Gold Rose Mother's Day Card

Good morning everyone! I'm posting again this morning on the Butterfly Reflections Blog sharing a card for a fast approaching holiday - Mother's Day! If you are like me, it might have slipped your mind, but will be here in only a few short days! We will actually be in Hawaii on Mother's Day (so I will be getting well pampered!) - but we will make sure and celebrate with both our mom's before we leave! So I pulled out some of my many lovely goodies from Butterfly Reflections Ink, and went to work! 

I started off with some pattern paper from Pebble's Cottage Living 6x6 paper pad, and then die cut the front panel using Wplus9 Sunshine Layers Die. I used a little stencil I had cut from cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo quite some time ago and never used, to add a few random hearts with White Embossing Paste in a random area, then die cut a rose and a couple leaves using Paper Smooches Rose Die from gold foil paper. Finally, I stamped my sentiment from Wplus9's Strictly Sentiments 4 in VersaMark Ink, then heat embossed it with Gold Embossing Powder.

This is another nice one layer card that would be super easy to mail, but still has lots of nice dimension still! Thanks for stopping by today - and Happy Mother's Day (a couple days early!) to all!

Big Red Bow and Bling!

Good morning!!! Still can't believe Christmas is almost here already! Just sharing a card that I made a while back for a publication call that wasn't picked up. I cut a HUGE bow out of red cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo for this one:

I can't tell you how long it took, but after trimming it to fit my card base, I covered the entire thing in Glossy Accents - it is so shiny and pretty in real life! Added a sentiment from Neat and Tangled's Santa's Tags, and some bling from Eyelet Outlet to finish it off. 

This happens to be a perfect fit for the current Little Tangles Challenge - bling, bling!:

Also a perfect fir for the current Curtain Call Challenge:

Thanks for stopping by! Once again - have a wonderful day!!!

Negative Cut Merry Christmas

Good morning! Suddenly realizing that I need to post a few Christmas cards quickly, before Christmas is over with!

Also wanted to let you know that I haven't forgotten to draw a winner yet from the World Card Making Day Hop - I just have some extra goodies I want to include that are still packed in a box somewhere and I can't find them! So...I might just draw a winner in the next day or two and see if they are willing to wait for me to find that stuff before I mail their prize out. Moving is such an adventure! :-)

This is a simple Christmas card that I made using my Silhouette Cameo and one of the cut files from their store:

I cut it out of white cardstock, backed and mounted it on some Echo Park pattern paper, added a strip of glitter washi, and a bit of Glossy Accents with a heavy dose of silvery tinsel glitter on a few spots.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

MCS Challenge - World Shape Christmas Card

Good morning! Excited to share my card with you today for the new challenge at My Craft Spot: Christmas Shape Cards!

I used a file from the Silhouette Store and my Cameo machine to cut out this shape - making it 5 1/2 inches across - nice and big!

I glued the layers together, and added a soft layer of inking with white pigment ink around the edges to help it pop a little. 

Next, I die cut a banner using Straight Ribbon Banner Metal Dies, and heat embossing my sentiment on there from Christmas Banner sentiments, then attached it with foam adhesive for a little pop of dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

2014 WCMD Winners Hop and Giveaway

Good morning! You may remember a few weeks ago the winners of the 2014 World Card Making Day were announced, and the winning cards were to be published in the April 2015 issue of Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine. Sadly, now with the ending of this publication in February, the winning cards will no longer be published. Sooooo...we all decided to get together and have a blog hop to share our winning creations, and also giveaway some of the goodies we got in our prize boxes that maybe we already had or didn't need!



 You should have hopped here from Mandy LeCroix - the entire blog hop lineup is at the bottom if you just happened along and want to start at the beginning.

I won in the Christmas card category - here is my winning card:

For this, I made a background blending lots of different distress inks, then used a Tim Holtz stencil and some white pigment into to add the "splotchy" layer. My white deer die cut was actually leftover from another project and still laying on my desk - so I decided to add that, then stamped my sentiment from My Craft Spot, added some jute twine around the deer's neck, and then added a fun sprinkling of clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. 

We are in the process of moving, so I unfortunately don't have a picture of my giveaway goodies right now - but I will box them all up and send them to one lucky person who leaves a comment today! Next stop along the hop is Piali Biswas, so hop on over there next!

Here is the entire blog hop lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Jamie Greene

2. Simone Naoum

3. Kristie Larsen

4. Donna Bowman

5. Maureen Wong

6. Mandy LaCroix

7. Heather Hoffman (You are here)

8. Piali Biswas

9. Christa Laszczkowski

10. Jacquie Southas

11. Wendi Lau

12.Tosha DelJanovan

13. Isha Gupta

14. Jill Dewey Hawkins

15. Virginia Lu

Thanks for hopping along with us and celebrating! Have a wonderful day!!!

