It's Christmas Time in the Blog World.....

Good evening, my friends.  I have some great new projects that I have been working on for the past couple of days and I will share them with you in the next couple of days.  But tonight I just wanted to share with you another blog hop that is coming up.  It is a joint blog hop by Emma at Creative Time for Me and Nikki at Scrappin' Navy Wife. 




Another one on my can't miss list....I think I am gonna need to ask for time off work to be at all these blog hops. 

I would really like to add a few things to my blog and so I have asked if there is anyone who reads this who is willing to help me make a blinkie or button and a signature if they could get in touch with me.  I'm not very computer literate when it comes to things like this and I need to spice it up for me.  Maybe someday I will get a real makeover that actually costs money but for now I have to be content with what I can do ( or actually can't do without some help at the moment) to be happy with my blog.

Take care and I hope y'all have a wonderful weekend. 

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Owl Card

Good morning, y'all!  It has been a LONG time since I posted anything on here.  I want to welcome some new followers as well.  No excuse, just life getting in the way.  Finally last night I was able to spend a few minutes in my craft room and play with my newest cartridge Winter Frolic.  And this is the card that was created:

Supplies Used:

Cardstock - Recollections from Michaels, Patterned Paper - Basic Grey Dasher collection

Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge - owl and all layers cut at 3"

Oval cutter from Creative Memories

Sentiment is computer generated, cut out with Stampin Up Word Window punch

"Christmas" stamp from Michaels $1.50 bin, heat embossed with white embossing powder

glitter for hat, googly eyes and white gel pen add details

I think it turned out so cute.  After I made this card I did some catching up on some of the blogs that I follow and found a very similar card posted at Made by Momo here.  She has always inspired me and I guess I have really been learning from her as I even almost cased her card perfectly.  Love you Momo!!!  :)

Thank you for stopping by today.  As time permits, I hope to get some more cards and projects done by the end of this week.  But we will see!

Take care, my friends.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather







Guardian Angel Card

Good morning, my friends! 

I have a quick card to share with you today.  It was a very difficult card for me to make.  My niece asked me to make it for her to send to a friend of hers who has recently lost a baby girl.  She wanted an angel on the card.  I didn't want it to be a totally sad card so I used pastel colours and a bit of glitter as well.  I liked how it turned out and I hope it helps my niece's friend know that someone is thinking of her at this hard time in her life.

Recipe:

Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge, angel cut at 3 3/4"

Peachy Keen Everyday Doll stamp

My Pink Stamper Everyday Occasions stamp

Fiskers Threading Water border punch

Misc. paper, ribbon and stickles

Have a wonderful Friday and a great weekend.  I hope to be around for a bit with a new project to share or a challenge to complete but if not,  make it a good one and I will see you all back here soon.

Take care.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Christmas Card for Two Challenges

Good morning, all!  The card I am sharing with you I made and it is for 2 challenges at two of my favourite blogs: Paper Playtime where the challenge was to use a clock, ticket or tag and Made by Momo where the challenge was to use embossing.

Now I know I am my worst critic but this card is not at all as I envisioned it.  And I am not sure that I even like it that much but it's done :)  There were many little steps to get it this way.  First I used two $1.50 stamps from Michaels and water coloured them.  I used the tag maker punch from Creative Memories to make the tag and added the large ornament and button to it .  The light blue paper was run through the Cuttlebug with the D'Vine Swirls folder and the sentiment was heat embossed with silver.  All edges were inked with a blue colour.  The silver glitter paper was punched with an EK Success border punch.  And the final step was lots and lots of glitter glue.  I like the look but this is what I am not sure of as it made the white paper curl.  Maybe I should have used less. 

Thanks for dropping by today.  Hope you have a great one!  I am off to work so no time to play.  Take care my friends.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Christmas Changes

Good afternoon. my friends!  I have just changed my blog background, etc. for Christmas and am sure I will change it again before then but wanted to keep my pink theme.  What do y'all think?  I LIKE IT!!!

Today I updated my Gypsy with the 6 new cartridges and hopefully I will have a few minutes to play after I finish my chores.

Have a wonderful day.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

A Christmas Blog Hop

Good Morning.  Well even though I do not have anything that I have made to share with you today I just wanted to let you all know about a blog hop that my friend Janis and her design queens are doing for Christmas.  You can read about all the details here at Janis' blog. 

Everyone enjoys making inexpensive stocking stuffers or just a little something for someone that you want to give.  I am really looking forward to it. 

Take care my friends.  See you soon!

{{{{{HUGS}}}}, Heather

A Slight Change of Pace - Wedding/50th Anniversary Album

Good Thursday morning!  Yep, you guessed it.  Four days in a row.  But this post is not a Christmas project.  Does anyone remember how excited I was to finally get back into my scrapbooking room last week after I had not been doing much crafting?  Well, this is what got me back in there.  About a year ago I started an album for me of my parents wedding pictures and the pictures from their 50th wedding anniversary.  I had barely looked at it for a LONG time.  I pulled it out to work on and am happy to say that I have completed the following four layouts and am excited to get back to it when I can find some time. 

The colours that I am using for the whole album are black, white and silver with a pop of red.  I will share more layouts as I finish them. 

Again,  thanks for coming by.  Enjoy your day!!!

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Christmas Tags

Good morning!  Today is the third day I have posted a Christmas project in a row.  Yeah.....go me!!!  :)

Late in the season last year I bought the Very Merry Tags Seasonal Cricut cartridge and did not use it at all for last Christmas.  So I pulled it out the other day and found numerous treasures on it.  I did not have a lot of time to play with it yet but here are a few of the tags I came up with.  These would be great to use by themselves on a gift, on a card, on a scrapbook page or wherever else you see them.  Have any suggestions?
I am sure by the time Christmas comes I will have tried all 50 of them!!

Thanks again for stopping by.  Have a wonderful Wednesday, my friends.  I am off to work.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather