Harvest Time

Happy start to a new week!  It was a beautiful day here in Columbia with sunny skies, cooler temps and no humidity.  Yep, a new season is almost here.  With that in mind, I have a card to share that combines two of my favorite Fall sets, Let Us be Thankful and Maize Corn by Doodle Pantry. 

 I merged the turkey from Let Us Be Thankful on top of the corn stalks from Maize Corn to create my scene.  Coloring was done with Irojiten colored pencil.  I distressed the edges with brushed corduroy Distress Ink;  then covered my image with VersaMark ink before heat embossing with two coats of clear embossing powder. Final step was framing the image with 2 different Spellbinder dies.

I will be entering my card in the following challenges:

Bloggers Challenge -- Bring on Fall

Raise the Bar Challenge #110 -- Celebrate Fall

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge 21 -- Down on the Farm

No Matter the Challenge (NMWC) #2 -- Die Cuts and/or Punches
Challenges 4 Everybody #2 -- Anything Goes

Thanks so very much for your visit.  Hope you have a wonderful week!

Fall Dog

Happy Friday!  I had a fun day playing with a new digital image by "priscillastyles" called Fall Dog. I combined this fun image with a sentiment  from Doodle Pantry's Pumpkin Birdie set.  Coloring was done using Copics and Irojiten colored pencils.  I used this week's Sweet Sketch 170:

I will be entering my card in the following Challenges:

Sweet Sketch Challenge 170 -- sketch

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 23 -- Autumn Gold

Scrapalicious -- Welcoming Fall Challenge

The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 48 (PSC48) -- All Creatures Great and Small

LEJ Design Challenge No.19 -- Autumnal

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!

(Belated) Birthday Blog Candy Alert

Just a heads up to let you know that Cheryl (She Stamps) is offering a fabulous array of blog candy to one lucky winner.  You can check it out here.  While you are visiting Cheryl's blog, be sure to check out Cheryl's wonderful creations.

Have a happy day!

Mister Monkey

Hey there!  Just a reminder to let you know that September's  Doodle Pantry Digi Challenge 27 (DPDC27) has been posted to the Doodle Pantry Blog.  It's easy to play along  -- just create a card or project using a Doodle Pantry image (not just a sentiment). Every participant who enters the challenge, will be emailed a free copy of the featured set, Mister Monkey -- isn't he super fun!  For all challenge details and to see the featured set, click here.   Sure hope you join in the fun.

For the card above, I used the outline image from the Mister Monkey set.  I colored the image with Copics and Irojiten colored pencils and will be entering my card in the following challenges:

Sketches by Carly #64 -- Sketch
Digi Makeover Challenge #52 -- Button Up! ( I used 3 buttons to embellish my card.)
Make It Monday #105 -- Anything Goes
Cutie Pie Challenge #26 -- No Flowers

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Happy Crafting!

Oodles of Poodles!

   

Greetings to all my blogging friends and team members.  Sorry I've been MIA.  Wish I could say that I have been on a fabulous vacation. Instead, I have been recuperating from bunion surgery, making it hard to craft when you have to take it easy and keep your foot elevated.  I am glad to report that I'm back to crafting just in time for release day at Doodle Pantry! 

For today's DP release, I got to play with the adorable new set, Poodles of Fun.  This set comes with both outline and colored images, sentiments and digi papers; and the best part is that this set is free with any purchase until Sept. 24.  In addition, from August 31 through September 9, there is a special Doodle Pantry sale going on -- take 35% Off your entire cart contents, excluding gift certificates.  Click here to get the necessary codes.

The samples above showcase the Poodles of Fun set which I merged with other Doodle Pantry sets.

• For the first card, I combined 2 colored poodles with a sentiment from Forget Me Nots Color Plus and a panel of digi paper from  the new Holiday Joy Digi Paper Pack.

• The second card combines the purple poodle with a party hat and balloon from Birthday Accessories Color Plus and a panel of digi paper that is included with the Poodles of Fun set.  The sentiment is from Balloon Ants Color Plus.

• The pink poodle in the top row is dressed up with a daisy hat and sentiment from Floral Hats Color Plus.  The dotted digi paper is from Balloon Ants Color Plus.

• First card in the next row combines a party hat, gift box and sentiment from Birthday Accessories Color Plus.  I paper pieced the gift box and party hat digitally and also altered the color of the hat to match.  Digil paper used is also included with the Poodles of Fun set.

• Next, I merged a pink poodle on top of a row of flowers from Spring Song Birdies Color Plus.  Sentiment is from Forget Me Nots Color Plus.

