Guess Which Won????

Good morning, my friends.  Yesterday I left you all with the thought that I would either craft or bake before I had to leave for work.  Which one do you think won???

This picture will give you a clue.....

I baked banana bread and tried a new cookie recipe called "Tiny Kisses Peanut Blossoms".  Both are yummy and since I also hadn't baked in a long time I know it was appreciated by my family.  I was hoping to get into my craft room as well but by the time I got everything done and cleaned up it was time to get ready for work.  Hopefully I will get some time to craft this weekend in between shifts.

Thanks for dropping by.  Happy Friday.

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

Thanksgiving Cards

Good morning, crafting friends!  I am posting two days in a row....an accomplishment for me these last few weeks :)  But I have to confess I made these cards to mail for our Canadian Thanksgiving (which was Monday) and they are still in my apartment.  I have two choices now: 1) save them for next year or 2) send them to my friends in the US who have yet to celebrate Thanksgiving. 

Neither of these cards uses the Cricut which is also a first for me for a while.  I used my stash of stamps for the first one and my Cuttlebug embossing folders for the second one.

Thanks for stopping by.  It is a rainy, cool day here and after I run one quick errand I have until 5 before I have to be at work.  My choices are that I am going to do some baking or some crafting. Come back tomorrow to find out which one I chose.  Have a wonderful Thursday, my friends.  See you soon!

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

Birthday Card for my Hubby

Good afternoon, my crafting friends!  I have definitely been slacking at adding any new cards or projects or even entries on my blog since I moved.  I just have not been in my craft room that much.  I NEED to make time to do some fun stuff for me once in a while.  But my husband's birthday was on Monday so I did make this card for him.  The story behind the frog is that when my nephews were very little they changed my husband's name from Todd to Toad thinking it was so funny as only 3 and 5 year old boys can.  And the nickname kinda stuck but instead of toads he started to collect frogs.  He still has some of his massive collection 17 years later and every once in a while I still call him my "toad". 

This card is a pop up easel card adapted from a penguin card that I saw on Made by Momo's blog.  Instead of a penguin I used the frog and lily pad from Create A Critter.  The frog is cut at 4" with glitter paper and the lily pad was run through the Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug embossing folder and inked around the edges to give it some texture.  Glossy Accents was used on the blue card stock to make it look like water.  The sentiment was printed on the computer.

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day, my friends!  And check back soon for another couple of cards I made recently.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}},  Heather

Whimsy Jar Swap (Part 2)

Now that I know that she received her jar, I can post the pictures of the jar I created.  I used a plastic clear  "paint" can instead of a glass jar as the dimensions were similar and it was lighter to mail and there was less chance of breaking.  The colours requested for the jar were brown, lime green and light blue.  I had SOOOOOO much fun picking out all kinds of scrapping goodies to place in the jar.  It was filled with ribbon, glitter, flock, buttons, brads, bling and a package of lime green candies :)

I used Forever Young, Plantin Schoolbook and Sentimentals Cricut cartridges for the letter, frame and flowers.   I never thought to take a picture of the goodies outside of the jar before I placed them inside. I know I said it before in the other post but it was such a fun swap and I would definitely participate again. 

Have a wonderful weekend, my friends.

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

Whimsy Jar Swap

Good afternoon! 

I just wanted to share with you something that I received in the mail yesterday.  I have been a part of a message board for a long time now (since 2004 I think) and have joined in on swaps on that board from time to time.  A couple of months ago I signed up for a Whimsy Jar swap and the colour that I wanted my jar to be in was pink.  Guess that's a surprise for those that know me well....NOT!!!  My jar arrived yesterday and was so packed full of goodies that after I had taken them all out I could not get them back in.  Here is a picture of the jar as it arrived full and the contents after I had taken them out:

I have pictures of the jar that I made as well but as far as I know the recipient has not received it yet and I do not want to spoil it for her (I don't think she reads here but ya never know).  I am looking forward to placing the jar on a shelf in my new craft room.  This was a fun swap and I would sign up for it again in a heartbeat.

Have a great day, my friends!

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

I'm BACK......with a new project......FINALLY!!!!!!

Good evening, everyone!  Did you miss me???  I have been gone for almost 2 weeks now but am ready to start creating again.  The move came and went and I am now settling in and SOOOOOO ready to be back at my blogging and creating.  So, I have a baby card to share with you.  It is the only project that I have done for two weeks and did it because I needed it for a baby shower that I went to yesterday for my niece.This card was made with things from my stash, the Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge and Peachy Keen Critter Faces (Medium) stamp.


 

Thanks for stopping by and checking the project out.

Take care, my crafting friends.  It's good to be back!!!

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

See Y'All on the Flip Side!!!

Hello my crafting friends.  There has definitely not been any crafting going on in this house the last 2 weeks or so but everything is packed up and in boxes ready to go bright and early in the morning.  If things go as expected, I should have some of my stuff unpacked this weekend and will have a project for you as soon as possible.  Stay tuned!!!!

I will also have no internet access for a bit so everyone be good, don't miss me too much and I will see y'all on the flip side. 

~ Hugs, Heather ~

Teenage Boy Birthday Card

Hello my blogging friends!  It has been a while since I last posted anything but I had to make a card for my nephew's birthday party this weekend and it has been the only thing I have done that's creative in a LONG while.  Truthfully, I am missing it greatly but the apartment needs to get packed up and the pink castle painted over before we go and we have 13 more days to do it!  I MAY get a bit of time to craft this long weekend but I have to work part of it, am spending some time with family and totally packing the rest of my scrapping supplies.  This may be my last post with a project until the flip side (and by the time I get all unpacked and the internet hooked up) that might not be until the end of September.  Don't miss me too much as I will be back!  :)  BUT wish me luck as I find change stressful and am feeling the effects of this already. 

Okay, on to the card.....

This is one of those cards that looks simple but uses a lot of little things to create it. I am entering it into Made By Momo's challenge to use black & white & only one other colour. It has been a while since I have done any challenges as well.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock - Recollections Value Pack

-Coordinations Black Magic (sent through the Cuttlebug Traffic Jam folder and sanded to show the blue although it looks white in the photo)

Cricut Cartridges - Doodlecharms for the cupcake, cut at 3 1/2"

- Don Juan for the numbers, cut at 1"

Punches - Martha Stewart Zig Zag border punch

Stamping Up word window punch

Stamps are from Michaels $1.50 bin

All other misc. supplies are from my stash

Thanks for visiting today.  Have a wonderful Thursday and a great long weekend if I am not around.  This is only one of a few long weekends that both Canada and the US share, always marking the end of summer and back to school after for those of us here in Ontario. 

~ Hugs, Heather ~