Today was Awesome and Giveaway Winners

Hi everyone! I'm blogging over at a2z Scrapbooking today sharing how I made this gorgeous kraft-white-gold card and how easy it is to mass produce them for all your thank you card needs this summer.

Challenge updates!

• a2z Scrapooking June Challenge - New Beginnings ends TODAY at midnight (must use at least one Hero Arts 'hard' product - stamp, stencil, digital image)
• So Suzy Stamps June Challenge - Congratulations ends TODAY at midnight (must use at least one So Suzy Stamps stamp)
• Mountain Plains Crafters Nautical/Patriotic challenge ends Friday, July 3rd at midnight

Ok, last but not least, thank you to all who stopped by during my Growing in Unity week last week. It was so wonderful to read all of your comments, hear your stories, and have some of you join my little blog family. Unity was one of the first stamp companies I ever really discovered and they'll always have a special place on my shelf. (stop sniffling, Suzy, your shelf is higher than theirs. OK?!?)

Now the fun part - I have winners to announce! Two commenters were drawn at random out of everyone that stopped by before midnight on Friday, June 26th to win a lovely grab bag of 25 Unity stamps. Winners, you have (2) weeks to contact me with your mailing address or I shall have to pick someone else. Just click the email icon over on the right to drop me a note before July 14th and tuck 'GIU stamp winner' in the title, ok? :)

And the winners are:

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Congrats Paula and Kenneth! Hope to hear from you soon!

All right, I'll be back tomorrow with the So Suzy Stamps July release. It's going to be amazing!

Happy Crafting!

Thank You Card Set

Hey everyone - I'm over on the a2z Scrapbooking blog today sharing a whole set of thank you cards!

Kitty photo-bomb! Can you guess the kitty?

Be sure to head on over to check out the how-to tutorial.

Supplies Used:
Hero Arts Shadow Inks - Soft Green, Butter Bar, Cup O' Joe, Bubble Gum, Tide Pool, Soft Purple
Hero Arts Thank You/Thanks Wood Mounted stamp
Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts Thanks
Paper - Bazzill Vellum, Bazzill Chocolate Malt, Neenah Solar White cardstock, DCWV Foiled Solid paper pad
DMC Metallic Light Silver Embroidery Thread

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Happy Crafting!

a2z Scrapbooking Birthday Blog Hop Bash

Hello everyone, and welcome to a2z Scrapbooking Birthday Blog Hop Bash!!! You should be arriving from Greta's lovely blog. If this is your first stop you'll want to begin at the a2z Scrapbooking blog so you don't miss out on any of the fun and beautiful creations we are sharing today.

I love a good party, and what's a good party without balloons?? 

I started with lots of white cardstock. Lots. You'd never tell now, right? ;) So, the card base is a standard A2 top-folding card that I cut from a piece of 8.5"x11" paper. The remaining strip I then cut in half and trimmed a bit, giving me my 4"x5.25" card front that I added texture paste to with the Arrow Pattern stencil. The last piece I smooshed with my Hero Arts neon inks in Green, Orange and Yellow. I love these bright colors, especially popped against the white. When the ink was dry I die cut some balloons and then added the stars in black for contrast. Where did they come from? The versatile Hero Arts 'Thanks' stamp and cut set.

I love all the texture and layers! I die cut a banner for my 'Happy Birthday' sentiment from the Glow Girl stamp set, then heat embossed it with some gold embossing powder. I added some fun foam behind my card front for uniform support, then added on my balloons and sentiment with foam tape. I left the balloon strings loose for added fun!

Now your next stop will be Kelly's blog!

Be sure to leave a comment on every blog to be entered into the random drawing to win a $25 gift certificate to the store. You have until Sunday, April 26th at 11:59pm EST to leave your comments and the winner will be announced on the a2z Scrapbooking blog.

Happy hopping!