Flower Chick

Are you ready for a new sketch challenge?  I have to admit this sketch was a bit of a challenge for me – now that it’s done, I’m happy with it.  I did struggle trying to figure out how to utilize the sketch and the twist so I opted not to do the twist this week.

It is bittersweet but today is my last day as part of the wonderful and talented design team for From the Heart Stamps.  I’m sure many of you can relate to my situation.  I dearly love to spend time in my craft room but when I almost told my grandson I was too busy to attend his ballgame, I knew my priorities needed to change.  I have enjoyed every minute as part of the FTHS DT and I want to take this opportunity to thank Faith for allowing me to be a part of her family!

Image: Flower Chick – From the Heart Stamps
Paper: Marmalade – Sassy Designs Digi Paper
Die: Butterfly – Lil’ Inker Designs
Embellishments: Pearls, Enamel Dots
Sketch: I {heart} Sketch 71

Thanks so much for the visit!  Dee

Challenges:
2 Cute Ink – Birthday
Crafts Galore – Use a Stamp
Open-Minded – Something with Wings
Fussy and Fancy – Things with Wings
Crafting by Designs – Happy Birthday
City Crafter – It’s for the Birds

You Did It!

Do you know someone that is graduating this spring?  From the Hearts Stamps has this adorable Birdbrain Graduate that is just perfect for all of you graduation cards.  I used this week’s I {heart} Sketch challenge to design my card.  The designer paper is a bit busy so I used a minimal amount of embellishments so the image could be the star of the card.

One of the great things about this image is you can customize it to coordinate with the graduates school colors.  I made this card for my nephew who is graduating from high school and his school colors are blue and silver.

Image: Birdbrain Graduate – From the Heart Stamps
Papers: Gradulations – Nitwit Collections
Sketch: I {heart} Sketch 67

Thanks so much for the visit – I hope I’ve inspired you to give our new sketch a try, maybe you’ll be doubly adventurous and add the twist or you can do just the twist!  Can’t wait to see your creations – just remember, FTHS images only please 🙂  Dee

Challenges:
The Pink Elephant – Graduation
Cards in Envy – Winged Things
Cuttin and Stampin – Graduation
DRS – Graduation
My Craft Spot – Congrats and Grads

Hi-Ya

It’s sketch time again with From the Heart Stamps – check out this weeks sketch:

I added the twist also this week; for my ribbon I made 5 loop and adhered them to the back panel, it was actually hard for me to use only two designer papers (you know how I love my dp!) and I used three enamel dots as my embellishment.

Image: Birdbrain Ninja – From the Heart Stamps
Papers: Up, Up and Away – Nitwit Collections
Die: Alphabet Soup – Memory Box
Embossing Folder: Darice
Embellishments: Ribbon, Enamel Dots

I hope I’ve inspired you to join us this week – I’d love to see your take on the challenge!  Dee

 Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built – For the Guys
The Male Room – Give us a Giggle
Brown Sugar – Use Two Patterned Papers
Craftitude – 1 image, 2 designer papers, 3 embellishments
Digitally Sweet – Anything with Wings
Jellypark – One for the Boys
Totally Gorjuss – Things with Wings
Hiding in My Craftroom – Use a Critter

FTHS April Blog Hop

Welcome to our From the Heart Stamps blog hop. Our theme this month is Friendship. Our designers are showcasing lots of gorgeous projects.

As you hop along, please leave a comment on each entry. One random commenter will be selected on each blog to win the image that the designer used. And additionally, one commenter on the From the Heart Stamps blog will be selected to win a $5 gift voucher to the store!

To make the raindrops a bit more lifelike, I like to use glossy accents – they make the raindrops appear wet and almost lifelike.

If you have arrived from Calypso, you are in the right place.  Calypso is featuring one of FTHS newest images, in fact I’m jealous as I haven’t had a chance to color any of these little cuties up yet.  If not why don’t you start on the From the Heart Stamps blog, so you don’t miss anything.

Here is my project, using Rainy Day Birdbrains.

Image: Rainy Day Birdbrains – From the Heart Stamps
Papers: Life’s Little Lemons – Nitwit Collections
Embellishments: Heart Charm, Glossy Accents, Baker’s Twine, Gems
Sketch: Sketch Saturday

Now head over to Imke and see her gorgeous creation featuring one of my favorite springtime flowers.

