High Hopes Stamps - Party Cow

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A little fun with High Hopes Stamps Party Cow this week! How can you not love a dancing cow??

My fun cow is colored with Copics (colors below) I added the perfect High Hopes Stamps sentiment "Don't stop the music". I found some papers from Simple Stories with yellow card stock and blue card stock that all the layers are sewn down. Then a matching pattern paper I cut out some larger flowers for the embellishment in the corner. Love how it matches the pattern paper.

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Now should we all get with this little cow and do some dancing and Party!!

Have a wonderfully blessed day - and do a little dancing!
HUGS and 

Animal Crackers - Uninvited Guest

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We had some uninvited guest stop by this week...

 The neighbors cows found or created a hole in the fence this week. Not good. There were 9 when we first found them, but they are very skittish and took off running. I got the donkeys penned up and then the neighbor and Hubby had to work the cows back through the fence. Sigh... not so fun!  The other issue... that was a brand new round bale for the donkeys... and yes, the cows have done a number on it. Man they are destructive and fast eaters!

This week was an active one..  cows and then earlier in the week we moved around some donkeys for some babies in the future! First up Raffie is going to have another chance.. Praying this year things go better with him.

Here is Raffie and his four Ladies! Raffie.. Patti, Pepita, Lacey and Vicki. Common let this be the year! I really really really want some babies .. maybe a couple of spots?

All though Vicki was giving me that eye ... Please can I come back to the other side now?

And Pavo... well he has been living with the Ladies for a while now and he is upset that Patti is on the other side of the fence. Here he is showing Patti "He's Got Hay"...

Such a funny man.... he always puts hay up on his back! Not sure why, but it is his thing.

Then we put three girls in with Black Jack. Our old man, but he was calling out very jealous that Raffie had women again and he screamed that it was unfair!!

So Irene, Bella and Jolene will be living in with Black Jack for a while.  They first off took over the Black Jack Shack as their own...

Now Irene will be a first time Mom if we can get her bred, but don't let that fool you. She is the one in charge of all around. And she told the other girls.. this is our house now!

Black Jack well... he doesn't mind, he was thrilled HE HAS GIRLS!!!

He was talking and trotting around ... one happy camper!

Then I found this sweet adorable face poking through the fence...

 I can hear his thought... "Uh Excuse Me.... I know I have three girls now, but if it wouldn't be a problem can have some new girls too?" LOL  Oh I wish I could Alvin... you are so good looking I would love to give you all you want! But just stick with the three girls you already have.. LOL

Hope you have got a smile as large as Alvins...
And have a blessed weekend
HUGS and

Whimsy Stamps - Cuddle Bunny

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How beautiful is this image from Whimsy Stamps? Love the Crissy Armstrong "Cuddle Bunny" so pretty!

 After printing the image out I colored with Copics (colors below). I cut out the image with the Whimsy Stamps Basic Stitched Ovals Set. Don't you just adore the little stitched pattern it puts around the oval? My papers are from Graphic 45 Floral Shoppe on a white card stock base. Then for the corners I used the Whimsy Stamps Doodled Die that I cut into 4 pieces for corners on the card. And for the Leaves in the bottom Whimsy Stamps Leaf Foliage 2 Dies set. with a pretty Happy Birthday Script sentiment.

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Love the warm feel of this image!

Have a wonderful blessed day
HUGS and 

High Hopes Stamps - Fragrant Blooms

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Digging in my older favorites from High Hopes Stamps - and being that I am in the mood for Spring to come I just had to color up this little cutie.. Fragrant Blooms! Isn't she sweet with her watering can giving those flowers a drink?

 I colored with my Copic (colors below) then loosely cut out the image in a fun shape. I found papers from Simple Stories along with bright card stocks on a grey card stock base. I Adore that pattern paper with the wood grain background with fun comic flowers.  And then that perfect Sentiment "Spring is in the Air" For some added country feel I added some corner punches.

Sweet image with the flowers and bugs! Now if only Spring would come so we can see some real flowers!

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 To see all the fun images at High Hopes stamps click HERE You will love them all!

 Hope you have a wonderfully blessed day -
HUGS and

Animal Crackers - Missing Leon

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There are sounds you hear daily that become a normal sound. Something you don't really even hear, until it isn't there anymore. This week we lost our Super Rooster Leon. Leon tragically died the other night... we think a racoon "got" him. Yes our chickens are protected in a fence coop, but there was a tiny space at the door to the pen, that the racoon reached through, Leon didn't like it and I would like to think he was protecting his ladies and tried to make him stop reaching into the pen.

We have been so upset and sad we lost our grand mighty rooster, and that cock-a-doodle-doo that was a constant sound is now silent. Even Red our little Bantam rooster isn't calling out as much any more. He has no other man to yell out to complain about all the Ladies, I suppose.

When we first got Leon we were a little upset... you see we thought we had purchased all hens. And then there was Leon as they got older. We quickly fell for him.  He was such a friendly large Rooster, and never was aggressive. He actually had a great personality.. and loved to chat with us when we were out near then pen... heck he chatted all the time even if no one was out there.

He was such a stunner... a handsome man. 

He knew it too...

He was a really large Rooster.. and seriously gorgeous.

Even when being silly..

We will miss him terribly. The quiet is so loud and makes me think of him even more.

Odd thing is that just a week ago Hubby and I were talking about getting a few chicks this next month as it is the season. Even if we end up with another oops rooster... he won't be a Leon.... Leon was one of a kind. Miss you Big Man!

Hope you all have a blessed weekend.
HUGS and

Whimsy Stamps - Aimee & Valentino

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Loving playing with the new images from Whimsy Stamps Digital collection - especially all the new spring love images. And this new image "Aimee & Valentino" by CC Designs is just to cute!

Adorable couple of kids right? And one of my favorite things about working with the digital stamps is I can print them out with the Whimsy Stamps Digital Paper  "Hearts a Flutter" LOVE LOVE LOVE these papers and printing them out with the digital stamp is so fun and just perfect for making those cards special!

I colored the image with Copics (colors below) and then found a piece of paper studio wood paper with red and white card stock that all was sewn down. The sentiment "Heartfelt" is part of the Whimsy Stamps die set "Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences" The word sentiments that work so well on cards!

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Hope you enjoyed - have some coloring fun today too! With a digital you can be coloring in no time!
Have a blessed day -
HUGS and

High Hopes Stamps - Clucker Club

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This week we have been talking about getting a few more chickens... and then I saw this stamp and just knew it needed to be colored. Clucker Club is just too cute!

I can only imagine what these girls are sitting around chatting about... I colored with my Copics (colors below) And then found a pattern paper from Paper Studio.. love the yellow and white polk a dot with the barn wood feel to it. Perfect for a little chicken coop pattern. A bright red card stock mat on a white card stock base really pops. All the layers were sewed down.  And then why do buttons feel right for a country chicken card? Not sure but they really feel right. And then the High Hopes sentiment "Hanging' with my Peeps" is just fun and perfect!

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 My first stamping love all those many many years ago was falling for High Hopes Animal Farm stamps - I still get that pitter pat heart when I play with any of them! And there are so many to choose from! To hop straight to the ANIMALS click the word!

 Hope you have a blessed day!
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