A Friday Hello

Yay!!! It's Friday!!!  I have 2 days of LESS running around to do. I might actually be able so sleep in or stamp!  I live for the weekends when the kids are in school. How about you?

Today I decided to play along with my 2 favorite blogs....Simon Says Stamp and A Blog Named Hero.  I am not very good at combining challenges. I usually never combine them but this week it was just so easy to do that I thought "why not?"

The girls over at A Blog Named Hero have this challenge going on:

The challenge? Use letter stamps for something other than a title. ;)

And Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge is to "Create your own background"

Here is my card:

I used the journal alphabet letters from Hero Arts. I arranged them on an acrylic block going every which way. I then inked them up in Colorbox Frost White ink (just for visibility purposes) and heat embossed them with Ranger's Silver Super Fine Detail Embossing powder.  I turned the stamp a few times until it covered the paper. I found embossing right away works best too. The white pigment ink dries pretty fast and didn't allow me to emboss it all at once.

Here is a closer look:

I used the Simon Says Stamp Feather die and Small Hello. I cut the large feather out of this really cool silver paper I found in my scraps and the smaller one out of some Studio Calico papers.  I mounted both on black cardstock. I die cut the Hello out of Simon Says Stamp Red Lipstick cardstock and then out of black.

To finish is off I wrapped some twine around the bottom of the feathers.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have an awesome weekend.

Michelle

Supplies used:

InLinkz.com

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:

InLinkz.com

Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit

Hi Happy Hot July!  Today I am sharing a few cards that I made with the July Simon Says Stamp Card Kit. I have to say that I think this one is my favorite one yet!  The patterned papers are just to die for. The ink...FAB. Just love everything about this kit. I am working on more cards from it today but I couldn't wait to share these 3. So let's get to it.

First here is the kit:

 It is just INCREDIBLE.

Here are my cards:

  For this one I  stamped the little envelopes 3 times on the kraft cardstock in Black Hero Arts ink and added a little red heart and a sentiment stamped in the Lipstick Red SSS ink that is included in the kit. I used Hero Arts Navy to stamp the sentiment. All supplies on this card are in the kit other than the Black Hero Arts ink.

 For this one I used the remainder of the flowered paper from the first card. I think this is my favorite print out of all of them. I used a Memory Box die to die cut the flower from the first two layers and then die cut it again with the chevron paper from the kit and inlaid it into the flowers. I used the Simon Says Stamp Hello die for my sentiment.

 My third card I used the Puffy Stickers from the kit. I LOVE these. They are by Pink Paislee. I love the texture of them. They are kind of rubbery and they stick incredibly. I stamped the little flower from the set in Colorbox White Frost pigment ink and then stamped over them with the SSS Lipstick Red, Hero Arts Navy and Hero Arts Cornflower blue. I added some dots and some tick marks around the edge of the tag that I created with the Kraft Cardstock. It was so fast and so simple...one of the reasons I love these kits so very, very much.

That's all for today. I am off to create more!  If you don't get these kits on a monthly basis, I highly recommend them. You can also buy them each month without a subscription.

While I am here I thought I would enable you a bit....if you haven't seen...Simon Says Stamps is offering a HUGE savings on Kelly Purkey items right now....75% off...yup 75 PERCENT OFF!  Crazy right? Use the Code PURKEY at checkout.

Also, they are having a Copic Sale too!!!

I know where my birthday money is going!  lol

Have a FANTABULOUS DAY!!!!

*note: I'm struggling with inlinkz right now. I linked it individually in the descriptions.

Michelle

Birthday Cards

Hi, I am here with a quick share today. I made these two cards for our daughter for her 13th Birthday last week. I wanted something bright and bold and this Hero Arts Stencil was the perfect tool to get that look.

 I used my Silhouette to cut the balloon and the 13. I used the Hero Arts Rain Dance Stencil on it using an array of Distress inks. Very simple.  I layered it on some woodgrain paper from Simon Says Stamp (all supplies listed below).

I used the same stencil for this card. I also used some Hero Arts letters and inked each letter in a different Hero Hue.  I left the cupcake and the balloon b&w because I loved the contrast. The speech bubble is a file I created in my Silhouette.

That's all for today.  I am working on some fun 4th of July home decor. I can't wait to share! :)

Michelle

Supplies used: (At time of posting inklinz was not allowing me to grab products--I will try later. If you have questions on products just ask! ;) )

InLinkz.com

Party Animal

Hi I am so excited to share today's card. The reason for this excitement? My friend Christine Drogt has started her own line of stamps. I am a huge fan of Christine's work. Not only is she talented...she is one of the sweetest people I know! Her images are adorable and you can get a couple of them in digital format right now to play with. Just head over to the Create A Smile blog and right click them to save the image and create away. While you are there make sure to click over to her Facebook page, click LIKE and then click GET NOTIFICATIONS. You won't want to miss all she has planned.

Now for today's card....I chose her little monster. I love him. He is just fun! I decided to import him into my Silhouette Studio and create a cut file with him. I cut him out of DCWV glitter paper.

I used silver, green and purple glitter paper & some googly eyes to bring him to life.  Seen as this card is for a graduation party I decided to add some party flair to him. I took a paper straw, cut it down and cut strips of the silver, green and purple glitter paper. I filled the end of the straw with glossy accents and then I wrapped the strips around the end of a hole poker to give them curl and stuck them in the straw. I added 2 pieces of Washi tape to the bottom and some Hero Arts sentiments to finish it off.   The stars are left over stars from the new Hero Arts die Star Die.

Here's a close look at our party animal.

I hope you stop by Create a Smile and pick up both of her free digi's. I would love to see what you do with them.

Have a great day.

Michelle

Supplies Used:

InLinkz.com