My New Shop

Hello Friends

I have opened an Etsy Shop  My hope is that you will take a look and see something that you just can't live without. I just listed some card kits that have been pre-designed for you. All you need to do is put the card together following the detailed instructions included in the kit. 
In the meantime, here is a sample of what you will see....

This little girl is 1 of 5 in a kit. Everything is included and all you need to do is pull out your adhesive, a corner rounder punch and some brown ink if you would like to add a little antiquing to the edges of the papers.

Go to my store and take a look around 😊 Have fun and I will be adding more kits and finished cards in the next few days. 

Have a great day, see you soon-
Heidi

Papertrey Ink: Win It Wednesday!

Hello All

It has been a long time (more than a year) since I last posted-life has just been hectic to say the least. I now have too much time on my hands as I have been dealt a rotten deck of cards. I am forced to play the game of Cancer! As I sit here in my room at the Phoenix, Arizona Cancer Treatment Center of America, I am happy that I brought along some of my stamps and dies. A bonus, is that some of my Papertrey Ink Stamps came along for some fun and therefore, I am able to participate in the Papertrey Ink "Win It Wednesday" challenge. 

The challenge rules are to create a card using your favorite card layout. My favorite is always to layer, layer, layer and I almost always use ribbon! My go to is usually to put a sentiment at the bottom of the card and sometimes on a tag.

Here is my card:

For my card, I used Papertrey's "Make It Market Kit," Don't Forget to Write stamp and die set. I added some pink seam binding ribbon and some sequins from my stash that I brought along with me.

I took my photo outside on the grounds of the center. It was an overcast day and so the color is definitely not as prominent as the card is in person. The grounds here have some beautiful flowers and plants, so I had a nice backdrop next to a fountain of beautiful yellow flowers.

 This was a fun card to make and definitely took my mind off the side affects of cancer. I hope you enjoy it and come play along!

Hugs Heidi

Papertrey Ink: 11TH ANNIVERSARY DAY 8: FEBRUARY RELEASE DAY 3 + COLOR CHALLENGE

Today is Papertrey Inks 8th day release and today is a COLOR CHALLENGE. I decided to play along (yahoooo, another day to play-I can't believe it! I barely have time to open my craft room door these days, let alone find time to play too!) Super excited to play along with this fun color challenge. Using the color recipe cards provided on the page (linked above), I chose to use Laurie Schmidlin's color recipe card, because I love the fun vibrant colors. This color combo includes:
PTI colors, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores, and Amethyst Allure. 

Oh, so much fun!!! I decided to make a friend a card who has been and is a huge part of the success of our mentor team at work. She supports us monthly with a team meeting and always has a positive twist to our many frustrations we face daily. I can't say loudly enough, how appreciative I am of her. 
I hope this card brings her bunches of colorful sunshine, just as she brings to our team!

I used PTI's Flower Power Stamp Set and Die, along with Stamper's Select White Cardstock, Green Parakeet Cardstock and 

Bitty Big: Green Parakeet Color Collection.   Here is a close-up of the details. Enjoy!!! Have a great day! Heidi

Papertrey Ink: 11th Anniversary Day 7: DIES – NO STAMPS! CHALLENGE

Hello Friends-

I am excited that I have found a day to create and play in my scrap room. With that, then came the decision of what I would create and what inspiration might I find when scouring my favorite designers and companies.

I am always excited to see what Papertrey Ink has in store and so I headed to their new blog to see what was new and exciting . This month they are celebrating their 11th Anniversary. On the 7th day release for the month, the challenge is to use ONLY dies to create the project.

Oh, my, no stamps? So, I started to scour my die collection from Papertrey and had many pulled out to pick from-oh-too overwhelming, so what was I to do? Well, I decided that since Valentines Day is this next week, what better card to create, than one of Love! With that thought in mind, I pulled all  my Valentine dies out and here is the end result. I am going to give this to my mom to tell her how much I love her and appreciate all she has done and does for me daily.

I used my Papertrey Ink - Cover Plate: Hearts Die for the background with Stampers Select White Cardstock. 

The patterned paper used on my card is from Authentiques "Lovely" collection. The card base is PTI Perfect Match Berry Sorbet Cardstock.

For the heart, I used the Enclosed: Heart Die with a scallop heart behind to accent it. I covered the center patterned paper with a vellum heart and then cut the word "Love" out of True Black Card-stock. 

