OWH Sketch #245: Key to My Heart

A quick post today for Sketch Challenge 245 at Operation Write Home:

I flipped a portion of the sketch today and dry embossed the card base with hearts (Cuttlebug "Cross My Heart") rather than add another layer.  The sentiment, heart & key stamps and dies plus the DP are from The Stamps of Life.  The sentiment is heat embossed with white detail embossing powder.  The key is tied on with a little snippet of twine from The Twinery.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope your holidays were happy! 

Gumdrops!

I'm really happy I was able to find some crafting time to link up for Tuesday Morning Sketches #280! 

This is the last Christmas card I made yesterday!  The Doodle Pantry image is a combination of gumdrops from "Sweet Stuff" (which is free w/purchase :-) and the jar and lid from "Jargon Bundle."
The sentiment is from the recent December release, "Gingerbread House Ants." 

 

I filled the empty jar with red and green gumdrops, added the lid and sentiment, and printed it twice.  I fussy cut the second image and popped it on top of the first one with some silicon glue. The DP is from a Doodlebug Designs 6x6 pad - Home for the Holidays.  I stamped the banners in Colorbox Strawberry and Avocado and finished it off with a punched button and red/white twine.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you are having a happy holiday time! 

Penquin Love

Good morning!  Today I'm sharing a card for the Shopping Our Stash Challenge:  SOS #181 - Red Alert!   The Christmas cards and tags are all done, so I'm moving onto Valentines/Love cards for Operation Write Home.  And...red is my favorite color!

This card uses one of the Loving Critters images from Doodle Pantry.  He's just adorable!  I filled 3 of the heart banners with red and added "I" and "U" to the other two.  Adding Glossy Accents to the banner helps it pop off the page.

Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Holidays!  For additional fun this month, check out these additional challenges:

 Words 2 Scrap By - Eat, Drink, & Be Merry
Cards in Envy - Christmas Carols
Doodle Pantry - Any Digi Goes!

I Miss Choo

I was finally able to take a break from the holiday craziness and spend time in my Girl Cave.  I think I get cranky if I can't play with paper!  The card I'm sharing today is following the latest Operation Write Home Sketch #244.  First of all, thank you to Marlene for all her past wonderful wit and work in coordinating the OWH sketch challenges and welcome, Sybrina, as the new coordinator!  I can't think of a better choice and look forward to your blogs!

Sketch #244

Since Doodle Pantry is sponsoring this sketch challenge (thanks, Laurie!), I went with making a child card for OWH, using Doodle Pantry's "Choo Choo" image (a freebie, BTW:).  I did computer generate my own sentiment.  I'm also going to link this card up for the December Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge - Primary Colors.  ODBD donates shipping costs for up to 2 OWH boxes based on the number of entries - so generous!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by!  If you're able to find some crafting time, please check out the current fun challenges at Words 2 Scrap By - Eat, Drink, & Be Merry, Cards in Envy - Christmas Carols, and Doodle Pantry - Anything Digi Goes!  Happy Holidays!
 

Frosty the Snowman

The new challenge theme over at Cards in Envy is Christmas Carols, asking you to create an A2 card (no lumps or bumps) that is inspired by a Christmas Carol/Song.  For my DT card, I decided on "Frosty the Snowman" which my grandson sings to me daily now when he's not singing Jingle Bell Rock :-)

 

I used my actual sheet music for the music DP, reducing it on the copier and inking the edges with Memento Grape Jelly Ink.  Frosty was stamped and die cut (Stamps of Life "snowman2build"), paper pieced the scarf, mittens and added a hat band.  I glued sequin snowflakes with tiny pearl centers to finish off the front.  The large inked snowflake is a die from Lawn Fawn and the other DP is from Doodlebug Designs "Frosty Friends."  I really like the non-traditional colors of this 6x6 pad!

I hope you'll find some relaxing crafting time during the holidays and join in the fun at the Cards in Envy latest challenge which runs through January 4th.  Happiest of Holidays to you and yours!

For Santa!

