Hero Arts Color Layering Nordic Tree on a2z

Hello everyone,

I am sharing another Christmas card on a2z Scrapbooking today, and it features the Color Layering Nordic Tree from Hero Arts.

Do you see that subtle background?  I stamped one of the image from the same set in Soft Grey Shadow ink.

And here's a close up for the glittery gold embossed detail.

Challenge:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Christmas

Supplies:

Hero Arts Color Layering Nordic Tree
Hero Arts Gold Glitter Embossing Powder

White Embossing Power

Soft Grey Shadow Ink

Tuxedo Black Ink

Thanks for visiting.  I wish you a lovely day!

Nation Coffee Day Bloghop Giveaway winner

Happy Monday!!  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

I am here to announce the winner of my National Coffee Bloghop Giveaway.  Drum roll please....

The recipient of two lovely coffee theme digi stamp is:  Mellissa at Sunshine HoneyBee

Congrats Melissa!  Please email a2zscrapbookingtech@gmail.com with subject line:  "National Coffee Hop a2z DT Cindy".

Thanks to all who visited and left me wonderful comment love!!  Until next time have a lovely day!!

Hero Arts Santa Snacks Spinner Card on a2z

Hello everyone,

I am back with another Christmas card, and this one is a spinner card.  You could refer to Jennifer McGuire's video for details of the technique. 

I do like to use the little stamps in my stamp set!  I picked out the small images from Color Layering Nordic Trees and stamp the front panel.  My spinning tree image is from the Santa Snacks.

Here's how it work:

I am sad to share that the October Challenge at a2z Scrapbooking is the last one.  The theme is Holidays.  Come on over to check it out and play along.

Supplies:

Hero Arts Santa Snacks Stamp & Cut

Hero Arts Color Layering Nordic Trees
Spellbinders Nestabilities Round Die Set

Ranger Distress Ink (Barn Door, Peeled Paint, Spun Sugar)

Ranger Diamond Stickles

Versamark Watermark Ink

White Embossing Powder

Watercolors

Thanks for stopping by.   Have a lovely day!

Holiday Greenery and Cardinal on a2z

Happy Monday,

It is the first day of Autumn, that means my gardening chores would include Fall planting and tidying up for the season.  Speaking of gardening, there is a family of Northern Cardinals in the neighborhood, and this past summer one of them would come play 'hide and seek' with me.  It would chip and sing when I work in the garden, I hear it (yes it comes often enough that I reconize its voice), but I couldn't see it.  And finally when I do, it flys away, needless to say I couldn't take a photo fast enough.  But I do have have a snap shot when it actually stop by my deck one time.

And this fun 'hide and seek' game it plays with me inspired my card on a2z Scrapbooking today.

The photo looks like it is out of focus, but the layers are made to be a bit fuzzy, just like when you try to spot a bird in the trees!!   LOL  I die cut Holiday Greenery Edge twice each using three shades of green/blue card stock, and glued each two layers in an offset fashion.  Then I layered them on to a white card base and tuck the cardinal in between the layers. 

To keep the same scheme, I die cut 'holidays' in white and red and glued them in an offset fashion as well.  To embellish I use 1/8 inch hole punch and punched out some 'red berries' and glue them on the the greeneries, and top with Candy Cane stickles.  I also added Star Dust stickles to some of the leaves.  The 'happy' is white heat embossed.

There is still time to play our September challenge - Anything Goes.  I hope I've inspired you to play along.

And the September sale at a2z store is still on.  Do go and check it out.

Supplies for my card:

Hero Arts Holiday Greenery Edge Fancy Die

Hero Arts Holidays Word Fancy Die

Hero Arts Vintage Christmas Post Clear Stamp

Hero Arts Vintage Christmas Post Frame Cut

Hero Arts Congrats Stamp & Cut

Hero Arts Unicorn Ink

white embossing powder

Ranger Stickles (Star Dust, Candy Cane)

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish a lovely day!

Hero Arts Santa Snacks Gingerbread Cookie Wreath on a2z

Hello,

Today I am sharing a very fun Christmas card on a2z Scrapbooking.

I have been making Christmas cards since much earlier this year and this one is the latest addition to my stash.

The September Challenge theme on a2z is Anything Goes.  Come on over and join in the fun.  Click here to go to a2z Scrapbooking.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Happy Labor Day & Warehouse Sale

Happy Labor Day!!

Hope you're enjoy a great day.  Just popping in to share news about the a2z Scrapbooking Supplies Labor Day sale.

Click here to shop.

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy shopping!

Hero Arts Love Stamp & Cut on a2z

Hi everybody,

September 1st is here!!  What does it mean to you?

New hope, new outlook, new chapter in life?  On a2z Scrapbooking, it's time for a new challenge!  This month's theme is Anything Goes.

I created a card to send to a friend who needs some cheering up, and I hope it does the job.

Hop over to a2z Scrapbooking to check out the DT's inspiration and detail of the challenge.

Supplies:

Hero Arts Love Stamp & Cut

Hero Arts Yes Stamp & Cut

Ranger Distress Ink ( Picked Raspberry, Barn Door, Wild Honey, Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar)

Memento Dye Ink (Tuxedo Black)

Clear Embossing Powder

Range Stickles (Star Dust)

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish you a sweet day!

Hero Arts Sweet Sprinkles Special Birthday on a2z

Hi,

I have a post up on a2z Scrapbooking.  This month's challenge theme is Birthdays.  Have you played yet?

