Welcome back to our “All-Star Paper Week!” Each day we will focus on a different company in the paper crafts industry. Today we will be featuring the fabulous Bazzill Basics Paper…and have yet another great giveaway!

Bazzill Basics Paper is well-known in the industry for their incredible cardstocks and embellishments.  Hero is proud to call Bazzill a friend.  Here is a bit more about Bazzill: “Bazzill Basics Paper is an innovator in the scrapbooking industry in the United States and 13 countries around the world. Its products are sold in independent scrapbooks stores, on-line, and in major retail craft and scrapbooking stores. Six years ago, Bazzill introduced high qualtiy, acid-free cardstock that is now offered in 8 textures and more than 500 colors and has become an industry staple. Cardstock is used as a base and as embellishment while creating scrapbook pages, greeting cards, and other paper crafts.”

We are proud to have Bazzill designer Amy Totty here today to share THREE projects made with Bazzill and Hero Arts.  Amy said, “Cardstock and stamping really go hand and hand in my book.  The stamps you use can have many different looks just based on which texture you decide to stamp it on. How fun is that!”

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Four Bold Messages
• Hero Arts Tickets
• Bazzill Cardstock (Hilary, Yam, Cajun)
• Bazzill Brads (Paper Brads-Raven, 10mm-Haley)
• Bazzill Flowers (2″ Daisy-Hilary)
• Bazzill Ribbon (Cream Dashed)

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Long Seasonal Borders
• Bazzill Cardstock (Pomegranate, Hilary, French Vanilla)
• Bazzill Brads (10mm-Pomegranate)
• Bazzill Ribbon (Cream Dashed)

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Large Christmas Circle
• Hero Arts Clear Design Dots and Lines
• Bazzill Tag (3×3 square)
• Bazzill Cardstock (Cherry Splash, White/OP)
• Bazzill Brads (5mm-Candy Apple)
• Bazzill Ribbon (White Sheer Dot, Red Gingham, Green Gingham)

Don’t you love how Amy filled the stamped dots borders with brads? So clever. Thanks, Amy!

Now we have a couple of cards from some Hero artists. The first is from Shari Carroll. She used Hero Arts along with Bazzill Basics Paper’s fabulous “Just The Edge” borders and the amazing new Dotted Swiss paper.  (This paper is cardstock with a slightly embossed dot — yum!)

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Clear Design Share Laughter
• Hero Arts Neutral Card Buttons
• Fall Chalk Ink Queue
• Bazzill Dotted Swiss Cardstock
• Bazzill Just the Edge (butterfly border)
• Other: polka dot paper (DejaViews), string

Tami Hartley also created a card with the irresistible Dotted Swiss, combining it with Bazzill’s Orangepeel textured cardstock and pre-scalloped cardstock — a great timesaver!  She stamped a Hero Arts CardArt stamp right over the top of two shades of Dotted Swiss cardstock.

The surface is slightly raised, yet smooth enough to stamp on, providing beautiful texture and interest…

Supplies:

• Hero Arts CardArt Best Kit
• Hero Arts Gems (Citron, Olive, Orange)
• Bazzill Dotted Swiss Cardstock (Celtic Green, Irish Eyes, Salt)
• Bazzill Cardstock with an Edge (Large Rectangle Geneva)
• Bazzill Orangepeel textured cardstock (Hazard)
• Other: satin ribbon,  machine stitching, pop dots, white pen, white colored pencil

Time for another GIVEAWAY!  Check out these great Just the Edge Cardstock border embellishments from Bazzill!   Just leave a comment here by Saturday, October 18th at 11:59pm PST telling us what what your most-used color of Bazzill cardstock is.  (We love Parakeet!)  We will pick a random winner of these:

How about another giveaway?  Go over to the Bazzill Basics Paper website later today for a chance to win some Hero Arts stamps as well!  Just click HERE and scroll down.

Remember, you still have time to enter this week’s paper challenge — all of the details are HERE.

See you soon!

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