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Shipping the beginning of August.

To celebrate that Stamp and Create are now carrying Magnolia Stamps, Lacey is offering some awesome Blog Candy!
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I hope everyone is having a good summer, or winter if you are in the Southern Hemisphere.  I have been having a lazy papercrafting summer. I do have a card to share with you for two different challenges.

High Hopes: Challenge #114 Birthday
Sweet Sketch Wednesday: Sketch #112
There are a lot of items on this card you can purchase at Stamp and Create. So while you are placing your Magnolia Pre-Order, check out what else Lacey has to offer!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: High Hopes High Flyin' Mouse, PTI Sentiment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, PTI Vintage Touch

Cardstock: SU Retired Pink Passion, Certainly Celery, X-Press It Blending Card by Copics

Paper: Kaisercraft Candy Lane

Accessories: Ovals cut with Cricut Machine, Pink and Green striped grosgrain ribbon from my stash, SU Ovals and scallop Oval punches,  Whimsy Double Scallop Border and Basic Grey Brads.

Thanks for visiting!

Heidi

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

I have not been participating in any of my favourite challenges because I have been focusing on some other areas of my life. But I am keeping a crafting balance with doing some projects that have been put on the back burner. I have been meaning to create my own recipe book for all the family favourites. I've been missing my Sweet Sketch Wednesday friends. So I decided to use Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 105 for one of the section cover pages. I know it's a stretch, but it does use the sketch.

Here are two other pages

Thanks for visiting! I love reading your comments.
Heidi

Sweet Sketch Wednesday and 100 Sketches!

They are having a party over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday celebrating 100 Sketches! If you have not already, be sure to check out this great blog and become a follower! Here is the card I made for sketch #100. I know I over did it on the flowers and embellishments. I made this for a colleague and I really wanted it to be extravagant.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Stamping Bella Roses, SU Butterfly, Sentiment printed on my computer

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Vintage Touch

Cardstock: SU Regal Rose

Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle

Accessories: Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft, Pearl Brads from Hobby House UK, Flower Spacers and Butterfly charm from Stamp and Create, Pink Butterfly from Taylored Expressions, Light Blue May Arts Silk Ribbon

Thanks for visiting!

Heidi

ABC Christmas I is for using Sweet Sketch Wednesday

I pulled out one of my Stampin' Up Sets for this card. It's been forever since I have used embossing powder. It's one of my favourite card making activities/tools/techniques.

I made this card for the ABC Christmas Challenge I is for Indigo, Icicles and Inspiration using the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: SU Snowflake Serenade, Stampendous Sentiment

Ink: SU Black Craft

Cardstock: Metallic Blue and Metallic Silver from Cutcardstock.com

Paper: Bo Bunny Winter Frost

Accessories: Square and Snowflakes Nestabilities, SU Scallop Border Punch, SU Silver Embossing Powder

Thanks for visiting!
Heidi

Spotlight Technique

I feel a little bit of Christmas joy every other week when I get to make my ABC Christmas Challenge card. We are up to the letter H. H is for Hotspot or spotlight technique. I decided to have 2 spotlights in my image, one for each of the two animals! BTW, the image I used is a Penny Black from a set I purchased with a Simon Say Stamp Gift Certificate gift certificate I won in a previous ABC Christmas Challenge. I used Sweet Sketch Wednesday # 97 which is being hosted by my Kiwi friend Kathie!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Penny Black Holly Jolly Hedgy Christmas Critters Snowy Mouse Cat

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, PTI Vintage Touch Ink

Cardstock: SU Rich Razzleberry, Summer Sun 

Paper: Crate Paper

Accessories: SU Rich Razzleberry Ribbon, Star Charm from Michaels, PTI Star Die.

Thanks for visiting!

Heidi

High Hopes an Sweet Sketch Wednesday

The High Hopes Challenge #105 this week is Fabric (ribbon does not count). So I used felt. I have 1 big peach felt piece and three layered felt flowers. I combined this challenge with the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge, which also wanted us to use bunnies!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Bunny By Birdhouse by High Hopes

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, PTI Vintage Touch

Cardstock: Retired SU Blue Bayou

Paper: Basic Grey Hopscotch

Accessories: Blue felt from PTI, Peach felt from My Favourite Things, Pearl Brads from Hobby House UK, Light Pink Swiss Dots Grosgrain Ribbon from Stamp and Create.

