Shimmery Hot Air Balloon

Happy Sunday! I hope you have been enjoying your weekend!

Today I'm sharing this bright and fun card with y'all. I colored this fabulous Hot Air Balloon image from Heart Song Designs with Copic markers, and then I went over them with some shimmery Creative Inspirations Paint. Then I used the Out of the Box Nesties technique from the Emboss or Die cd (Technique Junkies) to cut this out and attached it to this card.

I used some Mellow Yellow paint on the green and yellow stripes of the balloon and some Fuchsia paint on the pink part of the balloon. Here is a close-up so you can see the fabulous shimmer:

I hope you are enjoying the nice spring weather this weekend. If you're done needing your rain, send it my way!! :-)

Stamps: Hot Air Balloon from Heart Song Designs
CS: White, DeLovely dp (Cosmo Cricket)
Other: Copic markers, circle die, yellow ribbon
Creative Inspirations Paint: Mellow Yellow, Fuchsia
TJ Technique: Out of the Box Nesties (Emboss or Die CD)

Heart Song Designs Sketch - April 10, 2011

Howdy y'all! Are you ready for a new Heart Song Designs sketch? You can see the sketch over on the Heart Song Inspirations blog as well as the gorgeous work the rest of the Design Team created today.

I actually turned the sketch around so I could use this adorable Sleeping Kitty image. I used the cool new Copic Texturizing technique from Technique Junkies on the kitty, and then sponged some Antique Linen distress ink around the edges.

I used some crochet flowers that Leah had sent to me several years ago - how perfect are those with this image?? The last thing I did was to add some bakers twine on the edge of the image as my homage to the yarn balls.

Why don't you play along with the sketch challenge today? You could win a free digi just for creating a card with today's sketch at the Heart Song Inspirations blog.

Stamps: Sleeping Kitty from Heart Song Designs
Ink: Antique Linen distress
CS: Brocade Blue, White, Making Memories patterned paper
Other: bakers twine, Copic markers, sponge, crochet flowers
Technique Junkies technique: Copic Texturizing (April/May 2011)

Heart Song Designs Sketch - April 3, 2011

Good morning! Are you having a great weekend? I am playing along with the Sketches with Heart on the Heart Song Inspiration blog today. For this card, I've colored this sweet Picket Fence Tulips digi with Copic markers and added some cute little buttons at the bottom.

You can check out the sketch as well as what all the designers have created with it over on the Heart Song Inspirations blog. If you're waiting to see who won the entire new April release, the winner will be chosen today and posted soon. Just a little reminder that if you buy the entire April bundle, you can save $6. :-)

Enjoy your Sunday!

Spring Showers Blog Hop (New HSD Releases!)

Welcome to the Heart Song Designs Spring Showers Blog Hop! If you have come here from Lauren's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, please start at the Heart Song Inspirations blog so you don't miss any of the fabulous artwork with the NEW releases from Heart Song Designs!

Yes, you read that right. Heart Song Designs will have new releases on the first of every month, and you're going to LOVE what is being released today. Cupcakes, flowers, another cute bunny, birds and bees, an Easter cross, and the prettiest little parasol you ever saw are available from Heart Song Designs starting today. You can save $6 when you buy the entire release bundle - that is an awesome deal!

Aren't those images fabulous? I was immediately drawn to the yummy looking cupcakes and I created this fun and spring-y card.

I used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch for the layout, colored the cupcakes with Copic markers, and added the fun little rosette in a soft yellow color. The cupcakes are easy to color; the only hard part is deciding what "flavors" you want them to be! LOL

Would you like to win this entire release? One randomly selected hopper that has commented on all of the DT's blogs will be chosen to win all of the new releases today! Make sure you comment on all of the blogs in today's hop including the Heart Song Inspirations blog for your chance to win. This hop will last two days (Friday and Saturday), so you have plenty of time to check out the blogs and enter your comments. You can see the entire list of blogs at the Heart Song Inspirations blog.

After you've left your comment here, please hop on over to Karen's blog to see her fabulous project! Enjoy!

Heart Song Designs Sketch - March 27, 2011

Hey sleepyheads! Are you enjoying your Sunday morning? There is a new sketch over on the Heart Song Inspiration blog for y'all to play with, so go check it out. You could win free digis just for playing along with the weekly sketch challenges!

For my card, I used the beautiful March Daffodil digi from Heart Song Designs and I used some Stampin Up markers and the Marker Watercoloring technique (from Technique Junkies) to color the flowers. I pulled out some Kaisercraft patterned papers and some cardstock and then mixed and matched until I got some colors that I was happy with.

