Heather B Stamps

Wedding - Congratulations Lisa and Tony

Well, the big day has come and gone.  My sister in law is married!!!  She married a really great guy (hi Tony!) on Feb 16.  So, they are bringing together two families, so I'm getting more neices, and one nephew!!!!!!  The girls are great, and have decided that they LOVE Emmalyn, so she's thrilled, and Kaine and Kalvin are just months apart in age, and get along great too.  We feel so blessed that this wonderful family is part of ours!!!  So, welcome to the family, Tony, Hayley, Kaine, Paige, and Mya!!!

Anyway, on to the stamping portion of this ramble.  I was honoured to be asked to make the invitations!!  So, I had participated in a wedding invite swap last year, and I still had some of the samples left, after I took out all the ones that used sets that had retired!!  (at the end of the 07-08 catalogue year, SU retired a HUGE number of stamp sets, and I didn't want Lisa to be disappointed when I couldn't get the set anymore!!) This was not my original design, it was a sample from Alicia.   

So.........  She chose one, and we changed the colours, and I made 70 of them.  Yup, 70.  So, wanna see what I made????????  Here they are:

This is the front.  I embossed on brushed silver paper with silver EP, and tied the black organdy ribbon, then the silver cord.  (Those were both retired, too, thankfully, I had enough left!!)

I used the French Flair background.  I think it looks pretty....

Then on the inside:  a quarter sheet of silver again, cut in 1/2 on the diagonal, embossed again like the front, that made a pocket for the reply to go in.  We tucked in the envelope (folded in half) in there, too.  Another quarter sheet embossed with a vellum sheet over top with the info printed on there.  Held on with brads.     There was a lot of embossing on these, and I wouldn't want to have to make 200 of them, that's for sure.  But, the end result was well worth the effort, I think.

Nice, eh????  So, that's the wedding invite.  This was one of the ones that 'didn't make it' out, cuz after I put the vellum piece on, I realized it was all smudged!!!!  Anyway... I'll show you another wedding invite soon.

So, here's the kids.  Well, not all of them, but some.  On the left is Kaine, then Hannah, Paige, Hayley, Emmalyn and Mya.  Abby had enough by that time, and so had Rogan, so they wouldn't stand with the other kids, and somehow, we lost Kalvin for that picture.  Anyway, here's my kids:

So, we had a great day at the wedding, and everyone was so happy!!  (ok, we still cried, but still, tears of joy!!) 

That's it!!  Hope you all had a great weekend, and for everyone in Ontario, happy Family Day.  (did you all know that it's always been a federal holiday??  it was Heritage Day.  I've always had it off as a stat, and we're kind of bummed that we didn't get another day!  Oh well, it was still nice to have a day off!!)

Oh, I guess you'd want to see a picture of the bride and groom, eh????   OK...   AAWWWWWW... so happy!!  We are too!!

Bellas, baby!!!

I have some great co-workers.  A couple of them helped run a fundraising night for the Run for the Cure.  My friend, and co-worker, Nicole, is a breast cancer survivor.  She spent countless hours making sure the event was a success.  She asked me if I'd donate a couple of cards for a door prize, so of COURSE, I said I would.  Then I realized that I didn't have a stamp that I thought was appropriate for the event.  OH NO, THE HORROR!!!  So, that was, of course, an excuse to get some NEW STAMPS.  (do I really need one??? of course not, but I did anyway!! Oh, and there's a rule, too... you can't just buy ONE... it doesn't make sense, does it, if I'm going to be paying shipping anyway, what's another 2 or 3???  It's cost effective, right??  Only one shipping charge... (See, honey, I really CAN justify almost anything!!!)

OK... so I've been looking longingly at the 'Bellas' for a long time now.  I LOVE Stampin' Up stamps, and I will NEVER give those up, but sometimes, you just have to get that 'just right' stamp.  So, while drooling over the Bellas, I came across 'Cause a bella'... It's great, because you can colour her in whatever colour you need for your cause!!!  And, isn't she just the CUTEST???  You can see them here.  They are Canadian made, too, which is fantastic, eh????  They're unmounted, so it took me a bit of getting used to, to get a nice impression, but I like how they turned out!!

