Winner of the Heartfelt Creations September Alumni Design Team Hop...

Wow, that's a mouth full!  The winner this month of the $25 gift certificate is:
Sandra Cary.  Sandra was chosen from Vicki Dutcher's blog.

Sandra you have 72 hours to claim your gift certificate.  Just email emmalou@heartfeltcreations.us and in the subject line put: "Winner of September Alumni Hop".

Congratulations to Sandra and we will see you all at the end of October for the next Alumni Blog Hop!

Pink Poinsettia Card.....

Good morning everyone and welcome to a soggy East Tennessee.  The temps are cool this morning and it has been raining for days.  I may be getting webbed feet!
This morning I'm sharing a Christmas card I have made and the Christmas card making begins.

First off, can I just say how difficult it is to photograph sparkle?  You have a gold background piece and then the snowflakes are glued to cardstock and then sprayed with adhesive and glittered.  Very pretty in real life but totally hard to photograph.  I also tied a piece of white tulle to go under the poinsettia and it isn't showing very well.  This is one of those cards that is just so much prettier in person!

Well it's Friday and we are skidding right into the weekend!  If you have plans, I hope you have great Fall weather!

Dies R Us (GET YOUR "BOO" ON) Challenge.......

Good morning friends and welcome to the new challenge over at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog! This is a very fun challenge and I've had so much fun playing!  I don't like "scary" Halloween so I made a cute tag card.  I used Graphic 45 papers and these great dies from Dies R Us!  You can visit the Challenge Blog and see what the other design team members have made.  I just know you will find something to inspire you!

Poppy Stamps - Fine Spider Webs

Poppy Stamps - Jumbled Boo

Sue Wilson - Noble Dies - Classic Adorned Rectangle (unavailable)

Now get busy and create a project for this challenge and link to the Dies R Us Challenge Blog!  I can't wait to see what you create!  

 WINNER'S PRIZE:  $10 Voucher to the Dies R Us Store.

Here's a quick review of the rules:

• ENTRY LIMIT:  3
• MUST USE DIE CUTS on your creation.
• DIRECT link to your creation, not your entire blog.
• LINK BACK to our DRU Challenge Blog in your post.
• NO BACKLINKING (no creation made prior to our challenge posting)
• No limit to sharing with other challenges.

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday # 330

Good morning friends!  It's the middle of the week and time for me to show what is going on in my world!  Each week we take a photo of our desk and blog about it then link to Julia's blog.  I don't have a lot going on this week that I can show, so my desk looks pretty clean.

Hmmmm, I count 6 bottles of glue and three pairs of scissors!  Yes, I confess, I'm a hoarder of glue and never feel like I have all I need.  As for the scissors, I have one more pair that I use for cutting cloth and ribbon.  These black handled ones are for fussy cutting; the yellow handled ones are for general cutting and my Tim Holtz scissors are used for everything!  Love them!  The board to my right is my Envelope Punch Board by We Are Memory Keepers and I don't know if you can see it or not but that is sitting on my Big Shot.  My trusty Grand Calibur bit the dust two days ago.  It's one of those things that you use every day and never knew how much until it's gone!  The Big Shot is great but I find I have a difficult time trying to cut really intricate dies so I long for my Grand Calibur!

Well folks that is all for me this morning.  I'm off to link my blog and start the visits to everyone this morning.  I'm sure I'll find something to inspire me!

September Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team Blog Hop

Hello everyone.  I'm here to welcome you to the Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team Blog Hop for September! I love being a part of these hops because I am always inspired by what the other team members create.  This month I used my new stamp and die set (Enchanted Mum) and created a pretty flower and a cute little dragonfly.

There will be a $25 gift certificate for one lucky person.  You must visit as many of the participating designers as you can and leave a comment on each blog because we never know from which blog the winner will be chosen.

If you arrived here from:Kathy Clement's blog you are right on track and your next stop will be:Alissa Wells's blog.

You have until Midnight,October 2nd. to leave a comment on as many of our blogs as you can.  The winner of the $25 gift certificate will be announced on Saturday October 3rd..  Good luck to everyone!

Supply List: 
HCD-1 768 Enchanted Mum Die
HCPC 3691 Enchanted Mum Cling Stamp
Anna Griffin Embossing Folder (Fluted Damask)
Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two (Retired)
Prima Botanical Paper Collection
Dienamics Fancy Flourish Die
Green and White Card Stock

Participating Designers
Emilia van den Heuvel

Vicki Dutcher

Amarilys Doria

Ujjwal Gupta

Mary Faus

Kathy Clement

Glenda Brooks

Alissa Wells

Sarah Miller

Gini Williams

What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday#329

Hello friends and welcome to my Wednesday WOYWW post where a bunch of crafters get together and blog about what we are doing in our world.  Julia  is the owner and creator of this wonderful idea and I have to admit I am totally addicted to this Wednesday get together!  Just photograph your space and blog about it and then link your blog post to Julia's blog. You can visit as many of the crafters as you like by following their links and it becomes this wonderful blog hop!  Julia has all the details posted on her blog so you can follow the link above to find out all about it!

I thought this morning I would start showing you how I store my dies.  It's sort of messy right now and nothing is in order but I can put my hand on almost any die I want, so it is working for me.  I've used CD and video cases with a bit of magnet inside to hold the dies in place.  Some of the Home Stores here carry a magnetic sheet used to cover a metal vent when you don't want heat or air coming through. These work wonderfully and are only a fraction of the cost if  you purchase in the hobby store.

Below is my mess this morning.  I could barely find a place to set my coffee cup down this morning!  I'm working on a waterfall page for my mini album and for some reason I really struggled trying to get it to lay correctly.  There was a miss measurement somewhere and I went through a couple of pieces of cardstock before I finally wrapped my head around it and got it right!  Sometimes I just can't seem to focus.  I'm going to blame it on old age and move on!

As you can see I have ink, bling, glue...lots of glue, some glitter, lace and string of pearls.  Once I finish covering the black cardstock with some of the pretty papers then I also get to decorate.  That's the fun part!

I hope I'm not too long winded this morning.  It's best to keep this short and sweet.  I'm hoping next week when you visit, I have a cleaner desk to show. Now I'm off to visit as many of the participating bloggers as I can.  Come join us!

Halloween....

Good morning everyone!  I'm here to share with you another card I have made. Halloween is just around the corner, and those who celebrate love to send bright and colorful cards to friends and family.  I send a few; not quite like I used to.

This is a quick and easy card using some of the bits and pieces in my scrap box on my desk.  A couple of pieces of Graphic 45 "An Erie Tale" paper mounted on a black card stock, make a flat style card that will be easy to mail.  I will make a homemade envelope to go along with this and this will be on it's way.