Greeting Card Kids Valentine

I have to admit these little Greeting Card Kids are growing on me! I saw Jen Sannes layout HERE, and fell in love with it! I put some of our current DSP with it and the little Valentine girl and VOILA! I also used Iridescent Ice to give the image a glimmer look to it.

Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Twitterpated DSP, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Ink: Black Stazon, Baja Breeze, Blush Blossom, Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Iridescent Ice, Versa Mark Pad, Blushing Bride Pleated Satin Ribbon, 2 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Dimensionals

Here is the same sketch using different paper. The Red Glimmer paper is so fun to work with!

Malt Card (Valentine or Birthday)

I was inspired by this card on Pinterest, but wanted it to fit into the Stampin' Up envelope (Small Open-End Envelopes- item #107286). Here's what I came up with! You could use this for Valentine's Day, or as a birthday card. The sentiment inside says, "Happy Birthday With a Cherry on the Top!"

Did you know you can re-color the silver Glimmer Paper to any color? Just put a dot of reinker on a glass block, and use your Aqua Painter on the Glimmer Paper! I used Pretty in Pink reinker to recolor this heart.

It's hard to see in this photo but the malt cup is embossed with the Striped Embossing Folder.

To dowload the malt pattern, click HERE.

Recipe:

Stamp Set: A Word For You

Ink: Chocolate Chip (edges of malt cup sponged in this)

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Brushed Silver, Glimmer Red & Silver

Accessories: 3/4" Circle Punch (cherry), Heart Punch, Linen Thread (cherry stem), Straw (found on Etsy), Blushing Brid 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon, Striped & Elegant Lines Embossing Folders, Pretty in Pink Reinker, Aqua Painter

NOTES: Cut an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock in half the long way, so it now measure 4 1/4" x 11". Score the long side at 5 1/2". Place the malt cup pattern on top of the card, with the fold lining up with the top of the malt cup.

Cut one piece of "ice cream" and after running it through the Big Shot, then just tape this piece to the front of the card.

Cold and Flu Season Get Well Card

My Stamp Clubs started again last night for 2012. It was SO AWESOME to be back in the groove of holding classes after the holiday break!

'Tis the season for cold and flu, so thought it would be fun to make light of this and create a fun card to send to one of your sickly friends! (I joked at Stamp Club that I hope my sister holds onto her cold a few days longer so I could pop this in the mail to her! JUST KIDDING of course - but not really.....LOL)

I LOVED outside of Renee's card found HERE. I thought it would be fun to add a 3-D tissue box on the inside - so the "surprise" of this card is when you open it up! Up pops a tissue box, with a real tissue inside!


Recipe:
Stamp Sets: Button Buddies, Word Play, Sweetly Said, Serene Snowflakes
Paper: Whisper White, Marina Mist
Ink: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Real Red
Accessories: Designer Frames Embossing Folder, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Button, Tissue, Small Oval Punch, Simply Scored Tool

NOTES: The tissue box is a 6 1/4" x 3" piece of cardstock that is scored at 1 1/2", 3", 4 1/2" & 6". Tape the box shut, then attach it in the center of the card at the fold line. It will collapse nicely when the card is folded.
To add the tissue inside, cut a tissue in half. Then separate it so it is 1-ply, (makes it less bulky). Stuff it in the tissue box.

Here's a photo of the treats I made for Stamp Club. I found the recipe on this blog HERE. (Basically it's just the peanut blossom recipe subbing Dove Chocolate hearts for the center. However, I LOVE this recipe even more than the one I have, so I will be using this one from now on. They are really LIGHT and fluffy!)

New Spring Mini Catalog is HERE!

You are going to fall in love with many of the NEW and exciting products that are in the Spring Mini Catalog! You can view the catalog online HERE.

You can order NOW from my website HERE! THANK YOU!!

Calling All Arizonians!

Calling All Arizonians!

Stamp Clubs are now forming!!

