Step Card

I just happened upon this challenge over on SCS and just fell in love with these cards and truly they are so easy! I am going to post mine over there and will share with you the details of the card as well. I used SU Winter Post (yeah, so glad it arrived in time for this card!) and stamped the trees which are from Stampers Anonymous Believe set in kiwi on whisper white cardstock and matted on cocoa cardstock. Then I stamped the skaters in chocolate chip, colored a couple of things and then I cut around them but left the bottom portion of the paper so that it would attach to step 2 of my card. I also stamped the reindeer, matted him on cocoa and attached at step 2. The front is Ski Slope DP and the Postcard image from the set in chocolate chip. I added some stickles to the skating pond that I made and done. I am pleased with the way it turned out.

Details:
Cardstock 10.5 x 5. Scored at 1.25, 2.5, 4.25, 6, and 8.25.
Fold the card accordian style making sure the smallest fold is folded down as this will be the front of your card.
Start embellishing it!

I hope you give this one a try it truly is fun and lets you be very creative in decorating the steps. If you make one, please leave a link and I will stop over and take a lookie! Have a great day!

Heidi

Magnolia Cutie!

Oh boy- it has been 4 days since I last posted- sorry about that. Thank you to everyone for your kind words. The car went into the shop and since we have a rental my son can not drive it, thus no road test till it is out. He told me that he is fine with that, he doesn't have a car right now so it isn't important to him if he gets his license ON the actual day or not so it will be later this week.
So- on to some fun stuff! I pulled out my Magnolia's since I had not used them in a bit and worked on this little sweetie!

This is birthday Tilda and she has a yummy litte cake for you for your Birthday Celebrations (SU). I used a sketch on this one, was lacking some creative MOJO I guess so took it from Mojo Challenge she has some FAB sketches for you to use! I colored her with my copic markers and matted on SU celery cardstock. I then took the polka do pink paper from my DCWV nursery paper and used my hearts border punch. I had not used this in some time and wouldnt you know it broke half way through! (Ugh..... I fix and will now call Fiskars) . The strip is celery and the main paper is DCWV another nursery paper from that pack. I added a couple of prima and good to go. Happy Birthday to someone!

Question for today: you make all these cards so what do you do with them (if they are not for a design team) ?

Mine go in a box to use for future needs, some I package and give away for birthday gifts, christmas, prizes to my staff at work.

I will be back later this week with some fun CB folder projects and a great site that I found. Also check out my blog candy list- I have been trying to keep it up to date- Bunny Zoe has some new HH goodies! Talk to ya later!

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.

The blues

I have been wanting to try this technique and I think that I picked the perfect set to work with; not to mention the colors are popping as my youngest would say. I used Buckaroo Blue/vanilla to matte and sky as the base, I stamped the image with versamark and then embossed it with clear embossing. I then took white craft ink and used a dauber to go over the areas that I had embossed and this is the effect that I got. What do you think? I am loving it and... shhh, don't tell- it took me only minutes to make these cards. You could whip up a few of these in no time especially if you did all the cutting up front. Perfect WOW card for a workshop for sure! I know, short post but whatcha gonna do, I am just trying to catch up on projects.

Heidi

ps: Oh winner of my little "help me out" contest is won by Chris A and here is the outcome: send me your addy and I will send you the card!

Lace Doily Fetish

I am laughing as I am getting ready to post my card for today- can you tell I just got the lace doily punch? I absolutely love it too- I think it makes the card soft, elegant looking. Today I pulled out my newest stamp set from SU called Upsy Daisy and thought I would play with it and the new colors.

I am using the Tangerine and the Kiwi cardstock and of course the tangerine ink. At first I did not order these colors, more so that I wanted to see them in real life but also I tend not to purchase all the new colors but I have to say.......... I was hooked when I saw the cardstock. I love all the new in colors except the pacific point blue. This set is just so pretty and I think it is because it is so simple, this card really didn't take long to make. I think that punching the doily edge took the longest as I must say that MS punch is not easy to use. I also decided to add a little touch to the inside by putting some cream paper and decorate it- allowing me to write a note or stamp something later. I always tend to leave everything blank until I use it.

I also want to thank all of you who posted suggestions to my card the other day. I will take a look at them and give them a try and then the winner will get the card, but it might take a couple of days. It is the weekend and I desperately need to do some grocery shopping and maybe, just maybe I will go to the Lions game on Sunday. I kinda want to stamp but then again I want to spend time with my hubby too. So we shall see!

That is all for me right now- thanks to everyone that stops in and post comments they are truly appreciated.

Have a great weekend!
Heidi

Ah hello - happy Wednesday. I am so glad it is the mid-week, it has not come fast enough for me. I think that I need like 3 weekends in a row to recooperate. But that would mean it was time to head back to CA for me, so I will stick with time as I know it.

This card I used one of the new hostess sets and colored it with my copics. I will say the picture does not do it much justice as I think the image turned out truly pretty. I layered the image on mellow moss and the DP is a cosmo cricket one that was sent to me. I used the new tangerine for the card base- the colors go nicely together and yet are different. I bought the MS lace punch and used chocolate chip to make the middle piece. So- here is where I need YOUR help. I love this sketch so to say but this card I struggled with WHAT to put as a sentiment (as I think it is missing something) and how to put it on (where). Give me your thoughts please........... I will mess around with your ideas and send you the card if I choose your idea. Sound fair?

Blog Candy Day!

I will post another project later today but I just had to share some goodies with you all.

Lim's Candy

Fran's Candy Oct 6th

Kram's 10-4

Angel Oct 3

Tara Oct 3

Michelle's yummies

Dollies

Jeannette 10-12

These are some talented ladies I tell you.