MCS Challenge - Sequins

Good Monday morning! It's time for another challenge at My Craft Spot - and I LOVE this weeks challenge: Sequins! Here is my card:

For my card, I layered a border using Fancy Edges metal dies, and then trimmed the black and green in to strips with my paper cutter. Added a deer silhouette that I cut with my Cameo, and die cut a banner with Straight Ribbon Banner Dies. Added my sentiment from Christmas Banner Sentiments, and a few black sequins from Tuxedo Sequin Mix.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

Unicorn Birthday Wishes

Good morning! I'm up on the My Craft Spot Blog sharing a fun little birthday card I made recently for a local friend for her grandaughter's birthday:

I LOVE how I can always find the perfect birthday sentiment in my stash of stamps from My Craft Spot! For this card I used Birthday Wishes:

I used some nice and bright American Crafts pattern paper from an older 6x6 paper pad, and my Silhouette Cameo to cut a round shape card, and that fun unicorn silhouette.

Added some embossing to the front, a circle cut with my Lil' Inker's stitched circles dies, and a bit of machine stitching to one of the layers. Attached each layer with foam adhesive for lots of fun dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

MCS Christmas release hop and GIVEAWAY!!!

Good morning! It's finally release day for the new Christmas stamps at My Craft Spot! SOOO excited for you to see them all! You should have arrived here from Saundra - if no, make sure and head back to the beginning so you don't miss any of the stops (or giveaways!) along the way!

I decided to use one of my favorite new sets from the release again today to make a chalkboard inspired card: 

I had so much fun with this card! I started off by cutting the deer out with my Silhouette Cameo, then using the negative as a stencil to apply embossing paste to my chalkboard paper. Once that dried, I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment, then added some smudges of white pigment ink. Added a bow using Cherry Red Traditional Baker's Twine, and a few gold sequins from the Metallic sequin mix. I distressed the edges with my Tim Holtz distress tool, then mounted it on a rustic wood background paper from an MME paper pad. LOVE the effect of this!

You're next stop is one of our amazing guest designer's for this month - Beth! If you get lost, here is the entire hop lineup:

Kimberly

Gwen 

Lisa (Guest Designer) 

Saundra 

Heather (you are here)

Beth (Guest Designer) 

Ally 

Kate

Deb (Guest Designer) 

Karen 

Before you leave - make sure and leave a comment! You have a chance at each stop along the hop to win a $10 gift certificate so you can get a head start on that wish list! 

Thanks so much for hopping by today! Have a great weekend!!!

MCS - Christmas Release - Day 2

Good morning! Welcome to day 2 of the new release My Craft Spot - and this time it's all about Christmas! So many fun sets - today we are sharing sneak peeks of one of my favorites called "O Holy Night."

I still love watercolors so much - and these sentiments seemed perfect to pair up with a silhouette nativity scene, so I made a watercolor background for my card:

I started off stamping and heat embossing my sentiment, then created a background with watercolors - I went with non-traditional colors, since they reminded me of some of the beautiful Wyoming sunsets we have been enjoying and will miss very soon when we make our move! I cut the nativity scene with my Silhouette Cameo and glued it straight down. Also love that this is a one layer card!

Make sure and head over to the My Craft Spot blog to check out all of the other fun projects by the Design Team! Kimberly is giving away a $10 Gift Certificate each day, so make sure and leave a comment there for a chance to win!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! See you again tomorrow!!!

My Craft Spot Challenge - Cute Fall

{If you're looking for my Newton's Nook Day 1 Release Post, click HERE or scroll down to the last post}

Good morning! Happy to be back to playing along with challenges at My Craft Spot - and today is the beginning of a new one. The challenge this week is Too Cute to Spook, and since I don't do Halloween, I decided to make a fall card. It's not spooky, so that fits, right?

For this card, I wrapped some new baker's twine (I believe will be in the My Craft Spot store very soon!) around a white cardstock panel, then die cut that cute leaf using my Silhouette Cameo and some Basic Grey pattern paper and attached it over the top. Added a sentiment from Fall Leaves stamp set, then mounted it on a plain white card base.

Simple and sweet! Thanks for stopping by today - have a wonderful day!!!

MCS Challenge - Bags and Boxes

Good morning! Happy Monday - even happier because it is time for a new challenge at My Craft Spot! This week the challenge is Bags and Boxes. This is something I don't make that often - I'm kind of a card girl primarily! - so it was fun to have the challenge to break out and make something fun! Since we just started our homeschooling last week, I thought it would be fun to make some cute boxes to hold some fun treats to give my daughters to celebrate a successful first week. 

I cut these boxes using my Silhouette Cameo and a file from the online store using some Echo Park two sided paper. I obviously haven't filled them yet - but I love the stripes on the inside as well! I stamped my sentiment using My Craft Spot's Bon Appetit stamp set and heat embossed it on some gray Simon Says Stamp cardstock that I hand trimmed into a tiny banner shape. Finished off by attaching the top with some Sheer Black Ribbon from My Craft Spot.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful week!

Baby Block Shower Invitations

Good morning! I'm over on the My Craft Spot blog today sharing some sweet baby shower invitations that I made recently by request of my sis-in-law in Hawaii! 

