You Spin Me Around

Today begins a new Hambo Hoedown Challenge!
This time we are making interactive cards!

I have made a spinning image card.

• The Skating Monkey is on both sides of the oval.
• Before putting the card into the oval, I will wind up the card (turn it around a few times).  
• When the card is taken out and opened it will unwind and spin around.  
• The bakers twine is attached above and below by a staple (hidden by the designer paper) and adhesive for durability.

Here it is in action:

Card Details:
Digital Image: Skating Monkey from Hambo Stamps; (sentiment is computer generated)

Paper: White cardstock; Embossed Lt. Green Cardstock (Bazzill); Designer Paper;

Accessories: Liquid Applique; Copic Markers; ultra-fine glitter; bakers twine; jewel; border punch; washi tape; oval and fancy oval dies from Spellbinders;

I have seen what some of the other Bacon Bits have made... and you are going to want to see these creations, too!!!!  Links to all are at the Hambo Hoedown!!!

A Christmas Fairy

I have taken some "artistic" license with the beautiful image: Fancy Shoes Fairy.  With some shades of red, the flowers in her hair become poinsettias and now she is a Christmas Fairy!

The touches of gold on her wings (Liquid Pearls and Perfect Pearls), the gold ribbon and the gold sequins are touches of gold.

The new challenge on the A Day for Daisies Blog is to add a touch of gold to your projects!
There is a prize to be won, so join us, I would LOVE to see what you create!!

Please check out what my design team members have created, too (SO worth the time!):

Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila Sherry Tammy

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Thanks for stopping by and letting me share my joy with you!

Card Details: Image: Fancy Shoe Fairy; Paper: White Cardstock and patterned paper from Memory Box; Coloring Medium: Copic markers; Accessories: foam tape, sequins, ribbon, and glitter alphabet stickers, Liquid Pearls, Perfect Pearls and VersaMarker (on the wings for the Perfect Pearls to stick to);

Good Bye... for now

Professional associates and friends of ours have experienced profound loss.  The physical life of their 17 month old, Carl, was claimed by cancer last Friday.

To say that this has upset me is an understatement.  While my faith is not shaken nor moved, I have a deep sense of loss.

And creating a card for the death of a young toddler was not natural.  Subdued colors just didn't seem right... for there was nothing about this child that was subdued.

the inside:

For sympathy cards, I often go with butterflies... a symbol of resurrection and the recognition that though this life has ended... there is another to come.

I rejoice that Carl has a life now free from lumbar pokes, iv's, ng tubes, catheters, nausea, sores, confinement, sleeplessness... now he is full of joy and praise and in the presence of Christ!

Card Details: Stamps: Butterfly Inchies, Sympathy, Butterflies are Free Set, I will give you rest, all from Rubbernecker Stamps; Ink: Fluid Chalk Ink: Dark Brown; Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Peacock Feathers; SU!: Bashful Blue; Papers: Bazzill: brown and embossed green; SU!: Whisper White and Bashful Blue; DP: Me an My Big Ideas; Accessories: border punch, Cut-n-Dry Stamp Pad Felt, label die, and foam tape;

BUY the shoes!

Life is short.  Buy the shoes!

The images and sentiment are from Rubbernecker Stamps: "horizontal chevrons", "Diva Inchies", "Trish" and "buy the shoes".

My inspiration came from the ColourQ Challenge #214 and the Deconstructed Sketch #126.

Other Supplies:

Cardstock: SU!: Bashful Blue and So Saffron; Bazzill: brown cardstock; white cardtock;

Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket;

 Ink: Memento: Rich Cocoa; 

Coloring Medium: Copic Markers;

Acessories: 1-1/4" and 1-3/8 circle punches; square punch; ribbon; foam tape, photo corners;

I enjoyed both of theses challenges!

Thanks for stopping by my blog, today!

Peace, Joy, Love and Laughter

This card uses one of my FAVORITE Christmas stamp sets.  It is so fun to stamp with!

The tree was stamped with the green (Crushed Olive) then the ribbons in red (Barn Door) and pink (Spun Sugar then the sides touched with Worn Lipstick before stamping).

Each of the snowflakes were stamped first with spun sugar then "rolled" (touch the edges of the stamp in the darker color) in Worn Lipstick.

I went a little crazy with the Stickles... but it is a Christmas card... when better to use Stickles!?!?

How are you doing with your Christmas card production?

Thank you for spending some of your time with me today!!


Card Supplies: Stamps: Snowflakes and Stardust Set (#481) from Rubbernecker Stamps; Cardstock: pink, light red, and white; Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Crushed Olive; Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Spellbinder's die, sequins, ribbon, Stickles, foam tape;