"Harvest Dance" Happy Fall!

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"BUBBA" .......:)

HARVEST DANCE

This is yet ANOTHER COOL digi design by Maurie Mannie at "Mo's Digital Pencil Too!" Her images are really neat and VERY fun to color! DP here is BG Marrakech and these happy guys are colored with Copics. I used one of my NEW MS punches along with the leaf one. Thanks for looking! I am off today to go to Novi , Michigan along with Kelley at ODBD for a stamp show! Should be exciting since I will be meeting her at the airport and driving straight to Michigan..she is just getting back from CHA and I will get to hear all the deets!!! If you live near Novi hope you stop in! Oh, and I just HAD to add a new pic of my dog "Bubba"..he is really getting big..8 mos now! We live in the country next to a golf course and my youngest works there so Bubb loves to ride on the cart with him! :)

Another design by Maurie Manning..

Love this new artist over at Mo's Digital pencil! You can see all her digi images by clicking on the gadget here on my blog! I used some BG Lime Rickey dp and the sentiment is computer generated. I pierced the holes free hand and colored with Copics. I really LOVE BG paper...whenever I think I have found a BG dp I am NOT crazy about I end up getting it anyways! They are all so fun to work with!

August brings some NEW RELEASES from ODBD..

I am so excited and happy that I can make some GORGEOUS birthday cards now with the new release from Our Daily Bread designs! This is called "Birthday Blessings" and it is a set of 7 stamps and I really think I will be getting ALOT of use from it! I colored my flowers with Copics and loved it! The dp here is from Archivers and the punches are MS flower punch and EK daisy border. I did a little sewing and popped up the verse! A perfect card and image for this time of year!! tfl! Have a GREAT week! :)

MOJO week 96

This is my card for Mojo 96..dp is Masterpiece studios, Asian Pear Blossom and the sentiment is from ODBD, "Mother Teresa". I used a couple MS punches and thats it! Nice and quick! TFL! Watch my blog next week for a few new "Sneak peeks" from ODBD! Awesome sets coming out in August. :)

A Quick Wedding Shower card

My dd tells me at the last minute she needs a card for a shower she is going to..what else is new? I was lucky to have this "tying the knot"/ "save the date" dp I found in Archivers quite a while ago. I did some border punching and sewed a few lines, then added a big prima I found marked down in a Michaels bin and Yippee!!..its done.. :) I lined the envelope to make it look a bit more classy..they loved it! tfl!

Patrick is gettin dirty in the pumpkin patch!! tee hee!

Happy Saturday to yall!! Just picked up this cute little new image over at "Mo's Digital Pencil" and couldnt wait to color it! Fall is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE time of year..and little kids and pets are right up there with being the BEST things in life! This is Patrick in the pumpkins and I couldnt resist for him to be my first digistamp!! I used my BG Ambrosia dp and colored Patrick AND the pumkins with COPICS. You can click on the picture to see it bigger. Maurie Manning is a children's book illustrator and she is breaking out into the stamping world! Check it out! tfl!

In Style stamps "Stephanie" blog challenge!

Here is my take on "SIMPLE"..The challenge at IN STYLE stamps is to make a card "clean and simple"..sometimes that can be a bit hard..well..FOR ME ANYWAYS..! ha ha!

Got to use my new BG lemonade dp and this "Stephanie " stamp from In Style stamps. I colored her with Copics and popped up the phone. I still have my wall phone ON A CORD in my kitchen..no cordless there for me! My kids would loose the cordless ALL THE TIME..and they are all GROWED UP!! :) Steph's pants are paper pieced and I glittered her headband. TFL! Have a WONDERFUL WEEKEND!! :)

"Ta Da Dave."..tee hee...my brother's birthday card!!!.

While visiting in New Mexico this past spring..I always make it a point to stop in at Guadalupe's Fun Rubber stamps on the plaza in Santa Fe. Love to talk to the girls that work there and check out all the fun images. Theses stamps were so hilarious I had to buy them! My older brother was in the back of my mind! He NEEDS to get cards like this with all the teasing he has done to me!! rite???? ha ha! Paper is BG and I used a few punches..ms and ek and I colored him with Copics. The "hurry" was computer generated. Thanks for looking!

NEW COPIC CREATIONS CHALLENGE! "BOTANICALS" by FLOURISHES!!

Check it out! Love this set from FLOURISHES called "Sweet Violets"! Flourishes is sponsoring our challenge for July 15th on the Copic Creations blog! I used some sweet "memory box " dp and punched out a butterfly with a ms punch. My copics used were:

BV00, BV02, BV04 on the flowers..starting with the lightest color first--then YG11, BG93, G21 and Y15. Okay,..so why did I mix the greens so much? Well, that is the beauty of Copics! When you dont have all the right trios you can improvise some! I have cut out a few of the leaves and put them on with dimensionals, then I added a few little crystals! Be sure to check out all the samples from the Copic dt blog and all the GORGEOUS stamps at FLOURISHES! tfl! :)

Cool News to share... :)

Head on over to the Cuttlebug Spot for a chance to win $1000.00 in merchandise from Custom Crops!! It is the largest prize I have ever heard of !! :) Check it out!

