Shaped Cards with a2z Scrapbooking

Aloha and happy Thursday!  Can you believe summer is here?!  This month's challenge over at 

a2z Scrapbooking  is all  about those shaped cards so get out those dies and use them to their full advantage!  I made mini sea turtle shaped cards and boy are they cute!

Here's how...

I used the sea turtle die at the edge of a fold to create my mini shaped card.  Then I die cut another piece in green cardstock to stamp on and adhere to the front of my mini card.

I found that die cutting the sea turtle helped with placement of stamping their legs and head.  I used Hero Arts Hybrid inks in Moss and Pine (see supply list below).

I made a his and her shaped card by adding a little hibiscus flower on one of them inked in Hero Arts Hybrid Ink in Dandelion and Tangerine.  I hope you'll join us this month for a chance to win $25 to the a2z Scrapbooking store!

Mahalo for stopping by!

Supplies:

Color Layering Sea Turtle

Color Layering Sea Turtle Frame Cuts

Hero Arts Moss Hybrid Ink

Hero Arts Pine Hybrid Ink

Hero Arts Tangerine Hybrid Ink

Hero Arts Dandelion Hybrid Ink

Pour on the Embossing Powder

Happy Wednesday friends!

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Speaking of craft stores?!  A2Z Scrapbooking is constantly getting in new product and if you spend $25 or more you can use code NICKI15 for 15% off!  Wednesdays always call for a little retail therapy if you ask me...haha!!

Today I've got a card for our latest challenge: embossing.

Here's a little sneaky peek...

I would love it if you stopped on by the A2Z Scrapbooking blog and left me some comment love! Mahalo for stopping by!!

A Silhouette Kinda Day

Today I've got a project using 

my Silhouette for the

I found this super cute file

called Thanks A Latte

and created a shaped card that holds

a gift card on the inside!

It came together pretty quick since I decided

to use cream colored cardstock and craft, 

then inked up with distress inks.

I played with the latest distress inks

Cracked pistachio on the background flower

and Abondoned Coral for the label!

and the inside...

and a closeup...

I think I'll be making more of these 

just to keep on hand!

I made another project using the Silhouette

so stay tuned and come back tomorrow!

MAHALO for stopping by!!

More time to play!

I LOVE when holidays end up on a Monday!  The kids love when they can stay up late (try as they might they still fall asleep before 9pm) and I love that I can recover from the weekend of running errands.  I thought I'd enter the Curtain Call challenge with the theme of Back to School.  I've been meaning to make little notes for my kids' lunchboxes and found this to be the perfect inspiration to getting started.

Isn't that bee a cutie?!?  I'm so in love with her glasses.  Still practicing my copic marker skills...lol.  Here's the full card...

Kitty Bee Design stamp, Fresh Squeezed Stamp Words to Live By, Lawn Trimmings Hemp cord, copic markers, Distress Markers for sentiment, Stickles Star Dust, Glossy Accents, Sizzix Fancy Frame Die

 I thought I'd make a shaped card for a little fun and loosely followed this week's Seize the Sketch  , but quickly realized I missed the deadline...will have to try again next time!  Hope you all had a fabulous weekend and enjoy your extra day off.  MAHALO for stopping by!!!