Hop over to a2z Scrapbooking to take a closer look.  :)

Thanks for visiting.  I wish you a sweet day!

Hero Arts Everything Smiles Shaker Window card on a2z

Happy Friday everyone,

Welcome back to my blog.  Today I share a very fun card, a shaker window card, on a2z Scrapbooking.

Isn't fun to see the sentiment thru the shaker window?!  Hop over here to check the details.  This month's challenge theme on a2z is Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by.  Remember to use my promote code Cindy15 to get 15% off any purchases $25 or over at a2z Etsy store.

Have a lovely day!

CAS Pop-up Shadow Box on a2z

Hello everybody!!

August is here and so is a new challenge on a2z Scrapbooking.  This month's theme is: Birthday.

For today's project I've created a CAS Pop-up Shadow Box a la Jennifer McGuire.  I been wanting to try her technique ever since I saw this video of hers.

A couple weeks ago while creating projects for the Hero Arts Flickr Group Scramble challenge, I have a piece of alcohol ink panel left over.  It's perfect for my pop-up shadow box card today.

  

I die cut it using Hero Arts Butterfly Fancy Die.  It is already so bright and colorful, I didn't want other elements to compete with it.  So I went with a CAS design.

Inside the shadow box, I heat embossed Garden Flowers by Lia with Sugar Cube Glitter embossing powder. There is some foiling on the alcohol panel (of which I die cut the butterfly), I reheat the gold embossed sentiment and applied the same foil on it, it picked up just enough to have a 'matching' look.  :)

Hop over to a2z Scrapbooking and see what my team mates created to inspire you, and join in the challenge.  

The Butterfly Fancy Die is still available in the a2z store.  Use my promote code Cindy15 when shopping there and get 15% off of any purchases $25 or more (excluding shipping).

Supplies:

Hero Arts Butterfly Fancy Die

Hero Arts Garden Flowers by Lia

Hero Arts Many Birthday Messages

Matha Stewart Sugar Cube Glitter Embossing Powder

Gold Embossing Powder

Versarmark Watermark Ink 

Spellbinders Standard Circles LG Die

Thanks for visiting.  I wish you a lovely day!

Hero Arts Holiday Greenery Edge Ornament on a2z

Hi,

I have a post up on a2z Scrapbooking sharing a couple Christmas cards. 

I put die cut on die cut for these two cards.  Fun!!  

I am linking my card to:

A Blog Named Hero Challenge - Christmas in July

Happy Little Stampers July Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes w/ option Sparkle

Supplies:

Hero Arts Holiday Greenery Edge Fancy Die

Hero Arts Oranments Infinity Dies

Hero Arts Winter Cheer Tag Set by Lia

Glimmer Metallic Gold Ink

Gold Embossing Powder

Brass Embossing Powder

Versamark Watermark Ink

White Acrylic Paint

Gold Foil Card Stock

Metallic Dark Blue Card Stock

 Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a cool day!

Hero Arts Love Swirls Stenciled Wedding Card on a2z

Hello there,

I've got two cards to share today on a2z Scrapbooking.  

July's challenge theme - Sparkle & Shine prompts me to think of weddings and anniversaries.   I used my Hero Arts Love Swirls Stencil for my projects today.  

Let's take a look.

A CAS embossed wedding card.

And a stenciled anniversary card.

Both are one layer so very snail mail friendly!  :)

Hop over to a2z and get the list of supplies I used for my projects.  Remember to use my promote code Cindy15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more at a2z store.

Hero Arts Scribble Bold Print Congrats on a2z

Hello there,

Wow we are at the half way point the year!   Hope all is well with you.

It's the first of the month and a new challenge awaits you on a2z Scrapbooking.  July's challenge is:   Sparkle & Shine.

I created a classic CAS card with lots of sparkles for this challenge.

As you know shimmers and sparkles are difficult to photograph, but I managed shooting a close-up so you could see all the sparkly goodness.

To make this card, I first stamped Hero Arts Scribble Bold Print and heat embossed with Sugar Cube Glitter embossing powder on a white card panel that is 1/8 inch smaller than a A2 card base.

Next I die cut three times 'congrats' using Hero Arts Congrats Stamp & Die using 100 lb white card stock, glued the layers together, and gold heat embossed.  To make the embossing more rich looking, I heat embossed it again with Gold Glitter Embossing Powder.

Once everything is set, I adhere the background panel to a white card base, then glued the die cut, and sentiment strip (gold heat embossed on black card stock).  Finally I embellished with a few peachy colored sequins.

Hop over to a2z Scrapbooking and check out the lovely inspirations projects my team mates created for you and play along.

Supplies:

Hero Arts Scribble Bold Print Cling Stamp

Hero Arts Congrats Stamp & Cut

Hero Arts Gold Glitter Embossing Powder

Gold Embossing Powder

Sugar Cube Glitter Embossing Powder

Little Things from Lucy's Cards Sequins - Cataloup

Thanks for visiting today.  Have a lovely day!

Hero Arts Love Stamp & Cut Banner on a2z

Happy Sunday everyone!!

So glad you stop by my blog, I have a couple projects to show you on a2z Scrapbooking.

To decorate my Banana Chocolate Chip Bread/Cake, I created this fun banner.  It makes my cake looks so festive!!

Hop on over to check my other project, just as colorful if not more on a2z.

This month's challenge theme is: Anything But A Card.  I hope I've inspired you to play along.  Check details on my a2z blog post, and grab my promote code Cindy15 for shopping at a2z Etsy store.