Happy New Year! + Season's Givings Blog Hop - Hero Arts
Posted by Libby Hickson on December 31, 2017

Happy New Year! + Season's Givings Blog Hop

Happy New Year! We hope you've enjoyed the holidays, and are settling into 2018. We are thrilled to be joining a big hop today, full of generous stampers and craft companies. The purpose of this hop is to say a great big THANK YOU to all of YOU, our wonderful blog readers! Every single stop along this hop is offering some sort of prize. How fun is that? So sit back, relax and bring 2018 in with a crafty bang!

Libby created the card we're sharing today. It features an oldie but goodie, our My Monthly Hero kit from December 2016! Libby stamped the champagne bottles repeatedly, colored with her Copics and then added gold gel pen (included in the kit) as well as some gold Stickles to the labels. The "cheers" was cut with a die included in the kit, and the shiny gold metallic paper came from the kit as well. She finished the card with some polka dotted washi tape from her stash.

Because this kit is so incredibly perfect for the new year, we decided to offer up THREE of them as our prizes for this hop! Just leave a comment here on the blog, letting us know your goals for 2018, and we'll put your name in the hat. You have until Sunday, January 7 at 11:59pm PT to comment, and we'll announce the winners the following week here on the blog.

Now it's time to hop! Here's the entire list of participants.


From here you'll visit our friends over at CAS-ual Friday Stamps. Have fun hopping! And we wish you all the very best in 2018!

583 comments

Happy New Year 2018!! This year my goal is to use all of my many stamps!!

lois john,

Oh my! This is the PERFECT giveaway for January. It’s so difficult to find New Year’s dies and stamps. Love the champagne bottle to the max! My goals this year are to build up my blog followers and create using images and dies that bring smiles like yours! kReN@afourthlife

kReN@afourthlife,

Such a wonderful kit indeed. Thanks for the chance to win.?

NatQuebec,

Two goals for 2018…….the first is to have my studio (professionally) redone and the second is to make at least one “for no reason at all” card each month.
Happy New Year to all!!!

Karen Shuster,

My 2018 crafty goals are to send out more holiday cards for Valentines Day, Easter etc. I also want to make an effort to use more of my patterned papers and supplies I already have before buying more… it’s a struggle lol :)

Leigh Madison,

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