Purrrfectly Sweet Couple

Hello.  Well, so much for trying to post more often. LOL.  I just can’t stay motivated, or know what I want to do anymore.   This is a card for a couple’s anniversary tomorrow.  She really loves cats, so I thought this would be appreciated.  The image is by Robyn's Fetish, called Pussy Cat Love.



I decorated the inside of this style card after I saw Sandy Hulsart of Cheery Lynn Designs do it.  She’s a fantastic designer.  All of my Dies are by Cheery Lynn Designs. The two largest purple roses are made using the Small Rose die, the large white flower, using “Sweet William”.  I’ve also used the Tropical Flourish,Grass Border, the Kiwi Oval Frame and the Small French  Lattice frame, that I cut down and used on both sides of the card. The paper is called Jelly Bean by Basic Grey



The other items are silk flower buds with buttons in their center and MS butterfly and punched flowers around the sentiment on the inside.  Oh, and I did use two colors of Tim Holtz distressing inks.

 


I’m entering this card in the following challenges:

Cheery Lynn Designs – shades of purple
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts – use ribbon or twine
Forever Friends –  Fortnight challenge -- flowers and animal
Craft Your Passion – distressing
Paper Makeup Stamps – May flowers
Creatalicious Challenge – butterflies + flowers
Alota Rubber Stamps – animals
Creative Crafts – anything
Crafts-Room -- embossing
Papers and Such – May Flowers
Papertake Weekly – cute, cute, cute
Sassy Cheryl’s Challenge – stitching
S J’s Crafts – favorites – dies
Crafting For All Season – handmade flowers
Crafts and Me – die cuts and punches

The Sisterhood of Crafters – May flowers

Crafty Creations Challenges – frames

Paper Pretties – things with wings

The Paper Shelter – anything

Whimsy Challenges – dimension

Shelly’s Images – makes you happy

Delightful Challenges – distressing

Digi Doodles Shop Challenges – bingo – buttons, ribbon, flowers

Little Miss Muffet – May Flowers

Clearly iStamp – what goes up, must come down – butterflies

Crafts 4 Eternity – color inspired

Prairie Fairy Fridays – purples

Fussy and Fancy – butterflies, ribbon, punches

The Poodles Parlour – anything

Catch the Bug – wings

CES – anything

Daisy Doodles – May flowers

Ladybug Crafts Ink – anything but square

Milk Coffee Challenge – buttons, bling (glitter)

Crafty Ribbons – flowers

Delicious Doodles – try something new – adding an inside to this style card

Hooked on Crafts – flowers

Card Makin Mammas – May flowers

Fairy Tale Challengeblog – wings

Basic Grey Challenges – anything, paper is BG

Craft Your Days Away – creatures

Forever Friends –  May challenge - spring

Hot Shot Craft – die cuts

Just Keep on Creating – anything
Platypus Creek Digitals -- flowers
Great Impressions -- anything
Fashionista Challenge -- anniversary, etc.
Paper Playtime -- die cuts

Thanks so much for stopping by; I hope you enjoyed seeing my work.

Hugs,

dj1952                                                            

Thinking of You Card Set…

Hi again.  I needed a couple of sympathy cards last week, and while I have cards that I could have used for that purpose, I thought they were a little too cutesy.

I'm not much on making simple cards, because the ones I've made just seem unfinished with the one layer. After giving it some thought I decided to turn to someone I consider the master of such cards; Gina K. Designs, of Stamp TV.  After searching through some of her recent posts, I found I liked this card. (This link will take you to her video.)
 



It’s easy to make, and I really like the results. I did these cards assembly-line style.  As you can see I used green and blue distress inks. The stamp is by Stampability, and the ribbons are from Michaels' dollar bin; and of course you can use any sentiment you want.

I’m entering these in the following challenges:

Karen’s Doodles – spring
Lollipop Crafts – spring
Love to Create Challenge – friends
Die Cuttin Divas – garden
Shelly’s Images – anything
Craft Us Crazy – flowers
Wags ‘n Whiskers – anything
Craft Room Challenge – ink it, no digis
Crafty Boots – no girls allowed
Bunny Zoe – ribbon or twine

Thank you for stopping by again to see my work. If you'll leave me a comment, I'll try to get by and check your's, too.  

Hugs,

dj1952 (Debra)

To a Berry Special Couple…

No, you’re not imagining anything; I’m really posting a new project finally.  I’ve just had issues, which I know many can understand.

