With Sympathy

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring this weeks Craft Your Passion challenge with the theme of  '3D It   - 3 dimensional creation or decoupaged image'. I do hope you take a look and decide to participate!  I used an outline  image from the  'Holy Land Flowers 1' stamp set . This stamp set contains  outline images and sentiments.   I colored highlighted the flowers using Prismacolor markers. The flowers were made dimensional by cutting out the image and layering segments on top of the original (using foam tape). I added the layered butterflies to give additional depth to the card. I heat embossed the tan cardstock with a floral pattern  and scored the dark brown paper with my score pal.
Card details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Digital 'Holy Land Flowers 1' stamp set ; Stampin' Up 'Floral' background stamp 

Sentiment: from same stamp set as image 
Colour medium: Prismacolor Markers

Card stock:   Stampin' Up's vanilla, whisper white,early espresso,  and additional paper from  stash  
 Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Labels Twenty-Two     

Punch: Martha Stewart butterfly, Stampin' Up Modern label, photo corners
Embossing folder:  Swiss Dots
Other - Ribbon

Technique: dimensions -  both  the flowers and the butterflies have been layered and popped up: dry embossing,heat embossing, border sponging
Won Top Five Placement  - Aud Sentiments challenge! Challenges:
1.  613 Avenue Create: #30 Anything Goes
2.  Addicted to Stamps:#60 Lots of Layers
3.  Challenges for Everybody:#25 Anything Goes
4.  Eclectic Ellapu: Anything Goes
5.  One Stitch at a Time:#174 Anything Goes
6.  Pile it On: #30 Anything Goes
7.  My Time to Craft: #230 Sympathy
8.  Crafts for Eternity Recipe #134 Anything Goes
9.  Sister Act Card Challenge: #17 Anything Goes
10: Aud Sentiments #85 With Sympathy

Li'l Tin Man

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring this week's Fab ' n' Funky challenge with the theme 'make it a set'!   What a great theme open to lots of interpretation, I do hope you take a look and decide to participate. I decided to make a card and a tag. I used an outlined image and some digital papers from the Doodle Pantry 'Li'l Tin ' stamp set  (new release July 2013) -  . This stamp set contains coloured images, outlines ,digital papers and sentiments. Isn't he a cutie.


Note July 'free with purchase' stamp set is 'Vintage Lamppost'  see here for all the details 'Doodle Pantry Specials'
   










Card details:
Sketch  by Jolanda Teunissen (her blog is here) Thanks Jolanda for your permission to use this delightful sketch    Sketch #59 CCWS see here   

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Digital 'Li'l Tin' stamp set  

Sentiment: Stampin Up
Card stock:   Stampin' Up's whisper white,basic black
Designer Paper: Doodle Pantry digital paper from Li'l Tin stamp set, Polka Dot paper- Michaels, black sparkle strip from  DCWV 'The Glitter Stack'

Die Cuts: Spellbinders   Rectangles; Hearts Memory Box

Punch:1" square punch  
Other: ribbon
Won a top 3 placement at Incy Wincy Designs!Challenges:
1. Bearly Mine Challenges: #96 Anything Goes
2. Papertake Weekly : Die-ing for a Punch (use dies and/or punches)
3. Through the Craftroom Door July 23 - July 29: Anything Goes
4. A Little Bit Crafty: ALCB "Die-ing" for it - use die cuts
5. The Crafter's cafe: #21 Anything Goes
6. Creative Creations #15 Anything Goes
7.Digi Sketch Challenge: Layers it up: Lots of layers
8. Incy Wincy Designs: Read all about It(inspired by an actual book)  well the actual book is by L Frank Baum written in 1900  and made into the movie with Judy Garland in 1939
9. Kaboodle Doodles: #181 Anything Goes
10. Paper Playtime:#15 Pattern Paper

Eggbert Winter

Aaaah its the end of the week long Bugaboo Christmas in July challenge and  the theme  to end it all  is 'Recipe'.. The card must have 3 or more layers (I have 3), a ribbon bow, glitter (see my snowballs) and include a cream colour (see my egg man , I used Prismacolor #23 Cream to colour him). . Thanks Bugaboo for a fun week!

