The kiddos

So I got these little tu-tu type skirts at the ninety-nine cent store a little while back. Who knew that they would be such a hit! (they are way more loved then the $25.00 ones I got at Gymboree!) Lately every morning when the girls get up they put them on right away! So here is a few pictures of them posing for the camera!

This is SOOOO Makai!

And my little want-to-be model! Miss Kamili.

My girls room.

I love yellow. I don't think I have ever come across one I didn't like. So when we moved into our house last year and my husband didn't seem to big on the idea of our room being yellow...I decided next best thing would be the girls having a yellow room. So here are the accents I did.... I love this saying!

Here is Kamili's spot. The large frame with the flowers is actually a magnet board. each of the girls have one for their art!

And Makai's spot!

Thank yous!

So as you saw in a post a few weeks back, my stamper club had a little shower for me. I posted some pictures of the cute cards and bags they decorated for me! So now it is time to say thank you! Here are the cards I came up with. I absolutely think this monkey is one of the cutest stamps! I am crossing my fingers he comes back!!! The card is very simple, but between two little girls coming in my craft room and cutting up my perfectly good card stock, and a little boy wanting to eat every 1/2 hour...this is what I could handle today:)

An Award!

A fellow crazy stampin lady...Julie gave me this sunshine award! Thanks Julie!!

Decor Elements

I love our decor elements. I have to say being an interior designer I wasn't huge on the idea at first. I had seen so many in the stores that I didn't like (and a few that I did) that I was worried they weren't going to look great. Well I fell in love with them! Here is a picture of my hallway, unfortunately since it is a hallway I couldn't get a good straight shot. I have a set of the chocolate chip Manhattan flowers and a set of kraft up. The kraft really appear as a water mark or tone on tone since my wall color is almost the same color. Here is a close up of the flowers, you can kind of see the kraft one in this picture!

Blog Candy Winner!!!

Meagan!
Here is her comment.

Heidi- I just love your creations! So glad you have a blog now so I can keep up with them on a regular basis. ;) Thanks for sharing pics of the kids, too. Welcome Zavian! How crazy is 3? Are you surviving? Congrats!

Thank you all for playing!

Digital cards

I have always been a fan of those digital cards that you can purchase just about anywhere these days, I used to get mine of the girls all the time at picture people. Now it is great to be able to make my own! Here is a picture I turned into a digital card. It is all the cousins...my three and my sisters three on Easter. It is a tradition to put the baby ( or in this case babies) in the basket for the pictures...we now have all six kids pictures.

The next card I made was Zavian's birth announcements. I figured with three kids now the chances of actually hand making twenty cards within the next week was not going to happen. So I went digital, and I am very happy I did! Hope you enjoy these cards!

The color renovation!

Such exciting news from stampin' up! New colors!!!

As sad as I will be to see some go, I can not wait to start playing with riding hood red again!!

Here is the chart and the colors are listed below. Five new colors :

Daffodil Delight

Cajun Craze

Early Espresso

Cherry Cobbler

Marina Mist

In Colors that are coming back:

Melon Mambo

Rich Razzleberry

Pacific Point

Tangerine Tango

Wild Wasabi

River Rock

Soft Suede

Riding Hood Red

Pink Pirouette

Baja Breeze

Retiring current colors:
Almost Amethyst

Lavender Lace

Pale Plum

Lovely Lilac

Orchid Opulence

Apricot Appeal

Going Grey

Ballet Blue

Barely Banana

Blush Blossom

Bordering Blue

Brilliant Blue

Brocade Blue

Cameo Coral

Close to Cocoa

Creamy Carmel

Gable Green

Glorious Green

Green Galore

Handsome Hunter

Mellow Moss

Only Orange

Pink Passion

Pixie Pink

Really Rust

Ruby Red

Sage Shadow

Summer Sun

YoYo Yellow

Taken with Teal

Fabric Banner

I friend of mine just had a little girl, she did the entire room in lady bugs, so I thought I would make her a banner with her daughters name. I used the big shot and dies to create the pendant and letters. Here is a close up of the A- The ladybug is cut from the scallop on the pendant die and a medium circle die, I hand cut the wings, and added buttons!

My Girls

So for our kids birthdays we always go and take pictures. Since Makai had just turned two, I wanted to get them done before Mr. Zavian arrived. That way we could spread out the "terrifying" experience that Makai is convinced picture taking is! So here is the main shot I chose of Makai. If you know my sassy little thing, you know this picture fits her personality perfectly! I just love those big brown eyes!!!
And if you know my little "model" Kamili, you know there was no way Makai was getting her picture taken and Kamili wasn't! So I got them both done. Look at my babies curls!! I would die for that hair!