So, I whipped up 8 of these cards (the night before the event, because the date crept up on me, and I had to order the Bella, and wait for it to come... it came 3 days before the event but of course I had to work, and there was my hubby's baseball tournament, and the kids wanted to eat, and laundry that needed doing....)ANYWAY.... I made a matching tin to hold them in... It's a DVD tin that I altered.  The only tricky part was getting the ribbon to sit right, as it goes around the whole front part of the tin.  But a couple of well-placed glue dots did the trick.  So the winner of the cards got 8 cards in a cute tin!!  The most hilarious thing to me was that my friend, Nikki, (who is an extremely talented lady, stamps and scrapbooks that put mine to shame!!) won the tin!!!  So, she wins MY cards... too funny!!!

Here's the tin:   I like that it's simple.  That tends to be how I like my 'stuff'... simple and clean lines.  It's how I am, too... (OK, not clean lines, but you know what I mean!!!) 

Anyway, the next post will be some more tins, I think. 

You only  have about a week left to sign up for the birthday card SAS, too... I've started prepping for it, so please let me know if you're coming, so I make up enough kits for everyone!!  Oh, and if you can't make it that night, and would like a kit, I'll make one up for you, too, and stamp all the images you'll need... You'll just need to assemble it all!!  (I'll include the instructions, too!!)  Contact me at nursehb8@hotmail.com and I'll see you get a kit!!!  It's the same price as if you came, $25... I'll even ship it to you if you're out of town!!!  (In Canada, only, please!!)

So, what do you think??? Would you have liked to win the Bellas????

Fundraiser Stamp a Stack

Well, here it is... the first SAS at LCA!!!  Hopefully there will be many of these to come!!

This event will be on Friday, September 28 from 6:30-9pm, at the London Christian Academy, 85 Charles St, London.

It will cost $25, and for that, you will get to come and make 10 birthday cards, 2 each of 5 designs.  PLUS, there will be a surprise project!!!  1/2 of the fee will be donated to the school, plus 10% of any sales will also be donated.  (There's no obligation to buy anything, by the way)

Here's the samples of what we'll be making:

As you can see, there's something for everyone on your list of birthdays!!!

Oh, and the basketball comes out to be a bookmark, too!!!

Anyway, I hope to see you on the 28th!!!!

You can email me by Sept. 21 (just so I have enough supplies)  at nursehb8@hotmail.com to attend.

If you're unable to attend, but would still like to make the projects, please email me, and I'll make up a kit for you, and ship it FREE (in Canada).  It will be $25 (just like you were attending).  Your kit will come complete with instructions, and everything you need to make all 10 cards, plus the 'surprise' item!! 

Pick A Petal

OK... I LOVE this set... especially since I've seen sooo many cute things done with it... not all of them flowers, either!!!

I got the idea for this one over on SCS... If I'd been thinking, I'd have just hole punched the polkadots, but I didn't... can you believe that I punched a whole bunch of them and glued them on!!!  What was I thinking????  It was for a swap, too, so I made like 20 of them.  Silly, silly, silly!!

Stuff I used:  Stamps:   Pick a Petal, Warm words.  Ink:  Basic Black   Paper:  Whisper White, Summer Sun, Basic Black   Other:  hole punch,  1 1/4 circle punch, corner rounder, black gingham ribbon

I really like this card.  I usually hate cutting out that much, but the petal shape is easy to cut, and it didn't take me THAT long to make all 20 for the swap.

So, this next one is one I did for a swap, too!! (I caught the swapping bug bad this time!!)  I TOTALLY CASE'd JanTink on this one, just changed the paper, and colours... oh, and no ribbon... (yup, not a ribbon kinda gal)

 

Stuff I used:  Stamps:  Pick a Petal, Hugs and Wishes  Ink: So Saffron, Basic Black  Paper:  Dashing DSP, Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White  Other: Black eyelets, (and the Crop-a-dial to set them!!), black marker

So, how much of a genius is Jan??????  Soooo much!  She really is.  I always love what she makes, and I get such great ideas from her... Thanks, Jan!!

This card was one I received in the swap.  It's done by the extremely talented Martha.  Isn't this sooooo cool???? 

