Stumped!

Hee Hee....... what did you think of that title? I just love this precious moment image and so I thought it could be used for a Valentine Card for sure, these little friends probably have crushes on one another! I used the top note that someone cut out for me and stamped the image and colored iwth my copics- pretty simple image for me b/c there is not a lot of shading to do. The paper is K&Co valentine pack (of course) and I added a little SU ribbon- and the little ribbon slide. I tell you ladies, not sure if you are like me but I am a hoarder- do you hoard? I mean, if I have 1 ribbon slide I have 10 packages- like what was I thinking? So I decided that need to start using these little metal embellishments- you all need to hold me to it!

So tell me- what do you hoard and what would you like to see me use on my cards in the next couple of weeks? Give me a challenge- if I have it I will try and work it in!

Take care and stay warm!

Heidi

Sweet Snowman

I wanted to participate in the Friday Sketch Challenge and boy did I have a hard time with this weeks challenge. For one, the shape of the card is much different than I am used to. I had this image that I colored using SU markers and the aqua painter in blues- well then I had to find paper that was winter/holidayish to go with it and I had nothing. So I resolved to this SU DP that I had in my stack (and can't recall the name). The image is Kathy with her snowman from Precious Moments, which since a lot of people have asked me about these stamps I will tell you that they are no longer being made. I got mine from trading or purchasing on ebay. I do love the images and I collect the figures as well. I used certainly celery and bashful blue for layering and the little snowflake brad is from MM.
I have finally finished all my holiday cards and then someone asked if was sending out Thanksgiving cards! Wha....................t? Of course not, I can barely stay afloat as it is, which is a shame b/c I have the cutest Thanksgiving PM stamp too! Ugh, dare I try to push out a few this evening? We shall see.

Did you notice my Cards for a Cause counter is going up? I am only 29 cards away from 100 (my goals) so I hope to get a few more in the mail ladies! IF you want to join us, just send your card donations for RMH- post here that you need my addy and I will send it to you. You can win SU goodies too!
Have a good one!
Heidi

Did this really happen today?

Okay so I have to share this with you because I am still in disbelief- I mean I am actually hoping to wake up tomorrow and it will not be true (probably not though). Today my almost 16 yo had his rode test, he has been driving for about 15 months without any problems but he was nervous. I assured him it would go fine........ and thankfully he got through all the functional testing, parrallel parking, stopping, backing, etc.............. so then he gets on the freeway, she takes him through a "round about" and construction zone- I thought, man he is doing great we just have to go through a quiet neighborhood and stop at a zillion stop signs but he can do that without any problem. Oh wait................. ack! it is a busy intersection now, he has to stop at the light and turn left. Phew- he has come to a complete stop and is waiting and BAM! Wait, did we just get hit? Uh........ yeah we did. Not only that- she hit us so hard we went flying into the car in front of us. Thankfully my son put on the brake and we did limited damage to that little yellow mustang (oh so sorry!) So here we are sitting sandwiched between two cars, the van behind us is a mess (probably totalled) and my poor son is sitting at the wheel with a driving instructor in the passenger seat. I could have cried- the poor kid was shaking. Now I know it is not his fault and it will not effect his license but he didnt finish the test and so now we have to start over. Ugh....... can you believe this? I am thankful that all are safe but what an "inconvenience"

Now I will share with you a challenge that I am participating in since you hung around and heard our sad story

Ha ha............ that little turkey is a wild animal right? I was looking at some challenges and the Dutch Dare one had to be a wild animal. Well I have others but I was giggling when I looked at this one because it will throw you off I think. How many wild animals eat dinner at the table with ya! This is a precious moment stamp, they are retired and not for sale anymore but I had to pull this one out as we come into fall and Thanksgiving! I used some Debbie Mum paper that I got at Jo's the other day, real rust and mustard SU cardstock to matte them. I colored them with my copics and love the results. It is soft and yet vibrant. I am also submitting this card for a sketch challenge as well. I thought it was a nice sketch and will use it again.

Keeping an eye out.............

Ladies, I am sorry that I am showing another PM image/card but I had a busy weekend and I am still not recovered from last week let alone the amusement park rides. Geesh...... do those kids not know I am now 40 years old? Do they care? The Fright Zones were fun b/c I could walk through them but dang, now my hips are tired, I had to hot tub it to relax and go back out at 9pm to midnight! All in all, it was a great day with the boys.
Now for this card, this paper was sent to me so I do not know whose it is, I mounted it on barely banana and used Real Red. I actually sold a couple of these already, I think that they are so innocent and with the scriptures work well for many occasions. I used my copics again for coloring it and am thrilled with the outcomes.
I promise- no precious moment this next time and I hope you all have a FAB week! Check back Wednesday and I will do what I can to post something different and exciting.
Heidi

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The soul............