Card Details:
Stamp: Bugaboo digital stamp 'Eggbert Winter); background stamp 'All Night Media Splatter pattern'
Sentiment: Stampin Up's 'Petite Pairs'
Paper: Stampin Up's Whisper White, OldOlive; Creamy Yellow from stash
Punch: oval (see sentiment)
Die Cuts:Spellbinders Nestabilities circles & ovals
Colour: Prismacolor Markers
Embossing Folder: CuttleBug 'Snowflakes'
Other:   rhinestones,Stickles, ribbon bow

Challenges:
1. Catch the Bug: Christmas in July    Recipe- 3 or more layers,  a ribbon bow, glitter or bling, and the colour cream

2. Brown Sugar:#51 Anything Goes

3. Christmas Stampin All Year Long:#25 Techniques (see blog for them all - all chose Dry Embossing)

4. Clearly iStamp: CiSC3 Challenge- Christmas in July

5. Creative Corner Challenge: #28 Let it Sparkle

6. Cut it UP: Christmas in July
7. Fairytale Challenge:#72 Christmas in July
8. Stampin for the Weekend: Sparkle and Bling

Santa Tag Card

Catch the Bug Thursday Challenge 'Tag You're It' - Make a project with  a Tag.  I first made a tag using the Santa image,  I then made a simple card  and placed the tag  on the card as the focal point. Really liking those Bugaboo Santa images, they are cute, fast to colour and look adorable.

Card Details:
Stamp: Bugaboo digital stamp 'AKV Santa with Presents'
Sentiment: Stampin Up's 'Petite Pairs"
Paper: Stampin Up's Whisper White, Ridinghood Red
DP:  Stampin Up's 'Everday Enchantment'
Ribbon: from Michaels
Punch: Martha Stewart Snowflakes
Colour: Prismacolor Markers and Copics
Other:   rhinestones,Stickles, Sakura Gelly roll Pen

Challenges:
1. Catch the Bug: Christmas in July    Make a Project with a Tag
2. Eureka Stamps:# 48 Christmas in July
3. Paper Crafting Journey: Christmas in July
4 .Christmas Cards All Year Long:  July Challenge:  It's All About Santa
5. Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: CHNC Anything Goes as long as it is Christmas
6. Divas by design: Tags
7. Songbird Challenge Blog: #24 Ribbon
8. Tuesday Throwdown: #156 Anything Goes

Be Merry

Catch the Bug Christmas in July Challenge 'Make Us Laugh' (card #5 - I'm getting there). Well I'm not sure if this is a laugh or not, would depend on your age I suppose, but I know I quite enjoy this image and I'm no youngster (darn)!   It is intended for  a 5 yr old - who won't eat the rhinestones:O)!

Stamp: Bugaboo digital stamp 'Snowman Snowballs'
Sentiment: Stampin Up's Stampin Up 'Warm Words'
Cardstock: Stampin Up's  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizza
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug 'Spots & Dots'
Colour: Prismacolor Markers

Punch: ovals (see sentiment)
Other: rhinestone in red and silver, twine

Challenges
1 Catch the Bug: Christmas in July Make us Laugh Sketch.
2. Tuesday Morning Sketch
3. Art Impressions:#114 Twine Time
4. Crimbo-Crackers: #46 Anything Goes - Must be Christmas
5. Delightful Challenges:  Weekly Challenge - Celebrate with GlitterBling and Sparkly Things - I have glitter and lots of sparkly rhinestones
6. Happy Campers: #19 BLING  (I have 20 rhinestones and glitter)
7. Milk Coffee Challenges: Emboss it!

Santa with Tree

Catch the Bug Christmas in July  Tuesday challenge   'Bingo'. (card #4). I chose 'ribbon, Bugaboo image, and sentiment'. I was surprised at how much I liked this  card. as I had thought it was getting rather 'loud or busy' as I was making it  , however  I think the 4 ribbons across the middle  calmed it down sufficiently:O)

Card Details:
Sketch: 'Sweet Sketch Wednesday'#214 (closed)
Stamp: Bugaboo digital stamp 'AKV Santa Tree'
Sentiment: Stampin Up's 'Petite Pairs"
Paper: Stampin Up's Whisper White, Gumball Green
DP:  Stampin Up's 'Be of Good Cheer'
Ribbon: Stampin Up
Die Cuts:   Spellbinders circles; Impressive Obsessions Snowflakes (cut in half and tucked under the oval for a decorative fringe
Punch: Modern Label, Word Window;
Colour: Prismacolor Markers and Copics
Other: white snowflake from stash, rhinestones

