Pressed Flower cards

Sharing a couple of beautiful pressed flowers today that a fellow church member gave me.  She presses all different leaves and flowers and I make cards out of them to sell at the church bazaar.

ISO:  Gaye Valle--can't find your address, please contact me, htondre@aol.com

ok, so I stayed up Friday night to get the following items ready to go....they are shipping Saturday morning:  Barb M, Karin, Frances, Tricia K, Monique (2), Sue E., Kaye, Beth W, Kelly J, Jean Chaney, Mel C, ANita A, Denise B, Barbara K, Twylia, EmLouise, Dana M and Larisa/Hlora, CM Brown (2), Linda S (2), Gail H (2 of 3)

Dia De los Muertos

Happy Dia De Los Muertos or Day of the Dead.  In Christian churches, it's often called Rememberence day and celebrated on the first sunday of November.  Where I come from, South Texas, where there is a large percentage of Mexican people, it's a holiday where people celebrate the memory of those who have passed.  They make altars with photos and favorite items of their loved ones.  It's a time of celebrating and honoring those who are gone.  It's been happening for thousands of years.

Dia De Los Muertos goes from Oct 31 to Nov 2nd

With Love

Here's an awesome image from artist Rick St Dennis.  he is sponsoring the Outlawz Monday Greetings challenge this week and we are delighted to have him!  This wonderful stamp is called Souvenier.  How gorgeous is she?  You know I love an image with a skull in it! The theme this week is to use designer paper and embossing (wet or dry) somewhere.  I embossed a sentiment, it says "with love."

Drop by the Outlawz Challenge site and check out all the wonderful creations this week and then share your creations with us.  Don't forget to include a sentiment on the front of your card for the Monday Greetings challenge!

Christmas tree card

 Here's one of the cards that I taught at a local class. This kit comes from Sizzix.  It opens in the center to the cutest Christmas message.  It was a very popular card for the class.  Here's the front using some great paper from Basic Grey

Here's the inside of the card

Hope you like it!  If you are anywhere in the Austin TX area, I do classes for the neighborhood for just $5 (enough to cover the supplies!) at a local church.  I expect the next one to be about a month before valentines. 

Cheers, Holley

Upcoming card class

There will be a card class taught at Crestview United Methodist Church on Monday, Nov 14th. It's just $5 to offset the cost of the supplies, if you are interested in joining in, just drop me an email htondre@aol.com.  We'll be making three fun cards:

We'd love to have you join in.  The first class is at 10 am, the 2nd class will be at 6:30 pm (with childcare for free, you just need to pay the $5 for the class).

I can't wait to see you all there.

Happy Anniversary

Here's a very elegant card that you can create with two basic colors for a special occasion, a 50th anniversary.  I am using Neenah Solar White Classic Crest and Basis Black.  Both are wonderful papers that you can get at Paper Temptress.  They are simple and very useful papers that you can turn into a magnificent card.

The background is embossed with a folder from Crafter's Companion and all the die cuts are layered using a set from Spellbinders Nestabilities.  The "50th" letters come from a Sizzix layered alphabet set.  I then added a whole set of small Doodlebug flowers in black and off white.

I think it turned out very elegant for such a wonderful occasion.  The customer was so happy with it and I hope the happy couple loves it.

Be-you-tiful

Sharing this lovely die cut card today. It's a sweet and simple set from Sizzix that you can use to put together a great sentiment for a card, perhaps on a gift bag or some other project.

I totally love some of their full frontal die cuts that will create a card.  Just perfect when you need a sweet elegant creation.

Cheers, Holley

Mermaid card

Here's an awesome image from Simply Betty stamps.  I created this great trifold mermaid card with it.

I took some extra photos so you could see it in different postitions

I am using some great handmade paper from India to go with her. Here's is how the card would fold up and fit into an A2 sized envelope.

