Hello everyone! The winner of the November Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop was chosen from Gini Cagle's blog. Congratulations to Donna Ellis! To claim your prize, email Emma Lou at emmalou@heartfeltcreations.us and put in the subject line: Winner of the November Alumni Blog Hop.
Again...Congratulations Donna Ellis!
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Friday, November 28, 2014
My Christmas Ornaments
Good morning everyone. I'm hiding out here at home today to avoid the beginning of the mad rush to Christmas! No way would I be caught out in the hustle and bustle and crazy people to try and get a good deal on something. I have never been a lucky person and always seem to be a day late and a dollar short where this type of deal is offered! So today I will recover from Thanksgiving and maybe put up my tree. I don't plan on going anywhere unless there is an emergency!
I want to share a couple of the Christmas ornaments I have made this Christmas. Each year I like to add one or two new ornaments to my tree and most...well a lot...of my ornaments are hand made.
I got this idea from Heather Hudson's You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/heatherahudson/videos
This is one creative lady and when I saw these ornaments I just had to have some of them. I've also made some as gifts and I must say this is a quick and easy way to make something lovely! You take floor shine and pour it into the ornament, swirl it around and then drain most of it back out then pour in glitter and swirl it around; let it dry and then pour out the left over glitter then decorate the ornament. Thank you Heather! I colored Tim Holtz Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter with Tim Holtz Distress Ink re-fills in Aged Mahogany and when it was dry I put it in my ornament. The Distress Glitter is made to color and does it beautifully I might add.
Well this is it from me this morning. I'm off for my second cup of coffee. I hope your Thanksgiving day was a joyous gathering of food and family and that you are ready to begin the Christmas season!
I want to share a couple of the Christmas ornaments I have made this Christmas. Each year I like to add one or two new ornaments to my tree and most...well a lot...of my ornaments are hand made.
I got this idea from Heather Hudson's You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/heatherahudson/videos
This is one creative lady and when I saw these ornaments I just had to have some of them. I've also made some as gifts and I must say this is a quick and easy way to make something lovely! You take floor shine and pour it into the ornament, swirl it around and then drain most of it back out then pour in glitter and swirl it around; let it dry and then pour out the left over glitter then decorate the ornament. Thank you Heather! I colored Tim Holtz Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter with Tim Holtz Distress Ink re-fills in Aged Mahogany and when it was dry I put it in my ornament. The Distress Glitter is made to color and does it beautifully I might add.
Well this is it from me this morning. I'm off for my second cup of coffee. I hope your Thanksgiving day was a joyous gathering of food and family and that you are ready to begin the Christmas season!
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
WOYWW # 286
Good morning everyone and welcome to What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday #286. Every Wednesday we get together and take a photo of our space and blog about it and then link to Julia's blog and that creates a huge world wide blog hop and you can visit so many busy desks from everywhere. And this time of year there is a world of craftiness going on out there and I love to peep in and see what everyone has going on!
As you can see there isn't a lot going on here this morning. I've just finished another Christmas card and I will be sharing that with you on Friday so it is hidden away but here are some of the retired Stampin-Up stamps I used on the card. So come back on Friday after the holiday and we will spend a little time together and share a cup of whatever it is you enjoy first thing in the morning!
Now I'm off to Juia's blog to see what everyone else is doing today! Hope your Thanksgiving Holiday (if you celebrate it) is a happy one and that you get to visit with family and friends. See you on Friday!
As you can see there isn't a lot going on here this morning. I've just finished another Christmas card and I will be sharing that with you on Friday so it is hidden away but here are some of the retired Stampin-Up stamps I used on the card. So come back on Friday after the holiday and we will spend a little time together and share a cup of whatever it is you enjoy first thing in the morning!
Now I'm off to Juia's blog to see what everyone else is doing today! Hope your Thanksgiving Holiday (if you celebrate it) is a happy one and that you get to visit with family and friends. See you on Friday!
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Heartfelt Creations November Alumni Design Team Blog Hop...
