Sadly goodbye to Club Anya ..... MEET BABY MIRTA!!!

My guest DT with Club Anya is over... I have LOVED being a part of this fabulous team of ladies, and leaving the team is very sad for me. I have become addicted to this Greeting farm images, and all though I will not be a part of the team... they can't keep me from playing with them! I still plan on working as much as I can with this great group, and I know my GF images will be inked often as I just love working with them. Jessica.. the club VP asked me to make a farewell card. So I inked up Anya Shine as it is summer time -

Anya is colored with my Copics and then high lighted with my white gel pen. I cut her out with my Fiskar's craft knife. Do you just love those flip flops or what?

The base is a dark brown card stock, then a pink core'dinations card stock that I distressed the edges. That pattern paper is just wonderful! It is from Paper Trunk and is called Maybe Baby...just love that name! I used a Martha Stewarts wave punch on green card stock and then the same brown, and then cut the pattern just enough for the borders to slide under. I sewed everything together with pink thread. OH and I distressed the pattern paper as well. I added some buttons for some added fun...

Cuz "GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN!" another of my Cloud 9 epoxy stickers, on pink card stock then matted on a scrap of the dark brown.

Thank you again Jessica.. and everyone at Greeting Farm and Club Anya for my time with Club Anya.. it was short, seems like a blink of an eye, but I loved it! Thanks so much!

Now before I cry... would you like to meet Mirta? Who is Mirta you ask?

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MIRTA IS VICKI'S BRAND NEW BABY GIRL!!!!!!!!

( Do you know how hard that was to hold to the end of the post LOL)

Her "full" registered name is "Ranchito de Crossback Mirtas Secret". The Ranchito de Crossback is our "ranch" name - all babies born here have that in their name. Mirta.. that is a name we have been saving for a special little girl. We have a taco house nearby, that Hubby gets his breakfast every morning on his way to work, the owner's name is Mirta... a very sweet funny lady and I have loved her name since hearing it. I am sure all of the locals are going to get a hoot out of it as soon as they hear what we named her. And then the Secret part... well you see Vicki is a Rolls Royce I guess you would say. She has a blue ribbon pedigree, both her father and her grandfather were show ring champions. And her father has the secret as part of their name. Her father is "It's a Secret" she is "Victoria's Secret" so now to follow our Spanish named babies... we have "Mirta's Secret"

She was born about 5:30 am and these photos she is still wet.. Vicki is doing so wonderfully. She birthed her all own her own. I was out with her 3 times during the night, the last time around 4:30 am came in and then when Hubby went our just before 6 am the baby was standing in the pen with Mom cleaning her all up. I am so proud of Vicki!! Well heck pretty darn proud of Raffi as well... another little girl! And we are not for sure about the coloring yet, they always look darker when wet... but WOW she seems like she has the dark spots like her Mom... I'll have lots more photos on Saturday.. pretty photos with her fuzzy clean and most important dry fur! Let me tell you... I will sleep good tonight!

HUGS from a very tired... but VERY Happy "Momma" and

YOU WANNA WALK THE PLANK?

Well you might if you could get this new set at the end of it! Take a look at this sneak peek "Matey"! Well I love all of this months new releases from The Greeting Farm.. but this set Matey is my favorite! I think it is that soft spot I have for that cutie Captain Jack ;0) - But seriously this is a whole set of stamps that are all wonderful - me.. for my card just pulled out the Captain!I have colored with my Copics and then cut him out with my Fiskar's kraft knife. I even made his face just a bit dirty as do you really know a pirate that is clean?Man I am going to have to spend a whole day cleaning up my crafting area... first yesterday's Surfer Ian's wave paper - then when working on today's card I literally pulled everything off the shelves looking for this paper - I knew I had purchased this 7 gypsies pirate/treasure map paper - I had always thought I would make a scrapbook page about my nieces and Hubby's love of the Pirate movies - they do quotes to each other all the time - oh well I don't really scrapbook hardly any so ... the paper had a higher calling!

