Another Purple Day!

Time for another PURPLE DAY!!  Here's one of my stamp favorites, Gorjuss Girls! She's done up in purple and combined with some of the awesome lace that I got in Istanbul this summer.

Here's a little more about Epilepsy this month:
Please encourage the government officials to also allow testing on non-traditional treatments such as Cannibidoil or marijuana.  For some patients who take up to 5 medications per day, it has been found to STOP their seizures, but they live in a state where it is illegal for them to seek this actual medical treatment supervised by a DOCTOR. Unfortunately then some people then try it themselves.   I personally don't use them, but being a patient who took five medications a day with horrible side effects and no relief, I certainly think I would try ANYTHING, and I think it should be a decision that a doctor should make, not a congressman.  Encourage the government to let the doctors do their job and not to let desperate patients try and self medicate.  I am very very proud to say that Texas actually PASSED legislation this year to allow cannibidoil for specific cases.  It's at least a start.

Hugs, Holley

Ugly Sweater

Sharing this fun image from Sandra Caldwell today called ugly sweater.  She's having some fun contest on facebook and is having some great stamps for sale in her store for just $1, check them out at Babycakes DND on Etsy. 

Drop by her facebook group with your creations, Sandra Caldwell Stamp fans as well as the page that is having the contests, Markers! Papers! Digis! using her $1 stamps.

Lizzy Love

Here's an awesome image from Lizzy Love today, I just love the cheetah pattern on her, I though it would be perfect for a fall time color card.  They are having a brand new contest on the OddBall Art Challenge blog and the theme is Fairytale theme.  Drop by over there and join in the fun!

Those cute flowers are sequins that I got while in Istanbul this summer.  Such fun!  I went to a store that had so many to chose from it was just mind boggling!  The person had like THREE rooms of stuff to see on different floors of the same building.  WOW.  so amazing.

Cheers, Holley

Happy Fall

Here's a Tiddly Ink's image that I did for an autumn theme card today.  I got these fun die cuts that I used on the corners from Create and Craft TV.  I have been busy doing much work for the church bazaar followed by two classes that I had last week.  Now I have a short breather before the next class which is set up for Dec 7th.

Happy Fall everyone. It has finally started to feel  a little like it here in south TX.  I mean, it was not even in the 80s yesterday.

Cheers, Holley

Holiday Fun

Here's a wonderful image from artist Sandra Caldwell called Winter Decorator 1157.  This stamp will be released in the store today, Etsy, Babycakes DND.  Check her out along with many other brand new fun images.

I am using some gorgeous lace that I bought while I was in Istanbul this summer and I added a simple holiday sentiment, "Holiday Magic is found at home."  Drop by the Facebook Page for fun contests and there's a wonderful set of contests happening at Markers! Papers! Digis! groups on facebook.  Sandra has a bunch of wonderful images in her store on sale for just $1!!

Woo Hoo!

Join in the fun.

Holley

Meet the Dundertons

Happy Sunday everyone.  here's a great image from Dr Digi, it's the current contest that starts late tonight or early tomorrow for the Monday Greetings Challenge on Outlawz!  The theme is family!  Fun.  This adorable image is called Derek and Deirdery Dunderton

Hope you will check out the Outlawz challenge and join in the fun!  We have a brand new contest with fun sponsors each week. 

Upcoming card class

There will be a card class taught at Crestview United Methodist Church on Monday, Nov 14th. It's just $5 to offset the cost of the supplies, if you are interested in joining in, just drop me an email htondre@aol.com.  We'll be making three fun cards:

We'd love to have you join in.  The first class is at 10 am, the 2nd class will be at 6:30 pm (with childcare for free, you just need to pay the $5 for the class).

I can't wait to see you all there.

Smiles

Here's a pretty fairy image from Nellie Snellen.  I guess this is more of a summer colored card, but now that we are just getting into some fall type weather, I want to use summer colors, lol!!  I hope you have been following along this month for the prizes, there will be winner's picked on the PURPLE card days for Epilepsy awareness, so go back, esp to the 1st as well as yesterday (but there may be another sneaky purple card in there too).

I also had some friends, thanks KTFit Kitty and Virginia...who shared purple cards on their blogs as well, How awesome is that!! Thanks so much for the support. That's just awesome!

CLICK HERE to go to yesterday's prize

Epilepsy Awareness Month

Here's another card I made this month for Epilepsy Awareness.  Here's some facts:  The color for Epilepsy awareness is Purple.  World Epilepsy Day is celebrated on March 26th.

About 1 in 26 people in AMERICA will develop epilepsy in their lifetime.  Currently three million Americans and 65 Million people world wide have epilepsy.  2/3 of people will never know why they have epilepsy. 

