Paper Pieces and Bits of Me

Christmas gifts

2010-01-02T14:22:00.004-07:00

I know its been a long while since I've posted anything here on this blog, my photography blog has keept me pretty busy these last several months. http://www.heatherhillmanphotography.blogspot.com/

I wasn't sure if I should post this here or there, since it is photography, but decided I'll keep the other blog for mostly client images and everything else will go here.

Anyhow this is what I made for Teacher gifts this year. I loved how they turned out, as this was my first attempt at doing a name sign like this (even though Ive spent months taking and gathering up the letter images). They are 8x20 framed.

I have gatherd and accumilated the whole alphabet (most letters have several images) if you'd like me to make YOU a name sign I'm only charging $30.00, that includes the frame. Just send me an email!

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

"everything" Drama

2009-09-21T17:47:00.002-06:00

I know, it has been AGES since Ive updated this blog, sorry not much time for crafting these days... BUT I did want to share this video of the KLC Extreme Reality Youth Drama Team that my son is a part of, this is one of the dramas they preformed yesterday. I am so proud of them!

EnJoy!

New photography Blog!!

2009-08-14T12:34:00.002-06:00

I am so excited to launch (finally) my new photography blog!! You can see it here at http://heatherhillmanphotography.blogspot.com/

I have been amazed at the outpouring of Gods recent blessings. I have rekindled my passion for photography after a couple years of "taking a break". I believe it was all in Gods timing and he has great things in store. I have done more sessions in the last 2 months than I think I've done in the last two years! And I'm having FUN! About 6 months ago God gave me a vision, I was to call my photography "In His Image" and that would be my focus, to use this gift he has given me with to bless others, to capture the beauty of His creation through the lense of my camera. And so it all began...

So I hope you enjoy my new blog, dedicated to showcase my photgraphy and God's most beautiful work...his children. I will continue to update this blog with my crafty projects, recipies, kids and life in general. So make sure to check them both often! Subscribe to both of my blogs (link on the right) so you don't miss out on anything.

EnJoY!
***HeatheR***

Photographing the Donaldson's

2009-08-10T16:22:00.006-06:00

It was wonderful meeting my friend Sarah's family and capturing them at the Train Depot. (one of my favorite spots). It was a joy spending a couple of hours with them!

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

Photographing the Langford's

2009-08-07T23:37:00.003-06:00

It was such a joy to photograph this beautiful family. We had a fun afternoon together, dispite cranky babies and sprinklers!

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

Cake Balls!

2009-08-04T21:50:00.004-06:00

I have to thank my good friend Tara for introducing me to these fun little treats. if you thought cupcakes were cute, hold on to your seats! I *think* Tara got her recipe HERE from Pioneer Woman (someday I want to be just like her!!) She has lots of great tips so check her out (and the super cute cake pops too!)

Ingredients:

Box Cake mix (any flavor)

Tub of frosting (any flavor)

melting chocolates or almond bark

Bake your cake as ususal.

Let cool for a couple of hours.

Then in a BIG bowl crumble the entire cake into bowl

Add tub of frosting and mush it all up (yes your hands are going to get icky & sticky!)

Now form the cake/icing mixture into small balls. (I used about a 1/4 scoop)

Place on a cookie sheet or in a pan and refridgerate for several hours or freeze for about an hour (so the balls are nice and firm)

Now the FUN part! Dip the balls in chocolate.

Here I made strawberry cake with Cream Cheese frosting and white chocolate coating. (the pretty pink drizzles is just food coloring added to the chocolate) And Devils food cake with chocolate frosting, and milk chocolate coating with white chocolate drizzles.

You can put the finnished balls in pretty candy papers add a nice box, or tin for gift giving or just eat them straight from the pan!

they are really easy to make, but do take some time, but they are worth it!!

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

Little sewing project

2009-08-03T12:07:00.003-06:00

My Daughter attended a local quilt show with my Grandma & I over the weekend. At the show she "won" some fabric scraps. She was so inspired that she wanted to come home & make a purse with her new treasures. We dusted off the sewing machine, dug through Mom's scrapbook stash of ribbons, flowers and buttons and this is what we came up with.

Super simple, (even if it did take me two hours to complete-and Abby was bored with helping with the sewing machine foot peddle after about a 1/2 hour...) Super cute, and we are both Super proud.

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Another wedding, Another wedding gift

2009-07-27T12:01:00.004-06:00

We just attended the beautiful wedding of my Husbands cousin Mandi, this weekend. Mandi & her new husband, Ted, were a stunning couple & we felt blessed to be able to be in attendance.

So... that meant another wedding gift. Its basicly the same idea as the previous gift I made a couple weeks ago. Since I use old yard-sale find frames this one is slightly different along with the paper line. I love how the easel sets it off so perfectly.

{details}:

{paper}: Bella Blu by SU!

{ribbon}: Offray

{monogram charm}: making memories

{stamp}: Floral/Dings by making memories

{flower}: Prima

{pearl}: Kaiser Scrapbook

{fonts}:Kunstler Script & Baskerville Old Face

{paint}: Delta, Sandstone

{frame}: yard sale find

{easel}: bought at Real Deals Home Decor

Also a big THANKS to bbcrazy who's card on splitcoast stampers {inspired} this frame. You can see the origianl card HERE.

* * *

It was wonderful to be a guest and spectator at the wedding rather than the crazy running around photographer, but that didn't stop me from bringing my camera! Here are a few shots of the evening.

Congratulations Ted & Mandi!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Photographing Lauren as Senior Queen

2009-07-17T15:57:00.004-06:00

This is my second photo shoot of Lauren, some of you may remember our first shoot a couple months ago when Lauren was competeing for the Meridian Lions Senior Queen title. (you can see it HERE) I'm happy to say she not only won the title but also won the Photogenic award (with the photo that I took! woot woot!)

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

Wedding Gift

2009-07-15T12:56:00.003-06:00

Here is a quick gift I made for a recent Bridal Shower, I always keep some frames on hand (yard sales are awsome to build your frame stash! the cheaper the better, who cares if they are dated or ugly- its amazing what a coat of paint can do!) The couples names and wedding date were made in photoshop and printed out on cardstock. having a handmade gift that is personalized is always a big hit (and easy on the pocketbook!)

{details}:

{paper}: Parisian Breeze & Bella Bleu by Stampin' Up!

{ribbon}: unknown

{charm}: "w" by making memories

{pearls} Michales

{punch}: Su! Scallop

{font}: Kunstler Script & Baskerville Old Face

{frame} yardsale find

{paint} Sandstone by Delta

{easel}

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

Howdy!

2009-07-09T13:55:00.002-06:00

This card was made by my 5 year old Abby for the challenge on the Scrappy Piglet blog. She was so excited to participate!

EnJoy!

****HeatheR*** (& Abby!)

His Holy Name {Almighty}

2009-07-08T13:49:00.006-06:00

I know its been a loooong while since I've posted any LO's from my HHN album. We'll just say life has gotten in the way- and once you get behind its so hard to catch up... then you get the snowball effect.

This week we had a very inspiring message at church (thanks Paster Joe!) and I have renewed my commitment to continue with this study/album. Just being back in the word the last few days God has already spoken such joy to my heart! I soak up His word like a sponge and wonder why I rob myself of being in His presence.

So here is the fruit of my labors, I hope to be sharing more pages with you soon as I attempt to catch up! (I think I'm about 7 names behind eek!)

First is the front/back of the mini album for my dear friend. the verse on the back reads...

"I am the Apha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty" -Revelation 1:8

the front page of MY 6x6 album has the same verse on it as the mini page.

The back page reads:

As you come to truly know God as El Shaddai, God Almighty, you will be enabled to lay hold of the truth of His power and His sufficiency to carry out what He has promised. Paul teaches faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. So to hear and understand the meaning of El Shaddai is to have one's faith bolstered and undergirded. Then, when fear or doubt creep in or are thrown at us like fiery missiles from the Evil One, we can take up this shield of faith.
El Shaddai
All powerful
All Sufficient
Almighty

{details}:
{paper} Bo Bunny
{felt flowers} Provo Craft
{chipboard letters} thickers by American Craft
{fonts} Dreamed about you, Batang

EnJoY!
***HeatheR***

hi

2009-07-07T12:17:00.003-06:00

{details}:

{stamp} Happy Forest by Stamping Bella {markers} bic {ribbon} Stampin' Up! & unknown {acrylic} heart by Heidi Swapp {flower} prima {rhinestone} {letter stickers} Loopy Love by Doodle Bug {punch} scallop border by Stampin' Up!

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

Family Portraits

2009-07-06T20:18:00.002-06:00

It was one of those spur of the moment kind of things. I called up my awesome and amazingly talented friend Tara, and asked her if she could snap some quick family pictures. Matthew was being "dificult" (to say it nicely) and Zack wiped out on his bike on the way to the creek but over all they turned out pretty cute. So I thought I would share a few of them here with you...

