Strawberry Baskets for Friday Sketches

I followed the sketch from Friday's Sketches to make this card. I used one of the Willows from the Summer Set and colored her with my markers. I used the strawberry stamp instead of flowers on the lower right.

I used lots of leftover paper for this card and love how it turned out. I found the blue DP first and then knew I had to make the apples either reddish or yellow and once that was decided I hunted for some yellow. I used my oval frames from Alota and then cut out the shape with the nestibility. I used the MS Lace punch to edge the of the side panel. I added a center strip of the DP with the ribbon on top.

On the inside I continued with the DP and the MS punch. Two more strawberries and an area for the note finished the inside.

This turned out as a nice happy card that I think I will send to one of the mother's of one of the graduates. This is a tough time for us Moms...our babies are graduating. Off to the Baccalaureate tomorrow and the Prom on Monday. An exciting but busy time.

Hugs

Heather

Fairy Book Mark

I made this bookmark for a young girl who loves fairies. I embossed with Margasite embossing powder and then colored with Twinkling H2Os. I used scraps of paper to create this book mar.

I used the Martha Stewart Lace punch on the corners again....this is a great way to make attractive corners. For the other layers I punch the fancy corner punch from Close to my Heart.
I doodled around the edges using my aqua spica pen. After I colored the fairy I used crystal effects to attach a small rhinestone to the flower in her hair. I used a flower eyelet and then ran ribbons through it. I used a pink crystal brad to hold the ribbons together.

I actually have another card to post so I'll be back.

Hugs

Heather

Friday Sketches Anniversary

This week Friday Sketches is celebrating its first anniversary and this is my take on their sketch challenge.
All my papers are from DCWV Old World Stack and they are so delicious. They have a lovely texture and great patterns. I just got my Mother's Day gift yesterday....Spellbinders Raspberry Wizard. I have had such fun with this new toy. I also got the label 4 and label 3 nestibilities. I used label 4 on this card and I love that die. I watercolored the image with Twinkling H2Os and used Frayed Burlap Distress Ink on the edges.
To create the flower design on the top I used 2 Primas and stickles. I used a half pearl in the center and strings of pearls create the design.

More Primas and stickles with pearls.

I hope you all have a great weekend and take some time to participate in Friday Sketches.

Hugs

Heather

Fishing for a Diploma!

I followed the sketch on Friday Sketches to do this Grad card. I need about 15 male grad cards and I think this is a great image to use...fishing for a diploma! I cut out the fish from scraps and hope people will catch on that they are fish. I embossed the Happy Graduation (Rubber Stampede) with Marcasite powder and then used the Crimson Red marker.

The image is a Magnolia...Edwin fishing and the diploma is from a Cuttlebug die. The cap at the top is actually a sticker that I attached to the scalloped circle (SU punch) of the DP. All the papers are from My Mind's Eye. I colored the image with my Prismacolored Markers and I love how the jeans turned out. I used Indigo Blue and then used a blender pen to create the faded sections.

Just a strip of the DP and the second largest long rectangle nestie on the inside for a personal note.

This is one of my first stamps...no label. I embossed it as well and used the bronze and black markers.

I think this will make a great male grad card. It is so hard to make male cards especially for High School aged boys who have grown up in front of you. My how those boys have turned into young adults.

Must go and watch DH outside raking those dead winter soggy leaves. Talk later.

Hugs

Heather

Simple Design

I followed the sketch for Friday Sketches and forgot to post this card. There is very little color on this card just black, grey and light pink and no pattern paper. This is a truly simple card.

I used scraps from cuttlebugged projects. One piece is done in the maze pattern and the other shows the dotted Swiss pattern. Kneeling Willow is done with two colors of markers....Deco Pink and French Grey. Not my usual style...but good for a change. I had to have some embellishment just because, so I used Prima flowers attached with an SU brad and some pink ribbon from Michaels.

Definitely something different than my normal style but I do like it. I will say it looks much better in real. The pink paper is actually shimmer paper so though it does not show in the photo, it does add some shimmer to the card.

I really am late posting this but life just got in the way. I have to stop now...my fingers keep mis-spelling simple words and my backspace key is wearing out on my today. The fingers seem to have other plans than the ones my brain is thinking....anyone now a good finger mechanic?

