Donkey Saturday and my "work" from my Crop

Ok... went out this morning to take photos of the donkeys - it is really nice here this morning. Breezy, and a warm 66 degrees. I had only snapped a few when I noticed that Bella had some wounds on her... I never got back to taking the photos. I think she is ok, I believe they are bites from the Jack - but I had to get her cornered and put some medicine on them. Hopefully the Jack is done with her and he will leave her alone today, but I will be keeping a close eye on him. If he doesn't I'll pen him up for some "time-out".


So there are only two photos for the donkeys today - I carried the camera in when I came in to get the medicine then forgot what I was out there doing in the first place.... time got away and so now you only have two photos....







First is Macie - She is so sweet, and getting really wide! She still has at least 2-3 months... but you can tell she is really getting tired of the extra weight. I am just glad the weather has been pretty nice for her, not to hot, and not too cold.











Then my second photo is a tiny Momma and tiny daughter. I think I need to get a photo of these two with some of the other so you can really tell how small they are. JoJo is a small donkey, but her baby really is tiny and doesn't seem to be getting any bigger. She is a sweet spirit, and stays clear of the boys... Freddie and Pavo - who are always looking for trouble. These two are just gorgeous though.





I did take some photos of Libbie the other day - this one was just funny. The wind was really blowing hard... real hard. I put her down to do her "business" and she just stood there in the wind. I thought I might have to hold her down so she didn't blow away! Her ears are actually blowing up..... A few minutes later she thought it was fun and was flying around the yard barking.








This is my "work" I got done at the crop last night. I have 1/2 of a Josie page... but by that time I was pooped out and couldn't make it look right - So only one page, lots of catching up on my buddies and laughing -


This is another photo of Libbie this week. She is actually getting use to the camera always snapping photos of her. She was talking to me. There is a big stick.. LOL it is about 3 inches long, a big stick in front of her. And she was playing keep away from me. I didn't want her chewing on it, and every time I would step towards her she would bark and growl, then pick it up and run.... her knew favorite game. Dang she is cute!



I'll try and get more Donkey photos for next Saturday - Hope you have a great Saturday - I am going to visit some blogs... HUGS and-

A Cute Card - with a bit of Metal Edges!

Two challenges in Two Days! And this one is right on time! I just loved the idea of including Metal on my card - That is this weeks Challenge to include some any type of Metal on your card. Well I use to put metal on lots of my Scrapbook pages - way back when I use to do that. LOL (But tonight I just might.. I am going to a friends to crop! Haven't gotten together in forever, or at least it feels that way!) Anyway I pulled out some of my favorite metal... I have a bunch of the old Making Memories Metal edges. Years ago these came out and I was so in love with them I collected them anytime I found them.

Ok. Metal covered now what was I going to do with my card - never started with a bold embellishment before. So this one went a million different directions before I finished it. My images are Alota Rubber Stamps - "Wishing Well" the sentiment "Wishing You Well" and one of the new cute girl stamps "Girlfriend Cheryl". I colored all of them with my Copics. I cut the wishing well and the sentiment out with my Nestibilities Petite Ovals, Then "Cheryl" is cut out with my Fiskars fingertip knife.

Ok.. now those pattern papers... oh my how yummy are they? I was trying so hard to not purchase and new paper. I have so much it won't even fit on the shelves, the stacks are stacking up with nowhere to go. Well I went into Michael's yesterday, was looking for more of the Valentine Border Punches for a few of you Internet Buddies. Sorry Ladies no luck. Anyway... paper pads were on sale. But that is ok, cuz I have them all right? Nope... new one were out!! I got THREE of them! ACHHHHH! These are from a new one I had never seen before but love the maker already. Prima!!!! ooohh these papers are so pretty and it is a huge stack of papers! I picked two patterns and used the green polka dot as the back ground, then the large floral paper just gorgeous oh my... I picked one of the flowers and cut it out with my fiskar's knife, then layered it on the metal edges and dot paper. The ovals are inked on the edges, the sentiment was just too white, so I colored it in with Copic E53 Raw Silk. Cheryl is pop dotted to give her some dimension over the well. To finish it off I gel pen stitched the edges of the card and the ovals.

Very different - but I really like it.

As I said at the top.... tonight I am suppose to go to a crop at a friends. I don't know how much "work" I will get done but I am looking forward to seeing my girlies, we haven't gotten together since before Thanksgiving I think. Do you have fun plans for the weekend? I hope so -

HUGS and-

Friday Sketchers, just in time...