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

watermarks

2009-07-06T09:57:00.005-06:00

I have been having fun creating some watermarks for friends recently. I thought I would share some of my recent work. What's a watermark you ask? It is a digital "stamp" to put on your images, so as things get passed around the web your info will always remain on the photo. Watermarks are commonly used on photography images and on photos of original craft projects.

To see My watermark and my friend Kris's watermark click HERE

Need a cute/elegant/profesional watermark? I'd be happy to create one for you for $5.00 or I can always be bribed with scrapping/stamping goodies, or even just chocolate! LOL

EnJoY
***HeatheR***

Ice Cream Cake

2009-07-05T15:59:00.002-06:00

I didn't want to pay 30.00+ for a Ice Cream cake at one of those yummy but expensive Ice Cream shops, so I thought I'd try making one. I searched the 'net and couldn't find a recpie that I liked, & I figured "it can't be THAT hard" so I set out to make my own.

{Ingredients}: brownie mix, 1-2 kinds of ice cream (any flavors- I wanted a Snickers cake so I bought a snickers Ice cream-with vanilla base- and a chocolate one). Jar of sundae topping, tub of whipped topping, candybars, and a spring form pan.

Grease your spingform pan well, bake brownies in pan according to directions. Let cool for a couple hours, when cool cut top 1/2 layer off (this will be the middle layer of your cake) Don't worry too much if it crumbles a little, I found that after I cut through the brownie I put a large plate on top and fliped it upside down to seperate the layers w/o it breaking apart.

Spoon SOFTENED Ice cream on top of the brownie layer. (I kept the ice cream in the fridge for a couple hours and it was perfect) I topped this layer with carmel...

***NOTE*** Carmel does not freeze (OK maybe you all know that, but I didn't.) Don't use too much or you will end up with carmel oozing out the side of your cake! I also sugest freezing the icecream layer for a bit first, because my carmel kinda sank into the ice cream.

Freeze this layer for a couple hours or till firm.

Then add another layer of brownie, carmel and ice cream. Again freeze for several hours or overnight.

Scrape sides of spring form pan and release latch. The cake should come out pretty easily. (notice the oozing carmel?)I used whipped topping to "frost" the cake, and topped with drizzled carmel and chopped up snickers bars.

Yummmmm

You could easily make several different variances using different ice creams, candy, cookies, or even fruit!

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

Summer BINGO

2009-07-03T10:45:00.005-06:00

Are your kids already bored, do you have to fight with them to do their chores and not watch hours and hours of TV? This is probably the best summer idea I have ever seen! SUMMER BINGO! The idea is originally from Stacy Julian, you can see her version HERE.

SUMMER BINGO! Ok basically it works like this, every Sunday each child gets a new card. The card has various activities on it, from boredom busters, reading, and chores. Thought the week as the kids complete an activity & they get a sticker from me. They get a ticket for each BINGO and 5 tickets if they get a blackout by the end of the week. Tickets can be used for various “prizes” such as a popsicle, or a trip to the park all the way up to having sleep overs and even earning money. (a motivator for my 11 year old).

I decided to keep our bingo cards hanging on the back of the pantry door. I already had this nifty little basket on the door (that really wasn’t being used) so I decorated a couple Pringles chip cans to hold the kids tickets (this makes a nice spot for everything to be kept together…and it looks pretty darn cute too!)

**Of course this can be simplified it doesn’t HAVE to be all cute, heck print out the cards on paper and magnet it to the fridge, the point is playing the game, having fun, and avoid hearing the “I’m bored” mantra!**

I did make a few changes from the original, one being I added chores to the bingo card. You can find Stacy’s BINGO card HERE ready to fill in the blanks and print. (Don’t ask me what the J21 and TT mean I have NO clue…I meant to delete them off and forgot-oops) the younger kids cards are the same where I made my oldest’s a bit different. Some of the activities I did for the younger kids were…

clean your room, read a book outside, play outside for 1 hour, vacuum a room, play dress up, play Wii for ½ hour, do something kind for someone else, make something in the kitchen, make nature art, wash 2 windows, make up some kind of water game, clean bathroom mirrors, play a board game, take a bike ride with Zack, Take a nap (love this one!), do a chore of moms choosing, make your bed every day, play hide and seek, draw/color a picture, sweep floors, build a fort, no arguing for a whole day (love this one too!), play a computer game for ½ hour, write a letter and mail it, build something out of blocks, practice sight words, dust, wash the van, play dinosaurs outside, play in the sprinklers, brush teeth every day, etc...

Many of my oldest’s activities were similar but some were a bit different like...

take M&A on a bike ride, run around the block 3x as fast as you can, make something out of legos, clean the bathroom, empty/laod dishwasher, gather cloths for wash, Mop, read a book to M&A, plan and cook a meal, Play at the pool w/ a friend, make a scavenger hunt,

I made a total of 8 cards for each kid, to get us through the summer. I mixed and matched the activities so each week were a bit different. I do wish however I added a *wild* square on each card that could be used for “anything” maybe something I come up with or the kids come up with on their own.

I also changed the rules from Stacy’s original, you can download the rules page HERE. Some of the biggest changes were to ticket values. This is what I felt would be a motivator for my kids (we are still experimenting with these rules so they may change as we play the game). There is potential to earn up to 17 tickets a week, I tried gage how often I was willing to do activities and how much they should be worth. Like I said some of this may be tweaked as we play along.

Popcicle-1 ticket, Netflix movie online -2 tickets, go to the park-5 tickets, Dollar movie 10-tickets, Ice Cream cone-10 tickets, Play date with a friend 10- tickets, sleep over- 20 tickets (this was mostly to curb my oldest from asking to spend the night several times a week!) Swimming-20 tickets, lunch “out” 15 tickets, or every 15 tickets = 5.00

Instead of buying a whole roll of tickets (you can find them at Wal-mart for 6.00) I just made my own from cardstock, and paired them with some tickets I already had in my scrapbooking stash. I just bought some star stickers for 1.88 /200 stickers at wal-mart. So far it has been working really well. And the best part were having FUN!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Happy Birthday America!

2009-07-02T12:28:00.002-06:00

Happy 4th of July!

Notice my cute new watermark? I thought it was time for something new... I was feeling cutesy today when I made it, but maybe I'll make a couple more to switch in & out dependning on my mood & project!

{details}

{paper} is all from my scrap stash and I have no clue who any of it is by- some of it I think is probably close to 10 years old! {ribbon} red ric-rak -unknown {stamp} Daisybella by Stamping Bella {markers} bic & Prisma {bling} star rhinestones-unknown {punch} star by all night media (its an oldie) & corner by EK Sucess {ink} Versafine- onyx black & cats eye- chesnut roan {stickers} Chatterbox (I love these I'll be sad when I use them all up!) {tools} CTMH edge distresser.

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Photographing Stacy & Brandon

2009-06-30T20:41:00.006-06:00

I was privlidged to get to team shoot this wedding with my friend Kris. Now I have to say I really dread shooting weddings. But Kris and I had a lot of fun (dispite the pending rain showers, & sprinklers running at our photo location) The wedding was beautiful (you always know its a good wedding if you cry a time or two) and the couple was stunning. Thanks Stacy & Brandon for letting me be a part of your day, and Congratulations!

Here is a SMALL sampeling of some of my favorite photos of the day (when I say small, I mean between the two of us we took over 700 pictures!)

The photographers: Me & Kris

These photos were take by Kris, I had to share a few of my favorites because they were so awesome!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

I {heart} books... Black, Red, & White

2009-06-30T14:08:00.003-06:00

I have spent the last few months just reading, and reading, and reading some more! It’s been a nice change for me, and I’ve enjoyed finding my love for books again. Three of the books that I have recently read are the “Circle Trilogy” by Ted Dekker. Its written in 3 books

Black

Red

White

I cannot tell you how much I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these books! I strongly urge you to run not walk to your library or bookstore and start reading them NOW! I almost dare to say I liked them even MORE than the widely popular (and a bit overzealous teen crazed) Twilight Series. Of course Ted being the clever author that he is makes it so you don’t want to stop reading at the end of White, many of his other novels and series directly tie into the Circle trilogy and will keep you thirsty for more. And as if an additional 11 books that somehow tie into the reality of the colored forest, old earth and the circle isn’t enough there is a new book to bring all the books full circle coming out this fall…

Green

(I’m almost giddy!!) So this summer is my summer of “Dekker” I’m on a mission to read all of his books those related to the Circle trilogy and those independent from it.

The Circle trilogy- Black, Red, & White, a Review by Me {HeatheR}

The series starts out with the first book Black (you must read these 3 books in chronological order, the other series are up for debate as to which order to read them in). The story starts out with Thomas Hunter, a 25 year old, trying to live a quiet life, after making some not so great choices in his past. Thomas is living with his sister while trying to get back on his feet when his past seems to have found and caught up with him. As Thomas is running for his life (literally) he is shot and falls, however when he wakes up he is no longer being chased, but in a strange place- a very strange place indeed. After narrowly escaping the horrific Black forest, Thomas finds himself in a new world called the “new earth” or the colored forest as he likes to call it. The stakes are raised when he realizes that a deadly virus is about to be unleashed on our world, and that the 'Other Earth' is also being threatened with catastrophe. The pace quickens as links and parallels between the two worlds are revealed, and the clock begins to run down for both worlds.

Black, Red & White are full of on the edge of your seat suspense, the story of pure love, and the battle of good and evil. It jumps around from suspense, to romance, to thriller, to fantasy, to war, and most importantly… the heart of man. These books will make you think & look closely into your own heart.

I give the circle trilogy 10 out of 10

EnJoy & Elyron's Strength

***HeatheR***

Photographing Lisa

2009-06-25T19:50:00.002-06:00

This has to go down as one of the most fun photo shoots I have ever done! My wonderful friend Lisa asked me to help her take some special photos to give to her Hubby. She has lost a lot of weight this past year (well over 100 lbs! Way to go Lisa!) and wanted to do something a little spicy to celebrate! I'm pretty sure her Hubby was at a loss for words!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

A simple card

2009-06-19T14:03:00.004-06:00

It has been brought to my attention that it has been a while since I've updated my blog (*wink*) Its been on my to-do list- but wow I didn't realize 3 weeks have gone by...bad, bad blogger! I do actually have several things to share, but just haven't made the time to do it.

So here is a simple card I made, part of it was

actually a make and take at Archiver's but I didn't like it so I took it apart and then embellished it! Sweet, simple & easy!

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

With a Cherry on Top..

2009-05-28T16:40:00.003-06:00

Summer is here- yeah! So I just had to use this stamp on SOMETHING!

I thought this sentament was pretty clever, and it was perfect for an upcoming "get well" card swap!

I really wanted the cherry on top to stand out... a rhinestone was the perfect solution. However unfortunatly I didn't have a red rhinestone. Then I had an idea!

Any permanant marker would work. Make sure to give it a few layers of color, and let it dry for a few minutes.

Just think of the possibilities, an rainbow of rhinestone colors!

{details}: Stamp by DeNaomi, Markers: Bic, & Prisma, Cardstock:Bazzil, Pattern Paper: American Crafts, Rhinestones: MAMBI, Ribbon: Offray, Border punch: Lace Scallop by fiskars, Font: Freeze!, Chalk Ink: Catseye,& pop dots by Stampin' Up!

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

Teacher gifts

2009-05-25T18:12:00.005-06:00

This is what I am doing for end of year teacher gifts. Its super easy, dosn't take a lot of time to put together, its creative (teachers like that!) and best of all super cheap! (For you that followed the ICE blog, I posted this idea last year, but I thought I'd share it here too.)

Monogram on jar

{details}:Jar from IKEA, Glitter sticker letters by Making memories, Other sticker letters chatterbox, cardstock Bazzil, Pattern Paper Senic Route, Glitter, Corner punch by EK Sucess, Scallop punch by Stampin' Up!, Zig marker, & ribbon by American Crafts and Stampin; Up!

EnJoy!
***HeatheR***

SMILE!

2009-05-23T09:23:00.004-06:00

Another monkey image from Dustin Pike.

I think this sentiment is too funny!

{details}: Digi stamp by Dusitin Pike, Pattern Paper: Summer Picnic by Stampin' Up!, Cardstock: Bazzil, Markers: Bic, Flower: Prima, Brad: JoAnns, Scallop border punch by Stampin' Up!, & Letter stickers: Chatterbox.

EnJoY!
***HeatheR***

Dustin's Challenge

2009-05-22T09:16:00.003-06:00

This card was made for the challenge/blog candy on Dustin's blog (click HERE). What a great cause! make sure to check it out!! (theres some great blog candy involved too!) I hope this bright and fun card will make the little boy I'm sending it to smile.

{Details}: Stamp by Dustin Pike, markers: Bic, Glitter, Pattern paper by KI memories, Cosmo Cricket & Bazzil, Foam Letters American Crafts

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Hybird Scrapping

2009-05-20T14:55:00.009-06:00

This is my first attempt at a hybird album (part digi part traditional scrapbooking). I downlaoded the album kit from http://www.faithsisters.com/ The kit is called Simply Lime by Meridith Cardall. After creating the digi album with pictures from my Sisters recent wedding, I had the 4x6 pages printed at Costco. I cut them out added some fun embellishments, and tied them all together.

The best part about creating a digi album is not only was I able make the album for my sisters birthday, but was able to make easy and quick coppies for other family members!

Here is the album completed

Digital title page

Title page with paper flowers and button accents

Digi pages 1-4

Digi pages 5-8

Real buttons added to the final album pages.

Digi pages 9-12

Decorative button embelishment added. (I love this page!)

Digi pages 13-16

Pearls and paper flowers added

Digi pages 17-20

metal monogram letter and jute

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

There's no Place Like HOPE

2009-05-20T11:34:00.008-06:00

Last weekend I was honored to attend the RELAY FOR LIFE event held in the Magic Valley. I went to help my Mom with her booth (St. Lukes Women's Imaging). Relay For Life is an annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Socity. This year their theme was There's No Place Like HOPE. So of course many of the participants ran with the Wizzard of Oz theme, my mom's group included.

Here is Abby dressed up as Dorthy in front of the amazing mural they had painted to do pictures with.

This is a luminary I made in honor of my friend Rose who is currently batteling cancer.

The grandkids with the Tin Man

This is my Mom, she made such a cute Scarecrow!

The whole cast

Me and my morning coffee!

Luminaries at night.

EnJoY!

***HeatheR***

I don't {NEED} another hobby!!

2009-05-12T10:13:00.003-06:00

The last thing I need is ANOTHER hobby, but it looks like so much fun! So my friend Kris helped me with my first project (THANKS KRIS!!) Can I say I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how it turned out? Now I'm having deams about going to the bead store and making all sorts of projects... uh oh!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

the greatest of these are LOVE...

2009-05-01T15:12:00.005-06:00

This frame was a gift for my dear friends Ron & Rose who celebrated their 40th anniversary last week. I got the idea from a similar frame I found HERE by Jamie at Je T'aime.

details: Pattern Paper, Bella By Stampin' Up!, Font: Diggs my Hart & lables_shapes, silhouette, Letters: Americian Crafts Thickers, paint: Making Memories, Ribbon: stampin' Up, & old frame.

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Photographing Lauren

2009-04-23T11:11:00.007-06:00

This shoot was a total BLAST! Lauren is such a natural in front of the camera and I think we spent more time laughing and bing silly! Lauren is running for the Meridian Lion's Teen Queen this weekend. I am thrilled to have been able to do her photos for her! She is such a beautiful girl INSIDE & out. Good Luck Lauren!!

This photo was the one Lauren chose to enter into the contest.

Love this one!

My Favorite

Or maybe this one is my favortite? It's so hard to choose!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Happy Birthday Kris!

2009-04-21T11:08:00.005-06:00

Wow April is just filled with Birthdays! To my wonderful Pastor, mentor, and friend Kris. I am so glad that God brought you into my life!! I hope you had a wonderful day!!

Pastors Stan & Kris have an amazing marriage, and it is a constant inspiration for me. So I thought this quote was appropriate for her gift.

12x9' unfinished wood frame (bought at a Cosmo Cricket booth but not sure if its BY Cosmo Cricket) "white washed" w/ Sandstone Delta paint and distressed with making memories black paint.

Pattern Papers: By Close To my Heart, (I LOVE LOVE LOVE this paper BTW) Chipboard Letters: by Basic Grey, Sillhouette, Font: lables_Shapes(used for the boxes behind the letters) & Abigail, Buttons, Paper Flower by Making Memories, Jute,Paint: By Making Memoies & Delta, & lots and lots of popdots by stampin' Up!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACY!!

2009-04-17T11:31:00.003-06:00

Happy Birthday to my dear, sweet, fun, margarita lovin', little wild & crazy, awesome friend TRACY!! I hope it's great!

Stamp: Springtini by Stamping Bella Markers: Bic WaterPen & Ink shading, Pattern Papers: Americian Crafts Ribbon: Bazzil & unknown Punches: scallop byStampin' Up!, & corner by EK Sucess (I seem to be using thios A LOT lately!!) Bling: Rhinestone by Heidi Swapp, Pearl by Michaels, & glitter Celebrate Rub-On: by Stampin' Up!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

His Holy Name- Creator

2009-04-16T13:01:00.005-06:00

You have to listen to this song, it goes with this Name so perfectly...

