too creative ladies

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:34:00 +0000

one more year and this is how i will feel. what a cute gift for any...older...age (as my mom put it).
here are some other ideas:
being sick...sucks
a broken leg...sucks
missing you...sucks
losing...sucks

thanks to jackie kelley of flamingo crafts. visit her cute blog for more creative ideas.

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:18:00 +0000

this site is currently under construction. new things added every day.

the wait is almost over

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:43:00 +0000

whew! what a crazy couple of months its been. i apologize for the lack of posts during the past month. thanks to all who have stuck with me...i promise it will be worth the wait.
my son went into the army in january and my husband and i have been remodeling our upstairs. my office has moved from room to room and is under furniture, waiting to be uncovered.
i am currently overhauling my site with lots of wonderful things and hope you will keep checking back to see the changes and "new me".
i hope spring finds us soon. take care of you and yours.
heidi

too creative site

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:50:00 +0000

what a crazy month it has been! now that the holidays are over its time to get back into the swing of things. every week i get emails about "the things i find while surfing" part of my site so i have decided to expand that part. i hope you will enjoy the wonderfully creative things i find. please add any you would like to share also.

these cute frosty projects are from Ustampforfun. there is a very helpful "samples by set" section on their site with lots of great ideas. definitely bookmarkable!

love you much promotion

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:02:00 +0000

get ready for valentine's day with the exclusive love you much bundle (item 115405).

newsletter update

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:23:00 +0000

for those of you on my newsletter list, and those that would like to be, i have changed how i will be sending them out. in the past i was using a newsletter service and it was not sending updated information. so after several attempts to fix the problem i decided to just create my own, more wonderful and amazing weekly newsletter starting the first week in january.
if you would like to receive a weekly email with specials, projects, new techniques and ideas please send me an email with "subscribe" in the subject line.
hope you have a wonderful holiday season.

stampin' techniques

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:34:00 +0000

a wonderful site

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:16:00 +0000

here is a man after my own heart. this is a wonderful site!

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:21:00 +0000

mom bought a pack of lined notepads and turned them into great gifts! using generic papers and miscellaneous embellishments, she gave each a cover. a cute and quick gift.

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:59:00 +0000

some of my favorite sets are retiring. check out pictures of the retiring sets and order today so you won't miss out on these great stamps...plus save 10%!

retiring set: warm words

regular price: 23.28

sale price thru 12/23: 20.95

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:03:00 +0000

this is the beginning of my nephew's dragon scarf. its a pattern from morehouse farms. it is one of the funnest things i have ever knitted! its actually very simple and fun to watch it unfold. with 14" done, i have only 48" to go! =0)

save your pringles cans!

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:09:00 +0000

this adorable gift container is a pringles can! using the curly lable punch bundle, scandinavian sets and designer papers, suzy from paper monkey created this great container for cookies. you could fit lots of fun gifts in here.

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:12:00 +0000

thanks to gloria for sending me pictures of this adorable altered book. she adapted instructions from angel stamper's one sheet pocket book to create it. what a fun project! thanks for sharing!

project of the month...its december!

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:33:00 +0000

this months stampin' up! project is this cute turquoise tin to decorate and give this holiday season. you can order all of the supplies from me to make your own. the cute tins are available or use your own container.

dinosaur hat

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:59:00 +0000

this is my son, modeling my latest knitted creation. the dinosaur hat from morehouse farms. i love their patterns and recently bought their critter collection book. i hope to get lots of these and other fun things made for christmas.

my swaps came today!

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:05:00 +0000

every single tag is fabulous! thanks to all the very creative ladies! visit my tag countdown page for info on the artist, close up picture and ingredients for some of the tags.

too creative pick

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:14:00 +0000

my "cute find for the day". visit jodi's site to find out how she created this too creative card.

too creative GOLDEN SITE

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:55:00 +0000

picture: one of the MANY page maps available from pagemaps.com

every once in awhile you come across a "golden site", one you not only bookmark into your favorites, but also add to your sidebar because you just KNOW you will use it tons!

mom emailed page maps to me...at 6am this morning. if you haven't been lucky enough to find it yet, GO NOW! the genius behind this site is becky fleck, a graphic designer and illustrator.

be sure to check out her tag maps...i will be!

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:01:00 +0000

remember to check our tag countdown to christmas! 60 tags so far and only 31 to go!

they are done

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:09:00 +0000

my gift tag baggies for the ornament/card exchange are done! each little baggie has 7 gift tags in it.

whew! that's alot of tags!

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:41:00 +0000

350 tags! they are all done and ready to package. my friend does an ornament exchange every year and started giving the option of making ornaments or cards to exchange. i am doing little goodie bags of 7 handmade tags. the pictures aren't great. when i get them all packed up i will post some better pix.

my rubbermaid relish tray really came in handy for organizing all of them!

why i love versamark!

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:28:00 +0000

versamark must get its name from "versatile". it is one of my most-used items. today i needed to quickly make several tags. going through my die cut tags i realized i had a variety of colors, but not several of one. i pulled out my versamark pad, white craft pad and the "season of joy" set (because the tags were so big, i also added "be merry" from the "warm words" set). in a couple of minutes i had 16 completed tags, from several different color families...and only two stamp pads to clean! it was quick and they turned out really cute. just need to add some fun ribbon to the tops.

they're on their way!

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:32:00 +0000

my swaps are finished and on their way to hawaii! i signed up for two spots...so I could get one of each of the tags (there were a couple of different groups since so many people signed up).
i did one of my favorite tags from my countdown, #16. i changed it just a little bit.

this is the other tag i made for the swap. i really like how it turned out.

stamps: deer friends, season of joy, punch pals

ink: riding hood red, creamy caramel, black, versamark

paper: sahara sand, misc. print, real red

extras: die cut tag, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" circle punches, scallop circle punch, jute

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:00:00 +0000

using a 2,4,6,8 box pattern, "stamp queen" from splitcoast stampers adapted it to fit her glass ornament. she scalloped the edge and stamped the sides with the winter post set.

helpful tip

noreply@blogger.com (Heidi) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:28:00 +0000

one of stampin' ups new dies, baskets and blooms, makes a cute little basket, but many people, including mom, think its a little tricky to put together.

mary fish, of stampinpretty, offers some super tips today on conquering this basket without an engineering degree. while there, take a look around her site. its one of my favorites!