7 for 7: SRM Stickers

Hi friends!  I hope you enjoyed the last week of giveaways!  This is the last one!  Well, for this series, I have a few other giveaways planned for this upcoming month so keep checking back.

Giveaway Rules: Join me each day this week for a TWO new giveaways.  (There *might* be some bonus giveaways too.)  To enter the giveaways, you'll need to use the Rafflecopter that I post at the bottom of each blog post.  Each giveaway will be open for 14 days from the day it starts since it's a holiday week and I want to give people a chance to enter.  All readers are welcome, US or international, unless a giveaway specifies.  Winners will be announced on my blog and my Heart Hugs Designs Facebook Page.  Winners will have 72 hours to contact me or a new winner will be drawn.  Good luck to everyone!

My last giveaway for my 7th anniversary celebration is from SRM Stickers.  They carry a bunch of other products other than their fabulous stickers.  They keep expanding their product line.  They have containers for party favors, all sorts of bags, vinyl, twine, DIY kits, etc...  I absolutely adore all the products I've ever gotten from SRM and I look forward to buying many more in the future.  Of course, as with every single person I work with, Susan and her husband are some of the nicest people you'll meet in the craft industry!  Susan has offered up this super generous Christmas sticker package as a giveaway to kick off the holiday season!

I actually had some of these fabulous SRM Stickers so I made a sample to show you what you could make with these fabulous stickers!  I used some paper and die cuts from Pebbles Home for Christmas.  I also added some sequins.

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Week 15 2013

Hi friends!  I hope you are doing well!  We are doing ok here.  We had our family pictures taken for our Christmas cards today.  I feel like I'm constantly running late these days.  Hopefully, my cards will be out before Christmas.  Tonight, we are going to a holiday party.  It should be fun.

Today, I'm sharing a Project Life layout with you.  I'm having the hardest time blogging these layouts because I hate photographing them.  I've tried diffused flash and it doesn't look great.  I use natural light with these photos and I think it looks HORRIBLE.  I'm just having huge issues.  I might try my Ott Lites next.  I have tons of weeks that I would like to share but the thought of photographing and editing them makes me what to pull my hair out.

I set out to make this layout for the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge this week which is Anything Goes.  I do make a ton of cards right now so I figured it would push me to do my Project Life.  I pulled out ALL my Paper Smooches stamps and dies for this layout.  I should get a prize for using the MOST Paper Smooches.  ;)  It was REALLY great!  I love using the dies to make custom journalling cards.  I don't have a Silhoutte and this is a GREAT way to make my own cards with that transparent look without having to spend $250 on a machine.  I also loved using my Alphadots stamp set since I usually use stickers.  This gave me a really cohesive look across my layout.  I also love that the dies, sentiments, and alphas are in the same(ish) font.

For this layout, I decided to use the Blush Project Life Core Kit as well as all Becky Higgins page protectors.  I trimmed a lot of the cards down.  At first I wasn't ok with that but you know what?  Not all my page protectors are 4x6 or 3x4 and it had to be done and I'm quite happy with it now.  I do wish I had the BH corner rounder though so I could re-round the corners once I trim the card.  

Full layout with insert

Full layout with insert turned the other way

 Layout without insert in

Left side

 Right side

Insert front

Insert back

 Have a great day, friends!

Project Life: 20 Week Ultrasound Week

Hi friends!  I hope that you are doing well.  We are doing ok over here.  We are still trying to get into a routine.  Avery just turned one month on Jan 27.  Dustin goes back to work tomorrow and I'm just really nervous since he's been doing SO much around here.  Yikes!  Keep your fingers crossed for us.

Today, I'm posting an older Project Life layout.  This is from the week Brady started Kindergarten and when we found out that we were having a girl.  My friend also had a baby and we went to a memorial event.  It was a busy week so I did two layouts.  I don't ALWAYS do two.  ;)  

First page using Echo Park This and That Charming and a little This and That Graceful, SRM stickers, May Arts ribbons, Paper Smooches stamps, and lots of embellishments.  

Left Side

Right Side

Second page using Echo Park This and That Graceful and This and That Charming.

Left side

Right side

Have a great day, friends!

Linking Up

IHP WCMD Sketch

Hi friends!  I hope you're having a great day!  We just came home from a party for a very special friend who helps everyone she meets.  It was a great party and the kids had so much fun!

I made this card using the I {heart} Papers WCMD sketch but I'm too late to submit to the challenge.  Whoops!  That's what I get for having a social life.  I used Lawn Fawn stamps, Lily Bee paper, Spellbinders dies, Copic markers for the tree trunk, an SRM sticker for the sentiment, and Holiday Divine Twine on this card.  I think it turned out fun.  The triangle is really outside the box for me.  I'm also submitting this to the Simon Says Stamp WCMD challenge.  

Have a great day, friends!  

Monthly Maniac Snow Challenge

Hi friends! I hope you are well. I'm still sick. :( I'm hoping that I will be better soon, I was hoping to go to a festival this weekend but we shall see.

