Hero Arts Arum Lily Valentine

 

 

I am a little sad to say that this is my final post for a2z Scrapbooking for our Farewell challenge.  I had a wonderful time being part of the a2z Scrapbooking DT, this is first Design Team I’ve ever join so it had special meaning to me.  I have learnt and grew with this team, and I am going to miss it a lot.

For my project today, I choose to make a card for Valentine’s Day, yes I know it is still a little far away, but we could celebrate love anytime right?!

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To create this card I stenciled some horizontal stripes on a white card base using Soft Grey Shadow Ink.

Then on multimedia paper I stamped and watercolor the Arum Lilies.  I used some references from the web for the colors.  After everything dried, I hand cut the blooms, leaves and stems; and made a bouquet.  And it is adhered to the card, and I added a white on black sentiment stripe.  And I added a little of Diamond Stickles to the center.  Voila, simple and pleasant.  🙂

 

There still plenty time to play our Final Challenge – Holidays (pick any holidays you like).  Click here or the Current Monthly Challenge Button at the top to get more details.

 

 

 

 

• Hero Arts Arum Lily Clear Stamp set
• Soft Grey Shadow Ink
• Jet Black Archival Ink
• Watercolors
• Diamond Stickles
• White embossing powder

 

Lots of Sparkle and Shine with Hero Arts Garden Fancy Die

Lots of sparkle and shine here.  The background is from shiny paper covered with Distress Inks with some sprinkles of water. I thought there was so much glitter and sparkle, that I didn’t want to add anything but a sentiment.  I sponged on several Distress inks on the card stock to make a more earthy card.

Close-up below:

On my last post of July 3rd, I showed you what I stored my Stickles in and now onward to how I store my Distress ink sponges.   Several months ago I was watching Els of Elizabeth Craft Designs do some sponging on die pieces and replayed the video to see what she used to hold the sponges.  I saw a plastic box and thought “that’s what I’m looking for!”  I checked out grocery store plastics for different baked goods and paper stores for plastic containers.  Finally, after picking up something at Michael’s I found a plastic box about 7 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches and an inch deep.  I figured I could fit 4 sponges across and 5 down for 20 on each side of the box.  Depending on how many distress inks you have, you may want something larger.  This seemed like a good size for me, one container for my distress inks (35) and one container for my Oxide inks.  I think if you could find a container 3/4 inches deep, that would work out really well too.

This container holds my distress oxide inks.  I labeled the names on the outside of the containers so I don’t have to guess.

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

• Hero Arts Garden Fancy Die at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Stickles (reds, blues and greens)
• Distress inks – multiple colors
• Vagabond die cut machine

Hero Arts Magnolia in Yellow

I thought this yellow flower would be perfect for the month of May and just a nice way to say “hi” to a friend who might need a smile.  It’s bright and sunny which I feel should bring the sun to anyone.

The die cut piece on the left side of the flower reminds me of a vine growing up a trellis.  I hope you like this little creation.

Close-up below

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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.

 

 

 

• Hero Arts Magnolia
• Hero Arts Magnolia die cut at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Copic markers Y00, Y02, Y04, Y19, YG00, YG03, YG05 & YG09
• The Stamp Doctor Spellbinders Side Step Card Die
• Elizabeth Craft Designs sentiment (Smile)
• Leafy die unknown
• Vagabond die cut machine

Hero Arts Magnolia in Purple

While I was looking for magnolias on Pinterest, I saw some purple, YES Purple, magnolias.  Mine did not turn out quite like the ones I saw, but I’ll claim artistic license.  I ran some Washi tape diagonally  and added a sentiment.  Have fun with your flower entries for this month.

Close-up below

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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.

 

 

 

• Hero Arts Magnolia (wood or clear)
• Hero Arts Magnolia die-cut at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Copic markers
• Washi tape
• Hero Arts sentiment (I put the stamp set away too soon and now I can’t find which set it is)
• Vagabond die cut machine

Guest Designer March 2019

Hi everyone,

Niki Garcia, one of our former design team members, is our Guest Designer today.  To get to know her more, visit her at her blog: Stampin’HI.

You could also catch her on Instagram.

 

Now let’s see hear from Niki.

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Aloha friends! I’m dusting off the ol’ blog to be a guest designer for A2Z Scrapbooking…what an honor!! I’ve missed being on the design team and it was the best excuse to take a break from work and get crafty!

This month’s challenge is Color It In so I decided to use the Hero Arts Color Layering Dragonfly on my card today.

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Oh wow, what a lovely card!!  Thank you so very much for Guest Designing for us Niki!!  Go to her blog post for more details.

Here’s the supplies Niki used for her project:

• Hero Arts Color Layering Dragonfly
• Hero Arts Platinum Embossing Powder
• Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Wet Cement
• Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
• Distress Oxide Ink in Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover and Tumbled Glass
• Distress Marker in Hickory Smoke

 

 

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Please join us in this month’s “Color It In” 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 Cindy15 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 Spiral Stencil With Words Of Love

I’ve used the Spiral Stencil in several different colors over the past 6 months or so.  I do like this in an orange to red gradation and I thought hearts are red and this would fit February.  A bit of Love goes a LONG way and this fits my mood.

