My Heart is Yours!

Love is in the air!

February - Cupids - Sweethearts

Just brings a smile to my face!

The card below was quick-but makes an awesome statement.

Features some cut outs from my Cricut machine, some sheer ribbon from Joann's, a flower from Wild Orchid Flowers, stamped sentiment from Unity Stamps and a new DP.

My confession?

I hoard Wild Orchid Flowers.

I can only bring myself to add one or two here and there.

But as you can see from this card-one is all it takes sometimes!!

 I'm entering the February challenge at 
Craft Hoarders Anonymous.  You'll find tons of Valentine inspiration there!  Gloria Stengel has made a beautiful Valentine Canvas for her project-very lovely!

Thanks for stopping by.  I'll be sharing more Valentine's in the days to come.

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #16

Hi!

I am excited to share with you from Craft Hoarders Anonymous today.

 

Most paper crafters also love school and office supplies. We love crayons, markers, shaped paperclips, notepads, folders, and more! If you hoard school and office products, get them out! Use them up! Use at least one item that is really a school or office supply on your project. 

Our Sponsors: Heartfelt Creations, Crafty Secrets, Lindy's Stamp Gang

 

This challenge came at the perfect moment -I just started college classes.

I couldn't just carry a plain ole notebook-could I??

 

I altered a composition book using Heartfelt Creations Designer Paper.

I love fussy cutting their paper.  I really didn't want a lot of bulk on top since I will be using it a lot, I fussy cut flowers.  To add some WOW-I distressed the edges with vintage photo distress ink and added Bisque liquid pearls

to the centers.  When adding them to your project, put some flat and add dimensionals to some to overlap and add depth.

The pearls are all from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

Now-you've got to head over the Craft Hoarders Anonymous blog and enter Challenge #16 yourself!!  You could win some fabulous prizes!!

Thanks to Gloria for allowing me to guest design with her and her fabulous Design Team!!

Guest @ Craft Hoarders Anonymous

I am excited to be a guest designer for Craft Hoarders Anonymous this month!!

 

Gloria Stengel started this blog with challenges for you to use the craft supplies you hoard.

Great idea right?!

When I started thinking about my supplies-I realized, much to my dismay, I hoard a lot of stuff!

Why?  You know the companies are constantly making cuter and nicer stuff all the time!

 

This challenge is:

 

Challenge #15 All the Pretty Flowers

This challenge is for all of you flower hoarders! Maybe you hoard pre-made flowers. Maybe you hoard flower punches or dies. Maybe you hoard flower stamps. "Dig" out those flowers and use them on your project!

 I've created a prayer box.  I altered a matchbox.  I made my own designer paper using stencils, inks and black stazon.  My hoarded flowers are Wild Orchid Flowers.  The string flat back pearls are from WOF.  The vintage lace I buy locally from a friend. 

 Inside my cute box is a poem written by Patti at A Soul's Heartbeat.  It's about listing your everyday blessings.  You know-the little things: a smile, a hug, a rainbow....you get the idea.  That way when you're having a bad day-you can look in your box and be reminded of God's blessings!

Head on over to the challenge blog:  Craft Hoarders Anonymous and create something to share with us using your hoarded flowers!!  You will get lots of inspiration from the designers over there.  You might even win a prize!!

RRR Fall Challenge

I've been hoarding my Wild Orchid Flowers, Really Reasonable Ribbon & string pearls.

Thought there would be nothing better than to use them in a Really Reasonable challenge.

Challenge #102 is Autumn Colors with Ribbon or Trim

 I started with a Prima tag, covered it on both sides with some pattern paper in my stash.  Using Inspired Stamps I stamped some song notes on the background and used the sentiment from the same stamp set.  The hymnal girl is from Inspired Stamps as well. Colored her with Stampin Up water color pencils.

I started layering some lace, burlap trim and string pearls.  Added some orange skeleton leaves in the back, then started layering Wild Orchid Flowers.

Also entering Craft Hoarders Anonymous: Challenge #15 All the Pretty Flowers



 

Button Challenge @ Craft Hoarders Anonymous

A challenge made for me!! BUTTONS!  Check it out at Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

Buttons are another thing I hoard!! There is a tiny sewing/craft shop in Rocky Mount, VA that I would spend hours going thru her buttons.  A nickel each.  I would sometimes spend $10 on buttons!! Shush!  Don't tell my husband!! LOL

 

My project today features a large pack of buttons purchased at Walmart.  They have fun and bright colors. 

