Have a Heart 2!

Here is a cute little card inspired by Catherine Pooler. It has Simon Says Stamp set "Circle Sayings" and SSS die "Dots Circles". The gift is from the "Crazy Things" set of Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz collection.

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A Little Ray of Sunshine!!!

What a little ray of sunshine is this birdie? She is going to be someone's birthday surprise!!!

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Spooky - The Last But Not Least

This card is for my youngest daughter. She loves our Dachshund sisters as much as I do. She accepts their quirky behavior. They are cute and funny and snuggly and happy. But they are also fierce hunters. This is a trait that has not been bred out of them. Their name, Dachshund, means badger hound in German. They would go down the burrows to find badgers (who are very ferocious) and alert the hunters. 

We adopted these girls when their mom had to go into an assisted living home and could only bring one dog. She knew it would be very difficult for the sisters to be separated so the woman bravely put them up for adoption.

We have a chainlink fence surrounding the dog yard.  Really secure, if they got out they would follow their nose looking for prey and I would never see them again. In the first 6 months three rabbits squeezed through the gates and lost their lives in rapid fashion! Wow! My cuddly critters are merciless killers!  

So this card relates to their hunting abilities!

Kinda funny? or not after that story?????

I used Distress ink for the background, Tim's Crazy Bird, The Rubber Cafe's stamp set "Too Cute To Spook",  Sentiment is a font with puppy prints and printed on vellum, and the tree and bats are from My Favorite Things "Spooky Scene".  The hemp is from my stash.

Thanks for looking!

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Stars and Stripes

It is almost the Fourth of July. Our town puts on a big parade. The military from the local reserve units as well as from Joint Base Lewis McCord participate. It is such a great time to remember how lucky we are to live in this great country!

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A Thanksgiving Card

I love this technique of embossing the image in white and then adding the color.  I mounted the leaf with foam tape on top of the stamped leaf. I am all done with my Thanksgiving cards. How about you?

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Lawnscaping Challenge - Fall

It Is Crystal Clear Now!

This is a birthday card for my niece. I wanted to try using a transparency with Karen Burniston's Accordian Flip Album and Frame and Label Dies. I love this technique. I used Maggie Holmes Collection for Crate Paper. I also used Tim Holtz's Simple Sayings stamp (Happy Birthday and label) and Stazon "Azure" ink.

I just had to tryout a couple of new sets of stamps: JustRite's Just Keep Calm and Simple Sayings from T!m and Stampers Anonymous. 

Super fun and easy when you need a quick card!

A great technique!

Love this technique from www.erinleecreative.com. She does a great tutorial!

Easy and fun with great results! Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymouse Blueprint stamps work great!

12 Tags of 2013 - February

This is my first tag copied from Tim Holtz! Love his work, wish I had all the wonderful stamps, inks, etc. that he uses!!!!

FWF 11.8.12

I just got a Sizzix Flip It die and I am having lots of fun with my Thanksgiving cards! The patterned paper is from my scraps so I have no idea who the manufacturer is. The Unity stamp is from the KOM Sept. 2010. The other stamp is Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection.