On Your Special Day...

Hi again. The challenge over at DDSB this week is: Weddings.  I don't have many of this type card to make anymore, but now I have one on hand if I do. LOL.  This is also my first venture in doing WOW.  I always love what other people do, I just don't know where to start.  I decided to do a tri-shutter card; I haven't done that style in ages.

With the card closed you can see all of the pearls that were used. The lace was purchased at Joann's, the pearls, roses & bow at Michael's.   I colored the roses on two images and then pop-dotted one on the other.

I believe that all of the embossing is from Cuttlebug.  There are at least three different embossing folders used.

And that, as they say, is that.  Not as difficult as I had imagined, but I still think I could have done more with it.  And I think the cards by the DT are much nicer.  So of course, you will need to stop by and see their awesome cards, too.  The store has a new sale going on for the month of June; I'm sure you'll be happy that you stopped by.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Stamp Something - sentiment
Simply Create - special day
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - anything
CES Challenges - embossing
The Spotlight Challenge - challenge yourself
A Spoon Full of Sugar - flowers
Partytime Tuesdays - anything
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - summer
Paper Crafting Journey - anything
Truly Scrumptious - summer
Craft Us Crazy - love
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - lace
Claudia and Company - fancy folds
Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - summer
Paper Creations Ink - ribbon or lace


Well, I hope you've enjoyed another of my designs and that you will leave a comment.  The winner for my New Followers candy only has two more days, before I will be drawing a new winner.  I'll be drawing a new name on Friday morning, if I haven't heard from the original name.

Hugs,

Sailing, sailing...

This is a card a friend commissioned me to do for her husband for their 49th anniversary.  She's such a sweet person and I've know her for about 30 years.  They've been married 10 years longer than we have.  So next year they'll be celebrating their 50th.  Wow!

They both love nautical things and the summer, so I'm hoping they will enjoy this card.  The digi is one of Prairie Fairy's.  When I printed the digi I made it larger than I normally do, so the card is about the size of a half-folded piece of card stock.  The sentiments are snippets from a couple of songs, and as I indicated on the back, one came from a movie.  The papers are all open stock paper from some of the craft stores recently.  I decided to use the jute and then tied a few square knots in a length of  twine and attached it underneath image.  The buttons and ribbon are from my stash.  

I printed the anchor from Corel and and then added the sentiment inside.  All the distressing is done using distressing ink by Tim Holtz.

On the inside I used one of the newer heart punches from MS. On the right I've enlarged the sentiment on the inside of the card..

Here is the back, which I don't usually show, but I was quite pleased with the sentiment here, too.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges: 

Crafty Sentiments - special occasion

Paper Romance - distressing

Fussy And Fancy Challenge - 3 Design papers, 2 embellishments, 1 ribbon

Simply Create - special day

Stamp Something - sentiment

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - anything

Totally Gorjuss - strings or ties

Crafty Hos' Challenge Blog - twine

Sketch & Stash Challenge - sketch

Craft Your Passion Challenges - for a guy

Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - masculine

Outlawz Challenge - Promarkers

Truly Scrumptious - summer

Woodware USA Clear Stamps - forgotten embellishment - jute

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - summer

Paper Creations Ink - lace or ribbon

The Kraft Journal - it's a guy thing

Hugs,

Here I am to save the day....

Oh, I'm sorry that was Mighty Mouse's catch phrase.  (I hate to think of how many of you out there are probably scratching their heads and asking who is Mighty Mouse. LOL.  I think this Penny Black stamp is so cute!  I colored the stamped images and then cut them out and placed them on top of the woven heart, pop-dotting them so they would be more three dimensional.  Some of you may have heard me singing the praises of Cheery Lynn Designs lately, but I'm going to have to do it again for this card, as I've used them all over the card. In case you're wondering, no, I don't get paid to mention this company.  LOL. You may recognize the heart again, but the woven pink and green heart in the center is by using a die called "Wittle Wickers"  The also have Wittle Weavers & Big Wickers and Weavers, too. These will cut and emboss paper into 1/4" or 1/2" strips that you can weave.  I get kick out of the name.  And of course the butterfly is also one of theirs.

  

I'm not sure where I got the ribbon, the paper on the front is open stock paper from Michaels, and on the inside it is by Basic Grey they roses are by Recollections.  I used a couple of clear sentiments on the inside. The leaves going up the side come on the Basic Grey paper that way.

