Get Your Diva On!

Oh my gosh! I feel like it has been forever since I got to actually set down and make a card that was for a specific challenge. So this one I am making for the Get your DIVA On challenge over at Verve. The focus was to use natural colors (cream/white, black/grey/brown) with a splash of color: I chose eggplant which is a color I never use. So this card I started with a cream background which I embossed with Textile Texture folder and SU flower folder. I also used the Martha Stewart quilted border punch. And you can barely tell but there is a kraft layer as well. And there it is! I hope you all have a wonderful week!

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!

Smooches!

I am really struggling with my camera this week.......... just can't get it to give me a good quality photo today and unfortunately I need to get these posted so I apologize up front but I do think that you can get a good idea of what they are looking like. I think they are so cute. First the little holder is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4: scored at 2.5 and then 3 inches. The front is embossed with the cuttlebug folders of course- I only did the front portion of the folder to make them pop!

I stamped the Magnolia with Ladybug images and colored them with the copics- then just used a portion of the image to mount on the front. These are going to some special little girls- to not be named in case their mother is looking! They hold a little lipgloss as you can see down below.

Hope you all have a fabulous Sunday!

Stamp: Tilda with ladybug @ KLSNS

Copics, cuttlebug folders ( paisley, swiss dots, hearts)

Heidi

Golden Anniversary

I am pleased with the outcome of this card. My aunt asked me to make an anniversary card for some dear friends of hers and I will be honest with you I was a little baffled, I find that anniversary cards are hard to make (kind of like sympathy cards). So I set forth on some ideas and thought keep it simple and of course "golden". I cut the numbers and the Happy Anniversary with a cricut (thanks Jen- that was a great lesson!) out of just a very light gold color because I didn't want it to clash with the white or scream "cheap!" The rest is done with the cuttlbug folders. I did layer it with some foam so it has some depth to it as well. Inside I have made a little piece that goes in that is white, layered on the gold and has a little flower again in the corner. Well that is it for today- short and sweet and to the point! Have a great day!

Recipe; you can find all these items at 7kidscollegefund
Birds n Swirls Folder
Swiss Dots Folder
Floral Fantasy Folder
Nestabilities Label I

Heidi

Earth has no sorrow

Bear with me this weekend, I am going to try and get a few posts ahead because my hubby's uncled passed away last night and so I want to have free time to spend with family and such this weekend. I just hope I get the posts right for the right days! Yikees........

Today's card was made for someone else that lost someone very close to her, it has been mailed and I hope that she enjoys it. I am going to submit it for the StampSomething Challenge of showers or flowers card. It is made with a SU set and this is one of my favorites because you can use it for sympathy cards but the flowers are so simple they can be used for wedding, birthday or anything. Just a pretty simple set.

It is a really basic card, cuttlebug embossed with a couple folders but overall very simple but I think the message is there.

Have a good one!
Heidi

cuttlebug folders can be purchased at 7kidscollege fund

A pocket of Flowers to you

I am sure you have all been seeing the flower pot pocket cards and I figured I would give them a try. I tell you they are so easy and what a perfect project for spring! So this card is based in SU cocoa and the flowers are cut with my CB mixed flower die using a variety of designer and solid papers. I added a few dew drops to the centers and a couple sprigs of green, punched with my MS branch punch.

I am going to post this card for the Cute Card Thursday as they wanted you to use pink and brown and then the Stamp something Challenge where they wanted you to use different shapes. I figured when I completed the project and then went through my challenge list it fit for both. I hope that is alright!

The inside of the card or shall I say the pocket is very simple. I actually only attached 3 of the flowers to the tag that is pulled out and left the other 3 on the pot- I just liked the way it looked when I was finished with it. The message is short, sweet and to the point- it is a God's Blessings from SU.
I hope you enjoy it and give em a try! I got my directions from Stephanie
Heidi

Embossed Love

I started to work on some Mother's Day cards this week in order to get ahead and then I had some requests so once I got started I could not stop. I am loving this color combination and of course, how could I not love the simplicity of these cards using the CB folders? These are just a must and I am thrilled to be using them so much!

The first two cards showcase Garden whimsy from SU with Pink Piroquette and Baha Breeze. Very simple cards, I added a little bit of stickles to the wings of the butterfly to make it shimmer which you can not tell but it is so pretty!

The fore card is made with Pink Piroquette from SU and white cardstock which is embossed with my CB folder. I added a little pink and white polka dot ribbon and sentiment and done. The Upsy Daisy is from SU as well as the oval circle punch. I love this card b/c I love the set and it is clean and crisp. The card to the right is made very similar to the first and even a bit more simple in that I just mounted it to white cardstock added a strip of ribbon and wha la! What I did with the flowers is I stamped in PP and then in craft white just set off a little bit. I love the look. The card to the left is made with the one of the SU hostess sets and I colored it with my copics, layered it my embossed cuttlebug slip and added the sentiments. The image and matte are done with my spellbinders.

I hope you all have a blessed weekend and that the signs of spring will show!
Heidi

For the Guys

I thought I would give you all a little break from the pinks and reds that I have been posting most recently. I have really been trying to use my, toys shall I say for lack of a better word. I had started with a sizzix and then I got the cuttlebug- well my sizzix broke and so I moved up to the Big Shot which in essence does it all (well except the cooking and laundry and I am still working on that part!). LOL. Anyhow- I found a cuttlebug blog and it has given me inspiration to use my folders and dies again. If you are feeling like me- give it a try.

So today we have some High Hopes stamps and the card is for the challenge of making a Male Card and using your cuttlebug. So I used SU DP on the top and then used the Swiss Dots Folder on the lower portion of the card. I colored my cart with my copics and added just a smidge of ribbon, just enough to NOT make it femine. I also punched out the SU photo corner from the swiss dot paper and framed my cart. I think that it turned out cute.

Have a great day ladies!

Heidi

Impress with Embossing

I just have to share this new found inspiration with you all. I have a cuttlebug and all those folders and I use them on my cards as layers and love them. But truly do not use them alot and to their fullest potential- do YOU? Well I was blurfing last week and found this blog where she uses the CB folders to be the center stage. Now how cool is that? So here is my first card that I made putting those CB folders to work, make em show for the money I spent on them! LOL. First I die cut the bulb and snowflakes with my sizzix and then quickly threw them into my snowflake folder and wha-la! Are they not awesome? (I know you are all like, uh, Heidi where have you been?) Then I embossed the base card with swiss dots and then the top piece with oh, fooey, I can't recall the name of it. But you get the idea! The greeting is SU Sincere Salutations.

I then took some of the jelly impressions to make a "mark" for the envelope. I had to die cut the impressions with sizzix die b/c none of my punches fit. But I am pleased with the outcomes.



Tata!
Heidi