Blowtorch Please!

What's better than an adorable 'ol granny to tell you that you are old? LOL!

Isn't she fun!?! She's from Granny's Secrets (Our Craft Lounge) and sure to bring a giggle to it's recipient! I used Sparkly Fluff to make her hair all fluffy and sparklie. Copic markers and Spica glitter pens for the coloring (available at Eclectic Paperie).

Here's a close-up so you can see just how many candles are burning! haha

Well, it's late and this old lady needs to go to bed.

Thanks for stopping by!

HB

Happy 4th of July!

It's a day of sparkliers, picnics and parades here in Minnesota! I thought I'd start the day with a fun red, white & blue card created with Bird Watching (PTI). I love these bird houses!


I paper pieced the houses on the right and left and used Copic markers to color the center house.

It was so hard to capture a picture of this card because the bottom of the front is scalloped and shorter than the back. I tell ya, I need to plan for pics when creating. LOL!



I hope you and your family enjoy a day of fun, and sunshine! Even if you're not in the good 'ol USA!

HB

Have a Swingin! Day!

I played in the Featured Stamper challenge over on SCS (Chisty S) last week. I made the card and then month-end hit. You see... month-end is over the TOP busy at work, so this little creation has been sitting on my work table, waiting for me to get home before 8pm so there was decent light to take a pic. HA.

The inspiration card I picked from Christy's gallery is THIS one. It's an adorable layout and worked perfectly with OCL's Swingin' By.


The images are colored with Copic markers and the sky is shaded using Boo and the Copic Airbrush system. The papers are from My Minds Eye, Bloom & Grow line (you can find it at eP).
I hope you're having a swingin' week!
HB

It's all about the button!

I was at a wonderful scrapbook store in Moorhead, MN not long ago and they had this FAB display of buttons. It was like a penny candy store display - little candy jars with little scoops attached, and filled with all colors of glorious buttons!

Just look at it! Oh, I love buttons!

Anyway... this cute little image is from Stampin Up! (A Flower for all Seasons). It's colored with Copic markers and layered (upon layer upon layer) with My Minds Eye papers. The white layers are cut and embossed with rectangle Nesties. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink (Birthday Basics).

Thanks stopping by!
HB

American and Proud

edited: The winner of All About the USA is Bevie Pearl! (I love watermellon too!)
I'll get your set sent out to you Bevie!


Yup, I'm late. Internet issues AGAIN! But... I think we've put a big enough bandaid on the problem that I should be set.

So... today is day 5 (um, actually 7) of the Our Craft Lounge Spotlight Set of the Week featuring All About the USA. I think this is actually my favorite of the ones I've made this week. I love the twinkie effect of the litte red and blue stars on the paper (Reminisce) and the sparkle of the red and blue glitter on USA.

To me... this totally represents the 4th of July for us Americans. It's bold. It's bright. And it screams red, white & blue!

You know... it's been such a fun week showing off this awesome set, I think we should have a little blog candy to celebrate!

Leave me a note telling me what your favorite summer food is (cuz the 4th is all about picnics ya know!) and I'll draw a winning name on Monday at 5pm for an All About the USA set! Be sure and leave your email address on your comment so I can contact you!

Hope you are having a wonderful start to your summer!

HB

Support Our Troops!

One of the cool things about the All About the USA set (OCL) is that is not just for the 4th of July. It's perfect for scrapbooking and making those special cards for our men & women serving our country.

This is a super easy-peasy card. I attached strips of My Minds Eye paper (Just Dreamy collection) that I faux stitched around the edges with my every handy tracing wheel. The flag and sentiment are stamped on white, cut out and dry embossed with a rectangle Nestie. The stripes of the flag and around the sentiment are colored with Copic markers (R27 and BG34) and the panel is finished with a smoodge around the edge with Antique Linen (Distress Ink).

A few star buttons and a little distress ink around the red layer and DONE! Here is a close up:

This is day 4 of the Spotlight Set of the Week over on the OCL Forums. Have you stopped by yet?

HB

American Boy

It's day 3 of the Our Craft Lounge Spotlight Set of the Week - All About the USA!

Today I decided to step away from the red, white & blue and switch it out with orange, green and teal. lol! I love this collection of My Minds Eye papers (Just Dreamy/Brilliant collection). I love that everything coordinates and makes it really easy to put a creation together. (Did you know you can find MME at Eclectic Paperie?)


I used the "proud to be American' star from the All About the USA set (OCL), trimming off the "proud to be", colored it with Copic markers (also available at Eclectic Paperie!), and layered it on the circles with foam tape.

The star border is stamped in black and each star colored green. I cut out various sizes of stars from the paper and popped them over the star strip with foam tape.

I cut the word "boy" out of the paper, layered it on a star and then onto the tag.

I ended up with a pretty cute boy card - birthday, or just 'cuz, don't you think? I love versatile sets!

Have you checked out the OCL forums yet! You should!

What color should we use tomorrow....hmmmm!

HB