I Thank God for a Friend Like You.......

We have come to another Friday and everyone is anticipating the weekend and I'm here once again to share another card I have made.  I have been able to slow up a bit with the outside work as we are hot and dry here now.  We really could use a little rain.  The last few afternoons have been rumbling with thunder but no rain.

My card is 6" X 6" and I used my Prima Fairy Belle paper collection as the background on this card.  I've been hoarding it for some time and decided to pull it out and play with it.  I made my flowers and glittered the edges and the stamen for a little bit of elegance.  My bow is a piece of seam binding scrunched and sprayed with water and then left to dry.  I used a Heartfelt Creations sentiment and then the leaves are cut out using a Heartfelt Creations die.  I colored flowers and leaves with Ranger Distress Inks.  Then I took the stamen, painted them with glue and rolled them in glitter and then laid them aside to dry.  Just some more shine for an old lady that loves glitter!  And last and least, did you notice that little butterfly?  I stamped and fussy cut it a week or so ago for another project and never used her, so she is fluttering along on this card.

Now on to the weekend!  Have a great one!

WOYWW # 260

Good morning everyone!  I totally forgot today is Wednesday and on Wednesday I always love to be a part of WOYWW!  If  you are new to this just head over to Julia's blog and she has instructions and information there how you can become one of us!  And today is the 5 year anniversary of this little bit of madness.  (I say that with lots of love)  I have been around most of these 5 years and I just can't seem to get enough.  Each week I start out with the best intentions of how I'm going to visit each and everyone on the list but I have only made it through once!  I get lazy along the way and something always seems to call me away.

As you can see I have been making flowers.  And this morning I've needed the biggest cup of coffee I could find!  I have the glue I use for glitter out and some flower dies and scissors here and there.  Also a nut tin that I will alter.....well you get it.  Lots of "stuff" out this morning.  The little white drawer that is open holds some metal pieces and the little spoon I use for my glitter.  Just need to slid that shut!

Well that it for me this morning.  Hope you are playing along with us.  There is always room for one more!  Now I'm off to visit!

Heartfelt Creations May Alumni Design Team Blog Hop....

Good morning and thanks for stopping by for the Heartfelt Creations May Alumni Design Team Blog Hop!  We get together once a month to show you some creations we have made using our Heartfelt Creations stamps, dies and papers.  I always loved being on the design team and this gives me a way to stay connected.  I love their products and hoard them whenever possible!  Try to follow along the blog hop and leave a comment on as many blogs as you can.  You can never tell which blog will be the one that they chose from. If your name is chosen you win a $25 gift certificate for products from Heartfelt Creations! You have until 12 midnight  ET on  Friday, May 30th. to leave your comments.  Winner will be announced on Saturday May 31st.  Good luck to you all!

I love the way these flowers turned out and the Spellbinders dies just add to the finished look of the card.  This sentiment is one of my favorites and says it all I think.  Did you notice, I turned the designer paper so it is going in two different directions.  The bottom layer is going from side to side and the top layer under the flowers is going up and down.  I just wanted to add a little bit of interest there.   These flowers and the sentiment are some of my favorite Heartfelt Creations products!

Now your next blog to visit along the hop should be  Amarilys Doria.

Supplies:
HCD 742 Majestic Blooms Die
HCPC 3578 Majestic Morning Background PreCut Set
HCDP1 226 Delicate Asters Paper Collection
HCPC 3524 Butterfly & Bunny PreCut Set
White Card Stock  and Watercolor Paper
Spellbinders Dies (A2 Bracket Borders Two, Venetian Motifs, Elegant Ovals)
Ranger Distress Inks
Stampin Up Ink
Glue
Flower Soft
Scor-Tape

Alumni Design Team Members:

Vicki Dutcher
Giovana Smith
Candy Slabaugh

Caroline Duncan

Cibele Glazer

Sarah Miller
Emilia van den Heuvel

Selma Stevenson

Glenda Brooks - You are here.

Amarilys Doria
Mary Faus

Alissa Wells

Lisa Gregory

Lisa Allen

Happy Memorial Day!

Good morning everyone and Happy Memorial Day.  I'm just stopping in to say hello and let you know I'm thinking of you.  I'm hoping you are spending time with family and friends remembering our fallen servicemen.

I'm here to share a card I made using Graphic 45 Le Romantique paper and Spellbinders Dies.  I did some distressing along the edges of the pretty pink paper and added some 3D Crystal Lacquer to the three pieces  along the bottom.  I fussy cut these images out of pages of the paper.  The little key was found at the bottom of a drawer; just waiting for me to find it!  I think my favorite parts of this card are the little butterflies and the lace peeping out here and there.  The sentiment is from Flourishes.  I know this is short and sweet but there is lots going on in my world today.

Be sure and stop in tomorrow morning as the Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team will be having our monthly blog hop.  I look forward to seeing you then!