Hugs

Heather

Friday Sketches Fairy Dust

I used the sketch on Friday Sketches for this Inkadinkado card. I used the small fairy stamp from the Fairy Dust set. All papers are from DCWV Pocketfull of Posies or Metallic Glitter stack.

I used Twinks (Twinkling H2Os) to color and this photo shows the sheen. I used Ginger Flower, Carribean Mist and Nutmeg as the paint. Prismacolored pens in Light Peach and Goldenrod were also used. The yellow is the yellow spica pen.

After cutting out the butterflies they were attached with Red Line Dimensionals. I cut the image out with the circle and scalloped circle nestibilities. The sentiment stamp is from Hampton Art and is embossed with Garnet powder. I added pearls on the ribbon and the corners of the card.

I embossed another stamp from this set to create the tag on the inside. I used Deco Black powder which sparkles. The tag fits inside the MS punched layers.

The family seems to be on the mend....no sighs so far. I think I may actually get to stamp today. Have a great one.

Hugs

Heather

Pink and Blue Tilda

I made this card using Friday Sketches sketch for this week. This sketch is a great one and lots of fun to do. I used Versafine Onyx ink on watercolor paper for this Tilda image. I then colored her with both markers and Twinkling H2Os. After I took the photo I realized I had not used the white gel pen as a highliter so I best get that done.

For the flower I used a Prisma flower and added a half white pear and used the oak leaves punch from Martha Stewart to create a background for the flower.

The papers are all scraps...the pink is a Making Memories as is the blue on the inside. The remainder papers are all DCWV. The base of the card is Whisper White from SU.

I used both the scalloped circle punch and the curvy square punch from SU to decorate the inside. The bottom panel is for the signature. My DH wants these cards for his staff and all he wants to do is sign the cards so this panel will allow this.

I just heard from the boys and they tied their first game. One of my sons is the goalie and he is sick with the flu but there was no way he was missing this tournament. Not much fun for him but he wanted to go. The team was going out for supper before their next game at 10 pm. They are both on the Midget team and this is their last year of hockey so this is their final tournament. I hope they have fun.

Its so quiet here so I think I will watch a nice girlie movie with lots of tear invoking moments. Talk later.

Hugs

Heather

Friday Sketches Alota Angel

I love the sketch on Fridays Sketch today. It is so do-able (I think I am creating a new word but I like it). I love the way it came together. I used My Mind`s Eye paper from the Bohemian group. Such lovely paper. It is reversible but I didn`t use the other side just the two coordinated papers.

I stamped the image, Fall Angel from Alota, on Watercolor paper and embossed it with clear detail embossing powder. I used my Twinkling H2Os again. I love the way you can blend the colors. The flowers are from Prima and I used brads from MM. The twig punch is actually the oak leaf punch from Martha Stewart. I looked forever for the twig punch but I think this punch works cute well. The brad in the corner is from Scrapbook Basics. I won it in a blog candy and have been hoarding it forever.

I used the curved rectangle die from Nestibility. On the front I used the middle two sizes and on the inside I used two larger sizes. I seem to use some sort of nestibility on every card. I love how they work and the cuttlebug is simple wonderful. It is so lightweight and easy to use. I have mine sitting on the floor by my feet and I just lift it up whenever I need it. Greatest little tool out there.

Today is my hubby`s birthday so I guess I had better get the house "a itty bit" clean. I am definitely not the tidiest person where as my DH is soooooo very tidy. When we first were going out (25 years ago) I used to intentionally mess things up just to see him go straighten things back. I would mess the folds on the curtains and he would walk in and without even saying anything he would fix the folds on the curtains. I thought this was so funny. He didn`t even know he was doing this. Well I am proud to say that after 24 years of marriage, he no longer picks up and tidies all the time...its hard with teenagers. We joke about it all the time so it has become a tradition that at least on his birthday I will tidy up. Soooooo, off I go to Tidy.

Hugs

Heather

Friday Sketches Picking Flowers

I didn`t know whether to post this card or not but finally I decided to ask for your advice. I just can`t decide if I like the card enough to give it to someone or not. I keep looking at it and wondering if I should take it all apart and try again. Your advice is really needed...what do I do?

