Winner

The winner was chosen from Angelica's blog and is MeMaw. Congrats, be sure to email Emma Lou to claim your winnings.
WW was good, I lost 2.8 this week making it a total loss of 22 pounds!!!!!!!

Crafters of Faith

Good Morning, it's the last day of the month and time for another challenge from Crafters of Faith.This month the lovely Carolina is our hostess!
This is her challenge:
1. Try to use a lighthouse in your project or something that represents LIGHT in your world/life.
2. Use at least two different scrap of designer paper.
3. Since the theme is light use some bling on your card/project.
I don't have any beach theme stamps, so while at work in my class room I stamped this image and brought it home. I have no idea what company, I colored it in using Prisma color Pencils, embossing with both a Sizzex plate and Kassie's Brocade from Cuttlebug. Cut the sentiment out using Fancy Tags Two. The sentiment is mine and it's from Rosebud Rubber Stamps. Please check out the rest of the ladies creations. You can find the list on the right of my post on the side bar. I'm off to Weigth Watchers so wish me luck. I'll be back later to post the winner of Heartfelt Creations Blog Hop. I haven't heard who won yet either so good luck!!!!!

Heartfelt Creations Alumni March Blog Hop

Well, it's the last Tuesday of the month so today is the beginning of the Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team's monthly Blog Hop. This month the participating Design Team members are:
Olga (me)
Carla
Selma
Clare
Marsha
Dina
Angelica
Linda
One of our blogs will be randomly chosen and from all those that commented on that blog, the winner will be again, randomly chosen. Blog Hop will remain open for comments on everyone's blog through midnight Friday night March 30. The winner will be posted here by noon on Sat March 31st. Winner receives a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations!
Now on to my card.........I used HCPC572 Clematis/Cottage. I love this set and use it a lot incase you haven't noticed LOL. I colored it with Prismacolor pencils, also used Martha Stewart around the page punch Vintage Floral and her flower and leaf punch, Spellbinders Labels Seventeen, Sizzix embossing folder Petals A Plenty, and a Bird punch from Stampin Up, Stickles in the center of the flowers. Okay that's petty much it from me, be sure and visit the rest of the hop and comment so your name can be put in for the draw!!!

Joan's # 10 Challenge

Good morning, thought I'd post my bookmark i made for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #10
Create a corner bookmark using the corner cut off an envelope. You can use an envelope from "junk" mail. You need to cover the front and back. Everything Iused was left overs from a card I had made last week, I basicly just cut everything in half and went with it. I like the fact it lies flat in the book. come back around 8AM this monring and hop with us at the Heartfelt Creation Blog Hop. Until then, God Bless!!!

2nd post today Outlines #44 Challenge..........Spring

It's time or another Outlines challenge. Yes Outlines is going out of business, sad but true. This is one of the first stamps I bought of theirs. I remember I got them at Enchanted Cottage in Lewisville NC. I used some scrap paper and stamped both flower images, the checked background and the swirly flourish, all from scrap paper!!!! I love how it turned out. Outlines has gorgeous stamps! I just keep trying to win more LOL, yall wish me luck! Have a blessed day!!!

Sunday with the Roses

It's the last Sunday of the month and it's time for our Roses challenge. Our missing Rose (Connie) has the challenge this month but Kerrie stepped in for her and decided we were to make a Missing you, Thinking of you card, etc. and this is what I came up with. Using Heartfelt Creations 3372 Dutch Iris Frame; 3373 Dutch Iris Medley; 711 Decorative Dutch Iris Die; Martha Stewart Vintage Floral around the page punch; Spellbinders Large Oval and Scalloped Oval; Versa Mark and Gold Embossing Powder. I colored in the Iris with my Stampin Up markers. Love the way this turned out. I am mailing this one to Connie to let her know we do think about her and miss her. she got busy with other things in life and just doesn't stamp much any more, we totally understand. Once in awhile we just need a break. Be sure and check out the rest of the Roses, you can find the list at the to of my page under Roses. Thanks for taking time to look and God Bless!!! Oh yeah, I have lost a total of 19.2!!!!!

I give up

This started out a one layer......didn'y get to far, I just can't do it. I try and try. They just fell like they aren't finished. I started out witht he Kassie's Brocade eb folder, then added the Garden Trellis, had to have a fanciful Swirl, with punched out and store bought flowers. I so need a new bow easy, but here's what ya get until then LOL. I am off work today but have a few appointments and get my hair cut, I do mean cut. I just can't stand this any longer LOL. I'll be around looking and commenting later so until then, God Bless!

Cheep Cheep

How about another Easter Card? Isn't this image cute! I got the Serendipity Stamp Set about 3 years ago, ran across it yesterday and just had to ink it up again. It also has several egg stamps with it so you may see more from this set. I also used spellbinders Fleur De Lis Rectangles and Accents, Classic Oval and Scalloped Ovals. Punched the flowers out with a Marvy punch and added Stickles to the center. Speaking of Spellbinders, my Grand Calibur has started making a funny sound, it still cuts just very noisy, so I called yesterday to see how I could fix it and she was super nice, take the handle off and mail it in, they even pay the postage. I was looking for them to put me off saying I tore it up or something and got an angle. Super nice and you know I love thier products! Okay, it's off to the shower then work for me, I'll drop in on yall later, until then, have a blessed wonderful day!

