Digi Duel Featuring Holiday Tags

Hi, friends, it’s Chark here with the last Digi Duel of the year featuring me and Arlene this month. I’ve had a blast doing these duels, where two DT member use the same Hero Arts digital stamps (exclusively sold through a2z) and come up with two projects. It’s always interesting to me as a crafter to see how different people use the same stamps.

This Holiday Tags digi stamp set is perfect for the holidays and if you’re at all like me, you might think you have plenty of tags and then realize you used them up last year. Digital stamps to the rescue! You just print and cut and you’re all set–no need to color them either!

Here’s the set of holiday tags Arlene has ready for her gift-giving. The little elves are from a clear stamp set and you can always find some kind of elf stamp at Hero Arts if this set has sold out.

Arlene’s Supplies:

• Hero Arts digital kit Holiday Tags at A2Z Scrapbooking.

• Some Ribbon, Tim Holtz staples put on with the Tim Holtz stapler

• Nuvo Crystal Drops in Simply White and Red Berry on the elves

• Copic markers on the elves

• Hero Arts Santa’s Elves Stamp and cuts (may be unavailable)

I used two different digi stamp sets to decorate my gift bag–the Holiday Tags set and the Merry Background set.

I framed the Merry Background with strips of red printed cardstock and added a tiny ribbon to a brown paper bag and called it good!

Chark’s Supplies:

• Hero Arts digital kit Holiday Tags                                                                                                    • Hero Arts digital kit Merry Background 

I hope you’ll enter our monthly challenge (see the link in the blog header) to try to win this digital stamp set and maybe even $20 to the store!

Happy Holidays!

Digi Dueling with Merry Backgrounds

Hi, friends, it’s Chark here today to show off the Merry Background digital stamp set from Hero Arts. Arlene and I both took the digi stamp and came up with two different cards, though we did stick with red, green and black and white, without knowing what the other one was making. I used the digi in gray, she used it in black. It also comes in five other color combos.

Arlene used some beautiful red metallic paper that really pops against the black background. I think it’s classy and perfect for a Christmas card.

Arlene’s Supplies:

• Hero Arts Digital Kit Merry Background at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles
• Vagabond die cut machine
• Impression Obsession Vintage Ornament

Here’s my card, using the stamp. I used Tombow markers to color in some of the bulbs and one of the words.

Chark’s Supplies:

• Hero Arts Digital Kit Merry Background
• Tombow Markers
• Snowflake Ribbon

If you’re thinking this might be perfect for your cards, you can head to the store and pick up the digi stamp or enter the monthly challenge and try to win it–check out the link in the header for all the details.

Thanks for stopping by the blog!

Spooky Labels for a Spooky Duel

Hi, friends, it’s Chark here today to share my October Digi Duel with Arlene. We got to play with the Hero Arts Spooky Labels digital stamps and it was fun! I love Halloween paper products…okay, I’m addicted to them…even though I never make enough projects to use all my paper and embellies and stamps. Luckily, these digi stamps don’t take up room in my craft stash!

Arlene made a festive Halloween card here with the stamp that says October 31. It even comes with its own spider web. Arlene went for fun and colorful and she nailed it…I know some nieces and nephews who would love this one!

Arlene’s Supplies:

Hero Arts digital kit Spooky Labels at A2Z Scrapbooking

Spellbinders nesting dies – Labels Eight

Distress Inks Mustard Seed, Abandoned Coral and Carved Pumpkin

Copic Multi-Liner 0.3

Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops

I went more for spooky and vintage, using the Trick-or-Treat sentiment. I used black, silver and white to make this spooky. The paper is silver shimmer paper and the bat has some silver foil to make it shine. You can see more shininess in the close-up.

If you want your own Spooky Labels digi set to play with, enter our monthly challenge and maybe you’ll win a free set! Or you can just hop to the store and buy it right now if you’re like me and can’t wait to make your own Halloween projects.

Chark’s Supplies:

Spooky Labels

Silver Shimmer Paper

Silver Foil Sheets

Thanks for stopping by!

Seventh Heaven Digi Duel

Hi, friends, Chark here today with Arlene to duke it out…or duel it out…with each other. We’re both using the Hero Arts digi stamp set called Seventh Heaven. Basically, we each took the digis and made our own projects to pit them against each other. Ka-pow! Just kidding, no DT members were hurt in this duel.

Here are Arlene’s two projects…check her blog for more details. I love how this sun really pops on her backgrounds–they look like swirling clouds, don’t you think?