For my last post of the day, I wanted to share a card I put together for Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #278:

I rotated the sketch and used the "Milk & Cookies" new release from Doodle Pantry...yum!  This digital set also happens to be free with purchase this month.  You can check out the details here.  I frosted the cookies with Pearl Pen and used Glossy Accents on the milk bottle.  Good enough to eat?  Thanks so much for stopping by!  I just might bake this weekend...

 Other fun challenges to check out this month:

Words 2 Scrap By:  Eat, Drink & Be Merry (prize?...oh yeah!)

Cards in Envy:  Santa is Coming to Town

Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge:  Anything Goes; Any Digi (2 random winners this month!)

Up on the Rooftop

The Paper Players Challenge #224 is a Tic-Tac-Toe one and I have about an hour left to enter...no idea where this week went to!

The card I'm sharing uses Tree, Patterned Paper, and Star.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Supplies

Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White

DP:  Recollections "Stardust"

Dies:  Spellbinders (circle), Die-Versions (Santa's Reindeers), & Memory Box (Cottage in the Woods)

Stamps:  Great Impressions (inside sentiment: Wishing you a Magical Christmas)

Ink:  VersaFine Majestic Blue

Other:  Copics, Gelly Roll Clear Star glitter pen, Stickles, Diamond Dust spray, red rhinestone (for Rudolph, of course!)

Cozy Christmas

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Shopping our Stash Challenge #179 - Free is Good!  I actually won a grab bag in a drawing from a local LSS at a Holiday Open House.  The free goodies included a 6x6 paper pad by Carta Bella called "So this is Christmas." 

The die cuts and stamps are from My Favorite Things - not free but l-o-v-e them!  And, just for grins, I made another Christmas card for a friend that collects Christmas sweaters with the paper scraps. 

 

Thanks for visiting today and here are a few other fun blog challenges to check out!  I hope you'll play along!

 

Words 2 Scrap By:  Eat, Drink & Be Merry (prize?...oh yeah!)

Cards in Envy:  Santa is Coming to Town

Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge:  Anything Goes; Any Digi (2 random winners this month!)

 



Doodle Pantry December Release: All is Calm

Welcome back!  For Doodle Pantry's December Release, I made two cards.  The first card using Holiday Partridge can be seen HERE.  The second card I made uses the sweet Christmas tree image from All is Calm.  And...it's a two-fer...a beautiful image and sentiment in one :-)

 

 

I hope you'll check out all the fun over at Doodle Pantry, especially the SPECIALS!  Laurie is offering 25% off on all new December products from December 1st through 3rd (no coupon needed).  Also, Milk & Cookies is FREE with purchase December 1 through 24.  Yum and you've got to love that red/white straw in the milk bottle...adorable!

 

 

 

Thanks so much for visiting today and please drop by the Doodle Pantry Blog for the latest Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #53 that runs through December 22nd.  Although there is no featured product this month, anything goes, use any digital image, and you may be one of the lucky winners!  Happy Creating!



Doodle Pantry December Release: Holiday Partridge

Welcome Doodle Pantry Fans (and future Fans :-)!  It's December 1st and time for another fantastic  new release from the Doodle Pantry.  There are so many darling images, it was difficult to choose which ones to play with first!  I finally decided on Holiday Partridge for my first card:

I loved the colors and since I'm still chipping away at my Christmas cards, it was the perfect choice:

 
I hope you'll check out all the fun over at Doodle Pantry, especially the SPECIALS!  Laurie is offering 25% off on all new December products from December 1st through 3rd (no coupon needed).  Also, Milk & Cookies is FREE with purchase December 1 through 24.  What a great image for a Santa treat!

Thanks so much for stopping by and please drop by the Doodle Pantry Blog today for the latest Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #53 that runs through December 22nd.  Although there is no featured product this month, anything goes, use any digital image, and you may be one of the lucky winners!  Happy Holidays!

W2SB Challenge #12: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry!

What an appropriate challenge from Words 2 Scrap By for December...Eat, Drink, and Be Merry!  I know I'll be eating, drinking, and being merry all month long :-)  I just finished decorating the house which makes me very merry! 

