I have some fun and exciting news to share today. I was asked to be a STAR in the Stars in Their Eyes contest for the Scrappin’ Patch. I was soooooo excited when Rebecca asked me to participate and have such a hard time keeping quiet until now.
You can find out all the details of the contest at the Scrappin’ Patch blog. Enter a project inspired by my crafting style for a chance to win.
Did I mention that I was excited?
I hope you will stop by the Scrappin’ Patch blog and join in the fun.
I found a little bit of time to craft on Saturday and was inspired by all the wonderful patriotic cards that I saw on the Operation Write Home (OWH) blog hop. I decided to make a card to put in my box to send to OWH.
This cute teddy bear is from the “Sending you Luv” digi stamp set from Whimsy & Stars Studio. I decided to keep my card relatively flat and easy to mail so that it would be easier for the OWH recipient to mail it.
I printed this teddy 3 times. I colored the first one all except for the heart. On the 2nd one, I cut out the heart (outside the edges of the heart), covered it with washi tape and then trimmed it right outside the lines. I also used my thickest embossing stylist on the back side to give it some dimension. On the final copy, I colored his paws, cut them out and layered them on the heart.
Thank you to every one to every one who has served our country. I am thinking of those we have lost and their families today.
Happy Memorial Day! Thank you for stopping by!
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I just have a quick card to share with you today. It is my daughter's fencing coach’s birthday and I wanted to make him card with a fencing image. Well, let me tell you, that is much easier said than done. I couldn’t find any digital stamps so I looked for clip art. I didn’t really feel inspired by any of the free domain clip art I could find. I finally settled on using a free SVG file that I found.
I had a really hard time putting this card together and I’m not really satisfied, but I’m out of time so I had to go with it. IRL the button more closely matches the color of the polka dot paper. There is a simply “Happy Birthday” message on the inside.
When I first showed the card to my hubby, he said, that fencer had terrible form. True, but I have to work with what was available. Here is a look at a proper fencing lunge.
Thanks for stopping by! I have to finish messing around on-line and get my card in the envelope. Have a great weekend!
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Thank you to every one that stopped by my blog, Rebecca’s blog or visited the Wings & Willows shop. Also, thank you to Rebecca for introducing me to her adorable images and sponsoring the give away on my blog.
So, with out further delay, the winner of a Wings & Willow digi image of their choice is….
(Insert drumroll here.)
Cathy said her favorite Wings & Willows image is Rainy Day.
Congratulations! Email me at shestamps11-blogs(at)yahoo(dot)com with the name of your favorite Wings & Willows image and I will forward your information to Rebecca.
Don’t forget that you can still buy 3 digis, get one free until June 15th! (Use code SPR1)
Rebecca is adding new summer digis and they are CUTE! I’m hoping that I will have a chance to chill out like this flamingo during the upcoming holiday weekend.
Thank you for stopping by! Have a great weekend!
This week I made a gift card holder to give a Starbucks GC to a friend. I used Coffee Girl by Whimsy & Stars Studio and the Papertrey gift card die.
I love the big coffee cup she is holding. The last few mornings I could have used a coffee cup that big. The problem is that I don’t drink plain coffee. I love Café Mocha’s. I wonder how many Weight Watchers points a mocha that size would be? I would probably have to live on my treadmill for the rest of the week…
Did you notice her red hair? I think I mentioned before that I seem to usually color hair blonde. I decided to step outside my comfort zone and give a red head a try. The one you see here is attempt number seven. Good thing I finally got one that was acceptable because I was running out of crafting time.
Thank you to every one that has sent get well wishes to my dog, Summer. She still isn’t fully recovered by she is doing much better. She is still having issues with her balance but she is not falling all over the place any more.
I hope you have a great week! Thank you for stopping by!
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Don’t forget you still have a few days to join in the drawing from a free image of your choice from Wings & Willows. You can find all the details on my post here.
Hello and Happy Thursday!
Today I have a card made with Rosie from Whimsy & Stars Studio. Did you get her when she was a available for download on Facebook? If not, you might want to join the Whimsy & Stars Studio group on Facebook. You can join here so you don’t miss out on any future freebies. If you missed her, she is now available for purchase in the shop.
Rosie is so pretty! I had to use the sentiment that came in the paper pad I used. It says “True beauty lies within. I know that yours will shine so brilliant it will be blinding.” I just love it!
Here is a look at Rosie before I started coloring and paper piecing.
Thank you to every one that sent well wishes to my dog, Summer. She is still having issues with her balance but she seems in good spirits. She still wants to go off to exploring scents in the yard and be the center of attention even though she is dizzy, nauseous, looses her balance easily and falls down a lot. We have our fingers that this all passes soon and she will be back to her usual self.
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