Don't feel limited to using the circle that was in the sketch. You can use any shape as long as your finished card resembles the sketch. I used an oval shape here because it fit my daffodils better than the circle. The leaves were just a tad too big for the oval die cut, so I used the Out of the Box Nesties technique from Technique Junkies to make it work.

Head on over to the Heart Song Inspirations blog to see the new sketch challenge and drool over what the Design Team gals have created. Upload your own creation based on our sketch and you could win free digis!! :-)

Be sure to come on back here on Friday, April 1, for a very special Spring Showers blog hop. We will be showcasing all the new April digis from Heart Song Designs, and you really have to see all this wonderful new artwork!!!

Heart Song Designs - NEW RELEASE (March 20, 2011)

Happy Sunday! You're going to love today's new releases from Heart Song Designs! Leah has created some great new digis that you don't want to miss:

There is a new sketch over on the Heart Song Inspiration blog for y'all to play with, so go check it out. You could win free digis just for playing along with the weekly sketch challenges!

For my card today, I used the gorgeous May Lily of the Valley digi. I colored it with Copic markers and added some soft yellow shading around the flower so it looks like the sun is backlighting it. Leah's flowers are such a dream to color. I really love her Birth Flowers collection.

Head on over to the Heart Song Inspirations blog to see the new sketch challenge and drool over what the Design Team gals have created. Upload your own creation based on our sketch and you could win free digis!! :-)


Stamps: May Lily of the Valley from Heart Song Designs, Scripty Words (retired CHF)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
CS: Marina Mist, White, Minuet dp (Memory Box)
Other: Copic markers
TJ Technique: Curled Corner

Lime Birdhouse and more

Good morning!

I hope you have some sunglasses on, because you might need them before you look at this card:

LOL! That's a bright springtime card, isn't it? For those of you who are sick and tired of the white stuff, this ought to warm you up. It's been beautiful here in Texas with afternoons in the 70's - I love it. I hope this sticks around for another 6 months. Anything to avoid the 100+ degree temps that we usually get in July, August, and September!

There is a NEW feature on the Heart Song Inspirations blog. We will have new sketches every week, and the card above is based on our very first sketch. Check it out on the Heart Song Inspirations blog and play along with us every week!

I used the Bird House digi from Heart Song Designs and colored it with Copic markers. Who says bird houses have to be brown? LOL I was just having a fun time coloring this image and ignoring the "rules."

Now before I forget, today is Sunday, which means NEW RELEASES from Heart Song Designs. Leah is introducing two great new images, and one comes with sentiments!!! I love these!

Vintage Blooms:

Chick Parade with Sentiments:

I haven't had time to play with these yet, but you can see some sneak peeks of these on the Heart Song Inspirations blog. Some of the DT gals used these along with the sketch challenge, and they did a great job. Take a gander and play along with our first sketch challenge. We'd love to see what you create!


Stamps: Bird House digi
CS: Green Galore, White, Green at Heart paper (Basic Grey)
Other: Copic markers, rectangle dies (Spellbinders), corner punch, brads, Glam Pink Stickles
TJ Technique: Out of the Box Nesties

Heart Song Designs - NEW RELEASE (March 6, 2011)

Happy Sunday! You're going to love today's new releases from Heart Song Designs! Leah has created two new flower digis. The first one is the innovative Bloom Trimmers One:

Leah designed this so that each element could be cut out and arranged in multiple ways. This is going to be such a fun set to play with - think of all the different possibilities with this - coloring, paper piecing, mixing and matching, and in any size you want.

The second digi is this Lovely Tulips image. I swooned when I saw this, and immediately printed it out:

I wanted this Lovely Tulip in red colors so it would match the background paper. This flower digi is so easy to color and it's absolutely gorgeous.

See what I mean about swooning? I used the Pencilled Twinks technique to color in this image, and then I cut it out with an oval die. The paper was too white and I wanted it to blend in with the cream tones in the background paper, so I sponged some Antique Linen distress ink all around the flower and the sentiment.

