Thanks Gatefold Card with Hero Arts

Hi crafty friends!! This month at a2z Scrapbooking the theme is Fun Folds so I made my very own gatefold card using a bunch of Hero Arts goodies.

This photo shows the outside of the card and the follow photo shows the inside.

If you would like to see how I made this card, my very first gatefold card, please go to my blog Art Without Anxiety.

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Please join us in this month’s “May Flowers” 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 Christi15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more.

 

 

 

• Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder, #PW122 
• Versamark Watermark Ink Pad, #VC250
• Hero Arts Lucky Star stamp set, #CM315
• Hero Arts Lucky Star die set, #DI586
• Hero Arts Ink in Intense Black, #AF345 
• Hero Arts Thanks Stamp & Cut, #DC152

Hero Arts You Are Appreciated

Hello everyone! Here is the card I made for my second monthly post at a2z Scrapbooking.  I was thumbing through some of my older Stamper’s Sampler magazines, specifically a “Catch Up Issue” and it reminded me of how we used to decorate cards with fibers.  I still have a HUGE drawer full of fibers, so I dug some out to decorate this card:

 

I hope you can find some time to join me and all my talented teammates in the a2z Scrapbooking monthly challenge; the November theme is “Give Thanks.”  Can’t have enough thank you cards on hand if you ask me! For all the details on how I made this card please pop over to my personal bog, Art Without Anxiety.   Thank you so much for stopping by and reading my post! You are appreciated!!

Are you on social media? We are! Please join us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook? so you don’t miss any fun promotions or new challenge announcements!

 

 

 

 

 

Please join us in this month’s “Give Thanks” challenge for your chance at a free digital stamp AND, if you used Hero Arts or Sugartree Stamps, a $20 gift card to our 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 Christi15 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.

 

 

 

• You Are Loved stamp set, #CM171
• Color Layering Peacock stamp set, #CM126 {you can special order on the site}
• Paper Layering Feather Die, #DI491 {Please special order through the store}
• Hero Arts Inks

Thanks Card

Hello Crafty Friends – Annie here with a card of Thanks – In keeping with our theme this month of Give Thanks. This card is perfect a simple thank you for any occasion.

Thank you for stopping by today – Remember to use my discount code Annie15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more.

Are  you on social media? We are! Please join us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook? so you don’t miss any fun promotions or new challenge announcements!

Please join us in this month’s “Give Thanks” challenge.   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 from 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 Annie15 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 Layering Bird Stamp – CL866
• Hero Arts Celebrate Stamp Set – CL498
• Pattern Paper: Echo Park Celebrate Fall Collection
• Inks: Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black – -Tim Holtz Distress Oxides Ink: Fossilized Amber, Gathered Twigs, Aged Mahogany, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Broken China, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet & Shaded Lilac
• Card Stock: Recollection Brand: Light Yellow, White & Brown
• Washi Tape: Recollection Brand in Copper
• Adheseive: Scotch 3M ATG, Dollar Tree – low profile Foam tape
• Tools: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, Paper Studios Paper Trimmer, Scissors

Card Set with Hero Arts Safari Thanks

Hi Everyone, Kristina here today sharing my first project with my new Safari Thanks set from Hero Arts.
When I saw this set in the new release I knew it would one I could get multiple uses out of. It also has a coordinating die!
I love the solid images, and decided to use them to make my own backgrounds / patterned paper.

To quickly create patterns, I just set up the stamps, and moved the paper around in my MISTI until I had the whole card panel covered with pattern. You could also do this with an acrylic block, I just like being able to double stamp with my MISTI for a more bold impression.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After I had my backgrounds done, I trimmed them down to 4×5.25 and mounted on a card base made from the same color, with some shimmer on the edges from a wink of stella glitter marker.

For my focal point / sentiment I stamped the main animal image, with some lighter images stamped around. To achieve the lighter images I just did a 2nd generation stamping (stamp onto another piece of paper to get some ink off, then stamp onto the project). After the ink had dried, I heat embossed my sentiments with Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, cut the whole thing out with some circle dies, and popped it up with fun foam!

 

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Please join us in this month’s “Anything Goes” 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 KRISTINA15 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 Safari Thanks Stamp Where to buy: a2z	SSS Stitched Circles Where to buy: SSS	Neenah Solar White Where to buy: SSS
Bazzill Card Shoppe Citrus Slice (Orange) Where to buy: AMZ	Bazzill Card Shoppe Chocolate Malt (Brown) Where to buy: AMZ	Bazzill Card Shoppe Carmel Apple (Green) Where to buy: AMZ
Hero Arts Cup of Joe Ink Where to buy: HA	Hero Arts Field Greens Ink Where to buy: HA	Hero Arts Orange Soda Ink Where to buy: HA
Versamark Where to buy: SSS | AMZ	Hero Arts White Embossing Powder Where to buy: a2z	Scotch Tape Glider Where to buy: SSS | AMZ
Wagner Heat Gun Where to buy: a2z	Sizzix Big Shot Where to buy: SSS | AMZ	Martha Stewart Stamp Block Where to buy: SSS | AMZ
Cutterpillar Pro Where to buy: SSS | AMZ	Scor Pal Where to buy: SSS | AMZ	MISTI Where to buy: SSS | AMZ
Fun Foam Where to buy: AMZ

