High Hopes Stamps - Gabriel Loves Soccer

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Playing a little High Hopes Soccer today - Gabriel Loves Soccer!

Fun image isn't it? I colored with my copics (colors below) matching up to the Madison Penny Black Pattern Papers. Fun bright colors for a boys card. I cut a mat with a Spellbinders Nestie. Then sewed down all my layers. Added a little white doodling around the mat. My sentiment is from the High Hopes   - Sentiment Set #3

Added three dark blue buttons for embellishment.

Inside the card I used more of the same papers.

Copic colors used -

GREAT boy and man images in this last release. For me "guy" cards can be the hardest to do, and these new images have been so much fun!

This release is now available for purchase!

HUGS and

Animal Crackers - Missing Lillie

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With heavy heart I am posting today about our wonderful girl Lillie. Lillie was one of our original four goats we purchased years ago. Last weekend we lost her.  So this post is dedicated to her -

She went to sleep at night, and didn't wake up. She wasn't sick. She hadn't suffered. Old age. The day before she was her normal self. First out to greet us at breakfast. Laying in the middle of her hay, eating and enjoying life, that evening to the fence for a head scratch and a request for more food as normal. I have to say to loose one of my Fur kids is horrible. But if we must this is best. They say average life is 8 years normally. She was over nine. Survived a couple of injuries and a bad case of mastitis.

 Nicknamed "Pop Eyes" - she had more personality than she knew what to do with. And seriously don't even think of coming on the property with an oatmeal cookie. This girl Knew!

Hubby and I were talking about how many amazing babies we have and have had since getting the original 4 goats. Three girls and our man Frank.

Lillie was the best MOM. So much so that if new Mom's didn't watch she would "borrow" their babies.

Here are photos of her with some of her earlier "kids" - the last few years she had give up having babies and become the grandma who loved to babysit.

 

 We love you dearly Lillie - we miss you terribly. But you live on with all your Kids, Grandkids, and Great-Grandkids. You gave us years of happiness with that goofy grin and those big golden brown eyes.

We now are are keeping a really close eye on Paintbrush. After looking up Lillie's age, we found that Paintbrush is actually a year older and is now near 10 years old. Time flies... Goat world she is our old lady, which happens to be her nick name over the last year or so due to her slow nature and now skinnier and boney rear end. Hope we can last much longer past average with her.

Hope you all have a blessed wonderful week.

HUGS and-

 

Whimsy Stamps - Two Christmas Tales

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Today sharing a Whimsy Stamp an adorable Crissy Armstrong image "Two Christmas Tales".  Adorable sweet Christmas stamp!

I colored with my copics and then added some stickles for sparkle. My papers are from My Minds Eye "O Christmas Tree" Collection. I sewed down all layers then found the Whimsy  Star Spangled die. Topped with the Whimsy Sentiment Die "Merry Christmas" from the Sentimentables Holiday Set. I love that set for Christmas Cards!

Close up of the adorable image -

 Inside the card the same papers -

And the Copic colors used -

Fun having Christmas in July... coloring sweet cool image in the heat of summer. And totally loving coloring WHIMSY!

Have a wonderful day -
HUGS

High Hopes Stamps - Gabriel Loves Surfing

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High Hopes Stamps today - and today I am Surfing! Ok.. not me. Gabriel Loves Surfing. Me... uh I would sink.  But not Gabriel!

Now I worked with placement of pattern paper for this one. Old papers from deep in my stash. My Minds Eye "HOME" collection. Love the color combo for summer cards. I colored with my Copics to match up with the papers. I cut from the papers to place the pattern like a sun in the background. Sewed down to a matching pattern and placed on a dark grey/black card stock base. A dotted pattern for the "water" All the papers have Glitter to them so this card has lots of sparkle to it. I cut Gabriel loosely out and placed him doing a hang 10 on his board. (wow that just dated me didn't it?)

The perfect sentiment is from the Sentiment #4 collection. Fabulous Fun sentiments!

Inside more of the same papers.

Copic colors used -

Having fun with all these great outdoor summer guy images at High Hopes. You really need to check them out. There is something for everyone's man or boy! See them HERE

Hope you have some fun planned for today!
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Animal Crackers - Haircuts all Around!