The sketch is from Fridays Sketches and I found it a very difficult layout. I used the picking flowers and tree stamps from Magnolia. I used my Prismacolored Pencils for coloring on Tilda and my markers on the trees. To get the multiple flowers on the ground, I masked out the rest of the image stamp except for the flowers. I think that worked out OK. To color the flowers I used glaze pens on the pink and blue flowers. This gives some dimension to the flowers and some shine. The yellow is canary yellow in my markers.

The base of the card is SU`s Kiwi Kiss and the other papers are from the Pocket Full of Posies from DCWV. I used the labels one nestibility and one of the corner designs using Regal Rose scraps. The flowers in the corner are Prismas. The just because sentiment is from the Urban Design stamp set from Papertrey.

I have not entered this card for the Friday Sketches challenge yet. Please let me know if it looks OK or how to change it. I`m wondering about the papers I used. I like the image but the rest is questionable. Looking forward to some advice.

Hugs

Heather

Friday Sketches WOJ

I made the following two cards using the same stamp and the same sketch. The sketch is from Fridays Sketches and I love it. The image is Knelling Willow from Whiff of Joy. Isn`t she beautiful. I ended up making two cards because I colored two images and decided to use them both. Still haven`t colored Willow exactly way I wanted too, but I do like the way she turn out...so two cards. I`m a bit short on time so I think I will give all the details for both cards and allow the photos to explain. Any questions just email me. I colored both images with a combination of Prismacolored Markers and Pencils.

Here is #1 card using Prismas and the sentiment stamp from Hampton Arts. I also used the Cuttlebug circles folder for the BG. The ribbon and pearls are from Michaels. I heated the sheer ribbon with the heat gun to make it shrivel...love that effect.

Card #2 used a Stampendou sentiment stamp. I used punches to create the holely BG...looks great doesn`t it.

Hope you liked the cards. I can`t seem to get my fingers typing correctly so until later...

Hugs

Heather

Fridays Sketchers Friends Forever

I made this card following the Fridays Sketchers blog for this week. Such a great sketch to follow. I wanted to use some new colors for me so I combined Raspberry and Pumpkin together with a little old olive.

I tried to jazz up the cheeks using a more vibrant color but it ended up being a mess....still I thought I would show it to you. I used my markers and love the pumpkin orange with the raspberry. The hair is done with sienna brown. I am really pleased with it all except the cheeks...bit tooooooo much.

Instead of a bow this time I decided to criss-cross the ribbons and use buttons to highlight the cross-over. I also used 5 small marble dots from Bella that I won in a blog candy. The tag is Magnolia....the Winter Christmas club set.

I had a lot of fun doing the inside. The ribbon is from Micheals...$.59 for 9 yards so it is hard to complain about. I love the fact that it is so narrow. I also used some magic mesh to embellish the corners as well as some doodles around the edges.

I made a tag out of scraps and added some mesh and doodles and a clip from my hodgepodge kit. The stamp is "of all possessions, a FRIEND is the MOST PRECIOUS"-herodotus from Michaels $ bin.

No school today because of a blizzard that dropped about 40 cm of snow on our area. The drifts are really high and the visibility is nil....its days like this that I missed...no school is simply not as exciting as when I was teaching.....Woe is me!

Guess I really have no excuse for not cooking a great supper so off I go to make like a caterer.

Talk later.

Hugs

Heather

Waiting for the Mail

I followed the sketch for Fridays Sketches for this card. I love this Magnolia stamp and it works wonderfully with this layout. I got the idea for the little letter from Carol from the UK. Our cards are similar and she must be given credit for this. It does make a great card and I know our little Megan will get a kick out of the little letter on the front.

I used my Prismacolored markers for coloring and added a bit of my Inkssentials pen for highlighting. I used mulled lavender Distress ink on all the edges. I do like edges distressed with this ink. It really adds to the sketch by allowing similar pages to be used on a sketch.

The papers are all from the DCVW Pocket Full of Posies Stack. They are truly the most gorgeous papers. They all have a bit of sparkle added to them and we know how I love sparkle! I bought those great sparkly flowers at the fantastic $ store. Oh, what a fun place to buy some cute little embellishments. You never know what you will find.

