A Spoon Full of Wags 'n Whiskers!

Have you seen the new company Wags 'n Whiskers? Well this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar you can see them in all of the DT cards!!  Yes, our sponsor is Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps and they are so sweet they let the DT play with all of the new release stamps.

I colored up this wonderful new image with my copics - matching her pretty little outfit with the SEI Lovebird papers don't you just love the lilac and brown together?  I followed the sketch for this weeks challenge at Spoon and then sewed down the pieces.  Now honest time here... card all done went to put it up on the site... uh oops... I forgot the circle. I don't know how I did that, but in my working I got side tracked and totally forgot it - SO I tried to go back and add it in the end, not happy with that, but mistakes happen right? Darn it!

The sentiment is from Stampavie Rachelle Anne Miller new collection - Now pop over and see the other Wag's 'n Whiskers images from the Spoon DT HERE then play along and you might just win some yourself!
 
Today is Christmas project day... I am hoping to get my "chores" done early and then get a couple of Christmas gifts made. I know it is getting late -  :0)


Hope you have a great day!
HUGS and -

I am Certified!

Yes... I am Certified! I had my Copic Certification yesterday and I "graduated" and got my certificate! It was a really great class. - The day just flew by! Now you all know I adore my Copics, in fact I had to dust my pencils when I moved them into my craft room. :0(   But since getting into Copics I have hardly used anything else.

The class was lots of techniques, learning the Copic system, color wheel and all the info about each of the different types of markers - Never thought I would want those Wide Copics... uh now I think I really need a "few" of them! OH my the cool things you can do with them!

My Instructor was Sally Lynn - you can find her at her blog Inkyheart - she was wonderful, and fun to learn from. Thanks Sally Lynn! and Thank you Copic for finally coming to South Texas! OH and thanks for the little goodie bag of products! :0)

Now by now you have found that I have no card today... sorry I worked on Christmas night. I am having a really hard time believing that it is really as close as it is. I have never been this far behind before. And I have to get busy and get my "work" done today so I can work on a few gifts and finish addressing my Cards -  but I had to pop on today even without a card and scream how excited I am about... be Certified!!! :0)

HUGS and-

A Chilly Wet Saturday

Yes, it was just nasty outside this morning - chilly and wet. So when will Spring be here? I am so ready for winter to be over!
(sorry the photos are so bad.. drizzle, fog and distance is not good for taking great photos!)

You can see the cold fog in the background.. and the neighbor's horses ;0)   These group of donkeys are in the far end of their pen, where weeds are higher... LOL  But they love it down there - and they can see the other pen from there - Pat loves watching the babies play - she can't wait to have her baby... she is a really good mom - I just wish we had a clue of when she was due, she is really hard to tell.

Speaking of good Moms ... Darlene is getting closer. No immediate signs, but man she is really starting to get wide and she is spending more time off by herself... I think she is soaking up the quiet time while she can! LOL

Just ask Macey... once they hit the ground they are ALWAYS right there with you! Felicia really is a Momma's girl - I think it is because she was so sick early in her life, she hardly ever runs off and plays on her own, she stays real close to Mom and has Macey's slow, sweet personality. 

And how is this for sweet? HA HA! Libbie is getting so hard to photograph... you just look at her and she flips over and  wiggles. We call it her dead squirrel pose... I know not a sweet name huh? Anyway I took about 30 photos trying to get one to show today... and then I got this one, and it was just too funny to not share! So do you think she meant to stick her tongue out at me? Maybe.....

Have a wonderful Saturday! I probably won't be on tomorrow... I am so excited!!! Tomorrow is my Copic Certification Class! It will be a long day - but I am sure so worth it and fun! I'll report on Monday!

HUGS and-

It is Christmas Time at Just Magnolias!

Brrrrr... it is cold outside! LOL I know many of you would laugh at me. But 39 in South Texas is COLD! A Wet Cold! And cold really starts making it feel like Christmas. And that is just what The Just Magnolias Challenge is asking for this week! Christmas Cards!

I don't have very many Christmas Magnolias... but a few winter ones that I figured would work. I love the bell ringer! Reminds me of the Salvation Army Bell ringers here that you find in front of every store this time of year... ringing the bell asking for change to help those that need it. So the bell ringing Tilda it was for my Christmas card!

I masked her and then stamped one of my Favorite backgrounds! this is from Alota Rubber Stamps and is the "Wall/Window" Scenery stamp  - So I stamped Tilda, then masked her and stamped the Wall stamp and then colored it all with my Copics. Now the fun part is the snow... which of course you can't see very well in the photo!!! Darn it!!! It looks so cool in person! It is Martha Stewart Snow glitter and really it looks so real!