I was invited to be a guest designer over at Paper Creations Ink this week for their challenge number 23, “April Showers Bring May Flowers”.



Their sponsor this challenge is Tiffany Doodles, and this is my use of the image.  These flowers are special they bring mouth-watering fruit, too. It has been colored a couple of times and some pop-dotted on top of some, and others are just in the background.  Some are even behind this “small French lattice” by Cheery Lynn Designs.

Here’s a close-up of the strawberries:



The supplies used on my card are:

Image – Tiffany Doodles
Dies – Cheery Lynn Designs
Punch – Martha Stewart
Ribbons, Button, Gems – Stash
Glossy Accent and Open Stock papers

I’m entering this in the following challenges:

Crop Stop – button and bows
Do You Stack Up – glitter, bling – Glossy Accents and gems
Paper Play Challenges – things with wings
Prairie Fairy Fridays – anything
Sweet ‘n Sassy – button and bug
Totally Papercrafts – things with wings
The Squirrel and The Fox – things with wings
Phindy’s Place – food or drink
Sketch Saturday – sketch
Totally Gorjuss – bling
Pile It On – pop it up
Platypus Creek Digitals – fancy folds
Cupcake Craft Challenges – die cuts
Karen’s Doodles – spring
Incy Wincy Designs – digis
Lollipop Crafts – spring
My Craft Spot – make it pop
Southern Girl's Challenge – fancy folds
Crafty Sentiments – digis
Die Cuttin Divas – garden
Scrap Creations – April showers bring May flowers
Party Time Tuesdays – red, black and rose
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge – butterflies
Tip Top Challenges – spots
Paper Crafting Journey – 3 or more layers dp
Shelly’s Images Blog – anything
Crafty Ribbons Challenge – wings and opt. ribbon
Craft Us Crazy – flower
Delicious Doodles – layers
Wags ‘n Whiskers – anything
A Gem of a Sketch – sketch
Really Reasonable Ribbon – black, white and one other color, plus ribbon
Sunday’s With Crissy – favorite color combo
Alota Rubber Stamps – easel card
Lexi’s Creations – punches
Hotshot Craft – young love
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts – ribbon or twine
I hope that you’ve enjoyed something from me again, and will stop by again soon.

Hugs,

dj1952

Last But Not Least…

I’ve been waiting on posting this framed work, because I’m not sure if it has been received yet.  However, I'm pretty sure it has by now.  So, here's the last of the framed work I did for my Pay-It-Forward projects



This is using another image that I adore; those by Prairie Fairy.  She’s been colored about three times and then pop-dotted to give depth.  Isn’t she so scholarly? LOL.



Black and pink is one of the favorite color combinations of this friend.  The contrast is fantastic.



I’m entering this into the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant Challenge – layers
Craft Your Passion – anything
Kaboodle Doodles – spring: flowers
Incy Wincy Designs – something old: butterfly punch; something new: digi
Sparkles Forum – wings
Ladybug's Crafts Ink – pink and girly
Party Time Tuesdays – bling
The Stamping Boutique – pearls and swirls
Deep Ocean Challenge – spring
Papertake Weekly – anything
Divas By Design – favorite things: die cuts
Paper Crafting Journey – anything
Crafty Ann’s Challenge Blog – anything but a card
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge – song: “Just A Swinging”
Wags ‘n Whiskers – spring
Totally Papercrafts – favorite things: die cuts
2 Sisters Challenge Blog – spring colors
Cutie Pie Challenge – pearls and swirls
Gingerloft Challenge – spring
Paper Creations Ink – spring
Hotshot Craft – ribbon (used for bow)
One Stitch At A Time – digi
Crafter’s Companion – spring
That Craft Place – anything

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment; they are much appreciated.

Hugs,

dj1952 (Debra)

Fourth Wall Hanging

This is the fourth of five wall hangings I did as my Pay-It-Forward projects.  Sometimes I don’t know why I take on some of the projects that I do, other than the fact that I really like to surprise people with my work.  I don’t think I’ll be doing any more of these for a while, unless I decide to do one for myself. 



I’m not going into a lot of detail, as most of the items I used are self-explanatory.  As in the card posted before this one, the dies are all by Cheery Lynn Designs. The image is one of those adorable images by Wee Stamps. The way the oval frame is made to stand out a little more, is by tracing the die in a darker color,cutting it out and adhering it to the frame.  