Arlene’s Supplies:

• Hero Arts digital kit 7th Heaven at A2Z
• Hero Arts digital kit Birthday Bash (sentiment) at A2Z
• Elizabeth Craft Design Stitched Rectangles
• QuicKutz Nesting Circle Dies
• The Paper Studio “Pastel Marble” paper
• Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss Midnight Blue
• Vagabond die cut machine

And here’s my square card. I looovved the sun in this set and it’s already colored, so using it makes for a fast card. I added a sentiment from the set in the middle of the sun, printed it and adhered it to a square card. I added a ribbon from my stash and I was finished!

Chark’s Supplies:

• 7th Heaven Digi Stamps

• Ribbon and cardstock from stash

Want to win this digi set? Just enter our monthly challenge (the link is at the top of the blog) and with a little luck, it’ll come home with you!

Thanks for stopping!

Digi Dueling with Constellations

Hi, friends, it’s time for two Design Team members to duel it out with the same digi kit. This month, though, you can win two star-themed digi stamps and so we had the choice of two different kits. So this month, Arlene chose the Constellation set and I went for The Firmament set. They’re very similar and work well together too!

I used a few of the stamps from the set to make this card front and then used a glue pen that stays sticky to add silver foil (not heat-set foil) the purple stripes are foil on thin tape. I added a few doodles with the glue pen to add more purple foil.

You can see the shininess in this close-up.

Chark’s Supplies:

The Firmament Digi Stamp

Foil Sheets by Ranger

Silver Shimmer Cardstock

 

Arlene printed out the Constellation page (intended for pocket scrapbooking) and added it to the front of her card here.

Supplies: Constellation Digi Kit

Ribbon

Vellum

Hello die

Hope you’ll play along with our challenge this month and try to win both of these digi sets and maybe even $20 to the store! Check the challenge link at the top of the page for all the details.

 

 

Hero Arts’ Silly Scape Digi Duel

Hi, friends, Chark here today to share the latest digi duel with Arlene and myself. We got to play with the Silly Scape digital stamp that is all kinds of fun. Without further ado, en garde!

Here’s Arlene’s card. She printed the image small and used the cloud background. She also die cut the word Friend from the die paper included in this digi set. What a sweet card you could send to a faraway friend!

• Hero Arts Digital Kit Silly Scape at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Sizzix “friend”
• Copic markers
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles
• Vagabond die cut machine

For my card, I used the image larger and colored it with Tombow markers, which are vibrant. I added little hand-drawn clouds and left off the sentiment. I figured I could add a thank you or hello if I need to later. You can see Arlene colored her tiny windows yellow, while I just used the same marker as the building.

 

Supplies

• Tombow Markers
• Hero Arts Digital Kit Silly Scape at A2Z Scrapbooking

What would you do with this fun digi set? If you win our July monthly challenge, you could win this set for your very own collection and maybe even $20 to the store. Check out all the details in the challenge link in the blog header. Thanks for stopping by the blog!

Dragonfly Die In Metallic

Hi, friends, Chark here with a card featuring the Dragonfly die from Hero Arts. I looovvee this die and it comes with the detailed die and an outline die. I cut the outline in metallic blue paper and the detailed die from white cardstock, which I used Diamond Stickles on.

I used the Wonderful Stamp and Cut and the Spiral Stencil for the background. I used watercolor paper and taped the stencil in place. I sprinkled on Color Burst powder pigments and spritzed with water while the stencil was in place. I let it dry and then removed the stencil. It didn’t stay white but it was lighter and I think the vibrant color is fab!

Here it is in close-up so you can see the shine. I added silver metallic bling and outlined the stamped sentiment in white Uniball pen.

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The a2z scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags & more. Proceeds from our store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code DLT to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. If you’re looking for a Hero Arts product you don’t see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

 

 

 

• Hero Arts Dragonfly Die 
• Wonderful Stamp and Cut
• Silver Metallic dots
• Hero Arts Spiral Stencil (this is a custom order at no additional charge right now)
• Brutus Monroe Color Bursts by Ken Oliver
• Black Ink
• Uniball Pen
• Metallic Cardstock
• Diamond Stickles

 

Digi Duel with Summer Travel Words

Hi, friends, it’s time for our monthly digi duel when two team members use the same digital stamp set and see what they can come up with. Our digi set this month is Hero Arts Summer Travel Words and our duelists are Cindy and Arlene. Let’s see how they do!

Here’s Arlene’s take using the Summer Travel Words. I love how she repeated the stamps to get a fun, graphic look to this card. This would be a great postcard to send back home too if you’re lucky enough to get to play in the sunshine.

