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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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