Gilby's Corner

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Pretty Peacock - Have a Beautiful Day

Doodle Pantry is the proud sponsor of this weeks challenge over at 'Sentimental Sunday' and the challenge is 'PUNCHES OR DIES'. Please take time to visit their blog and perhaps join in the fun!

I love this Pretty Peacock image from Doodle Pantry, and I love every card I've seen made with it. It makes a lovely wedding , anniversary or birthday card and it comes with some wonderful sentiments. I choose 'Have a Beautiful Day' as it is a pretty versatile saying and can be used for various occasions!

Card recipe:

Doodle Pantry digital stamp :Pretty Peacock( I used the precoloured image), sentiment from same digital set
Stampin'Up cardstock Pacific Point, Gumball Green, Whisper White
Die Cuts: Marianne Designs border die, Memory Box Fabulous Phlox,Memory Box Fauntleroy Crest
Embossing: I heat embossed the bottom layer using Stampin ' Up's background stamp 'Floral', can't really see it as most of it is hidden by the top layer.

Please check out the Doodle Pantry Challenge #43 which runs till February 24th, and if you use a Doodle Pantry image , you get the featured product (free set for entering).You can still enter with a non Doodle Pantry image,you will just not receive the free set, but you are still in the draw to win the major prize!

Doodle Pantry Challenge #43 FEATURED PRODUCT

Easter Peeps

Challenges
1.The ABC Challenge: F is for Flowers
2. Digi Galore: Things with Wings
3. Feeling Crafty Challenge #25 Die and/or Punches
4. One Crazy Stamper: February 'Anything Goes' Challenge
5. Digi Designs Challenge: Tic Tac Toe ( I used diagonal line with Digi, Die Cuts, Flowers
6. My Creative Moments: Word Play Saturday: Swirls
7. Brown Sugar: #81 Use a Die or Punch
8. Stampin' for the Weekend:Flower Power
9. 4Krafty Girlz: #11 Anything Goes

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Valentine Love You

I love this fold and when I recently saw a card made with it ,my interest was stirred. See here for my inspiration; it is by Crafty-Stamper and it's a beauty! The stamp on my card is from 'Lacy Sunshine' and is called 'Rory-Love-Letters' .

I used Stampin'Up cardstock (Marina Mist, Whisper White, Chocoalte Chip) and a pink cardstock from Michaels. The designer paper is from DCWV 'the Four Seasons stack'. The image was coloured with Prismaclor Markers and Copics . The Copics was for the flesh tones (E13,E00,E000,E02). The blue and pink heart is a 'Hearts with Wings' sticker by Jolee's By You. The brown heart is from Cuttlebug's 'Hearts and Stamps' die. I also used Spellbinders 'deckled rectangles ' die for the sentiment frame.The sentiment is an 'I Love You' rubber stamp by Craft Smart, I just didn't stamp the ' I' and I rearranged the 'love you' placement. I will be entering this card into the following Challenges. The first being the Lacy Sunshine Challenge #26 Add a Sentiment.

Top 3 Placement for the Lacy Sunshine Challenge!

Challenges
1. Lacy Sunshine: #26 Add a Sentiment.
2. City Crafter Blog Challenge: 198 Love Bug - use the word 'love'
3. Ladybug Crafts Ink TLTChallenge:For the One I Love
4. Oldie but a Goodie Challenge:Valentine (my heart with wings was bought in Feb, 2012)
5. Artistic Inspirations:#78 Anything Goes/Valentines
6. Card Mania:#40 Love is all Around
7. Crafty Boots :Bingo (I used diagonal line of pink,stamp,die cut)
8. Eureka Stamps:Weekly Challenge #76 Hearts/Love is in the Air
9. Love to Scrap Challenge:#23 Who Loves Baby- use the work Love on your project
10. OLLCB (Oh La La Challenge): Use a heart

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Toucans of Love

I adore these birds, I looked Toucans up on Google and oh the glorious colours they display, nature at it's finest. You really cannot go wrong when colouring them as they come in all shades just keep it bright! These two are from Doodle Pantry's digital stamp set 'Toucans of Love'.
The heads were made dimensional by double printing and colouring the image heads twice, cutting one out and popping it up over the other with dimensional tape. The background was heat embossed!

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the challenge this week of Feb. 9th over at 'The Squirrel and the Fox' and the theme is 'love'.For some lovely inspiration stop by the Doodle Pantry Blog site and have a look.

Card Recipe:
Stamp: Doodle Pantry 'Toucans of Love' and Rubberneckers background stamp 'Loose Weave'
Sentiment: Stampin Up
Colour Medium: Prismacolor Markers and Gumbo green ink from Stampin' Up -used to darken the heart face.
Card Stock: Stampin' Up's Gumbo Green, Basic black, Whisper White
Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities Beaded Circles (sentiment frame); Memory Box Precious Hearts (with the bow and string cut off); Marianne designs die cut LR0193 (the key)

Challenges
1. 2 Sisters: #173 Embossing (background heat embossed)
2. A Gem Of A Challenge:#112 'All You Need is Love'
3. Crafty Calender Challenge: Love is All Around
4. Digi Designs Challenge: Love and/or Valentine
5. My Sheri Crafts #126 Valentine
6. Sunflower Field:First Monthly Challenge: Valentines Day/Hearts
7. Digi Galore: Valentine/Love
8. Feeling Crafty: #25 Dies and/or Punches
9. Ladybug Challenges: Feb. Challenge 'Be Mine'
10. The Crafting Cafe: Feb 14th. Embossing (background heat embossed)