• The last card has a purple poodle dressed up for winter with the help of Winter Accessories Color Plus.  Sentiment is also from Winter Accessories Color Plus.  Digi paper is from the new Holiday Joy Digi Paper Pack.

As you can tell, I love to mix and match sets --  something that is easy, fun, and helps stretch your crafting dollars.  Laurie's Doodle Pantry sets make 'mixing and matching' a snap to do.  I highly recommend you give it a try!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful holiday weekend!

Thanks, Gloria!

Gloria Shirr (purpleglo) has awarded me the Liebster Blog Award.  Thank you so, so much!.  Please click here to visit Gloria's blog.

ABOUT THE AWARD:

The Leibster Blog award is used to show appreciation of smaller blogs (under 200 followers) and to help spread joy to fellow bloggers.
"Leibster"  comes from the German word meaning 'dearest ' or 'beloved' but can also mean 'Favorite'.  This award is a peer to peer award in which fellow bloggers present the award to their favorite bloggers with less than 200 followers.  The origins of this award is unclear, but it is believed to have originated by a German blogger.  This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward fashion to share your dearest and most beloved blogs that have less than 200 followers.

I will be passing this award to 5 very talented bloggers:

Chelle  -- Life in Focus
Dawn --  stamp-n-play
Georgia  --  Paper Possibilities -- Toadily Handmade
Glenda --  Gilby's Corner
Kathy and Lucky -- Lucky Stamper

I hope you stop by and check out these wonderful blogs.  You won't be disappointed!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Saturday!  This is the first time I have stamped with rubbber in ages.  I used a cute Penny Black stamp which I colored with Irojiten colored pencils. After cutting out the image, I adhered it to the scallop circle with dimensionals.  This is my first try using two (new to me) colored pencil techniques -- scrumbling and the strike stroke.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant Challenge TPE159 -- sketch

Pile It On Challenge #31 -- Cute as Can Be!

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #130 -- Birthday or any Special Day

Bearly Mine Challenge No #46 -- Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday Challenge #79 -- Anything Goes

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Holly Stag

Happy August, everyone!  Today is release day at Doodle Pantry, and I am thrilled  to share the cards I made showcasing the new Holly Stag set.  This set has everything you need for easy Christmas crafting -- colored and outline images; digital papers and sentiments; as well as a bonus PDF file that contains 4 pre-designed card fronts and 2 gift tags!  

For the card pictured above, I used the outline image which I colored with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.  I also added some shading with Copics.  Although it is hard to see in the photo, I added lots of glitter to the stag and holly leaves.  Besides all the glitter, finishing touches include ribbon, red rhinestones, and the Spirelli Technique. 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Sketches by Carly #61 -- sketch

A Gem of a Challenge 51-- Kraft at Christmas (use kraft paper)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 83 -- Tie a ribbon

Hiding in my Craft Room #56 -- Christmas in July

Sweet Stampin' Challenge -- Christmas in July

Crafty Cat Challenge 143 -- All that Glitters

Critter Sketch Challenge #126 -- Anything Goes

Next, I used one of the pre-designed card fronts from the bonus Holly Stag PDF file.  This card literally only took minutes to make.

I just added some layering and a strip of red cardstock with a brad to make it my own.  Definitely will be making more of these... I think I may even be able to get my holiday cards mailed early this year!

So glad you were able to stop by... Have a  wonderful day and thanks for visiting.

Butterfly

Here's my card for Lesson 2 -- MCC's  Colored Pencil Techniques with Marie Browning.  We were to make a card incorporating one of the techniques in Lesson 2.  I combined two of the techniques -- coloring with pencils on colored paper and layering color (which is different than blending color).

I used a combination of of Irojiten and Koh- I-Noor pencils to color the "priscillastyles" butterfly.  I also used a Sakura clear star pen to add some sparkly accents. 

I will be entering this card in the following challenge:

The Crafty Pad Designs Challenge #181 -- Things with Wings

Hope everyone has a great week!

Horse Head

Hi All!  I'm presently taking Marie Browning's class, Colored Pencil Techniques, at My Creative Classroom.  Here's my try for Lesson One -- Blending Color.  Coloring was done with Prismacolor pencils then blended with gamsol.  The Horse Head image is by "priscillastyles".

I will be entering this card in the following challenges

Crafting When We Can Challenge 23 -- Monochrome

Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #149 -- Make A CAS (clean and simple) card

Joanna Sheen Challenge -- Animal Crackers  --Creations with animals on them

Crafty Catz Challenge #142 -- Monochromatic

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great week and stay cool!

