Happy Birthday Lily!

Mornin' hens!  This little card is for my SUH-WEET little grand dog Lily! The DH and I just love her to bits!  When Lil' Chick comes home to visit, we ask "Are you bringing Lily?" and then let out a big sigh when the answer is "No".  The DH tells Lil Chick, "Go back home and get her!"  LOL!  The little baby is a whopping 4 years old!  Wowzers!  Where does the time go! Anyhoo, I made this little card for her big day.  This image is from Stamps by Judith.  I colored the image with my Copics and paper pieced the image onto this DP from October Afternoon.  The little gift tag did read "For My Favorite Human" but I blocked off human and wrote in Grand Dog!  Tee-hee!  I rounded the bottom of the vertical piece by sliding the paper through the punch upside down to cut only one side.  I stitched around the edges of all pieces and then tied this mint green grosgrain ribbon into a cute bubbly bow.  Have a great day!  {{{hen hugs}}}

Here's the inside!  LOL!

Supplies:

Stamps - Stamps by Judith; Copics; CS - Yellow and White; Grosgrain Ribbon - Papertrey Ink; Punches - Marvy and Stampin' Up

Happy Mother's Day to my FMIL!

Mornin' hens! What's a FMIL you ask?  Well that's my nickname for my Favorite Mother In Law!  Tee-hee!  I call her my FMIL and she calls me her FDIL!  LOL!  I really do have the BESTEST MIL ever!  She's such a blessing to me and has the BIGGEST heart.  Love you bunches Midgee!! I hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day!  

I thought this would be a cute card for her since my DH was a bit of a booger as a kid so I thought she'd get a kick out of this image.  Looks like something my DH would do. LOL! I can just see him pulling up flowers from a flower bed to give to his mom.  (snort!) Ok, so this image is "Guilty Jack" from Ladybug Crafts Ink.  Kerry currently has this stamp on sale at 70% off!  Get 'em while they last!  I stamped Jack onto some SU Very Vanilla and then colored him with my Copics.  I cut him out with my circle Nestabilities and matted him with scalloped my Nestabilities using SU Cherry Cobbler CS.  I stitched the DP from My Minds Eye (On the Sunny Side) to some SU Very Vanilla and then tied on this crocheted ribbon.  To finish I printed this sentiment and punched it out with my tiny tag punch.  Have a great day!  {{{hen hugs}}}

  

Supplies:

Stamp - Ladybug Crafts Ink; Copics; DP - My Minds Eye (On the Sunny Side); Crocheted Ribbon - SU; Nestabilities; Tag Punch - Martha Stewart

With Sympathy...

I must admit, these cards are definitely not the cards I like to make, but I know it will bring a little smile to the person I'm sending it to.  This was a quick card but I think it turned out cute!  I stamped this Hero Arts' image onto some SU Whisper White CS, colored it with my Copics and then cut out the image.  I punched the white lace border with my Martha Stewart border punch and adhered it across the middle of the card.  I wrapped some baker's twine around the card and then threaded it through the image and button and tied it in a bow on top.  Oh, the card base is from Amuse.  These little notecards are so nice to have on hand for whipping up a quick card.   Have a great day!  {{{hen hugs}}}

Supplies:

Stamps - Hero Arts, Paper Smooches; Copics; Baker's Twine; Card - Amuse; Button; Punch - Martha Stewart

Mother's Day Card #1

Mornin' hens!  Are you hens ready for Mother's Day?  You know, it's only 2 weeks away!  If not, don't feel bad, I'm right there with you.  Although, I'm partially finished as I DO have my cards made at least, so that's a good thing!  Tee-hee!  This is my mother's card.  Yeah I know, she gets two cards back to back.  Lucky duck huh?  LOL!  This is another oldie but goodie pulled from my stamp stash.  This little image is from Motivet Stamps.  I'm such a sucker for CUTE STAMPS!  I stamped the image onto some SU Very Vanilla and colored the image with my Copics.  I cut the image out with my oval Nestabilities and then sponged the edges with some Distress Ink.  You can see a tutorial I did on this technique HERE.  The DP is from My Minds Eye (Darling Dear) and I stitched it to some SU Soft Suede.  I added a strip of crocheted lace and added the computer generated sentiment to the bottom.  (The insides reads, "I'd pick YOU!" Have a great day!  {{{hen hugs}}}

Supplies:

Stamps - Motivet Stamps; CS - SU Very Vanilla, Soft Suede and Sahara Sand; Copics; Nestabilities; Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Vintage Photo); Crocheted Trim; Glossy Accents

Happy Birthday Mom!

