Hello!! I know it's been a few days since my last post! I hope you all had a great weekend! How many of you were able to take a little time for yourself & enjoy World Card Making Day? I hope each of you were able to do something fun over the weekend & enjoy some creative time!!
We had a pretty busy weekend around here. On Saturday I had a Stampin' Up! Open House with make-n-takes to celebrate WCMD. I really enjoyed the day & it's always fun to be able to visit with the ladies! I want to say Thank You So Much to all of the wonderful ladies that came on Saturday!! Later that evening I went to a Surprise Birthday Party! One of the ladies (Miriam) that comes to my stamping classes had her 60th Birthday on Saturday & her Daughter had a surprise party for her! It was a really nice party with family & friends & really yummy food!
When I came home I had my own surprise!! I received an email from Liz at CHF (Cornish Heritage Farms) letting me know I had won a 'mini treasure' from the Worldwide Treasure Hunt!! I won the Summer Fun stamp set!! I can't wait to play with it!! I already have a few ideas sketched out-LOL-so I will be ready!! You should hop on over to
CHF and check out the new line of stamps by
Kim Hughes!! She has some really fun designs!! I have to say the Treasure Hunt was so much fun!! Along the way you had to look for CLUE WORDS & throughout the journey the Treasure Hunt took me to some wonderful sites with some amazing design work!! I thought it was a great way to celebrate a new stamp line.
On Sunday after church we spent the day at the Big Island Rendezvous & Festival. It's a great way to spend the day with family and find out what life was like 150 years ago! They have entertainment, merchants, & lots of yummy food!! I will post more about that tomorrow...
Here are a couple of cards that I made this last week. They were for customer orders but they were also for my friend Miriam (Surprise BD Party). I love how both of them turned out!! I didn't realize it until I was going to do this post but I forgot to take pictures of the card I made for her from myself! LOL!
Supplies~Paper~SU-Elegant Eggplant, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Whisper White
Stamps~SU-Flourish, Lace (both retired), Hero Arts-Lady, A Stamp In The Hand-Script, Anna Griffin-Sentiment
Ink~SU-Elegant Eggplant, Versamark, Black Stazon
Tools~SU-Distress Tool, (Punches) Ticket Corner, Circle 1/8, 1-1/4, 1-3/8, Heat Tool, Sponge
Other~Pearlex, Twinkling H2O's-Royal Orchid, Iridescent Gold, Stickles-Diamond, Brenda Walton-Adhesive Rhinestones, My Stash-Black Velvet Ribbon, Gold Ribbon, Chipboard & Pop Dots
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Paper~SU-Regal Rose & Very Vanilla, The Luxury Stack-Printed Paper
Stamps~SU-Cherish, Me & Carrie Lou-Dress
Ink~SU-Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, River Rock, Rose Red, Versamark
Tools~SU-Distress Tool, 1/8 in. Circle Punch, Lg. Oval Punch, Spritz Tool, Aqua Painter, Fiskars Embossing Corner Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Wizard, Heat Tool, Sponge
Other~Gold & Pearl Pearlex, SU-Gold EP, Brads, Ranger-Crackle Accents, Joann's-Pearls, My Stash-Ribbon, Lace, Pop Dots
Thanks for stopping by & I hope you have a Marvelous Monday!!
Smiles!
Heidi
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On Saturday I actually had three different styles of this card, but this one is my favorite. Almost all of the materials use to make this card are from the SU Simply Sent Kit~Simple Delights. I also used the paper piercing tool for the holes. For each example I used the exact same supplies from the kit and demonstrated how easy it is to achieve different looks from very simple to advanced.
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For the center image I used some printed paper (sorry I'm not sure about the company!) that I had bought at Archiver's some time ago & I have been hoarding it for just the right project. Do you hoard your supplies? Isn't that awful!! I am trying to use things more, I mean it's certainly not doing anything for me tucked in a corner sitting on a shelf in my craft room! *wink* The images were on a 12 x 12 sheet & I don't know if you can tell from the pictures but each one is embossed. 
This is a picture of all the images I used for the ATC's. I used the Fiskars Stamp Paper Edgers to make a faux stamp & sponged Distress Ink by Ranger-Frayed Burlap on the edges.
For the background paper I used SU Designer Series Brocade Background. I stamped several different images on the printed paper, added some pearlex & distressed the edges.
For this card we will be doing masking for the technique. I will also be demonstrating how to get the most out of your chipboard and using it for a stencil-this is how the moon was made.
I love these little votive cups!! They are so cute & a nice decorative touch for Halloween!
We will be making a set of votive candle holders, two cards & goodies bag.
Paper~SU-Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Green Galore, Basic Black, Lovely Lilac
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This is the 2nd card that we made. I think this one was a favorite for the night! The technique is called Iris Folding. The pattern for the bat came from Circle of Crafters. They have several patterns for iris folding along with complete instructions. They also have a monthly newsletter with free patterns.
This is the 3rd card that we made tonight. These buckle cards are so fun to make and I got to use one of my new sets!
Like I said this is going to be a quick one tonight! I will come back tomorrow and add all of the info (stamps, paper, ink...) to the post.
For the base of this card I used a full sheet of CS folded in half and scored. To design this picture I used several stamps and also did a little bit of masking. All of the stamps except for the wold are stampscapes stamps. They are very easy to work with and what I would call very user friendly stamps. Like I said I did a little bit of masking, mostly over the wolf. But for the most part the way these stamps are made there is very little masking involved in layering the images. After I was done with all of the stamping then I use chalks to color in the design and I applied crystal effects over the areas of water to give it a wet look. I also used a craft knife to cut around the top part of the wolf and then used popdots to raise it up just a little.
This was a fun card to make! Peggy showed us how you can use a scoring blade with your cutter to make a grid on your CS. Then you sand the paper so the white core shows through. I love the CS with the white core!! This is a great birthday card for the fall.
Here is the 2nd card that we made. I love the simplicity of this card! It is so crisp looking.
For the most part I like this card but I still think it needs a little something. Maybe a sentiment on the front? I don't know what do you think? For the flower sprig I colored the rubber on the stamp with markers and then lightly misted the stamp with water, stamped off and then stamped onto the CS. I think it gives it a nice watercolor look. My Mom had asked me to do some sympathy cards and I was thinking if I move the flower to the left and then stamp With Sympathy in the lower right corner these would make a nice sympathy card for a woman. Maybe add some brads too. I guess I'll have to play around with it a little more. *wink*
Here is another card that I made. I wish I could get a better picture of it! I used perfect pearls on it and I'm not sure how many pictures I took but it just wasn't showing up! To achieve the background I used several different colors of ink for the watercolor. 
Here is my card that was inspired by the beads.