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Produce and Seeds Thank You

Hi everybody,

You remember we were taught to color inside the lines when we were young?!  Well I am grown up now, I can color outside the lines if I want!!  Well it’s not that easy, your instinct kicks in and I have to force myself to go outsides of the lines!!!!  LOL

I did a watercolor Produce and Seeds heart-shape wreath on my thank-you card.  I wanted a loose watercolor look so I painted outside the lines.  And I added some splatters so it looks more carefree.  You know what I mean?  😀

I stamped the images in Archival ink and painted with both regular watercolors and Twinkling H2O watercolors.  Added splatters, and embellished with sequins.

The Produce And Seeds stamp set is on sale right now in the a2z Etsy store.  Use my promote code Cindy15 to get an extra 15% off.

Are you on social media? We are! Please join us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook? so you don’t miss any fun promotions or new challenge announcements!

 

 

 

 

Please join us in this months “Watercolor” challenge for your chance at a free digital stamp AND a $20 gift card to our Hero Arts store if you use Hero Arts. 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 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 Clear Stamp – Produce And Seeds
• Watercolors
• Twinkling H2O Watercolors
• Archival Ink – Jet Black
• Little Things from Lucy’s Card sequins mix – Fruit Sorbet

a2z Scrapbooking June 2017 Challenge

Hello everyone!!  We are back with another fabulous challenge this month.

Our new challenge this month is “Take Shape”! All you have to do is use any Hero Arts product on your project and create a card of any shape. Be creative with this challenge.

Please be sure that your project contains at least ONE main HERO ART Product as the focal element!

This challenge will be pretty interesting.  The DT has creating some awesome projects to inspire you to play along with us.

Take a look:

Cindy

Martha

Angie

Kymona

Niki G.

 

Amazing isn’t it!!   I hope you love what you see and that it inspires you to join us this month.  You have the entire month to create a new project and enter it into Mr. Linky below.  By entering you will have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the a2z Scrapbooking Store. One lucky winner will be announced on the 7th of July!!

Good Luck!

 

Supplies used:

Cindy
Hero Arts Nesting Tea Cup Infinity Die
Hero Arts Color Layering Goldfiish
Hero Arts Color Layering Orchid In a Pot
Hero Arts Omber Ink – Pink to Red, Butter Bar to Orange, Light to Dark Purple
Hero Arts Mid-tone Shadow Ink – Wet Cement
Ranger distress Ink – Broken China, Peeled Paint
Memento Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
Wink of Stella – Clear

Martha
Color Layering Butterflies
Hero Arts Butter Bar Ink
Soft Pink Ink
Tide Pool
Tangerine Bold Ink by Hero Arts
Sahara Sand Classic Ink
Whisper White Card Stock
Cross Stitch Circle Die Cuts by Gina Marie Designs

Angie

Hero Arts Unicorn Stamp and Die set DC208

Kymona
Hero Arts Journal Borders Digital Kit

Hero Arts Thanks Stamp and Cut

Niki

Color Layering Sea Turtle

Color Layering Sea Turtle Frame Cuts

Hero Arts Moss Hybrid Ink

Hero Arts Pine Hybrid Ink

Hero Arts Tangerine Hybrid Ink

Hero Arts Dandelion Hybrid Ink

Thank you so much for stopping by!

a2z Scrapbooking May 2017 Challenge

Hello everyone!!  We are back with another fabulous challenge this month.

Our new challenge this month is “Sentiment Focus”! All you have to do is use any Hero Arts product on your project and create a card where the sentiment is the main focus of the card. Be creative with this challenge.

Please be sure that your project contains at least ONE main HERO ART Product as the focal element! 

This challenge will be pretty interesting.  The DT has creating some awesome projects to inspire you to play along with us.

Take a look:

Martha

Monica

Michelle

Angie

Dawn

Arlene

Amazing isn’t it!!   I hope you love what you see and that it inspires you to join us this month.  You have the entire month to create a new project and enter it into Mr. Linky below.  By entering you will have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the a2z Scrapbooking Store. One lucky winner will be announced on the 7th of June!!

Good Luck!

Supplies used:

Martha
Love by Lia from Hero Arts
Ombre Ink – Pool to Navy by Hero Arts
Whisper White and Pool Party Card Stock

Monica

Cornflower Ink
Butter Bar Ink

Black Ink

Irreverant Birthdays

Birthday Messages

Michelle

Hero Arts Artistic Dahlia

Hero Arts Thanks Stamp and Cut

Ranger Watercolor paper

Hero Arts Black Notecard

Hero Arts Intense Black

Hero Arts Moss

Peacock Feathers

Mermaid Lagoon

Tumbled Glass

Versamark

White gel pen

Sharpie

MFT Blueprints

Copics

Black Enamel Accents

White Enamel Accents

Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

Angie

Hero Arts Love Stamp and Cut set
Patterned paper & flower from stash

MFT Scalloped edge border

Dawn
Asian Flower Pattern Stencil

Made with Love
Sizzix/Hero Arts Stamps and Die

Thanks for stopping by!!

