Sending Pony Smiles

Yesterday I had the chance to go to a crafty garage sale. As I was flipping through the stamps I came across this adorable stamp from Lili Of The Valley called Me And My Pony. It is retired but anyone who knows me knows......if it's a horse stamp it is coming home with me and going in to my "collection". It was later in the day when I got back so first thing this morning I was excited to get to colouring and creating with my new stamp. Hoping this brings a smile to one of my horsey friends. 

                                                         

After stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured with Copic markers and cut the stamp out with a notched rectangle die. I used a circle punch to cut the corners to match the die.....well, I tried......they aren't perfect but they are close. I set is aside and combined patterned paper from three different companies to create my design. I added the sentiment, ribbon, enamel dots and a wood horseshoe to finish off my card. 

Stamp - Me And My Pony - Lili Of The Valley Stamps

Sentiment - Every Day Mini Sentiments - Whimsy Stamps

Patterned Paper - Gingham Galore Spring - Honey Bee Stamps

Backgrounds - Wood - Mintay 

Bright Blooms - Craft Consortium

Hammermill digital cover stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, notched rectangle and ticket die - Whimsy Stamps, ribbon, enamel dots, wood horseshoe - Southern Ridge Trading Co. 

Copic List

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Flowers  - R81 R85 R89 YG01 YG03 YG17 G28

Hair - E50 E53 E55

Pony - E15 E17 E19 E29 T2 T4 T6 T8 

Stall Door, Mouse, Boots - E34 E35 E29

Grass - YG17 G28

Pants - B91 B93 B95 B97

Apples - R14 R17 R29 YG97 

Shading C0 C1 C2 B000

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Merry Christmas Friend

I am in Christmas card making mode and finally getting a chance to post this card. I have a few horsey friends on my card giving list so I try to make a few each year. I love the Whimsy Stamps horse drawn by Crissy Armstrong and for this card I have chosen to use Christmas Pony. I used the rubber stamp which I think may be retired but it is available as a digital stamp. 

This is one of the first stamps I bought and I hope it brings one of my horsey friends a smile and some Christmas cheer. 

After stamping with Memento Tuxedo Black on alcohol marker friendly paper I coloured them Copic markers and hand fussy cut them. I found some paper from MME and Carta Bella and created my scene with some die cut snow banks and trees. I added some white glitter snowflakes cut with a punch from white glitter paper in my stash. Next I cut out a pleated circle background and added matching card stock behind it and matching patterned paper and snow flakes to the top of it. 

To create the sentiment, I used three different sentiments, one of them I had to mask off and hope I got things straight and the placement right.

I glued down the stamp, added some ribbon and finished it off with some enamel dots and Star Dust Stickles on the pony's hat. 

Stamp: Christmas Pony - Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment - Mini Every Day and Holiday Mini Sentiments - Whimsy Stamps

Patterned Paper -Farmhouse Christmas - Carta Bella, Comfort and Joy - MME

Hammermill Digital Cover Stock, Tuxedo Black Memento ink, ribbon, glitter paper, tree die - Memory Box, circle die, pleated circle die - Gina Marie Designs, Star Dust Stickles, enamel dots, snowflake - Marvy punch

Copic Markers

Pony  - E23 E57 E29

Skin - E00 E21 E11 

Mane - E30 E31 E43

Clothes -YG61 YG63 YG67 

Bells - Y11 Y15 Y26 

Collar - N4 N5 N8 N10

Hair - E25 E27 E79   

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Best Friends

This stamp drawn by the talented Crissy Armstrong has been on my wish list for forever so when it came out as a digital stamp I knew I needed to get it off my wish list once and for all. 
There is something about this stamp.......for me there are no words. I find it so calming - maybe it's because it reminds me and my horse and the relationship we had. This stamp just makes my heart happy and I am glad I finally had time to colour it up. 