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Well finally yesterday morning we had time to do some haircuts! Now normally we only shear Autie. His hair is so thick and so long we do it at least twice a year sometimes three times, just too hot and humid here for him. But while doing Autie we decided that both Libbie and Chica could use some shearing and do them as well. Now Autie is normally great - no problems other than when he gets lazy and decides to be a chunk of lead and lay over. Well yesterday he was just wiggling and not cooperating at all. He wasn't bad... just squirmy. And that  really did not give him a good haircut at all. As I told Hubby good thing we didn't pay for his "grooming"  cuz I would demand our money back for sure! LOL Hopefully we will get him smoothed out in a day or so when his mood changes.

 Hacked Haircut but still adorable!

Then we decided to get tough and do Chica. This girl is not easy to work with when trying to do anything. Baths, clipping toe nails, brushing. She is trouble! Uh.. hello? Don't know what dog we were working on but she was an angel! Sat and stood when we needed and didn't wiggle at all! So then we figured Libbie was going to make up for it. But the girl was fabulous too!! Well except when she fell asleep and I wasn't watching and she fell over... :0)

She ended up looking adorable! Love how they look like puppies after a haircut! She may be my old lady... but she looks like a young pup!

Chica just wouldn't sit for a photo... all that being still has the girl with lots of energy late in the day.

Went to see my boys yesterday while Hubby was washing and filling their water buckets yesterday evening. Sergio was way out in his pen with all the guys. They all started heading right for us! So sweet how they love us and want a kiss and some lovin'... 

Uh Serg...

He decided that a good dirt bath was needed before he came to me. Man it must have really felt good he was scratching his back and flipping that tail big time! Then he got up and came for his hug. Of course now covered in dirt... but I still gave in to him. Love my orphan baby boy and a little dirt won't stop me from a hug from him!

Walking back from the guys I stopped to talk to Doc and Wyatt. Ok.. still not happy that I have parted them from one their Mom, Chloe. But two, from all the girls. Teenage boys ya know... LOL

 Don't worry Doc... with those looks I won't be waiting too long before you get your own girlfriends! Stunning!!! And sweet too.

Then I found Thelma... man she can stretch that little neck!

She gets more long grass outside the pen than any of the other little goats. That neck is like a giraffe! Enjoy sweetheart... little longer and those horns will be bigger and those little 4x4 holes in the pen will no longer be a door to more green grass.

I hope that all in the US enjoy a safe and happy 4th of July holiday with friends and loved ones -

Hugs and -

Whimsy Stamps - Three French Hens

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Today is my first day "on the job" at Whimsy Stamps! So excited about joining this DT.  Decided that "Three French Hens" would be fun to color up - fitting in with a little Christmas in July theme!

Love this image... Maybe it is just that the chicken in the middle is wearing a hat. LOL Heck I love all chicken images don't I?  I colored with my copics (colors below) Great trio -

I then went through my stash of Christmas papers and found some scraps from Graphic 45 that looked good with my "chicken" colors. I used the Whimsy Shapeology Die "Double Scallop Border die"  Didn't show all the die, but liked just the double scallops peeking out.

The layers are all sewed down with a zig zag stitch. Chickens zig and zag a lot you know!

The sentiment is a Whimsy Die as well from the Sentimentables Die "Holiday Set"  I cut three out two in green and one in yellow... layered them. They look a little better in person, kind of was going for a shadow look... not sure I pulled it off - ;0(   

Inside I used more of the same papers -

And here are the Copic colors used -

 Happy camper here... having fun with lots of favorite artist at Whimsy! Been coloring like crazy the last couple of weeks. Really I have... my house shows it! LOL

Hope you have a blessed day -
HUGS and

High Hopes Stamps - Gabriel Loves Baseball

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High Hopes Stamps fun today playing a little baseball... okay coloring a little baseball - This is "Gabriel Loves Baseball" - great image for any guy.

I colored with my Copics (colors below) and then dug through my papers and found these fun papers from Kaisercraft's Cock-a-doodle-doo collection. Great cloud papers for a baseball game. I sewed down the layers with some white and red card stock. Punched out some Whimsy Banner Die cuts. Then added  "Congrats!" sentiment.

Inside I used some of the same papers - Then added the sentiment "Simply the Best" from the Sentiment #3 set. Fabulous set of sentiments.

The copic colors used -

This was a fun one to put together! Loving the new release, so many image for the guys in your life no matter what the age.

Hope you have a blessed day -
HUGS and-