 

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Die Cuttin Divas - celebration (Anniversary)

A Spoon Full of Sugar - wings

Alota Rubber Stamps - checks (weaving)

Truly Scrumptious - anything

Crafting For All Seasons - anything

The Paper Shelter - anything

Crafty Sentiments - special occasion (Anniversary)

AI Factory Challenges - pink

Do You Stack Up - animals

  Colour Create Challenge - wht/cream/brown

Allsorts Challenge - wings

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - pink & green

Simply Create - special day

Totally Papercrafts - pink & girly

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - anything

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - for girls

Your Next Stamp Challenge - sketch

Craft Us Crazy"> love

Paper Crafting Journey - anything

Wags 'n Whiskers - stitching

Cheery Lynn Designs - butterfly

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - summer

I hope you've all enjoyed seeing my latest card, and I hope you will leave some love.

Hugs,

Horse in his stall...

I'm not sure if it was just too early or that I was still tired that I couldn't think of a witty name for this card.  I know that I didn't get much sleep last night, but that's normal for me.  This is my card for the  Digi Doodle's Best  challenge.  I know everyone loves the "anything goes"  challenges, so why not go to the store and grab one of their great images (not that you have to use their image) and join in.  They have a great sale going on.

This beautiful fellow is actually from one image, and the barn is from another.  I cut a young girl off of the horse, then I cut a hole from above the stall door.   I used mostly browns and greys with my Prismacolors to do the coloring. There are six (6) layers of paper and card stock if you count the paper the image is on. The layers are distressed with Tim Holtz's  distressing inks. The beautiful brown ribbon at the bottom is some purchased at Joann's.  And finally I thought it was interesting that the card itself  looks like a picture in a frame.  

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - digi

I Did It Creations - anything

Stamps R Us Challenges - digi

Woodware USA Clear Stamps - anything *GD

Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge - animal

Truly Scrumptious - anything

Crafting For All Seasons - anything

The Paper Shelter - anything

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - boy or man

Penny's Paper-Crafting Challenge - summer

Party Time Tuesdays - animals 

Paper Romance - distressing

Do It With Digis - boys

Charisma Cardz - boys

Paper Crafting Journey - anything

Do You Stack Up - animals

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - a thing of beauty

Color Create Challenge Blog - white/cream/brown

I hope you enjoy my card.  I'll be sorting out and drawing a name later today for the challenge winners.  If you still want to join in, you need to get ALL of the requirements done before I get going again.  There are some that I can't find their posts to DDSB stating that I had referred them. 

Hugs,

Here kitty, kitty, kitty...

This is the last of the boxes I did for three young ladies.  This one likes jungle cat; and not wanting to create a box that was too serious, I searched for cute creatures.  I found this cutie at The Stitchy Bear Stamps Store. He worked out perfectly, and she really did like him.  I colored him with my Prismacolor pencils and used Gamsol.  Then I used Clear Gloss Accents on his eyes.  The flourish was made with pearls that I colored with my Promarkers.  This butterfly and the flowers are some pre-packaged items I purchased at one of the local Craft shops.  The plaid paper is punched along the bottom edge with a MS punch.  The other border is a zig zag die from   the Cheery Lynn Shop that has holes punched in it to be stitched, if so desired.

The green cardstock is embossed with a Sizzix folder; the buttons, lace and twine are from my stash.  I used a light blue to distress around the tiger, and a light purple was used on the flower border.

I'm entering this box in the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - flowers

Penny's Paper-Craft Challenge - anything

Truly Scrumptious Challenge - anything

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch

Crafty Creations Challenges - flowers

Shelly's Images - anything

Craft Us Crazy -  favorite embellishment - lace

Paper Romance Challenges - anything but a card

Crafty Sentiments Designs - child's card

Sew Many Cards Challenge Blog - flowers/lace

Prairie Fairy Fridays - more than 1 fold

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - anything

One Stitch at a Time - bling

I Did It - anything

 DDH -   anything but a card

OLLCB - fancy folds

Stamps R Us - digi

The Crazy Challenge - 1-2-3

HLSC - box

Woodware - anything

Craft Your Passion - something off the edge

Southern Girls Challenge - lace & pearls

Paper Crafting Journey - anything

I hope that you've enjoyed looking at my post.  Don't forget to sign up for my candy, last time I checked I was only three (3) away from drawing the winners.  Look at top of blog.

