Sunday 10 February 2013

A NEwe Addition

As the temperatures have started to increase slightly, we thought today it might be nice to let some of the animals out of the stuffy ‘ol stables and allow them to roam the yard. As we opened all the gates and pens, the courtyard soon looked like a petting zoo as the various beasts wandered about, enjoying the sunshine and fresh air. As night began to fall, we started to round them all up only to discover that one of the sheep was missing. We couldn’t find her anywhere on the property, so I saddled up Ruffles and rode through the forest looking for the lost sheep. When I finally came upon her, I was in for a surprise.

I had just got another package from Unity in the post, so I was excited to ink up my new stamps. I started by stamping the hearts (which are now my favourite heart stamp I own) from the “Loads of Love” set using Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. I then stamped the image and sentiment from the Unity “Love Ewe” set, adding a little heart from the Lawn Fawn “My Silly Valentine” set. I distressed the edges using my blade, Paper Distresser, and some ink, earning me +120 edged weapon exp points. Lastly I added some delicate pink ribbon and some teeny-tiny ‘lil pearls to the two corners.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment using Lawn Fawn’s “My Silly Valentine”. I then masked off the big sheep and just inked the baby sheep to stamp underneath.

I stamped more of those awesome hearts from “Loads of Love” onto the envelope to make it match the card front.

This creation will be herded into the following challenges:
Tammy’s Scrapin’ Corner Challenge #48: Valentines Cards
MFP Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge #58: Valentines
Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge #113: Ribbons and Bows
MFP SpeedyTV Simple Salutations Challenge #31: Valentines
Milk Coffee Valentine’s Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Have a Heart
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #255: Love Struck
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge #146: Love
Creative Craft Challenges2: Challenge #3 - Hugs and Kisses
A Gem of a Challenge #66: Hearts/Valentines
Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude Challenge #33: Be My Valentine
Penny Black Allsorts February Challenge: Pink, Pearly & Swirly
One Crazy Stamper February Love Challenge
ATCs & Cards With Attitude Challenge #33: Be My Valentine
Spark Your Creativity Now! Challenge #6: Anything Goes
Desert Island Crafters Challenge #47 Used - #1 (Love/Romance), #2 (Hearts), #3 (Pearls) #6 (Sentiment)
Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #45: Colour Inspiration


Next to the ewe was a wee ‘lil lamb. It seems we have a new addition to the stables at the Guild Hall. I named the new baby Dott and smiled as I watched the mother sheep take care of her newborn.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

19 comments:

Ravengirl said...

This is so sweet! Love the shadowing under your sheep! thanks for playing along with the Friends of Speedy TV!

Deb said...

this is so pretty, love the muted colours!
Many thanks for joining in the Cute Card Thursday Challenge this week!
Debxx

Sue said...

A pretty card. Thanks for joining us at One Crazy Stampr this month.

crafty-stamper said...

pretty card love the images-thanks for joining us at Tammy's Scrapin Corner
carol DT x

Laurian said...

What a sweet valentines card!
Thank you for joining us at Penny's Paper Crafty and I hope we see you again soon!

Hugs

Laurian

Dawn said...

Such a cute little card! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Crafting For All Seasons this time!
Good Luck
Hugs
Dawn xx

Winnie and Patty said...

Oh too cute!!! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Speedy Fox & Friends blog challenge!

Anonymous said...

this is so cute and i love how you stamped the inside as well. thank you so much for playing along with us at penny black and more this month.
linda

Shirley said...

A lovely fun card. Thank you for laying along in our challenge this month at Penny Black and More and good luck in our prize draw.

Shirley

Jenn Borjeson said...

What a fun creation! :)

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Like the swirls on the sheep images & appropriate sentiment. Thank you for entering MFP Simple Salutations Valentine challenge.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
MFP SS Hostess

Pat said...

Wonderful images. So cut. Thanks for joining Speedy Fox and Friends.

Melissa Bove said...

Super sweet card!! Love those adorable stamps!!

Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!

Hugs...
Melissa

Donna Mosley said...

Gorgeous card, love the beautiful image and design. Thanks for joining us at AGOAC.

Donna x

Creations by Shirl said...

Great CAS card!
Thanks for playing along with Creative Craft Challenge.

Beverley said...

Gorgeous card. I love the image. Thanks for joining in our "Hugs & Kisses" challenge at Creative Craft.
Hugs
Bev x

Ellibelle said...

How sweet! Love the soft shades of color, and a gorgeous image!
Thanks so much for playing with us at penny black and more!

Julie said...

How sweet! Thanks for joining us in our Hugs and Kisses challenge at Creative Craft Challenges
Hugs,
Julie T

susiestacey said...

Lovely card - made me smile :)
Thank you for joining the Pink Pearly Swirly challenge over at Penny Black and More @ Allsorts and good luck x Susan x

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