For the flowers, I used PTI wool felts in  Berry Sorbet, Aqua Mist, and Simply Chartreuse. The buttons are also from PTI and are Hawaiian Shores and 

Sweet Blush.  I so enjoyed making this card and the process of creating, and I can't wait to give it to my mom this week to show her how much I care and appreciate her. I hope you enjoy it too! Happy Valentines Day to all, Heidi

Papertrey Ink: MAKE IT MONDAY #256: SPRITZED STAMPS

Hello Friends-

Wow! Where have the last couple of months gone? I can't believe it's the end of July and I have had little crafty time in the last couple of months. I had this week off work (much needed, I must say) and I definitely wanted to fit in some card making.

Melissa Philips, over at Papertrey Ink had a weekly challenge with a technique I had not tried before, so what a perfect option for making a card and indulging in some me time! Melissa has a great video (as always), showing how to spritz your stamps to get a unique flair to stamping. If you haven't seen it yet, click here.

Here is my card: 

Recipe:
Papertrey Stamp and Dies: Garden Variety
Papertrey Paper: Pale Peony, Stampers Select White
Papertrey Inks: Simply Chartreuse, Pale Peony, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Summer Sunrise,                              Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow,  and Classic Kraft
Papertrey Ink Button: Hawaiian Shores
Papertrey Ink Die: Tag Sale #8
Miscellaneous: "Garden Party" by Pebbles-Patterned Paper, Seam Binding Ribbon, Twine, Doily


I used the spritzing technique on the flowers and grass in the watering can. It is a small stamp, so it doesn't show the technique well in the photo, but it was a fun and easy way to change up a stamps look!

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by. Now go get crafty yourself and stop by PTI blog to see what others are creating with this technique.

See you soon-
Heidi

Papertrey Ink: MAKE IT MONDAY #251: GRADIENT WATERCOLOR DIE CUTS

Hello good friends

I sure hope everyone has had a wonderful 3 day weekend in remembrance for all those who have served our country. We enjoyed a quiet weekend and today went to our son's for a B-B-Q with our 4 children, their families and our grandchildren. Two of our children were in the military and one of our son-in-laws. Thankfully they are all home now and safe. It is always nice to have outdoor events, as it is a busy place when we all get together now with so many grand kids (9 and one on the way)-love them all dearly!

When I returned home, I immediately went to the computer to see what this week's MIM challenge was on Papertrey's "Capture the Moment" Blog. Today, Dawn McVey is showing a great video on how to create a  "Gradient Watercolor" technique. You can check it out here.

I love this technique for two reasons-
       1. It is relaxing to create using this technique
       2. It's fast and easy!

Here is my card, using the "Butterfly" Cover Plate. This is easily one of my favorite cover plates from Papertrey.

I used PTI inks:

Sweet Blush

Lovely Lady

Hibiscus Burst

Berry Sorbet

Summer Sunrise

Harvest Gold

Lemon Tart

Limeade Ice

Vintage Jadeite

Aqua Mist

The sentiment is from "A Little Inspiration," also from PTI. I am giving this card to a co-worker. She and I have to constantly remind one another that our jobs are new to the organization, and at times a little disorganized and frustrating. We have a slogan to help us "Remember," it will get better! Our slogan has been "We are flying the plane as it is being built!" I keep adding "I think we might have put the wings on upside down and backwards!" HAHA......

PTI has a great little saying in this set that was perfect for our journey in this new job position and I thought it would make her chuckle! 

This was a great technique and a fun card to put together! 

See you soon-

Heidi

Papertrey Ink-MIM #250-- "Masked Backgrounds"

Hi There Friends

I put together a very quick card this afternoon to enter in Papertrey Ink's "Make-It-Monday" weekly challenge. This week Laurie Wilson has shown how to mask around the edges of your card making a quick technique to make a border around your card. It is a very simple idea, and yet one that provides a nice frame for the card background. If you are not familiar with this technique, check out her video here. 

 After masking off my card edges, I used Papertrey's Premium Ink colors of Mint Julep, Vintage Jadeite, and Green Parakeet. The flower is made with Berry Sorbet and Hibiscus Burst felt, and I used Simply Chartreuse for the leaves. The flower die I used is,  Beautiful Blooms 2 Die Set, and Lovely Layers. For the wording, "Be Fearless," I used the stamp and die from the Be set.


This was a relaxing and fun card to make. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!