Indescribable: by Chris Tomlin

front page

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" Genesis 1:1

back page:

We must hold firmly that God supernaturally created the universe, including the earth, plant and animal life, and the first human beings. It is not due to natural processes. If we accept the first verse of the Bible, we must allow for the miraculous when it comes to the origin of all that is, because God is over natural processes, not subject to them. And it means that God is over us. That’s the real issue at the heart of all the explanations of origins. If God supernaturally created the earth and the human race, then we must submit ourselves to His sovereignty by living in obedience to His revealed will.
-Pastor Steven J. Cole

Lots of Bling; glitterpaper, glitter letters, and rhinestones!

Pattern papers by: American crafts, & Doodle Bug. Rhinestones: Heidi Swapp, MAMBI. Sticker Letters: making Memories. Label Tape; Around the block. Scallop punch; Stampin' Up! Wire & Fonts: Hobbs & Ariel Unicode MS.

Indescribeable
Uncontainable
You placed the stars in the sky and you know them by name
All powerful
Untameable
You are amazing God
-Chris Tomlin

Mini album page for my friend:

Front

back:

Want to be blown away?? Watch these videos by Louie Giglio "How awesome is our God!" It made a HUGE impact in my life, I pray it blesses you the same.

"if the world were a golf ball...."

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Hang In There my Friend

2009-04-13T12:11:00.005-06:00

Who couldn't resist smiling when seeing this bright card and adorable monkey! I hope it brightens the recipients day!

This monkey is just so dang cute! this was my firts attempt at digital stamping! Woohoo it was fun! You can find this little guy for FREE at DUSTIN PIKES BLOG (just click HERE)

{Supplies} pattern paper: from my scrap pile, I think its KI Memories & American Crafts, Digi Stamp: Dustin Pike, Markers:Bic, Sticker Letters: Making Memories & Creative Imaginations, Punch: Scallop by Stampin' Up! & Ribbon

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

I Scrapped!

2009-04-09T12:50:00.007-06:00

Now don't faint in shock, but I actually scrapped! I think this is the first time I have put pictures to paper THIS YEAR! Ack! (I've just been having too much fun with my stamps, cards, mini albums, and other projects!) It was fun to branch out to 12x12 again!

The photograph of this LO is terrible. This LO was made for a friend, I "owed" her a LO made by me. For some crazy reason she gave me WEDDING pictures...Ugh dosn't she know that "pretty" is hard for me. In the end i think it turned out well, and she was happy with it. :0)

Pattern papers by CTMH, flocked dimensional stickers by JoAnn's Balck & Cream line. Chipboard by Chatterbox ( painted black) & monogram Rub-Ons.

I think this next LO was my favorite of the weekend. Who wouldn't love that stinkin cute owl paper & chipboard?

Pattern Paper by Adorn It, Chipboard owl by Stampin' Up!, letter stickers by Scrapworks, scallop punch by Stampin' Up!, Rub-ons by We R Memory Keepers, & Chipboard brackets.

I have had this paper in my stash for AGES. Its just so cute but a bit crazy, so it took some creative juices to use it. Even though my photos don't have any cupcakes in them I just couldn't resist using these felt dimensional cupcake stickers that I HAD to have and bought on a whim!

Pattern paper by Junkitz, Felt cupcake deminsional stickers by Martha Stewart, Chipboard letters by Chatterbox, & Black Ric-Rac

This is a crazy LO. Not sure I love it but thats OK. I fell in LOVE with this new line by Cosmo Cricket (Snorkel) and again, HAD to have it. I think I had too many pictures to try to cram on a LO and with busy paper well, it just made for a lot going on. (and I still have LOTS of pictures leftover that I didn't use! Ack!- I swore of doing several pages of the same event ages ago. I digress)

Pattern paper & chipboard Snorkel By Cosmo Cricket, letters cut from silhouette- Cafe Rojo.

(My pages really are not crooked, I just can't seem to take a straight on picture no matter how HARD I try!!)

All elements with the exception of the chipboard letters by Chatterbox were from a kit by Making Memories. Corner Punch by EK Sucess & Scallop punch by Stampin' Up!

I have been dying to use thse darling felt snowflakes since I got them!

Pattern paper & Felt Snowflakes by Stampin' Up!, Rub-Ons by Daisy D's, Title cut from Silhouette Banard Condenced, & sticker letters.

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Better late than never...

2009-03-31T10:02:00.005-06:00

Happy Belated Birthday to my wonderful friend NANCY! Her B-Day was really last week but I just could not find the time to get this card done before hand, sorry 'bout that Nancy! I made sure to add lots & lots of purple just for you. Hope your day was great!!

Details:

{stamp} Whisps of Joy (I believe that is the name, it was from an image swap, but I do have to say I LOVE her and I think I might have to HAVE her!!)

{markers} bic, sharpie (Ok I'm too cheap for copics...), Prisma, & Marvy Twinkellette gold glitter

{paper} Chatterbox (old old scraps from my stash)

{embellishments} acrylic heart by Heidi Swap, felt Flower by American Crafts, button, Glitter, Corner punch by EK Sucess, Ribbon by bazzel, & Cats Eye Ink by Colorbox

Part of the reason this card took me a little longer than planned is because I had help. (actually Matthew was the culprit, but Abby decided it needed some more color)See what I get for leaving my stuff out & unattended (darn I only had 2 images from the swap too! Anyone want to RAK me some more???)

So after the coloring incident I needed to keep Abby busy so I could get the card made (and not mess up my last & only image) so she made this sweet bella card. Pretty good for a 5 year old!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

(and Abby & Matthew)

Smith Family Portraits

2009-03-27T23:53:00.005-06:00

Another Photo shoot done this week. I am so loving this "urban" look!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

project 365 {week 7}

2009-03-26T08:11:00.005-06:00

OK- as I knew it would, project 365 is getting a bit behind. BUT I am making sure to take my photos and keep them organized in my P365 folder by date, I just can't find the time to get the pages made. That's OK though, I'm going to keep truckin' I'm determined to keep this going I know I will be glad I did at the end of the year!

{click on image to see larger}

Details:
{digi kit} Cupids Cottage by Digi Scrapalicious, & Colors of Day by Belinda Scraps
{fonts} Café Rojo, eight fifteen, Bookman Old Style Distro II,& FnT_BasicShapes1

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

A new image...

2009-03-25T08:47:00.006-06:00

In my last post I mentiond that I did my first photo shoot in a long while. I have been into photography for years working for 8 years in the industry for a couple different companies till My son, Matthew was born and I became a full time SAHM (stay at home mom). Since then I have done many shoots for family & friends, and as the years have passed I have grown in my hobby and continue to learn more & more.

I used to go by the name "Memory Lane Photography" because it was cute and because my grandparents actually live on a street named Memory Lane and I was lucky enough to get to live there for a while as a child myself.

I never actually legally registered the name or anything, I just do this on the side. but the other day while on the way to Addie's photo shoot the Lord gave me a new name. I'm really excited about it.

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him"

Genesis 1:27

Since my photography is centered around people mostly childern, seniors and family I think the new name is perfect. I still have no plans to take my photography beyond friends & family & word of mouth. I enjoy giving others the opprotunity to experience more in depth photography than a frazzled session at the mall or your local wal-mart at a price that is affordable. (in many cases even cheaper than those chain mall stores!). I don't plan to set up any websites or even a special blog, but I will share my work with you all here among all my other rambelings and creative projects. So I hope you'll enjoy from time to time the occasional photo shoot postings!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Photographing Addie

2009-03-24T19:19:00.007-06:00

Sadly its been a long long while since my camera has seen much more than the mundane everyday life and recording the events of my childrens lives. When I was asked to do some Senior portraits for Addie I was thrilled. We had SO much fun walking around downtown Kuna (yep who woulda thought Kuna could be so cool?) And got some absolutly STUNNING shots!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Happy St. Pattys Day!

2009-03-17T11:14:00.009-06:00

Here is a little St. Patty's day fun for all my friends. Enjoy and don't get pinched!

Details:
*stamps* Goodluckabella by Stamping Bella
*markers* bic & Prisma
*flowers* Prima & making memories
*button* making memories
*punch* scallop border by Stampin Up
*paper* Blush Dot by BoBunny & Be Loved by Cloud 9
*sticker letters* Chatterbox
*glitter*

Somewhere over the RAINBOW....

These cookies were so fun to make and just way too cute not to share. My kiddos had a blast making them!

Rainbows

INGREDIENTS:2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup white sugar

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon almond extract

assorted colors of paste foodcoloring

4 tablespoons prepared vanillafrosting

1/4 cup yellow decorator sugar

DIRECTIONS:

1.Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla and almond extracts. Gradually add the flour and salt. Beat at low speed until well blended.