Happy Friday everyone. I hope you have a great weekend.  Cheers, Holley

Happy Birthday

Here's the cutest little girl from Bugaboo.  They are sponsoring our contest on the Monday Outlawz Greeting Challenge tomorrow morning.  Please join in!  The theme this coming week is to decorate the edge of your card. On this card here, I have used a torn edge and then embellished it with a shimmery paper behind it.  As always, be sure to include a sentiment on your card.

I added a Happy Birthday Die cut.  I hope you will drop by and check out all the Design Team's works and then share your creations with us at Outlawz! If you are curious whose birthday is coming, it will be my hubby's birthday later this week.

Card Class in Austin

I am getting ready for a card class for my local neighborhood. It will be held at Crestview United Methodist Church room on March 25, Wed, at 10:30 am and 6:30 PM.  cost is just $5 for materials and all you need to bring is your smiling face! It's a fun beginner level class for putting a few simple cards together while having a little fun with a local group.  If you are local, I hope you will sign up or drop by.  Let me know if you are coming so I will have enough class packets to be ready. htondre@aol.com

You will make three cards, the first two can either be Father's day or Birthday theme.  I have stamps and die cuts that will allow you to change what they say on the front.

Have a great day everyone!

Card Making Class in Austin, TX

I am having a card making class if you are in the Austin TX area!  Here's the three cards we will put together.  It will be held at Crestview United Methodist Church on Feb 9th. Class times are 10am or 7pm.  There is child care option for the 7pm class. Cost is $5 to cover materials.

Please come join in and leave with three beautiful cards.

contact me, htondre@aol.com if you would like to come and join in!

BLOG CANDY Celebration is starting in just TWO days now...have you seen all the photos?  there's going to be stamps, die cutters, embossing folders, ribbons, embellishments, everything you can think of! CLICK HERE

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday brother!  Here's an awesome image from SLS Lines today that I used to create this fun card for my brother's birthday (which is the 14th).  This stamp is called whimsical robot.  I am using all greys on this card.  I got the Happy Birthday die cut from my hubby for Christmas.  The gears are some I bought at a convention.

There's an Anything Goes Challenge over on the SLS Challenge blog this month, please drop by and share your works with us.  We'd love to see your creations.

Cheers, Holley

It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's SUPER....

Here's an awesome image from Sandra Caldwell, Babycakes DND on Etsy, he's called Super Owl.  How fun is that?  I used a Sizzix card creator to make this fun die cut that pops open to show the adorable image she created.

How can you not love this guy?  He's available at her Etsy store.  Today at Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans on Facebook we are starting a brand new Progressive Challenge and you can use any Sandra Caldwell image, new or old, so please join us at her Facebook group and share a creation using one of her images.

I can't wait to see your creations for our Progressive Challenge, round 1 will be three weeks long. Then you will get a coupon for her Etsy store to play in Round 2, and then a Freebie for Round 3!

Cheers, Holley

3 Kool Katz

Hello everyone!  Here's a fun die cut set that I got for Christmas this year, it's from Sizzix and makes these awesome stand up cards.  I am using it with this adorable cat stamp from SLS Lines today.  Aren't these fun hipster cats looking like they are ready for a party. I thought this image too funny for any party themed occasion.  This fun image is called party cats.

Check out all the fun images at SLS Lines and we're going to be starting off the new year on the SLS Lines challenge blog with our first challenge on Jan 12th with an Anything Goes challenge so be on the look out!  We'd love to have you come and play with us.

Cheers, Holley

p.s. are you ready for some BLOG CANDY?!?  Feb is just around the corner now.  I sat down last night and took photos of all the stamps I have to giveaway....LOL, JUST the stamps.  WOAH. you all are going to be so surprised

It's Fall

Here's the cutest penguin, this image is called Brrrr Falling Leaves from Scribbles Designs.  The newest contest over at Outlawz starts tomorrow morning and the theme will be fall colors with twine.  I created this fun stair card full of leaves and a sentiment from Scribbles Designs as well.

