Sending all my love...

It is Hambo Hoedown time again! This week we had a lovely basket of hearts and a wonderful sentiment to work with! In addition to the basket and the sentiment, we had to use flowers and lace. This card was DEFINITELY outside my comfort zone...but I think it turned out really pretty. If you played along with the Hoedown last week, you should receive these images to play along. If you didn't, then you can get them over at Hambo! This would be a perfect Mother's Day set! I believe the patterned paper is from a pack by Memory Box. I also used my favorite Cuttlebug embossing folder-textile texture to create some dimension behind the image.

You will LOVE all the other samples made by my fellow Bacon Bits! Go check them out!

Other Challenges with this card:
Little Red Wagon
My Mums Craft Shop
The Sisterhood of Crafters

Copic Colors Used:
Basket: W00, W0, W2, W4
Hearts: R81, R83, R85

A Sale over at Hambo Stamps!

You will have to go visit the folks at Hambo Stamps!...They are having a SALE! Woo Hoooo! Do a little jig over to their site and go hog wild!

Easter Wishes

This is one of Hambo Stamps' newest digis called Flower Chick and I thought it was so fun! Since I wasn't going to be doing any real-life egg decorating, I decided to decorate this one! I decided to keep this one bright and fun! The paper is some I found in my stash and I am not sure who made it...I used my nestabilities circle die/scalloped circle die for the image and added some gel pen action for dots and faux stitching. There is some glitter pen on the stripes and dots of the egg, but it doesn't show up in the picture. It was late when I took the picture, so the lighting wasn't stellar either...

Copic Colors Used:
Flowers: RV23, RV25, RV29
Leaves: YG11, YG13, YG17
Chick: Y32, Y35, Y38
Beak: YR15, YR18
Egg: B000, B00, B01, B02
Dots on Egg: RV23, RV25
Wavy Lines on Egg: Y32, Y35, Y38; YR15

It's Good to Be the King!

Woo hoo! It's Hambo Hoedown time again!

This week features this awesome King making his official decree! If you played along last week, you should have received this regal fella. If you didn't get to play along, you can get him in the digital image shop over at Hambo Stamps!

To play along this week, you should use the King digi and provide your own "announcement" sentiment. I chose to keep it simple and just went for 'Tah-Dah!" You could use it for just about any kind of announcement! I used some Basic Grey paper for hte background and added some fun ribbon. I couldn't pass up using some rhinestones on his crown! He had to have some bling!!

You'll have to visit the Hoedown Challenge Blog to see the other fun cards created by the bacon bits and our guest designer! I am honored to be on the same crew!

Copic Colors Used:
Coat: R22, R24, R27
Hair:E39, E18; YR23
Trumpet/Shoes/Crown: Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28
Skin: E0000, E000, E00
Banner: BG0000, BG000, BG01

Get Ogre It!

It's Hambo Hoedown time again! I am in LOVE with this cute Ogre digi stamp from Hambo Stamps! I immediately thought of some older Basic Grey paper that was from what I call the dinosaur collection (can't remember the actual name!) If you played along this past week, you got this digi and two sentiments. If not, then you can add him to your collection over at Hambo Stamps.

I know you want to play along this week....It is all about "distressing." Distressed edges, distress ink, anything distressed is the game! I did most of the edges on the layers to give it that rough and ready look! I also used some of the fun webbed weave ribbon that Hambo has! I thought it worked perfectly with this patterned paper!

You will have to join us over at the Hambo Hoedown to check out all of the fun Design Team creations! You will love them!!!

Copic Colors Used:
Ogre: YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97
Pants: E23, E25, E27 Top: E40, E41, E42
Suspenders: E23, E25, E27; C0, C2, C4

Sunshine Thoughts

My mom asked me to make a get well card for a lady from her church. I decided to use a stamp I have had for some time (can't remember the company). I wanted to do something different, so I thought this pretty sun image would brighten her day. This was fun to color and I hope she likes it! I know it would make ME feel better!

Copic Colors Used:
Grass: YG00, YG01, YG03
Tree: YG00, YG01, YG03
Flower Leaves: YG07
Flowers: V05, V06
Sun: Y32, Y35, Y38, YR68
Sky: B000, B00
Dirt: E31, E32, E35
Path: W00, W0, W1, W2, W3, W4
Clear Spica Marker for sun and flowers

Remember



My co-worker's brother-in-law recently lost their dog.  She asked me to make them a card and I decided to use this image from Mo's Digital Pencil.  They have a young son and I thought this digi stamp worked perfectly.  The paper is from a pad by My Mind's Eye.  I kept the background simple so the focus would be on the image.  I hope this provided some comfort, or at least will serve as a reminder of the good memories.

Copic Colors Used:

Shirt/Socks/Belt/Collar: BG10, BG11, BG13

Pants: E23, E25, E27

Skin: E0000, E000, E00

Dog: E0000, E000; C00, C0; E31, E33

Nose: E31, E33

Hair: Y11, Y21; E31