Apothecary Tags

Here's my "Thank You" tags that I made for some of my stamping friends this month. I used the Apothecary Art My Digital Studio stamp for the "For You" and water colored the floral image using Marina Mist, Calypso Coral, and Lucky Limeade ink. I ran the Crumb Cake tag base through my crimper and added a scalloped punched Calypso Coral decorative strip across the lower section of the tag.

Have a great day!

Simple Valentine

Here's another Valentine card to share with you. On this simple card I used the Hearts framelit to emboss onto my Whisper White panel (don't think you can see the embossing very well...but yes, you can use the framelits to add embossing to your papercrafts. I'll have to share that technique in another blog post.) and then I added a couple of Everyday Enchantment DSP hearts to the embossed area, placing a red button tied with red/white twine to one of the hearts. I stamped a Valentine sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes, and now I've got myself a quick and easy handmade Valentine card to give away.

Oh...I almost forgot the paper piercing under the sentiment... just a little extra to finish off the card :-)

Have a great day!

Strips of Valentine Enchantment

It's hard to believe that we're already into the middle of January and heading towards the next holiday, Valentine's Day. Here's the last card we made in this month's Valentine Trio class. I used strips of the SAB Everyday Enchantment DSP along with the Edgelit Adorning Accents scallop die and coordinating Adorning Accents embossing folder.

I have a couple of sheets left over from the Everyday Enchantment DSP which are more masculine, but haven't created anything with them yet. With my Valentine classes finished, I'm looking forward to playing around with these new sheets of DSP and their color combinations.

I hope that you're having a week, and thanks for stopping by!

This card is part of January's Valentine Enchantment Trio class.

A Framed Valentine

What?! Another Everyday Enchantment DSP card? An enthusiastic, Yes! I would never have used these two colors together on a Valentine card, but the Pool Party and Poppy Parade look great together, especially against the Whisper White background. I used the Labels framelits to create the Pool Party frame around the stamped sentiment. The surrounding hearts were made with the new  Hearts framelit, and how about the  Edgelit Adorning Accents scallop die and coordinating  Adorning Accents embossing folder? These make for a pretty cute detail!

I appreciate you stopping by...hope that you have a great day.

This card is part of January's Valentine Enchantment Trio class. 

Click Here to visit Tiffany's blog and be inspired by the rest of her "IPicks" this week.

A Quilted Valentine

Here's another Valentine share. This card uses the upcoming Sale-A-Bration Everyday Enchantment DSP. This cute DSP has been punched out with the Postage Stamp punch to create the quilt effect.

This is one of the Valentine cards we're making in this month's class on Tuesday, 1/20. If you can't make the class, I have the tutorial and a few card kits available for purchase.

Thanks for stopping by!

A Charming Heart Birthday

Here's a quick birthday card using the new Hearts Framelit die. I wanted my card to be the size of the largest framelit, so I folded my 6x11 Pool Party CS in half lengthwise and placed one of the sides just inside the framelit to create a hinge that the card would open/close at. I used the upcoming Sale-A-Bration DSP Everyday Enchantment and cut out a smaller heart using the Hearts framelit, sponging Pool Party ink around the edges of the DSP heart. My stamped image is from the Charming stamp set which I used the Marker-to-Stamp technique on to get the variety of colors on my stamped image. I punched out the stamped image using the Extra-Large Oval punch, snailing it to a Perfect Polka Dot embossed 2-3/8" scallop circle. I also embossed the heart-shaped card front with the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder. The stamped/scallop circle is dimensionaled to the upper center of the heart. The Basic Black stamped  "Happy Birthday" is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes SS, which was punched with the Word Window punch and then the edges were sponged. I added a punched Itty Bitty Pool Party scallop to the left side of the punched sentiment with one of SU's Mini Brads attached to the flower center. This last little piece was dimensionaled to the card front...and voila! It's done :-) Thanks for stopping by!

An Apothecary Birthday

I'm looking forward to creating cards with this new Apothecary Art stamp set. It's coordination with the Labels framelits make it a versatile set.