MOJO Monday week 95...

Here is my card for Mojo Mon 95. The sketch was pretty cool and since I havent done an actual challenge for awhile, I thought I would! Quite a while ago Kelley (at ODBD) had bought me this bg dp "Periphery" and later I found an elements page to go with it so this didnt take long at all to put together! Sometimes (alot of the time) I love when that happens! :) The verse is from one of the new sets at ODBD called "Mother Teresa" (set of 5). We all know how many wonderful quotes she said that were repeated over and over by many people !

The flowers are from Michaels...that Nursery tales collection..it is gorgeous stuff. TFL and have a great Tuesday! :)

Amazing Grace Hymn...

ODBD new single stamp Amazing Grace Hymn is here! I have paired it with a verse from "I Am the Way" and used bg dp Wassail. Check out the ODBD card gallery to see all the gorgeous creations made with these 2 Amazing Grace singles!!

Amazing Grace...Our Daily Bread designs

Our Daily Bread has released 2 Amazing Grace single stamps this month that are just perfect! One is the hymn and this is the prayer. I wante some very serious and ornate looking dp for this so I dug into my drawers of paper to find these . I used a couple of the EK coordinating punches and some black primas. tfl

A Card for the death of a dog... :(

A friend asked me to make a card for someone who had lost their dog who was so very special to them for so many years. He also asked if I could somehow put the dog's name on the card. Here is what I came up with. The stamped verse was given to me so I dont know where this stamp is from but I would LOVE to own it! I chose this cool dp pad I bought at JoAnns a while ago called the Green Stack and I colored with Copics. The flowers are Primas and the dog's name is computer generated. I drew a little heart on it..So very sad..I have lost too many dogs and it is so very hard...thanks for looking and have a great weekend! :)

ODBD DT VERSE...

Here is another card I made using the ODBD Anniversary set. Okay...Love the verses in this set ALOT.. :) DP is memory box, sugardrop and can be found at the ODBD store!

I did a little sewing and used my martha punches. TFL! Happy Thursday.....

"Time Flies" by Leanne Ellis

Here is a card made with an image by artist Leanne Ellis. I think her images are so cool! They can be found at SugarNellie.com . I used dp Cosmo Cricket and Crate Paper. She is colored with Copics ofcourse! :) Check out these neat little "Adage tickets" from Tim Holtz..love em! TFL!

A few quick cards...and celebrating on the 4th..

Kelly..youngest cousin with my pug "Patty"! :) wheeler...Grandpa will be 93 next month!

The girl cousins!!

My Jimmy and the "lovely" Laura!!

I got to celebrate on the 4th having my oldest come home for a visit with his girlfriend..(hopefully) future wife!! He will be 30 in Oct and lives near Charlotte NC so I dont get to see him as often as I would like! My dd's were both there with my sister's kids so we got a few cute pics of the cousins too! All in all it was a great time...good food ..good drink! :) My sister needed a couple sympathy cards so the night before I was hurrying to get 2 done. When I need quick sympathy cards (always) I reach for one of my ODBD sets. You cant go wrong !! These 2 were made with "I Am the Way" and "Lift Up Our Hands". I chose the dp pad from DCWV La Creme matstack. Easy cuz all the papers were easy to coordinate! I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend!! :) TFL!

ODBD BLOG HOP JULY RELEASE!! :)

IWelcome!! Our Daily Bread designs is celebrating the new July releases. The Amazing Grace prayer, Amazing Grace hymn, Mother Teresa, and Mother Teresa's Let Us Begin, and lastly Grow in Grace..... They are all GORGEOUS and definitely "must haves"....

Kelley , owner of ODBD, is offering some SWEET blog candies along the way so if you want a chance to win these babies start over at Connie's blog to begin! If you did start at Connie's blog and came here after Deb's blog then you are in the right place! Did you know that ODBD also carries ink pads?? Each dt member has been challenged to use 3 colors only to make a card for this hop. Mine are Steel blue, Olive and Sunflower. I used a few diff dp and a quote from one of the Mother Teresa sets along with some distressing to make this card. DP is wild saffron and bg porcelain. Next stop on this hop should take you over to Chris's blog! Good Luck !! PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR COPIC CREATIONS POST!

Copic Creations..New Challenge..Brunette hair

Copic Creations is ready with a BRAND NEW challenge for you to try! Hey..I loved this one cuz it's EASY PEASY...Brunette hair! Love it! Scor-Pal is sponsoring this challenge and you gotta check out the blog to see all the FABULOUS creations this month for this challenge!! Seriously...these girls TOTALLY knocked me out with their designs and I just cant say enough about their talent!! I colored Tilda's hair with E33, E35 and E 47. The cool thing is I got this dp at a flea market when I was visiting my sister in New Mexico! It cost me .50 cents! Love it! I dotted or "snowed" Tilda with a Sharpie poster-paint pen that Suzanne Dean recommends on her blog and sewed a border of snowflakes around the card. The flowers are primas and I used my ms punch. We got a little glitter goin on over the snow (rip) hills and I just cut Tilda out and put her on dimensionals. TFL!! :)