Happy Birthday Sis!

Mornin' hens!  Today is my sister's 57th birthday. Woot-woot!  She's taking the week off and she's out shopping all day today!  Lil' booger!  I'm SO jealous!  Anywhoo, I made her this little card using a TiddlyInks digital image that I bought awhile back.  I knew when I saw this image that I wanted to use it for my sister's birthday card. People tell us all the time that we look SO MUCH alike, so I think it fits us to a tee!  Ok, so I printed the image onto some Classic Crest CS and colored it with my Copics.  Then I stitched the image to some DP from October Afternoon's Cakewalk collection.  Next I stitched that to some SU card stock and using my Perfect Layers was able to trim the SU Riding Hood Red mat PERFECTLY on all sides.  I suppose that's why they call it the Perfect Layers tool huh?  I adhered the panel to some SU Very Vanilla CS, rounded the corners, and added a button, twine and tag to the front.  That's about it!  I hope you hens have a GREAT Monday!

Supplies: Digital Image TiddlyInks "Wryn & Emmy"; CS - SU Very Vanilla & Riding Hood Red; Perfect Layers; Copics; Twine. WeRMemory Keepers Corner Chomper; Button; Tag Die - Simon Says Stamps 

Happy Anniversary Babe!

Mornin' hens!  Today is my 30th anniversary with my DH.  Wow!  I can't believe it's been 30 years.  I must say, he's the bestest hubby a girl could ask for.  We started dating when I was in the 10th grade. I was crazy in love with him then, and I still am today!  Happy Anniversary Babe!

So here's the little card I made for him.  On a personal note, he absolutely hates mushy, wordy cards, so you have to keep his cards short and to the point.  LOL!  I started by embossing a piece of SU Very Vanilla CS with this cute Cuttlebug embossing folder and I also used my new Tim Holtz Embossing Diffuser plates.  The diffuser plate actually prevents a section of the embossing folder from embossing the CS.  I used the circle diffuser on this card.  Then I stamped this image from My Favorite Things into the un-embossed circle area.  I colored the image with my Copics and then the FUN began!  I love, love, love using Liquid Appliqué.  I can hardly wait for the stuff to dry so I can heat set it.  I know, I'm a little kid when it comes to this stuff, but I just love to watch it puff up.  Then I stamped the sentiment onto some scrap CS and adhered it to the front with a few pop dots.  To finish, I wrapped the card with some twine, added a wooden button and tied a bow to complete this simple clean design. I LOVE it!  I hope he does too! 

Supplies: Stamps - My Favorite Things; Cardstock - SU Very Vanilla; Copics; Wooden Button; Twine; Tim Holtz Embossing Diffuser Plates; Embossing Plate - Cuttlebug; We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper

Oh, and I just had to share this card with you that Lil' Chick and Doug gave us for our anniversary. OMG!  I'm still ROFL over this one.  What a hoot (or should I say toot!).

It fits us to a tee!  Seriously, that's me!  Chubby legs, crazy hair, and of course ARTSY! And then there's the DH, well...... you get the point!  Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Now let me tell you about my weekend.  Lil' Chick and Doug asked us to come over and they wanted to make us dinner for our anniversary.  Lil' Chick was SO excited about this.  So we show up and I couldn't believe what they had done for us.  Why on earth I didn't take more pictures is beyond me... but anyway, she had her dining table all decked out with her fine china, table cloth, cloth napkins to match and this GORGEOUS bouquet in the center.  She had tea light candles burning on the side.  I'm telling you it was just stunning.  She made a Caprese salad (my FAV!) for an appetizer and then we had sparkling cider to drink, out of champagne glasses.  LOVED it!  Then for the main course Doug grilled Filet Mignon, and we had a sweet potato, tossed salad and rolls!  SHUT UP!  Seriously, it WAS the BEST meal I ever ate!  That steak just melted in your mouth, it was that good! For dessert, she had a cake made with fresh strawberries inside and buttercream frosting.  She topped that with vanilla ice cream.  OMG!  I thought I had died and went to heaven!!  Everything was just perfect!  Then if that wasn't enough, she presented us with this HUGE wrapped box. It was a Kuerig coffee maker.  Accccckkk!!  I have been wanting one of those FOREVER! Ok, I think I really am in heaven!!  God has truly blessed the DH and I with the most wonderful daughter and son in law EVER!  