Because the paper was just so perfect I really didn't want to cover to much of it up - There is two pieces here the treasure map - then I cut the border off of a second piece, in person you can tell that is a large black ribbon across the middle above the cross bones. I added the four pieces of jewelery spacers with gold brads - and then one extra gold brad for the Captain's ear ring. I then doodled the edges with my Sakura Glaze pen. I also decorated the inside with scraps of the paper... duh forgot to take a photo of it.


You just must visit the Club Anya Blog and see some of the others Matey cards - and visit the DT for even more! There is a Virtual Stamping "Luau" is all set to begin at 8pm CST! We look forward to seeing all of you on the PCP page and Club Blog too for your official release and contest winners info.


Well that is it for me today ... running out the door - Vicki looks like she is wanting to wait until the weekend... so I am going to run a few errands as quick as I can this morning - I'll be back later to do my visiting -

HUGS and-

Hangin 10 with Surfer Ian!

Yes, today is day two of sneak peeks from The Greeting Farm and Club Anya! And today we are out in the ocean Hangin 10 Dude! Meet Surfer Ian - he is a dreamy or what?

Now when I saw Surfer Ian I knew I had this one piece of paper - and was so excited about using it! How perfect is it!!! But then panic set in - if I cut it to put it on a card I don't think the "wave" would look like a wave anymore - just wouldn't have the feel.... So I stared at it for a few days - now that really didn't help but I just couldn't cut the paper up. Just about when I was getting to a point where I could wait no more - I looked up and saw this file box sitting on my shelf. I have used this box to hold misc. stamps that I don't use very often. I have been cleaning out these boxes and giving them away and putting all my stamps in my plastic boxes. Well I have one box left - this one. The pattern paper was just a bit to large... but WOW there was my wave box. So I put this together and once done was so happy I hadn't cut that paper! Now what it will be used for now I don't know, I may give it to my nephew - I don't make many "boy" things -
It was hard to not put lots of embellishments on this - but I kept telling myself that it was for a guy - and that the wave and Surfer Ian was the focus. I used a really cool metal ribbon for the bottom border - On the lid there is dark blue card stock - that I punched the bottom with a scalloped border, the ribbon reads "wish you were here" then I cut out the Words "Hangin' 10 Dude" with my Slice and the new Teen cartridge. I was dying to put some big Hawaiian flowers and stuff on it but Hubby stopped me and said no.... LOL

You just must visit Club Anya and see some of the other DT's Handsome Surfer Ian... REALLY CUTE! And pop back tomorrow here... one more Sneak peek and I just LOVE this one - I soooo wish I could give you a hint today - but I would get my hand slapped LOL... so just come back please!!!

Air Conditioner update...wasn't good news... yep we need a new unit, inside and out - sigh! Told Hubby I may have to have a Craft Sell and clean out my stuff to help out with the cost! I am not going to craft without A/C... much less sleep - Thing is he didn't laugh when I said that, I am just going to let "the joke" go right now, as I was kidding... LOL!

Donkey update: Vicki is still very wide.. so we wait for her, Lacey and Cali are doing wonderful! She is an adorable little one and just too sweet. And Rosie is doing SO much better this week, the meds are working again! We took in Alfalfa last night for that pen, she was feeling so much better and happy to see the bag of fresh green alfalfa that she spun around bucking and snorting until Dad got it out for them - was thrilling to see!

Hope you have a great Wednesday -

HUGS and-

Another Spoon Full of Sneak Peak HULA!

Seems like Tuesday's have been sneak peek day lately - and so again today my Spoon Full of Sugar is a chance to see an new image! Today it is The Greeting Farm's new Anya... HULA ANYA!!! Just in time for a Summer Luau... I love her! What do you think?

I hear tropical music, waves and am looking for a palm tree and a beach!!

I have colored her with my Copics - and then doodled around her.

