Stella Love -- Stupid Cupid

Hi All!  Above is my take on Stella Says Sketch Challenge 201.  I used Bugaboo's fun Stella Love -- Stupid Cupid set.  Here's a photo of the sentiment that also comes with the set and which I used on the inside of the card:

The image was colored with Copics and I also did some digital paper piecing.  I added some punched hearts, lots of bling, and glazed and glittered Stella's wings.  I think this image is a hoot and hope my hubby will get a kick out of it.

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

Basket of Roses

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  it's a dreary day here with fog and rain, and thought some flowers would cheer things up. The image with sentiment was created by merging elements from 3 different Doodle Pantry sets -- Rose Bloom, Old Basket, and Rounded Wishes -- which is free with purchase.  

I love my new flip it die from Stampin' Up; and used it to die cut the card's base out of double-sided DSP.   I added layers of embossed yellow cardstock, a pre-cut MS embossed border, ribbon with flowers; and this card was done quick as a wink. 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafting Sentiments Designs Challenge -- Anything Goes

Die Cutting Diva's Challenge #148 -- Out with the old, In with the New (new flip it die; old MS border, ribbon and flowers)

Incy Wincy Design Challenge -- Add Texture

Crafting by Designs Challenge -- Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

Creative Craft Challenges 2 -- Challenge 1 - New ( new flip it die)

Crafting for All Seasons Challenge #68 -- All things bright and beautiful

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a great day!

Silly Critters

Morning everyone!  This fun card uses the owl image and my favorite sentiment from the new Silly Critters set by Doodle Pantry.  I used the pre-colored owl image and couldn't resist adding some digital paper piecing to the owl so the image would match my new patterned papers from SU!/MDS's Retro Fresh DSP.  The sketch is  my take on MFTWSC158.

I will be entering my card in the following challenges:

Get Sketchy with My Favorite Things --  Sketch MFTWSC158

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #45 -- Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters -- Out with the old, In with the new (The patterned paper and image are new.)

2 Creative Chicks Challenge #10 -- Anything Goes

ABC Challenges -- C is for Colourful

Shopping our Stash SOS #133 -- Use something new (The patterned paper and image are new,)

Outlawz Greeting Challenge - January 5 GCC105 -- My Sentiments Exactly

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

Tree Glee

Good Morning!  Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Through the Craft Room Door Challenge -- TTCRD January 7-13 -- Anything Goes.  Above is the card I made for the challenge using an image and sentiment from Doodle Pantry's new Tree Glee set.  This is a delightful set; and the best part is it's free with purchase until January 24!  Below is a preview:

 In addition, this set also includes outline images; and I used the outline heart tree image to make my card.  Coloring was done with Irojiten colored pencils, and I paper-pieced the tree's trunk and branches digitally.  Although not visible in the photo, all the hearts were glazed and sprinkled with glittered,  I just love this happy set.  I think it's perfect for sending smiles to just about anyone.

I will also be entering this card in the following challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody #37 -- Anything Goes
Pile It On #1 -- Just Because
Cards Galore Encore Challenge #1 -- Anything Goes
Craft your Passion Challenge 195 -- Fancy Borders/Edges
Love to Scrap Challenge Blog, LTSCB #21 -- Anything Goes  ( I used a digital image and sentiment.)

Thanks so much for stopping by. Stay warm and Happy Crafting!

Mr. Snowman

Warm winter wishes, everyone!   I know many have been dealing with snow, record cold temps and freezing rain, including our area.  When I saw this cutie freebie image from A Day for Daisies, it certainly made me smile and brightened my day even though I'm not a cold weather fan.  I colored the image with Copics and Irojiten pencils, and added some digital paper piecing. Embellishments include lots of glitter, bling and 'flower soft' snow and, of course, snowflakes.  My sentiment and digital snowflake papers are from Doodle Pantry sets.

The sketch I used is from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 .  It's their first on their new blog!

I will be entering my card in the following challenges:

A Day for Daisies Challenge #86 -- Anything Goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #01 (SSW2 #01)  -- Sketch

Outlawz Paper a la Mode Challenge for Jan 4--10  (PAM010414) -- Use something new (My snowman image is new!)

Crafty Hand 5th Challenge -- Anything Goes

Digitally "Sweet" Challenges DSC#69 -- Anything Goes with Digi Darla

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

So Sweet Mice for a New Year!

Happy start to a New Year and wishing everyone all the best in 2014!  I would also like to wish my cousin, Kelly, a very happy New Year's birthday.  This one's for you!

Today brings a new release to the Doodle Pantry store, and I got to play with the new digital set, So Sweet Mice.  Here's a preview of everything included in the So Sweet Mice set as well as all the goodies included in the Calendar Minis set: 

  

I merged the fun mouse with tiny cherries from the Calendar Minis set (previously sold by CDS).  The mouse image was masked and cropped to shape in a Microsoft Word document.  I also filled the circle's background with color.  Coloring of the sweet mouse image was done with colored pencils; and I added glitter to the ice cream. Sentiment is from a SU!/MDS set.

