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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Birthday Wishes......

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!!

So I was very excited to receive The Greeting Farm's 
new mermaid stamps in the mail just recently. The 1st
set I played with was the Little Mermaids stamp set and dies.
My Mom's birthday is at the end of this month so this is who I 
made this cute card for.  I had fun playing with all my new dies 
and stamps.  I water colored the background using my Zig
Clean Color markers on Tim Holtz water color paper. I sprayed
it with water mixed with perfect pearls to give it a 
shimmery look too.  I created a really cute inside to this too
but I forgot to take a picture of it darn it!!!


I am entering my card into several challenges:

Marker Pop ~ #99 It's All About Die Cuts
Word Art Wednesday ~ Wks #238- 239 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday ~ #434 Embossing (my sentiment is embossed)
Cupcake Inspirations ~ #367 Tropical
Simon Says Stamp ~ Create a Scene
Fab N Funky ~ #313 Add a Sentiment
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ #38 Anything Goes

Thanks very much for stopping by!!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
The Greeting Farm Little Mermaids stamps and dies, Lawn Fawn Mermaid for You stamp and die, Simon Says Stamp Birthday Flowers (sentiment), Zig Clean Color markers (cobalt blue, light blue, persian green, Oatmeal,& Ochre),Versafine onyx black ink, Memento tuxedo black ink, Copics, light blue adhesive rhinestones, flat back adhesive pearls, foam mount, Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, Gina Marie Designs wonky stitch rectangle & scallop stitch frame dies, SU Island Indigo CS & Whisper White, White Shimmer CS, Tim Holtz water color paper, Recollections clear embossing powder & perfect pearls.


Monday, July 11, 2016

Tank You.....

Hi Crafty Friends!!!
Hope everyone had a Fabulous weekend!!!
Still doing the remodel at our house but I 
was able to crank out some "Tank You" you cards!
I have several people to Thank for the wonderful 
Birthday gifts I received recently.  I saw this wonderful
card on Pinterest by Jessica Spencer not long ago 
using the cute Fintastic Friends set and I wanted to 
try my hand at casing it!!  Lawn Fawn stamps are so 
cute and practically anything you make with them comes out
Adorable!!!  I used the Merman Lawn Fawn ink for the 
bubbles inside the heart.  I used a Spellbinder heart die
to cut out a heart and used the negative piece to 
stamp all the bubbles in the heart shape. I layerd that
front panel on Stampin' Up Pool Party card stock and 
thought it matched quite well with the Merman ink.
After I colored up all the fish bowls and placed the 
fish inside I put glossy accents all over them and let
them dry to make them look like glass bowls.  I love 
the way they turned out.  




I heat embossed all the sentiments too!!
I am entering my card into a few challenges:

Marker Pop ~ #99 It's all about the die cuts
7 Kids College Fund ~ #155 Anything Goes
Lawn Scaping challenge ~ #133 Mood Board Inspired

Word Art Wed. ~ wks #238-239

Thanks very much for stopping by!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
Lawn Fawn Fintastic Friends stamps and die, Spellbinders heart die, Lawn Fawn Merman ink, Versafine black onyx ink, Recollections clear emboassing powder, glossy accents, foam mount, Gina Marie designs wonky stitch rectangle die, SU pool party and whisper white CS, & Copics.

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Happy 4th of July.....

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!
I hope everyone in the USA
had a Wonderful and Safe 4th of July!!!!
I had a fun 3 day weekend and was able
to create a 4th of July card!!!
I have finally used my neglected
Isn't she adorable?!?!?
I just recently received this scallop
frame die by Gina Marie Designs and
was excited to use it on my creation.


I used a star stencil for the background
and rubbed embossing paste to add 
texture to it and used distress ink
for the color.

