Gilby's Corner

Cocoa Cup Ants

2012-02-29T06:00:00.001-07:00

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the Feb. 29th challenge over at SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY. This is the sketch:

I used a Doodle Pantry digital stamp set called 'Cocoa Cup Ants'. Go take a look at the challenge, create a project and maybe win a Doodle Pantry prize!

Card recipe

Stamps: Doodle Pantry 'cocoa cup ants'
Colour Medium- Prismacolor Markers
Dies - flourishes from Marianne Designs and Spellbinders for the image frame
Ribbon -Celebrate It and Straight 'n' Narrow from Michaels
Punch - Stampin' Up's Modern Label and their Word Window

Challenges:
1. Going Grey with ScrapCreations: Pop it Up- my ants and the marshmallows at the bottom of the cup are popped up with dimensional tape.
2. Shopping Our Stash: #41 Include a Sentiment or use a Bugaboo stamp
3.Crafty Boots Challenges: Food Glorious Food - well my ants are really lovin those marshmallows:0
4.Always Crafting - Creative Mondays -Anything Goes CH#2
5.The Crazy Challenge #108 Anything Goes
6. Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Die Cuts
7. Our Creative corner - Over the Edge - my little marshmallow is sticking over the edge as is my bow- if bows count.
8.Chocolate, Coffee and Cards: Challenge 7 Drink Up

Winter Chocolate

2012-02-28T09:43:00.002-07:00

Sassy Studio Designs has a Christmas Challenge the last week of every month; gives one a chance to make up a few cards before next Christmas. I entered one in January so this is number 2! I love this image, it personifies winter (as I would like it to be) for me. Hope you like it too:)

Card Recipe

Stamp: digital from Sassy Studio Designs called 'Baby its Cold Outside'

Sentiment from Stampin Up

Prismacolor Markers

Die Cuts - Spellbinder Nesatabilities and Marianne Designs

Whimsy Stamps 'Vines'

Background paper from DCWV 'The Four Seasons Stack'

Glitter.the background paper's holly and ivy are all glittered as is the trim on the hat

Challenges:

1. Sassy Studio Designs: Dare to be Sassy DTBST #113 Christmas card with lots of red and green

2. Christmas Card Challenge : week #13 - incorporate music into your card - my background has music note

3. the Corrosive Challenge #143 another dimension - my framed image is propped up by dimensional tape

4. Always CraftingCreative Mondays: challenge #2 Anything Goes

5. Get Hippity with Ippity challenge #15 - Music

6.NettieG's Digital Gems Challenge #3- your showcase

7.The Crazy Challenge CCH#108 Anything Goes

8.Robin's Fetish Challenge Blog challenge 96 People

9. Winter Wonderland - Glitter & Bling

10. Chocolate, Coffee and Cards: Challenge #7 Drink Up

Cupcake Ants

2012-02-27T14:52:00.002-07:00

Well February is just about over and Doodle Pantry will have a new release and a new challenge posted on March 1st. The theme of their challenge is, as always, 'use a Doodle Pantry image' and you get a free Doodle Pantry digital stamp just by entering. For the above card I used an stamp set from Doodle Pantry called 'Cupcake Ants' and it is from their Feb. 1st release. Isn't it adorable! Many more wonderful images due in March:O)

Card Recipe:

Digital outline stamp from Doodle Pantry
Sentiment - Stampin'Up
Die Cuts-Spellbinders & Marianne Designs
Punch - Martha Stewart
Flower - Stampin Up 'Sizzlits Birds & Blooms Large Flower and Flower Pieces'
Prismacolor Markers
Technique - dimensional ants and cupcake top,flower

Challenges:

1. The Corrosive Challenge #143 - Another Dimension - the cupcake topping and the ants are all propped up as is the flower
2.Gingerloft Challenge GL34- It's a Zoo - use an animal
3. Stamping Sisters in Christ #128 James1:2-3 - use variegated colours
4.2 Sisters Challenge #80- Anything Goes
5.Allsorts Challenge Blog - week 143 - anything goes
6. Totally Gorgeous #120 Yummy - put something yummy on your card -well these ants are finding the cupcake pretty yummy:)
7.Card making Mamas:Challenge #39 Birthday
8.Scrapbookaholic by Abby Dilo EN Espanol Reto #3: Birthday
9.Aud Sentiments Challenge 48 - Happy - include a sentiment that has happy in it
10.Moving Along with the Times: lots of layers

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #59 -Monochromatic

2012-02-20T03:00:00.004-07:00

It is challenge # 59 over at Lexi's Creations . The challenge will run Feb. 20th - March 3rd,2012 The theme this time around is 'Monochromatic '. Put on your creativity hats and come share with us your special version of the theme. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Sponsor: The Stamping Bazaar

I made this card for a dear friend - Happy Birthday Kat!!
Update: placed in the top three for PaperPlayTimes week7 challenge 'Critter'
Card details:
Stamp: 'Josie in a Hat' from
the Stamping Bazaar
Sentiment:: 'The Gift' from Fairy Dust Crafts
Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Fleur de Lis Squares'; Standard Circles, Scalloped Circles and from Marianne Designs Creatables 'Forest Branch' and 'Frames and Swirls'
Flower: Marianne Designs 'Flower Dies'
Punch: Martha Steward branch punch

Challenges:

Creative inspirations paint: inspired by polka Dots:
PanPastel@UK Challenge Blog: challenge 6 Animals
Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog - Die Cuts
Stamping Sisters in Christ: #27 2 Cor2:16b image must be or include a flower - my little image shows a kitty smelling a flower
CES Challenge #73 Spots and Dots ( this is my 2nd entry)
Secret Crafter: #173 BINGO - I used Swirls, Flower and Pearls
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #13 Paws for Thoughts- can include paws, thought as well as animals - mine has a kitty with her paws in the air
DYSU Challenge Blog #59 - Layers
Paper Playtime- week 7 Critters
Lia Stamps: #11 Add a flower

Operation Write Home

2012-02-19T06:00:00.002-07:00

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the Feb. 19th challenge over at Operation Write Home. The theme is a sketch:

I used an image (Star of Bethlehem flower) from a Doodle Pantry digital stamp set called 'Holy Land Flower4'. Go take a look at the challenge, create a project and maybe win a Doodle Pantry prize!

If possible the card should be a fairly standard size that fits into an A2 envelope, with little bulk and no sparkly things that might rub off or fall onto their uniforms. My card size is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Tried to keep it a simple as I could:)

Challenges:
CES Challenges: #73 Spots & Dots
Less is More: week 55 Punches and Dies
Card Crafters Circle #10 To Die For (Die Cuts that is) can use a punch
C.R.A.F.T Challenges :#142 No Designer papers
Digi Doodle Shop's Best challenge #95 - Anything Goes

'tis the Season

2012-02-18T22:57:00.003-07:00

Whimsy Stamps, Little Miss Muffet Stamps and Make it Crafty have joined together for a three company blog hop and challenge to celebrate their new releases this week. To catch all the fun go to the Three Company blog site.

Card recipe:
Make it Crafty: Gift Way digital stamp
Little Miss Muffet: Saffron digital stamp
Whimsy Sentiment -ticket
I only had one Little Miss Muffet stamp and that was Saffron so I used her:O)

I merged the gift-way digital stamp with the Saffron stamp and obtained the above image of the girl (Saffron) standing in front of the presents and the way-signs. I stamped Warm and Wishes on the way sign and hand wrote 'winter' on the middle slat. Coloured the image with Prismacolor markers, added glitter glue to the snow on the sign and ground and then to add interest to Saffron's hat and muff I used white fuzzy flock . To finish the card off I added flourishes from Marianne designs die cuts and a snowflake flower from Spellbinder die cuts. Punched out a few hearts to send some 'love' along the way.

Update: won at Digi Designs Challenge Blog

Challenges:
Three Company - Paris Challenge: Love
Little Miss Muffet Challenge: Valentine's or Love or anything goes if you have a Little Miss Muffet image
Winter Wonderland: A Christmas card- anything
Allsorts Challenge Blog: week 142 or anything goes
Digi Designs Challenge Blog: It's All About Snow!
My Sheri CRAFTS:#79 Warm Wishes- while mine may not look warm it is wishing 'warm winter wishes',hope that counts!
The Stamp Man Challenge: Texture: I have an embossed background and lots of added details
Craft Us Crazy: #21 Favorite Colour /Favorite Embellishment Green is my all time favourite colour and for embellishments I love anything that is or resembles a flower. In this card i have made a snowflake flower:)
Shelly's Images-Terrifically Thrilling Thursday- Show us what You Got (anything goes)

The Eagle

2012-02-17T16:38:00.004-07:00

The image is an Anne Fenton freebie from the Outlaws 'Creative Freebie Challenge' and I think it is fabulous!
This is a progressive challenge and you receive two images once every two weeks and in order to receive the next two you must make a project and submit it to the CFC using one or both of the images:O).
Card Details:
Technique: spotllighting
Stamp: Anne Fenton's eagle
Colour medium: Prismacolor markers
Sentiment:: Little paper Shop
Flourish: Tim Holtz "Elegant Flourishes'
Die Cut cardstock: K&CCompany

Challenges:
Card and Scrap:#26 Buttons
CrafterCompanion Monthly # :#21 Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum Challenges:#29 Things with Wings
Divas by design: challenge#22- wings
Flutterby Wednesday: #190 Anything with Wings
Creative card Crew: #4 Masculine
Digital Tuesday #147 Use Your Stash- the stash I used on this card was : twine,buttons,brads and the background paper (old wall paper)
Crafty Cardmakers: #61 Monochrome Magic
Cupcake Craft Challenges: 179 Entwined - use twine somewhere on your project
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything Goes

Snowboard Birdie

2012-02-16T12:09:00.002-07:00

Well Valentines is over but I have one last card to post. I made this easel card for the husbands great grandson. I choose the 'snowboard birdie ' as the perfect little image for him, coloured the image with Prismacolor Markers in orange and blue for the boyish look and added a few hearts for the occasion! I had a banner punch from Stampin' Up which I had never used so decided to have a go and I think they look pretty good:O)

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Snowboard Birdie

this is the set I used:

Sentiment: Netty'sCards freebie

Punches/die cuts:: ProvoCraft - hearts; banner - Stampin-Up; Spellbinders Wonky Squares

Update: Won at Paper Pretties challenge PWC193

Challenges:

Crafter's Companion: Challenge #21 - Anything goes

HeidisHobbystuggu: Challenge 10 - Feb.

I Break for Challenges: ISFCC18 - I break for love

Crafting for all Seasons: #20 Love is in the Air:

Divas by Design: Challenge 22 - wings

Inky Impresssions: punches or dies

Paper Pretties: Wednesday Challenge PWC193 - unique fold

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #73; Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Valentines

Truly Scrumptious: Challenge74 - All Creatures great and small

Winter Birthday Cheer

2012-02-14T00:16:00.001-07:00

Sassy Studio Designs Thursday challenge this week is to make a birthday card, here is mine with a winter theme AND this is my son's girlfriends 2012 Birthday card!

Card details::

Stamp: Sassy Studio Designs - Baby it's Cold Outside ; background stamp- Impression-obsession 'Stitches'

Sentiment: Doodle Pantry - Rounded Wishes

Flower: handmade using Marianna Designs die cuts and a marvy punch

Challenges :

Sassy Studios Design Dare to Sassy Thursday #111 - Birthday

If the Shoe Fits...Scrap it: challenge 99Anything Goes

Sundays with Crissy: A Digi Stamp Challenge Blog: #26 Happy Birthday

Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Challenge21 -Celebrations- mine is Birthday

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything Goes

Stamps R US Challenge Blog: Digital Delights by Louby Loo Anything Goes

One Stitch at Time Challenge Blog: challenge 100 Anything Goes

Crafty Emma: CES Challenge Blog: Lots of Layers 3 or more

Craft Us Crazy: Challenge#20 Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenges; #68 Use a new Image.- my image is a freebie from Sassy Studios and this is my first time using it!

Easel Card - Wobble

2012-02-13T01:30:00.003-07:00

Action Wobble Spring Technique

I saw a card on Sue's Rubber Stamping Adventure blog where she made a card with an image that had a wobble to it ( you make or buy a little spring action gizmo and attach it to the image and then to the card). I thought oh that would be so cute for the great granddaughter and I was off. Off at a slow trot was more like it, it took me forever to get it to wobble ( I was making my own Action Wobble Springs out of 26 gauge wire as I had no store bought ones) but being all thumbs it was not easy. I perservered and this was the result. It wobbles but not as good as I would like. Next time I would make it so only the head would wobble:0)

Card Details;

Stamp: digital teddy stamp from Beccy's Place; sentiment stamp a freebie from Creative hands

Colour Medium: Prismacolor Markers

DT paper: Four Season Stack from DCWV, cardstock from Stampin' Up

Update: won a top three pick at 'The Squirrel and the Fox' and won the OSCC voucher at the 'Dream Valley Challenge'

Challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges: Challenge 25 Valentine

One Stitch at a Time: Challenge 100 Anything Goes and Freebies

The Squirrel and the Fox: Challenge #11 - Valentines Day

Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 141 - Free and Easy February

Card Makin Mamas: Challenge#38 - Valentine

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge119 - Valentine

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge 56 - with all my heart

Jellypark Challenges: Shaded of love

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge: Valentines & love #37 Must use an image

Totally Gorgeous: Challenge 118 Lurve

Our 25th

2012-02-09T22:43:00.003-07:00

My DH and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary a while back and I am just now posting the card!! Through those 25 years we have had our ups and downs, things were not always the way they should be, or they way we planned, but it has been a journey well worth the travelling. We remain the best of friends and our love is strong.

I made the card to give to my hubby and as he has been the handy man supreme (lucked in on that one) and I'm the one who putters in the garden I decorated his side of the card with the tools and put the flower on my side:)

I choose Bugaboo's Gus and Stella for the card and the verse which comes with the stamp set 'I love being married. It's great to find that one special person you can annoy for the rest of your life!' for the inside of the card. He had a good laugh with that one !

The two best thing ( after my hubby) that ever came out of my marriage is # 1 - my son, and #2 the other family - his children/grandchildren. I have been truly blessed.

Card Details:

Stamp: Bugaboo digital 'Stella One Person to Annoy" stamp set. The hammer and wrench are from??

Sentiment: Computer generated.

Medium: Prismacolor markers
Punches: Marvy Uchida daisy flower punches - 1" for the bottom layer and 1/2" for the top; Martha Stewart punch for the branches.
Other: brads,pearls,twine, crystal effects (Stella's glasses)

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities Reverse Wonky Rectangles

Challenges:

1.. Catch the Bug:February Challenge; Anything Goes
2. Crop Stop: #57 Can you hear the bells ringing - - wedding or anniversary
3. Crafting for all Seasons: #20 Love is in the Air
4. Delightful Challenges ; Weekly Challenge - LOVE
5. Do You Stack Up: DYSU #58 Love
6.Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog:59: Love is all around
7.SJ Crafts: The 1st Monthly Challenge: Happy and use a Punch
8.Digistamp4Joy:#36 Do it for Love
9.Diva's By Design: 21 Love is in the Air
10. Fab 'n' funky Challenges:#107 Love is in the Air

Heart Balloons

2012-02-08T14:37:00.003-07:00

This is my card for the Outlaws Creative Freebie Challenge. The image is by Sandi Huggett and was one of the challenge freebies. I coloured the balloons with Prismacolor Markers and made the middle heart dimensional. The background is heat embossed and the stamp used is Stampin' Ups Floral Fantasy. The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch and the flowers , leaves and the large forest branch are from die cuts by Marianne Designs..

Challenges Entered:
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge: It must be love
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge: Red, Pink and White
Stamp with Fun: #147 - Love
Addicted-to-Stamps Challenge #23- Valentines/Love
The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Challenge #5 Valentines/Love
Joanna Sheen Challenge: Love is in the Air
Craft Us Crazy challenge #20 Anything Goes
The Stamping Boutique challenge #25 - Valentine's+
Tuesday Throwdown:#84 Be My valentine

Featured card On the Outlaws site Feb.2012

Flaming Hots Valentine

2012-02-06T19:08:00.094-07:00

Doodle Pantry is a sponsor of the weekly challenge over at Craft Your Passions and the theme is: ANYTHING GOES With NO Pattern Paper. Sorry we were unaware of the No Pattern Paper , so please ignore the paper on my card:O) BUT don't let that stop you, go visit the site and if you join in the fun you might win a Doodle Pantry coupon for use in Doodle Pantry's online store!!! Happy Crafting and good luck!

I used to always give little red heart candies to my son on Valentine's and so this card was made to give to him and his girl friend on Valentine's with a little surprise inside the card:)

Stamps: Doodle Pantry 'Flaming Hot Ants

Medium: Prismacolor Markers

Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock and the DP from The Four Seasons' by DCWV

Dies: ' flower from Marianne Designs; Flourish from Whimsy Stamps; Corner accent from Sizzlix

CHALLENGES:

Crafty Boots Challenge: Valentine

Creative Stamp Friends : #44 Valentines

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge:#52 heart or flowers on card.

LollipopCrafts : Challenge #66 Make a Valentines Day card

My Craft Spot: Monday Challenge #43 Valentine's Day

OLLCB: #98 Be My Valentine

Scrappers Delight: No Theme Anything Goes

Stamp and Create.com: Valentine's /Love Monthly challenge

Victorine Originals: #27 Love/Valentines

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #58- Love Valentine

2012-02-06T03:00:00.004-07:00

Lexi's Creations challenge #58 theme - 'Love (Valentine)' Feb.6th thru Feb18th,2012

Sponsor Fairy Dust Crafts

Head on over to Lexi's Creations for the challenge details AND take a peek at all the lovely work from the multi talented Design Team while there!

I decided to use Valentine Scruffles from Fairy Dust Crafts for this fortnights challenge. He is such a little sweetie and Fairy Dust has quite a few digital stamps featuring him, several of which are 'valentine' related; was hard to pick which one to use:O) He can be found here!

I used a floral background stamp from Stampin Up which I stamped on pink cardstock and heat embossed for a soft romantic look. The heart box Scruffles is holding is covered with crystal effects, which unfortunately, does not reflect in the photo but looks quite nice IRL. I added two little hearts to the bottom flourish. The flower is DIY, a reject from a previous card and found in my stash!

Card Details:

Stamp: Valentine Scruffles from Fairy Dust Crafts; background stamp Stampin' Up's floral'

Sentiment: Martha Stewart Valentine Clear Stamps

Colour Medium: Prismacolor markers

Dies Used: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Lacy Squares',

Marianne Designs for the flourishes

Punch: Martha Stewart for the pine branches, Marvy for the flower

Technique: heat embossing for the background floral pattern

Other: crystal effects

Challenges Entered:

My Sheri Crafts: MY SHERI CRAFTS CHALLENGE #78 - Love is in the air

Di's Digis Design Challenge Blog: Valentines Challenge
Just Some Lines: It's a Dogs Life
One Stop Craft Challenge:#168 For the One I love
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays: Die cut or Punches
Cardmadfairy's Digi Day;#26 Hearts - must use a digi
Card Makin Mamas:challenge #38- Valentine
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog: Love is in the Air

Steam Punk Valentine

2012-02-05T10:36:00.002-07:00

I have not worked with steampunk for a while and super enjoyed working with Sassy Studios 'Steampunk Victoria' which is one of my favourite images. This time she is coloured in blue and grey and I have given her a blue background embossed with the Cuttlebug 'Clockworks' embossing folder. The embellishments are from a Spellbinders die cut. The ticket is from Whimsey Stamps and I stamped the 'love' on it from an old stamp I bought at Michaels a year or two ago. .I used the sketch from the 'Just Inspirational Challenge'.

Challenges:
Sassy Studios Designs Dare to be Sassy Thursday #110: Valentine
Just Inspirational Challenge: inspirational picture 'Steampunk' with optional Sketch ( I used both) Top Three Pick
Catered Crop: I Heart Recipe Swap - use a heart somewhere on your project
Dream Valley Challenges: #25 Valentines
Gingerfloft Challenge:GL33 Love is in the Air
One Stitch at a Time:Challenge #99 With Love
Allsorts Challenge Blog:Week #140 Free & Easy February
Catch the Bug:Time for February anything Goes
Digi Designs challenge blog:Valentines Challenge

Enjoy the Winter

2012-02-01T04:00:00.002-07:00

New release, New Challenge DPDC#20

RELEASE DATE - Feb 1st ,2012

CHALLENGE DATE: Feb 1st 1200 Noon EST-Feb 24th 9:00 PM

It is February release day over at Doodle Pantry and Laurie has some wonderful new digital stamp sets and precoloured versions of three older stamp sets. I used one of the new stamp sets called 'Ski Sheep' for the above card and the sentiment is part of the same set. A little bit of something for everybody in the latest release with digital stamp sets based on sports, vintage dishes, religious and yummy things for the tummy!
Here is the set I used: Ski Sheep

To view all of the delightful stamp sets go here: Doodle Pantry Latest Releases

Challenge DPDC#20 starts 12 noon EST Feb. 1st and the free digital stamp for entering the challenge is 'Cocoa Cup Ants'. NOTE: This stamp is not for sale until after the close of the Feb. Challenge, free to participants only.

'Football and Helmet' is the February Limited Time FREE with purchase image, just add it to your cart between Feb 1 - 24th. when placing an order at Doodle Pantry. You are going to love this fun stamp set!
Card details:
Stamp: new release Ski Sheep (pre-coloured version) for both image and sentiment
Paper: Stampin' Up cardstock , Doodle Pantry digital paper
Punches: Martha Stewart snowflakes border punch
Dies: Spellbinders scalloped ovals, Beaded Ovals and the green leaves under the snowflake (right bottom corner) from Marianne Designs
Stickles for shimmer on the snowflakes

Challenges entered:

Crafty Sentiments Design: use punches/dies (I have used both)

Die Cutting Divas: Challenge#50: Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays:PTT #53: Anything Goes

Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamps challenge:#100 (Congratulations to them); Use a punch and something shimmery

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #65 Anything Goes

My Craft Spot: Monday Challenge: Anything Goes

Truly Madly Crafty: January Challenge: Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges:#24 Animals

Lil Hummer's Christmas

2012-01-31T06:00:00.005-07:00

Doodle Pantry is the sponsor of the weekly challenge over at Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge and the sketch is:

I used a January 2012 release image from a Doodle Pantry's digital stamp set called 'LIL HUMMER", I had decided I wanted to make a Christmas card so I added the Santa Hat (Doodle Pantry Santa Accessories) to the lil hummer by merging one image on top of the other. Isn't it cute: Flourishes, snowflake flower and the candy piece were added as an additional bit of bling. Go take a look at the challenge, create a project and maybe win a Doodle Pantry coupon!

Card Details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry's 'LIL HUMMER' and SANTA ACCESSORIES digital stamp sets. Sentiment : ticket from Whimsey Stamps

Colour Medium: Prismascolors markers

Accessories:glitter glue, stickles, pearls, candy from Martha Stewart

Paper: Stampin' Up cardstock and Digi Paper from Doodle Pantry 's Minty Digi Paper Pack

Flourish and flower : Spellbinders Shapeabilities 'Symbology' and "Create a Flake or Two'

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'scalloped oval', inverted Circles

Challenges entered:

MyGraficoChallenges: #120- Tickets anywhere for Someone Special( my Christmas cards only go to 'special' people:)

The Crazy Challenge:CCH#104 Flowers

Christmas Card challenge : week 9 Favorite Technique - colouring with Prismalcolor markers

Dream Valley Challenges: Challenge 24 : Animals - my 2nd entry

PanPastelsUk Challenge Blog: Glitter and Glitz

Robyn's Fetish: Make it Sparkle

Sentimental Sundays: Challenge#87 Dry Embossing

Card Caravan challenge #11: Punches/Dies The Hybrid Chick

Mark's Finest Paper Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 92:

Believe

2012-01-28T19:01:00.001-07:00

The first time I saw this image I knew I had to make a card using it. I love it and it can be found at Becky's Place, she just has the most marvellous images!! The card will go into my box of 'next' year Christmas cards. Both the girl and the poinsettia, are Becky's. The die cut is from Marianne Designs and the gorgeous snowflake paper is from Doodle Pantry's Blessed Christmas digital stamp set. I used a sketch for this card

from Willow Sketchie:

The theme for the card is from Sassy Studios : Dare to be Sassy Thursday Challenge: make a winter/holiday card using scraps: all the paper other than the Digital paper and the white card base is left over pieces of white cardstock, even the pacific point cardstock is a left over.

Challenges:

Sassy Studios Dare to be Sassy Thursday Challenge #109: use left over scraps

Willow Sketchie Challenge 26th January

Delicious Doodles Challenge #11 Winter Wonderland

Jellypark Challenges Winter Wonderfland

Pattie's Creations Design:#36 Embossing

Stampin for Weekend Challenge 2 embossing

Digi Doodle Shops Challenge #92 Anything Goes

Moving Along with the Times #133 Blooming Marvelous - I think my

three poinsettias are:)

Paper Crafting Journey:Challenge1 - Floral

Happy Birthday - Mark's 23rd!

2012-01-27T02:28:00.003-07:00

Happy Birthday! I made this card for my son's 23rd birthday using Doodle Pantry's 'Computer Ants' digital stamp set. He was never one to turn down a chance to be on the computer and of course, with that came the many trips through the years to the computer shops to see what was wrong with the darn things. Oh the angst of lost data, mostly game related of course:0). I remember it well!

I decided these two stamps would be ideal for him, although I should have worked 'got a bug' onto the card as the set comes with that sentiment and more. The ticket sentiments I did use are from Whimsy Stamps! The small leaves under the button are from a Martha Stewart punch and the larger one is Sizzlits Little Leaves from Stampin' Up.

Don't forget the new monthly Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #20 will be starting at noon eastern time on Feb.1st . Chance to win a coupon for use at the Doodle Pantry store and receive a new digi just for participating in the challenge. There is also a new release Feb. 1st. so do drop by the Doodle Pantry site and see the wonderful new digi"s by Laurie Wilson.

Challenge Entered:

Crafty Ribbons Challenge: #11 love in red and black - well I am sending love with 'hugs' wishes on a black and red card to my son on his birthday! hope that counts!

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge: # 92Anything Goes

Shelly's Images: Text Me

Digi Stamps 4 Joy: #35 For Boys

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Celebrate the Occasion #47: Masculine Birthday

Creative Card Crew :#2 Seeing Red

Stamp n Doodle: Include an Animal ( do ants count?? hope so)

Double Dutch Fold Card - Love Snakes

2012-01-24T20:28:00.002-07:00

I just discovered this card shape technique and this is my first attempt at a double dutch fold card. Think of the possibilities with this one AND it is easy to make. If you are already decorating the inside of your normal cards this will be easy peasy:O) The image is from Doodle Pantry and is called ' Love Snakes' and although I don't much care for the creatures in real life, I do find these two adorable.. actually I don't like creatures with too many legs or those that don't have any at all - lol.
What a wonderful set and it can be found here at the Doodle Pantry site.

Note: new Doodle Pantry Challenge and New release starts Feb. 1st 2012 - be sure to head on over and join the fun!

Card Details:
Digital Stamp: Doodle Pantry Love Snakes
Sentiment: Rubbernecker Stamps
Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock and all the Design Papers are from the Doodle Pantry digital set
Die Cuts: Spellbinders Wonkey Squares, Scalloped Circles and Standard circles; Flourishes from Marianne Designs; Hearts from Provo Craft
Punch: Martha Stewart

Challenges Entered:
Anything Goes#59: To the One I Love
Everbody Art Challenge#177 :Swirls/Flourishes
Oldie But a Goodie: Have a Heart - must have a heart on project My cardstock (Stampin Up Pink Pirouette) used for the card base is more than 6 months old as is the left over scrap cardstock 'Tempting Turquoise' that I used for the hearts,flourishes and scalloped circle. The Rubbernecker sentiment is several years old and I think this is the first time used.
Sweet Stamps Blog#51: Love
The Samping Boutique- Challenge #24 Die Cuts
Daisy Doodles Creative challenge#51: anything goes
Forever Friends:Fortnightly challenge-more than one fold -must have an animal on it -hope snakes count?
Paper Creations Ink: Love/Romance - my 2nd entry
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge: create a Valentine's Day project
Stamp and Create: Monthly Challenge: anything goes

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #57 - Fancy Folds

2012-01-23T03:00:00.003-07:00

It is challenge #57 at

Josie in a Hat

Lexi's Creations and number two for 2012. Challenge will run Jan.16th - Jan.28th. The theme this time around is 'Fancy Folds'. Put on your creativity hats and come share with us your special version of a fancy fold. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Sponsor: The Stamping Bazaar

Head on over to Lexi's Creations for all of the challenge details AND take a peek at all the lovely work from the multi talented Design Team while there!

I choose the digital stamp 'Josie in a Hat' from the Stamping Bazaar for my image. She is just such a delightful kitty, I have fallen quite in love with her:0) . To give her the frame she deserved I went with my old favorite the circle easel card., spruced it up with some designer paper from DVWC called 'The Glitter Stack'. Added a few flourishes, some DIY flowers , a circle birthday sentiment, a pearl type brad and she was done!

Stamp: The Stamping Bazaar
Sentiment: Doodle Pantry Rounded Wishes
Flourishes: Marianne Designs, Whimsy -vines
Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities: inverted circles, scalloped circles, classic standard circles
Colour Medium: Prismacolor markers

Challenges Entered:

Dream Valley Challenges: #24 Animals

One Stitch at a Time:#87 Round & Round

Pan Pastel UK Challenge Blog:#2 Use Two of Something -I used two Marianne design Flourishes on the top circle and two Whimsey Vines on the bottom circle

Card caravan Challenge#11 - Punches and dies

The Squirrel and the Fox: #9 Critters

Pattie's Creations Design: #35 Fancy Folds

Phindys Place #89: Shaped cards

Raise the Bar:#88 Circles

Stampin with the Dragon:#2 Anything Goes

Caterpillar Hugs

2012-01-20T10:08:00.001-07:00

Doodle Pantry Coloured digital stamp set Caterpillar Hugs from the January 2012 release ( previously released in black outlines only). This is a great image to make a card to send to a friend, either just to say hi, or to show your support! We all need hugs every now and then don't we! Would also make a great Valentine image. The set comes with both a black outline image which you can colour yourself, or in the pre coloured version which is the one I used. This set can be found, along with many others at the Doodle Pantry Latest release site , see here:

Card details;

Stamp: Caterpillar Hugs by Doodle Pantry

Ticket Sentiment: Whimsy Stamps

Paper: Stampin Up' cardstock and digital paper from the Caterpillar Hugs set

Die Cuts: Marianne Designs , Stampin' Up

Flower Recollections Floral Embellishments

Challenges:

Crafty Purple FrogChallenge: Anything Goes

Craft Us Crazy: Valentine/Love and/or Animals

Pixie Dust Studios: We're Going Dotty - use dots on your cards

Shelly's Images: Designers Choice for Terrifically Thrilling Thursday: Anything Goes

Creative Belli Blog: Fancy Frame (old embellishments - the flower, have had it for ages)

Fab'n'Funky Challenges #104: Bingo I used the line containing digi images,flourishes,lots of layers (I have 5)

Truly Scrumptious:#72 Something Forgotton - the bought flower

Whimsical Designs:Anything Goes Whimsical Wed. Challenge

Crafters Companion:#20 Love is in the air

Outlaws CFC0115 - My Valentine Bobbie

2012-01-17T19:39:00.004-07:00

I have used another great image from Outlaws CFC by Sandi Huggett for the challenge over at 'Outlawz' called Creative Freebie Challenge. The images to be used are from digital images they have drawn. Entering the challenge enables you to receive the next set of images. Every two weeks they will send you two new images. For this challenge I chose the cute little girl digital stamp called 'My Valentine Bobbie 'and coloured it with Prismacolor markers. For the layout of the card I used the sketch from Bugaboo's Catch the Bug challenge Stella Says Sketch#102. I added additional embellishments but the core of the card is the sketch.
Note: the floor I made for the image was inspired by a floor I had seen in card by Mindy Baxter She did a marvellous job and I just had to give it a go.Mine did not turn out near what I wanted it to, but decided to live with it :o)

Challenges entered:
Outlaws: CC0115

Bugaboo - Catch the Bug- Stella Says Sketch
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes Challenge
Going Grey Scrap-Creations Challenge: Die Cuts I have used Deckled Rectanges, Scalloped Circle, Whimsy Stamps 'Vines" flourish
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #51: Anything Goes
Get Hippty with Ippity GHWI#13: it's all about hearts
Hooked on Crafts:#15: Try Something New - creating a wooden floor look on a card
MyGrafico Challenges: #119 Love and Valentines
Paper Creations Ink: #17 Love/Romance
Scrappers Delights Paper Challenges : anything goes

Stella - Birthday

2012-01-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

I needed a birthday card for my stamping buddy and knew it had to be a Bugaboo digital stamp. This friend loves Stella, Gus and well the whole bugaboo crew:0) Bugaboo has a sketch challenge going on so I decided to use it too. My only problem is my card got a little too big and I have run out of time to do any changes ( it is 5 1/2 x 6 1/2) - whatever was I thinking).I usually do not go over 5X5 as they do not then require special shipping prices. I think anything over 5 1/2 is non standard. Anyhow I hope she enjoys it and as she lives down the road so to speak, it does not need to be mailed!

Stamps used: All from Bugaboo - Stella life of the Party, Stella Still Hot, SShappy Birthday
Colour medium: Prismalcolors Markers
Flourishes: Whimsy vines
Die cut border punch - Martha Stewart
Stickles
Crystal Effects

Challenges entered:
Bugaboo- Stella Says Sketch Challenge a new bi weekly sketch challenge
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog #56 - lets Think Hot- well I think I have captured that in the middle image and the sentiment:)
Phindys Place Challenge Blog: #88 Tic Tac Toe I used die cuts,buttons and embossing (dry embossing on the purple cardstock - swiss dots)
The Poodles Parlour: Button Up - use use buttons
Stampin with the Dragon: 2012 Challenge 1: Frames
Charisma Cardz Challenge #1 Happy 3rd Birthday Charisma

Annabellle Stamps Blog; Anything Goes

Wolf

2012-01-13T16:58:00.000-07:00

I love this image of a wolf and I think it makes for a great masculine card. I used a new release image from Doodle Pantry (called Wolf) and the sentiment is from their 'Rounded Wishes' stamp set. I actually quite like how it turned out. The BG paper is from from K&COMPANY!

Doodle Pantry's Challenge # 19 is still on and all you need to enter is a Doodle Pantry image and for entering the contest you get a free digital stamp called 'Workout Birdie' They have freebies if you need one.. See here for all the details! You also get a change to win a coupon to use at the Doodle Pantry shop. Challenge ends after the 24th of January, 2012.

Challenges entered:
Dutch Dare Card Challenge: DDCC147 - For the Boys
Crafty Creations Challenges: #152 Something New - my wolf digital stamp is new from Doodle Pantry's Jan 1st release
I Break for Challenges: I break for Simple
Bearly- Mine Challenge 26 - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge: challenge 51 - use your new stash - new digital stamp from Doodle Pantry's Jan. 1st release.
Top Tip Tuesday: challenge 67 - anything goes
Crafty Cardmakers: No floral embellishments

Outlaws CFC0101- Duck Decoy

2012-01-10T15:31:00.002-07:00

It has been a long time since I have made a bookmark and I was inspired to do this one for three reasons:

I needed a project for the Outlaws Creative Freebie Challenge 0101
Edwina Brown had made a bookmark with the Duck Decoy on it and I thought 'Oh my hubby (who is an avid reader) would like something like that'
I myself was using an old bookmark I had made Oh so many years ago of my son (he just turned 23) and thought I could use a new one too :) although I must admit I love the old one too much to get rid of it! So I assume my hubby will get the new one and I will continue to use the old. I am OK with that:)

Aww he was just the cutest thing! good thing he never pays any attention to my blog -lol!

I have used another great image from Outlaws CFC by Anne Fenton. Sandi Huggett and and Anne Fenton have joined forces and started a challenge over at 'Outlawz' called Creative Freebie Challenge. The images to be used are from digital images they have drawn. Entering the challenge enables you to receive the next set of images. Every two weeks they will send you two new images. For this their fourth challenge I chose the duck decoy and coloured it with Prismacolor markers. I framed the image with a Spellbinders die (deckled rectangles) and for the background I used old left over paper scrapes and die cut cardstock from K&COMPANY. easy peasy!