April Challenge Card

So my mom won the challenge for the month last time around. She came up with the idea that for our next challenge we had to "copy" a card out of the current mini or catty but change the colors and change the set. I took the card from the front cover of the current mini, and came up with this spin on it! Some how I ended up wining the challenge. SO for next month the challenge is ....

Make your best card with Brown, Orange, Blue, and White OR Vanilla only. The card size must be 3x6 and can be any style fold.

Shutter Card

So a few months ago the challenge was a shutter card. Here is what I came up with! We were supposed to make it with Black, White, Red and Pink...and so I did! I just chose to put the pink on the back!

Thank you SSS

This is the cute gift my secret sister gave me this month! I love this set and she did such a great job! I love how everything matches so perfect!

This picture does not do the cuteness of this justice, but I wanted to show off what she made for me. This is a picture of two onesies, one with a monkey and one with a fox. They are made from felt and hand sewn around. The larger monkey is on a blanket. They are SO cute and so well done! Thanks SSS!

Rattle Card

On Saturday I got this cute card in the mail from my sideline Toni. I absolutely love this set and this card is so cute! She included two little butterfly toys for my girls-which they love! Thanks for thinking of us Toni!

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7:00 – 9:30 pm

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Maureen's Home in Simi Valley

We'll be making 6 Cards (2 each of 3 different designs) using the Vintage Vogue stamp set from the current Occasions mini that expires on April 30, 2010. This is a wonderfully versatile stamp set that you'll want to have for your own. Purchase bonus available if you attend - purchase the Vintage Vogue Stamp set and get three yards of your favorite color 5/8" Satin Ribbon (in the mini) for FREE. This ribbon works perfectly with the elegance of this set.On-time drawing at 7:05 PMCost: $15.00 - Limit 12 spots - RSVP to hold your spot.

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BIG SHOT CLASS

1:00 -4:00 PM

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Maureen’s Home in Simi Valley

Join us for a fun and fascinating class where you'll learn all about your Big Shot and the wonderful tool it will be for all your crafting projects. This class is for you whether or not you currently own a Big Shot. If you do own one, please plan to bring it with your cutting plates and multi-purpose pad. You'll be provided with information on the Big Shot, tips on usage and you'll get to make five different projects using your big shot using different materials and dies.NOTE: If you have purchased your Big Shot from me you are entitled to a FREE Big Shot class,so if you did not make it to my last one - here's your chance. If you don't own the Big Shot yet,and decide at this class to purchase it, your entire $25.00 fee will be applied to your purchase of the Big Shot on the day of the class.On-time drawing at 1:05 PMCost: $25.00 - Limit: 6 spots - RSVP to hold your spot.

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ANYTHING BUT A CARD (ABC) STAMP CAMP

7:00 - 9:30 PM

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Heidi’s Home in Thousand Oaks

We'll be making three projects that are suitable for gift giving to a Mom, Sister, girl-friend or any special lady - perfect for Mother's Day gift giving. Purchase bonus available if you attend - purchase the "With All My Heart" Stamp Set and get a 6x6" sampler packet of the Sending Love Speciality DSP (in the mini) for FREE. This DSP coordinates perfectly with this stamp set.On-time drawing at 7:05 PMCost: $20.00 - Limit: 12 spots - RSVP to hold your spot.

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*Stamp Camp and Class Cancellation Policy -
If you cancel your reservation at least 48 hours in advance of the event there will be no cost to you. If you cancel within that 48 hours I will try and place someone from the waiting list, and if that works there will be no charge to you; otherwise you will be responsible for the class fee but you will receive the materials packet (with pictures by email) to make your projects. Stamping will not be done for you, so you may need to adjust the project slightly using what stamps you have available.

Zavian 1 wk

So call it mothers love, but I think he is a cutie! Now that he has his eyes open a bit more I wanted to get a new picture out to you!

Blog Candy!!!!

OK...so I took a few days off from blogging to spend with my new little one! I have to say, holding a brand new baby is one of the greatest things to do with your time! I am enjoying every minute of him.
But I figure since I have been a bit MIA I would kick it back off with a bit of blog candy...and actual candy :) Leave me a comment and I will enter you in the drawing. You will get this tin, decorated and filled with Hershey Kisses along with this frame I altered. Have a friend visit my blog and leave a comment(make sure they mention your name) and you will be entered again, and of course so will they. Make sure to leave your email so I can let you know if you won! Happy Blogging!

Cat tails

Here is a card I did a while back with the inspired by natural set. This grass stamp is so versatile and I have seen it used so many times. The colors on here are whisper white, kiwi kiss, really rust, old olive and basic black. I spritzed the entire card except for the kiwi layer.

