Happy Halloween Card

Just a quick card to share for Halloween. I  made this for my nephew Jake's Birthday yesterday, he had a costume party. Insert lots and lots of gushing for my VERY cute nephew here :-) Exciting weekend, lots of goings on, all ending with Grandpa Jack coming down for a visit to share Halloween Fun with the Grandkids. Yay Grandpa Jack!

The orange pokie paper is one of my favorites, its GCD Spring All Over stack, all of the die cuts are K&Company and the green is American Crafts. Easy peasy but cute I think. Hope you enjoy it :-) Hope you have a fun, safe, Halloween. Until next time Amigas..

Simple Fence Card and My Bob Barker Moment

Hello Friends, hope everyone's weekend was great. Ours was very busy and crazy like usual. Saturday we went up to an Animal Rescue ranch that my daughters have been volunteering at for about a year now and took care of some VERY, very cute doggies! I had different plans, a Mommy day off with my Aunts, but we had a car conflict so my plans got cancelled. :-(

That's okay because even though it was hotter than Africa (as my little girl says) it was so nice to do something together as a family to help others. This whole thing started with the Twins doing the community service requirement that California Schools have to graduate. That was 1 year ago now we are hooked on Doggies. We have made some good friends and the person that runs it BettyAnne is such a kind soul. She is fiercely protective of the dogs and they could not have a better advocate. She is tireless in her efforts despite some physical issues she has. We love that Woman!

We have fostered many pups, about 12 now. Most with social problems, skinny and just neglected. It's how we got our very old Weenies, Yoda and Okie. They are pretty much unadoptable because Okie had a battle with breast cancer, which was removed but we are thinking it's come back. Her and Yoda's owner passed away. The 2 of them have been together for 8 years. I couldn't bear someone just taking Yoda cuz he's healthier and leaving Okie to die alone in a kennel. They are besties and SUCH good, well behaved, sweet pups. See what I mean? Arrrg pulls at your heart strings. So the germaphobe crazy Lady that NEVER thought I would have inside dogs is now in Weenie Dog bliss :-)

 It makes my heart hurt when I see how people can neglect and hurt such innocent, helpless creatures that give us love, protection and companionship. The rescue needs so much help and I have to keep it in perspective that all we can do is our best to help.

When I'm around BettyAnne I am often reminded of the quote by Mahatma Ghandi "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." In my book, Dogs are members of our society not inanimate objects. So anyway this is my Bob Barker moment for the week. Just wanted to share some rambling thoughts.

On to the craftiness! I have wanted to make this card for a long time and it's the reason I purchased the Tim Holtz embossing folder. The stickers are all Jolee's and the cardstock is American Crafts. I just love those poppies and decided to keep the other colors subdued to let the bright red pop. I just inked up the woodgrain and kept it simple.

Hope you like it, and as always Thank You very much for visiting my little blog.
  

     

Some Manly Men Cards

Hello Friends, Manly cards for you today. I believe that a I'm not alone in the fact that it is SUPER challenging for me to make man cards. It is so fun and easy to fluff up and girlie up cards. The more the better right? Well with Man cards there is the whole "Men hate fluffy things" situation. To me a card without ribbon is an abomination. Well maybe not that dramatic but I actually had fun challenging myself to keep it simple and still be Super Cool like I am. Kidding, Hee hee. Hope you enjoy them. The cards with the squares are actually thin patches that I found thinking they were really cute but not sure how to use them. I just knew I had to have them. Well Viola, a cool Man card. Hope you enjoy them. Until Next time Amigas.

Recipe: Stamp: Inkadinkado, Sentiment: TPC, Cardstock: American Crafts, Patterned Paper: DCWV, Border Stickers: K&Company, Sparkle black embossing powder. 

Cardstock: American Crafts and Recollections, Patterned Paper: DCWV, Patches: Dritz, Studs: Recollections

Cardstock: American Crafts and Recollections, Patterned Paper: DCWV Cut and Paste Stack, Border Stickers: K&Company, Patches: Dritz

Cardstock: Recollections, Patterned Paper: Niki Sivilis, Sentiment Stamp: TPC, White embossing powder: Doodlebug, Twine: Home Depot



Pretty Girl Card

Hi, I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July Holiday. My husband took some vacation time so we've been to a pow-wow, fishing and relaxing. Am I the only wife that doesn't get much done at all when the hubby is home? He is just distracting and though I love him more than chocolate, he throws me off my schedule! I'm like a 3 year old, I have to have a schedule or I get thrown into a quandary! Haha, yes I am a spaz like that. So I'm back and excited to share another card with you. Hope you like it. I would love your input, as I am still learning and would love any opportunity to improve.


The Recipe: The plaid paper is DCWV Sweet stack, Pink, beige & yellow Cardstock is Coredinations, white is DCWV, Stamp is Inkadinkado (my favorite dress stamp), Letter stickers are Martha Stewart, Buttons are recollections, Stickles w/glitter, Ribbon is American Crafts, Punch is Fiskars, Cartridge Accent Essentials.

This card is again for my favorite uncle's friend. It is more busy than what I am used to but again, I am trying to show you the cards I make that are different than usual. I like it but it does make my brain hurt a little with so much going on. Until next time amigos :-)