Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team Blog Hop

Good morning!  Hope your week is off to a great start!  It's the last Tuesday of the month and that means it's time for another Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team blog hop!  Every month, a group of former Heartfelt Creations designers gets together to share projects made with some of our favorite Heartfelt Creations products.  If you arrived here from Clare's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, you will definitely want to head over to Olga's blog and start the hop from there so you don't miss a single inspiring creation!

Here is my card for the hop:

I started with a 7 x 9 in. card base of SU Elegant Eggplant and scored along the long side at 2 1/4 in. from each end to form a gatefold card.  I followed Emma Lou's tutorial for the Artistic Gatefold Collection here to use the HCD 716 Layered Elegant Swirls dies to create the base diecuts and white shimmer paper overlay.  I embossed the two narrow front panels with the Sizzix Corners & Damask embossing folder.  I created a belly band from Elegant Eggplant by adhering two ornate borders created with a Spellbinders Parisian Accents die to a 1 1/4 in. strip of cardstock.  I overlaid the band with some wide white crocheted lace.  The vase image from HCPC 3395 Bella Rose Vase PreCut Set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Cryogen White and colored with Copic markers.  I cut it out and adhered it to the belly band on the front of the card.  I finished the inside with some swirls from HCPC 3420 Holiday Dove PreCut Set and a sentiment from HCPC 3401 Bella Rose Scroll PreCut Set (not shown) and that was it.

Thanks for stopping by!  Your next stop is Marsha's blog where she has something gorgeous in store for you!  Be sure to leave a comment on every blog as you are hopping, because one comment will be chosen at random from all the blogs and the lucky commenter will win a $25 gift certificate to the Heartfelt Creations store!  Your chance to comment closes at midnight, Friday, February 3 EST and the winner will be announced on Saturday, February 4 at Noon EST.

In case you get lost along the way, here is the full line-up:

Olga
Selma  
Loretta  
Clare 
Carla (you are here)
Marsha
Linda


Have a great day!

Card For A Couple of Challenges

Hi there!  Happy Sunday!  Hope you've had a great weekend!  I finally managed to get a little organized and to finish up a few cards I had in the works.  I'm here to share one that I made for two challenges - Guylou's Inimitability Winter Wonderland Color Challenge (blue, gray and white) and the Copic Challenge #35 on Suzanne's Dean's Color Me Creative Classroom site which was to color with "frosty" cold colors.

Here is the inspiration colors for Guylou's Challenge:

And here is the inspiration photo for the CMC Challenge:

Here is my card for the two challenges:

I started with a card base of SU Baja Breeze and layered with patterned paper from the Bo Bunny Snowfall 6 x 6 pad.  My fun image is Serena on Skis from Guylou's Inimitability.  You can find her in Guylou's store here.  I printed her on Cryogen White and colored her with Copics (BG57, BG53, BG11, BG000, B91, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, E11, E00, E000).  I added some white glitter to the trim on her hat, her ski suit, and the snow.  The skiing sentiment is from Create With TLC.  Paulette generously shared it as a freebie at the end of last year.  I thought it would work perfectly with Serena!  I colored it similarly to the main image.  I punched  a few snowflakes from white glitter paper and popped them up on pop-dots.  A shimmery sheer white bow finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by and having a peek.  I'll be back soon to share some other projects I've been working on.  Have a great night!

A Couple of Cards

Hi there!  Hope you're having a good weekend so far!  Things have finally calmed down a little and I was able to complete a couple of cards I was working on.   I hope I'll gradually get caught up on all my cards and on visiting your blogs.  I am getting there!

My first card is for Aud Sentiments Challenge #46 where the theme was "love".  Paulette from Create With TLC generously offered a freebie love sentiment on the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog that we could use for our creation.  It was so cute, I decided to use it for my card.

I started with a card base of GKD Black Onyx and layered with patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two Sunshine 6x6 pad.  I used Paulette's freebie (If Love Were A Movie...) and also a couple of tickets from Create With TLC that Paulette shared as part of the February Club.  The popcorn box is from DRS Designs.  I did a little coloring with Copics and added a bit of Stickles to the salt on the popcorn.  A stitched ribbon bow finished my card.