Ok, now what do you think of the pattern papers? You are gonna love this... they are from The Greeting Farm! Yes, they are now making paper! And this is a collection of really YUMMY patterns that are heavy double sided paper! These two papers are from the first collection that has been released and the second collection is already coming!

Now for my card - you are probably wondering what the challenge is for Spoon Full of Sugar this week - well it is all Buttoned up! Buttons! And for me and Hula Anya... we found some gorgeous Mother of Pearl buttons!

For my flowers, I just couldn't find any that were the right colors and were perfect for Hula Anya... so I pulled out 4 white flowers, and sprayed them with my Copics and my air compressor. Took lots of ink cuz I wanted them to be really rich and dark, but oh I think it was so worth it!
Sorry today doesn't have all my steps... I am running so late - the air conditioner man is on his way... yep... no air - and that is a tragedy in Texas... I have been dying here. We got it to work for a while last night to cool it off a bit to sleep, but it already is acting up again this morning - so happy he said he could come first thing it is suppose to be 98 today!

Ok so please do make sure you visit all of the Club Anya Design Team (on my side bar) to see all of the wonderful sneak peeks of Hula Anya... and she has a friend that will be visiting for a sneak tomorrow... wink wink...

And then also make sure to visit A Spoon Full of Sugar - Lots of adorable Button creations that are just wonderful to see - and a great prize up for grabs!

Have a great Tuesday -

HUGS and-

A Spoon Full of "Sneak Peek"!!!

Today's card is a two-fer... yes - My Spoon Full of Sugar Card is also a super early sneak peek! The theme for Spoon this week is Blue and Green!

A VERY special sneak peek for you today from Club Anya and The Greeting Farm...a BRAND NEW Miss Anya set is going to be released on the 15th of this month! How exciting is that???

Even better? ONE lucky winner is going to receive this stamp set when the contest ends on Thursday evening. The WINNER will be announced THIS Friday, May 1st..that's almost TWO whole weeks before the actual release by the time the mailman delivers it!!!

All you have to do is play along with our little game this week! Head on over to the Club Anya blog to THIS post to start the game and to go over the official rules:

You will need to stop by certain Team Member's blogs on certain days to be given a series of clues. The official schedule is posted on the Club Anya blog. Each team member will be giving you a special sneak peek of this ADORABLE new set, and a clue for you, in the form of a letter in the alphabet.

Once you have collected ALL FOUR clues, you will have to DE SCRAMBLE the letters to form a word. Once you guess what the word is, you will have until Thursday, April 30th, 2009 at 8pm CST to email Jessica with your guess. At that time, all of the correct guesses will be entered into a contest to WIN the BRAND NEW MISS ANYA SET!!!

I just love these new images, they Are so cute! For mine I had just received a new paper stack from K&Company, inside was this great new shower paper, just perfect for this new image! The umbrella's are also part of the stack, I just cut them out of the paper. Her coat and all of the umbrellas are covered with dimensional glaze. My sentiment is from Hero Arts. I hope you like my sneak peek, and now you need to run over to Club Anya for more details, make sure to check out the other DT hints this week and win some prizes!

(so did you pick up my clue letter?)

You also need to see the wonderful Green and Blue cards from the DT at Spoon Full of Sugar! Wow these girls blow me away each week, cute cards!! And this week another great prize from Alota Rubber Stamps!!

Hope you have a great Tuesday!

HUGS and-

This guy is smokin hot!

he he he... sorry couldn't resist that title - How cute is this sneak peek of "Rescue Ian"from Greeting Farm? Just a shame he couldn't clean up before making an appearance on my birthday card - but he is still a hottie -

I colored Ian with my Copics, and including his smoke and soot - I then cut him out. The brick wall background is from Magnolia - I just colored in shades of grey my first time I was doing a brick red color, but it was just too dark and too much red - Now I needed a ladder... can you believe I don't have a ladder stamp??? (insert shock face here!) so I just cut one out of a scrap of brown card stock, then sanded to distress it - a fireman's ladder would be worn and used.
The pattern papers is the front and backside of a K I Memories paper. I doodled the edge of the yellow side, Matted the wall and sentiment with scrap red and put it all together. The sentiment is typed out from my electronic label maker. I added a button and small piece of ribbon to the corner that seemed empty.