2.Divide dough into 10 equal sections. Combine 4 sections of he dough with red paste-type coloring until smooth. Combine 3 sections of the dough with green coloring until smooth. Combine 2 sections of the dough with yellow coloring until smooth, and combine remaining dough with blue coloring. Wrap each section of dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3.Shape blue dough into an 8-inch log. Shape yellow dough into 8x3-inch rectangle; place on waxed paper. Place blue log in center of yellow rectangle and fold yellow edges up around blue log, pinching to form seal. Roll to form smooth log. Roll green dough into 8x5-inch rectangle. Place yellow log in center, pinch edges of green to seal; roll smooth. Roll red dough into 8x7-inch rectangle. Place green log in center, pinch edges of red to seal and roll smooth. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.

4.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease or line baking sheets with parchment paper.

5.Cut log in half length-wise. Cut each half into 1/4 inch slices. Place slices 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets.

6.Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 to 12 minutes. (Do not brown.) Cool on cookie sheets 1 minute. Remove to wire racks and let cool completely. Pipe small amount of white frosting on bottom corner of each cookie to resemble a cloud. Sprinkle with yellow decorating sugar. Let stand until frosting is set.

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

His Holy Name- Righteous

2009-03-16T11:11:00.007-06:00

Psalm 89: 14-16
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You. How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

Righteousness is derived from a root word that means “straightness.” It refers to a state that conforms to an authoritative standard or norm and so is in keeping with what God is in His holy character. Righteousness is a moral concept. God’s character is the definition and source of all righteousness. God is totally righteous because He is totally as He should be. The righteousness of human beings is defined in terms of God’s. God is always righteous and His righteousness causes Him to always think and do what is right or act in perfect goodness in relation to His creation. He will always do what is right. God’s justice, love & mercy must be harmonized with His righteousness which cannot be compromised. As an attribute of God it is united with His holiness as being essential in His nature In short, the righteousness of God is all that God is, all that He commands, all that He demands, all that He approves and all that He provides (through Christ in the gospel).

God always acts righteously; His every action is consistent with His character. God is always consistently “Godly.” God is not defined by the term “righteous,” as much as the term “righteous” is defined by God. God is not measured by the standard of righteousness;

God sets the standard of righteousness.

And the pages for my friend...

EnJoy!

***HeatheR****

The "R" word

2009-03-11T15:50:00.007-06:00

It is time to “Spread the Word to End the Word” and on 31 March 2009 Special Olympics is calling for a national day of awareness for America to stop and think about their use of the R-word. That R-word is not “recession,” but something more hurtful and painful – “retard.”

Most people don’t think of this word as hate speech, but that’s exactly what it feels like to millions of people with intellectual disabilities, their families and friends. This word is just as cruel and offensive as any other slur.

Spread the Word to End the Word will raise the consciousness of society about the dehumanizing and hurtful effects of the R-word and encourage people to pledge to stop using it. America will be asked to declare their support for more respectful and inclusive language, specifically that referring to those with intellectual disabilities.

His Holy Name: Protector

2009-02-23T20:21:00.006-07:00

Name #3 in the “His Holy Name” challenge: Protector. This name was a joy to study! As I studied this name, I couldn’t keep the song “Strong Tower” by Kutless out of my head. It was so awesome to hear them sing it live! It never ceases to amaze me how God brings things in our lives at just the opportune time, what a blessing this song has been to me these past couple of weeks!!

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear... -Ps 46:1, 2a

“The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.”

-Proverbs 18:10

The Lord's name stands for His person, since it reflects His attributes, character and qualities. Here the name of God is Jehovah, His covenant Name by which He made Himself known to Israel. To know God in covenant is a strong tower.

The Name of Jehovah is pictured as if it were a strong tower because the reader can more easily understand the value of a strong tower. The metaphor “strong tower” indicates that God is a secure refuge. There is no safety in looking at the "strong tower". It is necessary to flee to God in order to be protected by Him. The word says they must "run". It does not say they are to amble or to stroll or to walk in a leisurely or idle manner but that they are to run.
Clearly this is not literal running (although that may be what we feel like doing when trouble knocks - The metaphor of “running” into the strong tower refers to a whole-hearted and unwavering trust in God’s Name and His willingness and ability to provide protection. It is only by faith that we can go to an invisible God

if you know your God and you know your God is near and you confidently trust your God in the midst of any trial, knowing that it is effecting His purpose, and then being thankful in the midst of that for the purpose of God even in the difficulty, you are granted the peace of God, that peace will guard you and protect you from anxiety, difficulty, distress, dissatisfaction, discontent, doubt." John MacArthur

Details:
{paper} Stampin’ Up!, Bazzil cardstock
{paper embellishments} swirl, & punctuation Bo Bunny
{brads} Bazzil (large circle), stars unknown
{ribbon} Offray, Twine unknown
{distressing ink} Chestnut Roan Cats Eye by Colorbox
{tag} office supply

{chipboard} star by Cosmo Cricket
{fonts} Bleeding Cowboy, Bookman Antiqua, Jane Austin

EnJoy!
***HeatheR***

Not too old to ROCK!

2009-02-21T18:15:00.012-07:00

We were so lucky to have KUTLESS and the "Welcome to the Family Tour" (including Stellar Kart, Esterlyn, and Desciple) come to Boise! The concert was AWESOME!!! I had so much fun jumping, screaming, singing along, and rocking out!! It was an awesome high energy concert that left my 11 year old son wondering "who is this person that used to be my mom?" LOL!

One of the coolest things was Liz & I winning a drawing & getting to go back stage and MEET Kutless!! So cool!! Here we are with lead singer Jon Micah (isn't he so young???).

Here are a couple of my fav. shots of the night...

So I thought it would be appropriate to share with you another Rockabella card (had to play with her again, before she had to go back to her real home at my friend Cindy's house!!)

Details:

{stamp} Stamping Bella "rockabella"

{markers} bic, & yellow Twinkelette

{paper} Ki Mmeories (dots), Bo Bunny(stripes), & Doodlebug (Green glitter)

{monogram} KI Memories

{sticker letters} Miss Elizabeth

{flowers} Prima

{dots} Stamping Bella

Here is a sample of Kutless's music so you too can ROCK out! :0)

EnJoy!!

***HeatheR***

Special Olympics

2009-02-18T15:08:00.004-07:00

It was so exciting to have the Special Olympics World Winter games held right here in Boise (and around Idaho). Of course we had to take advantage of checking out some of the events and activities, its not often the olympics are held right where you live!

Its hard to put in words, but it was amazing how people just would stop and smile at Matthew. The olympics brought with them such a beautiful understanding, of the sometimes frustrating world of special needs.

Who knows, maybe someday we'll be cheering in the stands for not just Team USA, but for Mattew...

Team USA, geting their silver

watching floor Hockey

Matthew & the Olympic Mascott

"Be a Fan" pointing out Mattew's signature

Ice Sculpture

The Torch

We enjoyed visiting Dwontown for some hands on events. the kids (esp. mattew) had a blast learning how to play floor hockey. They also got to play wii bowling and foozball with other athleets from all aroun the world. We got to see the torch up close, along with lots of other neat things.

Then we got to watch some floor hocky games and saw Team USA win their silver medals (and no I couldn't help but to tear up). We missed seeing speed skating by just a hair, but got to learn how to play curing - that was really neat. Over all it was a fun week!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Project 365 {week 6}

2009-02-15T21:43:00.004-07:00

** Remember, you can click on the image above to see it bigger**

How To:

I used the same sketch/template from Week 1 (you can find it on the January 29th post)

Details:

{digi kit} Cupids Cottage by Digi Scrapalicious, & Colors of Day by Belinda Scraps

{fonts} Café Rojo, eight fifteen, Bookman Old Style & FnT_BasicShapes1
{other} Special Olympics Winter Games Logo from the internet

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Love Day

2009-02-14T10:05:00.004-07:00

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Love Day!

EnJoy!

***Heather***

OWOH-and the winner is....

2009-02-12T17:58:00.004-07:00

I can't believe it 290 enteries into my little blog candy! Wowzers!! I just started this blog in January and only had 844 visiters on my counter, and now I'm over 2,200!! This event was a ton of fun, I really enjoyed visiting all the blogs and all the different styles of art. Thanks to all who participated and a huge Thank you to Lisa who puts this all together- I'm sure it was not an easy task!

So without further adu... the winners! Using the random number generator the first 3 names for the candy tag giveaways are....

Kim Mailhot

Joy

martha brown

And now for the grand prize... The stash of scrapbook goodies along with the sweet tarts (which seemed to be a big hit among the comments!) is.... drum roll.....

Craaaazy Laaady

Again Thanks everyone!!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Kids Valentines

2009-02-12T10:57:00.003-07:00

This year I decided to try something a little different, I digitally made my kids Valentines. It was nice to feel like we did something unique and "crafty" but it didn't take a lot of time & energy. (or money) So here they are... (My oldest's class has posponed V-Day activities to the end of the month since this was a really busy week at school already- so his are not done yet... but I'll post them when I get them done!)