Here is a close-up so you can see the gorgeous shimmer:

Check out what the other DT ladies have created with these two fabulous new digis from Heart Song Designs:

Leah (owner) - Paper Blossoms

Ceal - Simply Beautiful

Chris - Creating with Chrissy

Davi - Alstromeria's Artistry

Deb - Little Works of Art

Holly - Glitter, Stamps, Ink (me)
Karen - Feline Creative
Katrina - Flutterby Trina

Lauren - LEM Photography & Papercrafting

Peggy - Daily Grace Creations

Shelly - Shell's Space

Stephanie - Stephanie's Stampin Spot

Stamps: Lovely Tulip (Heart Song Designs), Birthday Basics (PTI)
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Antique Linen distress
CS: Chocolate, White, Stella Rose patterned paper (My Mind's Eye)
Creative Inspirations Paint: Rustic Red, Green Olive
Other: oval dies (Spellbinders, watercolor pencils, water brush, sponge, May Arts ribbon and lace, pearls (Kaiser)
TJ Techniques: Pencilled Twinks, Wisped Frames

Belli Challenge #112 - animals

Howdy! It's time for another Belli Challenge, and this time it's all about animals. I took a break from the Belli Challenge last month to focus on my guest designer spot for Gingersnap Creations, so now I'm back with an adorable little bunny bag for y'all!

Isn't that bunny just adorable? This is one of the two new stamps that was released on Sunday over at Heart Song Designs. This bunny's name is Theadore Tulip, and I can't decide if I like the bunny or the tulip best. LOL

I wanted to do a bright, fun, spring-y project with this bunny, so I colored a sky and some grass with Copic markers, and then I colored the tulip with some shimmery Creative Inspirations Paint (Buttercup). That gorgeous yellow paint just begged to be used again, so I sponged it all over a generic white bag that I picked up at a dollar store. You can see the shimmer on the bag and the tulip here:

This will be a fun gift bag to give away either for a birthday or for Easter or just to surprise a special someone. :-)

Come join us over at the Belli Challenge blog and see what the other Belli Girls have created. Pull out your animal stamps and share your artwork with us. Happy Spring!!


Stamps: Theadore Tulip digi (Heart Song Designs)
CS: Turquoise, White
Creative Inspirations Paint: Buttercup
Other: sponge, circle dies (Spellbinders), Copic markers, ribbons (Offray), white bag (dollar store)

Heart Song Designs - NEW RELEASE (Feb 27, 2011)

Ready to see today's new releases for Heart Song Designs? This time Leah has created two adorable springtime digis:

Isn't that bunny just adorable??? I will be sharing a card created with that bunny later on this week, so check back on Wednesday for that. Today, however, I am sharing a card with the Butterfly Thistle.

I pulled out an Oval Window A7 Scallop card - Vertical die cut from Purple Bazzill cardstock (Creative Cuts and More) and embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder directly to the front of the card. I colored the Butterfly Thistle digi using a fun technique called Pencilled Twinks (from Technique Junkies) except I morphed the technique by using Creative Inspirations Paint. You can see the wonderful shimmer here:

I added a couple of butterflies (from the Butterfly Duet digi also from Heart Song Designs) and curled their wings slightly for a little added dimension. Isn't it great how the different digi images work together here? The advantage of digis is that you can make these images any size you want, just like I did with the two added butterflies.

Check out what the rest of the DT gals have created with these new digis, and then head on over to the Heart Song Designs shop to purchase these digis. Have a great week!

Leah (owner) - Paper Blossoms

Ceal - Simply Beautiful

Chris - Creating with Chrissy

Davi - Alstromeria's Artistry

Deb - Little Works of Art

Holly - Glitter, Stamps, Ink (me)
Karen - Feline Creative
Katrina - Flutterby Trina

Lauren - LEM Photography & Papercrafting

Peggy - Daily Grace Creations

Ruby - Ruby's Impressions

Shelly - Shell's Space

Stephanie - Stephanie's Stampin Spot

Birthday Flowers in Vase

I need to stock up on birthday cards again and this digi image from Heart Song Designs is perfect for feminine birthday cards. I colored this Vase of Flowers with Copic markers and then sponged a little kraft ink around the edges. I kept this card sweet and simple with some pink and kraft cardstock, and I added a little scalloped strip of kraft cardstock for a little extra interest.

Heart Song Designs released some new digis yesterday, so be sure to check them out by scrolling down to the next post. Leah has opened up a new Flickr gallery and new samples are added frequently. Go check it out here. Enjoy all the great eye candy!!

Heart Song Designs - NEW RELEASE (Feb 20, 2011)

It's Sunday, which means there are some new digis in the Heart Song Designs store today! Ready to see 'em??

That new St. Patty's Daydream scene is so adorable, and it's just in time for you to get some projects done for the holiday next month. The colored digi is great for when you don't have time to color something - just print it on your color printer and add it to your project. I created a fun card with the first digi - Blooming Stars.