I know I have been away and what a week (again!) You all probably think that I gave up posting but I have not: just very busy. So, let me show you a couple cards that I made prior to all this chaos! This one is "Eyes upon Jesus" , one of my precious moments that I just love. The red check is one that someone sent to me so not sure who makes it, the rest is SU brocade blue and real red. I used my treading water punch and one of my cuttlebug embossing folder as well as the nesties rectangles. I colored the image with my copics. I actually love the way the bucket came out but it took me a few tries at it. I may add some stickles to give the water a little shimmer as well but otherwise I love this little card.
We are off to Cedar Point tomorrow, taking the boys and each of them is bringing a friend. We are going to stay the night and do the Hallo-weekend gig- staying at the park for the "spooky night" rides until midnight! I will try and post later this weekend or Monday at the latest. Thanks to all of you for your wonderful comments.
Heidi

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Welcome and Friendships!

Ok, I know, I keep changing my themes here: going from summer to Christmas but this little guy is too cute and so I had to post him. I made this one in August and I just love these precious moment stamps (they are no longer making them) and so I truly enjoy making cards with them. I did use the K&Co pink/green stack which is one of my favs. I used rose red from SU as well.

Next I have to show you, back in August I think it was (was it even earlier than that?) that I went and spent the day with Claudia? Well I have pics of us and I totally forgot to post them- so here goes (hope she doesn't get mad at me.... tee hee hee...... she shouldn't her hubby took the photo for heaven sake! Ha!!!) So this is Claudia and I.

Can you tell we were having so much fun? I think that this might have been after the kids were in bed and we were laughing and Paul came down to see what was going on. I truly enjoyed my day and look forward to getting together with her again sometime (hope she feels the same way!)

Hope you all have a fabulous rest of your weekend!

Heidi

Just Do It!

You ever have one of those (of course you do) dreams that you want to do something fun, exciting in your life that maybe isn't want you went to "college" for but would be something so cool to do? Well that is what Katharina is doing! She has founded her own stamp company called Whiff of Joy Stamps! I found her blog and just fell in love with her images because they are fun and of course, they have little boys! I have always been looking for boyish images, hence my love for Precious Moments and Magnolias. Well she put out a call for design team members and well, since I love the images I thought I would give it a try. So, here is my take on her sketch. Wish me luck!

I used a Precious Moment Stamp and colored it with my copic markers. The paper is from the baby boy DCWV paper packs layered on the new SU Baha Breeze and So Saffron. I then used my sizzlets to cut out the little ice cream cone for the sentiment. Couldn't help myself, it was just too cute. I popped the ice cream and the main image off the page a little bit, added some stickles to the ice cream- doesn't it just look yummy enough to eat. That little pooch sure is happy! Hope you enjoyed the card!

Heidi

Togetherness

I got together with a few of my friends last week (hi Denise, Amy and Sue!) and I was telling them how much I am into coloring my images now. To think that 5 months ago all I did was stamp and matte and that was it. Now, I can't stand to just stamp without adding some other colors to my work. This little precious moments was calling my name and it fit perfectly on this circle nestie so I put it on and colored away. I had enough of the soft copics to get the look I wanted for this image. I am absolutely thrilled with it. The DP is one of the SU ones- it is retired and I don't have the name any longer but it was perfect that it said Together across the top.
I hope you enjoy this one and thanks for stopping by ladies (well and any gents that are lurking too!)
Heidi

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Thank God for friends

I know it is a little early for Thanksgiving but I was stampin some images for some friends and I had this one left. I had not ever used it and so I thought I would go ahead and make a card out of it. It is a precious moments stamp that I layered on SU really rust and then the base is K&Co paper pack (love it). I also got the new key tag punch from SU so I wanted to try that out as well and it worked well with this stamp. So, even though it is not Thanksgiving I do thank God for all my wonderful friends, in real life and all of you ladies that check out my blog, post comments, and participate in swaps and PIF with me. As I am looking at it again now I think that I am still missing something on this card, some ribbon or a tab on the left side of the card. Hm..... will have to pull it out again and do some revisions!
Hope you are all having a wonderful Sunday!
Heidi