A DAY HEMMED IN PRAYER ...

"A day hemmed in prayer seldom unravels." This has to be my favorite sentiment regarding prayer, and I've yet to see it be made into a stamp. This week's challenge at the Crazy 4 Cocoa Challenge Blog (C4CC9) was to use buttons, and of course Cocoa Mouse. I decided to use the one with Cocoa and the thread, then I printed my favorite sentiment on cardstock using a font I got from Creating Keepsakes and went from there. I couldn't resist threading embroidery floss through the eye of Cocoa's needle and stretching it over to the sign. I also used the same floss on the buttons.

I took the sketch from the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge Blog (SSS92) and used it for my layout. Here's their sketch:

I deviated slightly from the sketch by using paper across the center instead of ribbon. I placed a flower where there should have been three blingy things (although there are 3 ferns behind the flower ... lol), and I substituted buttons for the bow. The site says it's ok to deviate as long as it is recognizable as following the sketch, so there's no problem there.

Anyway, back to my favorite sentiment. It's the absolute truth. Things go so much better when you start your day with the Lord and keep Him with you all throughout your day. If any of you stamp designers out there are looking, please consider making that sentiment into a stamp.

Thank you everyone for stopping by!
Have a great day!

Hugs,
Snoopy :D

PEANUTS POP-UP BALLOON CARD

One of the ladies in a Yahoo group I belong to gives us a link each week on new or interesting card making techniques. The most recent one was for a Pop-Up Balloon Card that was posted on You Tube. This card was so much fun to make and it didn't take much time at all.

This would make a fantastic kids card, or you could make heart-shaped balloons and make it a Valentine's Day card, or shamrock shaped balloons, or pumpkin face balloons ... you get the idea!

You should see me right now, I'm like a little kid shaking the card to watch the balloons flip back and forth. Cards are just so much more fun when they are interactive. Here's the link to the video in case you want to give it a go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDodsjKFQ8A&feature=grec_index

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Snoopy :D

COCOA MOUSE VALENTINE CARD

Hi all! I made this card for two challenges: Crazy 4 Cocoa Challenge Blog, (C4CC8) a card using Pink & Red and Really Reasonable Ribbon (RRR16) a card with a Heart Theme and Ribbon but it will also be going out to someone before too long.

This little Cocoa Mouse was actually holding a strawberry when I found him, but I cut him out so he could give a long stem red rose instead. He would've preferred to give a dozen but that's just too much for one mouse ... lol.

I had a lot of fun with this card and I improvised a lot. The row of hearts was made with a regular heart punch spaced an inch apart. I added the peel-offs to the top and bottom to complement the gold flower box. The dotted embossing reminded me of pearls, hence the little flowers between the hearts. I really wanted to add more pink to the card, so I went a little crazy with the bling. I finally stopped when I ran out of embellishment ideas ...lol. It's a good thing too. I don't think the card could handle any more embellishments anyway. I'm off to make some nice warm comfort food for my sledding teenagers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Snoopy :D

MY CARD WAS FEATURED!!!

My card was featured on this week's Crazy for Cocoa Challenge Blog. Last week's entry was "Chocolate, it's not just for breakfast", and it was featured as one of their "great entries" at the beginning of this week's challenge! Isn't that fantastic?!? This is the very first time I've had a card recognized like this and I am totally thrilled!

OK, I'm off to do my happy dance now! hee hee hee.

Hugs,

Snoopy :D

AND THE WINNER IS ....

TanySol said...

Congrats on your hits!!!!! Awesome candy!!! Thanks for the chance to win this beauty! I would like to be the lucky winner :) Linked it on my blog and I'm your follower. Thanks!!!!!!

Congratulations to TanySol!

Please email me with your mailing address so I can get your package of goodies in the mail to you. Thanks for playing along everybody!

Hugs,

Snoopy :D

COCOA MOUSE IS CRAZY FOR CHOCOLATE!