Then I just had to have some fun.... I don't know where I came up with this but I used some scraps in the inside of the card - doodled and to continue the front "Just In Case..." Sentiment, I typed out and added to the inside "The Candles Get Out of Control - Happy Birthday!" LOL

Now don't forget tonight is the Club Anya Blog Hop!
Now it is time to check out the other DT girls sneak peeks -

They have been stunning all week!!!
Jacquie Peifer
Jessica Diedrich, Club VP/DT Coordinator '

Janna Hull
Kristine Moldenhauer Biseth
Traci Porter

Official rules can be found here! And don't forget there are some awesome prizes as well!

Hope you have a great Wednesday - me.. working this morning - then going to have lunch with some old friends I haven't seen in a while - and this group... well I am sure to be laughing the entire time :0)

HUGS and-

A Spoon Full of Sugar and a Sneak Peek of Showtime!

Yes, today is a two card day! Sorry if this one is a bit longer, but I have two pieces of "business"

First is my Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge card - For our Challenge this week we would like to see you create a card or project using Die cuts or Punches.

I dusted off a Hanglar image for this week. My papers are all from SEI Mimosa collection, and I just loved all the citrus colors... so I colored her in the same colors with my Copics, matted with papers from the collection. All the papers are sewed down with zig zag and straight stitches and a peach colored thread.


For my die cuts for the challenges, I pulled out my Making Memories Slice and cut out the word "friends" and the the flower, once in green and then again in the dark peach color, then layered them. After I put the card all together I didn't think you could see the word well enough so I used my white gel pen... uh oh.. don't like that but it was already very glued down - live and learn.

I hope you will join in this week... common we use die cuts and punches on our cards all the time any way - why not get in on the prize that is offered this week! Go and check it out and all the other DT cards at the Spoon Full of Sugar Blog :)

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Now a drum roll for another Sneak Peek for Greeting Farm! And today it is "SHOWTIME!" How cute is this set???

There are lots of pieces to this Anya Set... but the main images are Circus Leader Anya, the elephant, the pop corn and the stars! I colored all the pieces with my Copics, I used a black glaze pen for Anya... so she would shine! I cut everything out including the sentiment "Your Turn to Shine" Then I set up the tent! I used a piece of Sassafrass Lass paper, that is all that is as the background including the scalloped bottom. I traced the scallops onto a piece of scrap red card stock for the top.

And then attached the top, with the stars stamped across it, to the card with pop dots, Anya was also attached with pop dots so she could stand out front, center ring ya know?

I doodled around everything with my white gel pen, then added gold stickles to the stars - this on really made me happy! It was so fun... again I love these Anya sets, they are so much like playing with paper dolls!

One more sneak peek tomorrow and then tomorrow night is the big BLOG HOP!!! Make sure to hop around today and see all the other great Club Anya DT sneaks... and then get ready to make your list of wants - this release has some really cute ones! LOL again ;0)

Have a great Tuesday... me I am sticking around the house today working on a few projects - FYI... Rosie is feeling much better today!

HUGS and-

Wild West Anya... Sneak Peek!

A Sneak Peek.. of "Wild West Anya"!! I Love Sheriff Ian from Greeting Farm... and now there is a Western Cowgirl Anya!!! I just love her! Why is it I always color my western woman cards with pink and brown? I went back and looked at some.. all brands of stamps, but they are mostly all pink and brown... guess to me that is a country girl color combo. I mean common how can you resist a pink cowboy hat and pink boots!

Anya is colored with my Copics, and then doodled on the edges and inked for just a bit of shading.

For my card base I used Coredinations dark brown card stock that I sanded to give it that distressed worn look. I then used a pink pattern paper scrap that has a very light line brown pattern in it. The edge is punched with a Martha Stewart Valentine border punch. I don't know the maker.. a scrap from a long time ago, as is the brown stripe behind Anya. I was going to stamp some flourishes and then remembered this My Minds Eye Transparency, again it has been in my stash for years! It was just a bit to small to use as is, so I cut it diagonally. I kind of like that it isn't a full rectangle, and has the breaks in it. The sentiment from Hero Arts is stamped onto a K&Co. name card, and then I added three Prima flowers with Dew Drop centers.

Well Yee Haw.. I am really liking this card! I hope you liked it too - there are more sneak peeks on the other Club Anya DT blogs today... other images too wink wink hint hint... And tomorrow there will be another sneak peek day.. again on Wednesday!! OOHOOOH and on Wednesday there is a blog hop that evening... So this week there is lots of Greeting Farm - Club Anya fun!!

There is a LOT of excitement in store these next few days...hope you'll join us for the fun! And don't forget the other Dt's blogs....
Jacquie Peifer

Janna Hull

Kristine Moldenhauer Biseth

Traci Porter

HUGS and have a GREAT MONDAY!

2 Cards for Tuesday!

Yes today I have two cards to share...

First it is Tuesday and that means it is time for A Spoon Full of Sugar!! And let me tell you I really enjoyed this challenge! I just love DT member LIM's cards and this week she shared a sketch for us to all play with!!

For my card today I had just gotten my Magnolia Spring kit... which really confused me, I haven't gotten the past two kits hmmm?? I emailed a million times trying to find out why and then decided that oh well I guess I just need to give up and not worry with them anymore. And then what arrived in the mail? Yep the next kit - I started to send it back, then decided it wasn't worth the trouble and besides they were awful cute.

For my card I used K &Company Classic K paper collection. You can't tell in this photo but the dot pattern that I used as the back paper, has a dark rose dot... that is where I got my colors for Tilda from. She is colored with my Copics, the background I used E53 Raw Silk and just went the same way vertical over and over... I think it give a linen look for the background to her. I cut her with my Nestibilities circle and then out of one of the pattern papers I cut a matching scallop. I high lighted her and gel pen stitched the edge with a white gel pen.

I followed the sketch and picked the patterns and the base. I inked the edges of all the pieces, and matted some of them. After putting all the pieces together I added dew drops for the "spots" that are part of the sketch. Prima flowers on the bottom corner, and a ancient sticker from my stash for the sentiment. This sketch looks like a lot - but wow just following it I think makes one fabulous card! Please do take the time to pop over to A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge and see all of the really gorgeous cards the DT put together and then get the sketch and take part yourself! A great prize again this week!

And now the card I just had to show off today!!! A sneak peak of one of the new Digi images from The Greeting Farm that will be available April 1st! No joke!

Meet Grad Ian! Is he one smart looking dude or what?

My Ian is colored with my Copics, and then cut out. The base of my card is black card stock with a piece of scrap yellow as a partial mat. The red dot scalloped paper is from Sassafrass Lass - love those scalloped bottoms. And then I just couldn't resist a piece of Karen Fosters grade school paper :) I punched the left side with a EK Success spiral punch. I tied a piece of gingham black and white ribbon around the center, and then typed out the sentiment with a label maker. Three vintage buttons from my Grandmother's button box and then white gel pen stitching around the edge finish off this card!

How perfect is this for a coming Graduation card? And if you don't have a gentleman graduating... don't worry Anya is a Grad too :) Do make sure to check out The Greeting Farm Site and see other sneak peeks and for more see the Club Anya Blog too!

Whew... that was a lot - I think I am going to go and get my bowl of Shredded mini wheat and visit a few blogs before I get busy -

Have a great day!

HUGS and-

Rockin' Rebels!!! Rockin' The Farm!!!