Good morning everyone and welcome to the Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop for November! Each month some of the alumni design team members get together and participate in this hop and I'm always so happy to get to play along. I haven't been on the regular design team for quite awhile but I still love all the products. Such quality stamps and dies and papers and I could do on and on! Can you tell I'm a Heartfelt Creations kinda girl? Well I definitely am!
If you arrived here from Giovana Smith's Blog you are right on track and remember to leave a comment on as many of our blogs as you can because you never know which blog will have the winning comment. You could be the winner of a $25 gift certificate for product from Heartfelt Creations. You have until midnight November 28th to comment and the winner will be announced on November 29th.
These screen fold cards are sort of popular right now and I decided I wanted to give them a try. Looking on YouTube you can go as elaborate as you like with the design and decoration. Since this is my very first one, I decided to keep it middle of the road so I wouldn't over do it. I love the clean lines of this but I still got to use a gorgeous flower and some pretty ribbon and a sentiment from Heartfelt Creations. I used some Art Glitter Designer dries clear adhesive and traced some of the pretty swirls in the design paper and then glittered it. I used the glitter tip for delicate work on the end of the glue and it enables you to do detailed work. And then here is my sunflower! I love these stamps and dies and I used some of my homemade glitzy recipe for the center.
When you leave here you need to go to Lisa Gregory's blog to continue along the hop. Good luck in the draw!
Spellbinders Dies (Nested Pennants, Labels Twenty Two)
HCD 753 Classic Sunflower Die
HCD 747 Arianna Lace Die
HCPC 3626 Classic Sunflower PreCut Set
HCPC 3382 Magnificent Cardinal Rose PreCut Set
Half pearls colored with Denim Alcohol Marker
Homemade Glitz for Flower Centers
Seam Binding
Glue
Black Memento Ink
Stormy Sky Distress Ink
Dimensional Tape
Scor Tape
Glitter
Glue
Marigold Morning Stampin-Up Retired Ink
If you arrived here from Giovana Smith's Blog you are right on track and remember to leave a comment on as many of our blogs as you can because you never know which blog will have the winning comment. You could be the winner of a $25 gift certificate for product from Heartfelt Creations. You have until midnight November 28th to comment and the winner will be announced on November 29th.
These screen fold cards are sort of popular right now and I decided I wanted to give them a try. Looking on YouTube you can go as elaborate as you like with the design and decoration. Since this is my very first one, I decided to keep it middle of the road so I wouldn't over do it. I love the clean lines of this but I still got to use a gorgeous flower and some pretty ribbon and a sentiment from Heartfelt Creations. I used some Art Glitter Designer dries clear adhesive and traced some of the pretty swirls in the design paper and then glittered it. I used the glitter tip for delicate work on the end of the glue and it enables you to do detailed work. And then here is my sunflower! I love these stamps and dies and I used some of my homemade glitzy recipe for the center.When you leave here you need to go to Lisa Gregory's blog to continue along the hop. Good luck in the draw!
Supply List:
Green, Yellow and Brown CardstockSpellbinders Dies (Nested Pennants, Labels Twenty Two)
HCD 753 Classic Sunflower Die
HCD 747 Arianna Lace Die
HCPC 3626 Classic Sunflower PreCut Set
HCPC 3382 Magnificent Cardinal Rose PreCut Set
Half pearls colored with Denim Alcohol Marker
Homemade Glitz for Flower Centers
Seam Binding
Glue
Black Memento Ink
Stormy Sky Distress Ink
Dimensional Tape
Scor Tape
Glitter
Glue
Marigold Morning Stampin-Up Retired Ink
Friday, November 21, 2014
Another Clean Christmas Card.....
In my quest for small postage charges, this year I have scaled back on all the floral and thickness of fancy bows because I cannot afford $2 per card to mail. It is just way too much for this old girl to handle. Postage costs have gone the way of everything else and climbed off the charts.
This is very lightweight and will be easy to mail and meets the thickness requirements as well so one stamp should handle this! White on white with a pop of gold. Simple and elegant...I hope! I used the swiss dots embossing folder and when I cut out my ornament die, I smushed it into an embossing pad and then dusted gold embossing powder on it and hit it with the heat gun...I think it makes a lovely addition to an otherwise plain Jane card. Honestly I'm having trouble adapting to these card. I just want to add a big fluffy bow or a beautiful flower....these are just needing "more"!
