Hero Arts Notes and Dates Digi Duel

I'm up on the a2z Scrapbooking blog today dueling it out with team member, Arlene. Each month on the 11th, two team members use the same digi set to make cards. You can head here to see the full post, but here's how I made my card.

I layered a bunch of the digi stamps in CorelDraw to start but I ended up with just two layered here and then I added a sentiment from the digi set Chalkboard Frames and Messages and ran the arrow through the letters. I added a ton (maybe too many?!) Nuvo Drops for accents. And I added glitter stars from my stash because, yes, I like my glitter AND because I smeared one of the drops :) I tried to use the Mono Sandpaper Eraser, but it didn't get rid of all of it. So, I covered it up! 

Then I liked how the edge looked white-ish from the eraser, so I ran it along the edges to get that look around the card. You could use white ink to do this too. Think I'll send this to my adult nephew.

That's it! Hope you'll check out the May challenge over at a2z and join in for a chance to win!

Happy Friday!
Chark

Wild Christmas Ornament

Hi, friends, I'm up on a2z Scrapbooking today with a wild ornament. I used the digital Go Wild cheetah paper, die cut it with the largest ornament from the Hero Arts Ornaments Infinity dies, and then used the Paper Layering Bear die that I painted with Gansai Tambi watercolors. 

 

The white paint is perfect for the polar bear, with shimmer and just a touch of color so it looks richer than the paper by itself. You can see a little of the shimmer in the close-up on the scarf, but it's so lovely irl.

I used the yummy Nuvo drops in Aquamarine for the edge dots and popped up the bear die cut for more dimension. The challenge theme this month at a2z is Make It Pop...you have all month to make a project with dimension for a chance to win. All products are welcome but if you use Hero Arts, you can win both the digital prize AND a $20 gift card to the store!

Happy Friday!

Chark

Crabby BBQ Stamp

The July release of the six digi stamps in the 2 Cute Ink stamp club featured some fun crab images. I colored mine and then life got in the way and I just now made one of the images into a card.

He's printed on kraft paper and colored with Prismacolor pencils. The paper is Everyday Circus by Fancy Pants.

He reminds me of Mr. Krabs from Spongebob Squarepants...because he's grilling and it's probably a krabby patty :)

I popped the frame up with foam tape and added silver dots at the bottom of the card. The red dots are made with Nuvo Glitter Drops in Ruby Slipper! It's cool because the dots you make actually stay 3-D and don't go flat. They are fun to work with.

You can see the dimension in this close-up.

Happy Almost Weekend, everybody!

Chark