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Hero Arts In The Study

A2Z Scrapbooking has a challenge that makes everyone happy – it’s ANYTHING GOES.  I so enjoy the images of “In the Study and especially the chair.  With a title like Chapter 1, you could write a manuscript or just a pick-up note. Just as you can make a card without the matching dies, the matching dies are so marvelous to move around to create whatever scene you want.

You can find me at A Bit of This and That.

Please join us in this month’s “Anything Goes” 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

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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 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 “In the Study” stamp set and die cuts
  • Elizabeth Craft Designs Postage Stamp dies
  • Scrap papers
  • Copic markers
  • Vagabond die cut machine


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Hero Arts Nasturtium Ornaments

Hi everybody,  Cindy here to share a holiday card.  But first thing first, goodies from the Hero Arts 2018 Season of Wonder Catalog has arrived in the store.  Get a head start and shop for you favorite holiday supplies.

So I have been making ahead holiday cards to build up a good stash.  Today I paired the Ornament Infinity Dies and Hero Florals Nasturtium to create a floral ornament.

I first stamp and heat emboss the Nasturtium on white card stock with Gold Glitter Embossing Powder.  Then I die cut the ornament, and gave it a slight coat of Buttercup shimmer spray.  Then I adhere it on my card base which has a pattern scalloped panel.  The sentiment is gold heat embossed and it’s from the Color Layering Poinsettia Clear Stamp set which is the Hero Arts 2018 Season of Wonder Catalog.

 

The Gold Glitter Embossing is really glittery and shiny, isn’t it?  Since I got my supplies out, I made three cards all at once.  The cards are 4 by 5 1/2 inch so it is perfect to cut three card base out of a 12 by 12 card stock.  Remember to scroll down to get my discount code for you shopping fun, and remember to use the Request Custom Order if you don’t see the items in the a2z store.

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Hero Arts Monthly Challenge

 

 

 

 

Please join us in this month’s “Anything Goes” 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 a2z Scrapbooking store. Our current monthly challenge can always be found in the menu bar, and runs from the 1st to last day of the month

 

a2z scrapbooking store hero arts

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 


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Hero Arts Tiger Lily

Guess what’s in the store?   The NEW CHRISTMAS Hero Arts products are in the A2Z Scrapbooking store.  Go shopping NOW!

I made a tag to say hello, but then I wanted to experiment with colors, some were successful and some not so much.

First up is my hello tag.  With the tiger Lily stamp set, I like all the sentiments in this stamp set and I think they will be well used.  .  I also ordered the suggested ink cube pack, Desert Sun for stamping the flower.  I used Dandelion for the bottom stamp, Tangerine for the middle and Strawberry for the top stamp.

  • Order of stamping:
  • Lay the Spiral Stencil over the tag and sponge with Dandelion ink.
  • No masking because the same color ink is used on the bottom flower layer.
  • Stamp in order (stamping order on back of stamp set packaging.
  • Stamp sentiment.

You can use any stencil with the same color as the bottom layer of the flower without masking.

I put together some color combinations on my personal blog with the Color Layering Tiger Lily in various distress ink colors.  Be sure to go down to the very bottom of my post at A Bit of This and That. .  I was surprised how the white embossing looked on the final top stamp of this set.

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Hero Arts Monthly Challenge

 

 

 

 

Please join us in this month’s “Anything Goes” 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

 

a2z scrapbooking store hero arts

 

 

 

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 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 color layering Tiger Lily stamp set at A2Z Scrapbooking
  • Hero Arts ink cube set Desert Sun – you can custom order this set through A2Z Scrapbooking
  • Hero Arts Infinity dies – Nesting Tag Dies (you can custom order through A2Z)
  • Distress Inks – specific inks under each tag
  • Hammermill paper
  • Vagabond die cut machine
  • Matching Hero Arts Color Layering Tiger Lily Frame Cuts die is available at A2Z


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Hero Arts Flowering Magnolia in White

This month the A2Z Scrapbooking challenge is “Birthday Bash”.  I switched from silver embossing powder to white for this card and tag.  I have seen so many cards in silvers and white, that I couldn’t pass up trying the white embossing and I’m calling this the “white edition”. I decided a nice tag would be perfect to accompany the card and birthday gift.

 

Even though the distress color looks different on the tag, the same distress ink was used and the tag is the more realistic color shown.

To see close-ups, you can visit A Bit of This and That.

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Hero Arts Monthly Challenge    Image may contain: flower and text

Please join us in this month’s “Birthday Bash” 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

a2z scrapbooking store hero arts

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 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 Flowering Magnolia at A2Z Scrapbooking
  • Hero Arts Infinity Dies (Nesting Tag Dies)
  • Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
  • Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles
  • Little B sentiment on card
  • Hero Arts clear stamp set My Words (no longer manufactured) – friends
  • Distress inks listed above card with distress inked background


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Hero Arts Flowering Magnolia in Silver

This month the A2Z Scrapbooking challenge is “Birthday Bash”.  I was in the mood for flowers.  If I have to get something special out, I usually will do more than one project or card.  I have seen so many cards in silvers and white, that I couldn’t pass up trying this myself.  I’ll call this the “silver edition”.

I used a digital sentiment and stamped the panels with the Flowering Magnolia, (matching die is available) and I love being able to die cut these flowers too.