Challenges entered:

Outlaws CFC0101- I used the duck decoy digital stamp

Anything Goes Challenge: anything goes at anything goes
Bearly-Mine Challenge:26: anything goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge: challenge175 - Shabby
Tip Top Tuesday: Challenge #67 Anything Goes
House of Gilli: Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs: challenge 128 - Vintage
Paper Creations Ink: #16: die cut/punches: I have oddles of pre-cut die cuts and punched out steampunk circles and a leaf.
Pollycraft Monday Challenge:#122 - Anything but a Card - mine is a bookmark
Stamps R Us Challenge Blog: what did you get for Christmas or Anything Goes - Mine is anything goes

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #56- Baubles Spiral Tree

2012-01-09T03:00:00.005-07:00

Lexi's Creations challenge #56- theme 'Anything Goes' Jan. 9th thru Jan 21st

Sponsor Fairy Dust Crafts

Head on over to Lexi's Creations for the challenge details AND take a peek at all the lovely work from the multi talented Design Team while there! Lots of new DT members to give you inspiration!

Apparently I have not yet had enough of Christmas themed cards LOL! I really do need more as I was just about caught short this year, vowed I would be better prepared next Christmas - we will see.

Card Details:

Stamp: Baubles Spiral Xmas Tree by FDC;

Sentiment: Stampin'Up 'It's Snow Time' set

Colour Medium: Prismacolor markers

Dies Used: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Deckled Rectangles',

Marianne Designs for the flower and flourish

Punch: Martha Stewart for the snowflakes and corner punch

Embossing Folder: Divine Swirls

Other: stickles and pearls

Challenges Entered:

Challenge Up Your Life: #60 Bing0 - I used swirls (flourishes and the design on the dry embossed background paper), pearls(on theflower and on the deckled rectangle), sparkles (on the tree ornaments).

CES Challenge Blog:#67 Anything Goes

Designed2 Delight: Winter flowers

Stamp, Scrap & Doodles Saturday:Winter Something

Frosted Designs: Fabulous Friday Challenge- Cardstock only - no patterned paper

Art Impressions Stamps: #46 Anything goes

Crafts and me Challenges:Christmas Bumper Challenge Part1 Anything Goes

Divas by Design: Challenge 17 Merry Christmas

The House that Stamps Built: Repeat Impressions Sketch Challenge D2811

Everybody Art Challenge: #174 Snow

Vintage Phone

2012-01-07T08:00:00.093-07:00

Doodle Pantry is the sponsor of the weekly challenge over at 'The One Stop Craft Challenge' and the theme is 'Bingo', just use three items from the bingo chart. I used a new release image from Doodle Pantry's digital stamp set called "Vintage Phone" for my card. My career was in the telephone/Telecommunications Industry so it really caught my fancy! Flourishes were added as an additional bit of bling. Go take a look at the challenge, create a project and maybe win a Doodle Pantry coupon!

Card Details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry's 'Vintage Phone'; Sentiment from the same stamp set; All Night Media weathered stamp for the inside of the oval

Accessories: pearls

Paper: Stampin' Up - basic black, whisper white and real red, Digi Paper from Stamp Tv's Jersey Shore free digital paper called weathered Boardwalk

Flourish and flower : Marianne designs

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities `standard ovals ' and 'scalloped ovalsl'

Challenges entered:

One Stop Craft Challenge: I used the BINGO combination of Flower, Die Cuts, Embossing. You really can't see the embossing on the phone but it is there. I heat embossed to give depth to some of the features on the phone such as the dial, the lower portion of the stand, the speaker and head piece.

Card Makin Mamas: Something NEW - either New Years or something new you just received; The vintage phone stamp is new Release at Doodle pantry and this is the first time I have used it!

Delicious DoodlesChallenge #10; All Things new- The vintage phone stamp is new and this is the first time I have used it!

Fairy Tale Challenge Blog: #32 Something new: The vintage phone stamp is new Release at Doodle Pantry and this is the first time I have used it!

Jellypark Challenges: Old YearSomething Old/New Year Something New: something old- my rubber weathered stamp from Old Night Media i, I have owned it for about three yrs, the vintage phone is brand new

Simply Create:#4 Layers & Layers and MoreLayers (must have at least 2) - I have up eight layers

Cute Card Thursday:#198 What's New - my digital vintage Phone stamp

Rainbow Ladies Challenge: #186 Travel thru Time to 2012 depict something that helped us all get here - in my case telecommunications and the old time telephone

Crafty Creations #151 : Lets Heat it Up - heat embossing: my vintage phone have heart embossing on it, you just cannot see it very well except IRL

Inky Imressions: Anything Goes

Doodle Pantry Quirky Mouse

2012-01-01T08:59:00.002-07:00

New release,New Challenge, New Year, Great 50% off Sale! Doodle Pantry's latest release is out, the first for 2012 and there is a wonderful assortment of new images!

RELEASE DATE - Jan 1st ,2012

CHALLENGE DATE: Jan 1st 11:00 AM- Jan 24th 9:00 PM

50% off SALE: Dec. 29th - Jan. 2nd

It is January release day over at Doodle Pantry and Laurie has 10 new wonderful digital stamp sets, plus a precoloured version of one older stamp set called Love Birdies. I used Quirky Mouse (one of the new stamp sets) for the above card and the sentiment is part of the same set. A little bit of something for everybody in the latest release.

To view all of the delightful stamp sets go here: Doodle Pantry Latest Releases

Challenge DPDC#19 starts Jan 1st and the free digital stamp for entering the challenge is 'Workout Birdie'. NOTE: This stamp is not for sale until after the close of the Jan. Challenge, free to participants only.

Love Snakes is the January Limited Time FREE with purchase image, just add it to your cart between Jan 1 - 24th. when placing an order at Doodle Pantry. You are going to love this love stamp!

Challenges entered:

4Crafty Chicks: Crazy egg Challenge #70 something new
Charisma Cardz : week #50 Anything Goes
DigiDoodle Shop's Challenge: # 88 Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft Shop:#37 Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sister's Card Challenge: #66 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge : Anything Goes
Tip Top Tuesday: #66 Anything Goes
Pollycraft Monday Challenge: #121 Punch it

Engagement Card for my Niece

2011-12-30T23:32:00.000-07:00

Great news from Christmas Eve, my niece got engaged!! She was my last single niece out of seven. We are all so happy for her and her fiance, both are wonderful people and will make a great team together. So happy for them both... Oh can't wait to dance at her wedding:0)

PS: it was so much fun to use rubber stamps , it had been awhile! thanks Dawn for a great afternoon

Card details:Are these two mice not adorable!
Stamp: Tails of True Love by House Mouse Designs, background Heart Stamp from Impression - Obsession
Sentiment: Stampin UP
Paper: Stampin Up Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Whisper White , rust coloured wall paper
Colour Medium: Menento Black ink and Prismacolors Markers
Technique: Rubber Stamping
Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities classic circles, scalloped circles; Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Tags; Sizzix Architectural Accents #1 and #3; flourishes from Marianne Designs
Flowers: Recollections Floral Embellishments

Challenges entered:

House Mouse Monday Challenge - #109 Fuzzy and Warm - my two little mice are certainly giving off the fuzzy and warm feelings I was looking for :)
Party Time Tuesday: #48 Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps Blog: Celebrate - my card is celebrating the engagement of my niece
The Pixie Cottage: #101 sketch and someone special (my niece)
Cooking it Up with Katie: #86 Anything Goes
MY Mum's Craft Shop: #37 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes
Tip Top Tuesday: #66 Anything Goes

Ross's Card - Outlaws CFC

2011-12-20T22:33:00.000-07:00

Ross's Card: For the family of my cousin Ross who passed away Dec 8th, 2011.

Another great image from Outlaws CFC by Anne Fenton. Sandi and and Anne Fenton have joined forces and started a challenge over at 'Outlawz' called Creative Freebie Challenge. The images to be used are from digital images they have drawn and believe me, these are some totally fabulous images! You are given two images and if you use at least one of them you then receive two more digi's for the next challenge. For this, their fourth challenge, I chose the above cross image and coloured it with Prismacolor markers. I framed the image with a Spellbinders die called deckled rectangles.
Paper: Digital Paper from Altered Bits, Basic Black for Stampin' UP and wall paper

Leaves: MS branch punch

Challenges Entered:

Outlaws Creative Freebie Challenge : Dec 18th - Jan1st: use one of their digis
Tuesday:
Bearly-Mine #26: anything goes
Digital Tuesday #141 - WinterWonderland
Everybody-Art-Challenge #273 Anything Goes
Try it on Tuesday: Anything Goes
Monday:
Pollycraft Monday Challenge: #121 Punch it - I used Martha Stewart scary branches punch
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Sparkle , shine - I have glitter glue on the snow on the fence cross
Seems a Little Sketchy: Sketch #2

Outlaws CFC1204 - Winter Mail

2011-12-14T23:13:00.000-07:00

Another great image from Outlaws CFC by Anne Fenton. Sandi Huggett and and Anne Fenton have joined forces and started a challenge over at 'Outlawz' called Creative Freebie Challenge. The images to be used are from digital images they have drawn and believe me, these are some totally fabulous images! Entering the challenge enables you to receive the next set of images. Every two weeks they will send you two new images. For this their third challenge I chose the above image and coloured it with Prismacolor markers, added flocking,glitter glue and stickles.. What a great winter scene! I framed the image with a Spellbinders die (Labels 5) and for the flourishes I used a Sizzyx die called 'Scribbles Swirls'. The background paper is free digital paper form Stamp TV. The ticket sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps.

Challenges Entered:
Outlaws Creative Freebie Challenge:CFC1204: use one of the freebies supplied
Bearly-Mine: challenge 25- un-traditional Christmas card - no red or green
Deep Ocean Challenge Blog: #14 Let it Snow
Digital Tuesday Challenge: #141 Winter Wonderland
Everybody-Art- Challenge: #172 Blue and White
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations: First Snow
Papertake Weekly Challenge: I'm Dreaming of (fav colour) Christmas - I love blue Christmas cards
Creative Stamp Friends: #40 Christmas Projects

Hooked on Crafts: challenge 14 - Christmas

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #55- Nontraditional Christmas -no red or green

2011-12-12T03:02:00.001-07:00

Lexi's Creations challenge #55 - theme 'Nontraditional Christmas - no red or green' Dec. 12 thru Jan 7th

Sponsor: Letraset

Win some promarkers

I am again using the image of Sammy Snowman . I think he is one of the cutest out there in digi land, he is totally adorable and can be found at 'Fairy Dust Crafts'! The challenge this fortnight is 'Nontraditional Christmas - no red or green'. Think of the possibilities here, let the creative juices go and come up with a project using any colours you want as long as they are not red or green :0) I made Sammy and the sentiment dimensional. I used Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Inverted Circles' and their 'classic Scalloped Circle' for the sentiment. I then added a few embellishments and it was done. Quick, easy and fun!

Card details:

Digital Stamp: Sammy Snowman from Fairy Dust Crafts

Sentiment : Rounded Wishes and Christmas accessories from Doodle Pantry ( I merged the present from the Accessories stamp set into the circle from Rounded Wishes).

Flower: Recollections Floral Embellishments

Flourishes: Marianne Designs

Sparkly lilac fern and background paper from Micheal's

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations: non traditional Christmas colours

Dream Valley Challenges: Christmas

Lolipops Crafts Challenge: #61 Happy Holidays

Paper Sundaes: challenge# 99 anything Christmas

Craft Your Days Away: challenge #35 Snowmen

Drunken Stampers Challenge: #80 glittery holiday

Card Makin Mamas: challenge #35 Christmas

Christmas Birdie

2011-12-11T14:41:00.001-07:00

Doodle Pantry is the sponsor of the weekly challenge over at 'The Stamptacular Sunday Challenge' and the theme is 'Christmas Glitz'. Great theme, just use lots of glitter, bling and sparkle. I used two of Doodle Pantry's digital stamp sets ('Christmas Birdie' and "Christmas Accessories') for my card. I merged the Christmas boxes from the accessories set with the Birdie image to get the picture of a birdie behind presents. I merged another smaller box from the same set and placed it in the birdie's wings., then to make it look like he was actually holding it, I printed out a second copy of the birdie, coloured his wing, cut it out,,cut a slit behind the box being held and then slid the wing into the slot. He now looks like he is actually got a grip on it - lol. For the glitz I added Stickles to the hat trim, the ribbon on the boxes , the holly berries and the centers of the snow flakes (which look a lot like flowers :). Flourishes were added as an additional bit of bling. Go take a look at the challenge and create a project with a Christmas Glitz focus and win a Doodle Pantry coupon.