Challenges:
1. Catch the Bug: Christmas in July   Bingo challenge (I used Ribbon, Bugaboo Image and Sentiment)
2. Eureka Stamps:# 48 Christmas in July
3. My Craft Spot :Monday Challenge #104 Christmas in July
4. Paper Crafting Journey: Christmas in July
5. Sparkles Christmas Challenge:#30 Christmas Trees
6. Christmas Cards All Year Long:  July Challenge:  It's All About Santa
7. Shelly's Images: Show Us what you Got July Edition  Christmas

Deacon in Raspberry, Chocolate and Cream

Bugaboo - Catch the Bug card #3 and the challenge is to use the colours 'Raspberry, Chocolate and Cream! Easy peasy right and quite wonderful. I would never have made a Christmas card with these colours on my own initiative but  I do like it. Had to search high and low in my papers stash for some cream paper though.

Stamp: Bugaboo digital stamp 'Deacon Candy Cane'
Sentiment: Stampin Up's 'Petite Pairs'
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes'; Stampin Up 'fancy fan'
Die Cuts:   Spellbinders  scalloped ovals;   Impressive Obsessions Dies -the snowflakes
Colour: Prismacolor Markers and Copics
Punch:  Stampin Up 'Word Window'(see sentiment)

Challenges:
 I won  top 3 placement at 'The Stampin on Tuesday' challenge

1. Catch the Bug: Christmas in July Colour Challenge - Raspberry, Chocolate, Cream
2. Try Stampin on Tuesday Sketch #127 Sketch
3. Lady Anne's Challenge: Stamp Challenge #10 Anything Goes
4. Anything Goes: #97 Anything Goes at Anything Goes
5.Cuttin and Stampin: #28 Christmas in July
6.Through the Craftroom Door: July16 - July 22: Anything Goes
7. Stamp and Create: Christmas in July

Deacon Candy Cane

Continuing on with the Bugaboo Christmas in July,  here is my entry for the Sunday 'Sketch' Challenge . I used a Bugaboo digital stamp called 'Deacon Candy Cane', a fun little elf sitting and whiling the time away on a candy cane,so cute!

Card details:
 Sketch: Bugaboo 'Catch the Bug' challenge- Christmas in July

Stamp: Bugaboo digital stamp 'Deacon Candy Cane'
Sentiment: Stampin Up's 'Petite Pairs"
Cardstock: Stampin Up's  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green
DP:Stampin UP 'Be of Good Cheer', Nordic Holiday 'Sweater Weather'
Embossing Folder: Stampin Up 'Argyle'
Die Cuts:   Spellbinders  standard and scalloped ovals; corner die; Impressive Obessions Dies -the snowflake
Colour: Prismacolor Markers and Copics
Punch: ovals (see sentiment)
Other: half pearls

Challenges:

1. Catch the Bug: Christmas in July Sunday Sketch

2. Crafting by designs: Anything Goes

3. Creative Belli #174 Christmas (old embellishments green half pearls and quite forgotten)

4.Fab n' Funky: #179 Christmas in July

5.Cuttin and Stampin #28 Christmas in July

6.Loves Rubberstamps Challenge:#61 Christmas in July

Bugaboo - Tropical Santa

Hi all. I have decided to join the fun going on over at Bugaboo's 'Catch the Bug Challeng Blog' with their "Christmas in July" Blog Hop and Challenges. The above card is one of seven I hope to make before it is over and I am well behind, it started on Saturday July 13  and I am fast running out of time. The Saturday Challenge is  "Show us your Santa" and so I am, in my case a beach Santa covered in sand. Card is  4" x 5  1/2" ,basic no frill for easy mailing:O)!