Well that's it for me this morning. Hope you have a good day ahead and that you are ready for the weekend ... it will be here before you know it!
This is very lightweight and will be easy to mail and meets the thickness requirements as well so one stamp should handle this! White on white with a pop of gold. Simple and elegant...I hope! I used the swiss dots embossing folder and when I cut out my ornament die, I smushed it into an embossing pad and then dusted gold embossing powder on it and hit it with the heat gun...I think it makes a lovely addition to an otherwise plain Jane card. Honestly I'm having trouble adapting to these card. I just want to add a big fluffy bow or a beautiful flower....these are just needing "more"!
Well that's it for me this morning. Hope you have a good day ahead and that you are ready for the weekend ... it will be here before you know it!
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
WOYWW #285
Good morning everyone and welcome! It is a frosty 14 degrees outside my window this morning! I'm here to share my workdesk with you; showing my little mess to you and the world. Each Wednesday we take a picture of our work space and blog about it and then link to Julia's blog to become a little bit of a huge blog hop. Then we can visit each other's blogs and see what is going on in everyone's little corner of the world.
I own a light tent and lights for photographing my creations, but sometimes I just like to throw up a couple pieces of cardstock on my desk and use my Ott lights and take the photos that way. I'm by no means a photographer so I'm a firm believer in whatever works! I've been working on Christmas cards day after day and this is the latest one! I do love working with Christmas...it's my favorite time of year! Here is a good look at the card. Hope you like it!
I own a light tent and lights for photographing my creations, but sometimes I just like to throw up a couple pieces of cardstock on my desk and use my Ott lights and take the photos that way. I'm by no means a photographer so I'm a firm believer in whatever works! I've been working on Christmas cards day after day and this is the latest one! I do love working with Christmas...it's my favorite time of year! Here is a good look at the card. Hope you like it!
Now I'm off to link to Julia's blog and then to visit as many people as I can today! I love being able to see what everyone else is doing, especially this time of year! So heat up the coffee, I'm on the way.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge # 20 - Box It Up
Welcome to Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #20 - Box It Up! This challenge is to create some sort of altered box. You can create a box from scratch, or you can alter a pre-made box. Your box can be made of paper, wood, chipboard, plastic or metal. As long as you dig into your hoard to decorate a box, you have met the challenge requirements! The box does not have to be used as a box...it can be used as home decor or for any purpose you can image. Let's box it up!
Eileen Hull is the design team sponsor for this challenge and I used one of her boxes and decorated it for Christmas. I will put a glittered ornament inside as a gift for one of my neighbors. I think it turned out so elegant looking and I'm very pleased with it. I thank Eileen for giving us boxes to play with. They are a great quality product and very easy to work with!
Eileen Hull is the design team sponsor for this challenge and I used one of her boxes and decorated it for Christmas. I will put a glittered ornament inside as a gift for one of my neighbors. I think it turned out so elegant looking and I'm very pleased with it. I thank Eileen for giving us boxes to play with. They are a great quality product and very easy to work with!
Eileen is a Designer member of the Craft and Hobby Association and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Designer Council. Eileen is from the Washington D.C. area where she and her husband live in their empty nest. The newest member of her family is a vintage camper, which she is driving cross-country, teaching and crafting all the way.
Eileen has designed a signature line of ScoreBoards (Sizzix) dies, which includes the ever popular Artist Trading Blocks dies. Her tenth Sizzix collection was released in February, 2014!
Blog: http://www.eileenhull.com/
Product Collections: http://www.eileenhull.com/store
Papertrail Tour: http://www.eileenhull.com/events
The lucky winner of this challenge will win a $25 choice of Vintage, Victorian and Shabby Chic inspired Digital Collage Sheets! How cool is that! So get busy and do a box to share with us. We can't wait to see what you come up with!
Bio:
Heather lives in Michigan
Design Team
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