Heartfelt Creations October Alumni Hop...Inspiration Galore!

 

Hello there inky friends!  I'm moving way past Fall and making a mad dash to WINTER!  Is anyone with me?  WOO!  Fall and Winter are my most favorite seasons and I am already over raking leaves and wet leaves from the yucky rain, so let's move on to winter, shall we?!  

Today, I'm joining my fellow Heartfelt Creations DT Alumni as we share some fun inspiration and fun this month!  Every month, the Alumni DT members get together for a fun family gathering in blogland and share our love of stamping and creating with each other.  It's so amazing to be a part of this inky/creative family!  If you've arrived here from Candy's blog, you're on the right track.  If not, you'll find the complete blogroll at the bottom of my post to help you along your way.  

Remember,  one lucky commenter will be chosen from one of the blogs to be this month's prize winner so you'll want to leave some love at every hop spot in order to have a chance at the goodies!  We appreciate your comments and know that your visit will continue to inspire us to create with Heartfelt Creations products we all love! 

I created my wintery card using the adorable stamps Merry Moments (On sale now!) Cling set and the Candy Cane Cottage (On Sale Now!) Cling set.  I paired it up with the pretty Poinsettia & Holly Clusters Cling set/Dies and Shaping Mold to make a fun and festive shaker card.  

I started out by stamping the gingerbread house onto white cardstock and then colored it with Copics and watercolor pencils.  I fussy cut the colored image and then glued it to a light blue piece of cardstock (5 1/4 x 4).  I then took some ivory acrylic paint and washed a bit over the top of the paper to dull down the image and coloring.  I added  a colored polar bear/panda image with a foam square then some foam around the image panel before filling the area with microfine glitter, styrofoam "snowballs" and some Blue Suede Shoes Prills and Minnie Pearls Prills and mounted a laminated panel to the top and tested out the shaker with a shake, shake, shake!  Perfect!

Next, I cut a piece of light blue cardstock and freeform cut the inside to create a fun frame.  I rubbed the edges of the panel with my finger to fuss it up a bit and then stamped the holly leaves with embossing ink then used some white embossing powder to make the holly leaves show up and make the blue panel blend well with the scene.  After that, I mounted it over the laminated sheet and attached the whole shaker to the front of an A2 card base (topfold).  To finish things off, I diecut some poinsettias, pressed them in the mold and assembled them.  I added some glitter to make them shine then mounted them on the card.  I added some acrylic flats to the center of each flower and my card was complete.  Can't wait to send this card to someone special!

Thanks for hopping over to my blog to check out my card.  I hope it inspires you to create something amazing and please stop by again.  Make sure to hop over to Amarilys' blog to see her inspiring creation!  See you next month and good luck!  

This month's BLOGROLL:

Kathy

Vicki

Magda

Candy

Kerry (ME!)

Amarilys

Alissa

Lisa

Sarah

Oksana

Emily

Carole

Bears and BRRRRRRR....RGStudio360 reveals today's bundle!

Brrrrrrr....When I saw this sweet bear with roses I KNEW I had to turn him into a polar bear!  It's the perfect time of year for it!  This sweet bundle has been a BLAST to create with and I just ADORE these bears!!!

I started out by coloring with my Copics.  I also cut some strips of Powdered Sugar Cardstock, rounded the corners and doodled them up with a few blues and a few gray Copics to create a nice "igloo" for him to stand in front of.  

Isn't he the cutest?  

I assembled the "ice blocks" onto some Nectar Stone cardstock then splattered a bit with white paint.  Next, I cut the digi sentiment out using a banner style format (my favorite way of using digitally printed sentiments).  Next, I doodled a little snowy grounding to help this bear stand tall in front of his igloo. 

Mounting this panel onto some Powdered Sugar cardstock, then onto some Sweet Pink cardstock and then mounted this whole panel onto a Nectar Stone base.  To finish off the card, I added some pink and gray twine and a little button at the top!  :)

LOVE LOVE LOVE this set so much!  I'm NOT done with it.  I'll be back this weekend with a few more projects.  Hope you have fun with your set!  

Hello, Hello!

Wowee!  Three posts in three days!  Yahoo.  While I'm at work, my blog is posting...Love it...Here's another card created with one of my NEW favorite images...

 I thought these colors were so fun for winter!  Don't you just want to give that little guy (yeah, I think it's a boy) a big squeeze? 

 Notice how he's sittin' pretty on a nice cushy pillow...He doesn't want to freeze his a** off! Hee Hee...

Just a pretty bow and a little peek at the mistletoe...He's waiting for a smooch!

Click on the stamp name purchase KISSES FOR SALE or head over to QKD to check out all the DEELISH images.  Sweet birthday prices right now!!!

Stop in on Thursday for my final QKD card this week...

With a DIFFERENT ARTEMISS CREATIONS image...SO FESTIVE AND FUN!!!

Hello There!

Hey stamping friends!  It's been forever (it seems) since I sat down to post something for my blog.  School is kicking my bum this year and I seem to spending most of my life there.  I hope things settle down but I'm not expecting things to change...With all these late nights and long working weekends, being a teacher is not as much fun as it used to be! 

I spent some time this weekend working on cards and projects for my blog and for the two design teams I am on.  I feel really disgusted that I can't spend more time in my stamping room and can't wait for a holiday break to relax!  You know, stamping for me is RELAXATION! 

Sooo....enough of that...on to my projects. 

You know that we're closing in on QKD's birthday right?  November 19 will be the 5 year birthday!  Can you believe it???  For the whole month, we've been prepping and celebrating so today, I'm sharing my newest creation: 

Isn't he the cutest???  This is a tag/ornament I created for the first challenge.  I used the adorable image called Kisses for Sale by Artemiss Creations as well as my own doodling (snow and igloo) to create an icy sweet scene. 

Edited to Add (For Piali) DIECUT from SPELLBINDERS:  Fleur de Lis Doily Accents

This little guys expression is exactly how I feel about snow...I LOVE IT!!!  Makes me happy!!! 

Hop over to the QKD FB page and join the BIRTHDAY BASH FUN all week! 

Stop back tomorrow for another fun QKD creation!!!