I love altering boxes.  The paper is from my stash-I won several sheets in a challenge.  Fits perfectly with my button theme.  To decorate some of the edges-I used some border punches.

 After you gesso the edges of your box-inside & out-then you add your paper.  The lid was too tight, so I cut the one side of the lid and attached to the bottom of the box with E6000 glue. It forms a hinge. Works great!

 I've decorated the sides of my box with multi colored buttons layered.  I usually put "feet" on the bottom of my box-in this case they are brown buttons!!

I've enjoyed this challenge very much.  The box will be going with me to a craft show tomorrow in Danville, Virginia.  Finished it just in time!

Click here to go enter the challenge #14 yourself at Craft Hoarder's Anonymous.



 

Faith in Beautiful Things

I saw a video by Gabrielle Pollacco that so totally inspired me. I had to make one myself!

 

Find her You tube video HERE

 The Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge was to use a stamp.  The one I chose was from a Stampin Up set Faith in Nature.

Keep your faith in beautiful things;

in the

sun when it is hidden, in the spring

when it is gone.

~Roy R Gibson

 Those blooms are my spring influence.  Remind me of my beautiful Dogwood Trees budding right now!

If your like me-Gabrielle's creation is going to inspire you as well.  I love mine!

DCWV Rustic Stack designer paper
Stampin Up Sizzix Floral Vision are the tiny flowers
Liquid pearls Bisque are the flower centers
Make The cut is where I found the tree branch and cut it with my Cricut
The big flower on the main piece is a mixture of Stampin Up punch and a Wild Orchid flower

I'm entering the following challenges:
Craft Hoarders Anonymous challenge #5
Word ARt Wednesday Challenge #127
Country View Challenges #14 Spring







 

Secret Garden Corset Card

Happy Tuesday!

I hope your week is going well.

 

I wanted to share a wedding card I created with a special couple in mind.

 

 I saw this corset idea done on a jar and wanted to recreate it on a card.  I love how it turned out!
I used my G45 Secret Garden paper-that I hoard and hoard and save every scrap of!! LOL  I fussy cut the roses and little girl.

I've added glitter glue to the roses to make them pop.
I also cut apart some hoarded prima pearls (GASP!!!) and put them here and there-sparingly I might add.  Want to save some for future projects! LOL

 Here's a close up of the Stampin Up love sentiment I stamped in pistachio momento ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  The lace and ribbon were in my stash.

 Below is the inside of my card.  If I've learned anything from Gloria Stengel-it's to finish the inside as well as the outside! Thank you Gloria!!

I'm entering the following two challenges:

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #4-Sparkle, Glitter, Glam

Simon Says Stamp-Glitter it





 

ZFold Mini Album with G45 Typography

Have you heard about the new blog in town?

Craft Hoarders Anonymous

It's all about using what's in your stash-what you hoard.

Do we have problems with that??  oh no!

 

I don't think I've met a crafter yet that hasn't admitted to hoarding.

 

One of my favorite things is G45 designer paper.

This mini album is using their Typography DP.

I've also added in some solid colors from colorbok.

 

The style I'm showing is Z Fold.  I love this style. I'm simple and I can make one in just a couple of hours.  It turns out great every time.

 

 I've used some lace from my stash and did some fussy cutting with the paper line.  There are some Wild Orchid Flowers decorating the front as well.

Pretty much the paper speaks for itself in this album

The only other thing I used was adhesive.  Used some Scotch quick drying glue, scoretape and my Glue Art Glider Pro.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you'd like to see the video I shot of it. Find it here.

Craft Hoarders Anonymous /New Design Team

There is a new design team in town!  Craft Hoarders Anonymous.  Created by none other than Gloria Stengel!
There will be challenges once she gets everything lined up.

If you're interested here are the details:

...the Design Team Call deadline! If you wish to apply, click HERE to read all about it! 

How about we have some fun while we wait?! Here is a little vintage-inspired prize pack up for grabs. 

All you need to do is SHARE about the new blog and the DT call. Simple as that! Once you share (on your blog, in emails to your crafty friends, via Facebook or Twitter, on a message board, etc.), come back here and post a comment telling us how you shared! 

Everyone who leaves a comment will have her (or his) name tossed into the "hat" for a Random Draw! Link us to your blog and show us that you posted our blog badge on your own blog and you will get your name entered twice! (HERE is the badge.)

Winner gets the prize! We will announce the winner on January 17th.