Details:

{digi kits} Two Peas Pink Kit, Rhonda Farrar Magical Rainbows, DigiScrapilicious Cupids Cottage

{fonts} Gengle Redhead, KR Heartalicious, Hello Sark

Details:

{digi kits} Digi Scrapalicious cupids Cottage, Blenda Scraps Colors of Day, Gretchin Tripp Birthday Bash

{fonts} Smiley monster, Arial, KR Heartalicious

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Blog Candy Alert!

2009-02-12T07:22:00.003-07:00

Check out this great candy! yummm! You can sign up by visiting JAVABLUSTAMPER's BLOG she has a super cute blog with lots of darling stamping inspiration! Good Luck!!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Project 365 {week 5}

2009-02-10T21:54:00.004-07:00

I’m a little behind..as you can see. Its not that I’m getting burnt out (yet) I’ve just been so busy that I haven’t had the time to devote to getting week 5 put together. Plus working with a new digital kit this month took a little more creative energy… but here it is (Oh yeah- the dates are wrong, but don’t fret, I fixed it!)

How To:
{canvas} 12x24 dpi
{photos} cropped 3x7
{paper} journal blocks 3x5, title block 3x12
{borders} horizontal .125 x 12H (x2), .125 x 9H, 24W x .125 (x3)

Details:
{digi kit} Cupids Cottage by Digi Scrapalicious
{fonts} Café Rojo, eight fifteen, & Bookman Old Style

EnJoy!
***HeatheR***

Party like a RockStar!

2009-02-10T14:11:00.005-07:00

I just had to post a few pics of the fun party we went to this weekend. For my friend Liz's Birthday we had a RockStar kareoke party. We were to dress up as a music idol or genere...Oh My Heck we had so much fun!

I borrowed some clothes from my sister from her "punk rock" days and Allen wen't as a member from the blue man group. It was hilarious!

The Birthday Girl, as Cyndi Lauper and her hubby as Billy Idol.

Me & My 2 sisters. Jen as one of the Pussy Cat Dolls and Sara was Amy Wineheart.

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

blog candy

2009-02-03T08:37:00.002-07:00

hop on over to Jackies blog and check out her great giveaway. you could win this darling stamp!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

His Holy Name- Sovereign

2009-02-02T13:37:00.006-07:00

This Name was a really hard one for me. The more time I spent studying the more I realized that God is so much bigger than I can ever understand. One thing He is teaching me right now is to have faith and trust Him in all things- even the things that confuse me, frustrate me, and just plain don’t seem to make sense. BUT in that also- to have discernment of the TRUTH, not to fall for false teachings or even unintentional false interpretation of the word and who He is. Thank you Lord for teaching me and helping me grow!

Front:

Back:

I know this is hard to read… I had a lot to cram on a small space! Here is what it says….

God is sovereign over the future.
Absolutely NOTHING happens outside His control. ALL things happen in accordance with His plan. Consequently He rules over all things, including your future. You may not know what the future holds but you know WHO holds the future.

GOD PERMITS OUR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT REMEMEBRER; THAT THE MOST HIGH GOD CAN TURN ANY DIFFICULTY INTO AN OPPROTUNITY.

God is in charge of the entire universe all the time.

He does according to His will
No one can ward off His hand, no one can question what God does.

God is in control of our life.
God is in control, not Satan.
He is in total control,
He has always been in control, &
He will always be in control!

Details:
[paper} Bo Bunny Splendor
{sticker letters} Chatterbox
{ric-rac} Bazzil
{fonts} Jane Austin, Jailbird Jenna & Futura Lt

And the page I’m sending to my friend…

Front

Back

Details:
[paper} Bo Bunny Splendor
{cardstock} Bazzil
{sticker letters} Chatterbox
{ric-rac} Bazzil
{flower} Prima
{button} unknown

If anyone would like a copy of my notes that I gathered while studying or would like to discuss anything I talk about here. Leave me a comment or send me an email heatherbstampin@clearwire.net I would be MORE than happy to do either!

EnJoy!
***HeatheR***

project 365 {week 4}

2009-01-31T12:46:00.003-07:00

How To:
{canvas} 12x24 300 dpi
{photos} cropped 3.5 x 6
{paper} cropped 3x5 (journal blocks) & 3.5 x 6 (title block)
{borders} vertical- .125 x 12, .125 x 5 (x4) (x3) horizontal- 24 x .125 (x 2)

Details:
{digi kits} Colors of Day by Belendascraps
{fonts} Jailbird Jenna, Digs my Hart, Teen, & KR Heartalicious

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Project 365-revised

2009-01-29T18:09:00.012-07:00

I decided to go a different route with my project 365. I’ve heard some buzz about 365 digi kits being offered but really have never taken the time to investigate them. A few days ago I came across THIS kit. I loved this idea, and decided to adopt it. However 14.99 a month plus printing is WAY out of my (nonexistent) budget. So instead I’m CASEing the idea.

I thought maybe someone out there might be interested in the dimensions and such of creating the templates so I figured I’d give them here. Disclaimer: I am a newbie at photoshop and what I do know I pretty much taught myself. So the way I do things may not be the usual even the easiest or best but it’s the language I understand.

How to:
{canvas} 12 x 24, 300dpi (everything will be done at 300dpi)
{photos} cropped 4x6
{papers} cropped 2x6 (journal blocks) & 6x6 (title block)
{borders} blank canvas w/ white background- {vertical}: .25 W by 12 (x 3), {horizontal}: .125 H by 24 (x2), & .125 by 18 W

How To:
{canvas} 12x 24, 300 dpi
{photos} cropped 3x7
{papers} 3x5 (journal blocks) 3x12 (title block)
{borders} blank canvas w/ white background- {vertical}: .125 W by 12 (x7), {horizontal}: .125 H by 21

{canvas} 12x24, 300dpi
{photos} cropped 4x6
{papers} cropped 2x6 (journal blocks) & 6x6 (title block)
{borders} blank canvas w/ white background- {vertical}: .125 W by 12 (x3), {horizontal}: .125 H by 24 , & .125 H by 6 (x7)

Details:
{digi kits} Colors of Day by Belendascraps
{fonts} Jailbird Jenna, Digs my Hart, & Teen

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Happy Birthday Tara!

2009-01-28T07:58:00.006-07:00

A Happy Birthday Shout out to my wonderful, sweet & inspiring friend Tara, I hope you are spoiled rotten- you deserve it!! Love you girlfriend!

Details:

{cardstock} Archivers, {pattern paper} unknown {glitter paper} unknown { ribbon} unknown (can you tell this card came from my scraps??) {paper lace} Doodle Bug {irridesent flower} Queen & Co. {stamp} DeNaomi Designes {markers} bic {glitter} denaomi Designs

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Wild Thing...You Make My Heart Sing

2009-01-25T22:41:00.005-07:00

Nothing like the last minute... today was the (extended) deadline for the Bellaholics Febuary card challenge/contest. I've had this idea in my head for a few days but just got it done, in the nick of time!

Details:
{cardstock} Archivers
{pattern paper} velvet zebra print-unkown
{ribbon} sheer hearts-unknown
{stamp} Rockabella-Stamping Bella
{markers} bic, & Prizma
{flowers} Queen & Co.
{acrylic letters} Doodle Bug
{glitter} unknown

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Causeabella

2009-01-24T12:41:00.007-07:00

This card is for a dear friend. The teal ribbon represents "Ovarian Cancer"

Details:

{stamp} Causeabella- Stamping Bella; {cardstock} Bazzil & Archivers; {pattern paper} Basic Grey; {markers} bic, Prizma, & zig; {bling flower} Heidi Swap; {ribbon};{nameplate} making memories; {square brads}; {silhouette}; {font} labels_shapes; & {Crystal Effects} Stampin' Up!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Candy- Jumping on board the Gypsy Caravan!

2009-01-23T11:31:00.007-07:00

My friend Alex introduced me to this fun giveaway. I thoiught "Awww Heck, why not?" So I'm joining the {Gypsy Caravan!}

Its called ONE WORLD ONE HEART and its a way to join other artists in blog hopping and lots of FREE giveaways! All you gotta do is visit the participating blogs (over 450 so far!!!) leave a comment and wait for the mass drawings on Feb.12th! Click on the link above to see the "Gypsy Caravan" of 454 (and growing!) blogs!!

Since this giveaway is all about the Blog Candy, I thought it appropriate to share with you these cute projects before I get to MY giveaway...I found this darling candy stamp set and just had to have it! Above are a few simple ideas of how to use the stamp. I just made some tags to tie on to the appropriate candy, the tags were made out of scraps and were way super fun to make! (I'm thinking about doing the sweet tart ones for kids Valentines this year...) Arn't they just so stinkin' clever and cute?

