It's time for a Ho Down

Daisy Doodles Presents  

FREDDY GOES WEST

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You may call it a blog hop to showcase the new set that Jules created featuring Freddy and his pals in

FREDDY GOES WEST.  

I call it a HO DOWN.
Now, our DT coordinator, Rhonda has a knack for looking up interesting facts on the web. This ho down she looked up female cowgirls/famous women of the West. She appointed me this: 
Joanne - Nellie Cashman (1845-1925) - Known as "The Angel of Tombstone", Cashman wandered the frontier mining camps of the 1800s seeking gold, silver and a way to help others.***

If you just got here and haven't seen the Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge blog  that's where the beginning of the hop is, just one hop back! If you have arrived from the DDCC blog then you are ready to partake in the fun and perhaps even win a prize!

Each stop along the way will showcase a letter of the alphabet, posse up and save those letters (all 12), unscramble them to make two words and be sure to tell Jules at the store what you came up with to possibly win these 15 piece stamp set from the Daisy's Digi Doodles Store. Wouldn't you just love to make your favorite cowboy a card or gift tag or goodie bag using this Western theme? If you make a western themed card, plus one other item and join the challenge you can possibly win a GC, also! How bout them thar apples!!!

 This Ho Down will end August 15th at 7 PM EST.

Here's my card and plus one. Enjoy the hop and more details at the end of this post.

 All the images are from Freddy Goes West, and the papers I used are all from the Freddy Papers (except the black cs). There are thirty 12 x 12 papers in the set and if you buy the image set you can pick up the papers for 50% off.

 This link will take you right to where you can see the papers and the entire 15 images from Freddy Goes West.

The walls of the mine are covered in gold! Who wouldn't want to be a sheriff in this Gold Mine town?

The stars are from gold vellum....could someone please turn down the lights!!!

Here are some bags that I made for the grandchildren. There are pics are on them so they know which bag

is theirs. More pics at the end after the details!!!!

Used a pair of jeans that I needed to cut off and make shorts, frayed them, added buttons and stars.

They will love them...now I need to make a few more for the rest of the posse. 

For those of you ready to take off.... the next stop is the fabulous Tina B. aka Cattle Kate at 

Tina's Crafty Place.

THE DETAILS

• Save your letters..each DT member will have a letter in their post to collect
• UnScramble them in to 2 words that relate to the Old West. "find the secret message to save the town from disaster."
• Leave that Secret with Jules at the store at the end of the hop, you'll find the directions there
• Be Sure to leave a comment on each stop of the hop, including the DDCC blog
• You have two weekS to accomplish this feat
• The last chance is Sunday August 15th at 7PM EST
• The challenge is not mandatory but wouldn't you just love to win  a GC to Daisy's Digi Doodles Store? The challenge Starts today Aug 2nd and also runs til August 15th

 Enjoy the hop and good luck to all!

Now for some more pics for those of you that may be interested. The flip card, distressed..you can find a tutorial here...Fresh and Fun. Beate has an awesome video tutorial for what she calls the Swing Card dated July 23, 2010

The back side of the flip/swing

The small stars were punched out and then I glued teeny tiny circle to all the points to make them look like the image of the star in the set.

*** anyone interested in searching for women of the West here's the link: Legends of America

Signing off........ Nellie Cashman  aka joanne

ANNI -VERVE-SARY 2010

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, JULIE AND VERVE FOR AN AMAZING THREE YEARS.

We’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! If you've already been hopping along, you arrived here from  MICHELLE'S blog. If not, head on over to Julee's Blog (owner of Verve), for the 411 on how to win prizes, and to start hopping from the beginning. If there's a crack along the hop, you can always head to the Master Hop List to get the full list of links.

This is a picture frame for my Grandson-to-be. He is due the end of September and the first child of our only son, so that makes him very special.
The center is just for looks at this point. Once he is here, the parents can put in a picture of his adorable face or they can ask me to put his vital statistics in that space. The stamps sets that I used  are Dare to Be Different*** and You Rock.
The large stars were cut out using cs and chipboard with a sizzix die cut. 
The frame is covered with paper that was torn and then modge-podged on , that's why you see the reflection from the flash. Once dry I sponged on, wiped off Broken China.
I placed two Label 5s on the magnet sheet one inside the other and then ran it through my CB to get the frames. They come out double embossed this way! The white 'frames' were done the same way using the #1 and #2 dies.
The white rope, eyelet trim, and red ribbon are all pieces of scraps.
This will look great in the wee little one's nursery.

Thanks for hopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Emily's blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.