Card Details:
Sketch: Mojo Monday #302
Stamp: Bugaboo digital stamp  " tropical Santa"
Sentiment: Stampin Up's 'Petite Pairs"
Paper: Stampin Up's Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Taken with Teal(discontinued), Summer Sun (discontinued)
Ribbon: from Michaels
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes'
Die Cuts:  MArianne Designs, Spellbinders Shapeabilities
Colour: Prismacolor Markers and Copics

Challenges:
1. MOJO #302:  Sketch  

2. Catch the Bug:  show us your Santa
3. Anything Goes:#97 Anything Goes at Anything Goes
4.Cuttin and Stampin #28 Christmas in July
5.Loves Rubberstamps:#61 Christmas in July

Buzzard

My stamping buddy and I were in a little shop outside of town when we found this oh so great cartoon buzzard stamp and I just had to have it. I know a couple of people who will be getting this for their birthday. The  stamp comes with a ''happy birthday from the bluebird of happiness' sentiment which I have stamped on the inside. I have kept the card relatively free of embellishments as it is going to a male relative and as my husband once told me "we don't like a lot of frill"  :O)!

Stamp: Art Impressions Buzzard Set ; back ground stamp  Impression Obsession 'Spatter'
Paper: Stampin Up whisper white, basic black, gumball green, tangerine tango (for the pinwheel), summer sun
DP: Stampin Up  'Be of Good Cheer' (gumball green polka dotted paper);  large orange paper in the background bought at Michaels,
Embossing folder: crackled
Colour medium: Prismacolor markers
Embellishments: black half pearls, pinwheel (Doodle Pantry Mini Pinwheels Template &  pinwheel cut out of tangerine tango paper and stamped on one side with the Spatter background stamp) ))  

Challenges:
1. Color Q Challenge #197 (basic blk,tangerine tango,gumball green, summer sun, plus white)
2. Mojo Monday 301: sketch
3 . 613 Avenue Create:#28 Anything Goes
4.  Addicted to Stamps: #60 Lots of layers ( I have 6)
5. Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes
6. Great Impressions: Anything Goes july challenge
7. Here Come the Boys:#56 Anything Goes(for men or boys)
8. Robyn's Fetish:#168 Things  with Wings
9. CMC Copic Challenge (or any alchol marker) #72 Anything Goes Colouring
10. Creative Corner:#27 Anything Goes 

Old Wheelbarrow

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring this week's Sugar Creek Hollow  challenge with the theme 'wheels' (must be vintage or shabby chic)'!   I find both categories,vintage and shabby chic very hard to do and I invariably  struggle to come up with a design so I tend to shy away from doing them. Now having said that  I love cards that reflect these categories  and admire those that do them well. Can't wait to see what everyone come up with.   I do hope you take a look and decide to participate.  I used two pre-coloured images from several Doodle Pantry stamp sets and one outline stamp. These three were digitally merged to create one scene:

Card details:
Stamp:Doodle Pantry's
 Stamp 1: Old Wheelbarrow - new stamp July 1st release
 Stamp 2:  Wood Pile
 Stamp 3:  Shaggy Cat - coloured with Prismacolor Markers 

Card stock:   Stampin' Up's whisper white, chocolate chip; corrugated packing paper
DP:  Recollections Love letters Paper Pad

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Deckled  Rectangles, Cottage CUTZ Ivy    

Other: Buttons, chipboard circle, lace,burlap

Note: July 1st thru July 24th  at Doodle Pantry

 1. The digital stamp set 'Vintage Lamppost' free with purchase

see here for all the details 'Doodle Pantry Specials'

Challenges:
1. Creative Corner Challenge:#27 Anything Goes
2. Creative Fingers: Anything Goes
3. Sister Act: #15 Anything Goes
4. Crafts and Me Challenge: #138 Anything Goes
5. Creative Card Crew: #40 The Great Out Doors
6. Paper Minutes:#277 Anything Goes
7. Through the Craftroom Door: Anything Goes
8.  Paper Makeup Stamps:Digi Makeover #96 Anything Goes

Lucy and Kitty

I have had this Sarah Kay Photopolymer Clear Stamp from Stampavie for a long time and finally got around to using it. She is coloured with Prismacolor markers and the flesh tones are coloured with Copics. The blue background frame is from a new Spellbinders die I bought recently called Decorative Labels Twenty-Two. The round circle is die cut  from  a K&Company paper pad called Julianne. This paper was also used for the large background piece. The rest of the papers are from Stampin Up. The yellow cardstock was dry embossed using the  Stampin Up 'Modern Mosaic'embossing folder  Added yellow brads, ribbon, ribbon slider (gift from a friend - thanks Dawn) , a flower and some flourishes cut  from a Marianne Designs die! . Hope you like it.