Epilepsy affects more people than multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and Parkinson's combined – yet receives fewer federal dollars per patient than each of these.  Please encourage everyone to reach out to government officials to do more research.  1/3 of the patients with epilepsy will have NO control over their seizures with any of the current medications.  New medications and treatments are always needed.

Hugs everyone and thanks for your support.  Just think, every time you are sitting in a large room full of people, someone around you likely has epilepsy.  If you didn't sign up for blog candy on Nov 1st, please go back and sign up!!  All candy winners will get announced at the end of this month!
http://holleybarnhartsblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/epilepsy-awareness-month.html

Holley

Happy Holiday

Here's a fun image from Sandra Caldwell today.  This brand new stamp and many others will be added to her store on Etsy, Babycakes DND.  This cutie is Giraffe Ornie 1131.  Isn't he darling?   As we move through fall and to thanksgiving and Christmas time, she's been adding all these adorable images to the store.

Drop by the Facebook group, Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans to see some creations by the design team for all the new images, and share some works of your own.  We also have fun contests that you can play in to win a stamp.

Cheers, Holley

Happy Fall from a Bestie!

I have been having a fall theme going on the blog lately, so here's one using a beautiful image from Sherri Baldy.  Isn't she sweet?  There's a brand new contest happening at the SSS Challenge blog. The theme is anything goes + frame.  I have added a mica/metallic frame to the edges of this card.  I hope you will create a fun card with your favorite bestie and join in the contest!  This cutie is Img 426.

Drop by the Challenge blog and check out the Design team creations and the prizes available from Sherri Baldy this week. 

Oh Christmas Tree....PURPLE TIME

Here's a darling image from artist Sandra Caldwell of Babycakes DND on Etsy, this image was released on Monday and is called 1174 Christmas Hippo. Isn't she adorable?  I colored her up in purple and matched her with some lovely purple metallic paper and some gorgeous lace that I got in Istanbul.

Here's a close up of this darling image from Sandra Caldwell

Drop by our Facebook group:  Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans and check out the latest activities and contests going on!

HERE's another PURPLE card for Epilepsy Awareness Month!!  be sure to leave a comment today!!  WOO HOO!

Merry Christ-moose

Here's the cutest image from Eureka stamps!  This adorable moose is just perfect for some winter time cards.  I had to create this funny Christ-moose theme card with him for the upcoming Outlawz Monday Greetingz challenge.  The theme is  to use a Christmas sentiment on your card.

Drop by Outlawz this week and join in our challenge. We have two different sponsors so you will have multiple chances at winning a prize!  We can't wait to see your creations.

Cheers, Holley

Happy Fall

Here's some CAS (Clean and Simple) cards that use some gorgeous papers from Paper Temptress combined with beautiful leaves from Nature.  How perfect are these for fall time?  I have a dear friend at church who loves to press leaves and flowers and then gives them to me as I make greeting cards from them.

This card is use brown bag cardstock as the base.  I layered the leaf on some simple Neenah Solar White , then layered it on some Mica/Metallic Emerald.  I added a simple sticker sentiment "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."

Here's an additional pressed leaf from my local area that I mounted onto some wonderful kraft paper;  It's quick and easy to create your own square cards by cutting your 8.5x11" sheets to 5.5x11" sheets.  You can then save your left over paper for all those die cuts.

Hope you have a beautiful fall day!


Have you signed up for the blog candy, it was on Monday's posting, CLICK HERE
Cheers, Holley

Hello

Here's a lovely image from Di's Digis that I am using for the current challenge at Outlawz.  It starts tomorrow morning!  It's the Monday Greetings Challenge and our theme is Anything Goes!  So please drop by and share your creations with during the ongoing challenge this week!  As always don't forget to include a greeting on the front of your card.

This lovely image is called Shopping with Ellie.  Check out the other Design Team's designs and share with us before this contest ends!

Cheers, Holley

Have you signed up for the blog candy, it was on Monday's posting, CLICK HERE

Happy Fall

Here's a fun fall theme card using a great image from Bugaboo. I love their sweet and simple stamps. This one is just perfect for Autumn.  I am a huge scarecrow and owl fan.  I created this card for the Outlawz Monday Greetings challenge. The current theme is anything goes this week!  This lovely image is called Fall Trio

Drop by and check out all the Design Team's card and then share your wonderful creations with us! There's two companies providing prizes this week and we can't wait to see what you make.