Snow Poke Card Kit

Happy Day, everyone.  If you've been wondering what I have been up to, check out Doodle Pantry's new Printable Card Kits.  I've been having lots of fun playing with the Snow Poke Card Kit to create the cards pictured above.  This digital kit contains images, papers, sentiments, and tags in PFD format; and also includes a PNG Elements file filled with a wonderful selection of digital elements.  Talk about the best of both worlds!  The possibilities are endless for very easy and quick card crafting.  So head on over to the Doodle Pantry Blog to check out Laurie's post announcing the new kits.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Happy Crafting!

DPDC25 -- Happy 4th!

Happy 4th, everyone!  Just a reminder to let you know that July's  Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge (DPDC25) has been posted to the Doodle Pantry Blog.  It's easy to play along  -- just create a card or project using a Doodle Pantry image (not just a sentiment).  This month Laurie  will allow anyone to download the featured image --Tiny Triceratops-- for free, between July 1 and 15 ONLY... The download link and other prize information can be found here on Doodle Pantry's Challenge Blog.  Sure hope you can join in the fun!

Isn't the feature image,Tiny Triceratops, the cutest!  I used the outline image from this set to create my card above.   I colored the image with Copics, and dressed him up for Fourth of July with digital paper piecing and glittered tootsies. I also used patterned digi paper from DP's Stars and Stripes Digi Paper Pack .  The sentiment is from DP's Critter Parade  set.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Unique Crafters Challenge #5 -- Patriotic

Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #69 -- 4th of July

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge -- 4th of July

Party Time Tuesday PPT#75 -- Be Patriotic/Show Your Countries Colors

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge #122 -- Anything Goes

Forever Friends No39 Fortnightly Challenge -- Inspired by USA - feature an animal

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by. I hope you have a safe and happy holiday!

Doodle Pantry New Release

Hi everyone, ready for a little Christmas in July to cool things off ?  Well, head on over to Doodle Pantry as Laurie has just released a wonderful selection of new sets, including some adorable Christmas sets.  Today, I am showcasing one of my favorites -- Quirky Snowmen.  This set comes with both outline and pre-colored images, digi papers and a great selection of fun sentiments.  Besides all that, this set is "free with a purchase" from July l through July 15. Click here to go directly to the specials page.

For my card, I used the outline images and had lots of  fun coloring them with Copics, and dressing them up with digital paper piecing, glitter, fun flock, and flower soft .  Then I added some small pearls for 'snow'.   I also included a poinsettia embellishment that I made with the help of a poinsettia die set by Spellbinders.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:
Clearly Inspired Challenge #54 -- Red, Green and White
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge June 29 -- Must use a digi
Dare to be Sassy Thursday Challenge #131 (DTBST#131) -- Christmas/holiday with sparkle and snow
52 Christmas Throwdown -- Anything Goes
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 192-- Christmas
Charisma Cardz Challenge #25 -- Anything Goes

Hope everyone has a great week and thanks so much for stopping by!

Snowman Bulb

Happy weekend, everyone.  Don't know about you, but I find it hard to believe this month is almost over.  Where did June go? 

I had so much fun with Susan's (aka rainy) June Sketch that I used it again to create another Christmas card.  This time I used Sassy Cheryl's Merry Christmas Snowman Bulb.  The background and scarf were digitally paper pieced.  Coloring was done with Copics and highlighted with a silver Spica pen. I also covered the bulb with glossy accents and sponged the edges of the image panel with soft sky ink.  Although it doesn't show in my photo, there is lots of sparkle and shine on both the papers and image.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

RAINYDAYSCJUN2012 -- Sketch

Sassy Cheryl's Show me #80 -- show me what you are working on

CHNC Challenge 78 -- Let's get inky

Di's Digi Designs Challenge -- Spotty and Dotty

Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #48 -- red, white and blue color challenge

One Stop Craft Challenge 181 -- Christmas in June

Hope everyone has a great week, and many thanks for taking the time to visit!

