Christmas in July

Who is ready for Christmas???

That is what I thought, nobody!!
It is never too early to start the Christmas card stash, right!?!

There is a challenge over on the Hambo Hoedown to get you started!

I have used Wee Henry Gnome:

Punny, eh?

I sure hope you can join us!
Did I mention there will be prizes!?!?

Oh, yeah, not only prizes, BUT the Christmas and winter stamps are 25% off, too! (both digi and traditional stamps).

Check out the fun: Hambo Hoedown: 'Tis the Season!

Thank you for stopping by, today!


Details:
Image: Wee Henry Gnome, a digi from Hambo Stamps;
Paper: white cardstock and Memory Box dp;
Coloring Medium: Copic markers;
Accessories: Spellbinders die, ribbon, foam tape;

Happy Bird-Day!

This image from Hambo Stamps, Bird Pants, just cracks me UP!:

I have layered the image.

• The far away foot and the tail are the base image.  
• The body and is the next layer that you can see.  
• The wing (half attached to the 2nd layer and half "popped" out), hat and balloon are 3 layers high. 

The image was colored with Shinhan and Copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
Please check out the Hambo Hoedown for our monthly challenge: SUMMER!!


Card Details:

• Image: Bird Pants, a digi from Hambo Stamps;
• Sentiment: Computer generated;
• Paper: Basic Grey; white and kraft cardstock;
• Coloring Medium: Copic and Shinhan markers;
• Accessories: twine, foam tape, sequins;

More Than Ice Cream!

The "May Flowers Challenge" is still on over at the Hambo Hoedown!
Just use flowers in some way on a Hambo Stamps project! (there are a couple of freebies available on the site if you don't have a Hambo image, yet)

Here is my second May Flowers card (using Ice Cream Man):

"More than ice cream" is a pretty high compliment in our house! ;)

I hope you can come over to the Hambo Hoedown Blog and join us for the "May Flowers Challenge"!!

Have a great day (perhaps with ice cream)!
Thank you for stopping by my blog!


Card Details:
Image:  Ice Cream Man a digi from Hambo Stamps;
Papers: DCWV embossed paper; Basic Grey: Hey Girl; warm grey and white cardstock; 
Coloring Medium: Copic Markers:
Accessories: foam tape;

This just in...

BREAKING NEWS!

Hopefully the recipient won't want to change the channel!
This card uses the super fun image: Newscaster, from Hambo Stamps.

It came with four sentiments, two of which I resized to create the pennant.

The image is colored with Copic Markers.  My old school t.v. was created with corner rounder and word window punches and a couple of sequins.

Thanks for stopping by, today!

Card Details: Image: Newscaster from Hambo Stamps;
Coloring Medium: Copic and Shinhan markers, 
Paper: SU! Taken with Teal and Very Vanilla cardstock; light turquoise and brown cardstock from Bazzill; dp from Basic Grey; Accessories: foam tape; corner rounder and word window punches; sequins; 

For the love of Jeannie!

My fellow design team member, Jeannie, is featured on this weeks' Featured Stamper Challenge (FS378) over at SplitCoastStampers!!!

To honor her, I chose her card: Sending All My Love.

I kept the layout and the theme, but changed the image, and colors.

Here is my card using Animal Heart (a digi from Hambo Stamps):

Jeannie is a wonderful crafter with a great sense of humor!  
She even made the crocheted flower on my card!!  

Congratulations, Jeannie!!


Card Details: 
Image: Animal Heart from Hambo Stamps;
Papers: Certainly Celery, white, & orchid cardstock; Me and My Big Ideas dp;
Coloring Medium: Shinhan and Copic markers;
Accessories: Crocheted flower by Jeannie; twine, trim, button, Spellbinder's Die and corner rounder punch;

Ham & Bacon Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Ham and (Kevin) Bacon Blog hop!

If you are looking for today's A Day for Daisies post, click here.

You should have come from the Hambo Hoedown Blog (if not you might just want to head back there so you do not miss a thing).

Here is my card:

Can you guess the movie inspiration???

Yup!  Tremors! (the original -- not any later versions ;) )

For the card I used "Rattler" by Hambo Stamps.

Interesting fact:  I am two degrees from Kevin Bacon!  I (as stage manager and light board op.) worked with Calista Flockhart in Bovver Boys, an off Broadway production in 1990 and she was in movie Telling Lies in America with Kevin in 1997.

Ready for more  HAM & BACON!?!
Please continue on to Lisa Cassidy's Blog -- "My Lil' Bits"!

