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Well, it’s still Texas Tuesday for a few more hours, so I’m not technically late, although I had grand plans to have my card made and posted by early morning. Life has been a little hectic house-hunting and packing, so maybe I will be forgiven. Today, the Texas Tuesday posse planned to showcase the wildflowers of this great state.

I used Unscripted Sketches Sketch #100 and buttons, bling and bloom for Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #105. I also made this card slightly bigger at 4.25×6-inches so I can include some photos when I send this card.

Wildflower Card

Stamps: JAM’N Stamps Wildflowers
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Brilliant Blue, Lavender Lace
Ink: Stazon Jet Black
Embellishments: A Muse twinkle stickers (centers of light pink flowers), striped yellow grosgrain ribbon; Stampin’ Up Wild Wasabi striped grosgrain ribbon; Papertrey Ink Vintage buttons; the Twinery Lemondrop
Tools: Stampin’ Up markers

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Welcome to another Texas Tuesday. You might remember that last time I had mentioned having a tough time deciding on a background for my Texas Independence Day card. I had said that you would probably see my second choice on a later card. Well, here is that later card. I found this Alamo elevation background at the Historic American Buildings Survey. I popped up both my little flag-carrying cowboy and the layer with the Alamo elevation. I debated between “A Texas Hello” and “A Texan Hello” for my hand-written sentiment. I went with “A Texan Hello” and am now wishing I went with “A Texas Hello.” What do you think?

I’m entering this card in the following challenges:

• Catch the Bug Challenge – scallops
• Do You Stack Up Challenge #10 – layers
• Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog – anything goes

A Texan Hello

Stamps: West elevation of the Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo); Deadbeat Designs Texas Rider
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Real Red, Brilliant Blue
Ink: Dell printer; Stampin’ Up Basic Gray
Embellishments: red star brads, blue ribbon
Tools: Stampin’ Up scallop border punch; white gel pen

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Texas Tuesday posse (links in my sidebar —->).

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Howdy Ya’ll! Welcome to another round of Texas Tuesday. Today, we’re celebrating tomorrow. And tomorrow is… Yep, you guessed it. Texas Independence Day. 175 years ago, our forefathers (well, not mine, since they didn’t arrive in Texas until the 1850s) declared independence from Mexico. And the defeat of the Alamo occurred just four days later. Initially my plan for this card was to include a photo of the Alamo, but my photo archives only include a photo of me, my Mom and my parent’s foreign exchange student in front of the Alamo in 2002. I didn’t really want people in the photo, or at least not prominent people. So I browsed the web for the Alamo. I came across a number of great options, most from Clipart Etc. I narrowed it down to two choices and you’ll probably see the second choice in a later card. I had wanted to use my little cowboy with the Texas flag, but alas I loaned it to a friend and so don’t have it in my possession right now. Instead, I created a sentiment using a font called bleeding cowboys.

Happy Texas Independence Day!

Stamps: Clipart Etc Alamo-54983; Deadbeat Designs small Texas
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Real Red, Pacific Point
Ink: Dell printer; Stampin’ Up Real Red
Tools: Stampin’ Up ticket punch

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Texas Tuesday posse (links in my sidebar —->). You might see some more Texas Independence Day cards.

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Greetings! Welcome to another Texas Tuesday, hosted on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. James and I just got back into town yesterday from a little vacation to the Bay area of California, so I had city skylines and “Greetings from” on my mind. I then browsed the sketch blogs in my Google reader and the Mojo Monday Sketch #178 inspired me to create this quick little card. We enjoyed our getaway, but the huge smile that lit up Jessica’s face when we arrived home in Austin after 4.5 days apart was the best part of our trip. Stay tuned for pictures from our trip.

Howdy from Austin card

Stamps: A Muse Cityscape and Clouds; Deadbeat Designs Howdy
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Gray, Real Rust
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Sweet Pea
Ink: Stazon Jet Black; Versamark
Embellishments: orange brad from stash; Stampin’ Up black 5/8″ grosgrain ribbon and eyelets
Tools: cropadile; Nesties large circle and large scalloped circle; black detail embossing powder; black marker (handwritten “from Austin”)

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Welcome to Texas Tuesday. Today, I have a valentine to share with you. My inspiration comes from the beautiful weather central Texas recently experienced. My daughter and I went to the neighborhood playgound on Friday to start off the weekend of gorgeous weather (highs in the mid-70s and sunny). As we were leaving, I noticed the delicate blossoms of several rosemary plants. Bees were buzzing about them and the aroma was quite nice. Did you know that scientists report that rosemary can assist with memory and thinking because it has an antioxidant property that protects the brain? Jessica and I went back to the park yesterday and I snapped a few photos of the buzzing bees, planning on sharing one with this post. Alas, my photos weren’t quite in focus, so instead I will point you this gorgeous photo I found googling.

Texas honey bees were my inspiration. Valentines were my goal. I think it was a success. I used the sketch from the current wee Memories Challenge #41. The sentiment was printed using Word. This card meets the requirements of Creative Cowgirls Challenge #6, love is in the air.

Bee Mine Valentine

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Just Buzzin’ By
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, So Saffron, Basic Black
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Pattern Papers So Saffron
Ink: Stazon Jet Black; Dell printer
Embellishments: dimensionals
Tools: Stampin’ Up markers; atYou Spica clear marker

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the posse’s creations (links in my sidebar –>). Today is likely Libby’s last Texas Tuesday so make sure and give her some love.

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