Out To Impress: H and M

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Hi all! Our neighbors/good friends have a little guy who turns "1" today! He is 100% Irish! Afterall, his name is Seamus McCall (pronounced Shay-mus) and so, his nickname by our family is simply Famous Seamus! They had a birthday party for him last weekend with an Irish theme and it was too fun for words!!

So, you can't go to an all Irish b-day party and not bring a card to match! I don't have many "kiddo" stamps -- so this is what I did!

Who wouldn't love a green giraffe! LOL! (H&M Stamps) I colored with Copics (Green Nile and Yellowed Green, shading with warm grey #1) and then... added a bit of glitter glue! The rest is pretty self explanatory! The tag was created by two circle punches and THIS darling mini messages set. It's one of my favorite "little words" sets because they can fit on little tags -- just like this! The ribbon was from the dollar bin at Mikes! Pretty simple!

So are you going to serve up some corned beef and cabbage? How about raising a glass of green beer? We're all German in my house so, we'll probably just play it cool. After last weekend, I think I've outdone my attempts at being little Irish!! LOL!

Happy St. Patty's!!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Ultimate Valentine Update!

Hi all! I cannot tell you just how this past month has warmed my heart. When I put up the news about my mom's Ultimate Valentine Challenge, I have literally heard from all corners of the world! It's been marvelous! My mom now has in hand roughly 1,600 Valentines! If you have no idea what I am talking about---you can read up -- HERE. Today is the last day for my blog candy so click on the link HERE and, if you want to take part -- I'll pick a name tonight at 10 PM M.S.T. and announce a winner sometime on the 21st. The clock is ticking! Melanie Muenchinger is also offering up candy HERE. And, so is Carolina Buchting HERE!

If you would like to help with this project -- keep in mind, this ministry is ongoing and my mom is also is in need of birthday, thinking of you, get well soon, and sympathy cards!

Well, with the February deadline approaching, I realized that I can't procrastinate-- my mom would know if I didn't make this deadline! :-) So, I spent the day making some quick and cute Valentines for the kiddos at Children's Hospital of Michigan.

I managed to pick up THIS darling set from H and M when Heather had her garage sale. It was an offer that was too good to pass up and I just knew these images would be perfect for my mom's Valentine's challenge!

I wanted to make the design pretty simple so that I could mass produce them in an afternoon. So, I used my classic hearts and scalloped hearts Nestabilities dies for the main image and my large and small oval punches for my sentiments. My images were all colored with Copic markers and then I added a little razzle dazzle with some Stickles and rhinestones.

Here's the giraffee....