So, for my card, I had to have a Santa, Christmas Lights, and a Christmas Tree keeping with the decorating theme.  I cut a piece of Bazzill red cardstock 2.5" x 5-1/4" and punched three 1-1/2" holes.  I traced the holes on my Neenah Solar White cardstock base so I knew where to stamp my images.  All images were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics.  I scored the red strip on the top and bottom and mounted it over the images.  I added a bit of green/white ribbon and stamped the sentiment in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.  I love this stamp set called "Tis the Season" designed by Julie Ebersole over at Ellen Hutson and I have used it on several Christmas cards already. 

I hope you'll play along at W2SB this month and spread the merry!  And, who knows, you may be the lucky recipient of an awesome prize package that includes yummy stamps from My Favorite Things!  Thanks so much for stopping by ~ we can't wait to see what you create!  Happy Holidays!

Ho Ho Ho!

Cards in Envy's latest challenge is SANTA is Coming to Town!  Make an A2 card flat enough for mailing featuring a Santa, Santa Hat or Santa Suit.  For my card, I went with the suit :-) 

This card was very easy to put together.  I used Bazzill red cardstock for the base and Neenah Solar White for the fur trim.  I covered the white cardstock strip with Scor-Tape and sprinkled on Flower Soft in Polar White.  The belt is a strip of black glitter cardstock (Recollections).  I made the gold buckle using two Spellbinders' Scalloped Rectangles nested together.  Easy peasy and very flat for the envy!

Please join in the fun over at Cards in Envy and check out the other DT members' cards while you're there.  Thanks for visiting today! 

Have a Sweet Christmas!

It's time for another challenge over at Pile It On and this one is being sponsored by Doodle Pantry!  The challenge is "Sprinkle it"  using something you sprinkle onto your project, like glitter, flock, flowersoft, microbeads,etc.). 

My sponsorship card is using those wacky Doodle Pantry Ants from the Gingerbread House Ants digital image that was released earlier this month.  I sprinkled glitter on the candies and also used Liquid Applique for the frosting.  Looks good enough to eat, don't you think?

 
I hope you'll join in the fun over at the Pile It On Challenge and stay tuned...the Doodle Pantry December release is coming real soon!  Thanks for visiting today!

OWH Mid-Month Throwdown - Winter Love You

A quick post today :-)  I made a couple of cards for the Operation Write Home Mid-Month Throwdown - Winter love cards for a spouse and one for a child.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

  

Memory Box 'Water' cardstock, MME 'Sweater Weather' 6x6 paper pad, MFT 'Comfy Sweater' die, MFT 'Cozy Greetings', ColorBox Strawberry Ink, VersaMark, Lawn Fawn 'Critters in the Snow' stamp set (snowflakes), Judikins clear embossing powder.

Neenah Solar White cardstock, Bazzill Licorice cardstock, Lawn Fawn 'Critters in the Snow' stamps & dies, Darice 'Forest' die, Colorbox Grout Grey Ink, VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, Copics.

 

 



Eat More Ham!

A fun and simple Thanksgiving card for my grandson using one of my favorite Doodle Pantry images, "Eat More Ham."  I just love this turkey trying to make a run for it! 

Thanks for stopping by and there's still time to play in Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #52!  Check it out!

Wintery Thanks

The Paper Players inspired me with a Clean & Simple Thank You Challenge (#222) this week. 

I always try to send thank you cards after the Christmas holiday, so I used this challenge for mojo :-)

It's a single layer card that I masked off with painters' tape.  I stamped various snowflakes (Lawn Fawn) in Broken China Distress Ink, then I sponged the same ink color all over.  The delicate snowflakes were die cut (Memory Box) out of black cardstock and a little blue bling added to the centers.  The sentiment (Inkadinkado) was stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black and clear heat embossed.  Thanks for taking the time to stop by ~ have a great weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving

Another great challenge this week from Tuesday Morning Sketches #276:

I needed to finish up my Thanksgiving cards and get them in the mail, so I went with that theme today.  I also wanted to play with some joint compound that I was told worked as well as embossing paste and since there was some in the garage...I went for it!  I mixed in some metallic Perfect Pearls and water to thin it a bit and add color.  I was pleasantly surprised!  What do you think?