I live in the northeast valley (Cave Creek/Scottsdale/Phoenix area) and would love to have you join my Stamp Clubs for 2012!
Please email me for more information. Clubs will be grouped this weekend!
LorriHeiling (at) gmail.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MERWY KWITHSMITH!

Here's our Christmas Card for 2011. MERWY KWITHMITH!!!

Here's a better photo of our card, sorry it's not real clear. Even our dog, Max's teeth are "missing"!

Cookie Exchange

I was in a cookie exchange this week, and this is what I made. I'm finally getting the hang of making these cake pops! It's all Terri Guymon's fault, too! She gave me this beautiful Cake Pop Stand for my birthday and I have been having so much fun with it! Her cake pop blog can be found HERE. (I can't wait to make some Valentine's Day ones and change out the ribbon!)

I used red velvet cake for the cake pops. I decorated one with white candy melts and crushed candy canes. The other was done with chocolate candy melts and red hot noses and small candies for the eyes.

Get it While it Lasts!

Stampin' Up has announced that the stocking punch will not be carried over to the new catalog. Once the inventory is depeleted, it will no longer be available. BOOHOO! I LOVE this punch!

The item number for the punch is #120495 and it is $16.95. You can order it through me, or through my SU website, which is HERE.

The matching stamp set can be found in the Holiday Mini Catalog. This stamp set is called "Stitched Stocking". The clear mount item number is #123784 and is $19.95. The wood mount item # is 123782 and is $27.95.

Don't wait!!

Don't forget about the Clearance Rack on my SU website, too! Some items are 80% off!! Click HERE to view.

A Dream Come True!

I am having an incredible week this week! My sweet stamping buddy Kim Sinclair is in town this week visiting family and friends, so I got a chance to spend time with her! Kim spent some time at Diana Gibb's home, so I made the hike to Diana's house to spend some time with them. While I was there we got an AWESOME PRIVATE WATERCOLORING LESSON from Diana! She is the QUEEN of WATERCOLORING!!! (I wanted to have her come to my downline meeting as a special guest, but after seeing how far we live from each other, I can see that I would have had to FLY HER IN! LOL Just kidding...)

Anywhooooo we had a great morning/afternoon together, lots of laughs and an extremely FUN STAMPING TIME TOGETHER! These two gals are a HOOT!

Here's a photo of Diana and Kim.
Diana is giving us private watercoloring lessons!!!! FUN FUN!

We had a fun time doing a photo shoot with Diana's camera, that also had a timer. We laughed so hard because the camera setting must have been on multiple shots. The camera kept taking photos and we have some SILLY ONES that were taken that we didn't know about. FUNNY!!!!!

Notice Toby, the Yorkie in the photo. We all have Yorkies!!!! (Well, Kim is "grandma" to her daughter's Yorkie).

The girl's had some Christmas goodies for me!! Here is a beautiful ornament made by Kim:
This one was made by Diana:

I then got to KIDNAP Kim from Diana's home and bring her to my home! We had a FUN day and a half doing a little bit of everything! Here we are at the English Rose Tea Room in Carefree. LOVE THAT PLACE!

We also got some shopping in, and Kim was SO SWEET to help me finish up my "Control Freaks" swap!

WHAT AN AWESOME COUPLE OF DAYS!!!!!!

Christmas/Winter Card

Christmas/Winter card we did last month at my Girl's Day/Night Out class.

Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Greeting Card Kids, Serene Snowflakes

Paper: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Watercolor Paper, Soft Suede

Ink: Black Stazon, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red, Daffodil Delight, Craft White

Accessories: Blender Pen (to get the shading), Dazzling Diamonds (hard to see but it is on the coat cuffs, hat pompom and snow on the ground), Eyelet Punch, Chantilly Crochet Trim, Baja Breeze 1/2" Seam Binding

Clearance Rack BLITZ!! Check it out!