I got a challenge done! Whoo Hoo, almost too late, but got it done! Friday Sketchers has a great sketch and was fun to work with. And even more fun is I used one of the adorable Sarah Kay images that I just love. This is "First Kiss", how cute. And colored with my Copics, to match the colors in the papers.

My papers, dark brown card stock for the base, then a chocolate brown for the mats. The pattern papers are wonderful.. yummy... sparkly with lots of glitter. They are from My Minds Eye Laundry Line. I doodled around the image with little hearts, X's and O's, seemed to fit. After matting, I found two metal photo turns, and mini brads. The blue color card stock... don't know what color it is.. anyway I punched the bottom of it with Martha's Valentine Punch and then inked all around the edges of everything before attaching. The band across the center is a American Crafts

cream and dotted satin ribbon.

For the sentiment... not so crazy about that. I punched two Martha scallop hearts, and then hand wrote "1st Kiss" on them.

Love the sketch, and so happy for the first time in a long time I got to join in a sketch just for fun.

Who knows maybe tomorrow I will have another one! I hope to have some crafting time again later today - if Hubby doesn't come up with some project he wants to work on... you know what it is like on their days off!

HUGS and-

PCP Alota Group Valentine Challenge!

Hello and happy Wednesday! Today I have a card for the PCP (Paper Craft Planet) Alota Rubber Stamps Valentine Challenge! Loving the Valentines and Love that I got to use new stamps for this one!

Ok, so the challenge is to make a Valentine and upload it to PCP Gallery with the tag code ALOTA4. Then they will be loaded into the slide show. If the item is a 3-D Valentine you get double the chances in the hat! How cool is that? Well mine is a card, I may do something else that is different later - I was just really excited to use these new stamps.

The Teddy Bear is part of the "Valentine Cuties" set and the Heart Circle and Sentiment is part of the "Pretty Circles Essentials Set" I have colored everything with my Copics, the circle of hearts I cut out with my Fiskar's Fingertip knife. You can use your Nestibilities, but I wanted to see the shape of all of the hearts for this one.

My base is a dark red card stock, with two pieces of pattern paper from My Minds Eye, I inked the edges and punched the bottom of the dot paper with Martha's Valentine Punch. Now when I did this I had a bit of each edge still holding on the bottom of the paper, I started to tear it off and then thought it looked kind of cool, different. And besides if I had tried to make the paper do that it would have never happened, so I went with it!

For some added drama I used three prima flowers topped with jewelry spacers and a pretty heart charm, attached with mini brads.

Well short and sweet today - Hubby is off and we are going to run errands... shopping at the outlet mall with MIL, and for being good and going with us the "Man's Mall" or the sporting good store.. LOL. So better get going -

I hope you will all take part in the PCP ALota Valentine challenge.. my two new favorite Alota stamps are up for grabs!! (take a peek at the site to see which ones they are) I really do love these two!

HUGS and hope you have some time to get inky!

Spoon Full of Sugar - a Sketch by Tina!

Hello - and yes it is Tuesday and Tuesday's are Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge day!

"For our challenge this week we have a fabulous sketch which has been kindly designed for us by our Guest Designer Tina. Why not pop over here and take a peep at Tina's blog. Her attention to detail on her cards is amazing. Don't forget you may rotate, re size or elongate the sketch. You can even make something other than a card. All that we ask is that we can see that the item has followed the sketch. Please feel free to use a square or rectangle for the main image."

I just loved her sketch this week, was perfect to use one of my newer stamps from Lelo Designs, These kitties are named "You Go First", I don't know why... but they are cute! I colored them with my Copics, then high lighted wtih white gel pen and dimensional glaze.

White cards stock is used for my base, with scraps of a dark Rosy pink as mats for the pattern papers and the image. Do you love those pattern papers? Oh they are just yummy and they have raised glitter on them too! They are from My Minds Eye Laundry Line - I am loving these papers. You know there are lots of stacks out there, and I love papers in them, but not many where I know every sheet will be used, this is one of them.

I cut the papers to match the sketch for the vertical band I punched the edge with my Martha Stewart Valentine scallop punch - hard to tell in the photo. Then everything is sewed down with a zig zag stitch and a pretty shiny light pink thread. The sentiment is from Studio G, one of those $1 sets from Michael's, love it!