I am entering my card into 5 challenges:

The Paper Nest Dolls ~ #7 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday ~ #432 Add a banner/flags
Marker Pop ~ #98 4th of July
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ #37 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday ~ wks 238-239 Anything Goes

Thanks very much for stopping!!
Wishing you all a Wonderful day!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
The Paper Nest Dolls All American Avery, sentiment computer generated, basic grey brad, foam mount, Copics, white embossing paste, star stencil, distress ink,Gina Marie scallop stitch frame die, red glitter paper, SU night of navy & whisper white CS.


Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Happy Birthday to you....

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!!

Hope everyone is having a Great summer
so far!!!  I just celebrated a Birthday this past
weekend and received lots of crafty gifts from
my husband and daughter.  Haven't been able to
play with them yet....but soon!!!!

So I made this Birthday card in mind to enter
into the Lawnscaping Challenge.  Their theme
this time is Distress Maniacs #132.  I LOVE
playing with my Tim Holtz distress inks!! 
I used some pretty bright inks on here too:
Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry, &
Squeezed Lemonade.


This card is shimmery all over too but the picture 
doesn't show it off very well. I am entering this 
into 3 more challenges too:

Simon Says Stamp ~ Add Some Shimmer
Craft Your Passion ~ #318 Always Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart ~ #118 Anything Goes

Thanks very much for stopping by.
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
Lawn Fawn Party Animal stamps and dies,Tim Holtz distress ink twisted citron, picked raspberry, squeezed lemonade, Recollections white embossing powder, Memento tuxedo black ink, foam mount, Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, shimmer mist spray, Copics, & Gina Marie wonky stitch die.



Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Hoping all your Birthday fishes come true........

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!!

I made it back out into my craft room
to make this cute Birthday card with my new
favorite stamp set by Lawn Fawn called
Mermaid for You.  I used the coordinating dies
with this set too.  I love making these fun
water color backgrounds with my distress inks.
The colors I used were Mermaid Lagoon, 
Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, and
Salty Ocean.


I am entering my card into 5 challenges:

7 Kids College Fund ~ #154 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp ~ Animal Magic
Craft Your Passion ~ #316 Always Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart ` #116 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday ~ #234- #235 Anything Goes

Thanks very much for stopping by!!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
Lawn Fawn Mermaid For You stamps and dies, Darcie's Heart & Home Oceans of Joy for the sentiment, Recollections white embossing powder, Copics, foam mount, Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, SU Orchid Opulence & Whisper White CS, Tim Holtz distress watercolor CS, Memento tuxedo black ink, Tim Holtz distress ink mermaid lagoon, peacock feathers, salty ocean & wilted violet for back ground and for the coral and seaweed I used abandoned coral, twisted citron, & spiced marmalade.

Friday, June 10, 2016

Happy Anniversary......

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!
I know it's been awhile since my last post
but we have started remodeling this year in 
the house again and that means 
everything that has no place to go
gets shoved into my craft room. It's a little
difficult to work in there right now.

One of my Best Friends is having a 
wedding anniversary this month so I 
squeezed in there to whip up a card
using the oh so CUTE new Lawn Fawn
Mermaid For You stamp set!!! These 
cuties are so fun to color and I love how 
it comes with a Merman!!!


I am entering my card into 4 challenges:

7 Kids College Fund ~ #153 Anything Goes
MarkerPop ~ #96 Summer Time
Cupcake Inspirations ~ #363 Under the Sea
Aud Sentiments ~ #157 Under the Sea

Thank you very much for stopping by!
Have a Wonderful Weekend!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
Lawn Fawn Mermaid For You stamps and dies, Darice wave embossing folder, Spellbinders Heart & Scallop Heart dies, MFT stitched rectangle die,foam mount, Copics, Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, Memento tuxedo black & grape jelly ink. 

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Mom + Me......

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!!!

So Mother's Day is almost here....
I hope everyone has sent their cards
out to their loved Moms or friends that
are Moms.  Mine lives across the street 
from me so I don't need to send my
Mother's Day card out.  I did get my 
friends cards mailed out early though.
This is the card I made my mom with a 
cute new Lawn Fawn stamp set and dies
called Mom + Me.  It is sooo darn cute
just like everything Lawn Fawn makes!!!