I created a second card for the Create With TLC DT using a sentiment from a new set called Women Equal Strength which can be found in the Create With TLC store.  I thought it paired perfectly with this wonderful digi image from Robert Jackson called She's Fierce.  It can be found on Robert's site here.  I was very lucky to have won a couple of his fantastic images during my friend Chana's blog contest.

I started with a card base of GKD Black Onyx and layered with SU Pool Party and patterned paper from the Kaisercraft Chapter One 6.5 x 6.5 pad.  I colored the image with Copic markers and added some Star Dust Stickles, Glossy Accents and adhesive pearls to her outfit and shoes for a little extra detail.  A pearl and rhinestone flourish, a sheer ribbon bow and a Webster's Pages Sparkler with an added pearl finished my second card.  I'm entering this in this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge, too.  It was "anything goes" this time.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great rest of the weekend and hope to see you again soon!

Copic/Promarker Challenge - The Outlawz

Good morning!  Happy Friday!  My super-busy week is nearing an end and I am looking forward to things slowing down a little over the weekend so I can get back to my crafting and blogging.  Sorry I've been MIA.  I am popping in early today to share my DT card for this week's Copic/Promarker Challenge on The Outlawz site.  It's the last week of the month so the theme is "anything goes - calendar page optional.  Just like last month, you can pick up a free calendar template for next month.  All the details and instructions for saving and printing the template can be found in the challenge thread here.

I decided to do a calendar page this month.  I am going to go back and do January, too, but here is my  calendar for February:

I printed the calendar on a half-sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock.  I thought this adorable Mo Manning image would be perfect for February.  It is called Ragged Romeo and can be found in Mo's store here.  I printed it on Cryogen White and colored it with Copic markers.  The Cupid ticket is from Create With TLC.  It was one of the goodies from the February Club.  I put it all together and my page was done.

Here is a close-up shot of the image:

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to drop by the Copic/Promarker Challenge and check out the fabulous projects from my DT sistahs!  Whether or not you choose to do a calendar page as we did, we hope you will be inspired to pick up your markers and play along with us!

Have a great day and a terrific weekend!  See you soon!

Mo's DP2 Challenge #119 - My Favorite Things

Good morning!  It's Thursday again (really?) and time for another Mo's DP2 Challenge! I've got a lot going on this week and haven't had much time for crafting, but of course, I still have my DT card for this week's Mo's challenge to share.  The theme is " your favorite things".  You can use any of your favorite things to create your card - products, theme, images - anything!

Here is my card for the challenge:

I used some of my favorites - pastel colors, Webster's Pages papers, silk ribbon, flowers and of course, one of my favorite Mo's images!  The base is SU Bashful Blue and I layered with patterned papers from the Webster's Pages Let's Celebrate Petite Papers pack.  My adorable Mo's image is Birthday Fairy Lee.  She can be found in Mo's store here.  I printed her on Cryogen White and colored her with Copics.  I added Crystal and Star Dust Stickles to her wings and the cupcake.  My sentiment is from Create With TLC.  A yellow May Arts silk bow and a Wild Orchid Crafts rose finished my card.

I am also entering my card in this week's Sketch Saturday #191 challenge.  Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to visit the Mo's Challenge blog and check out the gorgeous creations from my amazingly talented teammates!  We hope you'll be inspired to pick out your favorite Mo's image and play along with us!

Missing You in Alabama

Good morning!  Phew!  It's been a busy week so far and it appears to be continuing!  Sorry I haven't been blogging as much this week.  I hope to catch up and visit everyone later in the week.  Right now, I have a quick post to share another card I made with Melanie Muenchinger's gorgeous Stately Flowers 2 stamp set.  I am finding so many uses for the beautiful florals and great sentiments in this set!  This time I did a simple "missing you" card.  I miss so many of my friends since I moved to Alabama!

