KIDS ATC SWAP!!!!

Hi!! OMG!!! It has been SOOOOOO long! My bad. Bad blogsite owner... Anyway, I have decided to do a kids ATC swap! It will be 5 cards for 5 cards back! I'm not going to do a pre picked theme because I want to see what you kids are interested in!!! So, here's the deal on what to do!!! An ATC is actually an Altered Trading Card. They are two and a half inches by three and a half inches. You can make them on paper, plastic, wood, cloth, ANYTHING that is 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches!! You can ONLY trade these cards & they are not to be sold!! The cards need to have your name, e-mail address, and your age on the back of them!! And PLEASE if you have any other info about you or your card you want to share, put it on the back too!!!! That is part of the art too!!! So kids, pick a theme for 5 cards that reflect YOU & create some cool art that will be the beginning of your ATC collection!! Who knows, maybe you will get other kids who want to trade more!! So, spread the word to your friends & lets make this a good one!! Please try to do your BESTEST art work too because you WILL want to trade more & you want people to trade with you!! This part is for your adult to read so go get them!....... O.k. when the cards are ready put them between some thin cardboard or someting so the awesome art doesn't get bent up!!!Send them to: Heather Kayser 5130 40th Ave. NE #383 Seattle, Wa 98105 . You will need to also include a self addressed envelope so I can mail your cards back to you!! Don't forget to put a couple of stamps on your envelope too!! These need to be in my hot little hands by July 3rd!!! That's 2 weeks!!! I am so excited to see what you make!! Have fun!! Heather!!!

Quirks or no quirks try to love me anyway!!

Well, I am excited to leave some posts on some blogs that I check out quite alot but never seem to leave a note!! I picked my tagged sites with alot of consideration! I like how you write in your blogs, what you write about, the names of your blogs, the colors & the ideas, pictures & creative intrests!! I am quite new to this blog thing but really enjoy your sites!! So, I hope you read this & pass it along too! I am going to be checking for your quirks too!! Here are the rules to tagged... Each player starts with 7 random quirks, facts, habits, tidbits, etc. about themselves! If you are tagged you need to write on your own blog about your 7 things!! For the rest of us to read!! :) At the end of tour blog choose 7 people to get tagged & list them on your site! Don't forget to leave a comment on their site telling them they have been tagged & to read your blog!! It's a great way to network & meet other artist & bloggers with the same things going on as you!! So, here are the 7 things I chose to share about myself that I would have never thought to tell in the first place!!!
1. I will ONLY wear fruit flavored scents, perfumes, lotions, or oils. My absolute favorite to get these scents hand made to the strengh of smell I like is Archibald Sisters in Olympia, Wa. Very cool shop!! I have been called a fruit salad ALOT!
2. I can ONLY walk on the right side of people. When people find this out they try & trick me by trying to walk on my left side. I literally cannot walk if they are on my left side. Sometimes I don't get anywhere.
3. I like mustard in my top ramen. Gross, I know, but which is worse eating it plain or with mustard? Both, so it doesn't matter!! (My friend Mel got that started in high school!!)
4. I get carsick driving. Another reason I don't get anywhere!
5. My favorite television channel is E! network. I cannot get enough of all the celebrity gossip stuff!! Suzi Finer, I am sooo jealous about the Britney Spears visit!! (I am also addicted to reality t.v.)
6. Tomatoes & tomato based foods make the palms of my hands & the bottom of my feet itch. I like tomatoes but they really have to be worth it to eat it!!
7. I will only get tattoos that have stars in them somehow or someway. And my favorite colors for those big, bad tattooed stars??? Pinks, blues, purples, yellows etc... NO primary colors!! Very girlie!!
So, nothing shocking but things about myself that my best friend might not even know! I am going to be checking your sites so hope to see that you have something to share with the rest of us!! Here are my peoples I tagged!! Check out their sites!!
littlepinkstudio.typepad.com
carikraft.typepad.com/what_should_we_make_today
sammystuff.blogspot.com
craftedby.us
Thanks you guys!! Have fun!!!

I was tagged!

