Stampers Anonymous is coming!

Hello everyone! So I have to ask, are you participating in the Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas? Well a couple years ago I did and I fell in love with this set called Believe. It is a vintage santa, a tree and the word Believe in it, and can also be found in a set called Christmas Miracle. It is such an awesome set to build all types of cards, tags, etc...... and if you are a Tim Holtz fan- he is sharing so many more ideas with these sets HERE!

It really was a simple card to make, just stamp the image with permanent ink like Memento Tuxedo Black, and then use a sponge to the edges. I added the ribbon, felt, trim and tag and that was it. Oh, I forgot a little stickles to the edges for a little shimmer.

AND the GREAT NEWS is that 7kidscollege fund is now carrying these Stampers Anonymous sets! I had a horrible time trying to find them when I needed them, so hurry over and get them now because I am sure they will not last!

Here is a card that I made last year with another one of the Stamper's Anonymous sets as well! This one can be found in the holiday collection.

Heidi

Skating Fun

Oh I just know the cold weather and the snow are going to be coming soon! I can wait, as long as the good Lord wants to spare us the snow. But I had to pull out this little stamps, it has to be one of my most favorite ones from all my Magnolia's. I just love Edwin and Tilda together- so innocent.

I stamped this with Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored with coordinating colors to match the Basic Grey paper. The image is cut out with the nestabity and then I left it on and sponged inside the edges- I just like how it lightens the image up. The punch is a MS punch of a little village. The little paperclip I then strung a couple strings of beads off of it and tied a bow on it. I am honestly very thrilled with this card and told my husband it might never go in the mail. I used some glimmer mist on the red snowflake as well which you can't really tell. I am submitting this for the Friday Sketch Challenge.

I know that Tab has this image over at 7kids so if you like it- get it now. She is also doing orders for High Hopes which is another company that makes some really sweet images. You can check out the HH store and then order from TAB (quick and easy).

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Tilda and Edwin on Ice

INK: Memento Copic

Misc: MS Village Punch MS snowflake punch

Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses

Aww- Nuts!

Good Morning to you all! Today's card I made for the Friday Sketch Challenge Blog. When I first saw it I was overwhelmed with it, I actually thought I would skip it but when I pulled out this image and the DSP I thought it just might work. I am actually really liking the results. It is a 5 1/2 x 51/2 card though and I had stopped making so many of them due to my customers prefer to purchase the normal size card but he is a BIG elephant. This is a High Hopes image and the sentiments are also from HH. Tab over at 7kids has also started carrying a very large stock of high hopes and if she doesn't have one that you want- send her an email and she will look into it.

Take care and have a great day!
Heidi

Stamps: High Hopes
Paper: SU
Misc: Copics

Holiday Peace

Oh my......... what do you think? I am loving this card, the paper is so yummy, the colors are scrumptious, and the sketch? Well it is so sweeeeeeeeeet! This is for Friday Sketch Challenge and I just love everything about it. The image is Tilda Jam and I thought she would be a cute little Christmas girl. The paper...... Oh yeah, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses!

Ok, and I am sorry to enable you all but I can not help myself..... is this not the cutest snowman and Angel you have ever seen? They are a couple of the new Christmas Magnolia's and are on PRE-ORDER right now at 7kids so don't forget to get yours ordered!






THEN, AS IF that is not enough- High Hope Stamps are available at 7kids as well and Tab is taking orders. So basically go to www.highhopesstamps.com and find the ones you want and then email her your order! Let her know I sent you.

Happy Monday!

I have finally gotten a chance to use one of my new stamps that I got from 7kids pre-order. I just love this little bear and robin by Gillian Roberts. I wanted this card to have a little vintage look to it so I did alot of weathering on it and smudging some extra ink. PLUS, see the fabric? I used some old cloth that I tea stained years ago and stamped some snowflakes on it. The paper is from my new Cosmo Cricket packs(Oh yeah, another favorite!). As always, my bear is inked in Memento tuxedo black and colored with copics!

I hope you all have a splended day!
Heidi

Thankful

Oh I had to participate in the Friday Sketcher Blog Challenge this week as the sketch is so cute. I colored this sweet little Hanglar some time ago using my earth tone copic markers and it has been waiting for some DSP. I thought the ribbon which I got for $1 at Mike's some time ago was perfect coloring. I am always working on my bows though- just struggle with them. Once I figure it out I can't do it again with another type of ribbon. Ugh............. anyways, I hope you will join us for this challenge.

Stamp: Hanglar
Paper: K&Co
Ink: Memento Copics

Blessings

I had to show this card and I hope you find it as beautiful as I do. I wanted to make a dramatic statement and when I got my Fleur De Lis cuttlebug folder I knew I wanted to use it. I embossed it on black and then I used my versamark and covered the entire thing with it- then used clear embossing powder. This made it look so shiny- just beautiful! So I then took and used the Cross and the Blessings sentiments from my Cross of Christ set (ODBD). Finished it off with some vintage Prima flowers and WOW.