Here is my card that Melanie posted on her blog:

I started with an A6 card base of GKD  Pure Luxury Green Apple and layered with Bubblegum Pink and patterned paper from the Basic Grey Sweet Threads collection.  I stamped the US map from Melanie's Make A State-ment set with Versamark and Memento Bamboo Leaves onto Cryogen White and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I stamped the top sentiment, also from Make A State-ment with Versamark and Angel Pink and embossed with clear EP.  The Alabama on the bottom is from Stately Flowers 2.  I added a little pearl heart over Alabama on the map.  I stamped the small camellia from Stately Flowers 2 and colored it with Copics.  It was cut out and popped up on foam tape.  A satin bow and another pink pearl heart finished my simple card.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks, Melanie, for posting another of my cards!  I hope to be around a little later on to visit your blogs!

I Hope You Dance

Hello!  Hope your week has started off well!  Mine, not so much, although everything is fine now, thankfully.  This morning, we were awakened by the screaming of the tornado sirens at 3:00 AM.  Apparently, a couple of tornadoes did touch ground a little northeast of here and caused quite a lot of damage to property and sadly, the loss of a couple of lives. Fortunately for us, we only got the heavy rain, high winds and severe thunderstorms - no damage in my immediate area.  Tens of thousands of people are still without power.  Now  it's warm and sunny and you wouldn't know anything had happened.  It certainly was a scary start to the day.

Anyway, I'm popping in to share a couple of cards I made for the Create With TLC Design Team.  Both have a dance theme.  I created them with a combination of freebies that Paulette has shared on the Create With TLC blog and sets that are available in Paulette's store here.

Here is my first card:

The patterned paper is from the Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings 6.5 x 6.5 pad.  The vintage dance collage and the sentiment are from Create With TLC.  I added a little bit of color to the images with Copics and then sponged the panels with a bit of Old Paper Distress Ink.  Some hand-dyed seam binding and a tiny Wild Orchid Crafts rose finished my card.

Here is the second one:

I started with a card base of SU Close to Cocoa and layered with Pale Plum and patterned papers from the GCD Studios Antiquities 8x8 pad.  My image and sentiment are from Create With TLC, of course.  I colored  parts of the image with my Copics and sponged around the borders with Old Paper Distress Ink.  The frame was cut with the Cheery Lynn Polynesian Sails Oval die. I added a few pale plum pearls to the frame and the sentiment.  A double-loop satin bow and a Prima cameo button finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by!   It's going to be a busy week for me, but I hope to be back soon with something new to share.

A Couple of Valentine's Day Cards

Hi there!  Have you had a good weekend?  We had some pretty yucky weather - severe storms, drizzle, fog - not so nice.  At least there were no power failures or damage here.  I know others weren't so lucky.  Anyway, I'm popping in to share a couple of Valentine's Day cards I made.  One was for the Just Us Girls Challenge #120 - a color challenge with pink, red and white.  The other was for the Corrosive Challenge #141 (I {Heart} You - use at least one heart on your card). 

Here is the color inspiration for the JUGS Challenge:

Here is my card:

I used a fun digi background paper that was a freebie from Create With TLC.  The subway art and sentiment are also from Create With TLC.  They were some of the goodies from the February Club.  I colored the letters on the sentiment with Copics.  A big pink satin bow and a few heart rhinestones finished my card.

Here is my card for the Corrosive Challenge:

This one was created with a bunch of the Valentine goodies from the February Club from Create With TLC.  I printed all the images on Cryogen White.  Some of the images already had a touch of red on them.  For the ones that didn't, I added it with my Copics.  Everything was distressed then sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink to give an aged look.  I used a vintage red patterned paper but I'm not sure what it is as it was in my scrap bag.  A sheer ribbon bow and faceted pearl heart finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by!  I appreciate your visits!  Hope to see you soon!