Be sure to drop by Outlawz Monday greetings challenge tomorrow and share your fall card with us, as always, be sure there is a greeting on your card!  We can't wait to see what you make. There's two prizes this week, one from Scribbles Designs and we have another digi prize from one of our team members, Christina Hor who made a delightful pumpkin stamp.

Here's the card when it's standing up on my counter, excuse the lighting....

Cheers, Holley

Shaker Box, Goth Girl with Fish

Here's a fun image from SLS Lines digi stamps.  She's called Goth Girl with Fish Balloon.  Here I turned her into a shaker box card. I totally love the fun skirt she has on, I had to color it up in bright pink along with a yellow and orange combo and then I colored her dog's getup to match.  Too cute.

 

Here's the image before it went into the shaker box so you can get a much better view of how fun this image is.  Don't you love her fish balloon?

Hope you adore this fun image, check out the SLS Lines site on Etsy for all her images and we have a fun challenge blog here.  Join in the challenge and you could win a stamp!

Cheers, Holley

It's Good to be Queen!

Here's a stunning image from Simply Betty stamps.  I paired that with a fun sentiment from Kraftin' Kimmie and beautiful papers from Paper Temptress to create this card today.  She's definitely the Queen of  Hearts.  I hope you adore her!

Here's some of the gorgeous papers I used for this card today.  The base of the card is brown bag.  The shimmery layer is lustre called Vintage Silver Lustre Text.  The image is printed using Neenah Solar White Classic Crest.  The image was layered on to some black basis card stock, which was also used to cut out the corner die cuts.  Finally I added some lovely heart die cuts from a Sizzix set, this card stock is a somewhat shimmery red with gorgeous tiny golden flecks in it, Vermillion Sparkle.

Have a happy day.

Me + You = US

Here's a lovely image from Sherri Baldy for this week's challenge at the SSS Challenge Blog.  The contest is Anything Goes + Valentine.  I am using the cutest new image and coloring in browns and greens to get myself to start loving a new color combo.  I hope you all like it as well.

Drop by the SSS challenge blog and join in the fun to win wonderful stamps from artist Sherri Baldy!  I am also happy to say that Sherri is joining in on my celebration. She's been a dear friend for many years and will be giving away digi stamp prizes. 

So, question of the day, Are you a Besties Lover?  Do you use Digi Stamps?

Did you sign up yesterday? it's the main blog candy sign up for the month and will have winner's drawn all month long, so be sure and go sign up if you haven't already.  Else, leave a comment each day as winners will get picked everyday!

Meet Mary

Here's a gorgeous Vintage Lady stamp named  Mary from Queen Kat artist Beverly Cowan.  Queen Kat has just started to show a set of vintage stamps again.  This sentiment is actually among a whole set of sayings that are a digi-set freebie that you can get when you make an order from them, to see it, click here.

I added some embossed embellishment and some fun ribbon from K&Co.   Just 2 days to blog candy!!  Are you ready?  Check out some photos, there are in all over the place....see the link at the upper right hand corner....

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill Swiss, Neenah); Images (Queen Kat); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Ribbon (K&Co);  Embossing (Sizzix); Bling (Recollections); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Ribbon Glue, Glue dots); Color (Copic Markers);

Dreaming

Here's my view on the stunning stamp chosen for variation's week.  This stamp is called Dreaming of Aquamarine Tides from artist Katerina Koukiotis.  What a beautiful stamp.  I paired it with a wonderful saying from Plate #33.  I think that saying is just perfect with her expression.

Be sure and check out all of Katerina Koukiotis' designs at the Sweet Pea store.  She has some really stunning creations.  If you missed yesterday's posting, it was a blog hop with Sweet Pea stamps, be sure to go down to it and leave a comment.  Sweet Pea is going to pick on random person for a prize and announce that prize winner on the Sweet Pea blog Monday, so you still have time to sign up!  I hope someone on my blog wins!!

  

Cheers, Holley

 

Here's a fun link from someone who just got her prizes from me....read about it here