I used my new dies stitched hillside borders 
by Lawn Fawn on here too. 

I am entering my card into several challenges too:

Marker Pop ~ #94 Mother's Day
Craft Your Passion ~ #310 Always Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart ~ #110 Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ #33 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments ~ #154 Animals + Sentiment

Thank you very much for stopping by!!
Have a Wonderful day!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
Lawn Fawn Mom +Me stamps and dies, water color paper, Tim Holtz distress inks, Lawn Fawn stitched border dies, foam mount, SU baked brown sugar CS & whisper white CS, Copics, Lawn Fawn plastic flamingo ink, Memento tuxedo black ink, Versafine onyx black ink, Sentiment stamp by A Stamp in the Hand Co. & Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle die.


Thursday, April 21, 2016

Be a Little Shellfish.....

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!!

So trying to stay on track to make Birthday cards
I really need for my stash I pulled out this oh so cute
Lawn Fawn stamp called Year Six. 
Is this not sooo stinking cute?!?!?! I knew I had to have
this set when previews started a month or so back. I 
love all underwater theme stamps and thought
it would be cute to make a masculine Birthday card with it.
I turned this into a Fun shaker card too!!!




I stamped part of the birthday greeting onto blue vellum paper
and the other half of the greeting is on the sand and it reads
(Be a little Shellfish).

I am entering my card into 7 challenges:

7 Kids College Fund ~ #150 Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments ~ #153 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday ~ weeks #226-#227 Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion ~ #308 Always Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart ~ #108 Anything Goes
Marker Pop ~ #93 Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ #32 Anything Goes

Thank you very much for stopping by!
Have a very Wonderful day!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
Lawn Fawn Year Six stamp and die, Lawn Fawn Tank You stamp set and dies,MFT pierced circle dies, MFT stitched rectangle die, Spellbinders border die, SU creamy caramel, marina mist, and whisper white CS,Copics, Versafine black onyx ink, Memento tuxedo black ink, white foam sheets, sequins and seed beads, cross stitching thread, blue vellum paper, clear acetate sheet and DP from my stash.  


Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Leela Merbean......

 Hello my Crafty Friends!!!

I finished up making this mermaid card for my
friend's up coming birthday this week. This is a 
digital stamp by The Greeting Farm called
Leela Merbean.  She is my Favorite merbean
of the bunch!! I colored her up with my Copics and 
I used lots of clear Wink of Stella glitter pen all
over her fins and crown but the picture does it no 
justice on showing all that sparkly shine!!!


I started out with the intentions of making
this into a shaker card but I took a different route
instead.  I Love the way it turned out and I hope my 
friend does too!!  I have seen other people make
pull out tags on their cards and tried my hand at 
that.  I saw this random saying online and wrote
it down and computer generated it and cut it
out with my Tags A Lot die by Mama Elephant.


I am entering this card into 7 challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown ~ #289 Use Your Dies
Cupcake Inspirations ~ #355 Patterns
Marker Pop ~ #92 Spring
Craft Your Passion ~ #307 Always Anything Goes
Simply Papercrafts ~ #27 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday ~ #420 Something Shiny
The Greeting Farm April challenge ~ Bloom Where You Are Planted

Thanks very much for stopping by!
Wishing you all a Wonderful day!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
The Greeting Farm Leela Merbean digi, computer generated sentiment tag, Prima Seashore DP, Little Yellow Bicycle Splash DP, SU marina mist, whisper white,calypso coral,apricot appeal, & pear pizzazz CS, Copics, clear Wink of Stella glitter pen, Tim Holtz weathered wood distress ink, Mama Elephant Tags A Lot dies, Momenta seashell die, Memory Box school fish dies, MFT pierced circles dies, Memory Box bubbles die, adhesive pearls and rhinestones, Martha Stewart branch punch, paper flowers, aqua and white bakers twine & corrugated card base.


Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Birthday Wishes.....

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!!

My card today is one of my fave layouts
using a really pretty stamp set by Stampin' Up
called Vintage Vogue.  I just think the 
whole card has like an elegant feel with those
butterflies and pearls.  I made this for my 
boss's wife's birthday.



I am enterfing my card into a few challenges:

Simon Says Stamp ~ Happy Birthday
Word Art Wedneday ~ weeks 224 & 225 Anything Goes
Love to Scrap ~ #75 The Big Bow Theory
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ #31 Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart ~ #106 Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments ~ #152 Birthday Celebration

Thank you very much for stopping by!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
SU Vintage Vogue, SU Sincere Salutations, SU butterfly embosslit die, SU tulip frame embossing folder, pink satin ribbon, adhesive pearls, Memento rose bud ink, and SU pink pirouette & whisper white CS.

Friday, April 1, 2016

Happy Mother's Day.....

Thank God it's FRIDAY!!!!!!!

I LOVE Friday's and I especially 
Love 4 O'clock on a Friday!!! Because
that's when my 40 hr work week ends and I
can go have some fun.  I need to stop by Hobby
Lobby after work today as I have been working on 
these Mother's Day cards and I have run out of Vellum!!!!
I am actually excited that I am getting a jump start on 
the next upcoming holiday, Mother's Day!!!!  Now with no
holidays this month I can maybe get a little a head on some
Birthday card making too!  I won't hold my breath tho.....

for April last week and decided to play around with the stamp
set some.  I know Mother's Day is coming up so thought I 
would get a jump on it and make something for it.  This is what I
came up with:


I softened the look by placing a die cut piece of vellum
over the front of my main panel.  Most of my Stampin' Up
stamp pads seem to be no good lately so I resorted to using
my Tim Holtz distress inks to ink this stamp set up.  I like
the end result and I hope the mom's I send these out to do too!!

I am entering my card into 5 challenges:

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft ~ #26  Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday ~ Wks #224 - #225 Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion ~ #305 Always Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart ~ #105 Anything Goes

Thanks very much for stopping by!
I hope you all have a very Wonderful Weekend!!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
Simon Says Stamp Birthday Flowers, Stampin Up Teeny Tiny Wishes, MFT Blueprints #1, MFT stitched rectangle die, lavender satin ribbon, Recollections white embossing powder, Ranger water resist ink, Tim Holtz distress inks wilted violet, dusty concord, shaded lilac, peeled paint & mowed lawn, purple adhesive rhinestones, Vellum, & SU basic black, whisper white, & elegant eggplant CS.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Let's Party......

Hello............

Well yesterday was my dad's Birthday.
I wanted to make him a fun Birthday card 
using my FAVE stamp set 
I still have not bought the dies to make
this a little easier cutting out....someday. Lol
I did some water coloring on the background
using my distress inks on Tim Holtz water 
color paper.  I had just received my Simon
Says Stamp April card kit and it came with the 
black embossing powder that I used on my 
sentiment. Looks pretty cool in person.
I bought that Memory Box cloud die a few months
ago and I don't think I have ever used it.
I thought it made a Great area to put
the sentiment on.


I am entering my card into 7 challenges:

Marker Pop ~ #91 Critters
7 Kids College Fund ~ #148 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp ~ Come Rain or Shine
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ #30 Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion ~ #305 Always Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart ~ #105 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday ~ #418 To Die For

I thought I would add a picture of the 
Birthday Boy


I think he looks really GREAT for 
turning 69 years old!! The picture
was taken 2 days before his Birthday. 
And that's my oldest daughter, Chelsy.


Thank you very much for stopping by!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
Lawn Fawn Party Animal, Memory Box cloud border die, DP from my stash, SU whisper white and marina mist CS, MFT stitched rectangle die, Wow black embossing powder, Memento tuxedo black ink, Copics, Zig real brush color markers, Tim Holtz water color paper, Distress ink salty ocean and tumbled glass, whtie gel pen, and foam mount tape.