Have you signed up for the blog candy, it was on Monday's posting, CLICK HERE

Grizzly Bear

Welcome November!  Can you believe it is already here?  I know I can't!  A new month means that it is time for a brand new contest over at the Your Scrapbook Place Challenge blog.  The theme this month is Anything Goes and you will get an extra entry if you use a stamp from our wonderful sponsor--Make it Crafty!!  Woo hoo! This adorable bear image I have is called Grizzly Bear.  Too cute!

Check out our contest and then share some creations with us this month.  Each month you can join up to three times to be in our drawing for the prize.  We can't wait to see what you create.

Cheers, Holley

Did you sign up for blog candy?  it was yesterday, CLICK HERE

Epilepsy Awareness Month-- BLOG CANDY

Happy November everyone.  As you may or may not know, it's officially Epilepsy Awareness Month!!  Hence the purple.  I will have a couple Purple cards this month and each PURPLE card or special card day will have a prize associated.   This is an awesome image from Francis Mary of Kathy Cyr, check out her works HERE

I do have prizes both for my friends abroad, as well as my friends inside the USA, so let me first put a sign up here, well two sign ups so everyone can be eligible.

For those inside the USA, I have this wonderful prize, right in time for Christmas, it's a great Christmas stamp and die set from Tim Holtz!  There's a couple other prizes for other days....

For those international, I have other smaller dies and some digi stamps.  The die can be mailed in a flat card, so no extra postage!  The digi stamps will be sent via the customer.  Prizes will get picked at different times this month so list your names here, and watch the postings during the month to see the announcements of the winners on a couple different days.....you can always add your name here at any time of the month.  I will do drawings during a couple times of the month using these lists here.

Be sure to check in on the days this month to watch for the PURPLE!!


If you live IN THE USA:



OUTSIDE THE USA:

Happy Halloween

Here's an adorable image from artist Sandra Caldwell today. I did this fun cat image from Halloween. Isn't he just adorable?  He has no tail!  He's called 1078 Cat with no tail.  Check him out along with lots of other fun images at Sandra's store on Etsy, Babycakes DND.

Hope you have a wonderful Halloween.  Don't be a 'fraidy cat!  Hope you have a great time.  I'd love to hear if you are going to dress up in a costume today.

Happy Halloween

Here's an awesome freebie image that was given away by Ike's Art on the Ike's Art World Challenge blog (click here). Drop by over there and grab this wonderful image to play in her current contest Spooky Love (i.e. love of Halloween).

I hope you will enjoy all their design team cards and make a fun card to join in.  I don't have any Halloween plans for myself, but my local church (and all the other church's nearby) are planning to have fun in the various parking lots to give all the kids a safe place to go and get candy.

Have a Bestie Halloween!

Time for a little Halloween fun using this gorgeous image from Sherri Baldy.  She's called Boo Bestie!  How awesome is she?  Perfect for all those last minute Halloween cards you want to get done.  This was a quick and cute card I did by coloring her up and combining her with some fun spiderweb lace that I got while visiting Turkiye this summer, some shimmery paper with ghosts on it and some scary spider buttons.

Check out all of Sherri's wonderful stamps at her Besties Website (http://www.mybestiesshop.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html)

Rick St Dennis

Sharing this fun image from artist Rick St Dennis today.  I have to love his drawings, everything from the beautiful ladies to the cute kids and horror images.  This image is too fun.  I love her skull jewelry.  made me add a skull to the front of the card.

Hope this gave you a little grin today. Have a great weekend.  I can't believe we are on the last weekend of October!  Here comes November!

You are my favorite!

Happy Thursday everyone!  Here's an awesome image from Dilly Beans.  I love her skull images (and her girlie images too).  I hope you are having a great week. I am off to some physical therapy for my shoulder.  UGH. But it's good to have it done now while my shoulder is still doing well enough for range of motion.

Hope you have a great week.  Cheers, Holley

I heart you!

Here's a great image from Crafty Sentiments Designs that I used to create this card for the Monday Greetings challenge over at Outlawz.  The challenge this week is Animals.  This wonderful image is called Stanley I Heart You.  I just love this cute teddy.  I colored him with copic markers and added some gorgeous lace that I got while in Turkiye this summer.

Drop by Outlawz this week and be sure and check out the Monday Challenge.  You would win a prize from one of our amazing sponsors!

Cheers, Holley

Bestie Birthday Card

Here's a wonderful Bestie card that I made for the current challenge over at SSS Challenge blog.  There's a wonderful contest, the theme is Orange.  It doesn't have to be Halloween as I am showing here with this fun birthday theme card.  But there's many great Halloween theme cards to check out over on the SSS Challenge blog to inspire you.

We can't wait to see what you make, please check out our cards and then share your wonderful Sherri Baldy creations with us!

Cheers, Holley