Card Details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry's 'Christmas Birdie' non coloured version; Doodle pantry 'Christmas Accessories'

Paper: Stampin' Up,

Flourish: Marianne designs

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities `Lattice Rectangles' and 'Create a Flake or Two'

Stickles

Challenges entered:

Dream Valley Challenges: #22 Christmas (ends Jan.7th)

Gingerloft Challenge #30: Winter or Christmas

One Stitch at a Time: # #92 Use a Digi

Paper Sundaes: #99 Anything Christmas

The Squirrel and the Fox: #7 Christmas

2 Sisters Challenge Blog: #69 Christmas

Catch the Bug Challenge: Santa baby

CES Challenge Blog: #65 Traditional Christmas

Welcome Little One

2011-11-30T19:57:00.001-07:00

Oh, how I love little ones and the image above shows why; are they not too adorable for words! Now the little one this was made for is even more adorable than the above image and she is the great granddaughter of my husband. They diagnosed a heart problem with the little one in the last quarter of the pregnancy. The mother spent the last five weeks with us as our city has a hospital equipped to handle such a problem. I felt so sorry for her as she had to leave her home and our grandson and all her family members to stay with us who she barely knew. She took it like a trooper and I grew so fond of her during her stay. She will make a marvelous mum! Needless to say we had visitors coming and going for the duration. Then on Nov. 20, little girl Allie was born to the joy of all. She is now back in her home city with her family and will be under observation for most of her growing years. This can all be done where they live. Sometime good things happen out of unusual circumstances and the joy to us, besides the health of the little one is we got to know and love the grandson's family in a way we never would have otherwise..

Stamp:Digi Doodles 'Sleeping Infant'

Challenges:
Crafts and Me: #63 Pearls and Swirls
Divas by Design: #16 Anything Goes
Fab N' Funky Challenges:#101 Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter #42 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes
Anything Goes Challenge Blog #55: Decorative or Altered Corners
Creative Card Crew : Monochromatic
Creative Craft Challenges: Free for All
Party Time Tuesday:#44 Anything Goes

Outlaws CFC1120

2011-11-29T20:21:00.002-07:00

Another great image from Outlaws CFC by Sandi Hugget. Sandi and and Anne Fenton have joined forces and started a challenge over at 'Outlawz' called Creative Freebie Challenge. The images to be used are from digital images they have drawn and believe me, these are some totally fabulous images! For this their second challenge I chose the above image and coloured her with Prismacolor markers. What a pretty little girl! I framed the image with a Spellbinders die (Labels 10) and in the background I used a die cut from Marianne (Doily). The background paper is from the 'Four Seasons 'stack of paper by DCWV. The embellishments are:

Sentiment - digital stamp from Doodle Pantry(Rounded Wishes) with the image of the present merged into the middle of the circle (also from Doodle Pantry called 'Christmas Accessories)

Flower: die cut from Marianne Designs called Ribbon flower and a punch from EK Success

Leaves: MS branch punch, and the flourished vine from Whimsy Stamps.

Challenges Entered:

1. Outlaws CFC1120: use supplied digi

2.. Creative Craft Challenges: free for all
3. Digital Tuesday #139 Go Green - must use a digital element
4. Going Grey with Scrap-Creations: Christmas
5.Party Time Tuesday: #44 anything goes
6. Sassy Cheryl's Stamps: #92 Winter
7. Craft Your Passions #86 Tis the Season
8. Addicited to Stamps Challenge #18: Christmas Card

Winter Song Birdies

2011-11-28T06:00:00.008-07:00

Doodle Pantry is the sponsor of the weekly challenge over at 'The Scrapbooking Queen' and the theme is 'Christmas/Holidays'. I think Doodle Pantry's digital stamp set 'Winter Song Birdies (Color Dove) is perfect for the theme! These birdies are so delightful singing on a perch with their rosy red cheeks, makes me smile just to look at them. Why don't you join the challenge this week at The Scrapbook Queen, create a project with a Christmas/Holiday focus and win a Doodle Pantry coupon.

Card Details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry's "Winter Song Birdies Colored Set of Four' coloured version; leaf embellishment in the upper right corner and the holly on the end of the flourish are from the same stamp only enlarged and cut out, sentiment from the same stamp set. Note- this set can ordered individually with only one bird and a couple of sentiments - available as Dove, Wren, bluebirds or mixed - one of each colour. Also available in outline only.

Paper: Stampin' Up, DCWV 'Four Seasons Stack' book

Flourish: Tim Holtz 'Elegant Flourishes'( modified somewhat)

Embossing Folder: Swiss Dots

Snowflake: MS punch and Spellbinders 'Create a Flake or Two'

Stickles: on the earmuffs, hat trim, holly berries

Challenges entered:

The Scrapbooking Queen - DT entry only

1. 2Sisters Challenge Blog: #67 Holidays

2. Crazy 4 Challenges : cfc115 create a card/project with some sort of snow on it - I have one large snowflake

3. Hiding in My Craft Room: Mix it Up Holiday

4. Send a Smile for Kids Challenge: Happy Holiday Wishes

5. Sweet Stampin Challenge: Punches or Dies

6. Totally Gorjuss: challenge #108 Sparkle

7. Cardnadfairy's Digi Days: #22 Winter Wonderland

8. Card Makin Mamas: #34 Sentiments

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #54- One for the Lads

2011-11-28T03:00:00.005-07:00

DT call at Lexi's Creations, we are looking for a some new members for the Design Team. Just add DT to your name when posting if you wish to be considered!!

New challenge over at Lexi’s Creations with the theme of One for the Lads'; challenge will run from NOV 28th - DEC10th, 2011. Thanks to everyone who played along with us for the last challenge 'No Straight Edges' and hope you will join us for this one - One for the Lads! The little fellow I used as the main image is from 'The Stamping Bazaar' (our guest sponsor). Isn't he just grand, cute as a button. I coloured him with Prismacolor markers and attached him to a Triangle Treat Box I had made out of some Stampin' Up Card Stock. I had no little treats for the pictures, but one of my stepdaughters was on hand with Little Latte sweets. As the Triangle box will going to her grand child I promised to have different treats, not coffee related, in it come Christmas time :). I used twine in place of ribbon to tie the top closed.

Stamps:

Marvin with Candy Cane from the Stamping Bazaar

Branches: MS punch

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles and Classic Standard Circles

Ticket : Whimsy Stamps

Star/Snowflake: Stampin Up 'Serene Snowflakes': I stamped and cut out the snowflake and placed it on top of two die cut snowflakes to create the dimensional star on the top of the box (Spellbinders 'Create a Flake or Two').

We have two sponsors this week:

Sponsor: FDC Fairy Dust Crafts

Sponsor: The Stamping Bazaar

Head on over to Lexi's Creations for all of the challenge details AND take a peek at all the lovely work from the multi talented Design Team while there!

Challenges entered:

1.2Sisters Challenge Blog:#67 Holidays

2. Sweet Stampin Challenge: Punches or Dies - I used a MS Punch for the branches and die cuts for the botton two layers of my snowflake, the round circle in the backgroun and the rectangle behind the bat

3.Fairy Tale Challenges: #29 Christmas I have created a triangle Christmas box

4. Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #50: Make a Gift, anything but a card

5. Inspire Me Fridays: #34 linky party

6. Jingle Bells: Candy Kisses

7.OCL93: Cute Critters

8. Totally papercrafts: Challenge 94 Christmas:

Wishbone Ants

2011-11-21T06:00:00.017-07:00

Doodle Pantry is the sponsor of the weekly challenge over at 'Craft Your Passions' and the theme is 'Fall Colors'. Great theme and with the American Thanksgiving this week I decided to use the Doodle Pantry digital stamp set 'Wishbone Ant's'. Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends down south of the 49th parallel. Should be a lot of wish making going on this Thursday! I remember as child wishing with all my might while pulling on a wish bone, and as a parent passing on the tradition to my son! These small kind of things make for fond memories and are so much fun to do!

November 5 - 24th of this month is the Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #18 and the featured product is 'Wishbone Ants' It is the complementary digital stamp set you can get by playing along with the challenge this month. It will be available for purchase after the challenge closes.

Card Details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry's "Wishbone Ants' coloured version; leaf embellishment from Stampin' Up's "Autumn Splendor' (stamped , heat embossed and cut out); ticket sentiment from 'Whimsy Stamps'

Paper: Stampin' Up

Die Cut: Spellbinders "Lattice Rectangles'

Ribbon: Michael's

Other: twine, metal swirl, dry wall tape

Challenges entered:

Craft Your Passions: Fall Colors - DT entry only

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: Thanksgiving or Thank You

Digi Design Challenge: Fall Colors

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays: Embossing - My leaf embellishment is heat embossed

Just Some Lines: Tic Tac Toe - I used embossing for the leaf, ribbon (under the scalloped border at the bottom of the image rectangle), and die cut (the small scalloped edging on the sides and botton of the image rectangle

Fairy Fun Fridays: #66 anything fall

Patti's Creation Design Challenge #33 : Birthday or Thanksgiving - mine is Thanksgiving

Crafty Purple Frog: #28 use orange

Southern Girls challenge #32 - embellishment bingo I used:, twine or string, punches and heat embossing

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #53 - No Straight Edges

2011-11-14T03:00:00.007-07:00

Oh I do love this image of Sammy Snowman, I used him for the first card I made as a Guest Designor for Lexi's Creations. I think he is totally adorable and he can be found at 'Fairy Dust Crafts'! The challenge this fortnight is 'No Straight Edges', isn't that a great theme, I certainly think so because it lets me make one of my favourite type of card - a round easel ! I don't know if you can tell but I made Sammy dimensional which makes it pop in real life:) I used Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Beaded Circles' and their 'classic Scalloped Circle' for the card. I then added a few embellishments and it was done. Quick, easy and fun!

Lexi's Creations challenge #53 - theme 'No Straight Edges' Nov.14 thru Nov. 26th

Sponsor: Letraset

Win some promarkers

Challenges:

Catered crop: Follow the Recipe - I used red and green colours, an image with a winter scene that also contained hollies & berries and a Christmas sign. The tools I used were die cuts with scallops. The main technique was layers.

Christmas card Challenge 2011 #50: Deck the Halls - I have the holly

Paper Sundaes #95 use digital image

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #138 Punch It - use a least one punch and die cuts allowed

2 Sisters Challenge Blog:#65 Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss #106 Christmas Traditions -I have the holly and ivy . a Christmas snowman and the Merry Christmas sign

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #108 use a digital

Little Claire's Designs #15 Shaped Cards

Christmas Ornament

2011-11-13T23:10:00.001-07:00

I love this image of a Christmas ornament by Sandi Huggett, isn't it grand! Sandi Huggett and Anne Fenton have joined forces and started a challenge over at 'Outlawz' called Creative Freebie Challenge. The images to be used are from digital images they have drawn and believe me, these are some totally fabulous images! For the first challenge they have a variety of Christmas images you can download AND if you make a card with at least one of them, enter it into the challenge, they will give you additional three or four images in the next 2 to 3 weeks. These are two very talented ladies so it should be a lot of fun. I coloured the ornament with Prismacolor markers, added some stickles and used a Sakura Gelly Roll pen on the poinsettia leaves to give some sparkle to the card, just does not show up very good in the picture.
The ornament is dimensional as is the snowflake flower. I made the flower using holly leaves from a Stampin' Up set called Sleigh Ride, and by punching out some snowflakes from several MS punches.

Challenges entered:
Creative Freebie Challenge 0utlawz - use one of the free digis supplied for the challenge
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Texture
Fabulous Friday Challenge : Embossing - I used dry embossing
Floweret Stamps #8 Christmas cards
Totally Papercrafts #92 the theme is Victorian - I have used a very Victorian type ornament
Wags' n Whiskers Stamps: #67 Christmas theme
Delightful Challenges: snowflakes

Deck the Halls

2011-11-10T23:05:00.000-07:00

This is a different type of Christmas card for me, but I thought I would give it a go! It is certainly not a traditional Christmas card but the theme is Christmas. This gal reminds me of dance hall girls of old and I am sure they celebrated the Christmas season too!

I used a Sassy Studio Design digital stamp called 'Steampunk Vivian', framed her in a Spellbinders Nestabilities die cut (labels 20) and put it all on a 5x 5 card base. I used Spellbinders 'Grommet Tags' for the sentiment .

Embellishments: Holly branches from Stampin' Up's 'Sleigh Bells Ring' stamp set (stamped .coloured, and cut out), Martha Stewart branch punch and the flower from 'Floral Embellishments' by Recollections.

Challenges:

Sassy Studios Designs: Christmas Challenge; create a card using a Christmas Carol as the theme - I choose Deck the Halls .

Dutch Dare Card Challenge: #138 punches and dies

Digital Tuesday: #136 Anything Goes - (2nd entry for me)

Papertake Weekly: First Christmas card of the year challenge for PTW

Tip Top Tuesday: #59 Anything Christmas Goes

Cards for Men: Challenge 23 - It's Nearly Christmas

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge:#46 Anything Goes with a Digi

BJ's Card

2011-11-08T19:36:00.000-07:00

My friend and stamping buddy Dawn has three wonderful son's . The middle son moved out a little while ago and I have been planning on giving him a little gift ever since. He not only moved away from the nest, but to another city and has bought a home and gotten a new job. Lucky Calgary to have such a new citizen. This Kenny k stamp doesn't really look like him but it gives off the vibe of jubilation a young man must feel at the start of a new life and going out on his own. Good Luck and all the best that life can give BJ.

Stamp: Grove Dude by Kenny K

Ticket stamps: Whimsy stamps (these ones were blank and I wrote in the sentiment)

Paper: certainly celery, whisper white by Stampin' Up, blue weathered bacground paper from Stamp TV's free digital paper ; navy background wall paper

Embellishmnets: button from stash, Epoxy Stickers by Recollections

Challenges :

Bearly Mine Challenges #23 : One for the Boyz

Digital Tuesday: challenge #136 Anything goes

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges: #46 Anything Goes

Heart Song Inspiration:#23 - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations: Anything Goes

Kenny K Krafty Girlz Challenge#68: Celebrations (mine is celebration a new job and home for a young man.

Paper Sundaes: challenge #94 rectangles - mine has lots of rectangles from the card base to the images frame and the background papers. Even the 'tickets' are rectangles:)

Twelve days Of Christmas - Doodle Pantry Blog Hop

2011-11-05T10:00:00.005-06:00

Gift tags

DOODLE PANTRY BLOG Hop - Nov. 5th thru 9th

Welcome to my portion of the DOODLE PANTRY blog hop!

Have you have enjoyed your Twelve Day's of Christmas blog hop so far, I know we are enjoying your visit and aren't the images fantastic! Hope we have given you loads of ideas. If you have arrived here from Vicki's blog you are right on track:) If not and you wish to participate, go to the Doodle Pantry Blog which has all the details and is the start of the hop. When finished your visit here at Gilby's Corner (Glenda) you need to visit Sharon!

Note: to enter the blog hop you must must enter your url and name/email in the special LINKY in the Doodle Pantry Blog hop post to be in the draw for prizes. Depending on the number of participants there will either be 5 or 8 winners (1-50 = 5 winners ; 60 and up = 8 winners). Winners receive each a $10.00 coupon from the Doodle Pantry store.

It is not necessary to leave a comment to win one of the prizes, but all comments are appreciated :0) AND not only that, but two lucky commenters will be selected from all the comments left on two of the Design Team Blogs for a $15.00 gift coupon . Who those two blogs are is anybody's guess !!

The more comments the more chance to win!

Stamp Set: Twelve days of Christmas by Doodle pantry. This is one great set and the possibilities of what can be done with it are so varied (as I hope the hop has highlighted). I am always needing gift tags so I decided to display that option. I left a few without ribbon as I decided I needed some without just to tuck under some of my more larger bows ( I use some pretty large ones) on my gifts. Perfect!!! To see this set and all it has to offer go here!

Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge # 18

Please check back at the Doodle Pantry Blog site for the Doodle Pantry #18 Nov. 5th challenge:

DPDC#18 - must use a Doodle Pantry stamp to receive one stamp free for participating. The free stamp this month is
Wishbone Ants. There will be two winners chosen by random.org for a $15.00 coupon for the Doodle Pantry Shop.

Challenges Entered:

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge: #107Anything Goes

Mami Doodles: Digital Stamps: challenge 37 - Christmas

Sweet'n Sassy Digi Challenge:#27 - Christmas/Holiday Theme

4 Crafty Chicks: challenge #62 Die cuts

Charisma Cardz - Cutsey challenge #44

Crimbo Crackers: challenge #1 - Anything Goes

PaperCrafting Journey: Challenge #22- use a digi - all the images in the 12 days of Christmas are Digi's.

Southern Girls:Challenge #31 - inspired by a song

Christmas Wreath

2011-11-01T04:00:00.003-06:00

Release Date - Nov. 1st,2011 Nov. 1st is release day over at Doodle Pantry ! Lots of new digital stamp sets with a variety of options. Some are precoloured with outlines included and some have digi paper available within the set. How good is that! There are two previously released 2010 stamp sets now available as precoloured versions (Pirate Birdie and Sledding Ants)..

I chose the 'Christmas Wreath ' (new release stamp set) for my card and the sentiment comes with the set. It makes a beautiful Christmas card.

To view all the delightful stamp sets go here: Doodle Pantry Latest Releases

Note: the challenge DPDC#18 starts Nov. 5th and the free complementary digital stamp set for entering the challenge will be 'Wishbone Ants'.

Challenges Entered:

Paper Pretties: Paper pretties Monday Challenge - Use a sentiment

Dream Valley Challenges: Challenge 19 Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Charisma Cards Challenge: anything goes

Digi Doodles Shop: anything goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge: anything goes (with a bit of bling optional)

Really Reasonable Ribbons; #35 Christmas

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #52 Charming

2011-10-31T08:57:00.001-06:00

New challenge over at Lexi’s Creations with the theme of 'Charming'; challenge will run from Oct 31rd -Nov.12, 2011. I choose to make a Christmas card with a silver candy cane charm as an embellishment. The little fellow I used as the main image is from 'The Stamping Bazaar' . Isn't he just grand, cute as a button. I coloured him with Prismacolor markers and added some fuzzy flock to his hat. The poinsettia is a digital image from Fairy Dust Crafts and I loved working with it. It comes in three different section and you just put it together - wonderful!

Stamps:

Marvin with Candy Cane from the Stamping Bazaar and Poinsettia from Fairy Dust Design

Flourish: Tim Hotlz "Elegant Flourishes'

Die Cuts: Spellbinders 'Lacy Squares

Design Paper from Stampin Up'

We have two sponsors this week:

Sponsor: FDC Fairy Dust Crafts

Sponsor: The Stamping Bazaar

Head on over to Lexi's Creations for all of the challenge details AND take a peek at all the lovely work from the multi talented Design Team while there!

Challenges entered:

The Cutie Pie Challenge: challenge#4 use a charm

Die Cut Dreams Challenge: so charming

Forever Friends: bling.bling - must use animal

Pollycraft Monday Challenge: anything goes

Catered Crop Linking Party" recipe : I used stripes, Christmas theme, markers,, stripes,die cuts, flock on the hat trim colour green

Dream Valley Challenges: anything goes

One Stitch at a Time: challenge #86 Christmas

Snow Birdies with a Flourish

2011-10-30T06:00:00.014-06:00

Doodle Pantry is the sponsor this October for the Corrosive Challenge Blog and this week (Oct 30th, 2011) the theme is 'With a Flourish', just add some sort of flourish to your project. I need some Christmas cards so I decided to use Doodle Pantry's Birdie Snowman for my project. I coloured with Prismacolor markers and used Stickles for the hat trims which I made dimensional. The flourish is from Sizzix and is called 'Scribbles Swirls'. The snowflake flower was created using a flower die cut from Stampin' Up die cut (for the large petals at bottom on the flower) called Birds&Blooms. The second layer is a die cut from Spellbinders "Create a Flake Two', the third layer is from a MS snowflake punch and all are held together with a white flower brad.

Hope you like the little snow birdies:)

Challenges entered:

Corrosive Challenge Blog: Flourishes - mine is DT entry only

A Gem of a Challenge: #33 Cold and Frosty ends Nov 11
Little Clairs Designs #14 Christmas - monthly ends Nov 11
Card Makin' Mamas #32 Die Cuts
Jingle Bells (JB44) not a CREATURE was Stirring Nov 2 - must use a creature
Crimbo Crackers: Challenge 1 - Anything Goes - must be Christmas
Meljen's Designs: Challenge #82 - Christmas

Cattails

2011-10-30T06:00:00.013-06:00

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Stamps R Us this week (Oct 30th,2011) and the theme is Masculine! Masculine can be hard sometimes but I figure cattails are a masculine thing as are dragonflies. Butterflies for women, dragonflies for men, anyhow that is what I determined for this card! I quite like this one, it is simple and I hope gives a sense of calming. Be sure to take the time to visit their blog and hopefully join in the fun!

Stamp: Doodle Pantry digital stamp set 'Cattail Pond' I actually merged two images together to get the above image. The sentiment is from the same set.
Background paper: the brown textured paper is digital paper from Stamp TV ;the orange rust paper is Stampin' Up card stock stamped with a SU rubber background stamp called ' weathered'

Challenges Entered:

Stamps R Us the theme is Masculine and my entry is a DT entry only.

Come and Get it Challenge: anything goes
Dream Valley Challenges: anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint: fall
Craft Your Days Away: challenge 32 Autumn
Sweet Stampin Challenge: anything goes

Steampunk Vivian

2011-10-23T18:38:00.004-06:00

PART4 of the Sassy Steampunk Progressive Relay challenge celebrating Sassy Studios having reached 500 members on their Paper Craft Planet site! The challenge this time was 'anything goes' using the digital image 'Steampunk Vivian'.

Stamp: - Sassy Studio Designs

Paper: Stampin' Up basic grey, cajun craze, basic black

Flourishes: Marianne Designs

Flowers: handmade using various punches,die cuts

Thanks for the free images and a whole lot of fun.

Challenges entered:

Sassy Studios Designs: 500 Challenge #4 - Progressive Relay

One Stop Craft Challenge: no designer paper

One stitch at a time: #85 emboss it - the grey background paper is dry embossed

Paper Sundaes: #92 Sundae Bar - I used black,flowers and sparkly silver brads (toppings are black, flowers, sparkly and distressing)

Crafts 4 Eternity: Embellishments Recipe: use at least one metal embellishment I used silver metal brads (6 of them)

Charisma Cardz :#42 embossing dry/wet - I used dry embossing on the grey background paper

Steampunk Victoria

2011-10-21T17:42:00.001-06:00

PART 3 of the Sassy Steampunk Progressive Relay challenge celebrating having reached 500 members on their Paper Craft Planet site! The challenge this time was to create a card in a vintage or Victorian style.

Stamp: - Sassy Studio Designs

Paper: free digi paper from the 'Paper Pad Challenge'

Flourishes: Large flourish - Tim Holtz Elegant Flourish; small flourishes from Marianne Designs

Flower: from 'recollections'

Challenges Entered:Publish Post

Sassy Studios Designs: Progressive relay challenge

Moving along with the Times: vintage

Shelly's Images Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Show Us what you Got

Steampunk Amelia

2011-10-19T16:04:00.008-06:00

Time for part 2 of the Sassy Steampunk Progressive Relay challenge celebrating having reached 500 members on their Paper Craft Planet site! I participated in their first challenge by entering a card using a free image called Steampunk Josephine which they had supplied on their challenge blog. By doing so I received another free image called Steampunk Amelia. I created the above card using that free image and in return will receive another free image - yaaay!