Supplies
Cardstock:  Lightspecks Gold, Recollections Specialty Gold, Bazzill
Stencil:  The Crafters Workshop
Ink:  VersaFine Sepia
Stamp:  Impress
Other:  DAP Drywall Joint Compound (what!), Perfect Pearls, Recollections Gold Spray, The Paper Studio swirly metal clips, ribbon snippet for stash jar.

Thanksgiving Blessings

The theme this week for Shopping Our Stash Challenge #178 is Thankful.  I went with a Thanksgiving theme card:

I started with a Sizzix embossing folder and mixed media cardstock.  Once embossed, I pulled out my gelatos which I have totally ignored for a very long time!  I spread various gelato colors on the embossed image, spritzed with water, then just moved the color around with my finger...messy fun.  I stamped the sentiment (Printworks Collection) in Colorbox Chocolate ink and clear heat embossed.  I had to place the project under a heavy box overnight after it dried as there was quite a bit of "warping."  It worked beautifully and I mounted the embossed layer onto Memory Box Jack O Lantern cardstock with foam tape.  Thanks so much for taking the time to visit!

CIE Challenge: THANKful for You!

It's time for a new challenge over at Cards in Envy!  With Thanksgiving rapidly (and I mean rapidly...eek!) approaching, our theme is to create an A2, relatively flat THANK YOU card. 

I wanted the sentiment to be the focal point so I kept my card pretty simple.  The wreath was put together with leaves punched from an EK Success border punch and individually attached with Tombow Mono Glue.  I added some hemp twine and colored clear rhinestones with Copics for berry accents. 

I hope you'll play along with us at Cards in Envy!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Lovin' from the Oven

Shopping our Stash #177 theme this week is NOT Ready for Christmas!  The challenge is to use a holiday stamp and make a non-Christmas card.  It was fun to go through the Christmas stamps I have and I like the idea of getting a bit more use out of them :-)

I selected my gingerbread boy and girl stamps from Impress and decided to make a 'love' card. 

Using a Kraft cardstock base, I layered DP from The Paper Studio.  The dies are Mama Elephant's Creative Cuts.  I stamped the boy and girl in Colorbox Chocolate ink and fussy cut them out.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle's "Love Notes" stamp set.  This card made me hungry...LOL!  Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I think I'm going to bake something now!

Thanksgiving Blessings

Tuesday Morning Sketches #275 has a twist this week:  Pumpkins & Leaves. I really like this sketch and can see myself using it over and over!

 

For this card, I used DP from Doodlebug Design called "Friendly Forest."  The "Angelica's Giant Pumpkin" darling digital image is from Inky Impressions.  I colored her up with Derwent Coloursoft Pencils and sprayed the image with sealer to preserve the colors.  The sentiment was stamped with Colorbox Chocolate ink and heat embossed.  The ribbon is from my scrap jar and the enamel accents from Doodlebug Design. Thanks so much for visiting today...hope your week is going well!  

Sending Christmas Cheer

It's challenge posting day for me and this one is for The Paper Players Challenge #221:

 

 

 

It's a color challenge and I could sure use these cozy clothes today...it's very cold!  For my card, I first made the background paper using ivory cardstock,  a polka dot stencil, and distress inks (Mowed Lawn & Fired Brick).  The other DP layers are from Bo Bunny's "Elf Magic."  I die cut the poinsettia and leaves (MFT) and the felt doily and curled the petals with my piercing tool.  A white enamel dot was covered with gold glitter for the center.  The sentiment is also from MFT.  Thanks so much for stopping by...stay warm!

Sweet Sketch 2-34: Charlie Autumn

Hi All!  Doodle Pantry is happy to be sponsoring the latest sketch challenge over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  I hope you'll play along and also check out the Doodle Pantry blog for our latest digital challenge too!

Here's the great sketch:

For this card, I used "Charlie Autumn."  I love this guy kickin' up the leaves.  Perfect for this time of year!