Spring Wishes

Good morning......looks like it's gonna be another beautiful day, minus a rain shower here and there. I took time to play again yesterday, had WW, then grocery shopping, clean house, laundry, cook, eat, do dishes, and yet still time to play LOL. We have got all the flower beds cleaned out now and ready to add mulch, I love this time of year but it is a lot of work. On to my card, for no reason, I saw one of Becca's cards and here is what I came up with. I used:Stampin Up's Gift of Spring; Spellbinders Decorative Fleur De Lis Squares; Fleur De Lis Accents; Classic Petal; Sizzex's Flourishes #11; Martha Stewart flower punches and Stickles in the center. Hope you like, we have our stampin club meet today, so I know I will play, hopefully I'll post it alter, until then, have a blessed day!!

Outlines challenge

Here is my submission for the challenge over at Outlines. I have several of their stamps and love em all! This one is Spring Bonnett. Wish me luck!

Happy Easter

Yes she is back, It seems like a year but not quite a week, it's just been a crazy week. But I'm here now and with card for 2 challenges. Cheery Lynn's to add a flourish and Joan's Garden,

Create an Easter Card with a bunny (check)
Use an embossed background ( I almost forgot but the corners are)
Colors appropriate for Easter (check)
Some kind of Flourish (check)
Rhinestones (check)

I used the following items:

Bunny stamp is Great Impressions, Happy Easter is Stampin Up, Flowers are a Martha Stewart Punch, the border is a Martha Stewart Vintage Floral punch, Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two, Stampin Up Plenty A Petals EB folder, Cherry Lynn's English Tea Party Doily, and Fanicful Flourish die. That's it, I love how this turned out, oh yeah, added Sticlkes to the center of the flowers. Have a blessed day and I'll catch up later.

Moonshine

Good morning eveyone..........I was gonna sleep late but the boys had a different idea, guess you see who won.But guess when you gotta go you gotta go.
Here is another card for the challenge at Craft A Scene this month. To create a card with the moon shinning. This one is done on glossy which is a challenge in it's self for me, but I did okay.I used the following:
Hero Arts - Graceful Leaves
Stampscapes - 087F Tree Trunk and 229A Doe
Art Impressions H3236
Sutten Enterprise G-878
I also used Stampin Up card stock and ink. I do hope you play along with us this month. That's it for me , I'll be around to comment as soon as I pour me a cup of coffee, until then, God Bless and have a wonderful day! Oh yeah, before I forget, several want to know about the shimmer I make, you can use any kind of body spray, I used Bodycology this last time, got it for Christmas, it sprays really good, a fine mist and that's what you want, then I added about 1/3 of a bottle of All Purpose Ink (champagne) I got from Stampin Up, it's on page203 and comes in 3 different colors. It's $5.95 a bottle so fairly cheap being you get 3 big bottles out of it. Then all you gotta do is shake and spray.............

Bow

Morning............here is a card I made when I was trying to tie a bow. As you can see, it didn't happen. I have lost my bow easy.........It's at the top of my must buy list. Anyway, I had the embossing part and the black Fleur De Lis already on there. So all I did after seeing no way was I tieing a bow, was to stamp the Love from Hampton Art and cut out some leaves from Foliage, shape and attach, then added store bought flowers. I won those about a year ago, forgot I had them........so, made good use of them. So here is the card that started out not to be a card but a practice piece. Hope you like, and hope you see it sprakle, it's that body spray and all purpose ink I got from Stampin Up and mixed together, I love the effect!!!!I gotta take the boys to the groomer this morning, they are NOT gonna be happy but will be so pretty and smell so good when we get home. I'll catch up with ya later, until then, have a very blessed day!!!!

MINI Challenge

and what a challenge is was!!!! Our Crafters of Faith leader Kelly, ask us to make a non-birthday card. you know, a birthday card but don't say birthday.............or something like that LOL. Anyway, I used my set Make a Wish set from Creative Visions, (Hi Laura), which is another challenge cause I just don't do cute well at all, give me flowers any day LOL, but I do love this set, all of her stamps are awesome , but anyway, this one fit the bill. I used all scrap paper except the white card base, and embossed a small piece with Stampin Up's Petals A Plenty folder. Okay, short and sweet but it's almost 6AM, shower time, I'll catch up later, have a blessed day and be sure and check out the rest of the ladies creations............

Thinking of You

I am so thinking Spring.........it's suppose to warm up a little here today, I do have Daffodils blooming in my flower beds. So it shouldn't be long. How about another Hearfelt Creations creation LOL. This has always been one of my favortie sets, 3371 Dutch Iris Oval. I made a 5 x 7 card, double matte of the 2 new colors I got this past weekend, I embossed the top layer using Kassie's Brocade and using 3 D dots, placed it on top of the image I had colored in with my Prismacolor pencils. I stamped the sentiment and cut it out using Cuttlebugs Fanciful Lables, pop dotted it up too.You can't tell it from the picture but I also used a glitter pen around the flower, it's pretty but couldn't get it to show up here. I was gonna link you back to the HC page so you could order your stamp set but they must be working on the page, I couldn't get it opened. Anywho, it's off to the shower then on to work, at least it will be a fun day........we go bowling on Wed. yall have a blessed day and I'll catch up later!!!