Supply List:

• Hero Arts digital stamp kit Summer Travel Words
• Hero Arts In the Study (you can custom order if this set is not shown in the A2Z shop)
• Hero Arts My Words – out of stock
• Die-Namics Pierced Circle STAX
• Vagabond die cut machine

And here is Cindy’s take with the same stamp set. Instead of a card, Cindy has put together a scrapbook page that’s all ready for the photo! Love this idea, since there are a million vacation photos on my phone right now…wish I had worked ahead a bit!

Supply List:

Hero Arts Digital Stamp Summer Travel Words

Hero Arts Classic Number Fancy Dies

Hero Arts Nesting Postage Stamp Infinity Dies

So, what would you do with this set? Think about it and then enter our challenge this month to try to win it and a $20 gift card to the store! (See this post for details on how to enter.)

Thanks for stopping by to see the duel!

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Please join us in this month’s “Monochrome” challenge for your chance at a free digital stamp AND, if you used Hero Arts, a $20 gift card to our Hero Arts store. Our current monthly challenge can always be found in the menu bar, and runs from the 1st to last day of the month

 

 

 

 

The a2z scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags & more. Proceeds from our store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code DLT15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. If you’re looking for a Hero Arts product you don’t see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

 

 

 

Chase Rainbows with Sugartree Stamps

I adored unicorns when I was a little girl, and I still have a soft spot for them, even though I don’t collect them anymore. So, when I saw this stinkin’ cute digi stamp from Sugartree Stamps, I knew I had to color him up.

You can use just the unicorn or add the background in, and I decided to just print out the unicorn. The sentiments are included as well.

I used Prismacolor pencils (my fave coloring medium) and a white Uniball pen for highlights in the mane and tail and eye. I also used a silver Molotow pen to add hearts around the unicorn and to color the hooves. I like to use the black Prismacolor pencil to shade around the edges and make the image pop a bit.

If you’ve gotta have this unicorn, you’re in luck! He’s at the a2z Scrapbooking store and is only 99 cents!

Happy Monday!

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Please join us in this month’s “Shape Shift” challenge for your chance at a free digital stamp AND, if you used Hero Arts, a $20 gift card to our Hero Arts store. Our current monthly challenge can always be found in the menu bar, and runs from the 1st to last day of the month

 

 

 

 

The a2z scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags & more. Proceeds from our store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code DLT15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. If you’re looking for a Hero Arts product you don’t see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

 

 

 

• Sugartree Stamps Chase Rainbows
• Liquid Chrome Molotow Marker
• White Uniball Pen
• Prismacolor Pencils

 

Hero Arts Notes and Dates Digi Duel

Today is our monthly Digital Duel with two of our Design Team members, where we feature the digi prize for our May Challenge…it’s always interesting to see what two different designers do with the same stamp set. Today Arlene and I (Chark) are going head to head. Who will come out unscathed? We’ll have to see! En garde, mon amie!

Here’s a look at the Notes and Dates digi stamp set.

Here’s Arlene’s card with the stamp set. She enlarged the calendar to fit the card front and then highlighted some of the sentiments. You can go to Arlene’s blog to see more details.

 

Arlene’s Supply List:

• Hero Arts Digital Kit Notes and Date at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Postage Stamp Squares dies
• Die-Namics Pierced Circle STAX

And here’s my take. I printed mine on aqua paper that I cut to 8.5 x 11 before printing. I used two digis layered and then added the sentiment from a different digi set (Hero Arts Chalkboard Frames and Messages). You can head to Glitter In My Kitchen to see the details.

Chark’s Supply List:

• Hero Arts Digital Kit Notes and Date at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Hero Arts Digital Kit Chalkboard Frames and Messages
• Nuvo Drops in Caribbean Ocean and Black

Hope you’ll join in our May Challenge, Shape Shift, and create a shaped project of any kind to try to win these stamps and maybe even $20 to the store!

Happy Friday!

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Please join us in this month’s “Shape Shift” challenge for your chance at a free digital stamp AND, if you used Hero Arts, a $20 gift card to our Hero Arts store. Our current monthly challenge can always be found in the menu bar, and runs from the 1st to last day of the month

 

 

 

 

We are temporarily closed EXCEPT for the digital stamps for two weeks, due to illness. The a2z scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags & more. Proceeds from our store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code DLT15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. If you’re looking for a Hero Arts product you don’t see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

 

 

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