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The dark color is a gray, but this is a mood board, not a color board.  I couldn’t tell for sure because the box looks navy blue to me.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

• Hero Arts digital “Words of Love“
• Gingerbread House – little hearts
• Stitched rectangles from a friend
• Intricutz dies (Couture Creations)  # dies
• Sizzix Friend die set
• Distress Inks fired brick and ripe persimmon
• Vagabond die cut machine.

Hero Florals Nasturtium Hello

Hello hello,

Cindy here to share a floral card created using only one stamp set.

I first stamped the main image in Soft Grey Shadow ink multiple times on a white card panel. Then on separate white card stock I stamped the same images in Antique Linen Distress ink and did some no-line watercolors and hand cut.

To make the background more interesting without over powering the focal images, I painted the blooms with Perfect Pearl solution and added sentiment in black. I die cut the bottom edge of the panel with a border cutting die. Then it’s adhered to a wine color card base. Then the hand cut blooms and leaves are adhered with glue and foam dots.

Oh almost forgot, the center of the blooms are dotted with a gold gel pen. 🙂

I hope you enjoy my project today. Although I used the clear Nasturtium set, the Flowering Nasturtium Woodmount stamp offer the same image. There’s plenty time to play along our January challenge – Anything Goes. Scroll down to get the challenge info and my promote code for shopping at the a2z Store. Remember you can Request Custom Order if you don’t see the item in the store.

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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 Cindy15 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 Hero Florals Nasturtium Clear Stamp
• Shadow Ink (Soft Grey)
• Ranger Distress Ink (Antique Linen)
• Memento Dye Ink (Tuxedo Black)
• Penny Black Cut Out Borders Cutting Die
• Altenew Watercolors 36 Pan Set
• Ranger Perfect Pearl Powder

 

Guest Designer Jan 2019

Hello craft friends,

Today we have a special guest designer sharing a lovely project with us.  I’ve known her thru the Hero Arts flickr group, she is a member of the Hero Hostess Alumni, she is on multiple designs teams including CAS(E) this Sketch, and she is …  (drum roll) the wonderful Donna Mikasa!

Here’s her awesome card featuring the Polar Greetings Stamp, and matching Frame Cut.

 

 

Thank you so much for guest designing and sharing this fabulous creations with us Donna!  To see the supply list and details of Donna’s card, please hop over to her blog on Three Umbrellas.

This month’s challenge theme is Anything Goes.  Scroll down to get the details and join in the fun!

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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 Cindy15 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 Peonies Thanks

Hello,

Cindy here to share another Thank You card.  Who says Peonies are only for Spring and Summer?  I bet you can use it all year long!  I used my favorite Fall colors and Peonies for my project, and I like it!  🙂

 

The outlines of the Peonies looks like gold heat embossing, but it is actually foiling.  I first clear heat embossed the peonies and then I reheat part by part and place foil sheet over it and press down with bone folder.

 

The sentiment from the same Peonies set is stamped in black and clear heat embossed.  And I added a few sequins to complete the card.  Hop over to my blog, Escape To Stamping to get more details.

The Hero Arts Peonies Clear Stamp set is really pretty.  It is still available at a2z Scrapbooking.  Get your own today.  Scroll down to get my promote code and save yourself 15% of any purchases $25 or over before shipping.  Remember to Request Custom Order if you don’t see the items you want in the store.

Wait!!  Don’t go just yet.  The On Sale section in the a2z store is 50% off right now.  Lots of goodies there including Christmas stuff, like this one, this one, this one, this one, and this one.  Hurry before they’re all gone.  Click Here.

 

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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 Cindy15 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 Peonies Clear Stamp
• Hero Arts Peonies Frame Cut
• Ranger Distress Ink (Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Barn Door)
• VersaMark Watermark Ink Pad
• Memento Dye Ink (Tuxedo Black)
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Little Things from Lucy’s Card Sequins (Fruit Sorbet)

 

October Guest Designer – Michelle Lupton

 

Hi everybody!

Today we have a special guest posting for us – Michelle Lupton.  Her CAS and Clean & Layered style of creations are gorgeous and delightful, especially her rainbow signature style projects!!  She is currently on several Design Teams and you could visit her on her blog Handmade by Michelle, and these social medias: Instagram, and Pinterest.

 

Now let’s hear from Michelle.

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Hello! I am excited to be a guest at A2Z today, with a fun rainbow/autumn card.

I used my MISTI to stamp the leaves from Hero Arts “Textured Leaves” using multiple colours to create a rainbow. I then added a sentiment from “Hello Stamp & Cut”, with the smaller part of the sentiment white embossed onto black cardstock.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Textured Leaves, Hello Stamp & Cut.
• Inks: Hero Arts Pale Tomato, Dark Quartz, Butterbar, Lime green, Soft pool, Cornflower, Grape Juice, Raspberry Jam, Versafine Oxyx Black
• White embossing powder
• White and black cardstock

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Thank you Michelle for guest designing for us.  It’s a pleasure to have you!

There’s still a few hours to enter our October challenge.  Scroll down to see the details.

 

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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 Cindy15 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.