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Merry & Bright

This is my last post of the day...I promise :-)   A friend told me about The Mixed Media Card Challenge so I thought I would give it a whirl with this card.  It gave me permission to be messy and play with some products I had not used yet!

For my non-traditional Christmas card, I used mixed media paper for the background.  I mixed Perfect Pearls with my Koi watercolors for a pearlized, watercolor background.  Once dry, I grabbed my Dotted Tree stencil (Hero Arts) and used Dreamweaver Glossy White Embossing Paste.  While it was still wet, I sprinkled very fine Fairy Dust Glitter (Donna Salazar) on the embossing paste.  The "Merry & Bright" die cuts (Sizzix) were added once everything had dried.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a fantastic weekend!

November ODBD Challenge - Hearts

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge for Operation Write Home is to create a card with Hearts.  ODBD donates to OWH for shipping based on the number of entries:  one box for 25 cards and two boxes for 50. 

Hopefully this cute little guy will steal someone's heart!

Supplies
Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White and My Favorite Things
DP:  The Paper Studio
Stamp(s):  Great Impressions (raccoon), Impress (sentiment)
Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black
Dies:  Mama Elephant, Spellbinders
Other:  Copics, Martha Stewart button punch, Twinery red/white twine.

Happy Dance

I made this card for the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge, #274.

This penquin doing the happy dance is a new one from Great Impressions.  I colored with Copics and added some die cut little holly leaves from Savvy.  The "joy" die is from Lawn Fawn which I cut twice in green and red and layered them slightly off center to create a bit of a shadow.  The DP is from one of my favorite Doodlebug Designs 6x6 pad called "Home for the Holidays." 

Give Thanks

The Shopping Our Stash #176 theme this week is "Leaf Me Alone!"  I'm in Thanksgiving card mode, so I used the Poppystamps "Leaf Silhouette" die and inlaid the leaves with gold specialty paper for a CAS design.  A little bit of brown & gold bling and done!  (Sorry for the bad photo - it's really dark & gray here today!)  Thanks so much for stopping by :-)

 

Antique Desk - PP220

Whew!  I finally have time to catch up on posting.  My first post today is for The Paper Players Challenge #220.  This time it is a theme challenge!  This is only my second time playing but I really like how the PP team mixes it up with different types of challenges.

 

 

For my card, I used the desk image, DP, and sentiment from Doodle Pantry's "Antique Desk" that was released this past September.  I hadn't had a chance to use this one yet!  I layered torn handmade paper to the card base. The vintage ink bottle stamp (a dollar bin find) was fussy cut with a feather die from My Favorite Things, then stuck in the inkwell.  Lastly, you can't have a bottle of ink without ink splats so I added a few with black ink and a stamp from Neat & Tangled.  I left this card flat enough for Operation Write Home...they still need "thinking of you" cards.  Thanks so much for stopping by ~ have a terrific weekend!

Cards in Envy: Pumpkin Patch

Welcome to another challenge over at Cards in Envy!  The theme is "PUMPKIN Patch," using at least one pumpkin on your card.  My sample card is using Doodle Pantry images and sentiment from "Pumpkin" and "Quirky Scarecrow."   I dusted off the sewing machine for this card and, I hate to admit it, but I had to dig out the instruction manual too!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you'll join in the fun in the latest Cards in Envy challenge!

Supplies
Cardstock:  Bazzill
Stamps:  Doodle Pantry
Dies:  My Favorite Things Stitched Ovals
Other:  MME enamel dots, Darice embossing folder

Another Doodle Pantry New Release: Let it Snow!

Hello!  Today is new release day for Doodle Pantry and these new images will definitely put a smile on your face!  My second sample card for today is using "Snow Globe Gala" and I had soooo much fun playing with this set.  I merged the previously released playful "Snowman Pile-up" with the snowglobe for a sparkly snow scene on this 5 x 5 card.  Think of the possibilities with this set...endless!

 

 

 

 



You can check out all the new releases HERE plus there are some fantastic SPECIALS going on this month that you won't want to miss!  Stay tuned for the new Digital Pantry Digital Challenge going live in a few hours on the Doodle Pantry Blog too!   

 

Thanks SNOW much for stopping by today!