On each project I used one of the favorite Bible Scriptures that each person likes. 



I’m entering this project in the following challenges:

Scrapper’s Delights – bling
Deep Ocean Challenge – spring
Papertake Weekly Challenge – anything
Divas by Design – favorite things: flowers
Flutterby Wednesdays – springtime
The Paper Shelter – anything
My Mum’s Craft Shop Challenges – spring colors
The Pink Elephant – 3 or more layers
Craft Your Passion – anything
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges – color
Kaboodle Doodles – spring – flowers
Incy Wincy Designs – something old: butterfly punch; something new: digi
Sparkles Monthly Challenges – wings
Ladybug Crafts – pink and
Top Tip Tuesday – stitching
Party Time Tuesdays – bling
Crafts and Me – wings
Paper Crafting Journey – anything
C.R.A.F.T. – song (Flower Girl by the Cowsills)
Wags 'n Whiskers – spring
Totally Papercrafts – favorite things – flowers
Gingerloft Challenge – spring
Paper Creations Ink – spring
Gingersnap Creations – faux technique – stitching
Hotshot Craft – ribbon (used for bow)
Jellypark Challenges – craft month
Crafters Companion – spring

Thanks for stopping back again.  I look forward to seeing your projects, too. 

Hugs,

dj1952 (Debra)

Love Begins with Friendship

Well, as you can see, I have another anniversary card; and no puns this time around.

 

This is for a couple who we’ve known the husband since he was a young brat, I mean boy. LOL.  They have been happily married for eight years now.  I did this card in one of my favorite colors, I’m not sure if you can see, but the red background paper is lightly embossed with hearts.  The image is by Digi Doodle Shop; I thought they were so sweet.  Her dress and his shirt is paper pieced and then shaded over, to add depth.



All of the doilies are by Cheery Lynn Designs.  I love, love, love their die cuts.  The paper at the top of the card and the bottom doily under the image is by Basic Grey. The doilies top might have looked better if they were cut a little darker, or backed with a dark color, but at this point I decided not to trash it and start over. And don’t you just love the Victorian Romance Flourish?  How do you like the idea of using them like a frame?

The pearls there and on the lace are a very deep red, even though they look a little more like black. The bow is another one that was made with the Bow-Easy. The flowers and lace are from my stash.

I’m entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Play Challenges – something old (lace), something new (digi)
Jellypark Friends – favorite film: Grease
Crafts 4 Eternity – digi 
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge – dies or punches
Totally Paper Crafts – song: Grease
CES Challenges – flowers
Digi Designs Challenge – lace and pearls
Our Creative Corner – music: Grease
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle – scraps – roses, lace
Sketch Saturday – Sketch
Scrapper's Delight – bling
Cheery Lynn Designs – doilies
The Pink Elephant Challenge -  layers
Craft Your Passion – anything
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts – celebration
Kaboodle Doodles – spring (flowers)
Love to Create – monochromatic
Incy Wincy Designs – something old (lace), something new (image)
Paper and Such – paper piecing
Paper Take Weekly - anything
Deep Ocean - spring
Party Time Tuesdays – bling
Divas By Design - favorite thing: flowers
The Stamping Boutique – pearls and swirls
Little Darlings Challenges – pearls
Creatalicious Challenges – lace
Paper Crafting Journey – anything
Delicious Doodles – Grease
Fairy Tale Challenge – paper piecing
Saturated Canary Challenge – doilies
Hotshot Craft - ribbon
Little Claire’s Designs – romance
Basic Grey Challenges – spring photo inspiration
The Cutie Pie Challenge – swirls and pearls
Corrosive Challenges – paper piecing
Gingerloft Challenge – spring
Paper Creations Ink – spring
Hooked On Craft Challenges – more than one fold
Stamp and Create – paper piecing

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,

dj1952 (Debra)

Third Hanging Project…

So here’s the framed wall hanging I did for some of my friends in the Pay-It-Forward project I took on last year.  This is one of my favorites, mostly because it used the colors I like the best.  I really love lavenders and all its shades.  This is also one of the favorite colors for my friend, too.