Thank you both, it was just AMAZING!

Have a great day!    

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Mornin' hens!  Today is my nephew Andrew's 11th birthday.  Wow, where did the time go?  Seems like only yesterday he was just a baby.  Good grief, I'm OLD!! Ok enough of that...  Let's talk funny.  OMG!  Is this image a hoot or what?  SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!  I saw this image over at Squigglefly and went crazy over it.  You know some illustrators just have the talent of making a CUTE face and some, well.....  don't.  Well, the illustrator of these cows, NAILED IT!  Would you get a load of those eyes and nostrils.  OMG, it's the BEST!  I even love how they made the holes look 3D.  You currently get FOUR cows in this cow pack for $3!!  Uh-huh, four for $3.  Can't beat that!  Usually that's the price of one digital image.  Now hold on, let me finish before you rush off!  LOL!

I printed the image onto some Neenah Classic Crest CS and colored her with my Copics.  Then I cut her out and adhered her to this MME DP called "Garden Party" and stitched around the edges.  I matted the DP using my Perfect Layers tool and added a few baubles for some interest.  I originally had a bubbly bow tied with the saddle stitched ribbon but it was just too overpowering so I changed it to some Baker's Twine and a button.  Ahhh, much better!  I printed the sentiment from my computer and there ya have it!  Ok, now run on over to Squigglefly and get your cow patty, uh I mean cow pack!  Tee-hee!  Look out! It's a STAMPEDE!  Have a great day! 

Supplies:

Digital Image - Squigglefly; Copics; DP - My Minds Eye (Garden Party); CS - Stampin Up Early Expresso; Glossy Accents; Baubles; Button; Baker's Twine; Perfect Layers matting tool

ConGRADulations Austin!

Mornin' hens!  Here's a little card I made for my good friend Jen's son Austin. He just graduated high school.  This image is from an older Cornish Heritage Farms set from Kim Hughes called U R A Hoot. Sadly, this company is no longer in business, but Kim does have her own company now called Paper Smooches.  I love her work.  CUTE, CUTE, CUTE!  Ok, so I started with embossing the front of my card.  However, I did not want to emboss the area where the image would go.  So I made six A2 size frames from card stock with the centers cut out.  Then I taped them together and placed them on top of the embossing folder when I ran it through my Cuttlebug.  Yoila!  The center is not embossed. Yay! Ok, then I made the brown frame using my Nestabilities and popped both it and the image up using SU dimensionals.  To finish, I tied on some Baker's Twine and then added a tiny '13 to his mortarboard.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps - "U R A Hoot" Cornish Heritage Farms, Sentiment Sampler - Paper Smooches;  Copics; Embossing Folder - Quickutz; Baker's Twine; Glossy Accents

Introducing Perfect Tears

Mornin' hens!  So what do you think of Smoochie?  OMG, is she a riot or what?  Goodness I do LOVE this image.  Today I wanted to share a new tool called Perfect Tears.  I had never used a tool quite like this before so I thought I'd give it a whirl.  Now mind you, I  typically always have clean cut edges but I wanted to give this a go.  The 3 rulers in this set are designed for tearing paper and each ruler has two different edges.  For my project below, I used both the deckle and wave edges.  The set comes with a water pen which was the difference between night and day for me.  I tried to tear this MME DP which was quite heavy and was having no luck with a clean tear.  Then I used the water pen and the tearing was a breeze!  To my surprise, I really like this look.  And I like how the torn edges stand up a bit so it really adds texture to the layers.  

This image is from Tiddly Inks and she's called Smoochy.  I'm lovin' those lips!  You hens know I'm a sucker for any kind of farm animal.  Pigs, cows and of course CHICKENS are my favorites.  I colored Smoochy with my Copics and then matted her to some Stampin Up Basic Black CS with my Perfect Layers tool.  I printed her lips again and colored them a second time.  Then I added the second pair of lips on top for a GREAT 3D look.