This card is for the Crazy 4 Cocoa Challenge Blog (C4CC7). The theme this week was In The Kitchen. Well, with a name like Cocoa Mouse, you must know that this little fella is gonna be baking up some chocolate goodies to share with all his Valentines. If, by chance, he should run out of prepared goodies, they can always munch on the kitchen counter since it's made of chocolate too!

The only bad thing about this kind of challenge is that it makes you hungry. Fortunately for me, my youngest daughter saw what I was working on and dropped 2 Hershey's Hugs on my work table as she passed by. Ahhhh, crafting and chocolate ... a marriage made in Heaven ... lol.

Now that I've made you hungry ... might I suggest you treat yourself to a little chocolate as well? Remember, "Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we DIET!" hee hee hee

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Snoopy :D

P.S. This card was featured on the Crazy 4 Cocoa Challenge Blog! I'm so excited!!

HOUSE MOUSE SPAGHETTI DINNER DECOUPAGE CARD

I couldn't resist doing another House Mouse card. These decoupage sheets are so much fun; although those cute little tails are pretty small to cut around. Anyway, I'm submitting this card to the Sweet Stop Sketch Blog, SSS90. Here's the sketch:

I scanned my very dimensional card and found it showed the colors perfectly although it did bend a bit on the right side. I took a photo of the card and while the dimensions showed well, the colors are all washed out. Clearly, I'm experiencing technical difficulties, so until I get this figured out, I'll just show you both.

Here's the scan:



Here's the photo:

Thanks so much for stopping by and for bearing with me as I try to get good images of my cards.

Hugs,

Snoopy :D

HOUSE MOUSE COCOA DECOUPAGE CARD

I got these decoupage sheets awhile ago from Joanna Sheen. I've done them with the decoupage glue and I've done them using my Xyron, but I think my favorite is still mounting the layers with pop dots.

It just gives it so much more dimension.

After mounting the layers it still seemed to me like there was a LOT of white space on the top and right side, so I decided to use some pearly bling to act like the steam that would be coming off of this delicious mug of cocoa.

Thanks for stopping by, and if you're getting hit with snow today, don't forget to have a cup of cocoa with marshmallows to warm you back up.

Hugs,

Snoopy :D

CRAZY 4 COCOA CHALLENGE

This week's challenge over at Crazy 4 Cocoa (C4CC6) is to make a card reflecting some of your New Year's resolutions. Well this year I decided I was going to make cards for a purpose (not just for a challenge, or just to post).

With that in mind, I also wanted to send out more birthday cards to relatives this year (I have 10 brothers & sisters, 33 nieces & nephews, and 15 grand nieces & nephews.) So this sweet birthday card is going to a grandniece for her birthday.

Here's the scan:

I ended up liking the card so much that I made a duplicate one to send in a swap. Since the recipient does not follow my blog, I figured it was safe to post it here.

Thanks again for stopping by!

Hugs,

Snoopy :D

ONE MORE JOE COOL CARD

OK, I had to post one more Joe Cool card. They were just so much fun to make.

This card will no doubt find its way to one of my male relatives for his birthday. The Joe Cool image was recycled from an old Christmas card. The background is embossed with the Cuttlebug "Distressed Stripes" embossing folder and the paw prints were made using a punch from EK Success.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Snoopy :D

SNOOPY TUESDAY ~ SNOOPY CARD

OK. It's a new year and definitely time for a new Snoopy Tuesday card. Some years ago, after Christmas, Walgreens had a bogo on boxes of assorted Snoopy Christmas cards. Needless to say, I relieved them of their overstock ... lol. I used most of them the following Christmas, but there were a couple of leftover cards. I came across these the other day and decided to cut out the Joe Cool images from the fronts of the cards and use them on my own cards. Here's one of them:

I used the Diamond Plate embossing folder from Cuttlebug over some aluminum foil-wrapped cardstock and added some phillips head screw brads to the corners. DH & DS gave it a thumbs up so I think it's safe to say this will work well as a card for a guy.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Snoopy :D