Black, white and shades of grey

I am not a big rose person, but the Lilly in this set sold me! To be honest I kind of fell in love with the rest once I got the set. I remember thinking when I saw the decor elements-Manhattan flowers-that I hoped they came out with a coordinating set. This set is Fifth Ave. Floral. The DSP is retired and the card stock is whisper white, basic black and basic grey. I embossed all the flowers, the ones on the black base were embossed in clear, then I colored them with a black marker so they popped a little. The two cut out of DSP were shaded with a blender pen and basic grey ink, then highlighted with white gel pen.

Hippo card

As most of you know we have a challenge at my moms down line meeting every month. A few months back now this was the card I made. To be honest I don't remember what the exact challenge was...it may have been the layout?!? The colors used are so saffron, basic grey, whisper white and ridding hood red.

Our New Little Man!!!!

Zavian is here! He was born yesterday-March 26th 2010, at 8:02pm. He is 7lb 14oz and 21" long. He is doing great and we will be going home tomorrow! I can't wait because I miss my girls.

Amazing

This was one of my favorite sets, and I was very sad to let this one go. Well I didn't exactly let it go, it just moved from my current cabinet to finding a home in my retired cabinet. I did this card a while back now, when it was still current, as a challenge card with my uplines group. The challenge was the colors. We could only use bold brights and two neutrals. Anyways this is what I came up with, it is just such a happy card!

Father's Day Set

It is always had to do anything masculine, and with Father's Day coming around the corner soon, I thought I would try to come up with a cute box and matching card. The DSP is To the nines, which is actually textured card stock. I hand cut the tie and shirt collar, added a button and used the word window punch(with my favorite teeny tiny wishes set) as my tie clip.

Easter Lily Tutorial

Easter Lily Tutorial

Step 1: Items Needed

Whisper white CS, 1/8" circle punch, linen thread, 5 petal flower punch, yellow ink pad, q-tip, spritzer, brown marker, and scissors.

Step 2:
Punch out two flowers and cut linen thread to 4" (per Lilly)

Step 3:
Cut one petal off each flower, and punch a 1/8" hole in the center of one

Step4:

Add yellow ink to the center of the flower with the hole punched out, spritz with brown ink to your liking, curl petals down with bone folder or scissors

Step 5:

Twist the petals around so that the edge two over lap, this will form a "cone" type shape. Attach with a single glue dot to hold together. For the flower with the hole punched, firsts fold you piece of linen thread in half and then half again. Insert the thread in the hole that was punched, and repeat the instructions above with the linen thread in the middle. See picture above and below for end results.

Step6:

Trim linen thread on top and bottom if necessary. Add two to three glue dots at the base of the flower.(on the linen thread flower only)

Step7:

Insert the linen thread flower into the empty flower, off setting the petals. press together to secure, add tombo liquid glue between the two flowers if you are worried about the separating.

Here is the finished product! Hope you enjoy!

You're a hoot!

I love owls! They are so cute and I am so glad they are so popular! Here is a square card I made with the Owl Together Now set. The DSP is retired and called Bella rose. I water color all of the owl images and used So Saffron, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, and Old Olive Card stock!

More gifts for Zavian

On Monday i had my normal club meeting-it was moved up a week due to the fact that I will be having a new little one soon and wasn't sure how it would work if we had it on the regular date. Well everyone came early and brought me a little something for the baby! It was very sweet and I love everything I got. Here are the hand made cards a bags I received! Aren't they so cute! Here is the card Theresa made me. Her blog is listed to the side-called Card kitchen, if you want to check out any of her other amazing creations!

Here is the shaker card Sandy made

The cute bag and matching card Bobbi made

And the cute bag Elaine decorated!

Thank you all so much!

Monday Night stamp club-March

Sorry about the late post! I thought I had this scheduled, but I guess with everything going on...I forgot! Here is the second project we did for stamp club this month. I love this little bunny, so I thought I would make him in white, milk, and semi-sweet chocolate! Put together with soft sage and to the nines DSP. Close up of the card option w/the envelope peaking out!

Close up of the 12x12 scrapbook page.

March Club 3d project

So tonight is my stamp club. I always look forward to this evening. I decided to show the 3-d project we are doing tonight a little early! I will post the card and scrapbook page tomorrow. so here is a picture of the treat box we are going to do. Since Easter is just around the corner, that is the theme of the evening. I made the Easter lilies on the box from whisper white card stock and our 5 petal flower punch. Here is a close up of the flowers...Paper flowers are so easy to make and add such a nice touch to 3-d items