Have a great Memorial Weekend
Heidi

REVERSE CONFETTI-SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY (#36-MAY 2016)

Hello Friends and Family

Ha-----It has been a busy last couple of months for me, both at home and at work, so, I have not had much time leftover for card making or scrapping. I took a much needed vacation and I finally had a chance this month to get a couple of cards made.

Reverse Confetti, is one of my favorite stamp companies, and I love finding time to create a card or two for their monthly challenge. This month, I made sure to use this challenge to my advantage and get ahead of the game personally to get a baby card made for my daughter-in-law (not due until late summer)-so a HUGE smile on my face, I actually made a card before it is needed. That doesn't happen often for me!

The design for the Reverse Confetti challenge: 

My take on the design:

I used the "Lift Me Up" stamp set. This set is absolutely adorable and I think the cutest baby or child stamp set I own! I colored the giraffe, bird and presents with Copic markers (sorry I didn't write down the colors used). I also used: "Top O' the Tag" Confetti Cuts Die to mount my little giraffe on and some fun papers from my stash!

A fun little sketch this month, and I am happy that I now feel so ahead of the game with getting this card done so far in advance!

See ya soon-

Heidi

EDIT: I'm bummed-I posted this 1 hour too late to enter challenge! Oh-well, such is my life-(late)-HA!

Mt. Shasta

Hi Friends-

I recently returned from a trip to Mt. Shasta. I am fortunate it is only a short trip up the road, only 1 hour and I not only can enjoy the beautiful scenery, but much cooler weather. Here in Redding Ca., we are blessed with the beauty of the mountain on a daily basis, but as you get ever near the mountain, you realize what a true beauty it is! So Lucky to be able to see it from my backyard, but not as up close and personal as I saw this past week.

We had a couple of mornings of sun, but mostly rain off and on and some hail. After one of the rainstorms, we were treated with a beautiful rainbow. I think I should have driven just another block up the road, and I would have surely found that pot of gold-it was looming close! 

We enjoyed our visit with one another, as well as, spent the entire week making cards and I actually was able to finally finish my youngest grandson's baby album that I started 9 months ago! Ahhh.....it turned out so cute. I will post some pics soon!

Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful spring weather-(at least here in N. Ca.)

See you soon-

Heidi

REVERSE CONFETTI-APRIL SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY (SFYTT) #35

Hi there friends-

It's raining again today here in Norther CA and my tennis match was canceled, so next best thing to do is create a card. I haven't had time yet to play along with Reverse Confetti's Monthly Sketch Challenge, so today is the perfect day for that!

 

I wanted to make a co-worker a card to give to her, as she has been working so hard to train some new mentors in our program, and it was a very tough week of training involved. She left work on Friday exhausted, so I wanted to cheer her up tomorrow, with a sweet card to lift her spirits. Even though it was a tough week, she pulled it off and our new mentors are now trained and ready to go out into the field because of her hard work! My turn next month to train some new folks, sure hope I'm able to pull it off as well as she did!

For my card, I stenciled and used a color mix of yellow, green and turquoise to fill in the stenciling. My patterned paper is from "My Mind's Eye-Collectable." I used Reverse Confetti's stamp set, "Garden Bunch," along with the "Leafy" Confetti Cuts. For the sentiment, I used Reverse Confetti, "Circle Sentiments." I added some fun little sequins to give it a little extra sparkle!

It was a simple, yet fun card design and I hope my co-worker enjoys it!

Have a great week-

Heidi

MAKE IT MONDAY #245: COLOR ISOLATION

Hello All

This week over at PTI, Ashley Cannon Newell has a "Color Isolation" challenge for MIM. You can watch her video of this technique and get challenge information here.

For my take on this challenge, I used the stamp set, "What the Doodle: Feather" set. This is such a fun little set to color and/or stamp with ink. I chose to color my feather with my Copic markers, using the color family pinks. The exact pen colors I used were, RV23, RV25, RV29. I stamped the background feathers in "Soft Stone."

 I then used Lovely Lady cardstock to mount my card base, popped the feather up to give it some dimension, stamped the sentiment from the stamp set, "Hello," and tied a piece of twine to the end of the feather. I love how it turned out, and it was sooooo simple!

Have a great week-

Heidi

MAKE IT MONDAY #244: SCORE LINES

Hi Friends-

This week for "Make It Monday," Laurie Willison  is showing how to include score lines as part of the detail in her cards. What a fun idea-I have not done this before, but it definitely adds a fun detail and is very simple to do!