Hugs,

Did You Ever Have One of Those Days?

That's how things have been running for me the last couple of weeks. You know, Murphy's Law: "Whatever can go wrong, will".  So I thought this cute little guy was appropriate for my card for this week's Embossing Challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best.  Yep, that's right, it's one of every one's favorite challenges: embossing.  We'd love to see what you can create.  The prize is a gift certificate to the store for $10.00.  You don't know what you're missing if you've never used any of Judy or Mom's images.  Also don't forget to stop by and check out all of the lovely cards by the rest of the Design Team.

I used a Sizzix embossing folder that I've wanted to use for ages, but I thought it needed a special card, and this fits perfectly.  The top color is more of an aqua rather than green.  The DP came with this gradation.  I used more open stock paper I purchased, MS's punch, buttons and a tissue paper flower that I made.  I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  I guess you can also tell that I've distressed the edges with an aqua color also.  The material tying the buttons is twine.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Frosted Designs - twine (tying my buttons)

Sew Many Cards - anything

Stamp Something - anything

Designed 2 Delight - handmade flowers

One Stitch at a Time - anything

Crafty Cardmakers - embossing

Scrappy Frogs - anything

Truly Scrumptious - anything

The Paper Shelter - distressing

Papertake Weekly Challenge - flowers

Don't forget that I have CANDY for NEW and CURRENT followers.  Just jump to top of page. I only need 6 more new followers until I check everything out and do the draw for the prize.   Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Happy Graduate...

As spring turns summer many young and not so young are getting ready for graduation.  It's a happy time for the graduate, the family, and friends. A good friend commissioned this card for her grandson's graduation this weekend.  He's graduating from high school one day and community college the next day with an associates degree. 

I've used this cute image from Mo's.  I thought he expressed the feeling of many after their hard work.  I found the paper a few weeks ago, not knowing I would need it.  The sentiment is from a $1 pack of stickers from A.C. Moore. The image was colored with my prismacolors pencils and gamsol.  I was going to do more 3D work, but time got away from me; but I did color an extra hat (or mortar board) to pop it up.

Here's the inside of card:

Here's the back of card:

This was a fairly easy and simple card for me; as I didn't use too many elements.  After the image, I wanted the paper to be the focus.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

I Did It Creations - monochromatic
Stamps R Us Challenges - for a male
The Crazy Challenge - anything
Happileigh Challenge - green
Simon Says Stamp & Show - anything
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - celebration
Stamping Vacation - you name the challenge - anything
Scrappy Frogs Challenge - anything
Creative Inspirations - decorate inside of card
DDH - bling
Crafty Creations Challenges - anything
Mo's Digital Challenge - summer
Fussy and Fancy Challenge - sketch
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - anything
Crafty Purple Frog Challenges - monochromatic
Crafty Sentiments - buttons
Meljen's Design Team - graduation
Drunken Stampers - numbers
Sew Many Cards Challenges - anything
Stamp Something - anything

Thanks for looking.  Don't forget I have candy for both new and current followers.  Look at top of blog.  I'm only about 15 new followers away from giving it away! 


Hugs,

Love Birds...

Well it's tht time again.  Time for a new challenge over at Digi Doodle Shop's Best.  This week we've changed things around a little and we're doing a "color" challenge.  We need to see some "Pink and Blue".  Any image you would like to use.  But why don't you stop over at the Store and check out this week's sales. 

Here's my card.  I'm using two little love birds from Digi Doodle, of course.  This is a great image for anniversaries or for a friend.  I used my prisma colors and gamsol for coloring. While you're at it why don't you stop over and see what the other ladies on the DT have done.  I can tell you, they are awesome!

I've used Spellbinders nesties for the scalloped circle and then another doily die from Cheery Lynn Designs; the lace is from Joann's; the roses are by Recollections; the felt flower was made by me with the scalloped die from My Favorite Things Stamps and the rest of the items were from my stash.  I distressed the edges of the blue and pink paper and then used stickles on top of that.