Then came the hard part.  What kind of sentiment does a fat lipped cow have.  Oh my, that was crazy fun searching the internet for some ideas.  I finally stumbled onto this one and fell on the floor laughing.  What a GREAT birthday card for a girl friend, right?

And here's a close up of the results from the Perfect Tears tool.  See the little edges it leaves?  Sooooo cool?  OMG, I laugh at those lips every time I look at them. 

Here is what you get with the Perfect Tears set.  Currently, the set sells for $19.99 but you can get an extra 5% off your order if you use the code Jeanie5%

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Digital Image - Tiddly Inks; DP - My Minds Eye (Dilly Dally); Copics; CS - Neenah Classic Crest White, Stampin Up Basic Black; Ribbon - Papertrey Ink; Perfect Layers and Perfect Tears tools

Suh-weet Lil' Madilyn!

Hi hens!  Just thought I'd pop in today and share this little card I made for my SUH-WEET niece Madilyn.  This digital image from the "Avery is Thankful" collection, is from Sassy Cheryl's Stamps.  She has some SERIOUSLY CUTE images over there.  You hens need to go take a look, but don't say I didn't warn you. LOL!  Ok, so I printed the digital image onto some Classic Crest CS and colored her with my Copics.  I stitched all the panels and made this cute rosette with my Tim Holtz die.  I bought this die probably a year ago and I've never tried it out.  I LOVE it and it was so easy to do too!  I'll definitely be using this die again soon.  Have a great day!

Supplies:

Digital Image - Sassy Cheryl's Stamps; CS - Neenah Classic Crest; Rosette - Tim Holtz Alterations; Border Punch - EK Success; Stickles; Copics; DP - Echo Park; Perfect Layers matting tool

Happy Birthday Stacey!

 Today is my sister in law's 42nd birthday.  She's a wonderful SIL and the BESTEST mother ever!  Talk about being prepared....  this gal has it ALL!  I swear she comes prepared for everything!  Need a Bandaid, she's got it!  Need a safety pin, she's got it!  Need a cold drink or snack, she's got that too! Seriously, I think she carries a 7-11 in that purse of hers!  LOL! My niece and nephew are two of the greatest kids ever... and it's because they have such a GREAT mom!  Oh yeah, and they've got my brother too!  Bwah-ha-ha-ha!  Just kidding!  My brother knows I wuv him bunches!  Anywho, Stacey is a DIEHARD coffee drinker (like me!) so when I saw this phrase on Pinterest, I knew I HAD to use it for her card.  I have to tell you this little story about Stacey.  While on a family camping trip, my mom made coffee for everyone during breakfast.  Of course we all drank a few cups and went about our day biking, hiking, etc.  Around noon, Stacey said, "I'm not feeling well, I think I'll go lie down." After a few hours she came out of the tent and said, "I have the worst headache EVER!"  So she took some Tylenol and was feeling better by the evening.  Later that evening, as we're sitting around the campfire, mom makes some more coffee for everyone but this time Stacey happens to be watching her and all of a sudden Stacey shouts, "DECAFFEINATED??  Are you kidding me?  No wonder I'm feeling so bad!"  LOL!  Of course my mom was like, what's wrong with decaffeinated?  Like you have to ask!  OMG!  So that's one of our many funny camping stories and now my mom is banned from making coffee for everyone unless she uses "LEADED" as my brother likes to call it!  

I made this card using "Morning Margaret - Have a nice day!" from Bugaboo Stamps.   OMG, isn't she a hoot!  You hens know how much I love funny people images, so Margaret is right up my alley.  Margaret, Mildred and Stella are my favs!  I printed the image onto some Classic Crest CS and colored her with my Copics.  I printed the sentiment and then stitched around the edges of each panel.  I added a little shading to the edges with some distress ink and tied a bubbly bow with this sheer dotted ribbon to finish it off.  That's it for today.  I hope you hens have a good Monday! 