Here is my take on this weeks MIM challenge-

I scored diagonal lines on the top of my card and added Authentique "Delightful" patterned paper to the bottom of my card. The sentiment is from a newer stamp collection from Papertrey Ink called, "Be." The Butterfly's, "Be Happy" stamp set are also from PTI. I used "New Leaf" ink to stamp the frame around the sentiment. Laurie also shows how she pops small words to give dimension with fun foam-so easy to do and really helps add a "Wow" factor to the sentiment!

This was a very simple and quick card to make and with just a simple score line, adds so much detail-who knew? 

Have a great day-

Heidi

MAKE IT MONDAY #243: INK BLENDING OVER HEAT EMBOSSING

Hi There Blog Friends-

Last week, Papertrey Ink's MIM was to use ink blending over heat emboss. I made a card, but then didn't ever take the time to load here to my blog and enter the challenge. UGH-LIFE and WEATHER! It poured the day I made the card and then I never had time to get my camera out and get a good picture.

Since I took the time to make the card, better late than never (at least to let you see my creation)-oh well! So here was my take on the challenge last week. 

I used the "Polka Dot Basics and Diagonal Additions" stamp sets from PTI and heat embossed the small dots with white. I then stamped bigger dots and the diagonals with "Hawaiian Shores and Mint Julep" inks. I blended "Lemon Tart" ink over the small white embossed dots. The butterfly's are from the "Bitty Butterflies and Signature Series-Butterfly" stamp sets. They are stamped with "Summer Sunrise, Berry Sorbet, and Lemon Tart" inks. The sentiment is also from the "Bitty Butterflies" stamp set.

It was a fun card to make, and I will definitely do some more of this technique in the future!

Have a great day-

Heidi

Reverse Confetti- Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT) #34

Hi All-

I hope you are all having a great weekend? It is very blustery and wet here in Northern California this weekend, and I have spent some creative time in my craft room, getting inky fingers and challenging myself to try some new techniques!

I decided to use this months Reverse Confetti Blog sketch to create a Spring card, as Bunny Day will be upon us before we know it!

Here is the sketch-

Here is my take on the sketch:

I used Hoppin Dots Quick Card Panel to cut out the green tag, which is a part of the Gift Card Die. This little panel is perfect as the words "Hippity Hop" are written all over it!

I also used "Basket Confetti Cuts," and inside the basket I stamped and die cut a little spring chick and bunnies from the stamp set "Carton Cuties," and at the top of the green tag, I cut out a piece from "In the Bag Cuts and Totes." I also use the banner from "Tag Me" to stamp "Spring has Sprung" also from the Carton Cuties stamp set.

What a fun sketch and I can't wait to give it to someone special this spring!

Happy week-

Heidi

PTI-Make It Monday #242

Hi There-

It is a very wet, windy day here in Northern California-A perfect day to create! 

This week over a Papertrey Ink's blog-"Capture the Moment," Dawn McVey is challenging everyone to use a sponge stamping technique. If you aren't sure what that entails, she has a great video showing the process. What a fun technique this was, and one I hadn't tried before, so it gave some challenge!

Here is a photo of her card using this technique: 

On here card you can see how she variegated the colors on the bird with shades of green and blue.

Here is my finished card:

I used the stamp and die set-"Fresh Floral Wrap Ups."

On my card I chose to do this technique on the wrap around the flowers, using Hibiscus Burst and Berry Sorbet and Classic Kraft. On the stems of the twigs in the floral arrangement, I used New Leaf and Classic Kraft. The flowers are Aqua Mist.

Here is a close-up--

It was a fun challenge, and a technique I will use in the future! Make sure you check it out and join in the fun!

Have a great week-

Heidi

Papertrey Ink-MIM #241

Hi all-

This week over at Papertrey Ink's blog "Capture the Moment," Betsy Veldman is showing a fabulous technique for the Make It Monday Challenge. She is challenging us to make an ombre stenciled background. If you are unfamiliar with how to make an ombre background effect, Betsy has a fabulous video showing how she created this beautiful card---check it out!

 I recently purchased some great background stencils from Papertrey, so I was excited to see this weeks challenge is asking us to use them! I also absolutely love the color combo Betsy chose in making the ombre background, so of course mine is very similar looking, color-wise! 