There will be a shopping spree awarded to one hopper who leaves comments along the way!!
All the details are available at the beginning of the hop on the Hambo Hoedown Blog!

Card Details:Image: "Rattler" by Hambo Stamps;Coloring Medium: Copic Markers;Papers: Bo Bunny and Bazzill Cardstock;Accessories: Corner rounder punches, felt heart, and foam adhesive;

I Otter Love You

I have certain people in my live that appreciate a cute little critters more than pretty flowers or even (GASP) chocolate!

This little guy is sure to inspire "aaaaw" in anyone!
He is the "Animal Heart" digi from Hambo Stamps.  He comes with 3 sweet sentiments!

He is destined to be sent to a special teen guy. ;)

Also, I hope you will mark your calendar and join us, April 11th for our Kevin Bacon Blog Hop!
Thanks for stopping by my blog, today!

Card Details:
Image: "animal heart" by Hambo Stamps;
Coloring Medium: Copic and Shinhan Markers;
Papers: dp from Pebbles, Inc; Kraft and white cardstock;
Accessories: foam tape, corner rounder and heart punches;

Feel Better Soon

Or the chicken DIES!!

Rest assured, if you are sick, I will make you a card... but I won't make you soup!
And you will live the longer for it!

One thing I can do with success is BACON!
AND what goes with bacon??? KEVIN!
Yes, Kevin Bacon.  We (the Bacon Bits) are celebrating the cinematic contributions of Kevin Bacon and would like YOU to join us!
You can find all of the details here, on the Hambo Hoedown blog.  I hope you can join us!



Card Details:
Image: Chicken Soup by Hambo
Coloring Medium: Copic and Shinhan Markers;
Papers: Kraft and white cardstock;
Accessories: Washi tape, foam tape, & corner rounder punch;

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick's Day is today!  Irish or not, it is a fun day!

I have a "lucky" card to share with you today!

This little "Monkey Irish" is ready to play, get kissed, or pinched... what ever he can get for his pot of gold.

The pot of gold is accented with a gold glitter gel pen and then Glossy Accents are dabbed on top.

The background (victorian flower panel) was inked with distress markers.  After I stamped it, I dotted some Stickles for extra fun.

May the Luck O' the Irish be with you today!!

~Juliana O'Swanson

Card Details:

Image: Monkey Irish from Hambo;

Background Stamp: victorian flower panel from Rubbernecker

Ink:Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, Shabby Shutters, Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac, Seeded Preserves;

Coloring Medium: Copic Markers;

Accessories: foam tape, Stickles, Glossy Accents;

I Dig You

Hambo Stamps has the cutest little critter in the Digi Shop!  Miner Mole!

Normally, moles are not my favorite animal.  They have gone condo in our front yard and I have heard they have approved plans for a mall and a new freeway.  Construction begins as soon as the ground thaws (IF it ever thaws).

But this guy? THIS guy, I like:

He just DUG his way right into my heart!
AND I happen to know he has chocolate under his helmet!!

Inspiration for the layout of this card came from Retro Sketches #100:

Thanks, Arielle, for the WONDERFUL sketch!
Thank you, too, for stopping by my blog, today!

Card Details:Image: Mole Miner, a digi stamp from Hambo Stamps;
Coloring Medium: Copic Markers;
Paper: white cardstock from Georgia Pacific, red cardstock from Bazzill, and designer paper from Pebbles, Inc.;
Accessories: buttons, Spellbinder die, heart punch, snap stamps, twine, foam tape;

Are you ready for some Hambo?

It is Sale Time at Hambo Stamps!

The 6th Annual Hambo Stamps' Super Bowl Sale is going on NOW! Save 30% off ALL regular priced stamps (including digis with code "SUPER14"), plus take a guess as to the final point total of the big game, and have a chance to win your order FREE!!

Click HERE to get started!

Stuck on YOU!

I am stuck to you like magnets to the fridge!

What greater honor for young artwork is there than a place on the fridge!?!
That is what makes this "Refrigerator" image from Hambo Stamps so fun!

I think this card is destined to go to someone who has adorned my fridge many times before!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!


Card Details:  Image: "Refrigerator" from the Hambo Digital Image Store;  Paper: Bristol smooth paper; Basic Grey -- Girly Girl;  Coloring medium: Copic Markers;  Accessories: heart and corner rounder punches; foam tape;

Take my heart... it is CHOCOLATE!