Warm Winter Wishes

Hi there!  Hope your Friday has been great and you are ready to start on a fun weekend!  I'm popping in to share a card I made for a couple of challenges.  First, it's for a little contest going on over at the Digi Bells Blog to celebrate the release of a brand new Elisabeth Bell digital image called "Click".  You get to enter a card created with any Elisabeth Bell image (anything goes) to be entered to win the adorable new image.  I jumped all over it!  My card is also for this month's Belles 'n Whistles challenge which had a theme of "frosty winter".  Lastly, I am entering my card in the Simon Says Stamp challenge, which was a sketch challenge.

Here is the SSS sketch from Domi:

Here is my card for the challenges:

I flipped the sketch to horizontal for my card.  I started with a card base of SU Blue Bayou and layered with patterned papers from the Bo Bunny Snowfall 6x6 pad.  My cute EB image is from the Elisabeth Bell Digital Collection called Frosty The Snowman.  You can find it here.  I printed it on Cryogen White and colored it with Copics (E00, E000, E11, BG78, BG75, BG72, BG70, E37, E35, E33, E31, E27, E25, E23, W5, W3, W1).  I added a bit of ice glitter to their hats.  The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Warm Winter Wishes. The doily was cut with the Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die.  I punched a few snowflakes with MS punches and added pearls to their centers.  Some stitched ribbon and a few buttons from my stash finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by to have a look!  Have a fantastic weekend and see you soon!

Copic/Promarker Challenge - The Outlawz

Good morning!  Can it possibly be Friday again?  I am happy for the weekend, but I'm wondering where the whole week went!  Anyway, I'm here to share my DT card for this week's Copic/Promarker Challenge on The Outlawz site.  This week's theme is "girls only".  The theme is open to your own interpretation, but there should be a tie to a girl theme somewhere on your project.

Here is my card:

I went with a girlfriend theme for my card.  I started with a card base of SU Rich Razzleberry and layered with patterned papers from the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky 6x6 pad.  My girlfriends image is from Mo's Digital Pencil.  It's called There For You and it can be found in Mo's store here.  I printed it on Cryogen White and colored with Copics (E000, E00, E11, E25, E31, E50, YG00, YG93, YG95, BG000, BG10, BG11, BG13, RV63, RV66, RV69).  It was cut out and matted with Spellbinders Petite Oval Nestabilities.  The sentiment is from Create With TLC.  It was one of the freebies Paulette generously offered on her blog a bit ago.  If you sign up as a follower of the Create With TLC blog, you'll never miss the awesome freebies Paulette shares every day!  The Create With TLC store is also full with fantastic digi images and word art.  A couple of pink pearl flourishes, a double-loop pink satin bow and a tiny aqua rose finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to head on over to the Copic/Promarker Challenge thread and check out the amazing creations from my oh-so-talented and sweet teammies! We are thrilled to welcome Linda, who was our wonderful GD for January, as a full-time member of our team!  Why not get out your markers and play along with us?  We are always inspired by your fantastic creations!

Have a great weekend and hope to see you soon!

Mo's DP2 Challenge #118 - Stitching

Good morning!  It's Thursday and time for another Mo's DP2 Challenge!  We had so many fabulous entries for last week's clean & simple challenge!  Let's keep 'em coming this week!  We so love seeing your creations!  This week, Pat is our hostess and the theme is "stitching - real or faux".  You don't even need a sewing machine!

Here is my DT card for the challenge:

I started with a square card base of marbled cardstock from my stash and layered with a lighter marbled CS and patterned paper from the Webster's Pages Western Romance Petite Papers pack.  I machine-stitched around all the borders.  I stitched on some eyelet lace and velvet trim from Webster's Pages Romance and WonderFall Trim Cards.  My sweet Mo's image is Ragged Romeo.  It can be found in Mo's store here.  I printed it on Cryogen White and colored with Copic markers.  It was cut out and matted with Spellbinders Scallop and Classic Circle Nestabilities.  I added some Liquid Pearl accents to the scallops, then popped up the main image.  The sentiment tickets are from Create With TLC.  They were some of the goodies in the February Club.  A few Wild Orchid Crafts roses finished my card.