Hi'ya hens! I hope each of you had a relaxing weekend.  I spent yesterday in my hen house stamping!  Woot-woot!  Love those kinda days!  Anyway, I made this little card for my Mom's birthday.  This is an image from Elzybell's.  SO STINKIN' CUTE!  Sadly, Ella (the designer) no longer has these stamps for sell but I see now that she's teamed up with Penny Black and has several sets available through Penny Black now.  Woo-hoo!  You can see her sets HERE!  For this card, I stamped this image onto some SU Very Vanilla CS and colored the sheep with my Copics.  I stamped the image again onto some scrap white CS and paper pieced only the white fur onto the SU Very Vanilla image.  I stitched this DP from My Minds Eye (On the Sunny Side) to some SU Cherry Cobbler.  I finished with some Stickles in a few different colors and added a little gingham bow to complete the look.  Have a great day!  {{{hen hugs}}}

Supplies:
Stamps - Elzybells; Copics; CS - SU Very Vanilla & Cherry Cobbler; DP - My Minds Eye; Nestabilities; Stickles; Ribbon

Herd you were havin a birthday!

It's the weekend! And that's a BIG woo-hoo from me! Love, love, love the weekends..  I DO love when I can stay curled up in bed. This is a Maui Cows stamp that I just fell in love with. You hens know how much I love farm animals, right?  Ya know, here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo! {he-he}
Ok-ok, onto the card details... I colored my little heifers with my Prismacolor markers and tried to match this DP as best as I could. I cut them out with my Classic Oval Nestie and matted onto some scrap blue CS cut with my Scalloped Oval Nestie. I finished it off with some faux paper piercing and bright red grosgrain ribbon and there you have it. Nice, bright and cheery. Just perfect for a birthday card.

Supplies:

Rubber Stamp-Maui Cows; Nestibilities; CS-Georgia Pacific White & SU Basic Black

Happy Birthday Peyton!

Good morning hens!  Today is Peyton's FIRST birthday!  Woo-hoo!  Peyton is Cheryl's daughter (one of Lil Chick's bestest friends). She is such a cutie it's not funny! Her laugh is contagious and I could just squeeze those cheeks of hers all day!  What a doll baby she is!  Anyhoo, today is her BIG day and her birthday party is this weekend.  I can hardly wait!  Her party is a Minnie Mouse theme so I thought this card design would be perfect for the birthday girl.  I made the Minnie Mouse frame, the N and E using my Silhouette Cameo.  Then I just found a cute photo of Peyton, cut it a little smaller and adhered it inside the frame. The DP is from October Afternoon's Cakewalk and Report Card collections.  To finish, I added some sheer ribbon to make the Minnie Mouse look complete!  I think it turned out so cute, don't you?  Have a wonderful day!  {{{hen hugs}}}

Supplies: Silhouette Cameo; Border Punch - Fiskars Treading Water; DP - October Afternoon Cakewalk and Report Card; CS - SU Very Vanilla & Basic Black; Ribbon - Michael's

Mailing Tutorial

Mornin' hens!  Today I thought I'd share a little tutorial with you on how I mail my cards.  I've received a few questions in the past regarding packaging and mailing of my cards so I thought you might find this helpful.  Enjoy!

I purchase these clear boxes from Papertrey Ink.  Click HERE to be taken directly to the Clearly Creative Card Boxes page.

Born to be Riled!

Mornin' hens!  If you don't know it, I'm a HUGE Maxine fan!  OMG, she's SO ME! LOL!  So as I was perusing the internet and happened to stumble upon two Maxine stamp sets, I HAD to have them! I made this card for my sister's birthday and she loved it!  It's a super simple card but cute none the less. I just LOVE Floyd!  What a hoot he is.  Ok, I hope you hens have a good day!  