Betsy used the chevron stencil on her card, and I used the little flat looking oval stencil design from the set for my card. 

For my card details, I use a small doily to put over the background ombre stencil design, and then tied some natural jute twine across this area. I used PTI stamps and dies "Frilly Flowers" with the same color combos as the ombre design.

 I added Ripe Avocado leaves. 

My sentiment is from the stamp set "Handwritten Notes." In the center of the flowers, I die cut a Hibiscus Burst felt flower using the Bitty Button Stacks die. I then added a Harvest Gold button tying the two together with a piece of jute twine.

I love how my card turned out! I have done ombre techniques in other ways before, but using the stencil over the top for some fun tone-on-tone design sure made the colors pop! So much fun!!

Have a Fantastic Day-

Heidi

The Shabby Tea Room-#218 "Tea Party"

Hi There Friends-

 

This week in The Shabby Tea Room, Tina asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE A TEA CUP/TEA POT OR PETIT FOUR/SWEET TREAT, LACE/RIBBON and PEARLS!

 

 

Our sponsor this week is Paper Temptress

 

 

Here is my card this week:

 

 

 

I love the colors in the photo-so shabby and of course since I drink green tea everyday from my favorite little bistro, this card was a lot of fun to create. I will have to give it to a friend someday with a gift card inside, so we can go and enjoy a cup of tea on me! :)

 

 

Hope you will come along and join us in The Shabby Tea Room this week-

 

Heidi

 

 



Shabby Tea Room Challenge #217-"Pretty Prints"

Goodmoring Monday Friends-

 

I hope you had a terrific week and you are ready for some more fun in The Shabby Tea Room! This week Debbie is our creative hostess and she has given this fun inspiration photo of "Pretty Prints" made of fabric. So, with that as a jumping off point, she asks that we use the colors in the photo and of course to also include fabric on your card/project!

 

 

Our sponsor this week is: Paper Sweeties

 

 

I needed to make a card for a friend that has been extra kind this week and I decided this challenge would lend itself perfectly! I used Paper Sweeties stamp sentiment "So Sweet of You," from the stamp set also named "So Sweet of You." 

 

I love the colors in the inspiration photo! Soft, yet full of color and very spring like! Here is my card that I have made for my dear friend-Thanks so much Cathi for being so unexpected this week-so appreciate your thoughtfulness!

 

 

My flower is made of fabric that I ironed pellon onto to give it a stiffer consistency to work with and then I added tulle, burlap and a lacey ivory fabric between a couple of layers and of course finished it off with wool felt leaves-(LOVE felt!) 

 

 

I hope you will come on over to The Shabby Tea Room, to participate and have some fun making your card/project with a fabric touch!

 

Have a great week and I will see you in The Tea Room!

Heidi

 



The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #216- "Tic-Tac-Toe"

Good Morning Friends- I think Spring has officially arrived! Our weather is going to heat up here in Northern Ca. (Into the 90's we go)-UGH!! But it's cooler than summer, so I will take it! Got to have some prep for the summer for sure.

 

So,this week in The Shabby Tea Room, Shaz is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Tic Tac Toe' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration! Shaz asks that you create a card/project inspired by the photo and select 3 squares in a row to use on your creation either diagonal, vertical or horizontal. 

 

(You may use more than one row of three, but it has to be a complete row.  For example: if you use pennants, fabric and buttons it is 1 row. If you then want to use gingham also, to complete that row you must also use pearls.)

 

 

 

For my card, I used the horizontal middle row (pearls, ribbon, and polka dots), and then I also used the vertical middle row (fabric, ribbon, and flowers). The pearl is on the bunnies eye. The ribbon is green moss seam binding. The polka dots are not only on my bunny, but also on the strip of yellow and white paper. The fabric are my leaves from a ginham fabric and the turquoise tulle behind the flower. and then of course a yellow spring flower to top it off! What a great challenge, and so much fun!! Thanks Shaz, for the great inspiration this week!

 

 

Our sponsor this week is Digital Papers by Janet

 

 

My bunnie is from her "Bunnies Label" digi. I loved all of the bunnies on this sheet and it was difficult to pick one. I think I am going to have to make some more bunny cards for next year. To think I might get ahead of the game for next year-Haha!

 

Come play along with us this week in The Shabby Tea Room. I wonder which row you will Tic-Tac-Toe in? Can't wait to see what you come up with :)

 

Have a great week-Heidi