My card is also for a few other challenges: Sketch Saturday #190, Digital Tuesday #143 (romantic card) and Joan's Garden's Card Challenge (valentine in non-traditional colors with lace and roses and an optional key).

Here is SS-190:

Thanks for stopping by!  If you haven't done so already, be sure to visit Mo's Challenge blog and check out the fabulous samples from the rest of the DT!  We hope you will be inspired to pick out your favorite Mo's image and play along with us!

Have a great day!

Another Stately Flowers Card

Hi there!  Hope your week has been good so far!  I'm scrambling a bit to make up for the holiday this week. Before I head out for the afternoon, I'm popping by to share another card I made with Melanie Muenchinger's gorgeous set, Stately Flowers 2.  Melanie was sweet enough to post it on her blog today.  This time I worked with the beautiful goldenrod image.  Each of Melanie's floral sets have such gorgeous and realistic flower images and they pair beautifully with so many different sentiments!

Here is my card:

I made another CAS card to allow the beautiful flowers be the main focal point of the card.  Again, I went to the internet for some inspiration photos to guide mu coloring.  I started with a 5 x 7 card base of Gina K. Designs Heavy Base Weight White.  I cut a piece of Layering Weight White and embossed it with one of the Sizzix Birds & Wreath embossing folders.  I matted this panel with Pure Luxury Wild Dandelion and Grass Green.  I stamped the goldenrod image from Stately Flowers 2 and the butterfly from Melanie's Make A State-ment set with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored them with Copic markers.  It's hard to tell, but I highlighted the flower and butterfly with Spica pens.  I popped up the butterfly and added a green silk bow.  My sentiment is from one of Melanie's earlier sets, Arranged With Love (another fave of mine).

Thank you for stopping by and Melanie, for sharing my card!  Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Timeless Tuesday #151 (and more)

Hi there!  Happy Monday!  I hope you've had a nice weekend!  It was a 3-day holiday weekend here in the US, so it was kind of a busy one for me.  I didn't have much time in the craft room, but I did manage to finish a card I was making for two challenges I like to do: Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #151 (photo inspiration) and The Paper Players #78 (color challenge).

Here is the photo inspiration for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge:

And here is the color inspiration for The Paper Player's Challenge:

Here is my card for the two challenges:

Lucky for me, the colors were very similar for both, so I went with the colors as my inspiration from the Timeless Tuesday photo.  I started with a card base of GKD Heavy Base Weight White which I cut with my Spellbinders Labels One Grand Nestabilities in the Grand Calibur.    I cut a smaller panel of Cryogen White Iridescent with the largest of the regular Labels One Nesties.  I cut a third panel first with the Cheery Lynn FRM15 Lattice #2 die then the same Spellbinders Labels One die so I could layer the lattice over the Labels One diecut.  I stamped the crocus from Flourishes A Year in Flowers 1 set twice with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Cryogen White and colored both flowers with Copics (YG25, YG23, YG21, G21, G20, R14, R22, R20, R00).  I cut out the whole image from one and just the flowers from the other.  The flowers were popped up on foam tape over the base image to add dimension.  I cut a flourish from SU Pear Pizzazz with the Cheery Lynn Tropical Flourish die and layered it on the lattice. The crocus image was popped up on the flourish.  A soft pink May Arts silk bow finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by!  I appreciate your visits and hope to see you again soon!

Calendar Girls Hop With Create With TLC

Good morning!  The moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived!  It's time to hop with the TLC "Calendar Girls"!  Today, Paulette from Create with TLC is formally introducing the new design team and what better way than with a fun blog hop filled with fabulous creations to inspire you!  But that's not all!  Paulette has generously provided two freebies for you to pick up at every stop on the hop!  If you arrived here from Marsha's awesome blog, you are in the right place.  If not, you'll want to head back to the Create With TLC blog and start the hop from there so you don't miss any of the team's gorgeous creations or the fantastic freebies!