Blessings

Got some new Stampin Up card stock the other day, Daffodil Delight & Wisteria Wonder. Not really new but it is to me, I love those spring colors so here is what I made to use em. The Green leaves are centainly Celery. I used the following items to create this 5X7 card.
Heartfelt Creations 3366 Wrought Iron Cross
HC 710 Decorative Oval Window Die
HC3325 Daisy Patch Bouquet
HC3318 Daisy Patch Flowers
HC703 Daisy Patch Die
SU Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder
Marvy small daisy punch
Martha Stawart fern punch
Gold Stickles in the center of the flowers.
That's it, hope you like and have a blessed day!!!!!

Winifred

Good morning, we got a dustion of snow last night and that was it, just a dusting, glad, cause if you know me you know I hate winter and all that white stuff LOL. I found time yesterday to play along with the challenge over at Sugar Nellie, which is where I got this gorgeous image, it's Winifred, their images all look so real. I colored her with Prisma pencils, used the black swirly perals I got from Want 2 Scrap, and it's Stampin Up card stock, the card is 5X7, I punched out the flowers and leaves, I hid the piece of pink card stock under there, didn't mean to it's just the flowers took over LOL It's a sketch challenge this time so lets wish me luck, right now gotta go get ready for work, I'll catch up with yall later and comment, have a very blessed day!!!!

Craft A Scene challenge #3 - Moonlight

Good morning, are ya ready for a new Craft A Scene challenge? This month we are to create scenes with the moon shining........ I have seen some where it looks like it's the real deal but I'm not that talented, here is what I came up with. I began with a 5.5 X 4.25 card base, the white I stamped on is 5X3.75. I cut out a circle and used that for my moon, I tore post it notes and created the mountains, then stamped some trees from Theresa Mombers Gone Fishing and Life is Good sets. Then using Heartfelt Creations 682F Howling Wolf, I stamped him on top of the mountain. Added some limbs at the bottom using Hero Arts Graceful Leaves. Fast and super easy. Just the way I like it LOL. Do hope you play along with us this month, Kevin from Stampscapes is our sponsor this month and is offering up a $25.00 Gift certificate to the winner, be sure and go to the Craft A Scene blog for inspiration. Have a blessed day.

And the WINNER is....................

Good morning, hope everyone is safe and rode through all those awful storms okay...........
I'm here this morning t let you know the winner of the Heartfelt Blog Hop...........................
she was picked ramdonly from Carla's blog..........................
Donna Oates...........she said "The two colors, pink and white, in layers repeated throughout your design looks so elegant. I love the layers and how you layered them. Gorgeous card."
Congrats!!!!!! You can contact EmmaLou (emmalou@heartfeltcreations.us) to claim your $25.00 gift certificate. Be sure and put Winner of Alumni Hop Feb 28th in the subject line. Congrats again and thanks for joining us this month!!!!

Joan's Challenge #8

Good morning............if you are looking for Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop check here. It ends tonight so better hurry so you will have a chance to win!!!!

When I first got on the computer this morning I checked Joan's Site...........she has a challenge going on, She wats us to:
Create a card using corner embellishments (Check)
Color theme should be Blue and Green (Check)
Add some kind of flowers (check)
Use an oval background (check)
I downloaded this image one day this week after finding it on Pinterest. Don't ya LOVE that site!!!!! Anyway, the image came from here. I also used Spellbinders Decorative Photo Corners, Foliage, and Lables Ten. I used cuttle bug's embossing folder Kassie's brocade and SU Petals-A-Plenty. The flowers I punched out using a Martha Stewart flower punch, shaped them, put them together and added Stickles to the white ones. My card is 5X7 and I really hope you like it!!!! I'm off to the shower for now, time for my yearly check up so I'll be gone most of the day cause I'm gonna do some shopping before coming home, have a blessed day!!!!!

Crafters of Faith Feb. Challenge

This morning I have a card for the Crafters of Faith Group. Jackie is our Host this month and ask for non-traditional Feb colors (I went with white and Gold)
She wants our creation to be made with NATURE as the main theme....flowers, trees, mountains, water--- I went with both flowers and a butterfly.
She wants to see at least 1 circle shape on your creation, I used Spellbinders Standard Circle and the Beaded Circle.
I also used Spellbinders Floral Accent, Foliage and Heartfelts 702 Decorative Butterfly Border Dies. Heartfelt Creations stamps 3301 Hydrangea.Posy Branch to make my back ground paper, and 3306 Posy Patch Garden Delights for the butterfly. Then I punched out some twigs and leaves, along with flowers. Over on my side bar you will see a list of other members, be sure and check them out this morning also, I have already mailed this card out for some one with a birthday comping up!!!! Sure am gonna miss her this summer at the stamping show hint hint...........