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Easter Peeps......

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!

Back with a few more Easter cards done!!
I received the March card kit over at Simon
Says Stamp and boy it is filled with cuteness!!
Their DT over at Simon Says Stamp are filled with
inspiration too on how to create with this Fun kit!!
I really love the stamp and die set that came in the
kit, My Kind of Peeps.  I also used my MFT sentiment
stamp from the set One of My Favorite Peeps on this
card.  



I am entering my card into 6 challenges:

Cute Card Thursday ~ #417 Easter
Simon Says Stamp ~ Cute and Cuddly
Word Art Wednesday ~ Weeks #222 - 223 Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ #30 Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart ~ #104 Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion ~ #304 Always Anything Goes

Thanks very much for stopping by!!
I wish you all a Great day and a very Happy Easter!!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:  
Simon Says Stamp My Kind of Peeps stamps and dies, MFT One of my Favorite Peeps sentiment, SU daffodil delight, pink pirouette, & whisper white CS, glitter pink and yellow CS, DP by the Paper Studios, Versafine black onyx ink, foam sheets, seed beads, overhead protector sheets, & Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle die.  

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Happy 18th Birthday.........

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!!

I told you March was a busy Birthday month for me!
This week my niece turns 18!!!! Whoot Whoot!!!
I still have not finished my Easter cards because
I am still making Birthday cards. I still have 2
more Birthdays I need to make cards for this month!
I think I need to make one of the vacant offices at
work into my 2nd craft room to work in on my down 
time at work. LOL So for this card I went with one
of MFT Blueprints dies #26!  I also used my 


I LOVE it and hope she does too!!!
I am entering this card into a few challenges:

Craft Your Passion ~ #303 Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart ~ #103 Anything Goes
Simply Paper Craft ~ #25 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday ~ Weeks #222 -223

Thanks very much for stopping by!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
MFT Blueprints #26, Stampin Up Large Numbers Framelits dies, SU basic black CS, glitter pink CS, Gold foil CS, & foam mount.


Monday, March 14, 2016

Happy 10th Birthday Brooke.....

Hello my Crafty Friends!!!!!

Well I just celebrated a milestone with
my youngest daughter yesterday!!! Brooke
turned 10 years old!!!!  She had a really 
Great 10th Birthday!!! This year the theme
of her party was Paris.  I don't know why but 
she came up with it all on her own.  At that
point it seemed like there really was a lot of 
Paris theme stuff out!!! I came across this new
to me digital stamp company JuliaSpiri while
surfing Facebook one morning and came across this
digital stamp called Promenade in Paris. It is 
really Perfect as my daughter has had this infatuation
with Afghan Hounds and Paris!! I think for her
5th birthday we found some random picture of an 
Afghan Hound and had a picture birthday cake make
with it!!  She Loved it!!!  Well I am very pleased 
at how this card came out.  It's not my usual style 
and I finally got to play more with the frontage 
that I had bought several months ago.


My daughter LOVES it and that's all that matters!!!

Here are a few pictures from her party:


Brooke's dad made her this Awesome looking
cake.  He is quite the Jack of all Trades from 
floor tiling, plumbing, and baking!!!



I am entering my card into a few challenges:

Cute Card Thursday ~ #416  Lace or Ribbon
Simply Paper Crafts ~ #25  Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart ~ #103 Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion ~ #303 Always Anything Goes


Thank you very much for stopping by!
I hope yall have a wonderful week!!
hugs, Heidi

ingredients:
Promenade in Paris digital stamp by Julia Spiri, Eiffel tower die by MFT, paper roses, black lace trim, frontage by Stampendous, foam mount tape, Copics, Wink of Stella glitter pen, black rhinestones, corrugated card base, SU basic black card stock, &  DP from my stash.