The sentiment is from Doodle Pantries digital stamp set 'Parrot Play"
The background paper is fron 'ThePaper Pad' Challenge (Free Digi Paper)

Challenge entries:

Sassy Studios Design: Celebrating 500 - Sassy Progressive Relay challenge #2

Crafty Cardmakers #54: Cute with a Dark twist - I think this little gal is plenty cute and my background is on the dark side of the colour spectrum! -ends Oct 30th

Incy Wincy Designs: Recycle - the silver gizmos on the sentiment and on the girl image portion of the card are from an old watch my stamping buddy had taken apart for the parts - thanks Dawn

The Outlawz - Greetings Challenge October 17 - Everything Goes
The Paper Pad Free Digi Paper challenge: #4 Steampunk - darn too late missed the deadline

UPDATE: Oct 28th,2011 - Top Three Pick from Incy Wincy Designs

Halloween Birdie Bat - Doodle Pantry Sponsors - Digital Tuesdays

2011-10-18T06:00:00.002-06:00

Doodle Pantry is a sponsor this week for - Digital Tuesday - with the theme of HAPPY HALLOWEEN ! Another super fun challenge from the folks at Digital Tuesday. Hope mine is 'happy' enough as I plan to send it to a great grandson and I certainly don't want to scare him! Oh well the birdie is a pretty un-scary ( is there such a word?) bird so it should be OK. This little bat birdie is from a Doodle Pantry digital stamp set called - you guessed it - Birdie Bat :0), I think he is quite adorable and I chose to colour him with the orange colour of autumn, handsome , handsome I say! The sentiment is from the same set and the flying bats are from a Cuttlebug die set called Creepy. I used prismacolor markers for the birdie and the background pattern paper is from my stash . This was a fun card to make and I hope the little guy receiving it will think it is a fun card.

Challenges:
Digital Tuesday, DT entry only

Crafty Boots - Autumn or Halloween (ends 30th Oct)
Creative Stamp Friends - Halloween (ends 30th Oct)
Hooked on Crafts - Something Spooky (ends 29th Oct)

Paper Creations Ink - Halloween Theme (ends 31st Oct)

Paper Pretties - - Halloween (weekly ends Oct 23?)

The Crazy Challenge CCG #89 Halloween(weekly endsOct 23rd or 24)

There's Magic in the Air: Magical Monday - Halloween Color Challenge (Oct 23rd)

Steampunk Josephine

2011-10-17T17:01:00.000-06:00

Ok, I am not steampunk expert and I have no steampunk accessories so I made do with what I do have, forgive me if it does not look very 'punkish':). I really like the image which is a freebie from Sassy Studio Designs and if you make something with it and get it entered before it closes (which is very shortly) you get another freebie. Such a deal click here for all the details! You could win up to 4 freebies !!!

Challenges entered:
Sassy Studios Design: Celebrating 500 memberships
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #134: You Choose

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #51 Just a Sentiment

2011-10-17T03:00:00.032-06:00

Sponsor: Letraset - Win some promarkers

Letraset is an online store dealing with all things creative (eg: markers, pads, adhesives, tutorials and well go take a look....) You could win a set of 5 Promarkers

Lexi's Creations Challenge #51The challenge this fortnight is to create a project using the theme 'Just a Sentiment' Take a quick trip over to Lexi's site for all the details and we would love for you to take part in the fun!

We all have dear friends in our lives, some old, some new and each and everyone is a gift. I just re-connected with a very old friend who I first met in grade nine. It was such a joy to see her after all these many years. We had graduated together, moved to the same big city, lived as roommates for many years when we were single and too poor to pay the rent by ourselves, toured (hitch hiked) the British Ilse's together ( as as very young adults ) and shared a multitude of memories. Some good ,some bad, but shared none the less. Time brought changes and we grew apart to live our separate lives. We remained in contact usually through annual letters and cards at Christmas time and the odd phone call. Bless her for those phone calls as this fall we finally decided to get together. It is hard to explain how much that meeting meant. Some people you cherish through a lifetime, she is one such person and until I saw her I did not realize how much I had missed her..

Card Details:

The digital stamp sentiment is from Fairy Dust Crafts and is called 'the Gift'. The large flourishes are from the Tim Holtz 'Elegant Flourishes' die cut. The two small butterflies are from Stampin Up's 'Beautiful Wings' and the larger butterfly is from a MS Punch. The large flower is a dimensional sticker from 'Jolee's boutique'. The flowered circle edge is from MS.

Challenges:

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #20 Girly Girly -my card is truly a feminine one, cannot think of any man who would want it:0) so hope it counts as girly girly.
Fresh Brewed Blog FBC68 - Fancy Folds
Whimsy Stamps - #10 die cuts and or punches 2nd entry
The Stamping Boutique #17 Someone Special
Forever Friends: Use sentiment
Catered Crop FTR23: follow the recipe - I used pattern paper , a ribbon, punches and die cuts (oct 27)
Sentimental Sundays: fancy folds plus a sentiment

Things with Wings

2011-10-16T06:00:00.005-06:00

Doodle Pantry is a sponsor this October (the whole month) for the Corrosive Challenge Blog and this week (Oct 16th) the theme is Things With Wings . I chose this parrot beauty from a Doodle Pantry digital stamp set called 'Parrot Play' and the sentiment is from the same set. The image is coloured with Prismacolor markers. Hope you take the time to visit the challenge site and join in!

Remember the Doodle Pantry Blog October Challenge is still on and you get a free DP stamp for participating. The theme is to just use a DP image: Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #17 : Oct 5th -Oct 24th, 2011

Isn't this parrot a handsome dude! You can make him into any colour combo you like because, if you google parrots, you find they come in all sots of colours and combinations thereof. Great fun to work with! I decided to make my card using fall colours only because it seems to be the colours of choice this time of year:0)

Challenges entered:

Corrosive Challenge Blog: Things with Wings - mine is DT entry only

Hanna and Friends: #115 Autumn/Halloween - I chose autumn and used the colours of the season

Meljens Designs - Use a Ribbon my bow is handmade using a ribbon

Shelly's Images - Show us your layers (at least four) I have six, seven if you count the dimensional parrot

Crafts and Me Challenges: #56 Orange
Fab'n'Funky Challenge: #94 Crazy for Color - autumn colors
Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog: #10 die cuts and/or punches mine are die cuts and I have used five die cuts from two different sets
Deep Oceans Challenge: #10 Fall colours

Yola's Wedding card

2011-10-13T23:33:00.001-06:00

I do not make many wedding cards but here is one I made for my niece's wedding . I used the 'garter & bow' digital stamp from 'Just Inklined' as my main image and decorated the front with flourishes (marianne designs), handmade flowers (various punches) and for the hearts (Cuttlebug 'hearts & stamps die set)

Challenges entered:

Creative Craft Challenges - Congratulations 1st Week

Crafty Cardmakers - Anything Goes (ends 16th Oct)
heart Song Inspirations - #53 - Use die cuts and/or sponged background - I have both
Card Cupids - Use a Decorative Punch of Some Type
ScrapbookSisters - #56 Anything goes
Anything Goes Challenge Blog- use punches , die cuts or both - I have used both
I Did It Creations- #76 Anything Goes

Purple Passion Fish- Doodle Pantry Challenge #17 & Sponsorship

2011-10-05T06:00:00.005-06:00

Wow, I had a hard time with this fish, not the fishes fault, just me. I made him dimensional and then decided to put crystal effects on his eyes. They turned out just terrible, cloudy and full of air pockets, so I tried to remove the gloss from his eye and of course removed the whole eye plus some of his face. I mean, I knew better but some times stupidity takes over:) I finally gave in and printed out a new image, coloured it, removed the dimensional one and replaced it with the above fishy.   Note: nothing on his eyes!!. I have quite a time with crystal effects or glossy accents. Make some ghastly messes..

Doodle Pantry Blog October Challenge:
Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #17 : Oct 5th -Oct 24th, 2011
The theme this month is ' Use a Doodle Pantry Image'   For playing along and submitting an entry using a Doodle Pantry image, you will get one FREE!   (DPDC17 complimentary image is Quirky Penguin) .

Prize: e-gift certificate for  a Doodle pantry product.

For more information, click HERE to view the challenge details and prize information and for
Doodle Pantry October Specials click HERE.

ALSO:

Doodle Pantry is a sponsor this October (the whole month) for the Corrosive Challenge Blog and this week the theme is Purple Passion - Use purple plus one other color. I chose this fish cutie from a DP digital stamp set called 'Little Betta Fish' and the sentiment from their 'Rounded Circles' set. The image is coloured with Prismacolor markers and I used MS's scary branches punch for the flower leaves hoping it would look like seaweed. The red background was crimped to reflect the movement of water and I added the pearls for bubbles. Oh, I added stickles to his body to accent the scales.

Challenges entered.

Corrosive Challenge Blog:  Purple plus one other colour : DT entry only

Catch The Bug - Anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - Anything goes (my second entry)
Fabulous Friday - fussy cutting
Stampin For The Weekend -- what a cutie
Anything Goes: Die Cuts, punches or both

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #50 Pink

2011-10-03T03:00:00.004-06:00

New challenge over at Lexi’s Creations with the theme of 'Pink for the Boobies' ( breast cancer awareness), challenge will run from Oct 3rd -Oct 15th, 2011. Interpret it as you wish, feel free to just make a pink themed card or a card for breast cancer, it is all good!

Sponsor: FDC Fairy Dust Crafts

Head on over to Lexi's Creations for all of the challenge details AND take a peek at all the lovely work from the multi talented Design Team while there!

Card Details:

Stamp: Auri from FDC; printed the image out twice, coloured them and cut one out and placed over first image to make her dimensional

For the Cure stamp is from Stamping Boutique (printed and cut out)

Colour Medium: Prismacolor markers

Dies Used: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Lacy Squares'

Flowers: Recollections Mulberry Mini Roses

Punch: Martha Stewart

Challenges Entered:

Dream Valley Challenges: #17 Monochromatic

One Stitch at a Time: #82 - Use a digi

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: Anything Goes

Hiding in my Craft Room:#14 - Pink

My Sheri Crafts: #70 - Think Pink

4Crafty Chicks#57 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter: #33 - For the Girls

Just Yolie,Just Create: Link Up For Pink

Autumn Kitty

2011-10-02T07:50:00.008-06:00

Here is one of my most favourite digital kittens and this specific stamp is from Doodle Pantry's 'Shaggy Cat'. stamp set . The kitty and chair were coloured with Prismacolor markers and the sentiment is from Doodle Pantry's 'Rounded Wishes'. I think I am fond of kittie images because my older sister is a cat lover and I am always thinking , oh she would like this; I will surprise her one of these days with a box full of them (cards that is, not kittens-lol!) as I never seem to get them sent.

This card is for the Oct 2 - Cupcake Inspiration Challenge (picture inspiration of a Chocolate cupcake with white icing, green and orange leaves on top) and is being sponsored by Doodle Pantry.

My card is a DT only entry and the card is simply to celebrate the challenge. If you can take a trip over to Cupcake Inspiration and join the fun, you could win a Doodle Pantry prize!

Challenges entered:

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - #184 - Animals
Shelly's Images - - Tic Tac Toe I used flower,digi,button
Inky Impressions - #26- punches or dies
Scrapalicious - C5 - anything goes
Fresh Brewed Coffee: FBC 66 fall or autumn

Vintage Globe

2011-10-01T10:00:00.006-06:00

RELEASE DATE - OCT 1st,2011

It is October release day over at Doodle Pantry and Laurie has six new wonderful digital stamp sets for sale plus precoloured versions of two older stamp sets. I used Vintage Globe (one of the new stamp sets) for the above card and the sentiment is part of the same set. This release also contains 3 new Quirky images (turkey, penguin, and owl), a snow birdie and for those ant lovers there is a 'candy cane ants' stamp set. A little bit of something for everybody.

To view all of these delightful stamp sets go here: Doodle Pantry Latest Releases

NOTE: the challenge DPDC#17 will start Oct 5th and the free
digital stamp for entering the challenge will be the 'Quirky Penquin'.

Quirky Turkey is the October Limited Time FREE with purchase image, just add it to your card between Oct 1 - 24th. when placing an order at Doodle Pantry. You are going to love this turkey and doesn't the name make you smile:)

Challenges entered:

Crafts for Eternity: #39 Anything Goes
Stampin with the Dragon: Fall into Color - use fall colours
Four Crafty Chicks: #57 Anything Goes
Meljens Design Team&Challenge Blog: challenge #78 - use a circle and a square in the same creation - hope mine counts, I have a globe image in a square frame??
PaperCrafting Journey: PCJ challenge#20 - Die Cuts and/or Punches: I have used both
Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog: #10 - Fall Colours
Digistamps4joy: challenge 28 - anything goes- with a bonus
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges: #63 Anything Goes

House Mouse Birthday in Blue

2011-09-22T17:21:00.003-06:00

Don't you wish you could celebrate your birthday in a tea cup, this little guy (his name is Maxwell) is sure happy to do so! This is a very CAS type card. Tempting turquoise is one of my favourite colours and I usually end up combing it with white as I did with this card. This was the first time I have used one of these delightful tags from Spellbinders, I could become very fond of them..

