Hugs4theHeart Designs

Happy Happy Saturday My Dear Sweet Friends Hope all is going well for you!!   Today I am sharing my Fitztown Saturday DT Inspiration project with you. I have been wanting to use my washi tape on one of my projects and this was the perfect time.  I started with one of the 4"x4" canvas I found at Target quite a while ago in the $1.00 section.   Yep, I gathered up quite a few of these and thought it would be a perfect fit for the Washi Tape and most of all this Fae 26 image from Fitztown.     I colored Fae26 first with my Copics and the colors I used are posted at the bottom of this post. I set it aside and did the prep work on my canvas.  I always use Gesso on my canvas.  I probably don't have to do that step but it's just something I like to do and to be honest, for no particular reason.  After the Gesso dried I painted the canvas black (both sides).  Next, I added a row of Washi tape to the outside edges of t...

Hello Sweet Friends It's finally a little sunny here and it's helping warm my old cold bones.  I sure hope you are warm and cozy where you at as well. Today is all about the new challenge at Mixed Media World and I am so excited about this challenge.  The theme for this month is "Bright Colors." If you entered our March challenge all the winners have been announced and posted on the Mixed Media World Challenge Blog.  Huge Congratulations to all the winners. Our sponsor for this month's challenge The Old Design Shop on Etsy and I must say Julie has some beautiful vintage images.  The winner of our April Challenge will be able to pick three images from Julie's shop.   The Old Design Shop My sweet friends I have a confession to make - I have always always (did I say always) been fascinated by Mixed Media.  I have admired the phenomenal talent of so many women (and yes, men) that have blazed the trails before me.  And oh my, it is intimi...

Happy Happy Saturday My Dear Sweet Friends I've got my Fitztown DT hat on today and I am sharing an altered small composition I made using one of the gorgeous rose images from Fitztown . Here's how I make my altered composition books whether they are the large or small ones. I used a small file and lightly sanded the front & back of the book until all the shine is gone.  I added the cardstock to the front and back using glue. I used my bone folder to make sure the cardstock was adhered well. I used Copics to color the roses. Fussy cut out the roses and attached to the front of the composition book with glue. Used my bone folder to make sure the image was adhered well. Added a strand of faux pearls to the left side. This really is a quick and easy project.  I actually like to make several ahead of time to either give as RAK's or gifts to family, friends or co-workers. Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your feedback and comments....

Happy Happy Monday My Dear Sweet Friends It's April 1st and I am praying no one plays any April Fools Day jokes on me. I must confess I played one April Fools joke on my daughters about 8 years ago and that's it for my 50 plus years on this planet. And just for the record I was very very successful in my prank.  Score one for the Mom!! What about you sweet friends - anybody ever play a cruel April Fools Day joke on you??  And if so, are you willing to share your story??  I must confess my post for today has some twists and turns but definitely no pranks. Pinky Promise!! I am wearing two DT hats today but  sharing one project. How awesome is that??  That means you can join in both challenges as long the project meets the criteria of each challenge. The sweetest most amazing woman of both these challenges is Elaine with: Altered Eclectics "ANYTHING GOES"  (((And))) Eclectic Ellap u Pink Team:  Outside Your Comfort Zone Purple ...

Happy Happy Saturday My Dear Sweet Friends It's been a crazy week for me and I am really looking forward to this weekend.  I haven't been feeling well and I am going to just crawl under the cover, take my medicines as ordered by the doctor and  hope I am feeling better on Monday.  What about your weekend plans?   Today I am sharing my Fitztown DT project for the March challenge and there's still enough time for you to join in.  The theme is "Use Green".  This is an altered hot plate I created using Fitztown Floral #5.   I found this little gem at a yard sale and it was screaming for attention as you can see from the top photo.  I already knew which Fitztown Image I wanted to use.  This was a quick and simple project and all I had to do was: *Removed the ceramic coaster from the cast iron hot plate. *Added the cardstock to the top and sealed with Mod Podge and let dry. *Colored the ROSE with Copics and let dry ...

