Wild West Outlaws

Good Morning, Everyone!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! 

These cowboy boots by Kim Cameron is one of my favorite embellies...fun image.

Simple Western Get Well

Today just mowing my way through stash on my craft table - resulting in this simple get well card.

Desert Healing

Hi, Everyone - welcome to my blog.  Almost two weeks of Michigan visitors is ending, and I am slowly trying to get back to my crafting routine.  My card below is inspired by Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  Please enjoy!

Lots of Challenge Inspirations

I am always impressed when I visit bloggers who make a card entered into challenge after challenge after challenge.  I am always so focused - I pick out that one challenge requirement and concentrate on that.  Today, however, I broke out of that mold - with the help of Amy's Amazing Cards.  

Here is my entry - a Valentine's Day card for my hubby.  For his gift, I will be treating him to lunch at the Crystal Palace in Tombstone - and take him shopping for a new Stetson.  Thanks, Challenges, for your inspiration!

Challenges:

• Crafty Gals Corner #57 - Love is in the Air
• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Love Letters
• City Crafter #297 - Fantastic Plastic (Plastic Pearl Hat Headband)
• Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
• Fantastic Tuesday - Sweetheart

Alyce and Lila Bear visit Tucson on Halloween

I had several goals with this card.  I want to begin making desert-themed Halloween cards - thus, the cactus and pumpkin.  I also was working on a challenge with Kit and Clowder using the freebie image Alyce and Lila Bear.  And I wanted to join the challenge at Can You Case It #101 - color challenge with colors shown here.  The result?  Alyce and Lila Bear visiting Tucson on Halloween.  

You are My Neigbor

Cute images from Dollar Doodles are key components of my western-themed cards.  I added simple sentiments to these cheerful images.

A second card . . .

Challenges:

• Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
• My Whimsical Little World - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Christmas out West

I thought this cowboy hat was gorgeous.  I recolored it in Christmas red - and added a bit of holly on the brim.  I love how the colors pop right off the page.  A simple Christmas card  to enter the Eureka Stamps Challenge #170.

A Great Start to the Day - Cowboys

Good Morning, Everyone!

Our cool days are coming to a close.  Beautiful 70s are coming back today . . . after two evenings of near freezing, I feared I would never see 70s again.

I'm continuing on my western order - so today's focus is a silhouette cowboy from an svg set called Western Ranch.

Two-Step into Creativity

I have another fun western card to share today.  Terri Gibson, in an old The Stampers Sampler (June/July 2000), shares the most incredible western card.  If you do a Google search for "denim pocket cards," you'll find brilliant pocket papercrafting ideas.  I am so inspired by all these cards!

These are also perfect card for today's challenge at Cards in Envy - the theme being "Put Some Extra Layers On."  Layer up your card and join the fun!

Western Boot Card

Thanks for joining me today, Scrappers!  What a great weekend - I got so much crafting done!  These cards are inspired by Can You Case It's Color Challenge #95.

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Feliz Festive Friday, y'all!  I thought I'd share with you a simple Christmas card - another with a cowboy theme.  For the most part, as you can see, green slips of paper were ripped and placed around the card edge to form a "holly" frame...but look carefully, as some of those green pieces are holly leaves stamped with Heartfelt Creations Petite Poinsettia stamp set - embellished with red Stickles for berries.  All a great frame for horse and cowboy.

Be sure to visit all the Festive Friday bloggers for Christmas card ideas.

every 2nd & 4th Friday

1.	Terri Sproul~hostess
2.	Susan Brown {sbartist}
3.	Angela Bodas
4.	The Robin's Nest
5.	Cheryl Lindsay
6.	Peg Rounds
7.	Camille Short
8.	Maria

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Valentine Cowboy

Hi all! Hope your weekend has been fabulous. Mine certainly has been.  Hung out with my hubby yesterday, and now I’m just chillin’ at home working on some various projects while my hubby is off to a motorcycle swap meet..

Anyhow, you know everywhere you turn - blog hops, Facebook, everywhere! - the themes are Halloween and Christmas.  Finished up some Christmas tags myself for the Scraps to Treasures blog hop next week - be sure to stop back on the 20th!  But for my Cowboy - Western - Southwest cards, I'm moving on in another direction.....today it's Valentine's Day! Thought I would share my first Valentine Card this year. :)  Enjoy!

Festive Friday - Southwest Christmas

For this week’s Festive Friday card, I thought I would make a Southwest-themed Christmas to include in my "ongoing" cowboy - western - Southwest request.. And the stamps to use for the job are two of my favorites - Animal Spirits Cactus and Petite Poinsettia Stamp Set from Heartfelt Creations.

These cards are actually super simple with mainly layered poinsettia leaves and a cactus.. Super easy and you can actually mass produce - yet vary the card - by different paper and placing the pieces in different locations.  Embellishments are embossed in copper or gold for that extra Southwest festive flair.

Enjoy!

SUPPLIES

Solid Card Stock: Red, Green, White

Patterned Paper: Christmas "scraps", Aumnt scraps (give a Southwest touch)

Patterned Paper: Christmas "scraps", Aumnt scraps (give a Southwest touch)

Stamps: Cactus - Animal Spirits; Petite Poinsettia - Heartfelt Creations

Be sure to visit all the bloggers for some great Christmas card ideas!

Festive Friday Blog Hop

every 2nd & 4th Friday

1.	Terri Sproul~hostess
2.	Susan Brown {sbartist}
3.	Angela Bodas
4.	The Robin's Nest
5.	Cheryl Lindsay
6.	Peg Rounds
7.	Camille Short
8.	Maria

Golden Gecko

It was an exciting day of blog hopping and The Robin's Nest held a very cool video session...thanks for all the inspiration, Everyone!  In between, I worked on Animal Spirits cards...here's just a sample of what I did today.  But I was pretty much mass producing, so simple and sweet were they!

This little guy is embossed in gold.

World Cardmaking Day!

Hello Peeps!  How are you?  Ready for World Cardmaking Day?  I do believe I'll be working on my cowboy - ranching - western - Southwest cards - but I see the light at the end of the tunnel!  Here's a sample of what I made today.  Got the great horse stamp from Mark's Finest Papers - I'm not a western card fan...but loving this horse!  It's awesome embossed with Piccolo Vintage Copper or Gilded Rose Gold Enamel Powders - as shown in the second horse.  Remember, you can get this great Enamel Powders - and other great colors - from Globecraft Memories.  Enter Code TS25 for 25% off your entire order!

The roadrunner and coyote from  ards below are using other favorite stamps - Animal Spirits (still waiting for my quail!)

Have a great cardmaking day!

HOWDY

Adding some Southwest-themed cards to the cowboy - ranching - western collection.

Love my Vintage Copper Embossing Enamel from Piccolo - Enter TS25 for 25% Discount on your next order at Globecraft Memories.

Ride-Em Cowboy!

Received a request for western - cowboy - ranching cards....not exactly my strong suit!  But here are some first designs...