I stamped bot cards with VersaMark ink and then embossed the images with a very old Silver embossing powder (but it still works beautifully).  On the card below, I sponged distress inks, shabby shutters, twisted citron and ripe persimmon after embossing.  I dropped and spritzed water on the background and die cut the panels to adhere to a card.

Rather than create a background as in the first card, I chose a red ombre panel and stamped a background, embossed it in silver and added a digital “Happy Birthday” across the bottom.

 

For close-ups, I am at A Bit of This and That.

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Hero Arts Monthly Challenge

 

Please join us in this month’s “Birthday Bash” 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

a2z scrapbooking store hero arts

 

 

 

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 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.

Please join us in this month’s Frightfully Fun 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

 

 

 

  • Hero Arts Flowering Magnolia at A2Z Scrapbooking
  • Hero Arts digital kit Birthday Bash at A2Z Scrapbooking
  • Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles
  • Silver embossing powder by Rubberman Stamp Co (see, I told you this was OLD)
  • Distress inks listed above card with distress inked background


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Sugartree Sweet Tea or Lemonade?

I really like the latest release of Sugartree stamps.  You can choose the mini stamp set of jar and sentiment “You’re sweeter than sweet tea” or add lots of other digital stamps to this cute iced jar with the full set of stamps and make lemonade..  I made my own background with the sweet jar, spread distress inks with a brush on the bottom panel and die cut.  Visit A2Z Scrapbooking to join the challenge.

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I’m at A Bit of This and That.

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Hero Arts Monthly Challenge

 

 

 

 

 

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

a2z scrapbooking store hero arts

 

 

 

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 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 at A2Z Scrapbookgin (Sweet Tea)
  • Elizabeth Craft Designs Tags and More 8 – Lattice
  • Hero Arts infinity Dies – Nested Tag Dies – no longer available at Hero Arts
  • Hero Arts small tag die (older die no longer available)
  • Tim Holtz embossing folder
  • Copic markers
  • Vagabond die cut machine

 

 


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Sugartree Stamps at A2Z Scrapbooking Monochrome Style

I didn’t think I could use this Sugartree image for a monochrome challenge, but as I thought about it, I knew I could do it.  So many of my pink to red colors to use and it worked out great.  The one thing I wondered about were the flower stems (they aren’t normally red or pink).  However, I used a warm gray and they look great.  Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Visit A2Z Scrapbooking to enter the current challenge and then off to buy your stamps at the store.  Visit me at A Bit of This and That.

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Hero Arts Monthly Challenge

 

 

 

 

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

 

a2z scrapbooking store hero arts

 

 

 

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 insert your code here 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 at A2Z Scrapbookging
  • Elizabeth Craft Designs “Thanks”
  • Elizabeth Craft Designs Postage Stamp Squares
  • Copic markers
  • Vagabond die cut machine


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Sugartree Sentiment Happy Mother’s Day

Mix a bit of digi with coloring and this is one of the results.  I gave this card to my daughter-in-law for Mother’s Day.  A friend gave me the paper to color and I went for yellows and pinks.  Below the card is one of the panels in pink that I colored.  I didn’t think I would like the panels so well, but I love the gold outlines (which you can feel if you run your finger over the panel) and extremely smooth paper.

I usually print out digital sentiments in different sizes to see how they will fit on the card and either die cut the sentiment or make a banner with scissors like I did here.  A friend gave this to me to color.  She had cut three panels and I colored one in yellow and the other two in light pinks and dark pinks.  This is gorgeous in real life and all the panel needed was a beautiful sentiment.  Consider adding a sentiment to a complex background.

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Hero Arts Monthly Challenge

 

 

 

 

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

 

a2z scrapbooking store hero arts

 

 

 

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 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.

 

 

 

  • Supplies:
  • Sugartree Mothers digital kit at A2Z Scrapbooking
  • Stamping Up card stock engraved in gold (friend gave me some cut pieces out of a sheet)
  • Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles
  • Copic markers


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Hero Arts Flowering Magnolia on a Shaped Card

I’ve used several different colors on this lovely magnolia image and love them all.  The image lends itself to a circle so well too.  I like the way this particular die-cut enhances the flower.   You know how you create something you’d rather keep (I know there are a lot), than give away.  This is one of those I would rather keep.

Close-up shot below

Arlene’s sample is at A Bit of This and That.

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!

Hero Arts Monthly Challenge

 

 

 

 

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

 

a2z scrapbooking store hero arts

 

 

 

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 insert your code here 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 Magnolia Wood Block and the matching frame (If A2Z Scrapbooking is out of this stamp, please custom order.
  • Spellbinders scallop circles
  • Vagabond die cut machine
  • Copic markers


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A2Z Sugartree Stamp is Owlsome

Aren’t the new Sugartree Stamps delightful?  I thought I’d make a card to tell her how awesome she is.  Even though she is 18, she’ll appreciate this cute stamp and sentiment.  I used Copic marker E000 to outline this cutie.  A dot of Nuvo on the eye gives the image a “I’m looking at you” feeling.  I hope you enjoy using these cute new digital stamps too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Arlene posts at A Bit of This and That.

Hero Arts Monthly Challenge

 

 

 

 

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

 

a2z scrapbooking store hero arts

 

 

 

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 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 Owlsome available only at A2Z Scrapbooking
  • Spellbinders scallop dies
  • Elizabeth Craft Designs Postage Stamp dies
  • Nuvo Crystal Drops Simply White
  • Vagabond die cut machine
  • Copic markers -E000,  YR07, YR14, YR24, 100