Hero Arts Fans Scramble Challenge

 We all had 90 minutes to complete this scramble and post to the
Hero Arts Fans Scramble Challenge Facebook page.

Use your favorite Hero Arts products and feature "2" in it, either literally the number 2 or two times the same element!

Glad I had the two elves already die-cut. I colored the elves, did some die-cutting "Postage Stamp Rectangles" , then needed some kind of background and found I had this background "Design Block Happiness Grows" stamp. I used one of the sentiments "Ho Ho Ho" from "From the Vault Mr & Mrs" Claus. I popped up the two elves. There's also some Nuvo drops in there. Without that background stamp, it would have had no depth.

Supplies:

Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts Santa's Elves

Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts From the Vault Mr & Mrs "Ho ho ho!"

Hero Arts Happiness Grows (background)

Elizabeth Craft Postage Stamp Rectangles

Distress Ink Worn Lipstick "background stamping"

Copic markers

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss Red Berry & Crystal Drops Copper Penny

Vagabond die-cut machine

A Face Book Hero Arts Scramble

 There's a scramble going on and I made this card in 90 minutes including taking the photo and uploading with a short description.  This week’s scramble challenge is to use 2 or more different Hero Arts stamp sets on 1 card or tag.

If you've ever participated in a Hero Arts Scramble on Flickr, you'll probably want to visit our group on Face Book at https://www.facebook.com/groups/375732203141407.  It is a private group.  

I started off die-cutting a piece of white paper and used Distress Oxide ink Spiced Marmalade on the Star Burst Background. I hand cut the message and flying ship after inking them up with Frayed Burlap. I colored parts of the ship with Copic markers. I used Copic Markers R20 and R22, but didn't like the R20 color so colored over that with Y38 and got the perfect color I wanted. I sprayed the card with an ink blend I made with Splash (yellow) and Sheer Shimmer Spritz (Frost) and Nuvo Drops to spark it up a bit.

Supplies:

Hero Arts Star Burst Background

Hero Arts Messages (3 large messages)

Hero Arts Flying Air Ships (3 air ships)

Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles

Distress Oxide Spiced Marmalade and Frayed Burlap

3 Copic markers R20, R22 Y38

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss - Ripened Pumpkin and Red Berry

An ink blend I made with Splash (yellow)

Sheer Shimmer Spritz (Frost)

Vagabond die-cut machine

Hero Arts Flickr Scramble

I entered the Hero Arts Flickr group scramble and below is my card.  I had fun putting together odds and ends of my pre-cut, colored Hero Arts images.  I didn't even realize I had these because they kept getting buried under other stamped and cut stamped images.

Some of the guidelines follow:
-  Use at least one Hero Arts stamp (digital included and not just a sentiment), stencil, die cut as focal point.
- Tag your card as quickcard162 (all in one word without spacing)
- Add your card to the Hero Arts flickr group pool (you will have to join the group)

Check out the challenge here.  This challenge ends July 19, 2019 12:00pm PDT (3:00 pm EDT

I took this picture around midnight and used a green folder for the backdrop because I was getting sleepy.  It's a bit whimsical and was fun to make.

November and Thanks

November is always such a great month to thank everyone for being in your life.  Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on November 25th and I can almost taste the turkey and pies.  I hope I'm not slobbering all over this post because that turkey is calling to me.

Thanksgiving is not the only holiday that brings people together, but I think it's quite a meaningful holiday.  Therefore, my first card for November is a holiday card.  Have a Happy Holiday and give a little thanks to all your family and friends.

Join us at A2Z Scrapbooking for the November "Give Thanks" challenge here.

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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 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 stamps at A2Z Scrapbooking
 Hero Arts Color Layering Tiger Lily Frame Cuts stamping die at A2Z Scrapbooking

Hero Arts Woodgrain Texture Fancy Die at Hero Arts

(You could also use the stencil Woodgrain Stencil at A2Z Scrapbooking)

Distress Inks Vintage Photo and Fossilized Amber

Elizabeth Craft Designs Alphabet 2 - lower case (thanks)

Intricutz dies Whimsical Numbers (&)

Vagabond die cut machine

scramble at Hero Arts Starts 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time

Welcome to the 161st Scramble at Hero Arts.Flickr Group.   Our theme is to create a card or paper arts project that includes a die cut or punched cut and is holiday themed.  

