A final Entry for Holley's Celebration

Holley Tondre Barnhart is celebrating her 8th year of seizure free health with a month long event on her blog.  You can get the details HERE and read about her amazing journey to health HERE.  Read it and be truly inspired!

In honor of this anniversary, Sandra Caldwell is offering 4 stamps for only $1.50, to participate in a contest with prizes.  You can find the details for the Hip Hip Hippo celebration HERE. My final card, which may or may not count because I don't see the Linky any more, features #2036 Bunni Hippo.  I've colored him with Copics and added Flower Soft to his tail.

I've used a number of dies from Gina Marie and Lawn Fawn plus some cute shaker Easter eggs I found at Target yesterday to make a dimensional card I'm also entering in the Outlawz Festive Fridays 3D Card theme.

I'm also entering this in the DL.Art February Linky Party, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #76 AG, Two Crafty Critter Crazies Feb AG/w Critter (5/5), and Crafty Animals AG/w animal and Pile it on #139 3D Embellishments.

Another for Hip Hip Hippo on Holley's Blog Celebration

Holley Tondre Barnhart is celebrating her 8th year of seizure free health with a month long event on her blog.  You can get the details HERE and read about her amazing journey to health HERE.  Talk about an uplifting story, WOW!

In honor of this anniversary, Sandra Caldwell is offering 4 stamps for only $1.50, to participate in a contest with prizes.  You can find the details for the Hip Hip Hippo celebration HERE.  Only a couple days left and I have a hair appointment tomorrow which, at my age, cuts into the crafting BIG TIME, so I managed a second card today using #1712 Doctor Hippo.  He's colored with Copics with a little help from a silver gel pen.  I was all set to use some cute pastel argyle DP when I started rifling around my stash and found this "Once Upon a Time" Collection from Heartfelt Creations I'd never used.  Thought it made a good Get Well card for a male, so I switched gears and roughed it up a bit.  Turned out kinda cute, I think.

I'm also entering this in the Outlawz Festive Fridays Get Well Theme, the DL.Art February Linky Challenge, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #76 AG, Your Scrapbook Place February AG, Jo's Scrap Shack FFC#221 AG,...

Ballerina Hippo for Holley's Celebration

Holley Tondre Barnhart is celebrating her 8th year of seizure free health with a month long event on her blog.  You can get the details HERE and read about her amazing journey to health HERE.  Holley is a very special and talented lady and shares her blessings with friends, family and all who know her.

In honor of this anniversary, Sandra Caldwell is offering 4 stamps for only $1.50, to participate in a contest with prizes.  You can find the details for the Hip Hip Hippo celebration HERE.  This time I'm using #1592 Ballerina Hippo. I've colored this cutie with Copics, cut her with a Spellbinders Scalloped Labels One die (inked with Spun Sugar Distress while still in the die) and popped her on top of another Spellbinders die, Luscious Labels One.

I've followed the Outlawz Wednesday Sketch, using my "go to" ballerina papers from MAMBI, actually called  "Baby Girl".  Yummy pinks, for sure.  I've matted each print with a darker solid and strung tulle through the lacy die.  More tulle as a base for the rose all tied up with ribbon.  Don't you agree she is "tutu"cute?

I'm also entering this in the Outlawz Saturday Paper ala Mode Lots of Layers,  DL.Art Thankful Thursday #222 Pink or Red Challenge, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #76 AG, Your Scrapbook Place February AG, Simon Says Wednesday Add a Die Cut, the Classic Design Team Open Feb 1st Challenge #222,  Jo's Scrap Shack FFC#221 AG, and Two Crafty Critter Crazies Feb AG/w Critter (4/5), and Crafty Animals AG/w animal.

Celebrating with Holley!

Holley Tondre Barnhart is celebrating her 8th year of seizure free health with a month long event on her blog.  You can get the details HERE and read about her amazing journey to health HERE.  I have to say every time I read it, I get teary eyed and so humbled and inspired by her faith and tenacity.  

In honor of this anniversary, Sandra Caldwell has designed a special stamp, #2010 Holley's Ouch Hippo and offered it for only $1.50, along with 3 others to participate in a contest with prizes.  You can find the details for the Hip Hip Hippo celebration HERE.  I've colored this cutie with Copics and fussy cut her to add to paper from the Sweet Talk stack from K&Co.  

I was looking for some brain quotes and came across this one which certainly seemed apropos, because no one has a bigger heart than Holley, giving back as she does not only during this celebration, but every day of her life.  Hope you are able to join in and celebrate with this amazing woman.  Now, I bet you couldn't guess in a million years who the quote is from.  Would you believe Albert Einstein?  Guess he really was a genius.

I'm also entering this in the DL.Art February Linky Challenge, the Outlawz, Monday Greetings, Festive Fridays and Saturday Paper ala Mode, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #75 AG, Simon Says Monday Love is in the Air, Simon Says Wednesday It Must be Love,  Two Crafty Critter Crazies Feb AG/w Critter (2/5), and Crafty Animals AG/w animal.

Celebrating 7 Years with Holley!

My Sandra Caldwell DT sister Holley is celebrating 7 years of seizure free health after 2 brain surgeries that changed her life.  Fabulous Sandra has drawn an image especially for her, #1347 Holley Brain Power available HERE in Sandra's Etsy Store, and I'm joining the challenge on Holley's Blog.  I've colored her with Copics an added some "positive thoughts" highlighted with chalk.  I've kept the colors pretty and light like the promise of Spring and combined it with my take on the Outlawz Wednesday Sketch challenge where Sandra is sponsoring this month.

You can read Holley's inspiring story HERE and join her celebration of life.  Her sunny attitude and positive thinking expresses the love and gratitude she has for each and every seizure free day.  To share with her friends, she's posting fabulous projects on Holley's Blog each day and there are prizes to be won. Hope you come join the party and celebrate Holley's love of life.  I'm sharing this card and amazing story with the Path of Positivity Challenge #46 An Expression of Love. (Could you please add FT to my name on the Linky?  I was so excited, I forgot.  Thank you!)

I'm also entering this in the DL.Art February Linky Challenge, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #52 AG, and Creative Fingers AG #125.

Holley's Bookmark Making Contest

I'm joining Holley's month long celebration for 6 years of seizure free health following 2 brain surgeries.  You can read Holley's incredibly inspiring story HERE.  As part of her celebration, she is hosting a Bookmark Making Contest using a fabulous stamp designed just for her by Sandra Caldwell.  This sweet stamp is called Bearly A Headache.

Here's a closeup of this cutie.  She's colored with Copics and sitting on a stack of books that is unnamed in my files, but is perhaps from Tiddly Inks.  I really didn't mean to color this so dark, but the library stack back ground, a freebie from Go Make Something, sort of dictated the colors.  I do really love the sights and smells and general ambiance of and old library, don't you?  The sentiment is computer generated excerpts from a quote I found. So there ya go.  Come join the fun at Holley's and wish her all the best.  (FABBY PRIZES ALL MONTH LONG!)

I'm also entering this in the DL.Art February Linky challenge, and the Outlawz Paper a la Mode Tag, You're It Challenge.