Supplies:

Digital Image - Bugaboo Stamps; Copics; DP - Echo Park; Ribbon - Offray; Buttons; CS - Stampin Up Early Expresso; Glossy Accents; Twine; Distress Ink (Vintage Photo) - Tim Holtz; Perfect Layers matting tool

Happy Father's Day to my DH!

Hi there!  Just thought I'd pop in and show you this little cutie I made for my DH!  I just ADORE this image.  It's SO STINKIN cute!  I stumbled upon this illustrator while looking for a cute digital Father's Day image.  You know how that goes, masculine images are among the hardest to find, right?  Anyhoo, this image is from Birdie Brown.  You have GOT to go take a look at her images.  They are to die for!  I know I'm hooked!  She also features FREE images as well.  Woot-woot!  In fact, this little cutie was among her FREEBIES!  What?  Yup, you read right!  It's under the FREEBIES tab at the top of her blog. I'm entering this card into the Top Tip Tuesday challenge, as it just so happens that Birdie Brown is the sponsor.  I'm SO hoping to win some of her cute images.  The theme for the challenge is Masculine.  I think this little guy fits right in, don't you?  Ok, so I started by printing my image onto some Neenah Classic Crest CS and colored him with my Copics.  I cut the image out and used some SU dimensionals on the image and frame for a cool 3D look.  The frame was cut using my Nestabilities die and of course my perfectly trimmed mats were cut using the Perfect Layers rulers.  

MY TOP TIP - When cutting out an image, leave an 1/8" white border to make the image POP! I cut my images out using small crafting scissors, but remember to turn the image while cutting, not the scissors.  This helps with not bending or curling the edges of the image.

Supplies:

Digital Image - Birdie Brown; CS - Neenah Classic Crest, SU Early Expresso & Soft Suede, DP - MyMindsEye (Blink of an Eye), Twine, Button, Copics, Sakura Glaze Pens, Nestabilities, Perfect Layers 

Happy Father's Day!

Hi there!

Here is my Father's Day card for my Dad.  This fits my dad to a tee!  Ever since he retired, he's such a ham!  He reads all day or just sits on the porch and watches the birds, oh and he brags too!  Uggggh!  Needless to say, I'm jealous! I can't imagine a life without an alarm clock and sleeping in late EVERY day!  Oh yes, one day I'll be there, and I'm gonna be the ultimate RETIREE!  You just wait and see!  {snort!} Anyhoo, for today's card I used this cute little stamp from Maui Cows (sorry, they're no longer in business) and colored him with my Copics. Next, I matted the image with some green CS.  Matted you say?  Wanna know how to make the PERFECT MAT? Well, while making this card, I tested out a clever tool that I was sent to review. It's called Perfect Layers.  Have you hens heard of this?  Well, it's quite clever, I must say.  It makes the mats for your images absolutely PERFECT!  Um, I guess that's why they call it Perfect Layers, huh?  Now I have to confess, I usually just eyeball my mats, or cut them a 1/4" bigger than the image and presto I'm done.  But I will say, they're never straight or even all the way around.  I'm not sure if my cutting board is askew or what, but they never seem straight anymore.  Well, this little tool solved all that and it's super easy too.  After I colored my image, I adhered it to a piece of green CS and then using this tool and an exact knife, cut each side.  The edges are so clean and exactly the same distance all the way around.  LOVE IT!  Click HERE for a little video from the manufacturer on how they work and a 5% discount too!  Woot-woot!  I'm super impressed.  Ok, so next I cut the leaves with my Silhouette Cameo and attached them with Stampin Up dimensionals.  I threaded some Baker's twine from the hammock to the leaves so it would look the hammock was actually hanging. Seriously, this is SO my dad. LOL! Next I added two orange eyelets and threaded some ribbon through and tied it in a little bow.  To finish, I added the computer generated sentiment and that's about it!  Hope you hens are having a relaxing weekend!
Happy Memorial Day!  God Bless America!  

Supplies:

Stamp - Maui Cows; Leaves & Pointed Circle - Silhouette America; Ribbon - Michaels; Copics; Neenah Classic Crest CS; Eyelets; Baker's Twine;Perfect Layers

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