Ok, so we have a ROCKIN' REBEL CONTEST for you over at Club Anya! Be sure to stop by the Blog today to find out more about this wicked cool contest, and the PRIZE! Here are the rules:

1.) Your challenge is to create your FAVORITE ROCKSTAR out of any Anya or Ian stamp (you MUST use an Anya or Ian stamp for this contest). We can't wait to see what you come up with! Feel free to BREAK ALL THE RULES...you know, gender, mix-matching heads and bodies, clothes, hair...you know, that kind of thing! More than likely, the more you mix it up, the better!

2.) This will be a JUDGED contest. The DT, Marie and Jessica are looking forward to seeing ALL your awesome submissions and choosing a winner based on creativity and originality. We already know it's gonna be a TOUGH call!

3.) This contest will remain open until Friday, April 3nd, 2009 at 11:59 CST. All entries need to be uploaded to the Club Anya ROCKIN' REBEL gallery. Be sure to leave a comment on today's Club Anya post too, to let us know you played along! The winner will be announced on Saturday, April 4th on the Club Anya blog.

Good luck to all who enter and we cannot WAIT to see what you come up with.
Oh, you want a PRIZE, do you? hee hee of course you do! The winner of this contest will win ROCKSTAR ANYA & SHERIFF IAN!Rockstar Anya was the obvious choice but since we are BREAKING ALL THE RULES For this contest, we figure Sheriff can keep her in line! You know how those REBEL Rockstars get!!!





NOW I HAVE TO WARN YOU... I did not do the normal cute card for this challenge.... When I sat down to work on this project, I got really frustrated. As Hubby said - all of my favorite bands are plain looking guys - Journey, Stixs, Rush. None look really "fun" We then were going for some of my favorite songs and who sing them... I was going for a Gun's N' Roses Axel, Elvis, then it just got late and we got silly... we really came up with some funny ones and how to make them from the Anya and Ian images - Hubby said you know if you really want it to scream rock and roll and have lots to work with... do KISS - Gene Simmons - Well I am not a huge Kiss fan, they are ok - but, well it did give lots to work with!


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Pretty outrages huh? We laughed so hard last night I hurt! Very simple card really... I used black card stock, Making Memories dot letters, Thicker's metallic letters. White Gel Pen, Copic Markers, DCWV Black dot paper, scrap of red card stock.... ribbon for the tong ..... and fish lure sparkle eyes... LOL! this has to be the wildest card I have ever made! And I can't wait to see all of the cards for the contest! I had more fun making this, I hope you will put on your thinking caps and give it a try too!

Head bang your way over to the blog and check out some of the other DT cards and see what is going on!

I'll be back to cute cards now... LOL!

HUGS and

The Blog Hop is over and now you can see the entire card!

Sorry for so many post today.. it was just a party day wasn't it!

Wanted to share my "full" Card for today's Blog Hop for Club Anya! Oh and you must hop on over to all the DT cards! WOW!

I can't find the maker of the papers.. I thought I wrote it down and now I can't find it... I'll keep looking. I inked the edges, sewed down some of the papers, Martha Stewart Border Punched the edge of two of them. Found some great Chipboard words in my stash, and some sequin flowers.

But the main thing is the brand new just now for sale... The Greeting Farm Ballarina Anya... her and all of the other sneak peeks from this weekend are now available!

Hugs and thank for coming back to see the entire card! OH and I did choose the Winner of the Blog candy last night - winner was posted below a few post.

BLOG HOP with Greeting Farm!

It is Blog Hop time!!!! and my second post this morning! he he
I have never been a part of a "HOP" so this is all really exciting for me!
SO here is your clue ....




So make your way to the CLUB ANYA BLOG and TURN back around to Jacquie's blog if you're just getting started to pick up all 6 clues!



Club Anya March Blog Hop Official Rules:

If you are just starting out on my blog, be sure to back up to the Jacquie's blog, to officially start the hop and collect your clues along the way. The clues lie somewhere within your instructions on where to go next for this blog hop ;)

Once you are done "hopping" you should have 6 clues in total. You will then have until 11:59AM CST to email Jessica at yeahshestamps@gmail.com with all 6 clues and your guess as to what the new "Mystery" Anya is. Entries will not be accepted after 11:59 CST, as the new Anya will be revealed at Noon CST on the Club Anya Blog.

