New Online Canadian Store!!..Opening this Saturday!!

The Grand Opening for "the little Stamp Shoppe" is this Saturday!!...The location of this store in in Ontario, Canada...and the owner is a Terrific gal named Heidi.

Heidi will mainly be carrying, "Magnolia stamps" at competitive prices and reasonable shipping to Canadian customers. She already has a great selection of both new and older Magnolia favorites. Even I have a wish list started....lol. There are lots of great things planned for the future for this little store..new items...card kits....A store challenge blog! So stay tuned for more info. You can visit and get to know Heidi at her personal blog right here..... More Scrap Stuff. You will also get a chance to see her Gorgeous Magnolia creations!

I am also So Excited to be chosen as a Guest DT member!!.....I have been enjoying getting to know Heidi and I know I'm going to love working with her.

Be sure to stop back here on Saturday....The Grand Opening!! of "the Little Stamp Shoppe".. I will have a link to the Store, Challenge blog, card, and more.......

Have a Great Day Everyone!!!

Mega Blog Candy Alert!!

Crissy - High Hopes Amazing Artist... is having an Incredible Blog Candy Celebration to thank her blog supporters!! Visit Crissy's Art & Heart for a chance to win the Numerous Wonderful candies she is offering!!

Crissy also has Sneak Peaks of the new High Hopes New Release scheduled to be released this Saturday!!...Oh Wow!! they are Totally Fabulous!!....get your wallets ready!!!

It's Your Birthday! - Motivet Sketch Challenge

There is a Fabulous sketch challenge going on at the Motivet Inspiration Blog. Join in and you will have a chance to win 5 Motivet stamps of your choice. The challenge runs until July 31th...so there is still lots of time to enter.

Motivet is a Canadian based company. The Cute images Doraline and Dexter are created by a 25 year old very talented artist named Marina who lives in Florida USA.

This is the card I've come up with from their great sketch. The stamp I used from Motivet is called Doraline Surprise ....clicking on her name will take you to her. They've had another recent release.....and it is now possible to order in US currency now.

This card is made for one of my daughters Birthday....It is late...but she told me, I have to make her one anyway...lol. I hope she likes it.

How I colored this image....

I've first based the image with copics (all very light colors)...and then used prismacolor pencils (oms) over them. The copics are a wonderful base....the prismacolor pencils blend like butter over them...and the whole image ends up being just a little brighter. Over this I still like to take my Twinkling h20's and just deepen the shading a tad.

**Be sure though...never to use copics over prismacolor pencils...or you will ruin your tips!!**

The sentiment is from Hero arts.

Paper - GP white, making memories, digital bloom&grow, dcwv

Ink - memento black, barely banana, creamy caramel, ruby red

Accessories - dew drops, lace, ribbon, button, dollar store metal flower, prima flower, dollar store leaves, crocheted flower (my own), pearl string (from my good friend Tina), SU eyelet punch, stitching.

The weather here continues to be just right....temperature wise...although a little dry. I am off to bbq with my hubby.....and enjoy a nice glass of wine.....or maybe 2...lol.

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!!.....and Thank You so much for your Wonderful comments!!!!

Magnolia's Fabulous Summer Kits....

are being shipped out.... You can now pre-order the Fall Stamp Club Kit......click...."here"

Be sure to drop by the Magnolia Inspiration Site. Magnolia is offering a 1 year Subscription to their Wonderful Stamp Club!!....All you need to do is comment!!!

Texas Toothpick Buddy!!

Hi Everyone!!....just thought I would share a smile with you all today!!...Here is a video of our Buddy eating a treat called a "Texas Toothpick"......Enjoy!...and have a Great Day!!

If you can't view this video....click here

Sad News.....

A little over a month ago I posted a RAK request for a very ill sister blogger, Deb Golan - "Stampin on the Mountain"

I just recently found out from Rita....that Deb had passed on Monday morning. Deb's daughter Domenica wrote to Allison.....

"...my mom was resting comfortably when she passed away. She will not be having a funeral, as we will have a ceremony with her ashes when we scatter them in Hawaii next summer. She had a fresh Hawaiian lei on with beautiful plumeria flowers and she was surrounded with her 3 daughters. She was an amazing mother, grandmother and stamper. She will be missed."

Many of us too...will miss this Kind and Wonderful Lovely Lady!

Enjoy Your Day!!..High Hopes and Mojo Monday

This weeks Challenge at the High Hopes Blog is to use scraps...and like everyone else...I have a quite a few. In fact I have a great deal of them...I think I should be doing these types of cards a little more often!! The sketch I used is this weeks Mojo Monday 92...what a great sketch for this image!....or for that matter ...any image...lol!

I made this card for my hubby for Father's Day!...this Fabulous High Hopes image is called "Sweet Dreams". Although I don't have this stamp....Crissy kindly shared the image with me..Thanks Crissy!!

This image so reminds me of my DH.....as he is always napping....lol...He works very hard...and the fella is just so tired when he gets home. Often after he gets home from work we go outside to have coffee on our swing....he leans over puts his head on my shoulder and catches a little nap...So Precious...lol.

On with the card...

I used copics for base only ...under the prismacolor pencils and h20's to color this image. *(be sure not to use copics over your prismacolor pencils or your copics tips will be ruined)*

Ink - memento, bashful blue for background...tutorial here.

Paper - Georgia pacific white, dcwv, kraft, and unknown scraps

Accessories - gold cord, button, jute, corrugater tool, stitching

We had a fabulous holiday!!...the cabin we rented and the weather was just perfect!! Although we had tons of fun!!...When I get back from a holiday....it always makes me appreciate our home a little more than usual...and so fun to see how the garden has jumped. The only damper on it all ....is all that darn, "get home laundry"...lol.....oh well....

Have a Wonderful Weekend Everyone!!....and Thank you so much for your Kind comments!!