The Ocean Card

Hi!  Heidi here with a card inspired by the ocean, after my short trip to the coast to see family.  I just love going to the ocean.  The clean air and calm quiet atmosphere.  It's so relaxing.  I need about a week or more there to unwind.  I wish we could.  But work and life sometimes gets in the way.  So I thought I would make a card that I can send to a friend and share a bit of that feeling of calmness to them.  I just love the Just For Fun Lighthouse Rubber Stamp, so what better use than an ocean themed card!

I also used the sand dollar stamp in the back ground.  It was a bit hard to see in the photo, so I hope you can see it.  I would use a white stamp next time to make them show up more.

Hope you get to enjoy the ocean at some time too!

Hope you have smooth sailing this weekend!

Here is a list of supplies used:

Just For Fun Rubber Stamps- F2303 Lighthouse & A081 Sand Dollar

Versa Mark Ink Pad

Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black (note I would use my Ranger Archival Ink Pad next time as the ink wont smear when I use my water colors on it.)

Tag with Saying on it from some scraps I had ( you could type out a saying and glue it down instead)

Neocolor II Water Soluble Wax Pastels in: 

Lemon Yellow, Emerald Green, Scarlet, Brown and Light Grey

Glue, Double Sided Tape and Foam Mounting Tape

Stickles Glitter Glue in: Star Dust and Golden Rod.

Hugs,

Heidi

Ps.  Don't forget to join in this months challenge  Here.

You could be the lucky winner!

Spring Bird Houses

Heidi here with my Spring Bird House card.  Every morning when I take the dogs outside, I hear tons of birds happy that spring is in the air.  I saw the bird house stamp and thought it would be very appropriate for this time of year.  I had some wood birds that I wanted to use with water color markers to color them.  I think they turned out very cute.  I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter and Spring!  Hope you like the card!  Here's to the birds and spring weather!

List of supplies used:

Just For Fun Rubber Stamps- H3853 Bird House Row

Tombo Markers

Ranger Archival Ink- Jet Black

Water Brush

Black Watercolor Pencil 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Tea Dye

Ranger Stickles- Diamond

Yellow Print Card Stock

Don't forget you can still enter the Just For Fun Rubber Stamp Monthly Challenge - "Celebrate Spring"!

Click here for more details.

See you next time.

Hugs,

Heidi

It's A Cupcake Birthday!

Hi Everyone!  Happy March!  It's almost  Spring!  We have been getting lots of rain here, but that's good, because our summers have been hot and dry.  I will take the rain so there won't be as many fires this summer, I hope.  I thought about birthday cards and that I need to prepare for a bunch of upcoming birthdays.  I just love this cupcake stamp from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps.  So I  added some fun bright colors and came up with quick birthday card.  

Now I just need to make a dozen!  

Hope you have a great weekend!

Hugs, Heidi

List of Supplies Used:

Just For Fun Rubber Stamps- D3368 Birthday Cupcake & B2900 Happy Birthday

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads in : 

Seedless Preserves, Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade, & Picked Raspberry

Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black

Card Stock in: White, white with mini colored dots, & aqua with white dots

Watercolor Paper

Ranger Stickles in: Diamond & Glam Pink

Copic Sketch Markers in:

Y15

Y13

YG17

B05

B14

BG10

RV04

RV09

Foam Mounting Tape & Glue

Hope you enjoyed this card.  If you love making cards and like to join card challenges, you should check out Just For Fun Rubber Stamps' new monthly card challenge.  You can find out more on how to join us and what the theme is for this months challenge by clicking here

Just For Fun March Challenge

Hi everyone,

As you know I am on the Just For Fun Rubber Stamps Design Team.  We are starting something new this month.  We are having a monthly challenge for our followers to join.  Each month will have a theme.  This month we are using Spring! You will  the JFF Team members projects on the JFF Blog and on each team members blog.  I will have a list at the end of this post.   We will pick one lucky winner each time we have a challenge.  See the blog for all the details on how to join for your chance to win.

We hope you will join in the all the fun.  

Here is my Spring Card.
I used Just For Fun Stamps, H3872- 2 Sided Butterfly & UMS 7018 Sentiments 1- Happy Whatever
Watercolor Paper
Tim Holtz Distress Crayons and Misc. Watercolor Markers
Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
Crystal Stickles

To see the other blogs and the JFF March Challenge Rules click on the names below.

