Howdy Ya'll

Howdy Ya'll!?? My goodness, where did that come from? I can honestly say that my DD is rubbing off on me. Yes, she's getting, or has got the accent from 'round these parts. OMGoodness, there I go again! Ok ~ let's just stop and take a look at the cards...

I'm a bit behind in showing this card. I made this for my hubby's birthday last week. He really does not care too much about my card making. I know there are a lot of hubby's out there who are so supportive - and I guess he is in his own way, but he more or less does not get as thrilled as I wish he would about my craft. Oh, he'll make things for me and the craft room. And he will sit patiently while I go on and on about this and that ~ but he says he just does not understand how I can put time into something that eventually get's thrown in a drawer. And my response to that is "yes. It get's thrown in a drawer and not tossed in the trash. That's the difference between a handmade card and a store bought one". Am I not true? How many of you have tossed store bought cards but not handmade ones? My point exactly!

Ok, now to the card.

Of course I could not make the pink and brown girly card I'm used to making. I wanted something "manly" so I pulled out my Classic Pickups, Lovely as a Tree and Watercolor Minis to make this card.

First the card base is Creamy Caramel. I used some DP from RAK's that I've received to layer with Summer Sun. I made the photo corners from scraps.

For the picture I stamped the truck and trees. I used the little dots (don't know what type of flower it is) from the Watercolor Minis set. I stamped them in Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Summer Sun to make it look a little like fall. I then used my pencils to color the ground and I was done.



I wanted to make a thank you card for my daughter to give to her friends thanking them for taking her to Florida. What better scene could I use than a beach scene? I've had this stamp for years and I don't think I've ever used it! Can any of your relate to that ;)

The stamp is from Inkadinkadoo. I stamped it and colored it in with my prismacolor pencils. I have always liked to color with pencils, but my new prismacolor pencils are my favorites!!!

The base card is Chocolate Chip and I layered that with paper from the Berry Bliss collection. After I colored the scene with pencils I sponged Close to Cocoa ink all around the edges. I then added that to another piece of DP, tore the bottom edge and sponged that also. I used the word "thanks" from my TAC™ Trendy Greetings set and stamped that with Close to Cocoa and layered that in the bottom corner with scraps and I was done!


I need to make a couple more thank you cards and I wanted to use the dollar stamps that I picked up at Joann's the other day. I thought that this little dog was so goofy looking I had to get him ~ besides, he was only a $1.00!!

The base card is Real Red and I used TAC™ Cha Cha DP. I thought that looked good together. I stamped the image and colored it in with pencils. I then sponged Only Orange around the edges before I layered it on to Pumpkin Pie and Certainly Celery cs. I layered the DP on to a piece of Pumpkin Pie, and added to large eyelets and some ribbon to the edge of that panel. Once I adhered that I knew it needed something else. I then took another piece of DP to the bottom and cut it with my scissors (yes, I have scissors that cut those scallops - they are from Provo Craft) and punched the holes with my crop-a-dile. I layered that along the bottom edge added the saying and I was through. They are in the mail today!

Thanks everyone for being patient with me and my sporadic posting. Things are a little bit back to normal now so I should be back to my regular posting. Thanks for sticking with me.

Have a super great day!