I just love the Wee Stamps image and all of the Cheery Lynn Designs dies that I’ve used.  The glitter that’s on the doily, behind the image was a happy accident.  I sprayed what I thought was the back of the die cut to adhere it to my paper, instead I had sprayed the front.  So the only thing I could think to do was to pour glitter over it and heat seal it.  And yeah!  It worked.  All of the gems by Recollections were added to have lots of bling, too, since I know my friend loves bling.



The flourish worked perfectly for the flowers and bow I made with my Bow-Easy. Stitching, faux or real seems to add so much to a project, so I finished it off with that.



My friend really enjoys this scripture, so it’s even more personal to her.  I’m hoping it will be enjoyed for years to come.

I’m entering this in the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge – anything
Truly Madly Crafty – ribbon and bling
Fairy Tale Challenge Blog – spring
Lexi's Creations – monochromatic
Love to Create – stitching
Nettie G’s Digital Gems – anything
The Cutie Pie Challenge – flowers
Kaboodle Doodles – shades of purple
The Crazy Challenge – anything
Die Cuttin Divas – feathers, flowers or fabric + dies
Everybody-Art-Challenge – monochromatic
Party Time Tuesday's – anything
The Sisterhood of Crafters – digi
Stampin For the Weekend – bingo: bow, glitter, flowers
Daisy Doodles – colors (purples)
Top Tip Tuesday – stitching
Gingersnap Creations – faux technique (stitching)
Paper Crafting Journey - anything
4 Crafty Chicks - anything but a card (ABC)
Crafty Ann's - ABC

Thanks for stopping by again.  I look forward to hearing from you again soon.

Hugs,

dj1952 (Debra)

We Fish You A Happy Anniversary

Well, it’s been a while since I mentioned that I had at least one more puny anniversary card to post.  Now that I’ve finally finished it, I hope you will enjoy it.  I think the little brads really add to the card.



This is an image by Digi Doodle Shop, isn’t it cute?  I know the male of the species is supposed to be better looking (LOL), but I think this lady is much prettier.  How do you suppose she keeps her eye shadow on? :-)



I used Basic Grey paper on the inside and the punches are by MS.



I’m entering this in the following challenges:

Truly Scrumptious – all creatures great and small
Aud Sentiments – “happy” on card
Craft Us Crazy – favorite embellishment – brads
Divas by Design – bling
Paper Creations Ink – favorite technique – embossing
Crafty Ann’s – bold and bright
Moving Along With the Times – three or more layers
Crafty Calendar – love
Hooked on Craft – something bright
Allsorts Challenge – anything
Stamp and Create – love
Sew Many Cards – punches
My Craft Spot – make us laugh
Get Hippity with Ippity – music – If I Were A Fish (children’s song)
Creative Stamp Friends – inspired by a song: If I Were A Fish
Paper Playtime – sentiment and pet
Crazy Challenge – anything
Critter Challenge – color challenge
The Sisterhood of Crafters – digi
Jellypark Challenges – movie – Finding Nemo
Bunny Zoe’s – celebration
Little Claire's – romance
Incy Wincy Designs - sketch
Creative Card Crew – Humor
Party Time Tuesdays – anything
Stamp-n-Doodle – embossing
I Brake for Challenges - love

Thank you for stopping by again.  I hope you will leave me a comment if you’ve enjoyed the card. 

Hugs,

dj1952 (Debra)

Another Framed Project

Hi, I know I said I’d be back soon, but it’s just been one of those weeks.  No get-up-and-go.   I hope you will enjoy seeing my 2nd of five pieces of framed artwork that I’ve created.  These are my Pay-It-Forward projects, which I know didn’t have to be so entailed, but I really wanted to do this for my friends.

This friend loves pink, animals flowers, bows, gems and butterflies.



I know she likes lambs, and I thought this one from K and K was so cute (unfortunately I’m unable to find the website any longer.)



The die cuts I’ve used are by Cheery Lynn Designs. They are my favorite, and if I had the means, I’d buy more and more of them.  My wish list is humongous, especially since they’ve come out with even more new ones.



