Be Mine

I thought it was time to start working on some Valentine's Day Cards. I typically do not do many of these because we don't really celebrate it and so I don't really send out any cards. But this little guy from Whipper Snapper was calling my name! Isn't he the cutest? This sketch is from the Friday Sketchers Challenge- gotta love those girls for giving me the inspiration. I colored him with my copics and layered him on Pretty Pink and Rose Red. The DP is from my new K&Co paperpack that I got after Christmas 50% off. I couldn't believe it- Valentine and Easter paper pack on sale. The little brads are some in my stash that I can not remember what brand they are but there are like 20 in the pack and different patterns and sizes (soooooo cute!) . With that I hope you are still enjoying the celebration of the New Year!
Heidi

BLOG CANDY ALERT:
Check out the candy that is up with new release at Starving Artist, they have some really fun sets and these new releases are so sweet!

Missing You

Hey it is me! Yep, I am back from vacation and this is the perfect card to post today. It is a card that I made for.............. well this is a little confusing, it was made for my friends dog to give to her and her family when they returned from their trip to Chicago. My oldest son was "dog sitting" as you may say and so we spent a lot of time with their dog- and you could tell he missed his family so the last night I made this card to leave at their home upon their arrival. We then found out it was HIS birthday, I should have made him a doggy birthday card too~ The image is a Whipper Snapper and I used the SU designer series papers.

So anyways- a little about the vacation to Nuevo Vallarta- it was a great flight both ways, the weather was fabulous, had a few rain showers (it is their rainy season) in the evenings but it never once interrupted more than the evening uno game on the patio, which we took inside. It was so beautiful to wake to the ocean, the sunshine and the sound of the water. I just love it! I will miss it greatly and we will begin our next planning endeavor next week. So- I leave you with this picture that my son took. He spent a great deal of evenings taking pictures of the sunsets and the beach and I thought this one was pretty awesome.

I am going to get to work so I have some goodies to show you this week AND I really must put out some candy soon- don't you think?

Heidi

The Mega Load!

Boy, I hope that blogger can accomodate all that I need to do today. I have busy trying to make cards following some of the fun challenges out there. As I have said, I do better if I can really use someone's design or if they just tell me what to use (does that sound silly or what? ) So, this first card is for the Friday Sketchers Challenge. This week Kimmie is the sketch designer and so I used her sketch and just tweaked a few things with it. This little mouse is a Whipper Snapper I believe and I used the copics to color him in. I then used glaze for the suckers and stickles for the ice cream and the ice cream he is sitting on. I think he turned out so cute.
The next picture is for the challenge on Papertake which was to make a Christmas card. Now, I have not even thought about Christmas and as you can see I even shot the photo in the back yard with the greens. Hanna is decorating her Christmas Tree which has lots of sparkled. I paper pieced her skirt from the opposite side of the paper which is K&Co and it just isn't Christmas colors so I enjoyed that.

Are you ready for one more? Possibly two- yeah, can you believe that I have 4 to post that I have done! Yikes................ I am already having problems with the system so lets try the Spoonful of Sugar Challenge picture. It had to be a High Hopes, Sarah Kay or a couple other brands and so I chose this little guy. I got this dog because he reminds me of our dog that passed away- just love him. Anyways- I am using paper from the DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies and the SU Gable Green, added a few primas to make it a little girly. I had to change the sentiment because I always got licks from Saibo. What do you think? Ok, Saibo never had a pink collar either but well- I just had to "bling" it up some! LOL!

Okay, one last one and this is for the CuteCard Thursday challenge which I have never done before. It had to be something "In the HOuse" and well, what else do we have in the house but a cup of Java! The papers are some that were sent to me and I believe they are B.G. This is a small 3x3 card because I always need cute little note cards to give as thank yous.

I think that is all that she is going to take today ladies. Thank you so much for looking today- it has been a busy Saturday. Have an awesome weekend!
Heidi

Coloring and More!

This first card I made is with an image that I got on SCS called Birdie Bath and it is a Whipper Snapper image. I fell in love with this little bird the first time I saw it. So- this is my card that I am going to post for Kraftin Kimmie's blog candy challenge. All you have to do is use her sketch, make a card and post it on your blog or on SCS- easy peasy! So whatcha waiting for? Take a look at what she is giving away- Magnolia stamps. They are yummy and cute all in one. As you can see in this picture I lifted the image off the nestie and I added stickles to the water and also to the prima flowers. I used copics to color the image- a couple grey's, blues, yellow and pink. It was fairly simple to do this one and I love how it turned out. I left it blank so I can jot a note in it and send it off when I wanted to.

Thank you for checking in, I am going to try and post another pic later as I have been just working like a slave girl on stuff lately. LOL!

Heidi

*Jungle Friends*

No, it is not Friday but this is the Friday Sketchers challenge that I decided to try this week. I apologize for no posts this week but it was a hum-dinger of a week. I decided today to spend some time with my stamps, images that I have gotten from the image PIF on SCS and use some of my many supplies. This is a jungle stamp that I believe is a WS and I got it from the PIF- colored with my SU colors except the elephant is copics. What better way to play with my goodies than a challenge. I used blue bayou as the base, then beige, the DP is K&C0 that was on clearance at Archivers this week. I popped the animals up to make it pop. I do like how this turned out.

Now- my next challenge to myself and to those of you that stamp, because I had this conversation with the lady at Archivers this week, is to send a card to someone that you need to thank, someone that is having a bad week, or someone that has inspired you. I have tons of cards and when it comes time to send a card I always think...... will they appreciate this card that I have made. " Are they worthy? " So I decided I needed to send out a few cards, in hopes that they will enjoy it.

Hope to see you soon- I have a few more projects that I have worked on this weekend and will show you all.

Heidi