Hero Arts Poetic Petals for Autumn

I don’t know if you’re like me, but sometimes I’ll go through older cards and pull them apart, toss something I’m not happy with, and make a new card with part of an older card.   Whatever was on the front is long gone and I thought this would make a good Fall card.  I printed the petals out, colored this goodie here and decided to fussy cut the petal to put against the black and brown panel so the petals would pop.

Close-up below

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Please join us in this month’s “Anything Goes” challenge for your chance at a free digital stamp set AND, if you used Hero Arts or Sugartree Stamps, a $20 gift card to our etsy 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 as well as a nice selection of digital stamps! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags & more. Proceeds from our store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code Arlene15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more.

 

 

 

• HeroA rts Poetic Petals only at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Sizzix thinlits “friend”
• Scrap papers
• Vagabond die cut machine

 

 

April Fold Card With Sugartree Hug in a Mug

Arlene here and I have a little (not so little) plastic folder with images in different sizes so that I can use them in the future and they sometimes prompt my creative brain (not the one usually in use) to go with the flow.  This is exactly what happened here.  I cut out the cup and chose the color of cardstock, cut it and went on from there.  I thought I’d sweeten the cup with sugar and saw red yet again.  I searched my ribbon box and came up with that great red and green plaid and added the other ribbon to liven up the design.  I wasn’t sure about lining up the top tag, but went with it on a slight diagonal.  It is pretty awesome in real life.  Hoping this inspires you to get your fold on!

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The a2z scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products as well as a nice selection of digital stamps! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags & more. Proceeds from our store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code Arlene15 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 Hug in a Mug digital kit at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Sugartree Farmhouse at A2Z Scrapbooking (sugar bowl)
• Hero Arts Words of Love at A2Z Scrapbooking (Happy Valentine’s Day sentiment)
• The Stamp Doctor Spellbinders Side Step Card Die
• Die-namics Stitched Tred Tag STAX
• Hero Arts small tag die (very old and out of stock)
• Red cardstock (5 1/2 X 8 1/2)
• Copic markers R20, R27 & R29
• Ribbons in my stash (red and green plaid and red ribbon with red stitching look )
• Vagabond die cut machine

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!

a2z scrapbooking October 2018 challenge

Hi everyone! Here’s to a new month! And that means a new challenge here at a2z Scrapbooking Blog! Our challenge this month is Frightfully Fun!   Off you go to create something frightfully fun to enter October’s challenge here at A2Z Scrapbooking.

We have some amazing inspiration from a few of our design team members to inspire you to play! Take a look.

Arlene

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Spooky Labels at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Sppoky sky stamping – unknown
• Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss = Ebony Black
• Distress inks candied apple, carved pumpkin, mustard seed, cracked pistachio and hickory smoke
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles
• Vagabond die cutting machine

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Cindy

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Layered Topiary Clear Stamp
• Hero Arts Layered Topiary Frame Cut
• Hero Arts 3-D House Essential Clear Stamp
• Hero Arts Autumn Clear Stamp
• Hero Arts Color Layering Orchid In A Pot
• Hero Arts Color Layering Orchid In A Pot Frame Cut
• Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Gold Ink
• Hero Arts Ombre Ink Pad (Butter Bar to Orange)
• Hero Arts Mid-tone Shadow Ink (Red Royal)
• Hero Arts Jayne’s Fall Color
• KaiserCraft Woodgrain Embossing Folder

 

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Karen

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Haunted Digital Kit
• Hero Arts Spooky Labels Kit
• Hero Arts Happy Halloween Stamp (C6016)
• Oxide Distress Inks
• Nuvo Drops – Dandelion Yellow
• Jelly Roll Glaze pen – Yellow
• Versafine Onyx Black ink

 

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Annie

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Spooky Labels at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Hero Arts Black Ink
• Recollections Brand Cardstock – Black, Orange, Green & Purple
• Studio G Brand Baker’s Twine in Black & White
• Gina Marie Designs Flat Mat Enamel Dots – Black, Orange & Purple
• Scotch Brand 3M Foam  & ATG Adhesive

 

 

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CHALLENGE RULES & PRIZES:

As you know, we’ve changed our rules a bit and participants are no longer required to use Hero Arts products to enter our challenges. Each month we feature a ‘Digi of the Month’ which will be the prize offered to our randomly-chosen challenge winner, and this month it is the Hero Arts Spooky Label Digital Kit!

And to sweeten the pot, if you are the randomly-chosen winner and you have used Hero Arts and/or Sugartree Stamps products on your project, you’ll ALSO win a $20 gift certificate to the store! The Winner and Top 3 will be announced on the 7th of this month!

Thanks so much for stopping by! We can’t wait to see what you create!

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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.

 

 

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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April Showers Digi Duel

En garde! It’s that time again, when two team members use the same digital stamp set to create two different projects. This month, the team members are me, Chark, and Arlene and the prize for this month’s challenge is April Showers.

 

Arlene has this adorable, perfect-for-spring boot card. She kept the colors all in blues, which totally matches the “miss you” sentiment. A fun but still sincere way to tell someone you wish you could see them.

• Hero Arts digital kit April Showers at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Little B Handwritten
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles & alphabet 2 – lower case
• Vagabond die cut machine

On my card, I’ve used the rainbow image, along with the sun and a sentiment from the set. I wanted to use the rainbow order, so I added some black marker lines to make room for more colors on the stamp, and I think my wonky lines look okay with this whimsical rainbow. I trimmed the sun so it could peek from behind the rainbow and glued on the aptly named Sunshine Ombre Sequins after coloring with yellow-orange Tombow marker.

 

April Showers Digital Stamps

Tombow Markers

Sunshine Ombre Sequins

Thanks for stopping by, that’s it for the digital duel for this month…we’ll see you again with two DT members and the digital of the month on May 11th.

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Please join us in this month’s “Flower Power” 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 within the shop.