To go along with our Friendship theme, Faith has created a line of little cuties just begging to be colored.  I want them all, now I just need to decide which one I’m going to use first!

Thanks for hopping with us today. The hop will end on Monday April 7th at 6am, EST. Winners will be posted on the From the Heart Stamps Blog on Wednesday April 9th.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Dee

Challlenges:

Creative Corner – April Showers bring May Flowers

Inspired By – April Showers

Milk Coffee – Welcome Spring

Follow the Recipe – Put a Bird on It

Crafty Sentiments – Showers

Just Inspirational – Family &/or Friends

Oldie but Goodie – April Showers bring May Flowers (Charm and Gems are at least 6 months old)

Crafty Creations – Blue and Yellow

 

 

Don’t Sweat It

Are you enjoying the twists added to the I {heart} Sketch challenges as much as I am???  This week we are challenging you to add an interactive piece to your project.  I’m using an Action Wobble – it’s a bit hard to photograph but it is a spring to attach to one’s image and by flicking it the image wobbles back and forth.  So much fun!  You can kind of get the idea from this photo:

Image and Sentiment: Birthday Candle Birdbrain – From the Heart Stamps
Papers: Angie – Sassy Designs
Embellishments: Candi Dots, Glitter Pen, Action Wobble – Simon Says
Sketch: I {heart} Sketch 059

Thanks so much for the visit – I hope I inspired you to give this week’s sketch &/or twist a try!  Dee

Challenges:

Crafting from the Heart – Spots and Stripes
613 Avenue Create – Birds of a Feather
Crazy 4 Challenges – Shake you Thing
Kitty Bee Designs – Things with Wings
QKR Stampede – A little Birdie Told Me
Creative Knockouts – Things with Wings

FTHS March Blog Hop

Welcome to our From the Heart Stamps blog hop. Our theme this month is Spring is in the Air. Our designers are showcasing lots of gorgeous spring themed projects.

As you hop along, please leave a comment on each entry. One random commenter will be selected on each blog to win the image that the designer used. And additionally, one commenter on the From the Heart Stamps blog will be selected to win a $5 gift voucher to the store!

If you have arrived from Angela, you are in the right place – if this doesn’t put you in the mood for springtime, I’m not sure what will.  I just love the bright, cheery colors she used.  If not why don’t you start on the From the Heart Stamps blog, so you don’t miss anything.

I used my Cricut to cut out the window openings and all of the mats using my SCAL software (I don’t think this available any longer for the Cricut).  It took a bit of trial and error but I was finally able to make the different layers line up but the results are worth it!

Image: Rainy Day Birdbrain – From the Heart Stamps
Paper: Puddle Jumpin – Nitwit Collections
Embellishments: Ribbon, Lace, Glossy Accents and Raindrop stickers (found these in my long forgotten stash of never used stickers)

Here is the what it looks like when you open the first flap:

This is what the inside of the card looks like:

Now head over to Calypso and see what she created – I’ll give you a hint (it’s unfrog-etable!).

Thanks for hopping with us today. The hop will end on Monday March 10th at 6am, EST. Winners will be posted on the From the Heart Stamps Blog on Wednesday March 12th.  Dee

Challenges:

Jo’s Scrap Shack – Anything Goes

Creative Fingers – Anything Goes

Jellypark – Things with Wings

Sister Act – Anything Goes

STAMPloration – Stamps and Spring

DRS Designs – For the Birds

Crafting for all Seasons – Spring into Spring

Oldie but a Goodie – Spring has Sprung

Created with Love – Think Spring

Sweet Stamps – Fun Folds

Happy Beer-Day

Another fun sketch this week at I {heart} Sketch Challenge.  Starting with today’s challenge we’re adding a twist – You can use the Sketch, Use the Twist or even use both in your project.  Our Twist this week is Stitching.  I used some faux stitching around the image!  The only thing we ask is that you use a FTHS image for your submission – with all of Faith’s new images there is something for everyone to use for their creations.  I don’t know about you but I think the enamel dots look almost like foam bubbles.

Image and Cheers Sentiment: Birdbrain Brew – From the Heart Stamps

Paper: Cardstock

Die: Stitched Sentiment Tag –  Lil’ Inker Designs

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

Embellishment: Enamel Dots

Sketch: I {heart} Sketch 056

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Dee

Challenges:

Craftin Desert Diva’s – Birthday

Craft Your Passion – Birthday

The Pink Elephant – Birthday

Through the Purple Haze – Use a Digi

Suzy Bee’s Bloomin’ – Make it Masculine

Feel the Love

Welcome to another wonderful From the Heart Stamps Blog Hop – You won’t want to miss a single project!  Our theme this month is Feel the Love. Our designers are showcasing Valentine’s and Love themed projects.

