Down to Business...........

I do not know about you all but I am so far behind on my christmas cards. I like to have them out in the mail by the first week of December and here I am on the 12th with only a handful in the mail. I just did not get a head start on them! So this week- that is what you will be seeing. And this is card #1- is this Lost and Found paper just the best? I love it; so easy to throw the cards together with coordinating prints and a few embellishments. The little stamp is a whimsy stamp (thank you to my friend Cindy who just sent them to me!)

I do want to share a couple things with you that are going on this week :

Come back Wednesday for the Pixie Cottage Blog Hop. Each of the design team members will be giving away digi stamps and then there will also be a grand prize. So check back here on Wednesday!

Then- ABC Toys and Crafts has the ultimate Christmas Gift to YOU! You should check it out HERE! Julie is giving away a $150 prize package!!!!!

A little Gift

This little card is made obviously with the snowflake embossing folder and the nestabilites snowflake dies, oh and the MS snowflake punch! And do you see the little snowflake ribbon? I guess I was feelin' flaky! LOL! And this is what it looks like on the inside, I hope my friend likes the gift. What an easy way to dress up a little gift without the wrapping paper.

Rounding out the holidays

I know, Christmas is over and I should be done. Well I am but I am in the midst of posting ahead of time and I thought these little vintage tags were so sweet. I project for next year maybe?

This one here is made with the holly stamp from magnolia and I used a little stickles to glitter those berries up a bit. Around the edges I used one of my favorite (go to stamp)- it is SU background stamp. Love it for a little splatter now and then.

Happy New Year!

Heidi

Good Tidings!

Phew! Well I don't know about you but we had a whirlwind of a few days here! Alot of family, alot of food, and some relaxation. We stay home for Christmas day, have for many years because when the kids were little we always wanted to be home. They are older now but we still enjoy our day at home. This card is another sketch challenge for Verve, I think it is week 3, the stamp is from Stampin Up!

Peace on Earth!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I hope that you all have a wonderful time with your family and friends.

Wishing you joy, peace and good health!

The meaning of Christmas

Welcome ..... I am getting these next few days of blog posts done ahead of time so I am not struggling to keep up during the holidays. I am guessing traffic will slow down so I will be posting every couple of days. Today's card is a December Verve challenge, actually for the first week of December. As always, I adore the sketches and the team is taking turns creating them so there is a great deal of variety! Aren't the colors so perfect!

I thank you again for stopping in and hoping you are all getting yourselves ready for the holidays without all the stress!
Heidi

Card Box

Today's project is one that they did a tutorial last week on SCS for. At first it looked a bit complicated but after watching the video I realized that it wouldn't be all that bad. LOL! So since I had the day off, thanks to the elections, I figured I would delve into this project and it really didn't take that long to cut it out and get it put together. I only had those 1000 Grands to put in it, sorry. If you wanted to fill the box with M&M's or something you could also put an acetate sheet in there to hold them in. I hope you enjoy it and just so you know, it was not that hard! Give it a try and I am sure you will make someone smile when you give it to them.

Challenges: Bizzy Bec Flourishes Creative Card Crew

Waitin for Santa

Hello and thanks for stopping in today. I know I have not been really consistent this last week and shame on me! Today's card is another Christmas card, I have not mailed out 1 card yet. I do have them done but need to print the labels and get them all signed and such. Are you done yet?

The papers are from Basic Grey Figgy Pudding which is still one of my all time favorites! I colored Edwin with my copics.

Challenges participating in:

ODBD: Christmas

Bizzy Becs: Christmas

Crafty Ho's: Religious Holiday

Snowy Christmas Wishes

I have no idea what company makes this image, I got it from a class I took (and can't recall the company, guess I am not a good model for advertisement, ha ha!) and thought I would color him. The DSP is the basic grey newest pack, love the reds and greens (and blues!) in it. I matched his scarf but you can not tell very well. Little satin ribbon and a buckle and he is good to go. Have a great day! Heidi

Challenge: SSIC: weather (snowy)
Paper Players: Snowman

Peace, Hope, and Love

Today's card is one that I made using one of my new SU sets. I just love the sentiment and the colors together are so yummy. Cherry cobbler, olive and browns: and although they are not really true christmas colors they come together to make a rich elegant card, don't you think? I am entering this card in the SSIC challenge that required us to use a sentiment of peace.

Monday Madness

Happy Monday !!!

