, C4, W7, W4
I gave the images a little of interest adding some black and white dots around them. Also, I added some shimmer to the flowers and plants and let the card dry. Later, I removed the last mask piece (the window frame) and I realized that some Copic Markers went through the mask paper. I fixed coloring the frame with a White Gel Pen.
For the sentiment for this card, I stamped the sentiment from the same kit (see HERE for a similar set) with Versamark ink and heat embossed with White Embossing Powder. I used my Mini MISTI for stamping all the sentiments. Then, I picked another sentiment and stamped with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and heat embossed with Ultra Fine Embossing Powder.
For some final touches, I added some red heart embellishments to the card. I also added some gold dots to the center of the flowers.
Here it is the complete card! Remember that you can find all product links on my blog (seeHERE).
I hope you like this card and remember that you can join in this first challenge of the year 2020 at A Blog Named Hero by posting a card using Hero Arts products!
Thank you so much!