The papers are by DCWV and are scraps from other projects.  The ribbon for the flower is from Bunny Zoe’s (made with Bow-Easy) and the flowers and gems are from Recollections. The punch is by MS

I’m entering this in the following challenges:

Cheery Lynn Designs – pretty in pink
Paper Makeup Stamps – cropped digis
Paper Pretties – use flowers
Craft Room Challenge – cute and cuddly
Die Cuttin Divas – two colors (pink and white)
Digital Tuesday Challenge – scraps
Scrap Creations – 3 layers
Papercraft Star – butterflies
Divas by Design – wings and things
Flutterby Wednesday – anything with wings
Inky Impressions – punches or dies
The Pixie Cottage – anything but a card or sketch
Shelly’s Images – show us what you’ve got
DDSC – anything
Delightful Challenges – scraps
Phindy’s Place Challenge – bling
DYSU – layers
Paper Play Challenges – critters
Hiding in My Craftroom – glitter (on butterflies and some of the paper)
Totally Papercrafts – ribbon or bows
Lily Pad Cards – patterned paper
Crafty Catz - favorite thing - flowers
Allsorts Challenge Blog – anything
Secret Crafter – bingo: gems, flowers, leaves
Stamp, Scrap + Doodles – 2 or more layers
Stamps R Us – anything
Dancing In Pajamas – ABC (anything but a card)
The House that Stamps Built – leftovers
Penny's Paper Challenges – anything
Truly Scrumptious – all creatures great + small
Craft Us Crazy – favorite embellishments (flowers)
Paper Crafting Journey – cute
Delicious Doodles – pink
Cardmadfairy’s Digi Days – don’t be square
Fairy Tale Challenge Blog – spring
Truly Madly Crafty – ribbon + bling
Sparkles Forum – things with wings

Thank you for stopping by, and I will work on posting more often.  I love to hear your comments and I will try to stop by and comment on your blog, also.

Hugs,

dj1952 (Debra)

A Blog Hop For Dorcas

Hello, this is a blog hop that friends of Dorcas have joined in on to let her know we care for her and want to comfort her in the loss of one of her fur-babies.  It is so easy to become attached to our furry friends. So we wanted to let her know we care. I did this wall hanging for her.

Dorcas, as you now know, Stacey was the instigator of this idea; isn’t it wonderful to have such thoughtful friends?  If you’ve come from Dionne’s blog, you’re on the right track.  Please check out the lovely projects we have all created for our friend, and hopefully you’ll leave a comment.  If you get lost along the way or have started in the middle, you can go to Stacey’s blog and start from the beginning.

Anyone that knows Dorcas, also knows how much she loves ducks.  So I thought I’d do something to hopefully make her smile.  (This is also my “Pay It Forward” gift to her.  It only took me a little over a year to get it out, but that’s me. LOL)  Now you know why I've been not been posting lately.

 
I hope the colors show up correctly; as it’s difficult to get it right sometimes. The colors on the image by Prairie Fairies, ‘Singin in the Rain’ are prettier in person.


 I’ve used die cuts by Cheery Lynn Designs, and then distressed with Tim Holtz inks.  Knowing how much Dorcas loves buttons, I thought these would make some lovely flowers. I used my Bow-Easy to make my bow from ribbon I love.  I did go easy on the bling, though, but a girl’s got to have some. (LOL) The Bible Scripture is one of her favorites, too, typed on my computer.


Next, please hop on over to Tracy’s blog and see her beautiful design.

I’m entering this in the following challenges:

The Crafty Pad – spring colors
Karen’s Doodles Challenge Blog – cute and cuddly
Crafty Sentiments – get girly
Deep Ocean Challenge Blog – sparkle + glitter
Papertake Weekly – anything
Ribbon Carousel Challenge – ribbon (bow)
Sparkles Monthly Challenge – new thing (image)
Crafts and Me Challenges – new image
Scrapbook Sisters – anything
Craft Us Crazy – anything
Just Inspirational Challenges – inspired by photo (used some of the colors)
Paper Pretties – add texture (embossed frame)
Phindy’s Friday Challenge – circles (buttons)
Wags ‘n Whiskers – home decoration
Allsorts – free and easy
CES Challenges – lots of layers
Cutie Pie Challenge – not a card
Get Hippity with Ippity – color challenge
Craft Room Challenge – cute and cuddly
Little Darlings Challenges – favorite embellishments - buttons
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards – orange, teal and brown (brown is frame, I hope this qualifies)
Lily Pad Cards – patterned papers
Truly Madly Crafty Challenges – ribbon and bling (bow was made with ribbon)

P.S.  The other on my 'Pay It Forward' list will be receiving something in the mail as soon as I can get them out. (You know who you are. LOL)  I’ll post them soon, so just in case your mail runs extremely slow, you’ll know what’s coming.

Hugs,
 
dj