Welcome Sweet Lila...

I'm tickled pink to be a part of this special celebration to welcome Lila Grace McGuire to the world. I'm so thrilled for my friend Jennifer and the entire McGuire family.  Jana has set up linkz on her blog of ALL the beautiful cards made for Lila. Click HERE to check them out. Here is the card I made for sweet Lila...

the inside of the card (Irish Blessing)...

and I couldn't stop at just one. ;) Aiden just had to make his future wife a card too. (Yes. Jennifer and I already have an arranged marriage set up! LOL) "His" card for Lila....

 The inside....

:)

Jennifer,
You are constantly inspiring me (not just with crafting but in so many other aspects of life) and I am so very honored to be called your friend. You are one of the kindest people I've ever met and you are a wonderful mother. I've already learned so much from you. I'm excited for you and your family on this new adventure.

Thank you for being you.

xoxo,
H

Happy Mother's Day!

Feeling so blessed to have these two guys in my life....

I had a wonderful Mother's Day. Ted and the boys took me to Montgomery Inn Boathouse to eat lunch and then we spent the day relaxing. It was wonderful.

 And this little guy has been an angel all day...

He must know what today is. :) Happy Mother's Day!!! Thanks for stopping by.

For the love of Hero Arts...

Hello. LOTS to share today. As many of you know, I love Hero Arts. Their stamps just make me happy so I wanted to share a few different projects highlighting my favorite products from them, old and new. First up is part of my mom's Mother's Day gift. She loves handmade gifts from me so I thought I would make her a card set because she is always sending out cards. Here is the package (box from Target-my happiest place on earth lol) ...

 A closer look at the tag. I used an older Hero Happy Mother's Day Stamp and heat embossed it. I finished it off with some clear gems..

When you open the box, you see this...

That cute black and white pen is from Target too. :) 

Here is the card set...

A closer look at a technique featured on the oh so talented Jennifer McGuire's blog. You can find the technique HERE. I like how she die cuts an image and then puts the image back in so it lays flat for a smooth look.... GREAT for sending cards through the mail. Jennifer used a die cut for this technique but I used a punch instead (Martha Stewart butterfly punch). I inked each butterfly with the ink I used for the background color. Sprayed it heavily with pearlized water-hard to see in real life but GREAT shine! and then glued it on top of a black piece of paper that I taped under the white background. I used a glitter pen in the black holes to give it more shine. I also love using Washi tape to anchor the sides of the die cut....

 The envelopes got fancy too...

I dry embossed the flaps only. Love the look...

Project #2: I wanted to make visual black and white cards for Aiden's crib to give him something to look at...

 I just stamped some of the Hero Background Stamps on white cardstock, cut them to size and lined his crib with them...

 He loves them- just look at that smile...

Project #3- Teacher Appreciation Day is coming up so I made a set of these for my nephews preschool teachers.....

I heat embossed THIS fun background stamp with white embossing powder on black cardstock to resemble a chalkboard. ( I even smudged up the edges to look like it was erased.) I also put glossy accents on the apple to make it shine. The green background was stamped with THIS stamp using THIS ink onto THIS card. ...

I hope you enjoyed these Hero projects. Have a great weekend!

Love is the Best Medicine..

Hello friends. Back today with a creative share. Remember THIS post (where I made the NICU doctors and nurses card sets)? Well I needed a thank you card to go along with them. Here's what I came up with...

Ingredients: My new Lawnfawn paper pad, some heart punches, Hero Arts notecards, Swiss dot embossing folder, and the greeting from THIS stamp...

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I LOVE to turn a notecard inside out to have color showing on the inside. Some ladies got purple....

 and some pink...

I hear the baby crying...gotta go. Thanks for stopping by!

I love you because...

A couple of days ago, my sweet step son turned 19...

I wanted to do something to let him know how special he is and how much we love him. So, I decided to go get 19 balloons and tie a tag on each one that says something we love about him. When he went in his bathroom that morning he was greeted with these...

Here are the tags I made and an example of one from each family member...

 This one reads, "You are a giving person." Ted's handwriting is not usually legible. LOL ...

I am so blessed to have this young man in my life. He is one of my greatest joys. I love you Alex. Happy Birthday! :)

Be back soon with a creative share...

Wishing you a...

Happy Easter! :)

Birth Announcements

My apologies for the lack of posts. The computer that I edit photos on is down. So frustrating. I decided to hop on my hubby's computer to share Aiden's birth announcements. Unfortunately, I can't edit them but wanted to share anyways.....

 I made them all a bit different. The white ones are just the blue cards turned inside out. I like to do that sometimes so the color pops on the inside....

A big shout out to KRISTINA PROFFITT who was sweet enough to design these for me. I love her work. Makes me happy.

Thanks for stopping by!