Posted by Hero Arts
on January 09, 2026
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!
8 comments
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. ;-)
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
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!
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.
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. 😻❤️