Thanks for visiting! I love reading your comments.

Heidi

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

I got some of my new Wild Rose Studio images this past week and had to ink them up. I used the Sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 93

Supplies used:

Stamps: Wild Rose Studio Milton with Lily

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, PTI Vintage Touch

Cardstock: SU Rose Red

Paper: My Minds Eye (A freebie paper pack from a British Card Making Magazine)

Accessories: Rectangle Nestabilities, iTop Build a Brad

Thanks for visiting! I love reading your comments.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday High Hopes Go Green!

I'm not sure if this should be a St. Patrick's Day Card or Easter. So, I'll just leave it generic. The Sketch is from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and the main theme is High Hopes Go Green.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: High Hopes Gotcha by Dustin Pike

Stamp Paper: Copics X-Press It Blending Card

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Wild Wasabi, Copic Markers

Card Stock: SU Wild Wasabi

Paper: SU Wild Wasabi DSP

Accessories: PTI Bloom Die Trio, PTI Ric Rack Die, Long Rectancle Nestabilities, Flower Spacer and Pearl Brad from Hobby House UK.

Thanks for visiting!

Heidi

Sweet Sketch Wednesday with ABC Christmas E is for

Time for another ABC Christmas Card Challenge! This time it's E is for three Embellishments and Embossing. I used the Sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #91. Though I did flip the sketch and add a sentiment.

The three embellishemnts:

1. Poinsettia's

2. Flowers Spacers

3. Brads in the centres of the Flower Spacers

The embossing is hard to see. The Old Olive piece behind all the main pieces is dry embossed with holly and ivy.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Wild Rose Studio Milton with Poinsettia, PTI Sentiment

Stamp Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, PTI Vintage Touch Ink

Cardstock: SU Real Red, SU Old Olive, Neenah Solar White

Paper: Basic Grey Jovial

Accessories: Wild Orchid Craft Poinsettias, Flower Spacers and Brads from Hobby House UK, May Arts Silk Olive Ribbon, Sizzix embossing folder, Circle and Petitie Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Oval and Scallop Oval SU Punches.

Thanks for looking! I love reading your comments.

Heidi

 

ABC Christmas D is for Double Trouble

I could make Christmas cards all year long! They are so fun to make with all of the fun embellishments, paper and images.

The current ABC Christmas Challenge is D is for Double Trouble. I combined my creation with the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #89

For D is for Double Trouble, we need to use a digital image, 2 papers and at least 2 embellishments!  We could also use 2 images - 1 can be a sentiment.

My image is a cute Digi I got from Cuddly Buddly

2 Papers from the Basic Grey Jovial Line

2 Embellishments: Ribbon,  Holly and Ivy

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Cuddly Buddly Digital Stamp Peace on Earth, Whimsy Stamps Sentiment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Vintage Touch, Copic Markers

Cardstock: SU Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White

Paper: Basic Grey Jovial

Accessories: May Arts Ribbon, Basic Grey Holly Ivy Sizzlit, Christmas Red Stickles.

For the second challenge in a row, I received Top Three honours! I got it for my No Red She Said card. This was one of the 14 cards I made for the last challenge. I won one of the two random prizes for the challenge!  I ordered myself some Penny Black Christmas Stamps from Simon Says Stamp!

Thanks for visiting!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday February 2 2011

This week, the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge is being sponsored by MelJen's Designs. Here is my entry using a High Hopes MelJen's Design Lazy Susan Buggies

Supplies Used:

Stamps: High Hopes MelJen's Designs Lazy Susan Buggies

Stamp Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black. Copic Markers, PTI Vintage Touch

Card Stock: SU Wild Wasabi, River Rock

Paper: Retired SU

Accessories: Prima White flat flowers, Small brads for the Hobby House UK, May Arts Lace, Marianne D Creatables.

