Welcome to the Third Annual Handmade Holidays blog hop!

Hello out there, crafty friends!  This is a GREAT day to be in the blog-a-verse!

It is with a jubilant heart, that I get to share with you, an  inkalicious goodie that I 

have created with some of the juiciest, western images I have seen in a LONG 

time...This one will get yer' spurs spinin'! LOOK at the chaps on THEM cowboys!

Oooooow, doggies!  I have struck it rich in STAMP country!  It is with my chest puffed 

up in pride, that I confess to y'all that I am participating in a super crafty event, represent

-ing this FABULOUS stamp company, 100 Proof Press...   Y'er WELCOME, if you've 

not heard of them before, and if you have...   LUCKY yooooooou!  I can't EVEN recount 

to you, with proper emphasis, HOW DAZZLING a shopping trip through their numerous

images and quality red rubber, options-a-plenty and CREATIVE opportunity beYOND 

your wildest imagination, it was for this here, lil' lady... { I'm in L-O-V-E!}  Anywhoo, a fist 

full of some SUPER nostalgic & perfectly rendered images MADE MY CRAFTY adventure 

the stuff-o-legends, babies.  I'm DElighted! But enough about MY enthusiasm...    

Blog Hop details, down yonder:

Welcome to the Third Annual Handmade Holidays blog hop!! The 
best crafters, designers, and makers have come together to 
create and share  a series of thoughtful, handmade gifts 
for the holidays 

during this 3 day blog hop. Our goal is to inspire you to 
create something from the heart this holiday season as 
well as share how to use our products in fun, 

innovative ways. We intend this hop to serve as a resource 

to you for this holiday season and for years to come.

Hop along to each blog in the list. Each day, from 
November 1 through November 3, 2013, we’ll be posting a 
brand new list of blogs to hop to. 
Comment on each blog, share your favorite 
posts over social media, and then use the Rafflecopter 

widget at the bottom of each post to enter to win the 
Grand Prize, a gift basket filled with crafty swag from 
the companies on the hop! We’re ready to inspire, 
share, and create – are you ready to hop?

For more details, check out the MOTHERSHIP of stamps, 100 Proof Press and their BLOG!  

*Bonus!  You can read MORE about these lovely ladies...   {And tell 'em I sent ya!}

But wait: THERE'S MORE! 

Before you ride off into the sunset, just a few quick tips on my LOVE AFFAIR use of 

these great stamps and some tips on how to make a delightfully cloudy, masked sky!

1) Stamp first image {cowboys} onto vanilla cardstock.  Stamp again, with
 same image onto post-it note.  Cut out image and place it over original stamped
image.  Stamp sun burst image, slightly above cowboys.  Stamp again, onto new
post-it.  Fussy cut and place on original as shown in #1.

2) Create clouds by cutting cloud shapes from sticky panel of post-it note.  Place
as desired over stamped sun and cowboy scene.  With ColorBox® die ink, sponge
blue sky background over entire stamped surface, concentrating densest use of ink
across clouds and upper sky.  

3) Remove cloud masks.

4) Replace cloud masks, slightly lower and skewed to one side, then lightly sponge
 more blue or grey ink across where the mask and the white cloud meet.  Remove cloud
mask, once again, and then sponge with small dabs across the bottom of the cloud, trying to 

leave a small white rim. This gives the illusion of sunlight shining through and around
the cloud - the results are WORTH the effort.  Don't be afraid to do a practice piece! 

It's SO worth it!

Rafflecopter Details: 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

I sure HOPE you'll think so, anyway...  But for NOW, I must mosey down the 

blog hop trail...  SURE HOPE you'll join me!  THANK you, so MUCH!  It was

great gettin' inky with ya'll!  Enjoy the view and HAPPY TRAILS!