1. Please use at least one Hero Arts stamp, stencil, or die to create your project.

2. You can use a punch or die cut from any machine (Cameo, Cricut, Vagabond, Cuttlebug, etc.)

3. You can choose any Holiday from Fathers or Mothers Day to Christmas or Thanksgiving.

You have 90 minutes to complete your project, and you can choose your 90-minute block at any time during the next 24 hours. The 24-hour window ends October 15, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. PDT (12 noon EDT). 

• Once your project is completed, take a photograph and tag it as quickcard161 (all one word—no spacing). Post it to the Hero Arts Flickr group photo pool. 

• Post the photo of your project in this discussion thread on Flickr by copying the URL of the photo and pasting it within square brackets--like these: [ ] in your reply to the discussion.

Don’t forget that you have 90 minutes to complete your project. The Scramble ends October 15 at 9:00 a.m.PDT (12 noon EDT) so be sure to post by then!

Here are some samples for you.  I'm afraid I didn't get the entire first card in the photo.  The outside layer is white.  I used the jar with all kinds of little images and fun dies to work with from a few Winters ago and also the bow is from Hero Arts Red Christmas Felt too..   (Winter Scene)

The Christmas cups from last year are one of my favorites,  I used an Ombre ink pad Pool to Navy on the cup and the new Spiral Stencil with Distress Ink Broken China peeking through the stencil. The stars are from Hero Arts Red Christmas Felt from a couple years ago.

(Coffee Cut Tags and Spiral Stencil) 

Close-up of the coffee cup - love those Nuvo Crystal Drops in 

Red Berry, Simply White and Midnight Blue. (Coffee Cut Tags)

A creme colored tag (Hero Arts Nesting Tag Dies) with Hero Arts Ornaments Stamp and Cut images.  Some Nuvo Crystal Drops (Ebony Black and Red Berry)

Have FUN!

Hero Arts Scramble - remember it's 24 hours long

Here is my entry to the Hero Arts Scramble today on Flickr.  I use this set whenever I get the chance.  I love all of the extras that go with the set.  All of the stamps and dies on this card are from this one set and there are so many more.

Close-up below

The stamp and die set are still available at A2Z Scrapbooking.

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 within the shop.

Enjoy the Journey Stamps and Dies sets at A2Z Scrapbooking

Gold Foil Paper - Goldie Lox - 2014 Chickaniddy Crafts

Vagabond Die Cut machine

Hero Arts 90 Minute Scramble # 154 running 24 hours

Hero Arts 90 Minute Scramble # 154 running 24 hours

And here's the link to the Hero Arts group on Flickr.

A BIG AND - It is a Shape Challenge at 

A2A Scrapbooking.  

I made this card  in one hour and uploaded information about it in less than the 90 minutes allotted.  SCORE.  I can hardly believe I actually got this done so quickly.  

Oh, I DO LOVE this new set and can't get enough of it.  This photo does not show the dark grey at the top of the bottle very well, but the actual shade is the same as the whale at the end of the sentiment.  There are so many dies and stamps with this set that I think it is well worth the purchase of both.  Isn't this great for a guy card or change the colors up and I think it would look cute for a fellow gal.

Supplies:
HA Enjoy the Journey at A2Z Scrapbooking - both stamps and dies
HA Ombre Grey to black (you can request a custom order)
Vagabond
Copic markers B24 for sails, YR14 on ship hull, W3 around the OH SHIP tag to bring out the tag

Hero Arts Scramble today

I'm entering this in the quickcard153 challenge.

I think I would have used a different color background if I had more time on the pink panel.  But 90 minutes is a killer if you have to redo colors.  I am just glad I finished this in time to photograph and post it.  Whew.

It's going out next week. I used my new stamp set and I made this a half page so my co-workers can sign this to send to a guy at work who is home sick.

Supplies:
HA Enjoy the Journey stamp and die combo.  at A2Z Scrapbooking
Toothpick for the flag
HA Nesting Tag Dies which I think are out of stock in HA, but A2Z still has them available.  It was easy to use the tag to die cut and then just cut inward for the V cut to make the flag.
HA Ombre Vintage Metallic Rust on the ship
HA Ombre Mint Julep to Emerald Green  (You could use the Pool to Navy also here)
Distress Inks Cracked Pistachio and Worn Lipstick
I clicked my fingers with some water to make the splatters.