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the baby blocks, then split a sentiment from My Craft Spot's New Arrival stamp set to add the "It's a" and "Shower" to the front. I attached the baby blocks with foam adhesive, and inked the edges of the card with white pigment ink to soften them a little.

I attached some lace trim along the bottom of the card, then wrapped some Natural Jute String over the top of my lace and tied in a bow to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

Sheep Shaped Card

Just have to laugh a little at that title - Sheep Shaped Card - say that 3 times fast, huh? Anyway - I guess that describes what it is pretty perfectly!

I made this to play along with a couple of challenges - first of all, Virginia's View Challenge #6 - Shape Card:

I also wanted to play along with the current Little Tangles Challenge - Happy Birthday (the sentiment stamp and sequins are both from Little Tangles!):

And finally - Simon Says Work It Wednesday Challenge - Blue (The card base is blue cardstock, and the background of the floral is blue - even though it is hard to tell in the photos!):

For this card I used my Silhouette Cameo to weld together my card shape with a cut file from the Silhouette store. I used some Basic Grey floral paper to create the body of the sheep and some Simon Says Stamp Grey cardstock for the face. I inked the edges of both of those with distress ink, and added some machine stitching around the outside of the sheep's body, then attached the head and eyes each with foam adhesive for some dimension. Hand trimmed a banner to stamp my sentiment from A Long Time Ago with MFT ink, then attached it to look like the sheep is holding it in its mouth. Finished off with a pre-made bow I had in my stash, and some Crystal Clear sequins. It is hard to see in the photos, but I also added Glossy Accents to the eyes for a bit of shine!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

Winnie and Walter Leading Lady and Giveaway

Good morning! I'm SUPER excited to be kicking off something fun for me this month! Several weeks ago I got an email from Shay at Winnie and Walter inviting me to be their guest "Leading Lady" for the month of August! I am super excited to be sharing a project (or two or three!) over on the Winnie and Walter Blog every Saturday for the month of August with my Winnie and Walter stamps. I also get to give away a $30 gift card to Winnie and Walter drawn from comments left here on my blog throughout the month!

I decided to kick off the month by combining Bubble Talk with some simple shapes cut with my Silhouette Cameo! I'm also linking this up with the Moxie Fab World "Clicking Cameras" Challenge.

I also used the same paper pad for all three cards - My Mind's Eye Now and Then - with the exception of the die cut shapes which were cut with paper from Basic Grey's Fresh Cut paper pad. This first card also features some gold enamel stars from Eyelet Outlet.

I just love this funny owl on the second card! I added a frame from some Freckled Fawn embellishments that I had in my stash, as well as some wiggly eyes.

I stamped the sentiment with Hero Arts Dark Quartz Shadow ink, as well as black ink - like how the combination of colors help the sentiment pop!

And lastly - this hipster cat! I thought it was so cute!

 I attached all the die cuts for each card, as well as the stamped speech bubbles with foam adhesive for fun dimension, and inked the edges of the speech bubbles with Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink - love the way this softens up white cardstock and helps it blend in with the softer colors. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget you have a chance throughout the month to win a $30 gift card to Winnie and Walter just for leaving a comment! 

Thanks so much Shay and Julie for giving me this fun opportunity! Have a wonderful day everyone!

MCS Challenge - Shape Cards

Good Monday morning! It's time for a new challenge at My Craft Spot - Shape Cards! It has been too long since I made a shaped card, so I really enjoyed this challenge - here is what I made:

I started off by welding together this little telephone cut file from the Silhouette store, and cutting it out with my Cameo using SSS gray cardstock. Next, I cut it out of the pink paper without the window, then again out of the red - both from a DCWV 6x6 paper pad. I adhere the pink behind the red, slightly offset for a shadow effect, then adhered it onto the cardbase I created, tucking in the "cord" that I cut using My Craft Spots Fancy Edges 2 die set. I adhered the heart in the center with foam adhesive, added some sequins from Tickled Pink sequin blend, and then heat embossed my sentiment from the new Robots stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you will come play along in the challenge - can't wait to see what fun shape cards you come up with! Have a wonderful day!!!

MCS Post - Birthday Card for my daughter

Good morning!  I'm sharing a card at My Craft Spot this morning with one of the new stamps sets that just released last week! We celebrated my oldest daughter's 11th birthday this past Sunday - and because of how many cards I make, my daughters are always excited to see what I make for them. So...I decided to make my second shaker card ever! I always think they are harder than they really are - and this one came together quite quickly!

The new Build a Birthday stamp set had EXACTLY what I need for my sentiments! LOVE when things work out that way!

I had some sequins that I received in an order from another company, and they were the perfect colros for what I wanted to do! I welded my frame and the number 11 together on my Silhouette Cameo, then added the doodles around the edges and numbers with a white gel pen. 

Added my sentiments, filled it in with sequins, wrapped some Ivory Jute String around, and added some pretty pattern paper from Basic Grey to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!