Gift Card Holder

Happy Holiday's everyone,

I hope you all are ready for the holidays.  I am, my mother and brother came in today from North Carolina  and I have some more family coming in tomorrow.  I have all the trees decorated, the lights outside and the house smelling so good.  It is certainly the best time of the year.  To celebrate the birth of Jesus!!!!  

I am here with a2z Scrapbooking again with the Watercolor challenge.  I decided to do, probably, my last holiday card for this year.  I really needed a couple of gift card holders and found a design in the Silhouette store.  It was just perfect because I have three Starbuck cards I am giving as gifts.  I used two of my favorite stamp sets the Hero Arts Brush Strokes and Hero Arts Celebrate Everything.  The Celebrate Everything set is an older set, but a
goodie. A2Z brought it back again this year. This set is very versitle, it has a lot of different sentiments. Head over to the store and check it out. If you would like these sets, you can get 15% off, just use Donna15 when you check out.

Here is my card for the challenge:

These are the cards I made.  I sat them in the tree to show you.  The bottom two have a sentiment card with this cute heart to make this card.  

This is a closer look of the card inside the gift card holder on the right.  The first one is with the sentiment sticking out.

Closer look of the sentiment. 

ok, it's your turn, hop on over to a2zScrapbooking blog and link your card in the challenge.   You have a few more days to enter.  The link is on the right side bar of the page. I can't wait to see what you design. 

If you are on social media, #a2zScrapbooking or @a2zScrapbooking is on Instagram or Twitter so come follow us!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you take some time and play along with this challenge at a2z Scrapbooking blog.



Supplies used:
Hero Arts Celebrate Everything
Hero Arts Brush Stroke
Hero Arts snow Layering paper
Hero Arts black layering paper
Hero Arts Grenadine Layering Paper
Silhouette Mat
Silhouette blade

Have a Nice Trip - Craft Hoarders Anonymous, Challenge 22

Hello Bloggers,

Welcome back to another challenge with Craft Hoarders Anonymous, Challenge 22! Many of us travel around the holidays, so let's celebrate our adventures! Dig into your hoard and find some items that are vacation or travel themed. Do you have a hoard of cruise ship ephemera? Do you have a box of transportation stamps? Do you have a stash of camping themed papers? Or piles of Disney embellishments? Show them off! Create a vacation or travel themed project for us!

Our sponsor this month is Spellbinders!

Spellbinders:http://www.spellbinderspaperarts.com/Home.aspx
Spellbinders® Paper Arts LLC entered the craft and hobby market in 2003 with the introduction of the Spellbinders Wizard™ Universal Craft Tool and a unique, patented collection of dies unlike any introduced before - or since. Always on the cutting edge in introducing innovative tools to the market, the Spellbinders Artisan X-plorer™ machine is the company's latest offering for paper crafters, jewelry artists, mixed media creators and more . In addition, the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine is perfect for large format die cutting and embossing. Known worldwide for its game changing products, the company brings revolutionary technology with its Imperial Gold die templates that cut, emboss, deboss and stencil. Spellbinders product lines include more than 250 patented and patent-pending products, allowing crafters, hobbyists, artists and teachers to create one-of-a-kind; beautiful projects across a different variety of craft genres.

Here is my layout that I created for this challenge. I have been hoarding this paper and I love going to New York, so I created this.

Are you ready to play! One lucky winner will win all of these Spellbinder dies. So find some of those old pictures you have been wanting to scrap.

Hop on over to our talented design teams blogs to see what they have created. Please leave them a comment on how much you love their designs. Be sure to stop by and say farewell to Jan Marie Ennenga and Karen Zueger, they will be leaving the design team. I'm sure they would love to hear from you.

Christy Butters

Debbie Seyer

Donna Idlet

Ginny Nemchak

Glenda Brooks

Gloria Stengel

Jan Marie Ennenga

Karen Zueger

Kathy Clement

Pam Bray

Wendi Robinson

Thank you so much for stopping by, enjoy this challenge!

Hello Sunshine - a2z Scrapbooking December Challenge

Hello Bloggers,

I hope you all did not get to wet this weekend from all the rain.  How many of you are ready for Christmas?  I'm not, I have gotten a few gifts, but still need to buy a few more.  I also have to finish decorating the house.  We all have less than three weeks before Christmas.  

This months challenge with a2zScrapbooking is Watercolor!  Doesn't that sound like fun.  I was wishing for sunshine this weekend, so I made a card with a flower.  I'm not rushing life ahead of us, but whew I wish the sun would just shine for a few hours.  It seems like forever, since the sun has been out.  The flower is from the Hello Sunshine Daisy set.  This set is very nice because it has four sentiments in the set and four different flowers with so many different ways to use them. This set is a must have!  For this card, I first used a few inks and rubbed them on my craft sheet, then I sprayed the mat with water and rubbed my watercolor paper on the mat.  Love how my background came out.  For the flower I dabbed the ink on the stamp, stamped off and added a little water and stamped on the paper I watercolored.  If you would like this set, you can get 15% off, just use Donna15 when you check out.  

ok, it's your turn, hop on over to a2zScrapbooking blog and link your card in the challenge. The link is on the right side bar of the page.  I can't wait to see what you design.  


Don’t forget if you’d like to buy any products from the store, use this discount code, Donna15 to get 15% off. There are some great Hero Arts products! So please take some time and stop by there. If you are on social media, #a2zScrapbooking or @a2zScrapbooking is on Instagram or Twitter so come follow us!


Thanks for stopping by, I hope you take some time and play along with this challenge at a2z Scrapbooking blog.

Supplies used:

Hero ArtsHello Sunshine Daisy

Ranger Watercolor Paper

Hero Arts Assorted Gems

Hero Arts Navy Mid-Tone Ink

Hero Arts Lemon Yellow Ink

Hero Arts Field Greens Ink

Hero Arts Lime Green Dauber

Hero Arts Lemon Yellow Dauber

Hero Arts Sunshine Dauber

Hero Arts Snow Laying Paper

Craft Hoaders Anonymous Challenge #21 Celebrate the Season

Hello Bloggers, 

Welcome back to another challenge with Craft Hoarders Anonymous, Challenge 21!  Raise your hands if you hoard Christmas or other winter holiday items! Who has a drawer full of  "retired" holiday papers and embellishments? Who goes crazy over the candy cane ribbons or the sparkly embellishments? Share a winter or seasonal holiday project with us. We would love to see your Christmas projects, but you may also enter Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Year's, other holiday celebration projects, or any winter-themed projects. Celebrate the season with us!

Our sponsor this month is Spellbinders! 

Spellbinders:http://www.spellbinderspaperarts.com/Home.aspx

Spellbinders® Paper Arts LLC entered the craft and hobby market in 2003 with the introduction of the Spellbinders Wizard™ Universal Craft Tool and a unique, patented collection of dies unlike any introduced before - or since. Always on the cutting edge in introducing innovative tools to the market, the Spellbinders Artisan X-plorer™ machine is the company's latest offering for paper crafters, jewelry artists, mixed media creators and more . In addition, the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine is perfect for large format die cutting and embossing. Known worldwide for its game changing products, the company brings revolutionary technology with its Imperial Gold die templates that cut, emboss, deboss and stencil. Spellbinders product lines include more than 250 patented and patent-pending products, allowing crafters, hobbyists, artists and teachers to create one-of-a-kind; beautiful projects across a different variety of craft genres.

Here is what I created with my spellbinder dies.

Are you ready to play!  One lucky winner will win all of these Spellbinder dies.  So get ready and pull out that old Christmas paper you have been hoarding and your Spellbinders and start creating.

Hop on over to our talented design teams blogs to see what they have created.  Please leave them a comment on how much you love their designs.  I love reading what my followers have to say and I know they will too.

Christy Butters

Debbie Seyer

Donna Idlet

Ginny Nemchak

Glenda Brooks

Gloria Stengel

Jan Marie Ennenga

Karen Zueger

Kathy Clement

Pam Bray

Wendi Robinson

Thank you so much for stopping by, enjoy this challenge!

Mema's Craft December Challenge - Anything Goes - "Holidays" "Christmas" or "Winter"

Hello Bloggers,

Welcome to the December challenge from Mema's Crafts.  This months challenge is "anything goes", Holidays, Christmas or Winter and our sponsors this month are Bugaboo Stamps and Stitchy Bear.  

Here are my design for this months challenge. My first card is a digi stamp from Stitchy Bear.  I colored this snowman with prisamcolor pencils.  I highlighted the white part of the snowman's hat and the little girls hat with "Wink of Stella" clear pin.  

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My second stamp is a digi stamp from Bugaboo stamps.  I thought I would make a gift for the holiday.  This is a slider with hot cocoa inside.  I colored this image also with prismacolor pencils and added some "Wink of Stella" clear on the hat.  Here are the measurements if you want to make some:

Base Cardstock - 73/4 x 51/2

Designer Paper - 73/4 x 41/2

Score at 35/8 and 1/2

Make the ribbon as long as you would like, punch a hole and wrap the ribbon around.  