I used both the stamp set and framelit on this birthday card, along with the Edgelit Adorning Accents scallop die, along with the Adorning Accents embossing folders, more great coordinating accessories.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Another Valentine

This Valentine card was inspired by a card in the IBC catalog. This has a little slit on the card front for a Valentine "Friend" Tag. The DSP is from Stampin' Up's upcoming SAB catalog (January 24!!)...I love this paper! I used the stamp set Vintage Vogue and Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Soft Suede,Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade

Accessories and DSP from 2012 SAB catalog

Ink: Early Espresso, Poppy Parade, Soft Suede

Punches: Small Heart, Corner Rounder, Decorative Label, Word Window

Big Shot: Edgelit Adorning Accents Scallops; Framed Tulips Embossing folder;  Hearts Collection Framelit

Stamp Set: Vintage Vogue,Teeny Tiny Wishes

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A Valentine Share

Wow, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day have all come and gone, and here we are heading towards the next fun event...Valentine's Day. I spent part of my December break playing around with my new Mini Occasion goodies, which are now available to everyone. On today's card I used pieces and leftovers from the Valentine cards I made for this month's Card Class.

The little pieces put together made for a clean and super simple card.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Poppy Parade

Punches: Small Heart, Corner Rounder

Big Shot: Edgelit Adorning Accents Scallops; Adorning Accents Embossing folder (hearts and scallop);  Hearts Collection Framelit

Stamp Set: Tiny Tags,Teeny Tiny Wishes

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2012 Occasions Mini Catalog

The Occasions Mini catalog is here and filled with innovative accessories, fresh new stamp sets and more! 

Order dates: January 4 - April 30, 2012

To view all the fun ideas and new supplies, CLICK HERE!

Wisteria Flower Fest

Here's a little birthday card I made for my granddaughter using the Flower Fest stamp set. This is a great stamp set if you love to watercolor. I frayed the bottom edge of the Concord Crush ribbon and used the threads I pulled out to tie in the buttonholes of the big pink button I found.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Concord Crush

Ink: Stazon Black, Soft Suede; Reinkers - Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade

Punches: 1-1/4" circle; Itty Bitty Shapes

Big Shot: Square Lattice folder; Lattice Bigz die; Labels Collection Framelit

Stamp Set: Flower Fest,Teeny Tiny Wishes

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Happy New Year and January Newsletter

A very Happy New Year to everyone! I've posted the January Stamping Newsletter which you can view HERE or by clicking on my Newsletter button on the right side of the blog. I am looking forward to sharing ideas, cards, classes, and spending 2012 with all of you who stamp with me or visit here on my blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's what's going on this coming month:

January Classes

Creative Cards: Valentine Cards ($15)

Tuesday, 1/10 – 10 AM-Noon; (7-9 PM CANCELLED)at Tumbleweed Recreation Center

Tuesday, 1/17 – 10 AM-Noon; 1:30-3:30 PM; 7-9 PM at Heidi’s House

January PDF Tutorials

Valentine Card Class Tutorial ($3.95)

Demo to Demo Valentine Card Class Tutorial ($8.95)

To view class picture, purchasing and more info, CLICK HERE

January Card Kits

Valentine Card Class Kit - Includes PDF Tutorial ($17.00 - includes shipping)
To view class picture, puchasing and more info, CLICK HERE

Valentine Enchantment Trio Class Tutorial and Kits

• The Valentine Enchantment Trio Tutorial features three Valentine Cards using Big Shot die-cuts, framelits, edgelits, punching,  sponging and stamping. All cards use Stampin’ Up’s 2012 Sale-A-Bration designer series paper, Everyday Enchantment. The stamp sets used are Teeny Tiny Wishes, Very Vintage and Tiny Tags. You will receive detailed step-by-step 22-page illustrated instructions with pictures, supply list, and cutting guides for each card. The cost for the Valentine Enchantment Trio tutorial is $3.95 and can be purchased below by clicking on the "Buy Now" button. The PDF tutorial will be emailed to you within 24 hours.