Happy Happy Monday My Dear Sweet Friends I hope your weekend was fabulous.   I received some exciting news this morning and wanted to share it with you as well as asking for your  help. All the details are below: The image you see above is a wall plaque I made for a sweet friend as part of a swap group on the Rick St Dennis Facebook Group.  The image is called "Ruffles" and she is an image created by Rick St. Dennis.  I created her by: Painted the wood plaque. Added pattern cardstock to the front with Mod Podge. Added a decorative border on the left side with Mod Podge which is also cardstock. I used my Copics to color her and then fussy cut the image out. Used Mod Podge to glue the image onto the plaque. Added two more coats of Mod Podge. Packaged her and mailed her to my swap buddy Helen in Ohio. I absolutely loved making her and was delighted when Helen let me know she received it and said "love love love!!"  I entere...

Happy Saturday My Dear Sweet Friends I have been spoiled the last several days with glorious sunny weather.  And right now its a little gloomy and probably some rain on the way.  How about you?  How has your weather been treating you?? Today I am sharing a DT project with Fitztown for the current challenge.  I am loving posting a new Saturday project every other week.  And this is my newest one. This is an altered trinket box I created using Fae #22 and this was an amazing digital image to work with.  My Copics were screaming at me to get busy creating.  And creating this altered box really was a lot of fun. To create this project I: Sanded the box. Painted all of it - inside and out. Added cardstock around the entire box (except lid sides). Used Mod Podge to seal it. Added a border of cardstock to the top of lid. Colored image with Copics. Cut out Image. Added Image to top of Box. Sealed with Mod Podge. Added anot...

Happy Sunday My Dear Sweet Friends Boy oh boy there are some amazing changes being made and I can't wait to share all the news with you.  As most of you know I am a Design Team member with the Speed Craft Challenge.  Well, the entire format for the blog has changed and we are now Mixed Media World.  The DT is the same except we have a new and the wonderfully talented Georgie C joining us.  Welcome Georgie - I have checked our your blog and so looking forward to getting to know you. I must confess I am really going to miss the Speed Craft Challenge however I am also super excited for all the new things that are happening and I ultimately hope you will be too.  You will find all new information on our new challenge blog and this is the link  HERE . This is my first project for our new Mixed Media World Challenge. It was so much fun to create this project and by time I was finished my craft table was a mess and I had molding paste, gesso, ...

Hello again My Dear Sweet Friends It's just little ole' me. (No Design Team Hat at the moment). I just want to share a altered project I made using an image by Ching Chow Kauk called "Key to My Heart" .   Of course I had to use pink and as you can see I went a little "Pink Crazy".  I want to keep her in a frame so I found an old one from a yard sale and painted it.  I added some of my favorite lace to adorn the top and bottom.  I used some pink acrylic roses I had found at a yard sale. I do have a list of the Copic colors I used and once I find the list I will add that information to this post. Thanks for stopping by and saying hello.  I really appreciate it.   Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles Laine K I am entering her into the following challenges: Simon Says Stamp Blog Challenge Eureka Stamps Challenge Ecclectic Ellapu - Pink Team MemasCrafts Not Just Cards Altered Eclectics Avenue 613...

Happy Happy Monday My Dear Sweet Friends I hope your weekend was fabulous!!   Today I am sharing a project I made as DT member with Not Just Cards .   We have some amazing sponsors this challenge and they are: All Dressed Up Robyn's Fettish Milk and Coffee   I used this adorable image called "Tiffany Fairy" from Milk and Coffee.  I just fell in love with her (plus I have a daughter named Tiffany).   This is an altered magnet and measures approximately 3.5" x 5". I used Copics to color her and cut her out so she would fit on the front of the magnet.  I wanted it to look like she was sitting on an outside wall and just relaxing.  The DT has some wonderful creations to help inspire you  So come on over and join in our challenge and we can't wait to see what you create. Have a wonderful day!! Hugs and smiles Laine K DT Not Just Cards I am also entering this altered magnet into the following ch...

Well here I am again My Dear Sweet Friends I have several Design Team projects going live today and r ight now I am wearing my Altered Eclectics DT Hat.  For my project I decided to alter an old wall hook and you can see the finished hook below.  I meant to take a photo of the old wall hook but totally forgot.  My bad!! (This Image is from Fitztown called Fae 21) This project was a lot of fun and in some ways pretty easy.  I used my Copics to color the image and put it aside while I worked on the wall hook.  I have listed the colors I used further down in this post.   I have several old wall hooks laying around and decided to use one of them for this project.  Actually what I plan on doing is altering two more later this month with different Fae images (they are so amazing).  I will share all three finished wall hooks once they are done.   I prepped the front of the wall hook by doing a little sanding to get all the messy s...