With Valentines around the corner and love in the air, for my OWOH Giveaway I am including:

*A box of Sweet Tarts w/ tag

* Heidi Grace Ribbons

*BoBunny Bodacious Brads

*Deluxe Designs Plain Janes Chipboard Florishes

*EK ArchiteXture Glass Embellishments

*Scrapworks Tailord Tab Letters

*Heart Confetti

* A Tube of Irredessent Red Beads

* A Yard of Shimmery Scalloped Ribbon

But wait!

There's more!! I am also going to give away 3 sets of candy tags! (it IS blog Candy afterall!) so yep, I'm doing 4 total giveaways!!

To enter all you need to do is leave a comment to this post. Make sure there is a way to get a hold of you if your a winner, either through your blog or an email address. I will draw 4 names on Febuary 12, 2009. Good luck, and happy blog hopping!!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

14 years ago...

2009-01-21T09:36:00.004-07:00

...we said "I do"

January 21, 1995

A lot has changed in 14 years. 3 kids, 2 homes, 6 cats (we can't seem to keep cats around very long!), 9 cars, tears, trials and triumphants. I'm looking forward to another 14- Love you Allen!

***HeatheR***

Cards for a Cause

2009-01-20T17:36:00.003-07:00

Jen Del Muro over at I{heart}2stamp is doing an awesome I mean AWESOME giveaway. Here are the cards I am sending off to the Dallas Baptist University International Student Services. Jen has set up an "Blog Tart" for sending off some cards to theis great and worthy orginization. Since I was in desprate need of cleaning out my card box (it was overflowing) I decided to send off 22 cards!! Of course none were made by ME, but I know that the handmade love will make many bightend days for the program. So go check it out and maybe send off a card or two yourself!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Project 365 {jan 11-18}

2009-01-19T21:48:00.003-07:00

11- MIL's B-Day @ Olive Garden, 12- Another B-Day, Levi, @ Red Robin, 13- Foggy Day, 14- Speech Therapy @ St. Al's Jump Start

15- A gets her cast off! 16- New haircuts, 17- JBQ (Jr. Bible Quiz) Match in Twin Falls, team took 3rd place Z took 4th in individuals!, 18- never ending mountian of laundry

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

My First Digi LO!

2009-01-16T11:38:00.005-07:00

I swore I'd never ever go there... (yet I said the same about going digital w/ a camera years ago too). Well, my Mom's BDay was last week and were headed out of town for a visit (and Z's bible quiz meet) so I had to get a gift done.

Tara, my amazing friend took this family shot of us at Christmas and I knew I needed to do something w/ this pic for a gift, since my Mom hasn't even seen the photos yet! And this morning (nothing like the last minute huh?) I had this brilliant idea...I should do it digital!

Honestly it took me longer to get an inspiration and find a digi kit that worked than it did to actually create it! I think after web surfing & downloading kits, the whole process took less than 45 minutes! (for the record I don't think I have EVER scrapped a LO tradditonally in 45 minutes. No matter HOW simple!)

So here you have it my very first ever digi LO... think it might be the first of many to come??? Hummm, you never know.... :0)

{credits} Colors of Day by belindascraps & Cupids Cottage by Digiscrapalicious both kits can be found at http://www.faithsisters.com/ {font} Book Antique

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Shout Out To SheetLoad

2009-01-15T21:07:00.003-07:00

Check out this free ezine (electonic magazine)! lots of great sketches and ideas that inspire! Check out their Jan. issue HERE have fun!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Wheee!

2009-01-15T08:03:00.004-07:00

Details:
{paper} WeAreMemoryKeepers- WhiteOut, Christmas Holly, KI cardstock lace
{stamps} Stamping Bella-glideabella
{markers} bic markers
{paint} CTMH peral paint
{glitter} unkown
{sentement} deluxe design- Margies Own letter stickers
{ribbon} American Crafts
{rhinestones} Heidi Grace
{punch} SU! border scallop
{snowflake} SU! large felt snowflakes
{tools} Silhouette (square label)

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

His Holy Name Album Cover

2009-01-13T20:27:00.008-07:00

Here are the covers to my "His Holy Name" album/challenge. I found this card on Split Coast Stampers, which was my inspiration...

and the extra album I'm creating for a freiend...

Details:

{paper} CTMH Sillhouette

{flowers} Prima

{embellishments} pearls, nameplates-making memories,ribbon, Charms

{fonts} bellMT, Digs my hart, Christian Crosses

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Make a difference {Monday}

2009-01-12T12:20:00.002-07:00

I listen to Air 1 an awesome christian radio station based out of California but through local transmitters recived here in Idaho. I love love love this station, I can't say enough good about it... this aint your grandmas worship music! I dare ya to try it out here in the Treasure Valley is 98.7 fm or you can always listen online...

ANYWAYS....

Every Monday they do "make a difference Monday" where people are encouraged to do small acts of kindness for others. Its really neat to hear people call in and tell stories of how doing something small for someone can really make a difference (not only in the recipients life but also in the givers too) You can do small things from helping someone out with their grocries, call a friend thats been on your mind, or offer to pay for the persons behind you's order in the drive in...

I LOVE this concept- and I am challenging myself (and your welcome to join me) to do something special each Monday. For me today its to be extra concious of the people around me, while at the dentist I made sure to make eye contact and smile at everyone who came in (I know that seems small, but for me this is huge- I sometimes am to busy and shy to aknowledge others around me). I think I will send a card to somone I haven't talked to in a long while, just to say "hi" and maybe brighten their day.

this reminds me of this song... Give me your eyes, by Brando Heath ( i hope this comes through!)

Project 365/Jan 1-10

2009-01-11T13:38:00.004-07:00

Project 365, if you don't know, is basiclly a journal thought the year in pictures. As a scrapbooker I plan to use these pictures to create monthly LO's, so at the end of the year we can reflect back on all our memories big & SMALL. I plan to post each weeks pictures here, in hopes that I will stay commited to this project throught the year. I'm already a little behind... (blame that on getting myself organized!) but here are the first 10 days of January...

1.New Years Eve with friend Liz 2. the ice cream incident.... 3. cropping with friends 4. cleaning and organizing (got all the board games together and in a new home!)

5. Let it snow, let it snow 6. sick-blah 7. catching up on some reading 8. My sister, Sara, who helped me install my new entertainment center (yipee!)

9. coffee with a good friend 10. scrapping projects

One thing I have learned is I need to remember to take my camera with me when I go places! (I wish I got a pic of me & my freiend out having coffee- but getting a pic of the cup had to work...) Want to join me in this quest? Its not to late! I'm sure you have pictures from the last few days, think about some of the things you did-even from your daily routines and go take a few shots to fill in. And make sure to share with me your pictures, I'd love to see them!!

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Quick Birthday Gift

2009-01-11T12:10:00.007-07:00

Here is a quick gift I made for my MIL's Birthday....

Pillow gift box, hand beaded bracelet and coordinatiing card.

Details:

{paper} SU! Bali Breeze

{flower} Queen & Co.

{ribbon} bazzil-ric-rack, and unknown

{stickers} K&Co- birthday sentiment, Scrapworks-letters

{charm} making Memories

{pen} Zig

Pillowboxes can be ordered from Oriental Trading Company

Added satin ribbon and monogram charm for an extra special touch.

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

His Holy Name 09- Challenge 1

2009-01-08T13:31:00.010-07:00

I am so excited about this challenge. I’ve been anxiously awaiting the first week to get started! If you’re not familiar w/ it you can get more info here… http://faithsisters.com/forum/index.php?topic=6847.0

SO this week’s name is HOLY. Of course for me the verse that automatically pops in my head is from Leviticus “be Holy for I am Holy’ because its one of my favorites. I was in an awesome study of the book of Leviticus a couple years ago, and God really spoke to me. I am set a part, special, and through the blood of Jesus I am holy. I may still sin, but each day that sin is wiped clean and I can start the next day new. Each day is filled w/ choices and challenges sometimes I fail sometimes I prevail, but the promise of God gives me a hope to continue on. And there will be someday when I can be at my Saviors feet and truly be holy. And with this my motto is simply “become who you are” because who I am IS holy.

But as I started going through the bible reading verses about God’s holiness I decided this wasn’t about ME this book is about HIM. I first started with http://www.biblegateway.com/ as suggested by several people, I typed in the word HOLY -and holy cow! (no pun intended) That word is mentioned A LOT! So after about an hour of skimming verses (its amazing how easily you can get “lost’ in the word and time just fly’s) I decided to go back to my trusty http://www.preceptaustin.org/ I LOVE this site and can’t recommend it enough. It has word studies in the Greek & Hebrew, it has commentaries and graphs and charts and well frankly just about anything you could need.

