48- Live In Style

We had a co-worker leave our company recently for other pursuits. Here is the card I made for his goodbye party. LH

47- Birthday!

So the number 47... No its not like the number 42. (Please tell me someone got the nerd reference?) The number 47 is the number assigned to this post because I have done 46 other posts before this one this year. Which means I have 318 posts to go to make my goal. No pressure lol. So today is my birthday and for once this year I am planning on really having fun! We have plans for craft shopping and great food! In honor of my birthday I thought I would share some birthday cards I made recently with all of you. These cards were made using cardstock from Michaels, Cuttlebug embossing folders, Digitally printed sentiment printed from my HP printer on white cardstock from Walmart. The kraft colored paper that I used to make the embossed images is actually a toilet paper roll core. LH

On A Serious Note

So as you all know its been rather quiet on my blog since January. I had huge plans for this year for my designs, my art and my crafting dreams. Those plans are still in the works but due to several factors I am having to re-schedule all my plans and due dates. While that has been frustrating I am still moving forward with my goals and that is the important thing. Several things have happened over the last couple of months. The first was this amazing job opportunity fell in my lap. So amazing that I couldn't turn it down. Because of this I have been working outside of the home quite a bit. I am slowly finding my balance between working from home, working outside the home and of course the most important being a parent and a wife. The second thing was in February I found out that I had to have major surgery. This set me back a bit. I have had a series of medical issues over the last couple of years that have left me in a less than desirable state and I am slowly working on getting thing back under control. Its never any fun when your body betrays you. Through all this my poor blog and design career kinda got put on back burner. Not forgotten but it has not been a priority. That is going to change starting this month. I had set a goal at the new year to post every single day. Obviously that did not happen but that doesn't mean that I can't hit the goal of 365 posts this year. I want to thank all of my dedicated readers, friends, and customers for holding on and waiting for my return. While my current following is small the few of you that have stuck by me have been wonderful to have! LH

Hero Arts New Product

So I had to wait to post about this because Hero Arts asked us retailers to wait till launch to post this on the internet. Launch was actually on the first of the month but there are reasons for posting this late that I will get into in another post today. http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/2013/05/01/reveal-stamp-your-story/ So check out the new items from Hero Arts! LH

Twilight Mini Album

Warning Picture Heavy Post! To go along with the Twilight themed tag I made recently I also created this mini album. I used pretty much a whole stack from DCWV in 8x8. The flowers were cut from white mulberry paper and then dyed using Distress Stain from Tim Holtz. LH

Twilight Tag

I made this fun large Twilight theme tag recently as part of a RAK. I used pieces from Breaking Dawn part 1's promo box as well as trim from a swap goodie kit. The other images and sayings are from Skipping Stones Designs and colored with colored pencil. LH

Photo Frame

Just wanted to share a small project I did recently with all of you. I found this frame at the Idaho Youth Ranch Bargain Outlet Center recently. The frame was one of those simple white ones from IKEA. After cleaning it up and giving it several coats of paint; from Martha Stewart and another paint company that I can't remember right now. I then used a liberal amount of Lindy's Stamp Gang on the frame to give it some shimmer and shine. The photo is from our wedding reception. LH

Beginning of April...

Just wanted to give you all a heads up that it will be very lite posting on here and on my Facebook page till the beginning of April. I have several wonderful announcements and surprises in the works but its taking me a bit longer to work out all the kinks due to needing to have surgery recently. So please I hope all of you don't run away because these announcements and surprises will be worth your while. Also if you have been drooling over the new items that just came out at CHA from Hero Arts they should be all available for shipping by the beginning of April as well. If you have not had a chance to go by the Hero Arts Website and look at all the new hot items coming out I highly recommend that you do so. LH

One Last Video...

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I Will Show You

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Gee

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Heaven

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The Shadow

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Fighting!

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*Wink*

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Can You Guess

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I Swear...

...these video postings are leading up to something. LH

Sharing Some Inspiration

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Sharing Some Inspiration

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Sharing Some Inspiration

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Office Fixing - Before

Hi Everyone! My husband awhile back built this amazing floor to ceiling shelving in my craftroom/office that was perfect for storing my rather large collection of art supplies. For awhile now he has been worried that the whole unit would come crashing down on my head because it was slowly over time tipping forward. In order to put his mind at ease he requested that I remove all my arts and crafts supplies from the shelves and help him put in anchor brackets so the unit would stay up against the wall.

So the huge pile of stuff on the floor was all the items that were on the shelving unit and then there is the picture of the now empty shelves that need fixed. Tomorrow (if I am lucky) the after pictures! LH

Journaling Card - Scraps and Washi Tape 3 of 3

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Journaling Card - Scraps and Washi Tape 2 of 3

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Journaling Card - Scraps and Washi Tape 1 of 3

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Sweet!

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Long Week So Far

My schedule changed radically recently and on top of that I got some unexpected news today. So for todays post I just want to tell you all that I hope your week is going well. Would love to hear more from all of you! LH

Two More Journaling Cards

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Elizabeth's Cigar Box Video

This was my last cigar box swap and I received it from Elizabeth. She did an amazing job! I meant to share this video with all of you sooner but YouTube kept timing out on me making it impossible for me to get the video uploaded till now. LH

Pink Kid Journaling Cards

I made these quick journaling cards so I can use them on layouts for my daughter Aurora. The cardstock is from Stampin Up! and the decor tape is from one of my vendors.

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Flower Pot Card

This card was made using cardstock from Stampin Up!, the background paper is from DCWV and was a gift to me as part of a card kit swap. The sentiment is computer generated and the image is from an image swap. I colored the image using Memento markers borrowed from Bonnie. The ribbon is from Joann and it was swiped from Dawn's stash. (Thank you Bonnie and Dawn!) The glitter glue accents are Studio G.

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Washi Tape Journaling Cards

Using card stock scraps from SU! and Sierra Pacific and a variety of washi tape I made these quick journaling cards. The washi tape is from Target, my personal vendor, My Mind's Eye, K & Company Smash, and MT.

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