Thanks again for stopping by, please take the time to join the fun over at Mema's Crafts.  I cannot wait to see what you create.  

FUSION {Sparkly Christmas}

Hello Bloggers, 

Yes, I am back again with another card.  I love to make Christmas cards and I love a sketch challenge. I am joining Fusion for their holiday inspiration challenge.  Here is the sketch:

 And here is my take on the sketch.  I love how it came out!  

Recipe:

Stamps: Hero's Art Stamp and Cut Christmas Tree (sentiment)

Ink: Momento Black

Paper: Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Garden Green
and My Mind's Eye-Dolled Up "Day" Worn Paper

Accessories: Gillian Banner, Memory Box Tupelo Circle, 

Spellbinder Poinsettia, and Queen & Co Trios Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by, please come back again soon! If you enjoy my blog, please follow me and leave a comment. I love to read them.

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge

Happy Sunday everyone,

I am stopping in to play along with the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge.  Who does not love Christmas.  I love the smell, the decorations and just being with family.  I hope you all are getting ready for the season, we only have 24 more days! 

I will be back tomorrow for new challenges with Craft Hoarders Annoymous and Mema's Crafts.  I hope you will join in on the fun.

Here is the challenge and my take on the challenge.  Enjoy your day!

Recipe:

Stamps: Stampin Up Festive Trees and 

Wondrous Wreath (sentiment)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive

Paper: Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White

Accessories: Stampin Up Twine, rheinstones 

and itty bitty star punch

Thanks for Being My Friend

Hello Bloggers,

It has been a busy couple of days.  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I did, I was with family and friends and lots of good eating.  And today is "black Friday", did you all go out and get some great deals?  I didn't go out, but I did orde a few items on-line.  I didn't want to have to fight the crowds and traffic.  

I am here today to share a card made with Lawn Fawn products.  The stamp set is Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park Die and Stamp Set.  Love this stamp set, it is just adorable.  I made a card earlier with this set, here it is if you want to check it out.  Do you want to own this set?  It is in the a2z Scrapbooking store and you can get it for 15% off your purchase by using DONNA15.  Don't wait to long, because there is only one left!  Click here to get it now.  

I created this card by creating the hills of grass using the stitched hillside borders die.  I then stamp the dogs and cut them out using the die set and colored them using the prismacolor pencils. I then stamped the fire hydrant on red paper and cut it out.  Walah, the card has been created.  Love these cute critters, you will see this stamp set again.  

Just as a reminder there are a few days left to play along with a2z Scrapbooking blog "anything goes". Come over and play along, you have a chance to win gift card to spend in the a2z Scrapbooking Store. Come check the store out and don't forget you get 15% off your total purchase of $25.00 or more.  

a2z Scrapbooking blog is also having a Scavanger Hunt for Black Friday.  It ends at midnight on December 1st.  Here are the details:

a2z Scrapbooking is sponsoring a super fun contest that starts right now and ends Midnight (EDT) on Monday – December 1st.

Here is how it will work:

1.  Below you will find Ten Questions that need to be answered.  The only way to get the answers  is to go on a Scavenger Hunt in the a2z Scrapbooking store. 

2. When you find all of the answers, you have to email them to: a2zScrapbooking@comcast.net  No later then Midnight, December 1st.

3. One winner will be chosen from all of the correct entries and will be announced on the a2z Scrapbooking Blog on Wednesday, December 3rd. 

4. The prize is a $25 Gift Certificate to the store!!!  How awesome is this!!  No lines, no pushing or shoving, your in the comforts of your own home.  Don’t you just love this!!

Are you ready?  Here we go:

1. Creating with Hero’s wonderful “Digital Cut” files is always fun, just remember when you are using them with your silhouette, to start with a fresh cutting mat and nice sharp ______, just two of the Silhouette accessory products we also carry in our store!

2. Don’t you just LOVE all the awesome Stencils that we have in stock at a2z Scrapbooking Store?  When you are using yours, be sure you have plenty of this product on hand to add extra Dimension and Texture to your stenciled projects.

3. Which of Hero’s wonderful wooden stamps do you think would be perfect for a card that you want to create for a fellow crafter?

4. We have many colors of the fabulous Hero Arts Layering Paper always in stock at the a2z Scrapbooking Store.  Name three of the colors that you would use most often for your crafty projects?