Thanks for visiting! I love reading your comments!  

Heidi

No Bones About it!

This weeks Products spotlight at Stamp and Create is Valentines!

I cut out High Hopes No Bones Doggy using petite oval nestabilities. The May Arts cream trimming/satin pleats trim works really well on top of the May Arts Satin Pleats Ribbon. You can find the available colours here.

The paper is Bo Bunny and I created the brads using my brad maker.

Challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - The Sketch

High Hopes - Glitter/Sparkle - It's hard to see, but his bone is glittered up!

Charisma Cardz  - Valentines / Love

Thanks for visiting. I love reading your comments.

Heidi

Sweet Sketch Wednesday with ABC Christmas Challenge

I am so excited to tell you that one of my cards one an award that week! My High Hopes Guilty cat with the for rent birdhouse was selected as one of the top three in the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge.

Kathie, one of the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Design Team Members also passed on some blog love! Thanks Kathie! (I'm having problems posting the award, so I will try again later.

I always love when I post my Sweet Sketch Wednesday card. I know I'll be getting tons of comments from their Design Team Members. I love it when I see I have a "new post" comment in my email inbox

Here is this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday #85 card combined with the ABC Christmas Challenge. This week the ABC Christmas Challenge is being Sponsored by Dustin Pike. He has some really cute images. My favourites are his dragons! This weeks challenge is to only use black or white. You can have some colour in the image, but that's it! I used South Pole Pals, which is perfect for a black and white card!

Supplies Used

Stamps: High Hopes South Pole Pals by Dustin Pike, PTI Sentiment

Stamp Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers

Cardstock: Gina K Pure Luxury Black, Neenah Solar White

Paper: Imagininsce

Accessories: Rectangle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Felt Snowflake Trim, Sizzix Snowflake, May Arts Suede Ribbon, SU Word Window, Modern Label Punches, Diamond Stickles.

Thanks for visiting I love reading your comments.

Heidi

Happy 100th High Hopes Challenge!

Why is there a 4 Rent sign hanging onto the bird house? Doesn't Mr. Kitty Kat look guilty? In my house, that grey tabby would be black and feathers hanging out of her mouth.

This is my card for the High Hopes 100 Challenge Celebration- Anything Goes. And the Sketch comes from the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 84

Thank for visiting! I love reading your comments!

Heidi

Wags and Whiskers Pin Up Girls Blog Hop

Wags 'n Whiskers has a new release and that means it's blog hop time! If you are hopping your way through, you should have arrived here from my dear friend Vicky's Blog. You can always start from the beginning from the Wags n' Whiskers Blog. This new release titled "Pin up Girls" is perfect for Valentines Day! I'm showing off Marilyn. I used the sketch from the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #83.

This release is rubber only and the stamps will be available to purchase on

Monday at 12pm GMT/7am EST/4am PST.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Wags 'n Whiskers Marilyn

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, SU Ruby Red

Stamp Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Cardstock: SU Ruby Red, Whisper White

Paper: Basic Grey Olivia

Accessories: Long Rectangle Nestabilities, SU Punches: Hearts, 1" Circle, Small Oval, Designer Label.

To continue with the Blog Hop, head on over to Deb's blog. Be sure to leave a comment to be entered in a chance to win some of these gorgeous girls!

Thanks for visiting. I love reading your comments.

Heidi

Winter Wonderland and Blog Candy Winner

I recently stumbled across a line of stamps and digital images called Cuddly Buddly! I wanted to buy a ton of their stamps, but with Christmas right around the corner, I decided to settle for buying some digital images instead. I am okay doing this since my latest favourite paper (Xpress Blending Card by Copic) to use for colouring with my copics can go through my printer and not jam it up! I see more digital images being downloaded in my future!

It has been a while since I have made a card to enter into some challenge blogs.  This cutie is being entered into four! It's final destination will be to my brother as his Christmas card!

