Grey Skies No More

Happy Friday Everyone!  I saw this Cloud cover up die from My Favorite Things and knew what I had to do with it.  I so love dies that cover a card front (see yesterday's post!).  Is this not cute and fabulous?

First I cut Smokey Slate (SU) cardstock with the die-namics cloud cover up (MFT) die. Then I cut white stamper's select (PTI) cardstock with the cloud die again.  I glued the Smokey Slate to a piece of Basic Grey (SU) cardstock and put the white clouds into the holes.  Then I stamped the sentiment from MFT blue skies stamp set on the front.  The sun is Yo Yo Yellow (SU) and the die spring showers from Lawn Fawn.  The smile is from the bowl of soup in the stamp set On the Mend by Lawn Fawn.  Looks more complicated than it really is. - Heidi

Now for Something different.

I finally finished the mints in my Altoid tin.  What do I do with it now?  Enter Pintrest.  I didn't make anything super cool or collage like, but this will have to suffice.

This is the front of the tin.  I made this for my friend Karen.  Sorry, it's blurry.

The inside uses a stamp set from Lawn Fawn called Love You S'More.  Just something cute and fun.  

Enjoy - Heidi

October Afternoon Love

To say I am smitten with October Afternoon is an understatement!  I love the vintage look and collage appeal of their products.  So cute!

This first card is a whopping 5 1/2" X 7 3/4".  With the envelope punch board plus these envelope templates from Paper Source my cards can be the size they need to be and not be limited to an A2.  The paper is from October Afternoon the Public Library collection. The dies are stitched rectangles from Lawn fawn. A doily I had laying around (I wish it was cream color, but what are you going to do) and Mini Market stickers from October Afternoon's Farm Girl collection.  The kid in balloon is from Public Library.  I was so thrilled with my card as It is collage-like and I am NOT good at that so I left it out on my table to admire.  Unfortunately it fell onto an inked stamp and ruined the card.  If you look by the M and in front of his binoculars you can see stray purple ink! Not very bright, but unless you are really looking you'd probably miss it.  Oh well.

I originally cut that crazy letter and alphabet paper bigger, but it didn't fit on the front of anything so I had to cut it down.  What I was left with was this frame.  Fits perfectly on the from of an A2 card.  A little long retired Ruby Red cardstock from Stampin' Up, a sticker from Public Library and a sentiment from Tim Holtz Phrases 2 and you have this next card.

I also love the line Rocket Age from October Afternoon.  I would love to get my hands on an 8 X 8 pad of this paper, but I can't find it anywhere.  The kid is adorable and in space so of course I had to make a shaker card!  This card is 5" X 6 1/4".  Shaker cards are a pain in the butt, but he is definitely worth it!  I only wish I'd given him something to say! - Heidi

World Card Making Day Thank You Blog Hop!

As a winner of Papercrafts magazine's World Card Making Day contest we are doing a Thank You blog hop. I am not sure how to do this and I worked third shift last night (YAWN), so bear with me.

The original Hop starts at Papercrafts Magazine just click HERE 

Hopefully you came here via Erin Lee Schreiner's blog.

Below is the card that I made for World Card Making Day

My "thank you card" is made with the stamp set and die combination I received from Lil Inker.  I am a tool junkie and I love a good stamp and die combo.  This card uses the Spot On set and the connected circles dies from Lil Inker.

Someone wrote in my comments that the above card was a nice CAS.  It may very well be and I apologize if it is.  I looked through my Lil Inker Pinterest board and found cards similar to the above card, but not the exact same thing.  Either way I would like to share two more cards that I made using products that I won in the World Card Making Day Contest.

I told you previously that I am a tool freak.  I love the
Sizzix Framelits Triple Circle Flip-its die.  

On the above card I used:

Spot On stamp set from Lil Inker (WCMD prize)

Daphne's Closet 6 X 6 paper pad from Lawn Fawn (WCMD prize).

For this card I also used the Sizzix Framelits Triple Circle Flip-its die.
The paper is Wonderful Day 6 X 6 paper pad from Fancy Pants (WCMD prize)
The stamps are from Tim Holtz and called Phrases 2.

Now onto Ilina Crouse's blog to see her beautiful cards.  Thank you for visiting and please come again!

Have a great day - Heidi