The Clearance Rack Blitz is starting today... December 15, 2011 through January 5, 2012, nearly 200 products are being added to the Clearance Rack in my Stampin' Up! Online Store ....with some discounted up to 80 percent! Click HERE to order!

•Only demonstrator and online orders qualify for this promotion. Orders can include non-Clearance Rack items, as well.

•The Clearance Rack Blitz includes old-body style punches.

•There is no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion.

•Qualifying Clearance Rack orders are eligible for hostess benefits.

•Clearance Rack Blitz items are only available while supplies last. There are no refunds or exchanges on Clearance Rack items.

Remember, these items are while supplies last, so if you see it and you like it, go for it!

Thank you so much!

Angry Birds!

Here are some "Angry Bird" treats made for our son's 8th birthday party!
I just kind of made my own pattern for the treat bags and glued them onto brightly colored gift bags. (Sorry no pattern uploaded, when I was done, I threw everything away!!!)

I have been making cake pops and thought it would be fun to make oreo cookie pops. I LOVELOVELOVE this cake pop stand that my friend Terri Guymon made! She has a website FILLED with all kinds of shapes and sizes! The great thing about these is you can just change out your ribbon to go with any theme you are using. Also, you can use these stands for things other than cake pops! (Oreo Cookie Pops, cookies on a stick, fruit ka-bobs, etc.She even sells a rectanglar shaped one that will hold a 9x13 cake pan! Check out her blog HERE.

This little Hersheys nugget holder was CASED, and I found this idea on Danee's blog HERE.

Sling shot from Oriental Trading Company

Keychain from Amazon

This I CASED from Norma HERE.

Hope you enjoyed these!

Reindeer Noses

Here are some treats we gave our downline at the weSTAMP Christmas party! I saw the idea on Zoe's blog last year HERE.

Have you ever checked out Miss Tina's Fonts? You can find her website HERE. I LOVELOVELOVE her fonts! I used the font "Skinny Jeans" on the words: Rudolph Noses.

I have uploaded the "Reindeer Noses" pdf that I made. Feel free to use this! Just click HERE. I printed this on Crumb Cake paper, and then stamped white snowflakes on it. Just eyeball it when you put it in the top note die. (I first printed it on computer paper to figure out where to set the cardstock on the Big shot, then used the real cardstock).

Here are some photos of our weSTAMP Christmas party from earlier this week.

weSTAMP Gift Exchange

Here's a photo of the gift I made for our weSTAMP gift exchange. The letters are cut out of wood, and then covered in Holly Berry Bouquet DSP. The letters are about 8" tall. I found the oversized jingle bell at a local "Big Box" store.

I found the letters on Etsy HERE.

weSTAMP Christmas Party

Last night was our weSTAMP Christmas party!! Here's a group photo of us! We had such a wonderful evening filled with FUN, FOOD, and FRIENDSHIP! Stamping was involved, OF COURSE!

Here's a photo of what everyone made. It is an 8x10 Christmas shadow box. Our own Nancy Riley designed this and got everything ready for the evening. Isn't it beautiful?? THANK YOU NANCY!!! (The largest squares in the box are 2" x 2")

Check back, more photos of our party will follow!!

Coffee Cup Gift Tag

Incase you haven't noticed, I LOVE coffee and enjoy making coffee themed cards. Here is a card we did at my Girl's Day/Night Out this month. It is a mini-version of the coffee card I did earlier in the year, posted HERE.

This is a Christmas gift tag, and is only 4" tall.

Recipe:

Stamp Set: SWAK, Punch Pals

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Ink: Regal Rose, Basic Black

Accessories: Corner Rounder, Northern Frost Sizzlet Decorative Strip Die, Twine, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Crimper, Polka Dot Embossing Plate (hard to see in photo)

Happy Thanksgiving From the Heilings!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

We hope you have a wonderful day with your family! We have so much to be THANKFUL for!