Here's a close-up of the birds:

I'm entering it in the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge - distressing

The Crafty Pad - dots

Simon Says Stamp and Show - anything

The Crazy Challenge - anything

Crazy 4 Challenges - flowers

My Time to Craft - scallops

DDH - bling

Catch the Bug - anything

Stamping Vacation - name your challenge

Scrappy Frogs - anything

The House That Stamps Built - sketch

Everybody Art Challenge - flowers

Top Tip Tuesday - flowers

Creative Card Crew - flowers

Papertake Weekly Challenge - dies/punches

Tuesday Throwdown - die cuts

Shelly's Images - bling

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - dies

Scrapbook Sisters - birds

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - no sentiment

Craft Us Crazy - favorite embellishment - flowers

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - anything

Cute Card Thursday - distressing

Delightful Challenges - flowers

Dutch Dare Card Challenges - winged things

AI Factory Challenges - nature

Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps - circles

Don't forget I have free candy for new and current followers.  Look at top of blog.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you ejoyed checking out my card. 

Natural Beauty?

My husband has been a jewel in all that he's done for me since I had my surgeries last year.  So I wanted to make a special thank you card for him. This one has been on the back burner for some time. And I have to say that this card is by far one of my favorites.  I had the most fun doing it.  The idea has been swimming around in my mind for several months, and now I've finally been able to execute it.  Originally I was going to make this a typical card.  However, I realized that it needed more room because the captions needed to be spaced out.  (This is ALL one card; the front here, folds down and you have the second layout; then you fold the top up and you will see the last sentiment, the older woman and the butterfly on the doily.) I folded two pieces of cardstock in half, and adhered one to the other, so it had three pages.) So here's the front of the card:

The image is from Sweet Pea Stamps and is one that I've had for over a year, but have never gotten around to using, even though I had already colored the image.  The beautiful butterfly die, doily, sunflower and the embossing plate on the back  page of the card is from  Cheery Lynn Designs.  A dear friend sent several of these to me for a gift.   Woo Hoo!  The card front opens down and this is what you see next:

The punch on the top is one of the deep cut ones from MS. And now finally, here's the really fun part of the card; which you see by lifting the page with the two sunflowers up:

Of course I'm sure most of you recognize the image from  Bugaboo Stamps   These are such funny characters.  And my caption for this image is:

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

House of Gilli - layers and stitching

One Stitch At A Time - embossing

Paper Playtime - friend

Sparkle Creations - anything

Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - Nestibilities from store

Craft Your Passion - anything

The Crazy Challenge - for men

Papertake Weekly.blogspot.com"> - anything

Top Tip Challenge - anything

Delightful Challenges  - someone special 

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - dots

Paper Crafting Journey - bling

Shelly's Images - girly or sweet

Little Miss Muffet Challenges">  - die cuts/punches

Paper Play Challenges - favorite style

Catch the Bug Challenge - anything

One Stitch at a Time - fancy folds

Stamping Vacation - from a cacoon

DDH - bling

The Pink Elephant - sketch

Divas by Design - anything

Lexi's Creations - friendship

Scrappy Frogs Challenge - anything

Stamping Vacation - name your challenge

I hope you've enjoyed looking at my card and that you will leave a message for me.  Don't forget that I have candy for New and Current followers.

Hugs,

Got Moose?

 Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Challenge #57 - Sketch

This week our challenge over at Digi Doodle Shop's Best is the sketch above.  As you can see, it's a very easy sketch.  I'm sure you'll love seeing all of the wonderful work the rest of the team did.  And don't forget to stop over at the Shop and check out this week's new images and sale.  They're fantastic.  You'll see a preview of a couple of these images on the DT's cards today.

This is for one of my daughter's friend in Canada, and I thought it would get a chuckle. When I saw the moose, I immediately thougtht of him.  Inside the card's answer to the caption is: "Eh?"  We're always teased about some of the words we use, so I thought I would pick on him now this time.  I typed the caption out on my computer.  Being this was for a male and I'm mailing it out of the US, I wanted to keep the postage down, so I didn't add too many embellishments to it.  The background paper is some I made by embossing the paper with a die by my new favorite die company, Cheery Lynn Designs   I used Tim Holtz alcohol inks, one of which was copper. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafts 4 Eternity - anything

House of Gilli - layers & stitching
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - for the boys
Paper Playtime - friend
One Stitch at a Time - embossing
Sparkles Forum Challenges - anything
Stamping Scrapping - anything
The Crazy Challenge - for men
Papertake Weekly - anything
Top Tip Tuesday - anything
Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps - die cuts/punches
Sugar Creek Hollow - embossing
Craft Your Passion Challenges - anything

I hope you've enjoyed looking at my work. Don't forget I have candy for New and for Current followers.

Hugs,

dj1952