SR192

Yay, it’s Friday!  Hope you have had a wonderful week!  Today I am sharing a birthday card for a neighbor who loves horses and all things Western:

This is also for the Stampin’ Royalty challenge this week, which is to use lots of designer paper!  This one sure does….all the DP is from Cosmo Cricket’s Wanted line, and the charms are diecuts are from MFT.  And even though I used lots of papers, it was really a quick card to make!  And I hope it doesn't look too dumb, but you know horseshoes are supposed to be right side up for good luck, right?  I personally don't believe in luck, but I don't want anyone to call me out on my wrong-way horseshoe, LOL!   Here are a couple closeups:

These photos look a bit washed out….in real life, the colors are deep & rich and match quite nicely!  But you get the idea!  I used the sentiments from Bootiful Occasions as well:

I hope she likes it! 

My nephew came to visit for a couple of days to help John with the garage project; Cassidy put him to work as soon as he arrived:

Have a super day!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	Bootiful Occasions
Card stock & Papers	Baked Brown Sugar, Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Early Espresso, Wanted DP, Cosmo Cricket
Ink	Baja Breeze, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso
Accessories	Candy Dots, Linen Thread
Tools	Circle Card Framelits, Die-namics Country Charms Dies, Lil-Inker Stitched Frame Dies, W+9 Pinked Square Dies,  Big Shot, Sponge Daubers

SRC156

I have been making thank you cards since Christmas; this one is for a male friend of ours from church, so it gave me a chance to use some cool papers from Echo Park along with a couple of SU sentiments:

The front uses a sentiment from Blessings from Heaven; I actually cut this sentiment apart, which makes it much easier to ink up the “friend” in a different color, as I did here!  And since I am hand-delivering this, I was happy to use a corduroy button as an accent!  

Word Play was the sentiment I used for the inside, and I used a couple of dies from Apothecary Accents for some added interest!

For my sketch, I used the Stampin’ Royalty sketch #156:

Thanks for visiting today! 

Cassidy was enthralled by my nephew’s iPhone….she knew just how to make it work, too!  The look of concentration…….

Jolly Bingo Bits Christmas

Happy Friday, peeps!  I’ve got another Christmas card for you this week, since my friend Rita reminded me that the Christmas Card Challenges for this week was to use THREE of something!  I do love my trios!

  This is also for the sketch #82 from Try Stampin’ on Tuesday:

as well as the beautiful color challenge from the gals at Stampin’ Royalty:

 

Phew!  So let’s get to my simple card:

Can’t get much easier than this…..some polka dotted banners in the challenge colors, three sweet little images from Jolly Bingo Bits and a beautiful sentiment from More Merry Messages!  I did do a little embossing with the Northern Flurry EF, but other than that, I didn’t even add any glitter or glitz!  I am likin’ it just the way it is!

This isn’t really a very clear picture, but I just loved the “splash”!

Enjoy your day!

SRC120 & TKT60

One of my husband’s customers gave him a unique book/cookbook that he wrote himself after a trip out west.  It follows the travels of two fox statues, frieda and Freddie (that’s how he spells them!) and he dresses them up in western wear  and poses them and takes photos of them along the way.  The recipes are for meals like “Fart and Dart Beans” (I am not making this up!), Buffalo Jerky and Boy in a Bag (which is like plum pudding).  The foxes meet characters like Clara the Chipmunk and Clyde the Coyote; highlights include museums, monuments and famous places like the Hole in the Wall Cabin where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid frequented, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and Bullwinkle’s Saloon.  I haven’t had a chance to read it all the way through, but what I’ve read so far is pretty funny!  All this to say, I used the Stamping Royalty sketch #120 from this week to make him a thank you card!  Here’s the sketch:

and here is my card:

This uses three sets that will be retiring May 31:  Trendy Trees (sentiment); Out West, and Medallion.  The DP is Well Worn, and I used the Square Lattice EF for my horizontal panel.  Any questions, shoot me an email!  Oops, I forgot, this is also for The Spotted Chick's "That's Krafty Thursday", too!
Cassidy found a new place to read:

Perk Up Soon

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Last week I lamented that my PC bit the dust and had to be taken to my computer repair guy.  He is an awesome guy, goes to my church, and has always been quick to make the fix.  I began to get concerned when I didn't hear from him in a couple of days and I found out yesterday that he is in the hospital!  OH NO!!!  I guess I can't bug him about my piddly problems, huh?  So I made him a card that just happened to fit three challenges:

• Stampin Royalty #113 - No Embellishments!
• Less is More #56 - Don't Scrap It --use up some of your scraps
• Little Red Wagon #122 - Vintage

So here is my little note card (I am stuck on these 3 1/2 x 5" things):

I used a retired SU set called Puns from the Past, some scraps of paper from my scrap bin, and the Woodgrain background stamp on a Crumb Cake card.  I punched out the scraps with a 1 1/4" square punch, then rounded the opposite corners, and did the same on the card itself.  The image was stamped with Always Artichoke ink and vintaged up by dabbing a Crumb Cake inkpad right on top!!  I only wish I had sponged the edges of my little squares, I hate seeing those white edges.  But I hope he DOES perk up soon!!!!

Cassidy was playing with a ball yesterday; front view:

Back view:

Darn those elastic waist pants!