I then went to work on my card -

A red card base, white card stock mats and then Basic Grey papers... yummy Warm Christmas colors For so added "drama" LOL I punched two different Martha Stewart Border punches - the Extra Large trellis and the regular sized trellis - I sewed everything dow with a dark brown thread and random sewing.

The sentiment is also from Alota Rubber stamps and I think is perfect for my little bell ringer!

You just have to visit the Just Magnolias Challenge site and see all the other DT Christmas cards! And the prize this week is sponsored by 7 Kids College Fund and the prize is an awesome $20 voucher to spend in their store!! That is a great prize!

Better get my day going... gotta get the courage to go out and fill all the water buckets for the animals and make sure everyone is good on hay! Brrr... LOL

HUGS and-

Mo's Challenge is asking for Thanks!

This week the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge is asking us to make a Thank you card - and it was great timing as I needed a Thank you card for a neighbor! And she is an animal lover like me so I new this image was perfect for her card!

This is Coexist - I just love it! Too cute huh? Maybe not a traditional Thank you Card... but perfect for my neighbor! I colored with my Copics -

For the pattern papers I used DCWV Bella Cafe Stack - really cute paper, with lots of sparkle to them! I matted everything with the same blue card stock that I used for my base. I also took a scrap and ran it through the Martha Stewart Thanks border punch... I didn't really like the Thanks over and over... so I cut the first and third one off leaving just the middle Thanks.. I like how that came out!

I hope you like my "Thanks" card for my Friend... and I hope she likes it too :0)  - now you can pop over to the Mo's Challenge and see all the other DT cards and then join in yourself! And remember if you don't have any of Mo's images you can purchase them and be coloring in minutes with the digitals... and if you join her Paper Craft Planet group there are a bunch there to download for FREE!!! Can't beat that price! LOL

Have a great Thursday!
HUGS and-

A Monochrome Challenge at Spoon!

Yes, today's challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar is to create a Monochrome color card. I love the look of these type of cards - sometimes it is really nice to stick with one color in different shades. And for me I decided to go with shades of brown -and started with a brand new image from Stampavie's artist - Penny Johnson! These cuties are called "Puppy and Kitten"... adorable huh?

I colored with my Copics - and then went to work on my card - starting off with the pattern papers from Papertrey Ink -

I matched with a brown Bazzil Card stock - then a white for the mats. I punched a Martha Stewart Loop border - and then sewed everything down - The ribbon is also from Papertrey Ink, I tied it around one of the patterns, with a large bow. The sentiment is also from Stampavie!!! It is from Rachelle Anne Millers newest collection - there are two sets to choose from and you will love them both!

Make sure to pop over and see the other DT cards at A Spoon Full of Sugar - and then join us in playing with Monochrome colored cards... you could win a FABULOUS prize! Wish I could win... LOL! Our sponsor this week is fellow DT member Nikki of Bunny Zoe's Crafts. This weeks lucky winner will receive the below adorable set by The Greeting Farm called Sweet Message!

I have some exciting news to share also and this Friday will be the 2nd release from Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps. Be sure to check out the Wags 'n Whiskers blog for more details and also a chance to win the full new release!!!!   

Have a wonderful Tuesday! HUGS and-

It Snowed here yesterday!

REALLY it SNOWED!!! I live in SOUTH Central Texas and snow is a pretty rare thing around here. And yesterday afternoon it really did snow! HUGE BIG FLAKES! Once they hit the ground the melted... but it was sure pretty coming down!

I don't know if you can even see the snow here in this photo well.. but the donkeys are all under cover!

This photo sort of shows you how the Donkeys "puff" up when it is cold. This is Ellie Mae... All her fur is standing straight out and "puffed" up to help keep her warm. They are so pretty when all puffed up.

Sergio was pretty "puffed" up as well.... I took this one late in the day yesterday - you can also see here how red his fur has turned in the sun... and his face and legs are really BLACK... I wonder why that fur doesn't turn in the sun and the rest does.. hmmm - but he is gorgeous isn't he? MY BABY... we are only feeding twice a day now.. breakfast and dinner right before bed. They grow up so fast don't they?

I love this photo I took of Sergio and Daddy... they didn't know I was taking it....

We fed the Donkey really well yesterday afternoon... The more they eat the warmer they are... so everyone got the really "good stuff" yesterday!! They love the "Good Stuff" ... same hay just in smaller bales... LOL

Libbie was allowed time with her favorite "treat"... this is some sort of rubber ball thing, you pop in these hard "cookie" like treats and they chew and lick on them... suppose to last a couple of weeks... not with Libbie - more like a few hours - so we only let her have it about 45 minutes once or twice a week... SHE LOVES IT... and it isn't easy getting it away from her!

And the breeder sent me new photos of Autie yesterday!!!!! OH MY I think I am in love already! Is he adorable or what????  We get to pick him up between Christmas and New Years... I just can't wait!!!

Have a wonderful Saturday! HUGS and-