Edit: I bought my two sets several months ago but I just found them on sale at The Stamp Shack HERE!  These are the "Peel and Stick" packs.  They're designed to be used with the PSA Essentials stamper but I just use them with an acrylic block instead. 

Supplies: Stamps - PSA Essentials; CS - SU Very Vanilla & Real Red; DP - October Afternoon "Sidewalk"; Ribbon - PTI; Nestabilities; Corner Chomper

Some bunny loves you!

Mornin' hens and Happy Easter!  This is the Easter card I made for Lil' Chick and Doug!  I just love it and wow was it simple!  I started with a card base from Amuse.  I bought these a really long time ago so I'm not sure if you can still purchase them or not.  Anyway, they're super cute and make whipping up a card so quick and easy.  I stamped the little bunny image from Whipper Snapper Designs onto some Classic Crest CS and colored him with my Copics.  I cut him out and adhered him with a few dimensionals onto this paper doily.  Then to finish, I tied this polka dot ribbon into a cute little bow and stamped the sentiment onto a little tag. It just looks sweet doesn't it?  Ok, well that does it for me today! I hope you all have a blessed Easter with your friends and family!  

{{{hen hugs}}}  

Supplies:
Rubber Stamps - Whipper Snapper Designs, Verve (sentiment); Copics; Card Base - Amuse Stamps; CS - Classic Crest; Ribbon - Michaels; Paper Doily - Wilton

Happy Birthday Dad!

Mornin' hens!  Here's a little card I made for my Dad!  Today is his 78th birthday!  Woo-hoo! Love ya Dad!  This is another stamp I pulled from my Stamps by Judith stash!  Uh yup, I have LOTS of stamp stashes! Shhhhh!  LOL!  I stamped this little guy onto some Classic Crest CS and colored him with my Copics.  I actually masked off the third balloon as it did read, "TO ME!" and I wanted it to say "TO YOU" instead, so I drew TO YOU using my Prismacolor fine markers.  The tricky part to coloring this image was the overlapping of the balloons.  I had to use colors that would reflect what the two colors of balloons would look like if you could see through them.  I think I did pretty good huh?  Like anyone would ever notice such details, right?  Oh well, we do and that's all that matters!  Ok, so then I stitched the image onto some SU Basic Black CS and then added it to this DP from Cosmo Cricket that I stitched onto some SU Basic Black and then SU Real Red.  The card base is SU Soft Suede.  To finish this card up, I tied on this cute gingham ribbon and added a bow tied with linen thread on top!  I hope he likes it!!  Have a great day!  {{{hen hugs}}}

Here's the inside:

Supplies:
Rubber Stamps - Stamps by Judith; CS - SU Basic Black, SU Real Red and SU Soft Suede, Classic Crest White; Copics; Button; Linen Thread

Here comes Peter Cottontail...

 ...hopping down the bunny trail!!  Tee-hee!  Hi hens!  Did you all have a good weekend?  Mine was very relaxing and I spent most of the weekend in my coop!  Woot-woot!  So you KNOW it was a good weekend for me right?  LOL!  So here is one of the cards I made for Easter.  This stamp is from Stamps by Judith.  I have always loved this line of stamps.  It was one of the first lines I acquired when I first started stamping.  Guess you could say that's how I got "hooked on stamping!"  {{{snort}}}

Ok, so I started my card by stamping the image onto some SU Very Vanilla CS and colored him with my Copics.  I mounted the image on some SU Early Expresso and ran my tracing wheel around the edges.  I picked this technique up from one of my idols "Anna Wight".  She's so STINKIN CLEVER!!  Ok, so then I adhered the image to this DP from October Afternoon, matted with both SU Very Vanilla and SU Early Expresso.  The card base is SU Crumbcake.  To finish, I tied on a cute brick colored button with some linen thread and added this sentiment that I printed on my computer.  Have a great day!  {{{hen hugs}}}

Supplies: 
Rubber Stamps - Stamps by Judith; CS - SU Very Vanilla, Early Expresso and Crumbcake, Linen Thread; Button; Punch - Martha Stewart; Copics; Prismacolor Pencils