Hello again My Dear Sweet Friends I just happen to have my DT hat on with Eclectic Ellapu.  We have a new challenge this month and our theme is "Go Green".  And here is my project for this challenge: Eclectic Ellapu Challenge Blog I took and old frame and painted it green.   I had come across this saying months ago and just loved it.  I decided to save it for something special.  Well it fit perfectly once I added some background cardstock which made me really happy.  I used some extra special lace I found at a yard sale a long time ago and added it to the top and bottom of the frame.  I used an old green leaf from some plastic flowers and added the butterfly on top.  Ironically the leaves I rescued were gorgeous and I just couldn't bear the thought of tossing them out with the ugly flowers.  And I am so glad I kept them (and I have lots left for future projects). It's been a challenging several years for me and this saying ha...

 Happy Happy Saturday My Dear Sweet Friends Well today is the last day of February (as long as you are reading this after 12 am on Saturday morning Pacific time). Are you ready for March?  I know I am although we have had an incredibly nice winter, so far anyway.  It's been pretty mild but I know it hasn't been that way for a lot of other areas around the US.  Sure hope for those of you going through the snow storms have been able to dig yourselves out of the snow by now. Today I am sharing a project I made as a DT member for the Fitztown Challenge Blog.  It is now my amazing job to make and share an altered project every other Saturday.  For this week I decided to create and altered 4" x 4" canvas.  I absolutely love this image called Fae 6 and wanted to create something that really showcased this image.  And these images are so much fun to use Copics on.   For this project I used (2) 4" x " canvas. I painted them with...

Happy Happy Thursday My Sweet Friends It's almost the weekend and I am ready.  What about you?  Any special plans?  I hope to get a lot of craft projects completed.   The project I am sharing today is kind of special to me.  I have been wanting to start my own Art Journal along with some Mixed Media added in and this is my first page.   I actually created this page a couple of months ago and don't really remember everything I did.  So I won't be able to share all the steps I took in putting this page together but I do remember some of the supplies I used. I will list them further down in this post.  The image I used is a digital image from Simply Betty Stamps and I boy do I love her images.  And since this journal is also going to be a form of art therapy for me I thought this Warrior image was the perfect way to begin.  And I did color her with Copics.  I am hoping to create a new page at least five days a week and...

Hello Hello My Dear Sweet Friends Oh my goodness I can't believe it's Thursday already.  Has this week gone as fast for you as it has for me??  To many doctor appointments for me this week as well as for my honey too.  How has your week been??   It is time for the "Speed Craft Challenge" and this challenge is all about ANIMALS.  How sweet is that?  I just knew I had to create something using a photo of my sweet and adorable Pomeranian Miss Moxie.  And boy oh boy does she live up to the definition of her name.  I really should have named her "CALM" but that's for another post.  The Design Team has some amazing creations for you this challenge. These challenges are "Anything Goes" but you only have 15 minutes to complete the project.  You can gather your supplies ahead of time but then the clock starts tick tick ticking away.   Here's the link where you can will find the DT projects (to help get your creative juic...

Happy Happy Friday My Dear Sweet Friends I have a little teaser for you today!!   This is an empty box I found in front of Fred Meyer next to a garbage can. These are now empty cans from some of the ingredients used to make dinner. I made some Design Team projects using these items (plus a few more) for an upcoming challenge.  Any ideas on what I made?  Leave me a comment below. Hugs and smiles Laine 

Happy Happy Thursday My Dear Sweet Friends Can you believe it  - the weekend is just around the corner - what are your plans?  I will be getting some much needed rest and hopefully be able to do a little crafting as well. Today's post is all about the 15 minute Speed Craft Challenge and putting together my project was a lot of fun.  I also got some hints and tips from my wonderful honey.  Thanks Mark!!!   This challenge is all about "Sparkle and Shine". I wanted to make a key chain and decided to use a wine cork as the base.  I gathered all my supplies; got the timer set up; took the photograph of my supplies and it was finally time to push the "start" button.   This was a pretty quick project.  I only had one major obstacle that kept getting in my way but I won't be sharing what it was until the end of the post.  Here are the steps it took to make the key chain: 1.  Glued a small washer to the top and botto...