Today, we are kicking off the Month Maniac Challenge. This is a challenge put together and played by the old Paper Maniac design team as a way to keep in touch with each other. Paper Maniac was and probably always will be one of the best teams I was ever on. I love all the ladies that I got to be on a team with and miss working with them. I'm so glad we are doing this. The team that was chosen for this month is SNOW!

Here's my card for this month's challenge. It was made with Echo Park paper/stickers and an SRM sticker for the sentiment. I really embraced this snow theme. We don't get snow here where I live. Maybe once every 7 years and even then it will snow for an hour, max! We can drive a little way and play in the snow though.

Be sure to check out the rest of my Monthly Maniac friends doing the challenge today:

Emily
Tenia
Ceal
Ashley
Patti
Christine
Cindy

Have a great day, friends!

Just a Note(book)

Hi friends! Today, I'm sharing a notebook I made for the Love My Tapes blog.

Altered notebooks are great to give as gifts or part of a gift. You can make any size and customize them for the person you are going to give it to. I used the Love My Tapes Lace Tape in Beige. The lace tapes are a perfect embellishment from notebooks because they are flat and adhered all the way down so they will not catch things when you place your notebook in a purse or a backpack. The paper is Cosmo Cricket and the sentiment is an SRM sticker.

Have a great day, friends!

Love This Life

Hi friends! I hope you are kicking off your week well. I had a great couple days with a couple of SUPER crafty girls and it's been absolutely amazing! I went in for blood tests for today and we'll see what comes of that.

Ok, so over the last couple days I've spent some time with some TALENTED ladies that I met via the GCD Studios Blog who are actually local. It makes me so happy that I have friends to craft with who really understand the kind of crafting I do. It's pretty exciting. :) I figured that I would show a GCD card in the spirit of this. I decided to fussy cut this elephant from the paper and the banner as well. Then I added a SRM sticker and some Stickles.

Have a great day everyone!

Make a Wish

Hi friends! I hope you are kicking your weekend off well! I'm doing ok. My doctor ordered my blood tests so I can take those on Monday, I'm hoping that this will clear some things up. Maybe. Who knows. Sigh.

Ok, here's a card I made a LONG time ago but never got around to blogging. I still love it. It was based on one of the sketches in the PC Go To Sketches call which I'm guessing should be coming out soon. This is, obviously, a reject or I couldn't post it. I used PTI cardstock, stickles, and an SRM sticker for this card.

Have a great weekend! Ohhhh! And check out Claudia and Company's CHA sale! They have things for 25-40% off!

A Few PWCO Challenge Cards

Hi friends! Hope you are all having a great week so far! Not much to report over here. I'm looking forward to the long weekend.

I just wanted to blog a couple cards I made with the sketches of at the PaperWorks Co Blog before time ran out. I've been so behind lately, I feel like I'm always blogging things a day or two late so I'm just gonna put these up before I forget!

My first card is based on PWCO #86. I decided on some Lawn Fawn stamps and some Echo Park paper.

For my second card I used the PWCO sketch 85. I used some Basic Grey Wander paper for this with an SRM Sticker. I made this for our friend Vince who is currently in the hospital after being hit by an intoxicated driver. It's been a couple weeks and he's finally getting to the point where he can have visitors. If you'd like to add him to your prays, that would be appreciated. He served several tours in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Army and was a policeman before going into the Army to serve our country.

Have a great day everyone!

Ribbon Carousel Challenge 6: Sketch

Hi friends! I hope you are all having a great week so far! I'm all thrown off schedule because for this month, hubby's work schedule is different. I keep telling the kids we can go do things that actually happen the following day like story time. Whoops!

It's time for another Ribbon Carousel Challenge! YAY! This time, the lovely Danielle Lounds gave us a sketch to work with. I love sketches! For me, it's the hardest part of making a card. I struggle with layouts constantly.

To play along, just follow the sketch and make sure you have some sort of ribbon, twine, trim, or something that comes on a spool on your creation. Link it up to the Ribbon Carousel Challenge post for challenge #6 by June 13 at 11:59pm to be entered. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Here's the card I made for this challenge. I decided to combine this challenge with The Greeting Farm's Royal Challenge. This week, the theme was fairy tale. I think you can tell where my inspiration came from, The Little Mermaid. Of course, my Mermaid Anya had to be inked up for this challenge. She's probably my most used TGF stamp. :) PS This seam binding was hand dyed and given to me by Savannah. I was on Skype with her one night and she said that it was too dark and she'd never use it. Then, lo and behold, here it is!

Have a great day everyone! Don't forget to go to the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog and check out all the other DT members!

Celebrate Life

Hi friends! I'm back again to blog another card since I totally forgot that it's due tonight. I always do that to my friends over at Wee Memories, I make a card but forget to turn it in. :( They always have SUPER fun challenges!

This week's Wee Memories challenge is Get Sticky! So easy for me because I LOVE stickers, especially SRM who happens to be sponsoring the challenge this week. For this card, I used Tiff's Sketch #15. What we have here is a Hero Arts cling flower stamp in Memento Tuxedo Black. I used Echo Park For the Record for this. The sticker is SRM Press. The seam binding was hand dyed by me, it's REALLY hard to make black seam binding or at least it is for me! I need more mists! I finished with some Stickles.

