Smiley Guy Designs

Hello my friends!  It's a new week in a new month!!  Happy June 1st!

I have a new challenge inspiration card for the Paper Nest Dolls June challenge.  Today I'm using a cute little image called 'Dress Up Owen'.  Since Father's Day is in June this seemed like the perfect project for this month.  You can find the stamp HERE
I used a different photo editor called Pic Monkey and I'm not sure I like the results.  I had my laptop fixed and my Picasa photo editor was accidentally removed.  I thought I would try something new....think I may be going back to Picasa.
Here's a close up of my image (colored with COPIC markers)....
 Don't forget, the top winner will receive a prize pack varying each month and to be considered for this prize you must use a PND image.  The winner this month will be able to select 7 digital images of their choice from The Paper Nest Dolls shop (check it out HERE).   Add a direct link for your project to the challenge blog  HERE


Thank you for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create.

Heidi

Happy Memorial Day weekend my friends!  Hope everyone is enjoying a nice long weekend!  I know I am!  It's beautiful weather outside and my cousin and his son are in Milwaukee this weekend and I get to see them!!!!! 

I've previously shown you updates on two of my three cross stitch projects and now it's time for my third one.  It's a project called 'Save the Stitches' and while it includes a bit of cross stitching it's mostly done with specialty stitches (a lot of embroidery).  It's a unique blend of 131+ blackwork patterns done in 24 blocks.  The picture below is what the finished piece looks like with only 19 patterns done.  The picture below is actually on it's side with the 1st block appearing in the bottom left corner.....It's an amazing project!!!!!  And it is an absolutely FREE pattern on the internet. 
So here's my update with just working on it for one week.  Started out cross stitching some of the block frames.
Then starting to fill in some of the blocks.  Most of the blocks have metallic in them (copper, gold or silver) and several of the blocks will have beads on them at the end.  I can't do them up front because I don't want them crushed when I'm moving my Q-snap/hoop around....




Thanks for stopping by. 

Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!

Heidi

Hello my friends!

It's time for another inspirational post for Paper Nest Dolls and I have a dilemma!  My printer isn't working and I can't print any new images to color....so I thought I might pull some previous cards from a few years ago and show the "Many Seasons of Paper Nest Dolls".

WINTER with  Down Hill Racing Owen
SPRING with  Little Chick Avery

Don't forget, the top winner will receive a prize pack varying each month and to be considered for this prize you must use a PND image.  The winner this month will be able to select 7 digital images of their choice from The Paper Nest Dolls shop (check it out HERE).   Add a direct link for your project to the challenge blog  HERE

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed a trip through the seasons with Paper Nest Dolls.

Heidi

Hello my friends!  Happy Monday!  I have an Action Wobble inspiration post for you today.  I'm using a stamp set from my stash from PaperTrey, Ink called 'Floral Foliage".  I stamped with green and brown ink and colored in the blossoms with some COPIC markers. 

 I wasn't able to get a picture of the wobble in action....I think my eye/hand coordination just wasn't working so great!!!!  I stamped the tree image and then stamped the leaf portion again and added the wobble to it. 

Hello my friends.  I wanted to do a WIP (Work in progress) update on my second cross stitch project.  My first project is called The Twisted Band Sampler and I showed that update last week.  My second project is a pretty intense one called 'Blue Dragon' from Heaven and Earth Designs.
I started this project on 4/22/15 and I figure it will take me a year or more to finish.  It's a pretty detailed chart and if I worked on it 100% of the time it would drive me crazy!!!  So it's one of my rotated projects and working on it one week a month will mean I'll finish it a LONG, LONG, time from now.
Here are some pictures of my progress from one complete week...
I have to laugh...when I look at the last picture above I can see things starting to take shape...but it's still really hard to figure out what it is....

Next week I'll give you an update on my 3rd rotation project.  I hope you enjoyed the above update.
Thanks for stopping by.

Heidi

Happy Monday my friends!  I have another inspiration card for the new Paper Nest Dolls monthly challenge that starts today, Monday, 5/4 and runs the entire month.

I have a bit of a dilemma with this image.  I can't seem to find it in the shop.  I colored the flower as a sunflower and I'm thinking it may actually be a daisy so I'm going to claim creative license!!!.  There is a similar image in the shop called 'Sunflower Ellie' which is just as adorable...you can find it HERE
Here's a close up of my image (colored with COPIC markers)....I colored her a while ago so I'm not quite sure of the colors used....
Don't forget, the top winner will receive a prize pack varying each month and to be considered for this prize you must use a PND image.  The winner this month will be able to select 7 digital images of their choice from The Paper Nest Dolls shop (check it out HERE).   Add a direct link for your project to the challenge blog  HERE

Thank you for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create.

Heidi

Hello my friends!  I have a cross stitch update (called a WIP - work in progress) for a project I started a couple of weeks ago.  The chart I'm working on is called  the 'Twisted Band Sampler'.  It's from a company called Northern Expressions.

Here's the picture of the project...




Hope you like seeing the process.  In the next few days I'll post the other project I'm working on and the progress pictures of that one as well. 

Thanks for stopping by...

Heidi