I will be entering my card in the following challenges:

Outlawz Greeting Card Challenge 12/20/12 (GCC1230) -- Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge #36 -- Anything Goes

Paper Makeup Challenge #121 -- Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant Challenge TPE231 -- Anything Goes

Hiding in My Craft Room HIMCR #130 -- Anything but Holiday

Animal Friends Challenge #10 -- Punches and Dies

Also, want to let everyone know that the current Doodle Pantry special -- 40% off digital products (excluding gift certificates) with a minimum purchase of $2 ends January 3.  Click HERE to get the coupon code and see January's special products.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day and New Year!

Merry Deer

Hi All!  Less than a week until Christmas with still lots to do.  Trying not to panic; how about you?  

My card today uses a Doodle Pantry's digital set, Merry Deer, that was previously sold by CDS.  Sentiment is also a digi from SU!/MDS.  I filled the image in with color and embellished my card with handmade snowflakes.  I also wrapped the main panel with embroidery floss in a Spirelli pattern.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge TT121913 -- Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge 96 -- Christmas

Happy Campers Challenge 25 -- Anything Goes

Digi Galore Challenges -- Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge -- Y for You make your own embellishments (snowflakes & Spirelli String Art)

Inky Impressions IIC #139 Challenge -- Merry Christmas

This is such a busy time of year... Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by.  Enjoy your day!

Recessed Die Cut

Happy Sunday, everyone.  Only 10 days to go until Christmas; gosh, December is flying by!

Today I have a quick and easy card to share that was inspired by a Stamping School tutorial by Linda Heller.  Thanks Linda for this easy and fun idea.  I love the look recessing gives the ornament die cut.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Outlawz Paper A La Mode Challenge (PAM121413)  -- Anything Goes

Di's Digi Designs Challenge -- Non Traditional Christmas Colors

Krafty Hands December Challenge -- Anything Goes

Bloggers Challenge -- Ornaments

Card Makin Mamas CMM77 -- Christmas and New Year

Digi Haven Challenge -- Christmas Cards (The sentiment is a digi as well as the patterned paper.)

Stuck on Sketches Die Cut Challenge -- Ornament Die Cut

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

Jolly St. Nicholas

Morning everyone.  Today I have a card to share using Doodle Pantry's Jolly St Nicholas image.  I merged the St. Nick image on top of a ornament by Sami Stamps.  The ornament was paper-pieced to match my background paper.  Although I used one of the colored versions of St. Nick, I also added some additional coloring and glitter to the hat.  Sorry the sparkle and shine doesn't show up in the photo.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design -- Anything Goes

Inky Impressions Challenge IIC #138 -- Christmas Ornaments

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #69 -- It's Christmas

Deep Ocean Challenge #66 -- Santa is Coming

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!!

Snowy Day

Hi All!  Hope the weather is pleasant where you are.  It's been a snowy day, with sleet and ice, here is Columbia.  Perfect weather to stay indoors and do some crafting, as well as catch up on some challenges.  The starting point for my card was this week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday 235.   And with the weather, I decided to go with a snowy theme and used my digital Snowy Day set from SU!/MDS.  Although it's not visible in my photo, there's lots of glitter and shine on the background papers and snowflake.

I will be entering my card in the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 235 -- Elisabeth Bell

Crafty Calendar Challenge -- Cold and Frosty

Stampin for the Weekend -- Use some red

Sweet Pea Stampers -- It's Cold Outside

Stay warm, travel safe and have a great week!  Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Gift Card Holder

Hi All.  Just a quick post today as I''m still busy playing Santa... Today I have a gift card holder to share.  I used a pocket die from Taylored Expressions to create the holder and used the holder to decorate the front of my card.  The stripe and polkadot ornament images are from Sami Stamps.  I posted a card yesterday using the same images... See my post below for info on how I decorated the ornamments.) The Winter Frost patterned paper, silver ribbon and rhinestone embellishment are all from SU!.  The branches were punched with a MS paper punch.  

Enjoy the rest of your evening and thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Ornaments

Hi All!  It's less than 3 weeks until Christmas and I am still madly making Christmas cards.   After browsing the challenges to get my mojo working, I decided to play with some new ornament images from Sami Stamps.  I did some paper-piecing and added lots of liquid glass and glitter as well as black pearl accents.   Just wish the colors (pool party and island indigo) in the photo look like they do IRL.  

I will be entering this card in the following fun challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 236 -- Christmas

Delightful Challenge Dec.4 -- You're a Gem (add gems of any kind-bling) -- I used pearls and lots of glitter.

Creative Knockouts Challenge #14 -- Christmas Splendor (makes sure it looks like Christmas)

Happy Campers Challenge No. 24 -- Glitter It

Milk Coffee Challenge -- Christmas in Non-Traditional Colors

Thanks so much for stopping by; have a great day!