Have a great weekend!

Birthday Greetings

Hi friends! Here's the card I posted over at the Paper Maniac blog yesterday where I also announced that Paper Maniac will be closing. You can take advantage of the huge sale, 30% off of everything if you use coupon code GOODBYE.

Here's my card that I made for a couple challenges. The first challenge is for the Paper and Such challenge 1 to make a birthday card. And the second is for CAS-ual Fridays challenge 2 to use buttons and twine.

Here's my card for this week. I used a Hero Arts cling flower stamp. The paper is Echo Park Springtime. My sentiment is an SRM Press sticker from the Birthday set. The button, twine and bling are from my stash.

Have a great day everyone!

Happy Anniversary, Honey!

Here's my post from the Paper Maniac Blog yesterday:

Hi friends! Ashley here to start off the week at the Paper Maniac blog. I'm SO sorry that I'm so tardy getting my post up today! Easter took a lot out of me. Hope you all had a GREAT Easter!

Don't forget about the sales currently going on at Paper Maniac!!! The April specials are out of this world!!! 10% off on Copics, 20% off on Basic Grey, 30% off adhesives, 40% off Unity stamps and 50% off clearance items!

Here's my card. It's a late card for my hubby for our anniversary which was last week. I'm ALWAYS behind on getting cards for my immediate family. Isn't that horrible? And manly cards are so tough so then I struggle some more. The patterned paper on this card is Echo Park Be Mine (which now comes in 6x6.) Confession? I have both. The sentiment is an SRM sticker. I love these stickers! They really save me on projects since I always worry about smudging my stamping or making my sentiment crocked. I just finished with some red buttons and someMay Arts burlap string.

EtsyInspired #136 ~ Bearly Art

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Bearly Art. They specialize in painted clocks, sculpture, and other lovely hand painted decor items. This shop is super fun! This shop has a little bit for everyone from modern to cute or from fancy to fun. I love all the different designs they have! This week, Bearly Art is offering up one in stock clock of the winner's choice as a prize. How cool is that?

Hop on over to the EtsyInspired blog to check out the detail and link up your creations!


Our sponson this week is Sassy Cheryl's. This is a store stocked FULL of adorable digi stamps and colored images! They are offering up a $5 gift certificate as another prize this week.

Here's my card for this week inspired by the clock above. I used some super pretty My Mind's Eye paper and just added a bunch of embellishments.

Please check out the DT:

Angi
Carole

De

Emily B.

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Kimme (April Guest)

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

EtsyInspired #134 ~ Think Fast Designs

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Think Fast Designs. This week's shop is VERY special since the shop owner is a friend of mine and someone who's work I admire a lot, Kim Kesti. In this shop, Kim and her mother Jeri show off a wide array of beautiful products. There are gorgeous sewn goods like aprons, quilts, and purse. There are also jewelry pieces; necklace pendants and boutunnieres. Everything is just so lovely! I would buy the whole shop if I could! And we have THREE very special surprises this week:

1. Think Fast Designs is offering up a vintage pendant of the winner's choice
2. There's a 10% off discount code for EVERYONE using coupon code "THINKFASTPLEASE"
3. Kim is guest designing for us this week! Woohoo!

This week's sponsor is Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker. This company puts out tons of adorable papers, stickers, journalling tags, buttons, and more. This week, Nikki Sivils is offering up a collection pack with papers and embellishments.

Here's my card for this week inspired by the apron above. When I saw it, I immediately thought of this paper from October Afternoon called Modern Homemaker. I used this week's Get Sketchy sketch for this card.

Please check out the DT:

Angi
Carole

De

Emily B.

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Kimme (April Guest)

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

And our VERY special guest for this week: Kim Kesti

Card Details:

Cardstock: white

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Modern Homemaker

Misc: SRM Sticker

EtsyInspired #131 ~ DollBirdies

This week's EtsyInspired shop is DollBirdies. They make the cutest bags in a variety of really bright and fun patterns. I really could spend all my money in this shop! They have purses, diaper bags, wristlets, camera bags, wallets, plush toys, bibs, and so much more. I'm rather in love this this shop! This is where I'll be going for baby shower gifts from now on. This week, Dollbirdies is offering up a passport wallet to one lucky winner. You could also use this cute little piece to store business cards, ID and cash for going out, or even a cute little notepad for making notes in.

This week, we have SRM Stickers sponsoring! Woohoo! I love their products! They are giving away a sticker prize pack to one lucky winner! Here's a little blurb from SRM: SRM Stickers are widely use by many papercrafters and it has a blog every weekday with paper crafting projects using stickers! Bookmark, follow the SRM Blog as you don't want to miss a tutorial, feature, challenge, or giveaway!

Here's my card for this week inspired by the purse above. I used an SRM sticker on this card, love them!

Please check out the DT:

Angi
Carole

De

Emily B.

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Libby (March Guest)

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

Card Details:

Cardstock: white

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Hello Luscious

Stamps: Hero Arts Big Flower

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Sticker: SRM Stickers

Misc: Stickles