I used Sketch #96 from the Sweet Stop Sketches blog and I used the Dabbed Shimmers technique from Technique Junkies for the background. I colored the image with Copic markers and then went over the star flowers and butterflies with a glitter pen. A white gel pen provided the little white circles within the star flowers.

See the fantastic shimmer in the pale lavender background? I used some Lavender Creative Inspirations Paint to created the Dabbed Shimmers background.

You should see what some of the other Heart Song Designs DT gals have created with today's new releases. Click on their names below to check out their artwork:

Leah (owner) - Paper Blossoms

Chris - Creating with Chrissy

Deb - Little Works of Art

Holly - Glitter, Stamps, Ink (me)
Karen - Feline Creative
Katrina - Flutterby Trina

Lauren - LEM Photography & Papercrafting

Peggy - Daily Grace Creations

Ruby - Ruby's Impressions

Shelly - Shell's Space

Stephanie - Stephanie's Stampin Spot

Have fun shopping in the Heart Song Designs store! Enjoy your Sunday!

Heart Song Designs - NEW RELEASE (Feb 13, 2011)

Good morning! We have a nice little surprise for you today - every Sunday there will be new digis released by Heart Song Designs! Today, these three digis are available over in the Heart Song Designs store:

Aren't those great? That puppy dog is just adorable, and I love the butterflies. The anemone flower is a special hand-colored digi, and you can print this out in full color if you have a color printer. If you are short on time, or you don't like to color, these hand-colored digis are perfect for you!

I printed out the butterfly digis and created this Hawaiian Butterfly card.

I was inspired to use these colors just by looking around my messy studio. I saw the buttons and I knew I had to use those. Then I found this yellow cardstock, and it is a nice contrast to black and blue, so I added in the little scalloped edge. I always need birthday cards, so I went with a birthday sentiment, but you could use any kind of sentiment with this gorgeous butterfly.

Go check out the fantastic selection of digis in the Heart Song Designs store. Leah will be adding new digis every Sunday, so peek in next week to see what the next batch of digis will be. Enjoy!

Fuchsia Heart

Good morning! Today, I'm sharing a clean and simple card with Heart Song Design's Stitched with Love digi image.

I colored the heart with Copic markers and then I went over the flower and polka dots with some shimmery Fuchsia Creative Inspirations Paint. I used the same paint to color the white ribbon. After the ribbon dried, I scrunched it up on my card and nestled the heart digi into the middle of the scrunched up ribbon.

I could have put any kind of sentiment with this sweet heart, but since I always need birthday cards, I went with "Happy Birthday." This will make a perfect emergency birthday card for those last minute girlfriend gatherings. :-)

You can see the shimmer on the heart and the ribbon in this picture:

I hope you have a great week!

Heart Song Designs DT announcement

Today is the day when the official announcement of the new Design Team members for Heart Song Designs comes out. I'm thrilled to let you all know that I am part of the new Heart Song Designs DT!!

Before I share today's card, please let me introduce you to the rest of the Heart Song Designs designers:

Leah (owner) - Paper Blossoms

Ceal - Simply Beautiful

Chris - Creating with Chrissy

Davi - Alstromeria's Artistry

Deb - Little Works of Art

Holly - Glitter, Stamps, Ink (me)
Karen - Feline Creative
Katrina - Flutterby Trina

Lauren - LEM Photography & Papercrafting

Peggy - Daily Grace Creations

Ruby - Ruby's Impressions

Shelly - Shell's Space

Stephanie - Stephanie's Stampin Spot

Ready to see what I've created for today's Grand Opening? :-) I used the adorable Spring Mailbox digi and colored it with Copic markers. The colors are a bit different than I normally use, but I wanted to match up with some of the colors in this fun Echo Park designer paper.

The curled corner is a new technique from the latest issue of Technique Junkies. It's such a fun little accent and it gives me a place to put the cute little butterfly.

Have fun checking out what the other DT ladies have created for today's Grand Opening! You will love these sweet digis from Heart Song Designs.

Blog Hop WINNER!!!!

As promised, we have a winner for the March of the Snowmen blog hop. This winner will get her choice of any 5 digis from the Heart Song Designs store. Random.hubby picked:

Amy said...
What a cute duo of cards! I love all the snow glitter on the second card!

January 26, 2011 7:57 AM

Congratulations, Amy!!!! I will email you with the details to claim your free digis.

Thanks to all of you for your sweet comments and for hopping along with us in our March of the Snowmen hop. Here's hoping we will put together another Snowman hop next year! :-)

Wanna win FREE stuff?

I've got several give-aways to tell you about tonight, so make sure you check all of them out for a chance to win each of these fun prizes.

