Howdy Pardner'

 Well hello everyone :) and welcome to Wednesday...woo-hoo, that means the week is half over and I can see the weekend in sight!! ;)

Unfortunately I'm still having camera issues so I haven't taken any pictures of my newest work, but that's okay, this way I'm forced to show y'all some goodies I made a while back and hadn't gotten around to! 

I actually made this little guy right after the stamps were released at the beginning of the year!  There's just always so much to share with you gals that my little cowboy kept getting shoved aside!

 

Cowboy Chickie is too cute for words isn't he?? And then when you pair him up with the fun Petit Four sets (Southwest stamp set, Cowboy stamp set)  you really have something!! If memory serves me right, this is the first card I made using my beloved Gingham Background stamp....sigh, love at first use!! ;) hehehehe See how versatile it is...I used it here for a bold & fun western theme and you've seen me use it all the time for floral, shabby chic and girly girl themes. You can have it bold and stand out like this or soften it and have it as a pretty little accent like I did here...what a perfect little stamp for your DeNami stash!

Well, that's it for me today, I will see you back here on Friday with hopefully a little photo tutorial if my camera decides to behave nicely :) and I'll tell you all about my adventures at the stamp show this past weekend.

It's all about Dad....

As I mentioned yesterday, I think this is my favorite Father's Day card out of all of the ones I've made. I love the fun orange & red color scheme and how can you go wrong with a stache'???

I think I was channeling my inner cowgirl when I made this card since hubby was in the background watching an old Gunsmoke on TV. Don't ask...but he loves him some Gunsmoke...sigh. ;)

 

I had purchased the mustache from Ohh wow, my mind went blank!! Well, anyway, I had the mustache and decided to pair it with the darling cowboy hat from the cowboy stamp set. I added a fun button and chose some twine that made me think of rope for a lasso and finished it all off with a fun Father's Day sentiment "flag".

 

Well, I'm kinda sorry to see Father's Day week over. Like I mentioned at the start, it's bitter-sweet for me. I really have enjoyed making all of these cards and sharing them with ya'll. Are you ready for another week full of inspiration? I have been busy busy busy making some wedding themed cards to share with you. When did the month of June become the official wedding month...and why?? Beats me, lol, but I'll be here everyday next week with some inspiration just in case you know someone tying the knot!!

 

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

 

Lucky Horseshoes

I was playing around with my stamps and was struck with a fun idea. I wanted to make a lucky horseshoe card, however, I can't draw AT ALL so how the heck was I going to pull that off? After a little thinking I cam up with a VERY easy solution!  DUH...Google Images! Now I didn't want realistic horseshoes, I wanted something I could stamp, so I typed in "horseshoe + color book" and there you have it, tons of pictures to choose from. I chose a simple image and saved it to my computer in the my pictures file and then printed it off onto cardstock in the size I wanted. A little fussy cutting later and this is what I have....

 

Now, I really like this, but at the same time thought that maybe it was a tad "busy". With that in mind, I reprinted my image onto DeNami's charcoal cardstock and came up with this....

 

That's it for me today. Be sure to stop by the DeNami blog Sunday to start off the Birthday Bonanza blog hop! I'll be here with not 1, but 2 cards to celebrate! Hey, it's a bonanza after all! ;)