There are some really adorable cards this week from the other DT cards - and it is a really fun sketch to work with, why not check it out and do it too! There is a fabulous prize this week from our sponsor Nutcrafters. One lucky person will win High Hopes 'Cowgirl Candice', High Hopes 'Howdy Pardner' sentiment and also a Prima 'Pixie tin' (small assorted colour flowers). Thank you Colette and Katie for this wonderful prize!

Me.. I am cleaning today - actually sorting and organizing a bunch of stuff that has been stacked up for a long time. I need to get help with my wanting to save everything. I have done pretty good in all the other rooms, but our bedroom, particularly the corner of my crafty area... yep tons of stuff that I just can't part with. Someday I may want it to do something crafty with. But today I hope to narrow down the stacks and get everything put on the shelves. Hubby don't think it will happen. Well if I can't get it all on the shelves I will find somewhere to hide it just so he thinks I did! LOL

Hope you have a great day -

HUGS and-

New Alota Stamps Ovals and Circles - You can Die Cut them!

Have you seen the new stamps from Alota Rubber Stamps? These are so practical!

These are the "Pretty Ovals Essentials" - and the sentiments fit perfectly inside them!

And these are "Pretty Circles Essentials", don't you just love those love birds that can sit in any of the circles?

These are made to cut with - yes your Spellbinders Nestibilities!!! They can also be used with other circles and oval - I see so many possibilites, use the sentiments, or put an image in them, really adds so much!

Well my first card with these new stamps I decided to use the Daisy Circle, a perfect match with one the little girls from the "KIDS" set I just love these little ones, they are so cute. And this one holding the basket of daisy's is just a great match with the circle of flowers.

I started with a yellow card stock base, layered white card stock, then a piece of K&Company's embossed paper. Love the lattice look of this paper. I ran a scrap of yellow through my Cuttlebug with a flower embossing folder, and ran my green ink over it to high light the flowers.

I stamped the circle flowers and colored them with my Copics, and Spica Glitter pens, then used the "Get Well Soon" sentiment from the collection. Stamped my "Kid" and colored her with Copics and Spica Glitter pens as well. I cut her out with my Fiskar's finger tip knife, isn't it cut how her eyes are looking up at the circle of flowers?

These stamps are going to be moving fast I bet! Again - really practical sets. Hey what ever it takes to make it ok to order more right?

Alrighty now... I gotta get in there and do my Wii - I missed all of last week. I bet that white box is going to yell at me! If you haven't seen it before, it really does shame you if you miss. But it won't let me explain how bad my week was - guess I'll just have to take it as I haven't figured out how to fast forward ahead of that part. LOL!

Hope you have a wonderful Monday -

HUGS and-

Magnolia Vs. Stampavie in Color!

This week on the Magnolia Vs. Stampavie Challenge we are in color! A color challenge and a really great combo...

I just love these colors together don't you. The names are Stampin Up names, but if you don't use that do like I did and just match up best as you can!

For my card I started with the Sage Meadow (or teal-ish blue color) as my base. I then picked a couple of pattern papers that fit the challenge. First is a soft glittered background paper from My Minds Eye Laundry Line collection. I inked the edges and then sewed with a zig zag stitch. I found a scrap piece of light brown with a pink swirl - sorry can't come up with the name at the moment, and it was left overs from a card a while back. I matted it on pink card stock and sewed it down. The sentiment is from Lockheart Stamp co. and was perfect for one of my Magnolia Tildas that I have never inked up. I know a true shame. Well she has been inked, stamped and colored with my copics, all in the challenge colors. The ribbon is from Making Memories and is part of the Sabrina collection. I finished off by cutting a swirl with my MM Slice, high lighting with a gel pen, then topping with felt flowers, a spacer and large brown brad. Love the color combo - and thought this one came out pretty cute.

Make sure to visit the Magnolia Vs. Stampavie Challenge Blog and check out the other DT cards... wow really fabulous stuff. And then join in yourself... some great prizes up for grabs!

I had a couple of questions yesterday of what kind of dog Libbie is. She is a Toy Australian Shepherd. She will probably end up 8-10 inches tall and about the same in weight. A smart, but tiny dog. And absolutely adorable!

Today is the Super Bowl... we are having a Super Bowl BBQ... Hubbie's brother and his family are coming over too meet Libbie and eat a late lunch. We don't watch football - so the TV won't even come on, but hey everyone else in America is having a Bowl party and we are closed at our business because of the game, so we figured we would have a party too.

Hope you have a great Sunday planned - me I am going to go have breakfast with the locals then come home and make a cake.

HUGS and-