Card details:

Stamps: Stampabilities 'Feeling Rosy'

Papers: whisper white, tempting turquoise

Colour Medium: Prismacolors Markers

Other: spellbinders standard classic circles and classic standard circles , flower punches, recollections mini brads, MS branch punch, cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, stickles on the flower centers

Challenges entered:

House Mouse & Friends Monday challenge: birthday and flowers
Pixie Dust Studios: challenge 93 Round &Round (use circles)
Southern Girls: challenge #28 - anything goes
Freshly Brewed: #65 keep it simple ( I think mine is clean and simple - hope you do too :0)-
Simon Says Stamps: Dies to Die for- use dies and/or punches on your creations
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations: anything goes

The Squirrel and The Fox: anything goes

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #49 For a Child

2011-09-19T03:00:00.003-06:00

Sponsor: Letraset - Win some promarkers

Letraset is an online store dealing with all things creative (eg: markers, pads, adhesives, tutorials and well go take a look....) You could win a set of 5 Promarkers

Lexi's Creations Challenge #49 The challenge this fortnight is to create a project using the theme 'for a child' Take a quick trip over to Lexi's site for all the details and you might want to join in the fun!

I think my card would be suitable for a slightly older child as it might pose some choking problems with the wee ones, what with the roses and some of the other embellishments, but once past that stage totally suitable:)

Card Details:

The digital stamp of the young giraffe is from Fairy Dust Crafts and is called 'Georgina Giraffe'. Circular Sentiment is a freebie from Bizzy Becs. The card stock was all from Stampin' Up.

Medium: Prismacolor markers, ink (for the clouds) from Stampin' Up

Dies used: Spellbinders Nestabilities - scalloped circles and standard circles; Marianne Creatables Frame Swirl (for the flourishes), and a Cuttlebug Hearts die .

Embellishments: mulberry roses, punched DIY flower; Bubbles & Bling stickers , punched MS branches and a 'Love' brad

Challenges:
Corrosive Challenge 133 - Punches & dies
One Stitch at a Time: 80- Punch it
the Squirrel & the Fox: challenge 1 - anything goes
CES Challenges (Crafty Emmas) #54 - Embellish me more - use at least four different embellishments
Digi design challenge Whoooo!!First Challenge: anything goes
Stamp, Scrap& Doodle Saturdays: Birthday
Totally Gorjuss: challenge 98 Nothing Square About Me

A Cat's Halloween

2011-09-18T15:33:00.002-06:00

This is my first 'twisted easel' card. I was looking for something to make that was a little different (for me) and decided to try one of these twisted type cards. I found the feather on one of my walks with my dog and thought, ooh it looks spooky, I better take it home and see what I can do with it (it actually comes from a Magpie so it has a lot of very dark green colour in it, so it is not totally spooky -lol) I do not normally send out Halloween cards but I think I know of one young girl who might find it fun. The cat stamp is from Doodle Pantry and is called 'Cute Kitten'. The flowers are DIY, the green bats are from a Cuttlebug Cut & Emboss set called Creepy and the happy Halloween sentiment is from a Halloween paper set I had bought several years ago. I used the Stampendous Marble Texture Cube to give the bottom of the easel card the added spooky texture, but left the top part bare as I liked the starkness of it.

Challenges entered:
Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge: the theme is Cute Halloween/Fall card for kids and is sponsored by Doodle Pantry (Sept 17th - Sept. 30th ,2011). My card is a DT only entry and the card is simply to celebrate the challenge. Please go take a look at the challenge, it is for such a worthy cause and you could win a Doodle pantry prize! My card was made for an eleven year but the Send a Smile for a Kid group lists 0 -19yrs, so it can encompass a fairly wide range of age groups.

1.Floweret challenge 6: Tricky or Halloween
2.Inspire Me Fridays: Linky party 24
3.Sew Many Challenges: #68 Halloween
4.Creatalicious challenge #26 - Anything Goes (M)
5. Cute Card Thursday #182 -Anything Goes
6.Shelly's Images: Show us what you got - anything goes
7.Digital Tuesday Challenge #128: Celebrate the Season (any season) I choose 'fall'
8.Papercraft Star: challenge 62 - Anything Goes

Ants - A Bugs Life

2011-09-14T17:16:00.003-06:00

Aaaah, the season of fun is upon us, or will be shortly, dressing up to be something we are not , or who we fancy we should be! What could be more fun for the youngsters and even some of us older ones:). Actually I enjoyed it as a child, not as an adult, but I did love making costumes for my son. He loved dressing up and could often be found as a Batman in July and a ninja in January. He has a friend who lives just a few doors away who I think was in a costume all year long:) In fact when my son first met him at about age 4 he was dressed as a ninja walking up and down the sidewalk. My son rushed out to see him, got scared, came back in babbling about the ninja who had just moved in across the street. He grabbed his little plastic sword and ran out to defend us all. Came back in a short time later, still hyper and two of our (my husbands) grand kids who were visiting us at the time (a few years older than our son) could not convince him (much to their chagrin) that the little boy across the street was not a ninja. 'Yes he is' my son kept saying. Any how, the two became best of friends and remain so to this day ( in their early twenties now), but they spent many an hour dressed up and in a world of their own.

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the latest challenge at OWH Stars & Stripes Blog and the theme is 'A Bugs Life'. The above card was created to celebrate the challenge! I used a digital stamp from Doodle Pantry's ' Ants Masquerade' stamp set and the sentiment is a freebie from Bizzy Becs. I added a flower to the sentiment, a few bugs in the corner ( Royal E-Z Rub on Transfers) and a button with some ribbon for the embellishments.
Oh, and forgive my yellow ant, the ant was supposed to be coloured grey and the costume gold/yellow, things got kinda of mixed up there and I noticed it after it was all coloured - so I l just left it that way:).
Figured somewhere out there in this marvellous world there is a yellow ant..

Challenges entered:
OWL- DT entry only

Crafty boots: anything goes
Heart Song Inspirations: glitter and/or chalkboard- did not use chalkboard, just fancied up the wing of the ants with glitter glue
Lia Stampz:challenge 2 - Birthday
Stamps R US : friendship- these three ants are great friends, just look at them dressed up and playing together:)
Crazy Challenge: CCHBirthday #84
Crafting When We Can: Challenge #1 Do it Your Own Way or anything goes ( second entry )

Parrot and Butterflies

2011-09-13T08:49:00.003-06:00

This digital parrot stamp just calls out to you to add colour to it and so I already have another one coloured ( in different tones). It is the perfect parrot to colour,you can do just about any thing you like and it will look great:). I actually googled parrots and found them in every colour of the rainbow and every combination therein. Isn't nature grand!

Anyhow, I decided to use this parrot for the challenge Doodle Pantry is sponsoring over at Creative Card Challenges . Their theme this week is buttons and bling.

Card details:
Stamp - digital stamp from a Doodle Pantry set called 'Parrot Play'
Sentiment: digital freebie from 'Bizzy Becs'
Cardstock: Stampin' Up's whisper white, summer sun, tangerine tango and
stash
Die Cuts: from Spellbinders Nestabilities 'deckled rectangles'
Buttons: from stash
Punch: Martha Stewart ' Royal Butterfly' and the smaller three are fro Stampin' Up's 'Beautiful Wings'

Challenges entered:
Flutterby Wednesday: #170 anything goes - I have used seven butterflies, three of which are covered in stickles and bright colours:)
Fresh Brewed Cofee: FBC#63 - something new - the parrot stamp is new
Crafting When We can: challenge #1 - anything goes
I did it Creations: challenge #72 - anything goes
One Stitch at Time: challenge#79 - anything goes
Digi Designs Challenge First Challenge: anything goes
Delightful Challenges: Bling it
Crafty Boots: anything goes

Recipe Card

2011-09-10T21:26:00.006-06:00

Time for another House Mouse card. I had so much fun making this card as I was over at my stampin buddy's for a Friday afteroon of stamp n' play:0) Sometimes we just amaze ourselves with our goofs (maybe amaze is the wrong word as we are pretty used to it by now:). The best thing is each goof brings forth gales of laughter and what better way to spend an afternoon. Well the coffee is pretty good too! Just as we were finishing up her hubby brought some chocolate covered DQ 'Dilly' bars home with him and they were just soooo delicious. The sentiment 'something yummy for the tummy' said it all!

Card details:

Stamps: Stampabilities Mouseful of Fudge; recipe computer generated , sentiment from a Stampin' Up set called 'Yummy'

Cardstock: Stampin Up whisper white, green galore,chocolate chip

Colour medium: Prisamacolor Markers, blue chalk

Die Cuts: Reverse Wonky Rectangles

Punch: Martha Stewart

Embellishments: mulberry roses , green brads, brown pearls and green paper clips

Challenges Entered:

House Mouse & Friends Monday challenge: recipe

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge: use green as a main colour

Sundays with Crissy: friendship

The Poodles Parlour: animal antics

Cute Card Thursday: at the office (I used green paper clips)

One Stop Craft Challenge: #148 food and drink

The Paper Shelter #30 - embosssing - my brown background was dry embossed

Iris

2011-09-06T06:00:00.005-06:00

The Iris - Greek word for rainbow and I must admit they seem to come in every shade of colour. The prolific ones in my garden are light purple and white which I think is a very common colour for them and it is certainly a very, very hardy type. I got mine many years ago from my sister and it's descendants are thriving. About every two to three years I have to dig them up and re plant just a few of them or they would take over my small plot of land:) I do however, look forward every spring to see them burst forth in colour and dominate the garden for a couple of weeks. Later on I have a dark purple and white iris blooming and it is totally gorgeous, but not near so prolific. In some light the purple looks almost black.

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the Sept 6 - Midnight Madness MMSC120 sketch challenge. It's a beautiful sketch and I encased my Iris in its design to celebrate the occasion. Hope you like it.

Card details:

Stamp: DoodlePantry digital stamp 'Iris'

Colour Medium: Prismacolors markers

Punches:

Flowers: DIY flowers using various punches (Martha Stewart / K Success) , covered with glitter glue and enhanced with a pearl. I used Recollections Mulberry Paper Mini Roses for the bottom right hand corner.
Leaves: Martha Stewart Punch
Flourishes: Marianne Designs 'frame swirls'
Buttons: Stampin' Up

Paper: card stock from Stampin'UP - rich razzleberry; DP 'Jubilee Purple Burst'

Challenges:
Crafting when we Can: challenge#1 - anything goes
Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog: Bling - my flowers all dressed out in glitter glue are full of bling
Cardmadfairy's Digi Challenge #16: use a digi and add flowers
Card makin Mama's- challenge #28: use a digi
Stamp Something: anything goes

Antique Slot Machine

2011-09-05T06:00:00.005-06:00

It is time for another release over at Doodle Pantry   and Laurie has once again delivered a wonderful assortment of new images. Please do go over and take a look. I used the Antique Slot Machine stamp set for the above card. I think the card will be perfect for anyone heading to Vegas or Reno, or where ever one goes to play the 'one armed bandits'.

Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #16
Challenge DPDC#16 The theme for the DPDC#16 challenge is Use a Doodle Pantry Image'   For playing along and submitting an entry using a Doodle Pantry image, you will get one FREE!   (DPDC16 complimentary image is Popsicle Ants) .

Prize: e-gift certificate for  a Doodle pantry product.

See here are some other DP specials

Card details:
Digital Stamp: Doodle Pantry Sept 5th release 'Antique Slot machine';
Digital Papers: background paper from Far Far Hill 'freebies old papers' and the newsprint from a google search
Colour Medium: Prismacolor's markers  and Distress Ink by Tim Holtz (antique linen)
Die cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities- deckled rectangles
Punch: Martha Stewart branches, Other: twine, button from stash

Challenges:

Creative Card Crew: anything goes
Cards for Men: #18 G is for______. In my case 'G is for Gambling'
Jellypark Friends- Gitten Punchy with your Jellypark Friends - using any die cut and /or punches: I have used five differents sized die cuts from the die set 'deckled' and one MS punch for the branches
CardMakingMamas challenge#28: use a digital image and/or digital paper I have used both
Stamp Something: Sept. Digi Day Challenge
Catch the Bug Blog: September Anything Goes
Challenge Up Your Life #51 Something for the Men