Valentine Enchantment Trio Tutorial - $3.95

• Demo-to-Demo option- If you're a Stampin' Up! Demo, please feel free to teach any of my tutorials using verbal instruction. If you would like to give a copy of the Valentine Enchantment Trio tutorial to your class guests, as a fellow Stampin’ Up! demo, I have made this option affordable for you. Upon receipt of payment I will send you a copy of the tutorial without my name and contact information (I will retain my copyright information on the bottom of each card). The additional charge for this privilege is $5.00, which allows you to print or send out e-tutorials to your class guests. I use the honor system. Click on the "Buy Now" button for $8.95 ($3.95 PDF tutorial + $5.00 demo-to-demo class tutorial) and your PDF tutorials will be emailed to you within 24 hours.

Demo to Demo Valentine Enchantment Trio Tutorial - $8.95

• Valentine Enchantment Card Kit 

• I have a limited supply of the Valentine Enchantment Card Kits available for $17 (cost includes Shipping/Handling). Each Kit includes the following: 

• Prepared Kit includes all pre-cut punched, textured and die-cut cardstock pieces, pre-cut Everyday Enchantment DSP. The  Kit comes ready for you to stamp and assemble. (Stamp sets not included - use your own stamps or purchase the featured stamp sets at a $5 discount through me. I have included a Word prepared sheet of Valentine sentiments).
• Ribbon, Brads, jewels, as shown on projects.
• 3 envelopes
• 22-page PDF Illustrated Tutorial with photographs and step-by-step instructions
• PDF Valentine sentiment page 

Please Note: You will need to provide adhesive, ink and stamp sets to complete the project as shown in picture.

 Stamp Sets: 115370  - Teeny Tiny Wishes WM  (36.95); 118592- Tiny Tags CM(16.95); 118598 - Vintage Vogue CM -OR- SAB Fresh Vintage - Available 1/24/2012  (please contact me directly for $5 discount - heiditek@cox.net) 

• Click on the "Buy Now" button below. PLEASE NOTE: Card Kits will begin shipping on Friday, January 20, 2012. PDF Tutorial will be emailed to you within 24-hours of purchase.

Valentine Enchantment Trio Card Kit - $17.00 (includes PDF tutorial and shipping/handling fees)
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Digital December Continues

I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas. Since we're still in the Holiday season, I wanted to share another digital page from my 2012 calendar, which turned out great, BTW. I used the Cinch binder to put it together and I can't believe how fast and easy it was. I was a little concerned about how the pages would print out, but my printer did a great job!

This is my December calendar page, hope that you enjoy it!

A Very Simple Christmas Card

Since I haven't posted any cards for awhile, I thought I'd share this simple Christmas card I made. These were my "send out" cards this year. I used mostly digital images from My Digital Studio. I did stamp a nice sentiment inside each card using the Petite Pairs. My hybrid additions are the crimped Early Espresso band across the front, the colored star rhinestones and a tied bow.

They were fast, easy but still handmade.. my kind of card.

...and like the card says, "Have yourself a Merry little Christmas"!

Our Gingerbread House

My post today has absolutely nothing to do with stamping or card making. Today's post is about Gingerbread Houses, although we used graham crackers to make ours. I thought I'd start off by showing you some pictures we took of the Gingerbread Houses at the Biltmore Hotel.

Each house was a replica of famous buildings like the Arizona Gammage

The Guggenheim Art Museum

A replica of the historic state capitol building in Prescott.

My favorite was this one, a traditional Gingerbread House.

Here's another house that was on display. It's different...I like the water effect.

Back to our Gingerbread House project ....the Gingerbread House has become a tradition that my son, aka Uncle Daniel, does with Adriel's kids every year.

This year was a little more involved as they drew up house plans, made a serious candy run to the dollar store, and figured out the best tool for cutting windows, doors and roofs out of the graham crackers.

With the planning stage behind them they dove into cutting and assembling their house. The kids made furniture while Daniel assembled the house structure.

The veranda on the second story includes a hot tub, filled with blue bubble gum for the water.