Candy Cane Girl

Hello everyone!  I found this sweet image in Sassy Cheryl's bargain bin.  It's appropriately named Candy Cane Girl and inspired me to get a jump start on some Christmas cards.  I combined the image with a sentiment from Doodle Pantry and a Christmas tree made with a Taylor Expressions die.  I paper pieced the dress digitally before coloring  and shading the image with Copics.  I also added some color to the candy cane with a red glaze pen.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:
Sketch Challenge Rainy Days SC June 20 -- sketch
Sassy Cheryl's Show Me #80 -- show me what you are working on
Crimbo Crackers Challenge 18 -- Anything Christmas Goes
Paper Play Challenge Week 25 -- Use a Die

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Happy Crafting!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the dads!  Today I would like to share the card I made for my hubby.  I created the "stamp template" in Word using the table function; then inserted the sentiment and pre-colored vintage auto image in each cell.  Both image and digi paper are from Doodle Pantry's Vintage Auto Color Plus set.  Click here to see the Digital Faux Postage Stamp Tutorial posted back in July, 2010 on CDAC.  

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Sketches by Carly 58 -- Sketch

Creative Inspiration Paint -- Father's Day

Dream Valley Challenge 34 -- For that Special Guy

Sunday Stamper Week 210 -- Men/Male Theme

Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #47 -- Father' Day

Bloggers Challenge -- Masculine Cards

Inspire Me Fridays #63 -- Always Anything Goes

Hope everyone has a great day!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Quirky Cat

Hi everyone.  Today I have a card to share that incorporates some great challenges.  The pre-colored image is from Doodle Pantry's Quirky Cat set.  I combined the image with a Doodle Pantry sentiment from Rounded Wishes, which is a "free with purchase" set!  You got to check out this wonderful set of general sentiments including happy birthday, thinking of you and thank you.

The large dark blue flower is handmade --  I used Cuttlebug dies, which I've had forever and recently rediscovered.  Don't you just love when that happens?  I sanded the individual blossoms before layering them and scrunching them up. 

These are the challenges I will be entering:

Digital Tuesday Challenge #163  -- Anything Goes

One Stitch At a Time Challenge #116 -- Use A Digi

Willow Sketchie Challenge 7th June -- Animal Antics

Make It Monday #92 -- Anything Goes

Hope everyone has a great weekend.  Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Quirky Ostrich

Morning All.  If you are familiar with my blog, you know I am a big fan of dots and use them lots in my creations.  So, of course, I had to make a card using them for Sentimental Sundays Challenge #105 -- show us your dots .  In addition, this week's  challenge is being sponsored by Doodle Pantry.

This fun image and dotted digi papers are from Doodle Pantry's Quirky Ostrich.  I colored the image with Copics, and also added some digital paper piecing and embossing.  

Enjoy your day!

DPDC24 -- Kite Ants

Happy Saturday!  It's a beautiful summer day here in Columbia with sunny blue skies, mild temps and a lovely breeze.  Perfect weather for flying a kite!  With that in mind, this adorable digital image is from the featured set, Kite Ants, that all participants in the Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge 24 (DPDC24) will receive for free just for participating in the challenge.  So hop on over to the Doodle Pantry Blog and join in the fun.  For all the challenge details and prize information, click HERE.

Now about my card.  I used the outline image from Kite Ants to create my card.  I paper-pieced the kite digitally and colored the rest of the image with Copics.  Besides using the digi papers from Kite Ants, I also used red dotted digi paper from Doodle Pantry's  Balloon Ants set.  Dies and punches made quick work of layering and embellishing my design.  Finishing touches include a ribbon with bow and Prima flower.

I will be entering my card in the following challenges:
Raise the Bar Challenge #107 -- Hello Summer
Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge #80 -- Summer Fun
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #36 -- Rainbows, Clouds or Wings
Pixie Dust Studio Challenge#129 -- Summer

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by.  Have a great weekend!

Sea Shells

Happy Summer everyone!  Today is release day at Doodle Pantry, and Laurie has added a new selection of digital sets to the DP Store.  One of my favorites is Sea Shells.  I had so much fun with this set, I made 3 different samples to share with you today.

For my first card (pictured above), I combined one of the sentiments and one of the outline images from this set.  Image was colored with Copics; covered with VersaMark ink;  then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Next, I combined a different shell image with some of the outline ants from another Doodle Pantry set,  Ant Accents Color Plus, for a totally different look.  Images were also colored with Copics.  I also added some spirelli string art to the large scallop circle.

My last card showcases one of  the colored images as well as one of the digi papers that are also included with this wonderful set.   I did add some sand to the base of the image and pleated the panel of digi paper for a quick, clean look.

When you stop by the Doodle Pantry Store to see all the new sets, be sure to stop by the Specials Page as Laurie is starting off summer with a sale!  There is a "35% off entire cart special' being offered from June 1-10 (excludes gift certificates and watermarks).  Be sure to add any "free with purchase" or other freebies to your cart.

So glad you stopped by today.  Thanks so much for your support.