Pooches Gracias!!

Got a request from Charlie's 'mom' for some more cards. Check out the slide show to see 5 thank you cards, truly original. Charlie is a terrier with shaggy hair.... so this image is mine... no casing, no copying. She had seen the text 'pooches gracias!!' and we talked about a sombrero..... and the result.... ta da!~

Thanks for looking.

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Stamp Camp Card

Here's a card I made last night at stamp camp! I look forward to going each month. Last night I was pooped, but here's one of my creations. I like the idea of using a hole punch to create the ornaments and the pompom on the snowman's hat.

Happy Birthday, Alyssa

The Elyzabells are so adorable! Here's my take (which if you don't know by now, means I drew my own version of her, very, very similar) This little one looks like a little friend of mine, so I thought she would be perfect on the front of November birthday card. Hope you are having a happy day!

Snowman III

Don't get too tired of viewing all my snowmen cards! I think he's going to be the one on this year's cards! Simple and whimsical.... just like me. HA HA! This card is just playing around with scraps of paper. No new techniques or tips... just my usual... image on white cards stock (hand drawn by me) colored in with water color pencils, slight outline and shadow with markers, plasterd on some sort of patterned paper or Embossed cuttlebug image... a little bling (ribbon, brad or buttons) and wa-LA, ta-da! A finished card.... ala prdesigns! Happy Day

Stitchin snowman

The layout of this card is similar to one on the front cover of the November issue of PaperCraft Mag. Last year I was in a holiday card swap that we got all the supplies and just needed to pull the cards together. Let me tell you, that was real 'sweet' to find in my card rotation (yeah right!) bin. I had totally forgotten about the swap... I have about 12 different cards I can make, so this was one of them. Check out my blog again real soon! Like I said before, I love makin' snowmen, the paper ones!!!

*** ps Kim!!! thanks for all your wonderful comments!!! to all my friends and family and lurkers too..... you can leave a comment, that you stopped by ****

Silly snowman

Okay, so is it untraditional or unconventional holiday colors? Is that the word I'm looking for? I don't know who makes this whimsy snowman.... of course I cased him from someone... which means I drew him.... but copied from some other talented artist. It looks like a plump egg! The weather around northern Illinois is rumored to have snow on Thanksgiving Day.... 'tis the season!

I got a new to me.... Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder... which does an adorable background. And I bought the Crystal colored Stickles to gussy up my falling snow drops!! It makes them shiny and glittery to those who can't see the 'real' texture of the card from the digital photo.

Start of the holiday card season

From now on, just holiday cards? I like this recipe for a card it's one I've used many times before... can you find it in any old posts?? Old SU image and new SU background paper.... I like all the red and green... but you will see some surprises soon. Love my snowmen!!! Stay tuned!

And then their's Charley

Oh, I don't know if that's how you spell her name.... a neighbor doggie! Her mom wanted some cards with her on them. So, I created this shaggy terrier dog... it sort of looks like her! And there are four different kinds all with different sentiments, hello, thanks, birthday and I'm relieved... hope you're feeling better!! Hope she likes them... the human mom!!!

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Male-ish cards

Had a request for masculine cards, so I added a few more to my blog. I love the old classic car, that one is a TAC stamp. Also popular....for men, the light house! This charachter design of Groucho Marx is something I remembered copying during high school time.

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Comfy

Card upon request!

A special friend asked me to create a thank you card.... she stayed at a great friend's house, and had company with her two dogs and she slept really well... so the inside reads:

To: All my pals
I enjoyed my stay in your home,
It was marvelous sitting for dinner,
and,
I rolled-over and had the best night's sleep!

MIA

Sorry, although I have been working on cards, I've just not taken any pictures in a while, so I'm missing in action here on my creative blog! Also too, since I started my job.... going from 0 hours a week to over 30 hours a week has really knocked me out of whack!! And then the time change.... I could go on.... but I'll be posting again, snowmen cards are my favs!!