Cute and Cuddly

No, it's not a photo of our new dog, Cooper, but it's the next best thing: snowpeople!

This is a Penny Johnson stamp that has become one of my favorites! I learned today that if your mojo has disappeared, just sit at your desk with the happiest stamps you have, turn on some great background music, pet the dog for a bit and start stamping!! It worked for me!  I'm entering into the CAS-ual Fridays sketch challenge that closes tonight!

This is a Penny black stamp called "Snowy", another image that brings a smile every time!  He's colored with copics and loaded with Stickles! 

Now I have a total of four cards made for Christmas!!  Every journey begins with those first steps!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I am thankful for the comments you leave and I am thankful for all of you!

Across the Miles

I discovered a stamp company that I hadn't known about called Skipping Stone Designs. This set called "Uplifting" caught my eye because of the hot air balloons and the assortment of sentiments that came with the set.

I'm entering this "Across the Miles" card in this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge to use the posted sketch. I love "sketch" challenges! Half the work of designing a card is done for you.

I paper-pieced the hill, colored the images wtih Copics, used a Die-Namics die to make the clouds and stitched the layers together.  I'm not sure this is CAS enough, but it was a fun card to make and it's one I will be sending out.

We had a great Thanksgiving in Atlanta with the grandkids! Cooper went along but unfortunately my granddog Spencer was not in the mood for dog company!! Cooper was mystified as he thought a doggy friend was a great idea!!

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Joy of the Christmas Season

Finally inked up one of the clear sets Hero Arts included in my prize package for having their blinkie on my blog. Thanks, Hero Arts!

This card could be made in quantity easily! I am going to experiment with different colors, different embossing powder and maybe even some distress ink backgrounds.

I am trying to wake up my mojo! Hope you are all anticipating a great Thanksgiving with family and friends.

We are off to the Atlanta area for the holiday. It will be Cooper's first visit with the grandchildren and our granddog Spencer! Hope everyone gets along!

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Penny Black Penguin's Christmas

So much time has passed since I last stamped and blogged! I have been worried that my stamping urge was gone permanently. My stamping friend, Donna Mikasa said I should start by coloring, as coloring can be so therapeutic.

Well, I tried that yesterday and nothing good happened! Which only worried me more!

This afternoon I checked the Penny Black blog to see what this week's challenge was and decided I would try to make a card using my favorite Penny Black stamp.

Now, to be honest, these penguins are my favorites today; don't know that we have a lifelong commitment going. I love the simplicity of the image and the ease of coloring these cute little guys.

I am hoping that the first card is the hardest and that it marks the start of a rush of creativity.

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Excuse my Absence!

It has been awhile since I have posted to my blog!  And it has been awhile since I stamped!  I am missing my creative outlet and all of you.  Hopefully November will bring with it a return to our "normal" routine!  I am hopeful that when I put a stamp to ink and paper the magic will happen again!   My craft room is too tidy; cobwebs are forming!  Please, brain, return to creative mode!  Hugs, Judy

Could I please come in now??

This is our new dog Cooper letting us know he would like to come in, please! He is peeking into the kitchen! Who could resist a look like this??
 
Cooper believes he is invisible whlle snoozing under our bed!!

Thanks for dropping by!  We fly out to Phoenix tomorrow morning.  Haven't told Cooper yet!  He is staying with my sister and will be well-cared for!

Halloween Cutie

Just wanted to share my Halloween scrapling made with the Hero Arts Japanese doll. Love her punched witch's hat!

I'm a day late, but I checked on the Lily Pad Cards blog today and discovered that I was one of the Frogging Fantastic Four winners in the latest Kathy's color challenge.  This is the card that did it:


Just a note: I will be in Arizona until October 10th and will not be crafting or blogging. We will be visiting my sister in law, Shar, who has been fighting pancreatic cancer this past year. We want to spend some time with her and my husband's brother, remembering the laughs and tears we shared as we RV'd together for years before we settled down, each of us in an "A" state!

Thanks for stopping by!!