Grateful Paper Layering Hummingbird

Hi there, it’s Angie here with a card featuring the new Hero Arts Paper Layering Hummingbird die.  I love hummingbirds so when I saw this new die set, I just had to get it and I’m so glad I did!

This card was quick to make, just stamped some flowers and leaves from the Hero Arts “Let Love Grow” set (in Distress Oxide inks) and cut a strip of black to mount the strip on.  I die cut the bird and used the same inks on him, added some black with a black marker, and added the Hero Arts “Grateful” rubber stamp sentiment on a scalloped oval die cut that was inked with the same inks.  I put it all on the card base and was done in no time!

Hope you will take the time to enter the 2 ways to win a $25 gift card to the a2z scrapbooking store!  Here’s the scoop:

1st Chance to Win:  Enter our monthly Challenge here!

2nd Chance to Win: During the month of March, we’re giving you a second way to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the a2z Store! We’ll do a random draw from the blog comments during the month of March for one gift card. You can enter once a day by commenting on the blog post and earn up to 31 chances to win! I

f you’re feeling it, you’re welcome to enter both the Hero Arts with Stencils challenge and the commenting challenge…maybe you’ll win both!

Here’s my list of supplies from the a2z store:

• Hero Arts DI335 Paper Layering Hummingbird die (set of 2)
• Hero Arts D6138 Handwritten Grateful Rubber stamp
• Hero Arts CL865 Let Love Grow Stamp Set
• Hero Arts AF345 Intense Black Ink
• (anything that’s out of stock – you can special order it)

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Hero Arts Ring Bold Prints + Thanks

Hi friends! Hope you are doing well and thanks for stopping by! Have you had time to join our challenge this month – ANYTHING GOES? If not, you can link up here!

Don’t forget, you can save 15% at our Etsy store by using the code: MicheleG15! Don’t hesitate to snag some new goodies to celebrate the new year! 😉 Don’t see what you are looking for? Just ask, they do special orders!

I embossed this super fun Hero Arts background stamp with Hero Arts white embossing powder on some miscellaneous watercolor paper – really – it was just in my stash from a kit I received a few months ago. I then sponged on 3 distress inks – Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral, and Dusty Concord. I used the Distress Sprayer to add some water, let it sit for a bit then mopped up any excess with a dry paper towel.

I already had this THANKS die cut sponged and tipped with gold and I was bound and determined to put it to use! I embossed the additional sentiment on vellum from the Hero Arts Thanks stamp and cut set.

I recently purchased these 4 Tim Holtz dies; I cut one from cardstock and used it as a stencil to apply gold paint and texture paste mixed together. The corner piece is another one of the dies cut from vellum.

I finished it off with some black and white striped paper from my stash, gold glitter paper, a cute little pre-cut doily already colored in purple and layered it all up and mounted with fun foam.

Thanks for visiting, we can’t wait to see your creations!

LINKS ABOVE

Stamps: Hero Arts Rings Bold Prints, Thanks Stamp and Cut

Inks: Dusty Concord, Abandoned Coral, Worn Lipstick distress ink, Versamark

Paper: gold glitter paper, misc. black/white striped paper, watercolor paper, vellum

Misc.: Hero Arts Black and White embossing powder, tiny attacher, washi tape (inside), gold paint, texture paste, Tim Holtz mixed media dies

Hero Arts Acts of Kindness

Hi friends and Happy New Year! This month is an easy one – ANYTHING GOES; hope you’ll join our challenge for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate!

I made two super quick and easy Thank You cards; I still needed a few more for Christmas gifts but I’m ready to move on to bright and cheery colors!

Don’t forget, shop the Etsy store and save 15% using code: MicheleG15! Don’t see something you want/need/like? Just ask, they do special orders!

For one card, I stamped and embossed the little envelope with Hero
Arts white embossing powder, spritzed the paper and sprinkled on Lindy’s magicals, then spritzed some more – WOW, those are some vibrant colors. I dabbed them off a bit so they wouldn’t mix and become muddy.

Hero Arts Acts of Kindess

Hero Arts Acts of Kindness

Hero Arts Acts of Kindness

Hero Arts Acts of Kindness

Hero Arts Acts of Kindness

Hero Arts Acts of Kindness

The other card was sponged with distress inks, dripped on some water and once dry the envelopes were stamped 2nd generation in the same colors. For both cards, I used the Misti to stamp the sentiment multiple times in Hero Arts Intense Black.

Mounted to a scalloped square card base. I finished them off with the little envelope stamped on some Doodlebug designer paper, the heart was colored with copics and stitched to the water color panel.

Thanks for stopping by; we can wait to see your creations!

WHAT’S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Hero Arts Acts of Kindness

Papers: Strathmore Water Color, Doodlebug designer paper (little 3D envelope)

Ink: Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon distress Inks, Hero Arts Intense Black

Accessories: Lindy’s Stamp Gang, white gel pen, Copics, Hero Arts white embossing powder, Nestability Scalloped Square, MFT Stitched Square die