I am so thankful for my FAMILY! They really are the "sunshine" in my life! (Well besides my hubby, too!) Here's a photo of our 3 kids (Brook with his wife Shannon, Brittany with her fiance' Blake, and Brady with our dog Max.)

NOTE: I have a large wall that I couldn't find a print that I liked. GOOD OL' PINTEREST saved the day! Do you know what PINTEREST is? It's a place to find really neat ideas where you can SAVE them on your own bulletin board! LOVE THAT SITE, I am a true addict! Anyhow I saw this grouping and KNEW this would be perfect on my wall!

The wrapped canvas prints were made at Costco. The size I used is 16" x 20", but you can get ANY SIZE! The "You are my Sunshine" saying was hand made by Chrissy on Etsy. She will do ANYTHING in ANY FONT! Chrissy's Etsy shop can be found HERE.

Medallion Christmas Wreath Card

This card is a CASE of Karen Squires found on Stampin' Connection. I did find her blog HERE. She has many creative ideas on her blog!

Recipe:
Stamp Sets: Medallion, Word Play
Paper: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Naturals Ivory
Ink: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: 1/4" Circle Punch, Champagne Shimmer Paint (mixed with rubbing alcohol and sprayed with a fine mist sprayer - a hand sanitizer from the drug store), 5/8" Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Antique Brad, Dazzling Details, Dimensionals, Scallop Circle Punch

Another Sleigh Card!

Here's another sleigh card I made, using different colors. To see the previous version, and a tutorial on how to make the sleigh, click HERE.

SImply Scored and Cookie Press ON SALE, PLUS MORE!

The Online Extravaganza begins today! From now until Nov. 30th, you can save on MANY ITEMS! Click HERE to see the savings, some up to 60% off!

Two of the hottest items are on sale for only 24 hours. That means TODAY, MONDAY NOV. 21ST! These items are 20% off.

The two items are:

Simply Scored (sale price: $23.96)

Cookie Press ( sale price: $13.56)

To take advantage of these deals, you can visit my Stampin' UP website HERE.

24 HOUR SALE ON MONDAY!!!

There's a SALE COMING UP!!! Stampin' Up presents "ONLINE EXTRAVAGANZA", This annual sale kicks off the holiday shopping season! Be sure to stay tuned Nov. 21st - Nov. 30th!

In addition to this sale, there will be a SPECIAL 24 HOUR SALE on Monday, Nov. 21st ONLY! This will feature two items that are on sale, ONLY during this 24 hour period! (12:01AM - 11:59pm).

You can shop from my Stampin' Up website HERE. There will be many things on sale, including FREE digital downloads valued at $40 when you buy My Digital Studio Express, 60% off select Designer Fabrics, and 30% off an exclusive ribbon bundle!

Check back SOON!

Frosty the Snowman!

Fun little snowman, totally CASED by Becky Roberts!!! She has the CUTEST ideas!! (Check out Becky's blog today, she gives instructions on how to recreate this! Click HERE)

This was one of the Stamp Club projects this month. ENJOY!

Christmas Stocking Gift Card Holder

I LOVE tone on tone projects. This little stocking holds a Starbucks gift card. I saw a version of this on Stampin' Connection by DeAnn Rauzi. Stampin' Connection is website available to all Stampin' Up demonstrators, a place for INSPIRATION!

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Very Vanilla
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories: Holiday Stocking Die, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Snowburst Embossing Folder, Victoria Crochet Trim, Very Vanilla 5/8" Seam Binding, Antique Brads, Jingle Bells, Linen Thread, Brayer, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint

I brayered up the front side of the Snow Burst embossing folder with Crumb Cake ink, then put the stocking in there. That is how you get the snowflake to resist the color, so it looks lighter than the other parts of the stocking.

When it was all finished I made a mist spray out of hand sanitizer (when that is empty I keep refilling it with rubbing alcohol) and about 1/8 t. of the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint.