Merry Christmas

I hope you all had a fabulous Holiday. We did-our grandkids and all of our children and spouses were home this year for the first time in five years! It was sooo wonderful. The grandkids are sooo loveable and spoilable! Loved every busy moment!

Here are a couple of Christmas cards from this year:

Happy New Year-Heidi

Hello Everyone-

Hope your holiday prep. is going well. I thought I would share one of the most recent classes I taught at Scrappin' Friends. It is a cute "Family" blocks set from "Carolee's Adorn-It."

I used the "Vintage Groove" collection (which they have at Scrappin Friends) and the block kit from Adorn-It. I added some fun embellishments and little tag sayings from the paper line. It turned out so cute-and the ladies had a great time making them.

See you soon-Heidi

Sentimental Sundays is hosting a great challenge featuring "Childhood." What a perfect challenge for me as I am a past educator. Children are so carefree and life is so simple. This Edwin card is one I made a while back, but it reminds me of those carefree days when children could run and play outside. Edwin looks as if he's having a blast!

Be sure to check out their blog to see what great creations others have come up with- http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/

Enjoy your day-Heidi

7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog is hosting "Challenge #8 Give Thanks."






What a fabulous challenge they have created this week. I am sooo excited to be able to enter one of my favorite cards that I created for my class that I taught at Scrappin' Friends Scrapbook Store.
I used Magnolia's "Standing Fall Tilda" for this design. I just love this stamp, she's so cute bundled up in her hat and scarf. She looks like she's ready for a fall walk along the river.
I colored the image with my Kooh-I-Noor Woodless colored pencils and mineral spirits.

Other ingredients:
Paper: Basic Grey-"Pyrus"
Buttons: Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: Bazzill
Twine and Chestnut Roan chalk ink

Be sure to visit http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ to see all of the other gals amazing entries as well. Have a fantastic week and good luck to all!

Busy, Busy, Busy-

Thought I would let you know, my cards are now for sale in the "Enjoy the Store." If you aren't familiar with this new store, it is in downtown Redding, across from Leatherby's Family Creamery. It is a store owned by the "Enjoy" Magazine, and showcases local artists work. It was a juried selection to be in the store, and my cards were chosen. I am very honored to have been asked to be a part of this very classy establishment. There are many talented artists in the store-so be sure to go and take a look.

Cosmo Cricket's blog is hosting a fun challenge. The challenge requires the use of either using papers from "Mitten Weather", or "Jolly By Golly" paper lines. I made a really fun picture frame using the "Jolly By Golly" paper line. The photo is my grandson seeing snow for the first time at age 1 1/2, doesn't my son look sooo excited-LOL!

Where did the summer go?

So, for those of you who may still be out there-but have given up on me........
I am still alive and well, a little crazy-but that's life (at least mine)! :)

So, a little update is in order-
I have been very busy creating cards and getting ready for a new store here in Redding to open. It is called "Enjoy the store." It is a gift store for local atisans to sell there wares. Artists selling in the store have been hand chosen through a jury selection process. YAHOOO- My cards were chosen. It has been a very long process, but the store is opening this month, soooo, I have been busily creating. I have completed 10 different designs, with a total of 100 cards to be in the store to begin with-hope it all works well for all!

I will posting samples in the next few days for you to see. If you are interested in purchasing them, I am working on an etsy shop, which I hope to have up and running in the next few weeks -so keep your eyes here for that also. (PS>Scrappin' Friends (my scrapbook store-is doing well and is keeping me very busy also teaching classes, etc.). No time for boredom in my corner of the world :)

See you soon-hope this finds all of you well!
Heidi