It is time for the SECOND Hambo Hoedown Challenge of 2014!!  Can you believe how fast time goes!?!
The beauty of this challenge, though, is that it will get you ready for St. Valentine's Day!!

The challenge is LOVE!!

I have used Dinos in Love from the Hambo Digital Stamp Store:

This card also uses this week's Retro Sketch #97:

Come and play along with us at the Hambo Hoedown!!  You will LOVE it! ;)

Card Details
Image: Dinos in Love from the Hambo Digital Stamp Store;
Papers: Kraft, Bristol Paper (smooth); DP from Pebbles Inc.;
Accessories: Spellbinders die; heart and corner rounder punches; label; buttons; lace; foam tape; ribbon;

You find the best in me!

"Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it."  ~Michelangelo

This  quote comes to mind with this "Turtle Carver" image from the Hambo Digital Store.

St. Valentine's Day will be here before we know it!!  I am determined to be ready this year!!!

This card uses Freshly Made Sketches #118.

Thanks for stopping by today!



Card Details:

• Image: Turtle Carver from Hambo Stamps Digital Image Store;
• Paper: Bristol smooth paper; dp from Pebbles Inc.; Kraft and red cardstock;
• Coloring Medium: Copic Markers;
• Accessories: foam tape and Spellbinders dies;

Woot! Woot! Woot!

Strike up the band!
Or strike up the tuba!!

This little guy (Snail Tuba from Hambo Stamps) plays a mean tuba, and he's ready to play a fanfare!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek today!


Card Details:
Image: Snail Tuba from Hambo Stamps;
Coloring Medium: Copic Markers;
Paper: white and chocolate cardstock; dp from Memory Box;
Accessories: ribbon, foam tape, glossy accents (snail slime along the bottom);

Hoedown Gets Piggy

Happy New Year!
It is time for another challenge at the Hambo Hoedown!
The challenge is to use animals in your creation... but the Bacon Bits are "pigging out" this week!

Come and play along with us!!  It will be fun, I promise!
Pigs are not required (but they sure are fun!) just any Hambo Animal!

More info and linky thingy at the Hambo Hoedown!



Card Details: 
Image: Pig Inmate from Hambo Stamps;
Coloring Medium: Copic markers;
Papers: designer papers: Pebbles Inc. White, hot pink, warm grey and black cardstock;
Accessories: ribbon and foam tape;

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas!

...only a hippopotamus will do!

For Christmas I like "Hippo Presents" from Hambo!  (much more manageable than a real live hippopotamus!)

This one also uses "Fireplace Stockings":

I hope you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Swooshing you a Merry Christmas!

At the Hambo Hoedown it is time for another challenge: Kraft + another color!

Here is my card using Skiing Mouse:

For this card I used the layout from MojoMonday #324:

Card Details: Image:  Skiing Mouse from Hambo Stamps; Coloring Mediums: Copic Markers; White Prismacolor pencil;  Paper: Kraft, red and white cardstock; Jenny Bowlin dp;  Accessories: Brads, Bookplate die, foam tape, baker's twine, Liquid Applique;

So come and play along with us at the Hambo Hoedown!!!

It's Okay, I am a Doctor

Well, I am not a doctor... but my sister-in-law is in medical school and has requested "doctor" themed cards for Christmas.

Enter, "Wee Henry Doctor"!
He is cute, and ready to get down to business!

Since my sister-in-law also requested that the cards be humorous, the Bacon Bits are helping me come up some more funny captions/sentiments.

This card also uses SplitcoastStampers' Sketch Challenge #465:

Card Details: 

Image: Wee Henry Doctor;

Papers: Bazzill cardstock (colored); Me and My Big Ideas patterned paper; and Georgia Pacific white cardstock; 

Accessories: brads; foam tape;

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  If you have a funny sentiment for a doctor to doctor card, please let me know! ;)

Snowball Defense Unit

The NEW challenge at the Hambo Hoedown is to make BOOKMARKS!!

Mine uses the Bookmark Disclaimer and Snowball Fight images from Hambo Stamps.

The two end and the bookmark center are connected with ribbon... daring anyone to lose the page!

Come join us for fun and prize opportunities: Hambo Hoedown #139.

Card Details: Images: Bookmark Disclaimer and Snowball Fight images from Hambo Stamps; Paper: Snowflake patterned cardstock (Michaels) and white cardstock; Coloring Medium: Copic Markers; Accessories: mini pom poms; foam tape; Spellbinders dies; ribbon;