I printed the stamp to the size I wanted and then coloured it with alcohol markers and Prismacolor pencils. I wanted to do a simple design to keep the focus on this gorgeous stamp. Paper from Simple Stories and Echo Park were perfect. A simple heart banner, cotton lace, wood horseshoe and gumdrops were the perfect pieces to finish off my card. 
I decided not to include a sentiment on the front and will include it on the inside when I decide what event I will give it for. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Best Of Friends Girl - Digital - Whimsy Stamps

Spectrum Noir Markers: FS9 GB1 GY1 GY4 EB1 MB2 AP3 CG4 DG2 JG6

Copics:  E00 E11 RV11 RV32
Prismacolor Pencils: Beige, Beige Sienna, Dark Brown 

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Rocking Horse Christmas

I am a horse lover through and through and I have a lot of horse loving friends. I try to use a different stamp every year for my horsey Christmas cards and this "Rocking Horse" digital stamp from Whimsy is perfect for one of the cards I need for this year. 
I decided to make this one with an acetate front for something different. 

After printing and colouring my stamp with alcohol markers and a prisma pencil, I hand fussy cut it and went around the edge with a black marker to cover any white I had missed. It is hard to see in the photo but I added a clear sparkle pen to the bow. 
Next I cut my card base, cardstock and gorgeous patterned paper from the Winter's Magic Blue digital paper pack. I cut it to fit the inside and then held my breath and stamped my sentiments using my Misti. The "and" sign in between my sentiments is added with a black marker. 
I used a stitched border trio die to cut my snow banks and added a few die cut trees. 
Some sparkly ribbon and gum drops finish off my card.

Card Recipe

Stamp: Rocking Horse - Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment: Holiday Mini Sentiments - Whimsy Stamps

Patterned Paper: Winter's Magic Blue Digital Paper - Whimsy Stamps

Stitched Border Trio die - Whimsy Stamps

Galena ribbon, gumdrops, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

Spectrum Noir Markers:  MB1 MB3 EB3 EB6 EB5 IG2 IG3 IG6 RB1 RB3 RB4 
Copics: B04 B06 B18
Primsacolor pencil: Sandbar Brown

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Feeling Down?

Welcome to Day 3 of the new digital release at Whimsy Stamps!

My new release card features the new "Western Pony" digital stamp. When I had my horse, for me the biggest stress reliever "put life back in perspective" moments were all on the back of my horse. 

We loved to trail ride and he loved to keep me on my toes on every ride. For me the sentiment sticker I had in my stash sums things up perfectly! Life always felt more manageable after a trail ride. 

 After colouring my stamp with alcohol markers and pencils I hand fussy cut it and ran a black maker around the edge to get any white I had missed. 

I added some silver wink of stella to parts of the saddle, bridle and breast plate on the buckles and conchos.

My card base was cut with a side step die and I added digital paper from the "Floral Grass" digital paper collection. The sentiment is a sticker from my stash. The lasso and cowboy boot are from Jolee's and Dress It Up buttons. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: Western Pony- Whimsy Stamps

Patterned Paper: Floral Grass digital papers - Whimsy Stamps

Spectrum Noir Markers:  IG1 IG2 IG6 GB8 GB10 EB5 EB6 EB3 MB1 MB3 MB4 CG4 DG3 
Spectrum Colourblend Pencils: 50 104 013

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Get Your Happy

I couldn't let the month of sharing some of my favourite things with you without sharing one of my favourite High Hopes stamps with you! 

Classy Clydesdale was in one of the first new releases I got to play with as a design team member. 

Today's card is a reminder to be happy! My horse used to remind me of this every once and a while. If I was too stressed out or he felt I needed a laugh he would always do something to make laugh......like walk over to the garbage can and pull a Tim Horton's coffee cup out of the garbage and stand there bopping it back and forth..........and many more stories believe me! 

Classy Clydesdale just looks so happy and seems to like to have fun so I thought he was perfect for my card. 

