Where's the Beef?

It's Stampede time here in Calgary - YEEHAW!!!!

What better way to celebrate Stampede then to invite family and friends to a barbecue, and I have the perfect invitation. 

This little old cow is searching for the beef that will be a served at your fabulous event.  The Cow is a front and back image from Art Impressions colored with Copics, fussy cut and adhered to the tag, which slips into the criss/cross card front.

...and the backside with all the info!!!

Here's the front of the invite....

This year is the 100th birthday of the Calgary Stampede - it's a great year for those extra special celebrations, so get out the vittles and enjoy!!!  Be sure to hop on over to the One Crazy Stamper blog to see all of the wonderful inspiration from the design team, and while you're there enter to win the BBQ/Food challenge.

Goin Grey with Scrap Creations - Use something bought in last 2 months

LEJ Designs - #11 Animals

Make It Monday - #97 Anything Goes

Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - July - Animals

Hot, Hot, Hot!!!

Summer is here with a vengeance and everyone is out enjoying the heat!!  At least it's not as hot here as it has been in the eastern States where they are desperately waiting for some cooler temperatures.

Today's post is the second page for the calendar project I mentioned in an earlier post.

The image is Winter Fairy from Crafts and Me colored with Copics and bling added to her wings, shoes, and headpiece.  The snowflakes are a Memory Box die with added glimmer.

Calling All Paper Shelter Fans - It's a DT call

The Paper Shelter is looking for a few new fans to join the design teams, and it could be you!!  For all of the details please visit them here!!!

Cookie Rescue?

Here's a super cute clean and simple card that I finished recently.

This is Cookie Fairy from Whimsie Doodles, colored with Copics, and mounted on dp from K and Co. Julianne collection.  Ribbon and pearls are from my stash.



Bring On Summer

Anyone that has experienced the boredom of a teenage boy during the summer can probably relate to this card!!!   This delightful card features one of the images from Kraftin' Kimmie's "Smell Like Teen Spirit" set.  The "eat, sleep, game!" sentiment is included in the set, and I handwrote the Bring on Summer.  All of the dp is from My Mind's Eye Away We Go collection, and the edges are distressed with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink.

Crafty Sentiments - Summertime
Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenges - #117 Chillin' and Grillin'
Kaboodle Doodles - #126 A Boy's Life
Cutie Pie Challenge - #21 One For The Boys

Doodle Gardens First Challenge

This is my second post for today, so if you are looking for my card for One Crazy Stamper, please scroll down to the last post.

It's finally here, the first ever Doodle Garden challenge!!!!

Welcome to everyone - check out my card, and the rest of the teams wonderful creations at Doodle Garden here.

Doodle Garden is the creation of Jennifer Nilsson, a wonderfully creative artist whose digital images caught my attention recently.  I was over the moon when she asked me to join her first ever design team, and jumped at the chance to show off her adorable digital images to you!!  For this first challenge the theme is Under the Sea.

The wonderful thing about digital images is that you can alter the size, flip the design and get stunning results.  For this card I have used "Little Seahorse" and Seashell Trio, available at Doodle Garden's etsy store.  I resized, flipped and copied the images several times and printed them all out on my Epson printer.  The images are all colored with Copics, fussy cut and then adhered to a sheet of acyrlic, which I scored to make a 3D effect - almost like a shadow box, except that it will fold flat for mailing.  For seaweed I used the flourish die from Tim Holtz, and glued them to the bottom of the card, adding some Tim Holtz distress embossing powder for sand.  You can't really see it in this image but I glued two of the oyster shells together and placed a pearl inside!

You can see the pearl in the above photo, just under the largest seahorse's tail.  The dp that is adhered to the back of the card is from Imaginisce - an oldie but a goodie!  The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie.

Hop on over to Doodle Garden and check out the details for the first ever challenge!

Raise The Bar Challenge - #107 Hello Summer

Totally Papercrafts - Can You Digi It

Sarah Hurley Challenges - #69 Dimension and Texture

Inky Impressions Challenges - Beach Fun

Scrapalicious USA - Summertime

Happy Birthday Canada!!

Happy Canada Day to all of my fellow Canadians!!!

It's the beginning of a new month so I have two posts for today.  The first is for One Crazy Stamper with the new challenge theme of  BBQ/Food.  I have stamped up the flirty image "Fanny" from Kraftin' Kimmie and colored her with Copics in red and white to celebrate Canada's birthday!!  The sentiment is included with the stamp, except that I added the word Canada.  Ribbon and cardstock are from my stash.

The Outlawz Paper Challenge - Copic/Promarkers Where in the World

Ribbon Girls - Girlie Card

Our Craft Lounge - #123 Let Freedom Ring

Simply Create Too - #16 Country Where You Live

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - #22 Clean and Simple

Cute Card Thursday - #223 Patriotic

Simon Says Stamps - Sporty or Patriotic

Totally Stampalicious - Red and White and ? (one other color)