Crazy, Awesome, Shimmerz Deal!

Have you all seen the promotion that Shimmerz is running? Check out this amazing shipping deal!!

And seriously, if you haven't ordered your Spring set below... you gots to be crazy. Get on it!

 I used all the colors in this set in my latest creation for Shimmerz/Swirlydoos... need a reminder of what it looks like? Here ya go...

BEAUTIFUL colors!!!

xx Heidi

Swirlydoos' March BLOG HOP BLOCK PARTY!

Welcome to Swirlydoos' MarchKit Reveal Blog Hop Block Party!!

If you came here from Tiffany's blog, then you are on the right track.  If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog and start from there.  We have some amazing projects for you to see today and as a bonus we have 2 manufacturer blogs that are joining in the fun and a 3rd manufacturer offering a prize!! There are 4 prize packs up for grabs so make sure to follow along and have fun!!

Here is what I have worked on with the beautiful March kit! One of the things I like most about this kit is that the papers have quite a bit of versatility in style, and I could make completely different layouts, with completely differing color palettes!!

"HE was so pretty in pink"
A nod to my new son's apgar score after being born! He was born a couple of weeks early, and I had had some complications, so what a relief to see him pink up so well, and get to working those lungs out! In fact, he was crying before he even made it out of my womb completely - the doctors thought it was hilarious.

and

"No4"
These photos happened to be taken just a couple of hours prior to me going into preterm labor for the first time. My contractions were slowed... enough for my son to wait another 2 weeks, but he was still born 2.5 weeks early! Fun that these pictures were on that day though...

Thanks so much for hopping with us, and stopping by to see me!!

You have until midnight, eastern time, on March 15th to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on March 16th.  In order to qualify to win here is what you need to do:
1: Visit all of the blogs and leave a comment on each. This way we know you were there. Become a follower if you're not already. Take your time. There are beautiful things to see along the way.
2: Before you leave each blog, look for the “special” words and write it down.
Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence.
3: Finally, go back to the Swirlydoos blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had AND tell us the sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected.

My special word is : CAN'T

The party finishes up back at Swirlydoos!  Have fun!

Swirlydoos CLICK HERE

Irene Tan http://scrapperlicious.blogspot.com/

Karola Witczak http://karolakraftuje.blogspot.com

Lisa Valentine CLICK HERE

Lisa Gregory CLICK HERE

Rae Moses CLICK HERE

Glitz http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/

Paulien van den Bosch CLICK HERE

Petaloo CLICK HERE

Angelica Franssen CLICK HERE

Vicky Alberto CLICK HERE

Tiffany Morgan CLICK HERE

Heidi Kelley http://seesterk.blogspot.com/

Back to Swirlydoos!!!

I'm Playing a Little Catch Up Here...

Okay, as promised - here is a BUNCH of work that I have completed in the last couple months, but that haven't made it to the blog yet because of my being a tad MIA.

I hope you enjoy!!

Made for Prima and the January CHA show...

 "Worth"

An altered art journal made out of the fun Ruby Violet embellishements, a canvas ATC, and lots of Shimmerz paints of course. I just love having a little something to jot my own thoughts down in, or lovely quotes that I find, and that is what this little journal is for.

 and using Prima's art tiles, I made these fun necklaces out of old dominoes that I had laying around!

and an ATC for exchanging using the canvas ATC, the Printery Collection, and some Prima packaging!

and a Valentine out of Prima's fun Doodle Deux collection...

and now for some Swirlydoos from last month's kit...

"Finding Ahna"

"She's Lovely"

Okay, that is all for now... there will be more a bit later - so  hang with me!!

xx Heidi

Baby, baby, baby :)

So I have been missing for a little over a month... but with good reason! My son, Xander Rian Kelley was born on February 5th, a little over 2 weeks early.

and here he is now, a month later!

We have had a little bit of a rough go... he is currently trying to recover from RSV, having spent some time in the hospital. But we are home now, and on breathing treatments, and this mommy is ready for her little prince to heal completely. 

 

Tomorrow I am going to start showing off some projects that haven't been showed off because of my being a tad busy recently... hope you enjoy!

xx Heidi

Layers

Back again, with another challenge from 7 Dots! This one is all about "Crazy Layering." And I went nuts with strips of paper that I embossed and used die-cuts on, as well as adding layers and layers of art mediums including bead gel, molding paste, and gesso.

Once again, I used two sheets of the same paper to acheive my monochromatic look.  I used "Night's Fever" from the Dreamer Collection here, using Tim Holtz die-cuts, and embossing folders to change the look of each strip. I then smeared gesso and bead gel across the tops of each altered piece, building texture and dimension!

Here are some close-ups!

I may not have used any Shimmerz paints on this layout, but I truly felt that the white-ness of the molding paste and gesso just looked incredible this time with the bead gel and white cheesecloth that I added. 

xx Heidi