JFF  March Challenge

Sue Wisniewski
Myoriah (Beth) Wheeler
Marie Berquist
Kim Beldowski
Terry Dewey
Roni Johnson
Diana Rothar Fernandez
Pam   DeChellis
kReN Kurts

Buck Birthday Card

Hi everyone.  My focus this week was a manly birthday card.  They are hard for us to create sometimes right?  I have mostly men in my family and it's difficult sometimes for me to come up with good ideas for cards.  I have the buck stamp and just love him, so I thought why not!  Lets make a manly card.

Here is my Buck Birthday Card.  Hope it inspires you.

Supplies used to make this card:

Just For Fun Stamps;

D3821 Right Facing Buck

F3868 Balsam Branch

WB8011 Greetings Word Block

Wild Wasabi, Garden Green & Old Olive Stampin' Up Ink Pads

Espresso Truffle Memento Ink Pad

Tea Dye Distress Ink

Vanilla Card Stock

Dark Blue Card Stock From Tim Holtz

Corrugated Cardboard

Blue Twine from Tim Holtz

Foam Mounting Tape

I stamped all over my back ground using all three of the green stamp pads with the Balsam Branch stamp.  Then stamped my "Happy Birthday" and my Buck with the espresso truffle ink.  I went around the all the edges of the vanilla paper with the tea dye ink pad to distress it. I mounted the vanilla paper on to the blue card stock, but at a slant.  Then put my corrugated cardboard on and my twine and put my buck on with foam mounting tape.  I also put the sentiment on with the foam mounting tape.

See you next month!

Hugs, Heidi

Cameo Valentine's Day Card

Heidi here with another fun Valentine's Day card.  This one is supper quick for that last minute card.  this one can be changed just a bit and then it can be masculine.  I used some Stampin' Up designed paper I had left over and a cupcake liner.  Along with two stamps and some Echo Park Paper Co. Ephemera Die Cut pieces that I just got at my local craft store.  It took me about 10 minutes to make this card.  But it is super cute and it looks like it took me hours.  Got love that!

I glued the envelope down and then used mounting tape under the No. 14 die cut, glued a small heart on top of that.  I then flattened the cupcake liner some what to make it into a circle shape and make a surface for the cameo to sit on top of.  I stuck it down with  a glue dot.  Added the Cameo with mounting tape and used Liquid Pearls to make her pearl earrings and headband.  I used my tag punch to make a pink tag and stamped my sentiment on it and used my black pen to make markings around it.  I then used silver Stickels to outline it.  Added some red and white bakers twin and mounting tape and TA DA !!    You can change the paper out and the cupcake liner for more masculine looking papers.  You could use a circle punch and use a complementary masculine paper to replace the liner.

Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day.  Whether it be with your sweetheart or your best friends or both, may it be a great day!

Hugs, Heidi

Supplies Used:

Just For Fun Stamps;

UMS7018 Sentiments 1- Happy Valentine's Day

C3611 Cameo

Stampin' Up Background Paper

Tag Punch

Cupcake Liner

Archival Ink- Jet Black

Echo Park Paper Co. Ephemera Pack

Silver & Star Dust Stickles Glitter Glue

Foam Mounting Tape

Glue Dot

White Opal Liquid Pearls 

Red & White Bakers Twin

Love Letters Card

Hi everyone!  Heidi here with two cute cards for you for Valentine's Day.  I have been playing with more ink sprays and Glimmer Mist.  I love the sparkle you get with it.  FYI, you will have glitter all over you too!  But it was fun.  I used full sheets of paper, sprayed them with my sprays and also did some drips and splatters.  I used three different stamps, red glitter embossing powder and red ribbon with brads.  I gathered the ribbon to form a bow and then punched a small hole and put my brad in to hold it in shape.  That made it stay flatter for mailing.  

Here is a list of supplies:

Just For Fun Stamps;

D2947 Happy Valentine's Day

C3123 Love Letters

G3874 Brush Stroke Flourish 

Red Sparkle Ribbon

Heart & Gem Brad

Cherry Pie Dylusions Ink Spray

Pink Grapefruit Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist

Cherry Glimmer Mist

Red Stamp- n- Stuff Embossing Tinsel

Memento Ink- Tuxedo Black & Gray Flannel

VersaMark Ink Pad

White Acrylic Paint- Watered Down To Make Splatters

Mounting Tape

Small Hole Punch

Heat Gun

Hope you all have a wonderful rest of your week!

Hugs,

Heidi