Monday, May 19, 2014

Happy Father's Day Dad!


Mornin' hens!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  I had a terrific one, and I never even left the house!  LOL!  I spent the whole weekend in "the coop".  Yippee!!  I made four cards, and even made gift tags for the baby shower favors.  Man, I could get use to this.  Retirement is callin' my name!! Love, love, love crafting weekends!   Ok, so first up is my dad's Father's Day card.  I ordered this image several months ago because once I saw it, I knew I wanted it for Father's Day. It's me! I even added a few freckles to her cheeks!  Just like me!! {{{snort!}}} 


I stamped this image onto some Canson watercolor paper and watercolored it with distress markers.  I adhered the panel to some patterned paper and then stitched both to the scalloped vellum panel underneath. Then I adhered it to the card base, stamped the sentiment, and added those SUPER DUPER fabulous "homemade" enamel dots!!  Well, they're not enamel but they're still cool.  Alison from The Alley Way Stamps made this video on how to make your own, so I gave it a try.  I must say, it did take the better part of a day, but I won't need to buy dots again for as long as I live!!  LOL!  I put a link below to the beads I bought and this container has a ton of great colors. 
Okee dokee, that's it for me today.  I hope you hens have a great day and I'll see ya back in the hen house real soon.  {{{hen hugs}}}

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

29 really??

Mornin' hens!  I've had this idea in my head for the longest time and FINALLY decided to try it out.  I bought the brick stencil with the idea of making a brick colored wall using embossing paste, and I'm thrilled with how it turned out.  It's EXACTLY as I imagined it.  Woot-woot!   Smiley


I knew the girl from this older stamp set from BC Dzyns called, "and then I said" would be perfect for my wall.  I just love that look on her face, and I imagined her saying something really sarcastic.  {snort!}   Ok, so I stamped the image, colored it with my Copics, and cut it out.  Next, I masked off the top half of my card base and then applied the embossing paste over the stencil. Once the paste was dry, I taped the stencil back on top and used my distress inks to color the paste.  Love it!!  I then stamped the sentiment and made the speech bubble using the quotables die from Paper Smooches.  I had to color the chipboard stickers (29) black and then adhered the image and speech bubble with some foam tape.  Well, that's it for me today.  I hope you have a great day and I'll see ya back in the hen house real soon.  {{{hen hugs}}}

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Monday, May 12, 2014

Thinking of you...

Mornin' hens!  Isn't this the sweetest card?  I LOVE the simplicity of it.  Lately, the clean and simple look has got me hooked!  I can't get enough of it.  
I just recieved this little tag die from Papertrey Ink.  It was on backorder for awhile, so when it came in I had to put it to use.  I love that little scalloped frame and it comes with the banner die as well. Nice!



I stamped the image onto the patterned paper and paper pieced the image.  I put a little "fluff" in her tail feathers and added a little bend to her wing.  I like the dimension this adds.  You can see this in the close up here.  I tied some taffeta ribbon to the top and added some linen thread as well.  To finish, I added some glossy accents to the heart and rounded two corners of the card base.  Okee dokee, that's it for me today.  I hope you have a great day and I'll see ya back in the hen house real soon.  {{{hen hugs}}}

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Happy Mother's Day!


Mornin' hens!  Yep, being pregnant counts!!  LOL!  
Isn't this just the cutest card??  OMG, I love it and I think Lil Chick will too for her first Mother's Day!  I cut this image from the patterned paper using my Silhouette Cameo (have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE this machine?)  {{{snort!}}}  I used the reverse side of the patterned paper underneath and adhered it with some foam tape.  I matted the piece to some white card stock that I cut with my Mama Elephant femme frame.



Next, I printed the sentiment using my computer and die cut it with a tag die.  I tied the tag on using some white organza ribbon that I tied into a cute little bow.  Then, I just adhered the panel to a white card base.  Simple AND oh so pretty!!  My kinda card!  Okee dokee, that's it for me today.  I hope you hens have a great day and I'll see ya back in the hen house real soon.  {{{hen hugs}}}

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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Happy Nurse's Day!


Mornin' hens!  Happy Nurse's Day to all the nurses out there.  
I made this card for Lil' Chick.  For those of you who don't know, she's a Registered Nurse!
I saw this little stick nurse in the Silhouette online store and couldn't wait to use it for her card this year.  The sentiment and frame were done using my computer and then I matted the printed piece with black card stock using my AWESOME Perfect Layers Mini Tool and Perfect Mat!!  So clean and perfect on all sides, love that!  Then, I adhered the matted panel to the card base.




Next, I cut the stick image out four times from kraft card stock and once from black card stock.  (Love, love, love my Silhouette Cameo!)  Then using Glossy Accents, I glued all four kraft pieces together and then the black one on top.  I added a final coat of Glossy Accents and once it was dry, I adhered the stick figure to the matted panel.  Cute right?  Okee dokee, that's it for me today.  I hope that all nurses out there have a FABULOUS day and week!  And THANK YOU for all you do!!  {{{hen hugs}}}

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