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Love is Sweet Valentine

Time to be posting some more of my Valentines for 2014, this one is for a great granddaughter! I used a Meljens Design 'Love is Sweet' image, isn't it a darling! I coloured the image using a mixture of Prismacolor Markers and Copics. The flowers are from Cherry Lynn Designs 'Sweet Williams' die strip and the leaves from Spellbinders die 'Foliage'. The flower centers and the small white hearts are brads bought at Michaels. I used the Spellbinders 'Inverted Circles' die for the circle frame and the hanging heart is from Memory Box, The card stock is Stampin' Up's and I used a cover it all background stamp by Impressive Obsessions called 'Stitches' to add texture and interest . It was heat embossed to give some more impact.. Hope you like:O)!

Challenges
1. Crafty Little Fairies: Love
2. Creative Knockouts: Be Mine
3. Hanna and Friends: #189 Hearts
4. Milk Coffee: Valentine/Love
5. Sassy Studios: #215 Stop and Smell the Flowers
6. Digi Stamps 4 Joy: #85 Hearts
7. Divas by Design:: Die Cuts
8. Fab 'n' Funky:#202 Brads
9. Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #257 Red and Love
10. Going Grey with Scrape Creations: Use Your Favourite Embellishment (mine is flowers)

Friday, February 7, 2014

Silly Critter Owl

epoxy sticker eyes

Doodle Pantry is the proud sponsor of this weeks challenge over at the Totally Papercrafts Challenge The theme this week is Hey Cutie (cute images)!

Please take time to visit their blog and join in the fun!

I have used the owl image from the Doodle Pantry digital stamp set 'Silly Critters', I think he is cute, cute! This digital stamp set has four critter images both coloured and non coloured, digital papers and sentiments! I made the first card without any enhancing of the eyes as I thought they were pretty good as they are. Then playing around with my stamping buddy we tried some google eyes on him, didn't really care for that look, so we tried some expoxy stickers on him but she didn't have the right sized ones. When I got home I found some clear ones that worked. Don't know which look I like better, like them both!

Card Details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Digital Stamp Set 'Silly Critters'

Sentiment: Stampin Up 'Pretty Petites'
Colour medium:Prismacolor Markers ; Inking -Almost Grey by Stampin' Up
Die Cut: Spellbinders 'Wonky Squares'
Punch: Stampin' UP's Photo Corners
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug 'Forest Branches'
Other: bakers twine, button expoxy stickers

Challenges
1. 4 Krafty Girlz: #11 Anything Goes
2. Delightful Challenges: Weekly Challenge- Anything Goes
3. Addicted to Stamps: #81 Anything Goes
4. Crafting by Designs: Month Long Anything Goes
5. Crafty Creations:#256 For the Birds
6. Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
7. Through the Craftroom Door
8. The crafty Bloggers: All about Boys
9. Paper Make Up Stamps: Digi Make Over; #126 Anything Goes
10. Challenges 4 Everyone: #38 Anything Goes

Monday, February 3, 2014

Valentine Scruffles

Lexi's Creations Challenge #109 Valentine Day/Love

Feb.3rd through Feb.15th, 2014

One of my favourite characters from FDC is Scruffles, and in this digi he is holding a Valentine, ready to have an inscription stamped on it or in this case I just coloured it red and will be adding a name to it when I send it off!

Our Sponsor this week is 'My Heart Pieces

Please join us, I'm so looking forward to seeing your creations and be sure to check out the work by my team mates at Lexi's Creations, they are a very talented group!!

Card details:
Stamps: Fairy Dust Crafts 'Be Mine Scruffles'

Sketch: 'Everybody Art Challenge sketch 262 -closed
Colour Medium: Prismacolour Markers

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities A2 Matting Basics- Rectangles; Memory Box 'Precious Hearts'
Punch: Heart Punch (the red heart on the top of the image mat), one hole punch
Other: button, glitter -on the hanging hearts

Challenges
1. Addicted to Stamps Challenge: Hearts
2. Challenges 4 Everybody: #38 Anything Goes
3. One Stitch at a Time: #198 Anything Goes
4. Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog: #197 Valentines Day
5. Scribble and Scrap Challenge #11 Anything Goes
6. That Craft Place: Valentine
7. The Squirrel and the Fox:#62 use Embellishments
8. Cards Galore Encore:#2 Add at least one element of bling ( I Glittered my white hearts )
9. Digi Galore: Valentine /Love
10. Seemacrafts: February Valentine/love

Saturday, February 1, 2014

The Carousel Horse

This fab image is from the Feb. 2014 release at Doodle Pantry, see here for all the new images. This stamp set comes with pre-coloured images, outlines you can colour yourself, digital papers and sentiments!

New Challenge DPDC#43

CHALLENGE DATE: Feb.1st 1200 Noon EST- Feb. 24th 9:00 PM . The challenge has a featured image that will be available from Feb 1st to 24th only and can then be purchased online at the Doodle Pantry Shop. DPDC43 featured image is the stamp set "Easter Peeps" and will be emailed free to all who use a Doodle Pantry image.

All other company images are allowed, however only those who use a Doodle Pantry images will receive the featured image digital stamp. All entries entered are eligible for the prize.