Good morning everyone!  We have come once again to the end of another week and we are getting ready to begin a Holiday weekend!  I hope you have lots of great family plans and that you get to spend time with those you love!

I'm here this morning to share with you another card I have made using Heartfelt Creations products and lots of love.  I love these stamps, papers and dies and use them on most of my projects.  I just feel so comfortable with these products and love the quality and  beauty of all things Heartfelt Creations!

Did you notice the glitter on the pearls in the centers of the flowers.  I love that look!
I had so much fun playing with the color and embossing powders to make these flowers and leaves.  I hope you enjoy!

Supplies:
HCD 742 Majestic Blooms
HCPC 3578 Majestic Morning Background PreCut Set
HCPC 3312 Uplifting Scripture PreCut Set
White Card Stock - Watercolor Paper
Ranger Distress Ink - Weathered Wood and Peeled Paint
Spellbinders Devine Eleoquence dies
Spray Adhesive
glitter
1/2 pearls
VersaMark Ink
Angel Wings Gold Embossing Powder
Glue
Memento Ink
Zutter Distrezz-it-All

WOYWW #259

Good morning everyone and welcome to What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday #259!  I have been so busy lately with so much yard work and getting my garden in and the weeks are just flying by!  This morning I'm sharing my desk with you as part of a little get together hosted by Julia at Stamping Ground.  Each week she hosts this little bit of madness and I have become quite addicted.  You just snap a photo of your workspace and blog about it and then you go to Julia's blog and link your blog there.  Then you can spend some time visiting old friends blogs. I love to visit and see what everyone has going on.  It's quite a wonderful way to spend some time on Wednesdays!

Front and center is my new Ranger Ink Pallete and I will be putting distress ink drops in it for coloring with my brush.  It has been awhile since I colored some images and I need to get back to my roots!  I have been waiting for this pallete for some time as everything I have used in the past has been sort of bulky and would wind up getting in my way rather than making my life easier.  I'm hoping this will help me!

Last Wednesday I had a Spellbinders Tool 'n One sitting on my desk and I have used it quite a bit since last week and I'm here to report that it is an amazing tool that I just can't live without!  It makes quick work of getting little bits and pieces out of intricate dies.  Each year the dies are getting more elaborate and it was quite time consuming to poke out little bits from all the holes in the dies.  This is going to be such a big help!  Thank you Spellbinders!

The rest of my desk is just some ribbon, some flower petals, ink sponges and ink and some tape; just the usual left overs from a card.  If you are interested in what I've been working on, pop back in on Friday and I will post my new card with Heartfelt Creations flowers gracing the front!

Now I'm off to visit the other desks and see what everyone has been doing lately!

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge # 8 - Show us some Metal or Glass

Good morning everyone and welcome to Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #8 - Show us some metal or glass!  We are being sponsored this whole month by Really Reasonable Ribbon and Sin City Stamps

Sin City Stamps owned and operated by
Donna Harrison in Las Vegas, Nevada, manufacturers deep etched rubber stamps, laser cut stencils, chipboard pieces, page layouts, diecuts and chipboard books.

   

We will also be participating in a blog hop with design team members from Sin City Stamps.  Their names and links will be listed at the bottom of this post.  Go check them out and give them some love.  We all love hearing from you!

My card is 5" X 7" and I used G45 Botanicabella Collection paper for the background then a yellow cardstock with Spellbinders 5 X 7 Mystical Embrace dies.  Then I stamped these Sin City stamps and fussy cut them and edged the pieces with distress inks and then tied these cute little bows with Really Reasonable ribbon.  The butterfly is a metal G45 piece that I ran through a embossing folder to give it lots of dimension and texture.  Then to top it all off, the glass rhinestones as a finishing touch!  Now I have given you metal and glass ... show me what you got!  Dive into your hoard and make something that shows us metal or glass!  Blog about it and then link it to the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Blog.

You have until midnight PT, June 1st. to show us your creation and be entered in the challenge.  You could win both of the listed prizes!  How cool is that?  Be sure and visit everyone and leave some love; we all love hearing from you!

Supply List:

Sin City Stamps

Really Reasonable Ribbon,

Spellbinders 5 X 7 Mystical Embrace and Fancy Tags Two

Graphic 45 Botanicabella Paper Collection

Yellow Card Stock

Ranger Distress Inks

G45 Metal Butterfly

Cuttlebug Textile Texture Embossing Folder

1/2 Rhinestones

Donna Idlet

Glenda Brooks - That's me..

Gloria Stengel

Karen Zueger

Pam Bray

Tammi Bennett

Amber Milone

Christy Butters

Debbie Seyer

Ginny Nemchak

Jan Marie Ennenga

Kathy Clement

Our Sin City Stamp Guests:

Barbara Rankin
Karen Lackey

Linda Hess

Lisa Mita

Peggy Oliver

Robin Redd