I Brake for Riley's Birthday!

Hello and happy Saturday!

I hope you're all doing well and staying healthy!

Today I'm sharing my niece's birthday card.  She'll be 20 on Tuesday. She can't hang out with her friends so my sister is planning a surprise drive by parade for her.

I used an image from Southwest Plate #4.

I would have loved to have glammed this card up with a belt buckle and twine and some metal studs but right now I have to keep my cards one layer and lightweight so I can mail them from home. Anything that too thick or bumpy can't be machined and I'm avoiding the post office right now.  I asked my sister if Riley has a favorite color.  She said not really but probably green.  She said she she also loves kids, a shopping cart would work (she's working at a grocery store while going to college) and she loves country music!  Finally, something I could work with! lol!  I even found paper in my stash that said Country Music on it!

Horse Shoes for Father's Day

Hello and happy Monday!

Today I'm sharing a long overdue card.  I meant to post this when it was actually NEAR Father's Day and somehow it got lost in the shuffle. 

My friend requested a card with a "horse shoes" theme. Not having any stamps for that I decided to print something off the internet and go with a country western theme.

I Brake For Cute Christmas Cows!

Hello and happy Saturday!

I've made some pretty Christmas cards lately so this time I wanted to do something a little "cutesy."

I Brake For Stamps has tons of both elegant and funny Christmas stamps!

I just love Tina Mae for so many reasons.  When I saw this hilarious Christmas verse I just knew I wanted to use them together.  The sentiment is called Udderly Wonderful Christmas.

 Here's a close up of Tina Mae.

 Isn't she sweet??  Her santa hat was made using a Quickutz die.

The frame for the verse was cut with a Papertrey Ink die.

On the inside I used the verse May the Warmth.

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I Brake For Cowboys!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing another Christmas card with you.

This one features the image COWBOY CHRISTMAS.

This is a great image if you're looking for a quick card.  As detailed as this stamp is the majority of it is to be left white since it's snow covered.  There isn't a whole lot to be colored so you could knock out a bunch of them quickly.

I love those mountains in the background.

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Old Country Ford

Hello everyone! 

Tomorrow is my mom's boyfriend's birthday and I made him a card I just know he's going to love.

 He's had a lifelong love of FORDs, owns a Ford dealership and has a special fondness for the old trucks.  I know the card has a little bit of a Fall feel to it but based on his love of Fords I just had to use this image.  It's an old, retired PSX stamp.  Although he's very cultured, he's a country boy at heart which is why I chose this paper.

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I Brake For Cowboy Boots!

Hello and Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I'm sharing a western themed image with you.

This stamp is called COWBOY BOOTS.

Although my sister's birthday isn't until August I may set this aside for her.  She LOVES the western theme.  I know she'd love these boots and hat.  Inside I used a birthday verse from EVERY DAY PHRASES.

Here's a close up of the fantastic image.

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Happy Bird-day! from Art Impressions and Birdie

Hello Ai Fans! 

Today I'm sharing a birthday card with you.

I'm following this week's challenge at Ai...FLORAL FRENZY. (use 5 or more flowers)

My card features one of the images from the Art Impressions Bird-Brains line.

This cutie is called Birthday Birdie.

The verse is from the Girlfriends line and is called Party On.

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On the inside I used the verse

 Happy Bird-day (Sku#G1864).

  

My ribbon is Jute Burlap package of 4 from the Paper Studio but I couldn't find a link for you online.

Birthday Birdie (Sku#U1863)	Party on (Sku#F4138)	Happy Bird-day (Sku#G1864)	Brights 3D Paper Flower Assortment: the Paper Studio	Copic markers
Spellbinders Standard Circles

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Check us out!!

Hello Ai fans!! 

This week's Art Impressions challenge is CHECK US OUT!!  We want you to use plaid, checked, gingham paper or stamp patterns etc!

I chose to use designer paper with a gingham and plaid pattern.

I used 3 different Ai stamps on my card.  The main image on the front is Scratch. ( Scratch (Sku#T1833), Sm. Scratch (Sku#I1868)

My card is a birthday card for my brother-in-law.

Inside I used Chick Magnet (Sku#F1859) and Bird Tracks (Sku#G1838).

Brenda & Joe... 3rd times the charm

Here's card #3 of my Brenda & Joe series. This one is a birthday card. I played off of Joe's denim shirt and cowboy hat for this one. The background paper is denim jeans and the bottom portion is "burlap" paper. I used denim, red trimmed ribbon to separate the two papers. There are also two different kinds of twine ribbon/rope and a brown and cream gingham ribbon. The hat is made of wood and the other 3 corners of the photo were done with tacks that I trimmed the pin part off of. The image is colored with pencils and regular brush tip markers. The background behind them was sponged with creamy brown and chestnut roan chalk inks. The inside phrase is from Art Impressions and reads Hey pardner! Here's hopin' you have a rip roarin', knee slappin' , toe tappin, brond bustin', two steppin', boot scootin' BIRTHDAY!

Tonight is the Mother/Son picnic at Dominick's school. Right now it's been raining since last night. We're hoping it will stop long enough for us to have our night but it doesn't look very good. Hopefully I'll have some pictures to show you.