Ok, only one more sneak peak from me over at 7kids. And later this week- I will show you what I did with this other cool diamond plate cuttlebug folder.

Ok- we are off on a road trip today- college campus tour here we come! (wha wha.....)

Heidi

Cuttlebug Galore

Hello all- just a brief and simple card for you today...... I needed a inspirational card for a friend and this is what I came up with. The sentiment is one that a friend sent to me and then of course the cuttlebug folder Swiss Dots. Very simple and very easy.

While I am here though I have to show you these new pre-orders over at 7kidscollegefund. Are they not the cutest? They are Penny Johnson and they will also have new RAM stamps too!

Then of course, who can forget Henry the Mouse from the Whiff of Joy release..... tell me, what is a woman to do with all these new releases? Ok, I won't temp you anymore...... that is not nice of me. Have a great day!

A wonderful Gift

Happy Saturday and it is a beautiful one here in Michigan- holding out a little longer. The leaves are just starting to turn and the weather is cooler, crisper already. But the sun is shining. But I will move on to today's card. I made this following the Friday Sketchers sketch for this week. My image is a High Hopes and did you know that you will be able to get these over at 7kidscollegefund? Tab is taking orders- as she is kindly focusing on what you, the customer, wants her to carry. So- if you love these cute little stamps and you can't get them from high hopes anymore- you will want to stop over at 7kids.

As you can see- I put a little pocket on the inside to hide a little prize and this is what the Cute Card Thursday challenge was- this will make a sweet little gift for a little boy!

Have a great day! Heidi

Stamp: High Hopes 7 kids college fund

DSP: SU wintergreen

Ink: Memento, copics

Other: Nesties oval

Whiff of Peaches.........

I got this sweet stamp in the Whiff of Joy spring set that a dear friend of mine sent to me and I thought it would make a wonderful fall themed card. But I can tell you that 7kids also has a bunch of the WOJ holiday stamps to get you moving on those holiday cards too! I colored the image with my copic markers. The DSP is a pack of K&Co that I got that has tons of beautiful fall and halloween papers in it.

Off to do housework on this Saturday! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Heidi

You're Spooktacular

Today's card is in preparation for the Halloween holiday (for all you halloweeners out there!). I used the sketch from the Mojo Monday sketch challenge to make it. But I wanted to showcase the fabulous sizzix halloween Boo to You embossing folder- it is so darned cute! The punch is a Martha Stewart webb punch.

Here is another card that I made using the Boo to You folder and you can see much clearer- is it not adorable? There are a bunch of the limited edition folders over at 7kidscollegefund right now, stock up in preparation for the holidays!

Heidi

Sail Away

My goal this week was to participate in the Friday Sketcher challenge but I also challenged myself to make a masculine card. You see all the feminine and sweet girlie cards and not alot of us are making the masculine- give it to your husband or dad kind of cards. So here is my take on it.

The image is a boat that I just got but it is an old PSX stamp that I stamped and cut with my nestabilities label 1. The paper- well it was in my scrap box and that is all I have.......... I have also been trying to reach into my scrap box as much as possible because it holds some beautiful paper and some of it is still 8x11! I hate having it all sit in there.

So that is it for another day- I appreciate you stopping in............ and of course comments are always welcome, tell me what you think? What you would like to see, or how you use your scraps up.
Heidi

Friends

This card is one I worked on over the weekend for the Friday Sketchers Challenge. Claudia has put togther this beautiful sketch and I was really excited to work with it. The image is Tilda with her kitten and I used my neutral copics to get the job done. I was able to match most of them up with the Cosmo Cricket papers that I chose. I am bummed b/c I used my airbrush to highlight around Tilda but when I took the photo you can not see the color at ALL! I think that maybe I need to use a darker brown in the future. The circle around the friends sentiment is a circular plastic frame that I wrapped the ribbon around- so that it matched the ribbon on the card. The buttons I just got, are they not awesome colors? i was looking and needing fall colored buttons and this matches so well with my papers that I was so excited. So- here is my card to match this sketch......... so if you are lost for ideas- give this one a try this week!

I hope you all have a fabulous week and see you back here tomorrow! I have really been hopping on the challenges this week!

Oldie but Goodie!

Hey all- Happy Tuesday! Busy day here at the Steinhebel household, some appointments, work......... and then some special tasks to do this evening. I will share photos of what I am doing next week- I have to keep it under raps for now.

But I pulled out one of my older Tilda images this week. You know you build up all those new Magnolia's (or whatever your vice is) and then you don't use the older ones- I love this one. So I am submitting this one for the Friday Sketcher Challenge. The image is Magnolia Spring Collection Tilda with bird. which you can still get over at 7kids! I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black on Neenah paper and colored her with my copics to match the Basic Grey Lime Rickey. For the flower I punched out a piece of the paper with my circle punch and covered with epoxy sticker. I do love this sketch and will use it again!

Thanks for stopping in! Heidi

Whiff of Joy

Oh, oh..... pink and black! I thought I would make a card with the striking combination- it makes a statement I think. This is a Whiff of Joy: Melinda reading book. As you will see I am trying to experiment with the grey and black copics, I think that the girls with black hair are so striking. Now this one is still a little too grey but working on this. I do like how her pants came out, just faded enough I think. I used my nesties to do the image and scallop in black. By the way- I entered this in the copic creations challenge for this month!
I know it is another short post but hey, what else do you want to know-....... :)

Heidi

Are you blue?

I know, can you believe that I have made a Sarah Kay card without any pink? This is Picnic of Daisies stamped with Memento tuxedo black on Neenah cardstock all of which you can find at 7kidscollegefund. I also colored them with my copic markers to match the SU blues and DSP. The ribbon is one I got from the dollar bin at Michael's some time ago and it is so soft and ties wonderfully. I then finished it off with some little half pearls and a daisy.

I know it is short but I am off today and just got myself organized to post. So keepin is short and sweet- plus it is tooooo hot! LOL!. Have a great Tuesday!
Heidi

7kids Cherry

Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. Mine was packed: a golf outing on Saturday and then scraping, sanding and priming the front porch to have a fresh coat of paint! Lets just say I slept well this weekend and did not do what I was anticipating doing, which was to go to the Novi Rubberstamp show on Sunday! But oh well- the porch looks splendid.

Today's card is made with the OH SO CUTE little Tilda in her cherry dress. This has to be one of my favorites- for sure! I stamped her with tuxedo black ink from memento on solar white Nassau cardstock and then colored with mostly my green and red copic markers. The circle in the back was made with my inverted scallop circle nestability- is this shape not the coolest!? I think that she will find her way to a special friends home soon!

Also, you are going to want to check out all the new items that Tab over at 7kids: either in the store or on pre-order. Just to name a few:
* New flower soft and accessories by flower soft: pre-printed cards and taglets (pre-order
*Holiday Studio G stamps
* New Basic Grey Line (pre-orders soon)
* Spellbinder and Cuttlebug newest lines (pre-order)
* Distressed Stickles
* oh and all those new Sarah Kay lines (pre-order)
Heidi

Tilda stamp, Memento Ink, Nassau cardstock,

Oh and don't forget FREE STAMPS: see my post below!

Its been a long time.......... friend

Oh my I just finally got my Magnolia Lion from 7kidscollegefund and is he not the sweetest, that face makes me just want to rough him up. I went so far as to tell my husband I want a lion to keep and then once a week we could give him a little "groggy" pill so I can go in and play with him, snuggly and of course take pictures. Hubby thought that would be a little far fetched and might actually be exploiting the poor guy! Ha! We really do talk about other things........ it was a silly moment I guess.

So the image is stamped on Neenah paper with memento tuxedo black ink- which if I have said it once you MUST try it. I then colored with my copics. Oh and the little jungle sign is also a Magnolia and you could put little words on it as well- I opted to leave it blank this time. The little stems are made with the MS punch.

And don't forget if you order this week at 7kids you are automatically entered in a drawing for gift certificate. Check out the blog and see if you win!

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

A Kiss

First I will tell you this may be a long post (hey, I have been saving up so don't laugh!). This little image is a Sarah Kay: A kiss for chloe. Now I will also tell you that there are a bunch of new Sarah Kay stamps Christmas for pre-order over at 7kidscollegefund right now, PLUS a couple other artist from Stampavie have new lines out that Kat is taking pre-orders on right now. I am so excited because they are so cute and a little different too!

This card I used Tuxedo black on Neenah carstock and colored with my copic markers. The DP is SU that came in the hostess pack. But I also used my new nestabilities (and have you seen all the newest CHA releases? Well Tab is showcasing them over on the 7kids blog and you are going to love them. I can't imagine what my WISH LIST is going to look like!

And of course, Tab has the new new summer Magnolia line as well and you just can't resist them! I just wish they had an edwin for in that innertube! Ok, that is it for now- talk to you later!
Heidi

Gated Garden

Happy Day Ladies- well I am still on vacation, hope I am getting some sun, napping and just overall relaxing. Cross your fingers for me! This card I made for the StampSomethingChallenge that required the card to be Pink, Green and Yellow and I thought that these little Sarah Kay cards are always so sweet in those colors and then someone popped these two prints of paper in a package one time- I think it feels like a K&Co paper- so cute. I am also submitting for Roses on Paper Challenge too as they wanted a Gate Card with stitching- there you go!. What a perfect card for that opportunity. Is this little fence punch from MS just the perfect addition?

Of course I used Memento black on Neenah paper so that I could color her with my copics- just love the colors together. Notice how I didn't have a scallop nesties that fit the image so I cut one and pieces it so it can be seen on the top and the bottom and I thought it worked nicely!

Heidi

Recipe:
Stamp: Rose Garden
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: SU, Neenah
Copics: