Heidi Swapp, Sentiments Lesson 4

Lesson 4, Floral Designs
Remember, you can purchase any of the classes at any time and you can do the class at your leisure. Once you have purchased it, it's yours, and you can do it whenever you wish, and multiple times if you wish. Have fun!

Heidi Swapp, Sentiments class, Lessons 1-3

Newest class in the Heidi Swapp shop is Stamp Therapy, Sentiments: Thoughtfulness Elevated. There are 10 lessons in the class. This one is proving to be another great class with lots of interactive pieces. Purchase the class and you will receive the Card Sentiments stamp set as part of the class. I love this new set. In addition to the sentiments stamp set, we are also using the new release Flower Garden stamps and dies, and Thank You Notes stamp set.  If you are a card maker, this class is for you.

Lesson 1: Messages

We spent some time getting used to the new stamp set and practicing stacking and clustering sentiments. We'll use these practice sheets in the next lessons. 

Card Sentiments Stamp Set, included with the purchase of the class. 

Lesson 2: Add Color

Lesson 3: Flower Power 

Next Lesson: Floral Design

Fall tiered tray complete

 I love putting together these tiered trays for seasons and holidays. For fall this year I've added the gorgeous teal blue color to my decorations, as you may remember from the wreath I shared earlier. This tray is a new one (Hobby Lobby) and I think the white is so striking with the teal shade of blue!

Top tier: plaid and sage wooden pumpkin and ceramic teal pumpkin from Dollar Tree. Metal wheelbarrow from Hobby Lobby. Teal eucalyptus, leaves and large berries from Joann.

Bottom tier: Wooden pumpkin in the back, hello autumn, teal and white ceramic pumpkins from Dollar Tree. Large ceramic acorn from Hobby Lobby, large blue berries from Joann, white foliage from an old wreath I took apart. 

Halloween decor, cont'd

Here is another Halloween craft. I started with this black metal vase I picked up at the thrift store some years ago. It was already black, and it has some distressing on it from age that is perfect! I didn't need to do a thing to it for this project. The doll head was too clean, so I scuffed it up with sandpaper and rubbed paint on it to grunge it up some. The black eyes were already there and it was perfect for what I wanted. I cannot for the life of me remember where I got it; I think it was last year or the year before when I picked it up. And the rest is from Dollar Tree. I was inspired by a skeleton head done this way and knew that was the reason I had been saving this creepy doll head!! Hope you like. 

Oh yes, I cut a hole in the back and added a balloon light to shine through the eyes in the dark. Love.