Cuddly Buddly – The Icing's on the Card – (my icing is silver)

ABC Christmas – G is for Glitz optional-extra silver

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sweet Sketch 80

A Spoonful of Sugar - Challenge 133 A Christmas Card

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Cuddly Buddly Digi Stamp-I'm Dreaming, Sentiment from Whimsey Stamps
Paper: Bo Bunny
Cardstock: SU Night of Navy, Bravo Burgandy
Accessories: Maya Arts Maroon Ribbon, SU Tinsel thread, SU Nestabilities big snowflake, Martha Stewart Small Snowflakes, Tim Holtz Snow flake border, Silver Stickles, Whimsey Stamps Ticket Die, PTI Die (Under Big snowflake) The Hobby House pearl brads.

Blog Candy Winner

Blog Candy Winner: theCook

Félicitations d'avoir été choisi au hasard le gagnant!

(Congratulations on being randomly selected the winner!)

Please email Lacey at stampandcreate@bellsouth.net to claim your prize of three stamps of your choice! (Please note she is very busy with the holidays, so be patient if she doesnt respond immediately)

Be sure to check out my dear friend Vicky's Blog for the current stamp and create blog candy give away!

Thanks for visiting. I love reading your comments.

Heidi

Cute Christmas

The challenge over on the High Hopes Blog this week is to use Red and Green. I combined it with the Sweet Sketch Wednesday for this week.  It's actually a 4x4 Christmas Tag.

Supplies Used: High Hopes Meowy Christmas, PTI Sentiment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers

Cardstock: SU Real Red, Garden Green, Neenah Solar White

Paper: American Crafts

Accessories: Lacey Circle Nestabilites, Basic Grey Embossing Folder. Real Red SU Grosgrain Ribbon, Circle Punches, Square Punches.

Thanks for visiting! I love reading your comments, so please leave a little love :-)

Heidi

SSW and High Hopes

It's officially Fall here in Northern California, that can only mean one thing....time for the heat. I just watched the weather forecast and we are expecting temperatures 90-100 degrees this weekend and early next week!

This weeks High Hopes Challenge is Country. I combined this challenge with the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 68.

I used one of my favourite stamps, Tom's Plea by High Hopes. This little guy does a great job giving me a guilt trip at Thanksgiving, where Turkeys are a staple food.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: High Hopes Tom's Plea, PTI Sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Crumb Cake
Image paper: Neenah Solar White
Card Stock: SU Cajun Craze
Paper: Basic Grey Pyrus
Accessories: May Arts Netting, SU Soft Suede Ribbon, SU Word Window punch, SU Modern Label Punch, Handheld sewing machine, PTI Flower Dies, SU Antique Brad.

Thanks for visiting. I love reading your comments!

Magical Monday Lace and Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Here is my card for Sweet Sketch Wednesday #66 and Magical Monday's Challenge #4-Lace. I coloured Wag's n' Whiskers Nichola with Copics and then used stickles on her wings, and part of her dress.

I am trying something new with my picture. I didn't use a white backdrop. Please let me know what you think.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Nichola Wags n' Whiskers
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, SU Pale Plum
Stamp Paper: Neenah Solar White
Cardstock: American Crafts White, Bazzil Green, SU Pale Plum
Paper: Basic Grey Koshi
Accessories: Petite Oval Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Trellis Punch, Maya Arts Lace, Marvy Flower Punch, Marvy Leaf Punch, SU Rhineston Brads, Crystal Stickles

Thanks for visiting, I love reading your comments.
Heidi

Stamp and Create Product Spotlight-Pearls and gems

Happy Labor Day for those readers in the United States! It's a great day, Monday Night (American) Football my Virginia Tech Hokies are playing Boise State. GO HOKIES!

This week's product spotlight at Stamp and Create is pearls/gems. I decked out my snowflake embellishment with lots of them.

I used one of the new Stampavie Christmas images; A Magical Christmas. I  also used KaiserCraft Carnival Christmas paper, KaiserCraft Pearls in Pearl, American Craft Pearl Brads, Crystal Stickles, and Tear Drop Embroidered Lace.

 The sketch is from the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #65. I flipped it so I could have the snow flake at the bottom.