This little birdbrain could have just as easily been me; let’s just say – I LOVE chocolate!

If you look closely you’ll  notice the words for my sentiment are the same as the sentiment that comes in the stamp set but the arrangement is a bit different.  Why?  I wanted the sentiment to fit with the Labels Eighteen die and it left way too much white space.  So what I did was copy and pasted the sentiment a few times and then cropped out the words and reassembled them to fit the die – Just another wonderful thing about digi stamps!  By the way…don’t those chocolates look almost good enough to eat???

As you hop along, please leave a comment on each entry. One random commenter will be selected on each blog to win the image that the designer used. And additionally, one commenter on the From the Heart Stamps blog will be selected to win a $5 gift voucher to the store!

If you have arrived from Angela, you are in the right place, if not why don’t you start on the From the Heart Stamps blog, so you don’t miss anything.  Wasn’t Angela’s card the “tweetest” thing??  I love how she let the image be the star of the card – love the matting too!

Image and Sentiment: Chocolate Box Birdbrain – From the Heart Stamps
Paper: Puppy Love – Nitwit Collections
Dies: Circle on a Line – Simon Says Stamp, Circle,Rectangle and Labels Eighteen – Spellbinders
Embellishments: Gems and Glossy Accents for chocolates

Now head over to Calypso and see what she have created – I love the gorgeous patterned papers she used and as always her attention to detail is perfection!

The hop will end on Monday February 10th at 6am, EST. Winners will be posted on the From the Heart Stamps Blog on Wednesday February 12th.

Thanks for hopping with us today!  Dee

Challenges:

Digi Galore – Valentine

Simon Says – Have a Heart

Fussy and Fancy – Be My Valentine

Graph ‘It Marker – Lovey Dovey

Little Miss Muffet – Luuuuuuurve

Savvy Handmade Cards – Something Sweet

Sweet Pea – Love

Totally Papercrafts – Hey Cutie

colourQ – Color Inspiration

Birthday Candle Birdbrain

The Stamp of the Month Progressive Challenge is so much fun!  If you’ve never played along before, just head to the FTHS store and pick up this awesome image – if you’re like me and enjoy have sentiments to choose from, this is a must have!  Faith has included 16 bonus sentiments – and they are all included in the price of the image, talk about a bargain!!!

EVERYONE that plays wins!!

1. Make a project using this image (additional images are okay) and enter it by using InLinkz below. Please link to the specific blog post or gallery photo (link the permalink).
2. Remember: Your blog post or gallery description must link back to From The Heart Stamps or this blog. (see rules)
3. DEADLINE is Friday, February 28th, at 11:59pm CST.

Image: Birthday Candle Birdbrain – From the Heart Stamps
Paper: Winter Blue – The Paper Studio
Die: Medium Scallop Border – Memory Box
Punch: Corner Round – EK Success
Embellishment: Enamel Dots, Stickles

I hope I’ve inspired you to give this stamp a try – it is super easy to color and so much fun to choose just the right sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Dee

Challenges:

Crafty Girls – Anything Goes

Delightful Sketches – Anything Goes

The Rubber Buggy – Anything Goes

Jo’s Scrap Shack – Celebrate

Paper Creator’s Crafts – Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody – Anything Goes

Love to Create – Birthday

Crafty Creations – For the Birds

My Heart Tweets…

… Only for You!

Are you ready for another sketch challenge from I {heart} Sketches at From the Heart Stamps?  Well, here you go – another fun one!  I was a bit heavy-handed with the air-brushing but I’m still learning how to use my copics and air-brushing – but overall it’s okay, I think!

Image: Birdbrain Conversation Hearts – From the Heart Stamps
Paper: Valentine Conversation Hearts – Print Candee Digi Paper, Vellum – PaperTrey Ink
Die: Wonderful Word Love Die– PaperTrey Ink
Technique: Paper Piercing, Air-brushing with copics
Embellishments: Button Brads

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Dee

Challenges:

The Cutie Pie – My Cutie Valentine

Lawnscaping – Hearts and Dots