TIP: I used all home made glue dots to attach all elements to the frame...even the ribbons and trims. 
I use Alene's Tack it Over and Over...I bought it on line.
I have tried  making the glue dots before and the only success that I had was using the paper from previous glue dot rolls. Plus, this time I swirled the tip of the bottle around to make flat dots....they dry quicker and just work better, IMHO. I only make twenty at a time and then it's easy to lay them out to dry and store them. As soon as the sheet is empty I make more to keep the supply at hand.
Hope this helps!
*** ED Note: The correct name of the background stamp that I used on the stars and directly on the frame is Bountiful Backgrounds. The original pkging is gone and I put the wrong name up there.

Coming soon to a saloon near you!!!!

    Just a gentle but large reminder that the Daisy Doodles hop starts on Monday. Be there or be square!!!!!
Word scramble and a nice prize for the lucky winner. The challenge blog will be open with card plus one, Western themed. Can't wait to see you there!

July Verve Week Four

I can hardly believe that this is the end of July already. Where does the time go?
This is the last week for the July Verve and I just realized that the pictures are due up at SCS by midnight tonight for this month's sketch champion, so without further ado.

Heat embossed the dark brown onto kraft cs using the filigree bg stamp. the image is from Verve's 'Feel the Sun'. I popped up the central flowers and added some stickles to the centers. Air spritzed the dark brown over the image and the rest can speak for itself.

Thanks for coming by!

I entered this card into a challenge over at Paper Play where it's Anything Goes!!!!

Have A Mice Day

I was perusing a few challenges and saw three that were definite maybes...lol. I knew that the image was going to be Delightful Inspiration's 'Have A Mice Day' so I needed to start a checklist for the other three.

• buttons and a bit of blue
• butterfly
• sketch

CHECK..... CHECK.... CHECK!

• I popped up the flower and the grass with the wee mouse - the image.....check.
• Flutterby Wednesday's open challenge with butterflies, angel, or fairy.....check
• Double Delight said show us your buttons and a hint of blue....check
• I Heart 2 Stamp's Jen's SFYTT  was offering  a fab sketch and a $25 GC to Amber Ink....check

Now, I'm off to link this card to the challenges and maybe lurk around for a few more...check!

Thanks for coming by!

More challenges found

Creative Inspirations Challenge  - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - animal...does that wee mouse count?

Cowgirl Sunday - Anything Goes

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Pretty much everything was Stampin Up! The image, of course was a Delightful Inspiration freebie.

Spellbinders for the three ovals and label 5s and the buttons were BOTD. Before I forget there are Dazzling Diamonds in the middle of the flower.

Freddy is riding in to town

Whoa!!! Nelly, hold your horses.

August 2nd Daisy Doodles will present "Saddle Up Pardners" their cowboy themed *Ho Down.

Miss Daisy has designed the biggest stamp set, the best stamp set, the best of the West images ever recorded in Daisy Doodle history.

Do you want to be part of that history? Book mark this page right now and come on back for the best country western blog hop!

There will be a word scramble to do, fabulous cards and projects to view, and prizes, too!

Come, be that trailblazer that saves the town!

Kick up yer boots, grab yer hat, put on them hair pants and have a kicking up good time! 

Lucky horse shoes and gold mines!

Ponies and sheriffs to keep in line.

Go get your lasso, don't put it down.

Freddy's coming, the new sheriff in town?

Would you just love to own the biggest and best cowboy themed images?

Head on over to Daisy's Digi Doodles and see all fifteen images, including the sentiments.

Come on back now, ya hear!!!!!

*A ho down is a party or celebration and on August 2nd it will be a blog hop!

I'm sending smiles to Michelle

A Spoonful of Sugar

is hosting a challenge of sorts. They are challenging card makers to create a card and send to Michelle

Oatman that is suffering from loss of her right eye due to an accident. There are several sites that are having card drives and fund raisers for Michelle to help boost her morale and help with medical costs.

You can get more info by clicking on Spoonful of Sugar above. Their card challenge is almost over and I thought that I would dive right in. 

Whimsy Stamps has a freebie to honor Michelle.

A Spoonful of Sugar has more than several designers and creators as well as stamp companies 

offering loads of images, stamps, and craft items as prizes for entering the card drive.

This list is just far too long to even think about showing you here. 

I opted not to use the donkey. While he is adorable I wanted to be different. This image, a basket

full of flowers, is the perfect choice to bring color into Michelle's world right now.

Here's my card to send to Michelle.

For those of you that would like to send her a card, but not enter the challenge:

Please mail your cards to:
Michelle Oatman
17232 Wildhorse Pass
Marion, TX 78124
USA

 

I used a Daisy Doodle image called 'Just for You' that includes the oval sentiment.

I realize that it's on the flat side, but that's for postal service reasons. I did pop up with dimensionals the image and oval. Those of you that

know me and/or read my blog, know exactly what I am talking about.

I cut out the image with my favorite little pair of blue scissors and then used a finger craft knife to cut out the inside parts of the image. The papers are from DCWN, the Summer Stack (2009) and SU Passion Pink.

Thanks for coming by!

Try to leave a little love.

And if you can mail Michelle a card, please!