I started off looking at the word holy in Greek. As I researched, read, & made notes I had so much information I started to wonder how the heck am I going to fit this on a 6x6 LO? LOL So I decided to sleep on it, let God talk to me, let the words absorb into my heart- because one thing I truly hope to get out of this challenge is to become closer to God, to know Him better, and to grow in my walk with Him. In the end this is what I came up with…

Front:

Holy, Holy, Holy
Who is like You among the gods. O LORD? Who is like You majestic in holiness. Awesome in praises. Working wonders? –Exodus 15.11

Back:

Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. -1 Chronicles 16:10

The Hebrew word for holiness is kadesh which means something which is cut off, separate or set apart. It describes that which is anti-secular (secular = of or relating to the worldly or temporal), in a category all its own. Kadesh describes something that is elevated out of the sphere of what is ordinary. The New Testament word hagios also means set apart, separate and so in a class by itself. It follows that for believers (saints or "holy ones") the call to be holy is a call to be separated from common use and set apart, or reserved, for special use. In both Old and New Testaments the term is applied to things, persons, and pre-eminently to God Himself.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary defines "holy" as "Properly, whole, entire or perfect, in a moral sense. Hence, pure in heart, temper or dispositions; free from sin and sinful affections. Applied to the Supreme Being, holy signifies perfectly pure, immaculate and complete in moral character; and man is more or less holy, as his heart is more or less sanctified, or purified from evil dispositions. We call a man holy, when his heart is conformed in some degree to the image of God, and his life is regulated by the divine precepts. Hence, holy is used as nearly synonymous with good, pious, godly."

“You shall be holy for I am holy” -1 Peter 1:16

I also decided I was going to make another album for a friend. This album, will be a bit smaller (so I can easily mail it). I decided to just stick with the key word and then a verse or two to go with it rather than all my ramblings in my personal album. I’m excited to send this off to her and I hope that as she receives each page she is blessed. I plan to make a front cover (on my to do list this week…) and it will all be attached with a large jump ring.

Details:
{paper}: SU! Bella Rose line & Bazzil Cardstock
{ribbon} old Olive (I think) Twill SU!
{punch} SU! scallop edge punch
{hardware} CTMH “edge anchors
{rub-ons} SU! “ A perfect day”
{flowers} Prima “duex”
{letter stickers} Scrap Works olive & cocoa
{fonts} bell MT, Benard, MT condensed, & Digs My Hart
{other} Photoshop Elements

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

New Blog Banner

2009-01-05T05:40:00.009-07:00

So, what do ya think?? I had a sleepless night (darn cold) and decided rather than toss and tun in bed I'd get up enjoy the quiet house and play on the computer. I created this banner and the side bar headers all from scratch! (no premade digi kits here!) I just had to toot my own horn... I've been dabbling in photoshop for a while and I'm slowly teaching myself (mostly by trial & error). Its almost as fun as playing with paper..... hummmmm

I thought I'd put this out there- (a girls gotta make money to buy more scrappin stuff right?) If you would like me to custom make you a blog banner I will do so for $20.00 and $5.00 for each matching sidebar banner. I'm happy to work with you to create a super fun page that represents you & your style! Just leave me a comment or email me at Heatherbstampin@clearwire.net

Here is some other banners I have made recently also...

EnJoy!
***HeatheR***

EtsyInspired#17 -Kiddlebug challenge

2009-01-04T10:40:00.006-07:00

One of the Goals I have set for myslf this year is to ENJOY my scrapping more. I want to create what I want to create with no stings attached. I guess I want to find the Joy in crafing again.

I was blog hopping (me & kiddos are home from church sick- blah) and found this fun challenge http://hearthugsdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/12/etsyinspired-17-kiddlebug.html Each week a different art is featured to inspire you by. The challenge is to create something with that inspiration.

The featured artisit this go-around is kiddlebug ( http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5493205 ) -one of these days I'll learn how to link to the word so I don't have to post these long addresses... I digress. -

First of all her stuff is so stinkin' CUTE! When I saw this cupcake purse I KNEW my DD would be in love. And then this darling castle pillow...awww... And what better goes with cupcake's & castles? A princess Birthday!

This is my card for the challenge. They are my daughter's birthday invatations. Inside is all the party info for her Princess (and frog prince) Birthday themed day

The Details:

{Papers} Imaginisce "Fairest of Them All" line, & Bazzil cardstock

{Embellishments} Prima Flower, Pearl dot, Ribbon by Bazzil, Glitter (irridesent white & gold)

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Glad Christmas break is almost over!

2009-01-02T19:31:00.003-07:00

You know, the past two weeks have been pretty good. My kids have gotten along for the most part, and we have been able to enjoy each other's company with minimal incidents. until tonight...

The two youngest were supposed to be watching a movie. There was no indication that anything else was going on...till I see them come to the kitchen grab paper towels and go back in the room. "Uh Oh" what's going on?

This is what I found... yep that is ICE CREAM dripping down the walls. (and you can't even see it ALL in the photo either!) Apparently my son snuck a carton of ice cream and it melted so he decided it would be great fun to fling it on the walls.

Is it Monday yet?

Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T14:00:00.007-07:00

Here's Stella all ready to celebrate the New Year!

I found this recipe for margarita balls and knew I had to make them for New Years and for some friends who are known to have a fondness for Margaritas. Here is the recipe from http://www.allrecipes.com/

Margarita Balls I
1 (12 ounce) package vanilla wafers
1/2 pound ground almonds
4 ounces white chocolate
1/4 cup tequila
1/4 cup orange marmalade
2 tablespoons light corn syrup

DIRECTIONS
Mix 1 box (12 oz) vanilla wafers, crushed into crumbs, with 1/2 lb ground blanched almonds.
Melt four 1 oz squares white chocolate according to package directions.
In blender, process tequila, orange marmalade, and light corn syrup until smooth. Stir, along with melted chocolate, into crumb mixture.
Shape into 1 inch balls and coat with sugar. Store in refrigerator.

EnJoy!

***HeatheR***

Welcome to my NEW blog!

2009-01-02T11:07:00.002-07:00

Its about time right? Many of you know me from my postings on the ICE Blog (www.iceescape.blogspot.com) but Ive decided I'd like to have my own blog, where I can post more than just my scrapping prjects but more about life of being a Mom, Wife, Friend, Scrapbooker & Christian.

This year I have a few scrapbooking goals. I plan to participate in the www.faithsisters.com "His Holy Name 2009 Challenge", maybe TRY to do a few of the "weekly scripture challenges" (I have a whole 7 gypsies turn-about I need to fill up with something crafty!) and I am going to participate in the 365 project! http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/project-365-take-a-photo-a-day/

Whew! All along with hopefully getting some more pages in albums, working on some home decore projects ( that Ive put off forever), spending more time in the word growing closer to God,and becoming the person He wants me to be, and try to spend more quality time with my kiddos & hubby. Looks like it will be a busy year- but one taht I am soooo excited about.

This year is a year of growing. Learing to seek God more, trust Him more, and love Him more.

So check back often as I journey through this year in photos, projects, LO's, and just rambelings!

***HeatheR***

Paper Pieces and Bits of Me

Christmas gifts

"everything" Drama

New photography Blog!!

Photographing the Donaldson's

Photographing the Langford's

Cake Balls!

Little sewing project

Another wedding, Another wedding gift

Photographing Lauren as Senior Queen

Wedding Gift

Howdy!

His Holy Name {Almighty}

hi

Family Portraits

watermarks

Ice Cream Cake

Summer BINGO

Happy Birthday America!

Photographing Stacy & Brandon

I {heart} books... Black, Red, & White

Photographing Lisa

A simple card

With a Cherry on Top..

Teacher gifts

SMILE!

Dustin's Challenge

Hybird Scrapping

There's no Place Like HOPE

I don't {NEED} another hobby!!

the greatest of these are LOVE...

Photographing Lauren

Happy Birthday Kris!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACY!!

His Holy Name- Creator

Hang In There my Friend

I Scrapped!

Better late than never...

Smith Family Portraits

project 365 {week 7}

A new image...

Photographing Addie

Happy St. Pattys Day!

His Holy Name- Righteous

The "R" word

His Holy Name: Protector

Not too old to *ROCK*!

Special Olympics

Project 365 {week 6}

Love Day

OWOH-and the winner is....

Kids Valentines

Blog Candy Alert!

Project 365 {week 5}

Party like a RockStar!

blog candy

His Holy Name- Sovereign

project 365 {week 4}

Project 365-revised

Happy Birthday Tara!

Wild Thing...You Make My Heart Sing

Causeabella

Candy- Jumping on board the Gypsy Caravan!

14 years ago...

Cards for a Cause

Project 365 {jan 11-18}

My First Digi LO!

Shout Out To SheetLoad

Wheee!

His Holy Name Album Cover

Make a difference {Monday}

Project 365/Jan 1-10

Quick Birthday Gift

His Holy Name 09- Challenge 1

New Blog Banner

EtsyInspired#17 -Kiddlebug challenge

Glad Christmas break is almost over!

Happy New Year!

Welcome to my NEW blog!

Not too old to ROCK!