This week's card was started by making my background paper. I used some inks from stamping up and my ink blending tool and went to work. I added the mini butterfly ink splatter and cut out my pieces using a stitched rectangle die.
The stamp was coloured and fussy cut a very long time ago - it has been on the corner of my white board watching every move I make but I felt it was perfect for my card this week so voila! 
Some gingham ribbon, a wooden horseshoe and sparkly gumdrops - more of my favourite things finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Classy Clydesdale - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Get Your Happy On - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

 Tuxedo Black ink - Memento,  Misti, 3D foam pop dots - Forever In Time, ink and ribbon - Stampin' Up, wood horseshoe - Southern Ridge Trading Co., stitched rectangle die - YNS, Ink Blending tool and foam - Ranger, magical pastel sparkly gumdrops - YNS

Spectrum Markers: IG1 IG3 GB8 GB10 EB5 TN7 TN8 EB8 JG2 JG4 JG6

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Happy Trails!

 This week I have been playing with an older stamp from High Hopes called "Cowgirl Candice". It's no secret I love horses so this stamp was perfect to add to my horse stamp "collection".....and yes, it is a collection! 

I stamped Cowgirl Candice using my Misti and fussy cut her, I don't think my scissors miss me anymore! I wanted to keep my background in more neutral tones so the stamp would pop - but I love the flowered paper from the Simple Stories Good Day Sunshine collection so I had to include it. I used walnut stain distress ink with a flourish corner stamp I have in my stash to add to the corners and to ink the paper edges. 

Some red boots add some fun to this image I think (thank you Cheri for the suggestion)! I added some Silver Wink of Stella to the rings on the bridle and some Clear Wink of Stella to the flowers.  The "Happy Trails" sentiment (also from High Hopes) and some ivory gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Cowgirl Candice (R062)-  High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Happy Trails (F204) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Good Day Sunshine - Simple Stories

Necessities: Wood - MME

Dies: Stitched Rectangles Dies - Your Next Stamp,

 Clear Wink of Stella and Silver Wink of Stella

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Pop Dots: Forever In Time

Ivory Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp

Spectrum Noir Markers: FS1 FS2 TN2 FS8 1G1 1G2 1G4 TN1 EB1 EB2 EB6 EB3 EB5 GB8 GB10 BT3 BT4 BT5 PP3 PP5 CT2 CT4 GB11 DR5 DR1 DR7 TN2 TN6 TN7

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Make It Better

Wow! It's the first of March and spring is just around the corner! 

A new month means a new challenge here at One Crazy Stamper. 

I am a horse lover, well an animal lover to be honest, but horses hold a special place in my heart and always will. I grew up riding my friends horses and had the pleasure of being owned by one - yes you read that correctly lol, for 12.5 years. 

I have more then a few horse stamps but when I saw this one from Your Next Stamp I knew I had to add it to my "collection". There are two stamps with sentiments in this set and it is available at One Crazy Stamper. 

I started by colouring my stamp and cutting it out with a stitched square die. I inked the edges and mounted it on cardstock. The patterned paper is cut using fishtail banner dies. Some green vines, a flower and gumdrops (my favourite) finish off my card.

Card Recipe

Stamp: Jessica With Her Horse - Your Next Stamp

Dies: Stitched Squares, Fishtail Banner Dies - Your Next Stamp

Build A Banner, Vines die - Whimsy Stamps

Patterned Paper: Bundle of Joy (Echo Park),Necessities - Wood (MME)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Walnut Stain Distress Ink

 Copic Xpress It cardstock, Love Me Some Latte Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp, flower (stash)

Spectrum Noir Markers: FS1 FS2 TN2 FS8 TN2 TN6 TN7 EB6 EB3 EB5 CG3 CG4 PP3 PP5 DR3 CT2 CT4 GB11 BT2 EB6

I hope you enjoy all of the inspiration from the design team and will come play along with this month's Anything Goes Challenge - we can't wait to see what you create!

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