5. What is the name of one of the Hero Arts Ink Cube Sets, that has an ink named after a drink in it?

6. The a2z Scrapbooking store sells this amazing Hero Arts tool that directs hot air to the precise area where its aimed, melting embossing powder and creating amazing results in seconds.  What is the name of this tool?

7. Ink Daubers are the new way of applying inks to stencils in your favorite colors.  How many different Hero Arts colors are stocked in the a2z Scrapbooking store?

8. Have you tried Water-coloring yet on your cards?  If not, you are truly missing out on a fabulous way to create your own fabulous backgrounds.  Did you know the a2z Scrapbooking store carries a set of watercolors. What is the name of the water-color set and how many colors does it contain?

9. a2z Scrapbooking opened their Etsy doors on what date?

10. Wow, a2z Scrapbooking carries 80 different types of embellishments!  How many of them are buttons?

Off you go to find the answers to all of these questions.  Good luck to all of you who participate in this contest.  Who will be the first to find all of these answers?  I can’t wait to see who wins.

Reminder, the scavenger hunt ends Monday, December 1st at Midnight.  So email your answers in before that time.

Whew, sorry for the long post!  Hope to see all your creations soon.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

 

Happy Birthday - a2z Scrapbooking November Challenge

Hello Bloggers,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I am here with a2z Scrapbooking for their November challenge "Anything Goes". If you have not had a chance to join in on the fun, hop on over to  a2z Scrapbooking and post your project.  I am sharing a birthday card, I made with the Hero Arts Hello Flowers stamps. I chose to do the technique emboss resist.  It's so much fun!  Here are the steps to get the image I created.

1) Stamp and heat emboss your image.  Allow image to cool. 2) Apply ink directly to the paper (over and around the embossed image) using a sponge or brayer. 3) Wipe the embossed image with a tissue to remove the excess ink. Also, don’t forget if you’d like to buy any products from the store, use this discount code, Donna15 to get 15% off. There are some great Hero Arts products! So please take some time and stop by there. If you are on social media, #a2zScrapbooking or @a2zScrapbooking is on Instagram or Twitter so come follow us! Thanks for stopping by, I hope you take some time and play along with this challenge at a2z Scrapbooking blog.

Supplies Used:
Hello Flowers
Yummy Treats
Gem Stones
White Embossing Powder
Kraft Paper
Quiet Morning Ink Cubes

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Blog Challenge 20 - Box it Up!

Hello Bloggers,

I am back again with Craft Hoarders Anonymous blog for another wonderful challenge and our sponsor is My Artistic Adventures.

Our challenge is to create some sort of altered box. You can create a box from scratch, or you can alter a pre-made box. Your box can be made of paper, wood, chipboard, plastic, or metal. As long as you dig into your hoard to decorate a box, you have met the challenge requirements! The box does not have to be used as a box...it can be used as home decor or for any purpose you can imagine. Let's box it up!

I altered a Graphic 45 Book Box.  Oh what fun it was to alter,  so many compartments to alter! I used Kaisercraft Be-You-Tiful Collection.  Love the vintage colors and patterns.

 inside of the box

Closer look on the top.  I mounted the "Memories" tag on 

chipboard to give it a lille more dimension.

 Closer look at my Rosette.  I love the burgundy color.  

Supplies:  

Graphic 45 Book Box, Kaisercraft paper, Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Door Pull

 and Metal Brads, Tim Holtz large Rosette die and knob, Wooden Knobs and Bling

Our Sponsor

One talented participant will receive this prize donated by Heather Hudson of My Artistic Adventures:

Hop on over to our talented design teams blogs to see what they have created.  Please leave them a comment on how much you love their designs.  I love reading what my followers have to say and I know they will too.

Amber Milone

Christy Butters

Debbie Seyer

Donna Idlet

Ginny Nemchak (on vacation)

Glenda Brooks

Gloria Stengel

Jan Marie Ennenga (on vacation)

Karen Zueger

Kathy Clement (on vacation)

Pam Bray

Wendi Robinson

Our Sponsor Information:

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you all will join the fun.

Get Well Soon - a2z Scrapbooking November Challenge

Hello Bloggers,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I know I did!  I am here with a2z Scrapbooking with a new challenge for the month of November.  The challenge is "Anything Goes". Don't you love anything goes challenges?  It's an endless possible of creating anything.  I am sharing a get well card, I made with the Hero Arts Feather clear stamps.  This stamp is so versitle.  I stamped the feathers with versamark and used the Hero Arts sparkle white embossing powder.  Have you ever used Hero Arts embossing powders?  If not, you should try them.  They give you a nice crisp image when you emboss.  I also used the brush stamp to get my background and used a few colors to make the colors stand out.  