On the inside of the card I used larger pieces of the trim papers used on the front. You can see some of the sparkle.
On the back flap I used my long rectangle scalloped die to cut out the spaces for our sentiment and our signing. I also attacked a little envelope.

I had fun doing this layout and recommend all of you checking out the Friday Sketchers site started by Claudia of Pretty Pressings. Off to do some weekend jobs so I`ll sign off for now. Thank you all for your kind comments and wishes after my fall. I am almost back to perfect so things are good.

Hugs

Heather

Hosiptal Visit Card

I made this card following Fridays Sketchers sketch for this week. It is not my favorite card but I wanted to do something with this paper. My great niece is in the hospital for a couple of weeks and she wanted a red and blue card. She is an identical twin and this is the first time they have been separated. She is only 8 years old. I am sending her a card a day so this is just the first of a few.

The papers are from My Mind`s Eye and I used the curvy rectangle to cut out the image. I distress the edges of all the pieces using either Fire Brick Red Distress ink or Brocade Blue from SU. I used the corner ticket punch on the corners. I didn`t have any red ribbon so I used Merry Christmas ribbon on the wrong side...sometimes you just have to cheat. The buttons are from SU and I sewed them on with embroidery thread.

I used the Magnolia Tilda in apron stamp and colored it using my Prismacolored Markers. I highlighted with an Inkadinkado Opaque Pen on the apron and ruffles. I used a clear and gold spica pen on the wings to add some sparkle.

I added two flowers from my stash and I have no idea where they are from. I attached it with a blue crystal brad and put some crystal effects on the petals of the red flower to look like dew.

I used the rectangle stamper from JustRite to personalize the sentiment. I cut it out using the curvy rectangle as well.

It is now 2 am and all the boys are home, the dogs are in bed and I can now go to sleep. I love that the boys have such wonderful social lives but I do like to sleep. Thank goodness it only happens on the weekend. I just can`t go to bed until they are all home and neither can the dogs.

Off to bed.

Talk later

Hugs

Heather

Remember When

Oh what a sunny day we are having. I am sitting at my desk in front in the sun beam from two windows and it is just glorious. It is -18C outside but wonderful here in the sun. I can almost imagine I am on sunny beach.

I made this card following the sketch for Friday Sketchers. It is a great sketch that I decided to make similar in style to the one made by Bea. I made the front flap less than half the width of the card and I love this style. I think I will be trying this one again.

I used Windy Tilda and of course my favorite color combination Purple and Aqua. The papers are from DCVW and they are so lovely. I colored Tilda with Prismacolored Pencils and OMS. I used 2 Prisma flowers and put the other flowers inside of them. They are from the ever famous $store. For the yellow brads I made a circle using the 1/4 in. SU punch as a washer. I really like the result. The ribbon is from Martha Stewart and the Ribbon slide is from SU. The Remember When is an Inkadinkado stamp. I used versamark and white embossing powder and attached it with dimensionals.

I am on my way to a scrapbook store that is closing out in Sussex NB about an hour away. Its hard to see another store close but the owner wants to retire and who can blame someone for that. Retirement is great fun...why did I wait so long!

Hoping to get lots of goodies. Talk tomorrow.

Hugs

Heather

New Year`s Resolutions

No more Christmas cards so unto New Years Day greeting. I know you are supposed to make resolutions but I`m just not good at that. Instead I made a card for other people to do the resolutions! Here is hoping they do a good job.

I used one of the Magnolia images Claudia Rosa sent me as part of her blog candy. I love this stamp. Tilda looks like she is seriouly following the rules. I used Prismacolored Pencils with stubs and OMS.

I need a flower on the top left and all mine are packed away for Christmas. I used SU punches to create this flower grouping. I am rather pleased with it.

I used papers from Making Memories. I used two coordinated papers for this sketch. Oops I forgot to explain the sketch. This card follows the sketch on Fridays Sketches. It is a great sketch and loads of fun. I really like this card. Hope you do too.

On the inside I used the Journal stamp again. I haven`t decided who to give it too but there is space for a short note.

Off the wrap again.

Happy Holidays

Heather