#1 - I'm giving away 5 free digis (your choice) from Heart Song Designs on THIS post. Make sure you leave your comment on THIS post before Thursday evening. I will be picking the winner around 6 or 7, so don't delay.

#2 - Also in the same post, make sure you hop through all the blogs. More than half of the ladies are giving away blog candy, and you don't want to miss out! Scroll down to the bottom of THIS post to see the list of blogs in the blog hop.

#3 - Creative Inspirations Paint has a special Blog Truffle to give away. Truffles are better than candy, and this Blog Truffle is 5 jars of shimmery paint. You definitely want to win this - these paints are awesome! Just follow the directions HERE for your chance to win.


#4:

There is a special "Group Hop" going on over in the Crafter's Digital Art Center (CDAC) on January 28 - 30. Heart Song Designs is one of the groups participating, and you can win all kinds of free digis from all the various companies in the hop.

If you are not a member of the CDAC, you should go ahead and join tonight so you are ready for the hop on Friday. THIS is the link to join the Heart Song Designs group on the CDAC. We'll be sharing lots of fun artwork in this group in the weeks to come, so you really should join even if you don't go through the hop.

Pshew.... I think that's it for tonight. Remember to check back with me tomorrow evening to find out who the winner of the 5 FREE digis will be!

March of the Snowmen Hop

Welcome to the March of the Snowmen blog hop! A group of us ladies are just having a fun little hop to showcase our snowmen creations. Along with the great eye candy today, there is a LOT of blog candy being given away!!! The complete list of links along the hop is listed at the end of this post. Be sure to hop to each blog and read the directions at the end of each post to have a chance to win some great blog candy. I am one of the blog candy stops, so keep on reading. :-)

The hop doesn't start til 9amEST/8amCST, but I am posting this early because I have to go to work. I live smack dab in the middle of Texas, so what better way to start my post than with a Cowboy Snowman?? LOL

Isn't that just too cute?? LOL I found this cowboy snowman stamp and the sentiment at a LSS. The snowman is from Deadbeat Designs and the sentiment is from jamnstamps. The rust card base is stamped with a woodgrain backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms (retired). I paper pieced his little bandana and I couldn't resist giving him a little lasso. Hee hee hee!


Now that you've seen the "masculine" snowman, how about a sweet, pink, sparkly snow-girl?

This adorable snowman is a digi image from Heart Song Designs - a brand new store that just opened up this month. Leah, the owner, has lots of digis ready for sale with more being added every week.

I colored this girly snowman with Copic markers and then added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter here and there. I also added some white Flower Soft to the fuzzy ends of the knit cap on her head.

Here is a close-up:

See how shimmery that chipboard heart is? I painted that with Tutu Pink Creative Inspirations Paint and then adhered a button to the corner after the paint dried. The heart was then adhered to a clear acrylic snowflake and placed in the corner of the card.

I hope you enjoyed my snowman creations today. Are you ready for some BLOG CANDY?? If you liked the pink, sparkly snow-girl, you have a chance to win her and 4 other digis from Heart Song Designs (5 free digis - your choice). I'm keeping this simple - just leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner on Thursday.

After you leave your comment, please hop along to Jen Carter's blog. If you haven't seen the creations from the three ladies before me, please consult the list below and click their links. You don't want to miss what they have for you today.

Angella Crockett
Barb Foster
Deb Felts
Holly Brown --- YOU ARE HERE
Jen Carter
JenMarie Taylor
Joan Ervin
Julie Ranae
Kim Sears
Laurie Willison
Linda Lucas
Lynn Stevens
Pam Imholz
Patti Gilliam
Sue Pelletier
Stacy Rogers
Melisa Waldorf

Enjoy the March of the Snowmen blog hop! Thanks for visiting me today!

DT call for Heart Song Designs

Hey guys!  I just found out that my dear friend, Leah Cornelius, is opening her very own store called Heart Song Designs, and she has a DT call for her first design team.  Read all about it here and if you are interested in being on her design team, send in your application!  I am SO excited for Leah!!!!

I have known Leah for several years, long before I started my "career" on design teams.  Remember Cornish Heritage Farms?  Leah and I would play in the challenges there, and I noticed she would add little things to her cards and I couldn't figure out what stamps she used.  It turned out she had drawn little extras like birds or flowers to accent her cards, and I just loved them!  I kept telling her she should draw more often, and now look at her!!  She's opening her own store with her own designs!  How cool is that???

Congratulations, Miss Leah!!!  This is a wonderful new adventure for you!  :-)