Won draw for my Melonheadz entry
Challenges:
1. Lady Anne's Challenge: Stamp Challenge #10 Anything Goes
2. The Paper Shelter: #120 Swirly Girly
3  Loves Rubber Stamps:#60 Use Hoarded Item (hoarded-flower and stamp - have had flower for about a year and half or more,  probably have had the stamp a little longer than that)
4. Papertake Weekly: Old, New Borrowed or Blue  - Old flower,  New ribbon slider, and Blue paper
5. Through the Craftroom Door: July 9 -15th Anything Goes
6. The Cutie Pie Challenge:#48  Cute and Cuddly
7. Love to Scrap: #9 Anything Goes
8. melonheadz friends: Emboss It - My yellow background paper is dry embossed
9. Ladybug Crafts: July Challenge - Use your Favourite Embellishment  I totally love flourishes
10. Oozak #17 Anything Goes with a Girly Theme

The Cat

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring this weeks Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge  and a marvellous sketch it is!  I do hope you take a look and decide to participate.  I used an outline  image from an older   Doodle Pantry   stamp set called ' Cute Kitten'. I adore this cat and have made several  cards using it. I just like the attitude the cat  gives off. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. This stamp set contains coloured images, outlines ,digital papers and sentiments. I colored the kitten using Prismacolor markers .  The die cuts are all Spellbinders Nestabilities, and I used the Stampin up Punch Modern labels for the sentiment. The indentations on the vertical black strip were made using a Fiskers punch and cutting ends off to leave an opening!

Tuesday Morning Sketch

Challenges:
1. Crafty Boots Challenges: Anything but Square
2. Cupcake Craft Challenge: #249 Anything but Square
3. Love to Scrap:#9 Anything Goes
4. Platypus Creek Digitals: #35 Anything Goes
5. The Paper Nest Dolls: #7 Animals
6. Challenges $ Everybody: #23 Anything Goes
7. Joanna Sheen: Don't be Square
8.  Quirky Crafts: #13 Everybody Wants to be a Cat
9. Polkadoodle week 26 - Animals
10. Crafty Ribbons: #50 Anything Goes with Ribbon

Li'l Scare

New release 

RELEASE DATE - July 1st ,2013  It is   release  time at Doodle Pantry   and Laurie has some wonderful new  digital stamp sets for sale! Please go to the 'Latest Release' section to view them all!   The stamp Set 'free with purchase" for July 1st thru July 24th is  ' Vintage Lamppost'. see Specials!  There will be a release of four older stamp sets as coloured versions later on this month, stay tuned!

New  Challenge DPDC#36

CHALLENGE  DATE: July 1st 1200 Noon EST- July 24th 9:00 PM .   The featured  image will be available from July 1st to 24th only and can then be purchased online at the Doodle Pantry Shop. DPDC36 featured image is the Holiday Greetings stamp set  and will be emailed  free to all who participate in the challenge!  It has 16 wonderful sentiments for the holiday season, well worth  the effort!

I made a 4 x 5 inch card (haven't made one of those for a while) and kept it fairly simple and it's purpose open as I intend to give it to the Stollery Hospital collection for sick kids. My good friend Dawn Frost is the Alberta Collection  and Distribution host. She can be contacted here if any one  would like to contribute  cards to share with the kids at the Edmonton Stollery Hospital! 

Send A Smile 4 Kids (Canada)
c/o Dawn Frost
4825-11A Ave NW
Edmonton, Alberta
T6K 0H1
Canada

Card details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Digital 'Lil Scare' stamp set   

 Colour medium: Prismacolor Markers 

Punch:FISKARS 1" square
Die Cuts:  Spellbinders 'Deckled Rectangles', Cuttlebug Hearts and Stamps

Other: rhinestones, green ribbon, green button
Sketch: based upon Christmas Challenges sketch #59 by Jolanda-(update)

Challenges:
1. Challenges 4 Everybody" #23 Anything Goes
2. Here Come the Boys:#55 Use a Digi Stamp
3. One Stitch at a Time: #170 Anything Goes
4. QKR Stampede: #45 Anything Goes
5. Sister Act Card Challenge: #13 Anything Goes
6. Stampin for the Weekend: Anything Goes
7. Stampin with the Dragon: Anything Goes
8. Wags n' Whiskers: #107 Cute as a Button