By now, you've seen that each designer is creating projects with a calendar theme.   You will be able to grab calendars for two months at each stop and when you've finished you'll have a full year calendar!

My first month was August:

Here is the card I created:

I went with a vintage style.  My patterned paper is from the GCD Studios Antiquities collection by Donna Salazar.  I added a doily cut with the Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die. The doily and calendar were rubbed with Viva Decor Old Gold Inka-Gold. A quadruple-loop plum silk bow, a Prima antique rose and a few plum adhesive pearls finished this card.

My second month was December:

Here is my December calendar card:

I kept a similar style for this one as I plan to make a whole year calendar as a gift.  The patterned paper is again from the Antiquities collection.  I added a doily cut from Cheery Lynn's Polynesian Sails Oval die and added a few pewter adhesive pearls to it.  For this card, I also used some other word art from Create With TLC.  These were offered as freebies by Paulette at the end of last year.  I did some sponging with Antique Linen and Tattered Rose Distress Ink.  I rubbed the clock with some Viva Decor Hematite Inka-Gold, then added some Glossy Accents to the clock face, some Gunmetal Stickles to the clock hands and another small pewter pearl.  A triple loop bow of hand dyed seam binding and a Prima vintage button finished my card.

Be sure to pick up your freebies before you go.  Simply right click on the calendar images and save them to your computer.

Your next stop on the hop is the amazing talented Audrey who has something fantastic to share with you!

Have fun hopping and enjoy your calendar freebies!

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that I used the colors from The Play Date Cafe #114 for my August calendar card.

Here is the PDCC Color Story:

StampTV CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hi there!  It's me again!  It's time for another StampTV Center Stage Alumni Blog Hop!  This time we have a sketch challenge with a fabulous sketch designed by our very own Melissa Cash!  If you arrived here from Brenda's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, you will want to head back to the StampTV forum and start from the beginning so you don't miss any of the amazing creations the team has to share.

Here is Melissa's sketch:

Here is my take on the sketch:

I started with a 5 x 7 card base of Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight White and layered with Pure Luxury Innocent Pink.  I embossed a layer of Layering Weight White with the Madison Cuttlebug folder.  I stamped the Hawthorn image from Melanie's new set, Stately Flowers 2 onto Cryogen White and colored it with Copics.   I matted it with Innocent Pink cut with the Spellbinders Lacey Squares die.   The sentiment is also from Stately Flowers 2.  It is matted with a tag from Spellbinders Parisian Accents. I added a flourish cut from Fresh Asparagus with the Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die.  I tucked it around the image panel then added a double-loop satin bow with a Prima button in the center.  A few adhesive rhinestones finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!  Your next stop is the super-talented Cheri's blog.  Be sure to leave a comment on every blog as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (January 17), we will randomly choose one comment from all the blogs and the lucky commenter will win a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs stamps!

Have a great weekend!

Card For a Couple of Challenges

Hi again!  I'm back with another quick post because I am going to be busy the rest of the day and I knew I wouldn't get another chance to share a card I made for a few challenges I like to do when I can.  My card is for Sweet Sketch Wednesday #136-73, Craft Your Passion Challenge #92 (mythical creatures) and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge (spots &/or stripes). 

Here is the SSW sketch:

Here is my card for the challenges:

I started with a card base of Papertrey Spring Moss and layered with patterned papers from the Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden 6x6 pad.  The papers had both spots and stripes.  My wonderful image is called Silver Fairy.  She is one of the Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet.  She can be found as a digi here.  I printed her on Cryogen White Iridescent and colored her with Copic markers. It's hard to see in the photo, but I added a bit of sparkle here and there with Stickles and Spica pens.  I kept my embellishments very simple so the image would be the focal point. I just added some Spring Moss ribbon and two Wild Orchid Crafts roses and that was it. 
Thanks for stopping by again!  There is lots going on for the weekend - a StampTV Center Stage Alumni Blog Hop tonight and the Create With TLC DT Blog Hop tomorrow (January 14, 8:30 AM PST). Hope you'll pop back for both!