Stuff she used:  Pick a Petal, chocolate chip paper and ink, brads, word window punch, 1/2 inch circle punch, red gingham ribbon, black marker, real red and Kraft paper.  (there was no 'recipe' on the back of the card, so I'm guessing, but I think I'm right)

Anyway, isn't that the best???  The arms and legs MOVE!!!!   AND, there's faux stitching around the WHOLE thing... Oh my gosh... you should have seen us at the swap, looking at this one... it was so funny to see a bunch of stampers going 'OH MY GOSH... LOOK AT THIS... ISN'T THAT THE MOST CUTE THING EVER????'  Yes, stampers DO tend to get a bit crazy over stuff like that, but that's what makes us tick!!!  Anyway, this is not likely a card I'd CASE, because, you all know I hate cutting, and this has A LOT.  It's one I'll admire for a LONG time, tho'!!  It must have taken her hours and hours... THANKS, Martha!!!

Anyway, if you'd like to make these cards, all you need is the Pick a Petal set... you can email me at nursehb8@hotmail.com to place your order!!!  Have a great long weekend!!!

One Layer Cards

OK... as promised, here are some easy, one-layer cards.  (ok, ok, almost one layer...)

So, here we have one of my favourite sets, Snow Flurries, and one of my favourite word sets, Happy Everything.  Both really versatile, both not really expensive.  What a fabulous combination!!!

OK... the card was made by starting with a piece of cardstock, 4 1/4 by 11, and scored at 5 1/2.  It still uses 1/2 a sheet, just cut differently!  OK... I used last year's In Colours, Cranberry Crisp, and True Thyme, but you could use Always Artichoke, and Burgundy and get close to the same effect.  (Or any other red/green for that matter!!)

I picked 2 images from the set, and stamped each one 3 times on a scrap of cardstock.  Then I used my punches... first I used the 3/4 inch, and punched out 2 green and one red image.  Then I used the 1/2 inch punch and punched out the other 3 circles, centering the punch so I got the middle part of the image.  I used dimensionals to attach the 1/2 inch circle to the 3/4 inch one.  Then I stamped the greeting, and TA-DA!!!  One lovely card.  I made quite a few of these, and some I added some ribbon to, but I like it better without.  (not a ribbon kinda gal)

OK... seems I have a bit of a Christmas theme going on here, but oh well...  I got the idea for this one on SCS... I think it was a CASE of JulieHRR. 

This card was even easier than the last one.  I used Headline Alpha, and just stamped on red cardstock, added a strip of black, with a pop can tab used for the belt buckle.  I think I would emboss the letters if I were to do it again, but it turned out nice, anyway! 

  OK... last one, and not a Christmas one!!  This one uses Looks Like Spring, Canvas, and Wonderful Words.  I stamped Canvas in Summer Sun on a scrap piece, and punched it out with my 1/2 inch circle punch, for the middle of the flower.  The flower was stamped right on a white card base, in Eggplant.  Then the 'stem' was added, using Wonderful Words.

Again, really simple, but looks really nice.  I got this idea from SCS, too... if you follow the link above (just click on it) and put in the search bar "one layer cards" it will show you a bunch of them. 

This week, stay tuned for a couple of great posts... first, my retired sets that are for sale.  I'm going to be selling them all!!!!  Then, a couple of upcoming classes you won't want to miss!!!

Starting out.... looking back!

Well, here we go... these are some cards I did a while back, but I love this layout, and so I thought I'd share with you....

This one used the Sell-a-bration set, Very Punny... which I LOVE... (all products of Stampin' Up!)  Paper:  so saffron, whisper white, certainly celery  Stamp set: Very Punny, Polka Dots and Paisley  Ink: basic black   Other supplies:  markers, cutter kit, circle punches

So, here's a similar card, only no circles!!  Stamp sets:  Polka dots and Paisley, Seeing Spots  Paper:  lovely lilac, lavendar lace, whisper white  Ink: lilac, lavendar  Other supplies:  markers, cutter kit, ticket corner punch

Both of these cards are really quick and easy... I think total time for both cards was about half and hour!!  You really can make great looking, simple cards in not a lot of time.

Stay tuned... I think tomorrow, I'll post some more really simple cards... one layer!!  (well, almost one layer)

For those of you who don't know me, I really have an aversion to cutting 'stuff' out, and to colouring... I'm getting better, tho', so be warned that more cutting and colouring may be on the way!!  Have a great night!