I may make a card like this again, well, I definitely will be using this stamp and die set as I stamped and die cut an extra set.  Later.  Enjoy the weekend.

Last Week's Scramble Card with Hero Arts

I made this card for the Hero Arts for the October 10th Hero Arts Scramble.  I was going to go to sleep, couldn't find my stamps, only the dies, and just couldn't go to sleep because I had ideas bouncing around in my head.

I do really like my card, but I didn't find the stamp set I wanted and my little sentiment stamp didn't fit the bill, however, I now have a MODERN COOL CARD.  I think of it as more of an orange sherbet late spring day card because of the colors.  What do you think?

 The cup is adhered by foam mounting tape.  

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Supplies
Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink
Hero Arts Deer Stamp and Die Combo (Friend from set)t
Hero Arts Coffee Cup Stamp and Die Cuts
Hero Arts Crossing Waves Stencil - which I LOVE.
Oh, My coffee cup is a recycled Tissue Box.

Also, A2Z Scrapbooking handles Hero Arts products.

You can use code Arlene15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more (before tax and shipping).  If you need craft items that you don’t see in the store, don’t forget you can special order them here at the A2ZScrapbooking Store.  

 Hope you’ll join in our October Challenge of "Layer It" with your Hero Arts stamps, dies and stencils. And, if you need some new supplies, don’t forget to shop at a2z Scrapbooking.

It's a Hero Arts Scramble Day

I finally get to play on a scramble again.  Gads, I hate it when I have to miss or forget to check for time.  All those horrible things that get in the way of a 90 day scramble with the Hero Arts Flickr group.

I went for quick and dirty, as they say.  LOL.  Distress all the way with a bit of Copic marker detail.
The theme was summer..  I had the idea to pair my new San Francisco stamp with an oldie but goodie, Big Post Card.  Wouldn't this be a great post card to send to friends at home while visiting San Francisco during the summer?

The paper was very glossy and I thought I'd use the left over paper to create my card.  The distress inks just slid over the paper in mostly smooth and easy swipes of the sponges.

I am adding my card to Virginia's View Challenge (SUMMER CHALLENGE)  It's all about color.

You can purchase your Hero Arts products through 

a2z Scrapbooking.   Just use code Arlene15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more (before tax and shipping).

 If you don't see a Hero Arts item you want, please click on the 

"Request Custom Order on the a2z Scrapbooking site.

Supplies: 

Hero Arts Post Card Stamp - I think it's retired

Hero Arts Destination San Francisco available at a2z Scrapbooking

Distress Inks Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral,peeled paint, and Forest Moss

Copic Markers on the buildings,cable car, trees and grass.

Die Cut - Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles

Second Post of the Day - this one is the Hero Arts Scramble

Yes, it was Scramble time over at Hero Arts.  I've been busy with the granddaughter or out with friends or some busy thing (maybe sleeping?) which prevented me from playing.  I played today!

And I almost missed the scramble because I wasn't watching the clock.  I was putting away some die-cuts that I'd done late last night on my Cameo.  THEN, my phone went beep or some such noise and I remembered that I'd actually put it in my phone to remember... my new phone.  I'm with PCS Methro, which was bought out by T-Mobile and we have to switch out phones out for one that uses the T-Mobile network.  I upgraded and quite happy with my new phone.  I actually use the notes and the calendar.  SO, on to the cards.

I'm also entering this card in the A2Z Scrapbooking challenge.  

This is a One of a Kind vard - my Father's Day card to my son.  I had die-cut a whole page of things on my Cameo Silhouette last night and was putting them away when I realized I could use this die-cut on the Scramble today.  This is my first card and I'm please with it.  I can't find the clear stamp set to tell you which message set the stamp set came from.  This was a great day to use my die, embossed the paper and make my card.  I'm ready!

Close-up of the "1" and showing the "OF A" upright.  

One of a Kind from Silhouette store under Hero Arts 

I have a Happy Father's Day message inside.

Heat emobssed the Hero Arts Cling Dots  CG139

Remember this tree?  This is Shari's Tree # 2

Now on Silhouette store under the Hero Arts Artists- Done with my Cameo.  I used some of the leftover Cling Dots on the stars and a circle.

I had cut the striped paper last night and had just put it in an envelope for future card making.   I used dry-embossing on the Label die-cut with a Cuttlebug folder.  And a little glitter never hurt anyone.

Close-up

I will probably add a sentiment.  

Had such a ton of fun.