Monday, August 25, 2014

Digital Blog Hop with a2z Scrapbooking & Hero Arts

Hello and Welcome!!!  I am so excited to have you here. Today I have exciting news, a give-a-way and a discount code to share with you. We are celebrating BIG!!!

First is the BIG, EXCITING news over at a2z Scrapbooking . We are excited to announce that  a2z Scrapbooking is now partnering with Hero Arts to  be the only other site, other than Hero Arts, to sell all  Hero Arts Digital Kits!  If you have never used digital or think you can't use digital fear not, we have 16 exciting stops on the hop & 3 videos to show you how.

a2z Scrapbooking is working diligently to get all the digital kits into the store. Please check back often. New kits will be uploaded daily.

You should have arrived here from the very talented and sweet Lisa Spangler.

For my card today I have a small video to go with it to show you how to use the Hero Arts digital CUT files with your Silhouette.  There are 2 more videos to show you how to use the non-cut files on the a2z Scrapbooking Blog so make sure you hop to the end to see them.

Here is my card:



Now for the GIVE-A-WAY......

a2z Scrapbooking is offering a $50 Gift Certificate to the a2z Scrapbooking Store. ​The prize winner will be randomly selected from ALL comments received on the participating designers’ blogs. The more comments you leave along the hop, the better your odds of winning, so be sure to leave a little love at each blog.

Now it's time to hop on over to the very talented Kathy Wade.

If at any time you get lost you can always start from the beginning at Hero Arts. Here is the list of partcipants

Hero Arts
Tami Hartley
Kelly Latevola
Kymona Tracey
Lisa Spangler
Michelle Liimatainen
Kathy Wade
Lucy Abrams
Chitra Nair
Char K
Ruth Bosner
Jocelyn Olson
Zoey Scarpelli
Stephanie B
Kelly Rasmussen
a2z Scrapbooking

Lastly the discount code:  If you want to go shopping at a2z Scrapbooking click HERE and use the code MICHELLE15 to save 15% on your entire order!

Thanks for hopping by
Michelle

Supplies used:






31 comments:

ThePurplePlace said...

Totally Awesome!! I'm so excited to see the girls from the design team here and wish so Much that I had tried to take part too!!

Hopefully they'll be another change!!

Your card is fabulous sand one I know I may have to "case" in my own style!!

Ann K said...

Beautiful Christmas card. Thanks for sharing.

Miriam Prantner said...

I love the scene you created here. Lots of great cuts and love the sequins!

ThePurplePlace said...

PS: I also wanted to THANK YOU for sharing the great videos...I'm sure they'll be such a big help to those who are new to created with digital files and how you use them with a Silhouette! Thanks Michelle!!!

Shari Czerwinski said...

Cute card! Thanks for the video too!

Gail said...

This is a totally wonderful Christmas card - I love the layout and elements - thanks for sharing!

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Like the digi creations & the showing how you created your creation.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"

stampingandstitching said...

Michelle, gorgeous card! I love your design and beautiful mix of images! Thanks so much for the great tutorial:)

Sarah G said...

Wonderful card, Michelle - love all of the elements that you have combined! Thanks for the video too :)

Deborah said...

What a great Holiday card I love kraft cs and to use it for this card is fun. What else is fun is the polka dot tree so adorable wonderful job!

Katia said...

super sweet and cute card, lovely!

Barb Ghig said...

Oh, I just love this card, Michelle! The deer is so pretty with the tree, and I love all of your details...the birds, sequins and the doily in the background...it's really beautiful!

I also want to thank you so much for the video! Now, I UNDERSTAND how to cut these files on my Cameo...and, I can't wait to do that! Thanks so much!

Unknown said...

Great dimension and texture!

Unknown said...

Hi Michelle,
Your card is awesome and the video was very helpful. Thank you so much for all of the hard work you did in planning this blog hop:) It's been awesome:)

Elizabeth Campau

L'Arche che si Indossa said...

Thanks for the video!!!
wonderful Christmas card ^__^

Emily Leiphart said...

This is so sweet, Michelle! Great layers and embellishments. I really love that texty reindeer!

Debra said...

Love your color combinations! The gold is stunning.

Barbara-Jean said...

I liked the card a lot, the reindeer, but especially the circular form..will need to find that somewhere!

cal8007 said...

Thanks for the great video on how to use the files on the Silhouette. It's time to dust mine off and get creative again!! Love your card and the combination of digital!

pau B said...

Thanks for all the creativity and videos, and ideas

Linda T said...

What a beautiful card! I so love the tree and the reindeer and the dimensions. Just lovely.

T said...

It's great being able to use these in different ways.

T said...

I really need to dig out my plotter and find all the parts.

Lindsey said...

I love that patterned paper tree! The entire design of this card is terrific.

Denise G. said...

I love your holiday card and all the layers -- so well done! Thanks for the tutorial for Silhouette use.

Rubeena I. said...

festive :)

joy said...

Love your card. I don't have a Silhouette, but can see the many possibilities one would have by using it.

Karen L K said...

That is a really great looking card. I love all the elements of it and the colors you used.

Carol McCready said...

Great card. I love those layers.

Andrea D. La Vigne said...

Love the woodsy look of your card. Great muted colors, and the layering is fabulous. Tfs!

Jen said...

I love your card!!