I was tagged by my ICE charm swap host!! She put me in with 7 other EXTREMELY talented people! I feel as if I am out of my league!! So, I am thinking of my 7 quirky things & also of my 7 blogs to pass this on too! I am having alot of fun reading these quirky things about others!! I was laughing out loud about the marriage thing Amber!! I have finished my pink cards & need to add my photos but I think I will do that when I add my 7! My charms for the ICE swap are almost done! My fingers will be raw from sanding by the time I am done!! Sheridan is bored here at the Ronald McDonald house & I am always off in a 100 different directions so she has a whirlwind around her all the time! I need to take new photos of my work area here! All of my art stuff is stored in pink puke buckets!! Never been used of course, but funny none the less! I haven't updated on the Little Star Farm yet so here goes! All of my chickens, that I had bought for my favorite little red head, Sa-rah, were eaten by hawks or some pesky raccoon EXCEPT 1!! This 1 hen, I call her Henny Penny, has decided that my 100 lb. australian shepard, Blue Dog, & Sheridan's red heeler, Apple, are her new roommates! Every morning Stan goes to feed the dogs & out of the either of the dog houses comes Henny Penny! Pretty smart because she knows the bad guys won't come to get her around the dogs! She has also decided dog food is alot tastier than chicken food & won't eat the chicken food anymore! She is really tame & lets people pet her too! Soooo funny! She plays with Apple by letting her chase her & then hunkering down so Apple can ruffle her feathers & then off they go again! Anyway, it's crazy on the farm & I hope this made you laugh! I am going to get some photos real soon & make a trading card book of funny animals on the Little Star Farm! If anyone else wants to do trading on the same subject let me know!! I think it would be fun to have a story go along with the trading cards! Well, I am going to finish my 7 quirks & my 7 blogs so I can update this & tag them!! See you soon!! Heather!!

Busy!!

You guys, I am having a great time with all my projects!! I am telling you, this buncha projects is the way to go for me!! I am done with my "BLING" ATC's. Really cute! The vintage lady even has a gold tooth!! So, if anyone would like to trade for one of the "BLING" cards let me know! I have two to trade with, the 3rd one is going to a lottery! I used the transfer technique Michelle (craftedby.us) taught in a podcast on one of the cards. I really had fun trying to get it just right.... I always have to do it a little different just to see if it will work! Anyway, let me know about a trade, I will also have a couple of "PINK" cards up for trade too!! Those will be done in a couple of days! I am anxiously awaiting my trading card stamps to use on the back of my cards! I am soo excited! So, a little shout-out goes to Amanda W. for having the Stampin' Up business so I can get my goodies from her!! I can't wait to trade with her too!! So, I will let everybody get back to the creativity that is running through their minds & hands so we can all trade cards!... Hurry! I wanna trade! Are you done yet? Ok let me know. Heather!!

No pictures:(

I left my camera in the truck!!! I have made some ATC's, charms, a birthday card, scrabble charms, crocheted mini bags....... I am dyin' to post pics!! All the things I have been working on are for swaps or contests or lotterys!! I have atleast 3 things going at once & you know what? It works for me! I always try to fight the impulse to do multiple things all at once because I fear I won't be able to finish what I start... But I have finished more things in the last 2 days that I think I can get over the phobia!! I have got to show you my BLING ATC!! The girl has a gold tooth & all!! Love it! Ok well, I should have my camera tomorrow !! Later Gators...Heather!!

Soooo Weird!!

Alright I think someone is seriously messin' with me!! Or maybe I am TOTALLY losin'it. I have been trying to log in to this all day & it has been giving me grief all day! Lori was here to witness it! Anyway, I am having a creative block here & I cannot concentrate... I think my mind is on Sheridan's surgery. So, wish her luck & send some creative energy my way! Later!! Heather!

I really need to keep up!!

Hi!! Well, I have not been meeting my blog expectations! I am going to try & steal my pink poolstick back from Stan the Man so I can take a picture of it & post it!! I know Twyla really wants to hit me with it & not learn how to play pool!! I have cleaned up my space here at the hospital!! I am sooooo proud of myself! You guys, it was so messy....I had to jump over all my totes filled with cool art supplies. I finally got off my rear today because I stubbed my toe so hard on my Sizzix I thought I was going to have to check in here at Children's Hospital! I will update ya'll on Little Sheridan now too... So one of the doc's decided a week after she had the tube in that she was ready to have it pulled out...huge ordeal for this poor girl... & now the new set of doc's want her to put it back in. ARG!!! So, I told them no, she has surgery on monday & they can put a less invasive tube in her while she is already under the spell of the sleeping meds!! She has been feeling pretty good, no improvement really just coping better for the most part. So, she'll make it through & beat me racing around the barrels before we know it! I am making a birthday card for a contest... I hope I win, it's $100.00 for first place to my favorite little paper, stamp, & crafty store right down the road! I have also entered an ATC swap with a pink theme. I know alot of people don't like pink, but I really, really do!! So, more pink is on the way to this site! Hey, what happened to a couple of my posts? Thay turned all weird & I can't read it! Have I been here at the hospital so long I am seeing things? Oh, & also HUGE apologies to anyone who got tagged.... That was Sheridan & one of her friends on my e-mail. I don't know how to stop it now...... sorry! I am not really a my space or tagged kinda gal so I don't even know what to do with it! Ok, so I will create in the a.m. & photo it in the p.m. I just wanna sit here & look at my clean work area for awhile longer! Thanks for the posts Amber Dawn! Oh, I mailed the kids' charms today... By the next swap hopefully I will have all the particulars down so hope it is all ok! Thanks for visiting everybody!! Smiles-n-Friends make me Happy!! Heather!!