Pinecone Christmas tags

Just playing around my craft room today making some Christmas Tags. The pine cones are made with a Tim Holtz die, added a few bells and distressing.

Hope you are all ready for the holidays. Have a great day!

Made with Hero Arts ...
LL956 Three Holiday Messages
CG222 Music Background
CG877 Merriest Christmas Wish

Tim Holtz ...
Pinecone die cut
Mahogany,Peeled Paint distress inks

Buffalo Snow Flurries
Mini Bells/dollar store
Winterwoodland Cricut (Snowflakes)
Plantin School Book (Tag)
Ranger Stickles

Christmas cards

Hope you are doing well and in the Christmas spirit! My tree is up and I am trying to get my act in gear. Christmas cards are in the mail today, I know a little late, I sure hope they are delivered in time for Christmas.

The card above is the design I used for my Cards this year. Using the Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge really helped with these last minute cards.
A little shopping at the mall on Thursday, spotted Santa and enjoyed the Christmas displays around the mall.

Thanks for stopping by, hope all is well and you are enjoying the Christmas season.
Sorry I have not been around lately, its been a trying year but I look forward to peeking aroung the internet too see what everyone has been up to :)

Vintage Handmade with love ATC & pocket

Thanks for stopping by :) Looking forward to the cooler weather and spending time indoors crafting! Just a small post of a little vintage ATC set.

A few vintage snaps, buttons & distress inks were used. The girl image is from an old sewing pattern, the background and torn tag are made with Hero Arts Simply Handmade clear stamp set. Also a matching pocket to hold the ATC.

Made With..
Vintage Lace
Simply Handmade CL429
Tim Holtz Measure tape ribbon
twine
sewing stitches
tim holtz sanding block
assortment of Tim Holtz distress inks

Thanks for stopping by, have a great crafty day! :)

Vintage Pink Paris ATC

Happy Friday! A few days off this week has allowed a bit of time for crafting. A little experimenting on this ATC on the background using a rubber stamp and texture magic from Delta. Texture magic is a dimensional paint that adds texture to any surface (...wonder if drywall compound would also work). It was in the dollar bin at our local store so I just had to try it! A thick layer of this gunky material was added to the ATC background, smoothed out with a craft knife and stamped. (Also wiped the stamp with baby oil so it would release from the texture magic.) A few sprays of Glimmer mist, along with vintage photo and walnut distress inks.

Hope your weekend is amazing!

Made with Hero Arts ...
CG244 Large Fabric Design (ATC background)
K5344 La Letter
CL325 Paris
baby oil
Green apple glimmer mist
vintage photo, walnut distress ink

Its been awhile...

It's been awhile since I have posted. Sometimes life gets in the way of the important things like stamping! Glad to be back, enjoying all the creativity out there.
Super quick card made with Hero Arts ...
S5435 grid background
CL434 Just find me
cl431 watercolor petals

Stamped with Tim Holtz distress inks.

Thanks so much for stopping in!

Speckled Bloom Card - PDCC#94

Made for the Playdate Cafe Colour Challenge #94 which incorporates Fudge, Goldenrod and Teal. It was fun playing with this colour combo, teal is such a beautiful tone of blue.
This flower is made up of three parts with an added pop dot in the center. Along with a tiny bit of white acrylic paint for some added texture.

Made with Hero Arts...
cl401 speckled ornaments
CL434 Just find me
H5481 classic bloom
white paint
tim holtz distress vintage photo, tumbled glass, scattered straw, wild honey

Thank you soooo much for stopping by! :)

Summer's Garden Card

Happy Friday! Been playing around with this big flower called Classic Bloom & a little masking to give the flowers a layered look. This flower is great for creating Summery cards, I can also see making some flowery designs in Fall colours too!
Made for the Hero Arts project challenge at 2P's Thanks for stopping by today, hope your weekend is full of BBQ's and Sunshine!

Made with Hero Arts
H5481 classic bloom
cl444 sending smiles
e3374 summer memories
s5507 envie pattern
Tim Holt Distress Inks
White embossing powder
versamark clear ink
Kraft cardstock
plain white ribbon

Butterfly Flowers

Needing a little card therapy after a busy day! Quick and simple design coloured with Prismacolour pencils. Loved inking up this butterfly flowers stamp, it reminds me of a wonderful mix of flowers in the garden.

Thanks for stopping by!

Made with Hero Arts
H5489 Butterfly flower
CL434 Just find me
Martha Stewart Butterflies
Prismacolor Pencils

Christmas in July - Completed 90 minute scramble

The 90 minute scramble took place on Sunday and I had so much fun hosting. (The card above is one of the sample cards made for the scramble.) A few Gals even had time to make two cards, in the 90 minute time frame! Really hope I have another chance to host again in the future, it was tons of fun :)
Check out all the amazing creations here from the talented ladies on the Hero Arts flickr group!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

The next 90 minute scramble on Sunday!

I am very excited to be hosting the next 90 minute scramble on the Hero Arts Flickr group!
Here are the details...
Date: Sunday July 24th
Start time: 11am Pacific/1pm Central/2pm Eastern in US
Please see all the details here

If this is the first you've heard of the scramble here are some more details :) First you will need to have a flickr account so you can post your creation.
I will post a new thread on the Hero Arts Flickr Group announcing the start of the challenge.
Basically you will have 90 minutes to create a card based on a theme to be announced at the start of the challenge. You must use at least one Hero Arts stamp on your card and have fun! :)

Hero Arts has generously donated a digital kit prize and I will also be offering a prize (shown above). Both giveaways will be by random drawing at the end of the scramble.

If you're new to posting I can help. Just email me through flickr :)

Everyone is welcome to join, hope to see you there :)


I made the card above at the last scramble hosted by Dana!

Summery Flower

It's been a while since I have posted. Yep a little break was in order to restore my craftyness! Just a little card to celebrate the beautiful Summer weather and gardening.

Hope you are doing well and enjoying great weather :)

Thanks for Stopping By!
Made with Hero Arts ...
CL218 Love That
CL444 Sending Smiles
CL375 Big flower Pattern
Sew Easy Tool (for the stem)
Sew Easy floss
Copic y21 y17 bg10 bg15 bd23 yroo yr02 yr04
Sizzix embossing folder

Lisa's Photo tutorial part two

Been playing around with ISO, aperture, and shutter speeds for the second part of Lisa's photo tutorial. Knowing how to make adjustments to the camera settings really helps!
These sweet tea cups are available at Creature Comforts, they were so much fun to water color!
Thanks for stopping by, have a great day! :)