Also, don’t forget if you’d like to buy any products from the store, use the discount code, Donna15 to get 15% off. There are some great Hero Arts products! So please take some time and stop by there. If you are on social media, #a2zScrapbooking or @a2zScrapbooking is on Instagram or Twitter so come follow us!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you take some time and play along with this challenge at a2z Scrapbooking blog.

 

Supplies used:

Happy Fall

Hello Bloggers,

I hope your week has gotten off to a great one.  Today was a beautiful day, the weather was so perfect.  It was like a lovely fall day.  I am here to share a fall card I created using my favorite die set "Stitched Leaves" from Lawn Fawn.  These leaves are so perfect.  I love the stitching in the leaves.  I am going to enter my card into a few fall challenges.  I was inspired to create this card by The Cutting Edge challenge 13.  She used the Stitched Leaves and a couple of buttons on her card.  I hope I have inspired you to get your fall stamps, dies and papers out to make something.  The links are below if you are interested in playing along.

Recipe:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Sweater Weather (sentiment)

Ink: Memento Black, 

Paper: Stampin Up Daffodel Delight, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves and Fall Leaves Wood Veneer and twine

Thank so much for stopping by.  Please come back again soon.  I have entered this card into the following challenges:

The Card Concept - Thank "fall"
Lawnscaping Challenge - Fall and Pumpkins
Simon Says - Anything goes
The Cutting Edge - Challenge 13

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge 19 - Blog Hop with My Artistic Adventures!

Hello Bloggers,

I am back again with Craft Hoarders Anonymous blog for another wonderful challenge and a blog hop with My Artistic Adventures. For this challenge My Artistic Adventures is our sponsor also.

Our challenge is to create a "thank you" gift for this challenge. It can be a Thanksgiving hostess gift or a simple thank you card. It can be a "thanks for helping me out of a jam" present, or a "thanks for being you" scrapbook layout. As long as your project says, "THANKS," enter the challenge! We want to see you de-hoard some of your stash and say thanks to someone! (Your project does not have to be Thanksgiving-themed!).

I have a baby thank you card that I created with Heather Hudson's digital image.  I used the Graphic 45 Little Darlings Collection.  I think the paper really matches the image from Heather. 

Supplies: My Artistic Adventure digital image Vintage Baby Blue Boy Girl Twins Onesie Set Digital Collage sheet Printable, Graphic 45 Little Darlings Collection, Flourishes Many Sentiments, Lawn Fawn dotted circles, bling and black momento ink.

Everyone needs a 'thank you" card, gift, etc.,  let's see what you can come up with.  I cannot wait to see it.  One talented participant will receive this prize donated by Heather Hudson of My Artistic Adventures:

Hop on over to our talented design team and the My Artistic Adventures blogs to see what they have created.  Please leave them a comment on how much you love their designs.  I love reading what my followers have to say and I know they will too.

Amber Milone

Christy Butter

Debbie Seyer

Donna Idlet

Ginny Nemchak (on vacation)

Glenda Brooks

Gloria Stengel

Jan Marie Ennenga

Karen Zueger

Kathy Clement

Pam Bray

Wendi Robinson

My Artistic Adventures Design Team:

Helene: http://2amscrapper.blogspot.com/

Shawn: http://poetryinapotoftea.blogspot.com/

Carol: http://scrappydayz.blogspot.com/

Lisette: http://mrsbeez.com/

Sandi: http://scrapbookinwithg.blogspot.com/

Candy: http://candycreates.blogspot.com/

Heather: http://heatherahudson.blogspot.com/

Our sponsor's Information:

Blog:  http://heatherahudson.blogspot.com/

Youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/heatherahudson/videos

Etsy:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyArtisticAdventures

Bio:

Heather lives in Michigan with her two teenage sons, hubby, and kitties.  She works full time as a RN with Ventilated young adults, and enjoys volunteering with her two son's Boy Scout Troop and Tennis Team.  She loves to create digital collage sheets in the Vintage, Victorian, and Shabby Chic Style.  She will show you blogging tips, paper crafting tutorials, and how to use her digital collage sheets on her Youtube channel.  Heather hosts her own challenge on her blog and designs for Really Reasonable Ribbon, Gecko Galz, and the Creative Cutting Challenge.