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Magnolia Texas Tuesday

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It seems so weird that it is already 2011. As a kid, time always seem to drag (unless I was lost in a novel). It seems like the older I get, the faster time flies. I wonder if when I reach 80 the year will seem like a millisecond. Anyway, you didn’t visit my blog today to listen to my ramblings on time. You came for Texas Tuesday, the first Texas Tuesday of the new year. I decided to start off 2011 Texas Tuesdays by actually putting the rest of the posse’s blogs as links on my sidebar (look to the right —->). I’ve decided that I’m wasting time putting direct links to everyone’s specific Texas Tuesday post. Maybe this will help me to not be the slacker I sometimes turn out to be. Make sure you check out their creations today. I especially enjoyed Mark’s Texas tree and Karen’s Texas Our Texas card.

I think the Cowgirl Tilda is a perfect stamp for a Texas themed card. When my parents hosted an exchange student while I was in college, he was surprised that my family didn’t have horses. I think a lot of the world thinks that way. He also didn’t realize that you really wouldn’t want to drive across the entire state in one day. Texas is bigger than a lot of European countries, Germany included, which is where he was from.

My card meets the requirements of Just Us Girls Challenge #65, which happens to be a sketch this week. I kinda wish I had stuck with the rectangle the sketch called for, but I was trying to hide the fact that I had accidentally bent the cardstock and a rectangle wouldn’t have hidden it, but an oval did.

Magnolia Texas Tuesday Birthday Card

Stamps: Magnolia Cowgirl Tilda; Stampin’ Up On Your Birthday, Canvas (background on Creamy Caramel panel)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Creamy Caramel
Pattern Paper: Stampin’ Up Paper Patterns Bashful Blue
Ink: Stazon Jet Black; Stampin’ Up Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel (edges of oval); VersaMark Dazzle Frost (for canvas stamp)
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up 5/8″ satin ribbon Bashful Blue; Papertrey Ink Holiday Mix vintage button; The Twinery Cappuccino twine; A Muse sheer ribbon French Roast
Tools: Prismacolor colored pencils; Copic markers

As a side note, since today was rainy I took the photo of the card at my craft desk under the natural lighting of my new OttLite that I received for Christmas. I’m pretty impressed. Now I won’t have to wait for daylight to photograph my creations when I finish them up late a night.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cowboy in Training

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Welcome to another round of Texas Tuesday, for Texas inspired crafty goodness on the first and third Tuesdays of every month. I think a number of the posse are making Texas themed Christmas cards, but I decided to go a different route today. I used Mojo Monday Sketch 168 to make it, so since the sketch was revealed yesterday, you know I didn’t plan very far ahead for today’s post.

Cowboy in Training Card

Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps WOC in Training
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Parisian Breeze
Ink: Dell printer
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up 5/8″ striped grosgrain ribbon Baja Breeze; Robin’s Nest cowboy dew drops
Tools: Stampin’ Up markers; Copic E00

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the posse’s creations: Libby, Mark, Betty, Danielle, Tina, Karen, and Geeta.

Thanks for stopping by.

A Favor-full Texas Tuesday

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Welcome to Texas Tuesday, a Texas-themed crafty post on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. Today, I’m sharing favor bags I made for my nephew’s Cowboy themed first birthday party. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to go since Jessica caught Foot-Hand-Mouth Disease, a contagious virus. Thankfully, my brother and his family were able to take the favor bags up to Keller for the party.

Favor Bags All Lined Up

My sister decided to do a cowboy theme for Trevor’s party since at his school, he had the most adorable picture of him taken on a pony. I offered to help. For the favor bag topper, I used this Rope font and the Texas flag carrying cowboy. I then stamped a boot on the paper lunch bag itself. My sister then stuffed the bag full of goodies and put it in a straw cowboy hat. I think they turned out super cute. Thanks for taking the pictures for me Sarah.

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the posse’s creations: Libby, Mark, Betty, Danielle, Tina, Karen, and Geeta.

Single Favor

Stamps: Deadbeat Designs Texas Rider; Texana Designs Boot
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White
Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Brown
Tools: Stampin’ Up markers

A 4×4 Texas Tuesday

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Good morning Texans and good morning to those not blessed to be born a Texan. Of course, you could always have one of those bumper stickers that read “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.” I wonder, do other states possess a similar kind of bumper sticker? Anyway, my musings aren’t why you’re here today. You’re here for Texas Tuesday, a wonderful phenomenon that occurs on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month, where myself and the rest of the Texas Tuesday posse make Texas themed cards to inspire you.

Today’s Texas Tuesday card is for the Hope You Can Cling To Four by Four Challenge, HYCCT04. This challenge was to use four layers of paper and four different embellishments. My four layers are the white card base, the blue strip, the red square, and then the barbed wire Texas stamped on white. My four different embellishments are ribbon, the star glitter window, the red star brads, and the cowboy boot button. I ended up using two layers of dimensionals on that boot, because of the round button part on the back. Does anyone have any better suggestions for using those kind of buttons? I also used the OWH Stars and Stamps Sketch #41.

Don’t forget to visit the rest of Texas Tuesday posse: Mark, Libby (who is having hand surgery today so go give her some love), Geeta, Betty, Tina, Karen and newest member Danielle.

Texas Thinking of You Card

Stamps: Texana Designs Lone Star State; Stampin’ Up Background Basics (stars on blue strip); Hero Arts Clear Design Playful Animals (sentiment)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Real Red, Brilliant Blue
Ink: Stazon Jet Black; Stampin’ Up Craft Whisper White
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up Real Red 1/2-in striped grosgrain ribbon, white chunky glitter sprinkes; red star brads; boot button
Tools: Stampin’ Up markers

I tried to take a close-up of the glitter window (done on the blue strip), but I’m not sure the close-up does it justice.

Card Close-up

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

A Pink Texas Tuesday

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Welcome to the first Texas Tuesday of October (Texas themed cards on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month). October is breast cancer awareness month. October 2nd was World Cardmaking Day. Put those together and you get some fun challenges for a good cause over on Splitcoast Stampers. My two Texas Tuesday cards were made for the Hope You Can Cling To: Bring in the Brown challenge. The cards are being sent to the UT MD Anderson to benefit patients being treated for breast cancer and their families. My Nanny got breast cancer  when I was kid and had a mastectomy followed by a brief remission before succumbing to the cancer. It is so important to do mammograms and catch the cancer early enough so that is easily beatable. Some one else I know found it so early that treatment wasn’t too extreme and she is now cancer free.

I decided to do Texas themed brown and pink cards and I decided to do two, because I had some difficulty coming up with the layout. Part of that difficulty stemed from the large size of the sentiment. On the second card, I couldn’t make the sentiment work, so I stuck it on the inside. Which do you like better?

Have a Boot-Scootin' Day

2nd Card

Stamps: Texana Stamps Boot; JAM’N Stamps Boot-scootin’ (sentiment)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Raspberry Tart
Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Brown
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up 15/16″ Chocolate Chip satin ribbon
Coloring Tools: Prismacolor colored pencils
Tools: Nestabilities Standard Circles Large and Labels Three; corner rounder

Make sure and check out the other Texas Tuesday team member creations: Mark,  Tina, Betty, Karen, Linda (who has an awesome jeans card), Libby, Geeta, Shannan and Steph.