Today's card is a personal challenge and that was to make an easel card. I had not made one in a long time and boy I forgot how small they are. I always picture them to be so much bigger! I might try making a pattern to make them bigger. The second challenge is the Bunny Zoe challenge that uses this sketch and Fussy Fancy for Christmas Colors. I thought it was a beautiful sketch and lended itself well to the DSP that I am using. The stamp is Tim Holtz Believe. So want a challenge? Make an easel card and post it here and I will come and see it! The tutorial is online SCS if you need it in the resource gallery. Good luck and good day!

Merry Christmas!

LOL! No, I have not lost my mind in this 90 degree weather. I just went for a little change and joined in the Cute Bear Challenge which was to make a Christmas Card and of course include a cute bear. I got this wonderful stamp from my friend Karen for the holidays and thought I would put him to use, plus, hey- it is good to get your holiday cards started early right? See the tag sentiment? Well that is one of Tim Holtz newest stamps- I got them in the mail today! I love them.

Ok, so that is all for today- have a good one!

Heidi

Its a Snowman's New Year!

I got this sweet little image from my blogging friend Tammi and I just had to make a New Years card out of it. This is a little Forever Friends stamp I do believe and this is his very special snowman friend (I think anyways). I pulled out my SU scraps to put this one together after choosing the red and blues as my focus. I also added a little white flower soft that my other sweet friend Cindy sent to me for Christmas! Thanks Tammi and Cindy!

I hope you are all recovering from a wonderful and safe evening of celebration!
Heidi

Is it Christmas yet?

I just wanted to share this Edwin, so full of eagerness to celebrate the New Year. Today is Christmas Eve and I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to all of you ladies and thank you for all your wonderful comments. And thank you for all your wonderful creative ideas and inspiration you all give me throughout the year. I will be taking a little break but will be back next week with a New Year goody!

Merry Christmas to you all and Happy New Year!

A Cardinal Christmas

I have one more card I wanted to bring back this year, it is one of my favs: one I made for my mother because she loves birds. The image is a SU image and then the paper is mostly DSP from SU as well. It has alot of layers and embellishments/textures and I think that is why it is so special to me.

I do want to remind you that there is a $200 Prize over on the ABC Design Team blog being given away so you may want to check it out HERE. Along with that we are all showing the newly released My Cute Stamps (mine will appear here tomorrow) this week and you havea chance to win those free as well. You will want to come back tomorrow to post a comment for a chance to win!

Plus Julie has FREE shipping today............... who doesn't love free shipping.

Pizza or Turkey?

Are you all tired of left overs yet? Well here is a cute little pizza box that I made this last weekend. I am going to put holiday gifts in it but you could fill it with chocolates (yum) or a even a gift card! I know you've all seen the pizza boxes on SCS and they take but 5 minutes to make and then the fun part begins. I decorated this one with BG paper from a year or two ago. Coordinated with some SU ribbon. The sentiment is Verve which is nested on nestabilities. The big pointsettia- I have about 4 of these and do you know, I have NO idea where they came from but I want more.

I hope you are getting all your fun details in order for the holidays.
Heidi

Whimsy

Good Evening............. thought I would go ahead and get this posted and then maybe it will give me the ooph to go and create......... been a little lazy.
Today's card is made for the Little Paper Shop Challenge, which was this sketch. I had the most trouble with this sketch- my circle barely shows, my rectangle is too big but then my diamond was not right- ugh......... is all that I can say! But I do like the colors- and the ornament sets/punch is so fun to use. So I hope you enjoy it.

You want to do a Blog hop- check out Lilly of the Valley

What about some blog candy: HERE.

Sugar Bowl

I wanted to join the Sugar Bowl Challenge this week and it was to make a Christmas card using a sugar nellie image. I was not planning on doing anymore christmas cards, LOL! I didn't have a christmas stamp/image so I tried to improvise and use some holiday paper and embellishments. I used a nesties to layer and this is a new set I just got last week at Hobby Lobby. The paper is a basic grey from a stack that some people sent to me.

Heidi

Elf Wishes

Happy Sunday (evening!)!!!! I hope you all had a wonderful evening and were able to finish those last minute preparations. I know Saturday I spent a lot of time finishing up my shopping but still have ALL my wrapping to do. Hubby and I went to his work party and we had a great holiday time- eating, drinking and dancing. Lots of fun.

This little elf is from Pink Poison- is she not the cutest little elf? Makes you wish you had her at your house to help you decorate, bake and WRAP gifts. Hee hee......... The paper is basic grey which I so LOVVVVVVE! Is it not the prettiest paper? This little image takes litterally 2 minutes to color, so quick and simple. I used SU Real Red to matte and as a base card. The poinsettia again is from my little stash from Micheal's.

Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Heidi