Three randomly chosen winners will be announced on the Club Anya blog on Sunday along with the winner of the sketch challenge.

Good Luck and get hoppin!

2 Greeting Farm Sneak Peeks and Donkey Libbie Day!

Warning... pull up a chair and get comfy... this one might end up lengthy! OH and I will be back tonight for my BLOG CANDY DRAWING! post is below this one now...


First the Business - This weekend is release weekend for The Greeting Farm and all the DT at Club Anya are sharing some Sneak Peeks of the new images that will be available Sunday Afternoon... We only have to show one today.. but I just couldn't decide which one to show so heck... I am gonna show you both!



I am just loving Baseball Ian.. Oh I love all the Ian's but you see I love Baseball - well to watch it.. LOL... And this little guy is just too cute for words if you ask me.





For my card - I started with a white base, layered with a blue card stock. Now I decided that this would make a great little boy's birthday card - and that to me is all kinds of outdoor toys. I used a piece of the K&Company paper from the new Cut -n- Paste Collection, using the bike for the background then my circle punch to pop out a couple of the "toys" from the pattern paper. The dots and the sentiment are also from the same paper - and the felt birthday is out of my stash. I added some fun red & white ribbon, cut Baseball Ian out (BTW he is colored with Copics)and well I think it is just plain fun!

And how perfect is Easter Anya?? Oh my she is so cute - Look at the expression on her face! She is loving Easter Egg hunting isn't she? Or is she hiding? Whatever... she is cute! She is colored with my Copics as well, the matted and sewed down.


The base is a yellow card stock and then all the pattern papers are a gorgeous shimmery papers from Reminisce. Wonderful Easter colors and fun too. I matted each piece and sewed down. The sentiment is wonderful, I purchased it to go with my Happy Hoppers Stamps, but I thought it just went well to not use it. I then added some Michael's Bridal Flowers with jewelry spacers and mini brads.

You just have to check out the Club Anya Blog and see some of the other DT work.. from there you can click to see all the great sneak peeks!




OK ITS IS DONKEY / LIBBIE TIME!




First I just have to warn you the photos today are not great... it was cloudy, cold and drizzling - yuck! I didn't spend much time out there.. and in fact Raffie and Patti didn't want to come out at all! Smart Donkeys!



The girls here Victoria, Lacey and Ellie Mae were just making their way out of the barn - really didn't want to but I think the new round bales we put in the pens were calling them... You can see here that both Victoria and Lacey are pretty far along.. I think Vicky (white/black spot) is racing to be our first Momma this year!

Cocoa (my standard girl) was already out eating her breakfast. She is very skittish.. caution is her middle name. I think she was not treated well before we purchased her - But she loves to have her photo taken. She almost poses for me - It is hard to see here but her fur is all puffed up to protect her from the cold wind and rain.

Now this pen... they got a new bale last night too... Hmmm I took this early this morning, but that is the same place I left them last night... must be a really good bale huh?


Libbie was having a hard time posing and sitting still for me this morning. You see Gato (the cat) was playing with a ball behind me - and it was killing Libbie to not run over there and get it from her. Look at that face!!

She is starting to get into that teenage look, in fact this week one of her ears fell. I don't know if they are both going to do it, or if as she gets bigger and out of this stage it will perk back up, but it does give her a cute expression. Her ears have grown, as has her legs, she eats like a horse.. or donkey.. so I think there are going to be a lot of changes coming. But no matter what stage she is pretty cute. I tell her she is a very wasteful dog... she just waste cute all the time!

Whew... told you it was gonna be a long one! Come back early in the morning cuz Club Anya is having a blog hop.. guess what the image is and your name goes in the hat for a free image. Plus it is also Magnolia Vs. Stampavie day - hint.. another longer post.

HUGS and have a great Saturday!