Hello crafters!
Welcome to the Hero Arts and A2Z Scrapbooking Digital Blog Hop!
You should have arrived here from the awesomely talented Tami Hartley's blog. I'm sure you found some fantastic inspiration there and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little anxious following behind her fabulousness ;)
If you are just dropping by and would like to start from the beginning head over to the Hero Arts Blog.
Before we get to the cards for today let me explain a little of why we are doing this hop and of course what you could win. Win you say? Oh yes, I said Win!
Currently, A2Z offers a selection of Hero Arts digital kits, but in the coming weeks, we will be adding to the collection and stocking all Hero Arts digital products. To celebrate our new collaboration, a number of artists from A2Z and Hero Arts have teamed up to provide you with a whole host of inspiration and fun. Just hop along and see how Hero Arts digital products can be used.
And to add to the excitement, A2Z Scrapbooking will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky commenter. Prize winners 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 comment on every blog, including this one! You have until Sunday August 31st at 11.59EST to leave your comments and the winner will be announced on the 3rd September on the A2Z Scrapbooking blog.
Today I am working with one of the new digital kits for this fall called A Natural Holiday.
It is filled with all sorts of woodsy goodness including digital stamps and cut files. I used three of the digital stamps for my projects today. I frequently want to add something to my digital images so they aren't just printed out, not that they aren't beautiful all alone, because they are, but because I don't currently own any software that allows me to use them to their full extent. I should invest in some but I can't seem to stop buying stamps long enough to get some $ together ;)
I really loved the woods background but I wanted to add more texture so I traced some of the trees with my Versamark pen and then added gold embossing powder from Hero Arts. The application wasn't as smooth as it could have been but I kind of liked how spotty it looked, like real tree bark. I added some "snow" with holographic embossing powder from Ranger. The sentiment is from a clear set by Hero Arts. I love how you can mix and match digital and traditional stamps!
I used the tree and Merry Christmas sentiment from the kit for this card. The polka dots on the tree were super cute but I wanted something a little more . . .sophisticated . . . I guess? ha! I also wanted that texture! I printed my tree out in a very light gray then fussy cut the tree out. I trimmed the trunk off and the star off the top so I could color them, I ended up just leaving the trunk off.
Once the tree was colored I used the Starry Night stencil and some white embossing paste to achieve the texture I was looking for. To really "light up" the tree I added dots with a silver and a gold pen. I couldn't leave off the dots of stardust stickles :)
The side strips were made with the gold pen and a ruler.
Thanks for hopping along with us! If you decide to do a little shopping in the A2Z Scrapbooking store please feel free to use the code KELLYL15 to get 15% off your order!
Your next stop is my very gifted team mate Kymona Tracey! I know she is going to knock your socks off!!
Don't forget to comment to have a chance at the $50.00 gift card.
Now get hopping ;)
If you get lost along the way here is a complete list of the hop participants
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So cool! Love the sentiment!
ReplyDeleteI love the way the trees turned out and how you combine digital with traditional products.
ReplyDeleteHey Kelly!! You did a fantastic job with A Natural Holiday!! The gold on the trees is amazing!! Beautiful done!
ReplyDeleteHybrid cards are awesome. Lovely - both cards! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful! That first one is so striking, the gold is fantastic and love the stenciled stars on the second!
ReplyDeleteFabulous Hybrid Cards Kelly ! I love both and have found that the more I start using digital images along with traditional cardmaking, it's show me a whole new love for a fun way to create this style of card and it really makes it so easy and fast, once you create a design to easily use it over and over again!!
ReplyDeleteSo Happy to you you in today's hop --- wish I had been able to join too, because I really LOVE this cardmaking style!!
Beautiful cards! Love those gold trees!
ReplyDeleteKelly - both of your cards a just lovely but I have to say - I love, love that first birch tree card background very much
ReplyDeleteLike the digi kit creations. Like the woods/outdoor feel to your creations.
ReplyDeleteMelissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
Oh wow Kelly, both of your cards are gorgeous! Love them!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are beautiful! Love the gilded forest!
ReplyDeleteSuch stunning cards, love both the designs!!!
ReplyDeleteThese cards are stunning, Kelly! Love the gold embossing on the trees - it is a really elegant Christmas card :) Your fussy cutting on the Christmas tree is fabulous :)
ReplyDeleteI love both of your cards but I must say the first one is very striking I love that you embossed some of the trees to add dimension and color great job!
ReplyDeleteboth cards are amazing, but the first is so beautiful and elegant, is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love these cards!
ReplyDeleteHi Kelly,
ReplyDeleteAs always, your cards are absolutely beautiful! I love how you used gold EP on the first one...it's so striking, and your tree is so charming on your 2nd card! Love them both!
Love the dimensions on the trees and the Christmas tree! Great ideas, thanks!
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ReplyDeleteHi Kelly,
ReplyDeleteI love both of your cards. The gold one has really aught my eye and I am looking forward to try out this technique.
Thank you so much for participating in the blog hop!
Love both the cards. Those trees did come out really. I like your tip for adding something extra to the digital stamps for those of us who don't have extra software. This makes me less hesitant now to try digital stamps. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous Kel! Love how you embossed over those trees - absolutely stunning!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas, thanks!
Both cards are gorgeous, Kelly! I really love how you created the gold "overlay" on the first one!
ReplyDeleteLove your color combinations!
ReplyDeleteJust loved your trees with the texture! Single tree is beautiful, too!
ReplyDeleteOMG, that woods background is stunning! Thank you for sharing your creativity!
ReplyDeleteNice to know using the digital kits can be used with regular stamps and stencils!! Love your ideas!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards...love the elegance of the first and the gold details on the last.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful bare trees card! I just love it. The gold embossing on the black is just lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour work is really flawless and exceptional, Kelly! I always click away inspired!! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteThe gold embossing really makes this. I like this hybrid approach. It's a left brain right brain mixture that is quite pleasing.
ReplyDeleteThe woods card is so cool and I love the untraditional colours!
ReplyDeleteI agree... it's hard to make the investment for proper digital tools. But you obviously don't need them, since these two cards are amazing!
ReplyDeleteWhat great cards! I love what you did with the woods card - the texture is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLove your cards, Kelly! I am not sure about digital yet; but am learning more about it through this hop.
ReplyDeleteNice cards Kelly! That looks like some fun digital images. I like that big Christmas tree!
ReplyDeleteKelly, your cards are just gorgeous! I love the gold embossing on the first one. Neat idea for adding the texture to the tree on your second, and also for adding the gold stripes with your pen. Tfs!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are absolutely beautiful!! I'm so excited to check out all of the digital goodies!!
ReplyDeleteI love the texture on the trees!
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