Kayla made a snow penguin...and candy bananas are strategically hidden throughout the house. Why???

 Since the assembling took several hours, we saved the decorating for the next day. If you didn't know it, the best part about decorating the Gingerbread House is getting to eat all the candy. Some of the candy made it on the house, but I think a lot of it got eaten.

 I was in charge of the Gingerbread icing and I discovered a great Eggless Royal Icing recipe from Food.com. Did you know this is what Gingerbread icing is called? I sure didn't. This eggless recipe is great because if you eat the candy off of the house, you don't have to worry about getting salmonella from the eggs. I thought I'd share the recipe here, just in case anyone out there decides to make a Gingerbread House with Royal Icing.

Eggless Royal Icing

Ingredients:

1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 teaspoons water or milk
3 teaspoons light corn syrup

Directions:

1.  In a small bowl, stir together confectioner's sugar and water or milk until smooth.
2. Add corn syrup until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup.
3. Keep icing covered with damp cloth when not using to prevent crusting

We just used a ziplock bag for squeezing out our icing by snipping off a small corner piece, filling the bag with icing. We rolled the bag up and squeezed the icing through the corner hole and it worked great. You could certainly use a pastry bag and tips for a more professional and cleaner look. This icing works great...it's super sticky, it held all our candy onto the graham cracker walls, it was pliable enough to squeeze and it made great icicles, plus it dries like a rock. For the roof we thinned the icing down with a few drops of water and spread it over the roof, then we sprinkled crushed hard peppermint candies over it and let it dry. (This was Kayla's great idea :-)
Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Themed Piano Hinge Book

My blog share today doesn't really qualify as a Digital December share, although it does include a few digital embellishments.

My stamping friend, Susan, had made a Piano Hinge Book several months ago and she generously offered to show me how to make one. So with her help and time, this is what I made. I chose a Christmas theme because last year she'd given me a Christmas designer paper kit (she does spoil me...she's also been known to drop by Fudgy Wudgy fudge), which I'd planned on using to make a scrapbook, but it just never happened.

This little book was just too much fun to make...really! I added little pockets, printed up some cute My Digital Studio embellishments, and I even did some macrame (I was shocked that I even remembered any knots...I used to make macrame jewelry with puka shells way back in the 70's).

It's been great to have the book already finished because as I'm going through the 2011 Christmas season I'm able to take pictures and journal as I go along. I always think about doing a scrapbook AFTER an event or special occasion, but I have to say that having a book already prepared allows you to think about the pictures you want for each page and the journaling has come easy because I'm drawing from current memories and thoughts. I'll have to remember this for any future books I make.

These pages will be perfect for pictures of our Gingerbread House. I'll blog and post pictures of the Gingerbread House in the near future, but all I can say about the house right now is...Wow!

Susan and I brainstormed about different themed Piano Hinge books we could make. We both thought a recipe book would be darling.

I just have to say that it's fun to have a blog...I love posting pictures of things I'm excited about and sharing it here in the blogging world. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Clearance Rack Sale Blitz!

What's the big news?
Well the big news is that now through January 5, 2012, nearly 200 new Clearance Rack items are being added to the Online Store at discounts up to 80 percent off retail--while supplies last! Now, that's big news!

Click on my Clearance Rack Flyer to view all the sale items.

Here's some helpful ordering information:

• Only online orders qualify for this promotion. Orders can include non-Clearance Rack items, as well.
• The Clearance Rack Blitz includes old-body style punches.
• There is no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion.
• Qualifying Clearance Rack orders are eligible for hostess benefits/Stampin' Rewards.
• Clearance Rack Blitz items are only available while supplies last. There are no refunds or exchanges on Clearance Rack items.
• You may view Clearance Rack Blitz items in the Online Store.

Pretty Pink Baby

Here's another calendar page that I'm sharing from the Digital Calendar I created using My Digital Studio. I went with pinks and white for my color choices and used the Upsy Daisy stamp for the bottom bordering flowers. Cute pictures, cute papers, cute stamps all made for an easy page design.

Thanks for taking time to stop by!