Friends of Happy Wen!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Cowboy Christmas


This one is for Jack and Carol Owens, two fabulous friends (celebrating 60 years married in the spring!)we met through my awesome sister, Sandy. Jack and Carol have stables in the sierra foothills, where my sis keeps her horses. Both of them are cutting champs (Carol continues to compete, and Jack is a judge). Carol is also an artist and bronze sculpturist-see her work here! I saw this image over at Sassy Cheryl's and it's perfect for Jack and Carol. Followed the sketch this morning at Sketch Saturday - love the sketch! I also added the fir trees (sculpted and layered in Debby4000-style) found at Stamp Fairy - Gerda is having a BIG 50% off sale - check it out! I rummaged through my stash and found the perfect Cosmo Cricket patterns for my project. The sentiment is from Paper Dreams of Mine that was a freebie. Did a bit of dry embossing with the cuttlebug and snowflake punching with Martha Stewart.

Have a busy and productive week, friends!
(((hugs)))
wendy

RECIPE: Stamp Fairy-tree images; Sassy Cheryl-cowboy santa image; Paper Dreams of Mine -sentiment; Cosmo Cricket-patterns; Cuttlebug-embossing; Martha Stewart-arctic snowflake; Queen & Company-chocolate pearls; ribbon-LSS; copics

CHALLENGES:
Sketch Saturday
Sassy Cheryl's
2 Sisters

Catch The Bug
CES challenges
Crazy 4 Challenges
Totally Gorjuss
Card Makin Mamas
Crafty Catz
Pattie's Creations
Simply Create Too
Stampin for the Weekend
Crafty Ann'sribbon,tree,red
Aud Sentiments challenge blog
Crafty purple frog
Crafty Ribbons Challenge
Crimbo Crackers
Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Paper Crafting Journey
Simon Says
Crafty Creations
Crafts and me
Creative Belli
Dude time doodles
Fresh Brewed Blog
Inky Impressions
Whimsy Stamps

37 comments:

gina g said...

Fabulous card, great fun image. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons. luv gina xx

Marjo said...

Fantabulous Christmas card, great embossing! Thanks for playing with us at Simply Create Too.

xoxo Marjo

Jackie said...

Adorable card! I love the image, it's so much fun! Thank you for playing along with us at Inky Impressions!

jkreucher said...

Santa looks like he's having such a great time! your coloring is wonderful, and your right~ this is an awesome sketch! love it!
Thanks for joining us in the Sassy Cheryl Santa Challenge this week!
Judy

carol said...

Hi Wendy..your card looks fabulous,thanks for sharing your creation with us at CRAFTY CATZ and CRAFTY RIBBONS x carol

Tammy said...

Fabulous holiday card! Love the cowboy Santa. Thanks for entering our challenge at Dude Time Doodles.

Janette said...

Love the fab image, a brilliant card, thanks for sharing it with us at CraftyCatz this week.xx

Ann Whitfield said...

What a fun card! Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann's
Ann x

Lori said...

Very nice card Wendy. Love the cowboy Santa. :) That's an amazing list of challenges you entered. Thanks for making Catch the Bug one of them. Good luck and please do join us again.
Lori

McCrafty's Cards said...

Brilliant card, I like everything about it,Thanks for playing along with us at Dudetime Doodles this week.
Kevin xx

Anne Temple said...

Fabulous card and image and great coloring. Love your design and paper choices too. I'm sure your friends will love it. So glad you joined us for the Holiday Spirit challenge at Dude Time Doodles this week.

KraftyKoolKat said...

Fabulous sweetie. Thank you for joining us at DDSC this week and good luck.

Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx

debby4000 said...

Love your gorgeous card Wendy and love those trees.
Luv
Debby

Kathlene said...

Such a wonderful card for Jack and Carol...they'll love it! Your trees came out great, so all that work was worth it! Sweet cowboy Santy too. xoxo

Susie Little said...

Fantastic and such fun! Thank you for playing at Sketch Saturday!xx

Sassy Cheryl said...

What a fabulous card for your close friends. And celebrating 60 years. WOW! That's incredible.
Love, love, love your card Wendy. Such great details and perfect embellishments.
Thanks for playing in the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge again this week. Always a treat!

Mandy said...

Fabulous card Wendy, the image is so cute and the way you have "Debbylised" the trees looks brilliant.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp for our photo inspiration challenge
hugs Mandy xx

Julie said...

What a fun holiday card. Thanksf or joining us at Aud Sentiments
Hugs,
Julie

Julie said...

What a fun holiday card. Thanksf or joining us at Aud Sentiments
Hugs,
Julie

Joey said...

fabulous card, that is one fun santa, thanks for joining us at inky impressions,. Joey x

Pattie G said...

Wendy,
WOW, this is so cute! I love everything about it. Thanks for joining us at Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge.
Hugs
Pattie ♥

email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com said...

Ooh gorgeous coloring!! I absolutely love the Christmas Cowboy too!! Made me smile : )

Thanks for sharing your creativity at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!
-Sarah

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Cleota said...

What a kicking western Santa image!?! Gonna have to locate that one. Great coloring and paper choices. Thanks for joining us at Dude Time Doodles this week. Hope to see you again soon.

Cleota
DTD Dudette & Sponsor Coordinator

The Wired Angel said...

What a perfect image for your friends. You did an awesome job. Thanks so much for joining us at Sassy Cheryl's challenge this week. Peggy x

Stephanie said...

How cute is this.. Thanks for playing along at Catch the Bug.

Jen said...

Fabulous card, so different. Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann's.
Jen x

Karen W said...

Cute card!! Thanks for joining us at Creative Belli!!

CG said...

Wow, so cute! I can definitely feel his holiday spirit! Thank you for joining us at Dude Time Doodles this week!

Anonymous said...

Such a fun, rootin' tootin' cowboy Christmas card!! Thanks for joining in our Crafty Creations challenge!
hugs,Deena

Michelle B. said...

Luv it, the image rocks! Such a fun and festive card! Thanks for playing at Dude Time Doodles!

coldwaters2 said...

Terrific card loving that image also those wonderful trees thank you for joining us this week at DDSC.
Hugs
Lorraine x

tiffany said...

love this cowboy santa, such a fun card! Thanks for joining in the challenge at 2 Sisters! =)Tiffany

Shelly Schmidt said...

Thanks so much for joining us at the Belli challenge with your wonderful Christmas card. The scene you created is darling!

Stampalicious said...

love those trees, thank you for joining our challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best this week, hugs, martina

Steph said...

Gorgeous card! Love the colours and papers you've used x

Tammy Miller said...

What an adorable project! Thanks so much for joining our challenge this week at Catch the Bug Challenge blog! I hope you will join us again!

Unknown said...

I love it! Something different to the norm. Thanks for joining in with the Crafty Purple Frog challenge.