Update -- Operation Write Home Fundraiser

The final figure is in... Laurie has reported that Doodle Pantry's Operation Write Home Fundraiser in Novermber  was a huge success,

A whopping $597 was raised!  Wow!!

Thanks so much everyone!  We couldn't have done it without you!!!

Happy Thanksgiving and a New Release

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday and weekend.  Above is a quick and easy card using images, a sentiment and digi paper from Doodle Pantry's Eat More Ham set  (prev. sold by CDS).   After grouping the pre-colored turkey and leaves in a Microsoft Word document, I inserted a callout shape and merged the sentiment on top. After printing the image and assembling the card, I just added some punched leaves and a SU! embellishment and this fun card was ready to mail.

Today, Doodle Pantry is releasing their new December images as well as having a huge sale -- 40% off products (excluding bundled products and fundraiser sets).  This offer runs through December 3rd.  Click HERE to get the code for the sale and to see the other December specials.

Next, is a preview of the new December set, Critter Fun:

I used Critter Fun colored images without backgrounds to create a set of ornaments for one of our newest family members:

To dress these darling images for Christmas, I just merged the following elements from these Doodle Pantry sets:

Merged the Christmas Tree from Bitty Christmas behind the Cow.

The Santa hat and gift from Santa Accessories Color plus were merged in front of the Pig.

Cropped then merged two poinsettias from Holiday Nutcrackers in front of the Bear.

A cropped holly sprig and gift from Santa Accessories Color plus were merged in front of the Squirrel.

A scarf from Winter Accessories Color Plus as well as a holly sprig from Holly Wreath were merged in front of the Frog.

The wreath from Holly Wreath was merged behind the Horse.

In case you are wondering how I assembled the ornaments... I die cut the images and adhered them to die cut ornament shapes. Embellishments include lots of glitter and glaze, die cut bows and rhinestones. An ornament hook was glued and sandwiched between the front of the ornament, and backed with another die cut ornament shape to cover the hook and hold it in place. I sure hope little Ben has fun hanging these fun-to-make ornaments on the tree!

Thanks so much for stopping by and bearing with my long-winded post . Enjoy your day!

Missing You and With Heart

Happy Sunday!  Just a quick post today to share 2 more animal cards I made with images from Doodle Pantry's  OWH Fundraiser Bundle.  I swear these images are addictive; and such a bargain as they are just priced at $5 for a limited time (11/10 thru 11/30)  -- during which time, 70% of each sale will be donated to Operation Write Home!

For the  first card I used the cute seal image which I paper-pieced with matching paper from the sets.  I merged the Miss You sentiment on top of the heart; then added some die-cut waves. 

Next up is the sweet elephant .  Again, I did some paper piecing... This time I used matching paper to just piece the ears and feet.  To ground the image, I merged an oval shape behind the image and filled it in with color.  The sentiment I used is from Doodle Pantry's set, Rounded Wishes, which is free with purchase.  Don't forget to add it to your cart!

Hope you have a great day.  Thanks for your visit!!

Christmas Cat with Gift Card

Hi everyone.  My card today is actually a Christmas gift card holder which I made with the help of a Library Pocket Die from Taylored Expressions. Instead of enclosing the gift card on the inside of the card, I decided to decorate the holder, and let it take center stage on the card's front.  

Now about the Doodle Pantry images I used to decorated the gift card holder.... I merged 3 different DP sets in a Microsoft Word document to create my ' Christmas cat'.  The Doodle Pantry sets I used are:

The outline cat from With Heart, which is part of a special OWH Fundraiser Bundle.

The precolored Santa Hat and Gift are from Santa Accessories Color Plus, and were merged in front of the cat.

The sentiment is from the former CDS set, Cake and Cookie, recently re-released by Doodle Pantry.

(I also used a holly spring from an older CDS set to embellish the Santa Hat.)

After printing the image, I just had to color the cat  with Copics and the image was ready to die cut and adhere to the top of the holder with dimensionals.  Talk about easy peasy!

FYI, the special Operation Write Home Fundraiser Bundle (which combines 2 sets -- Miss You and With Heart) has been marked at a bargain price of only $5 from Nov 11 thru Nov 30, and Doodle Pantry will be donating 70% of the profits from each sale to OWH.  Here's a preview of everything the bundle includes:

I would like to enter my card in the following fun challenges:

Party Time Tuesday Challenge PTT#146 -- Use Twine or Hemp

Artistic Inspiration Challenge #67 -- Use a Sentiment/Anything Goes

Crafty Bloggers Network November 4 Challenge -- Christmas

Digi Sketch Challenge -- All for the animals

The Paper Girls Challenge #43 -- Cut it Out

One Stitch At  A Time Challenge #189 -- Holidays

Sure hope you have a great day.  Many thanks for stopping by!

OWH Challenge #198 and a Special Doodle PantryRelease

Good Morning!  Today,  Doodle Pantry is sponsoring OWH Sketch Challenge #198 and also releasing 2 new products for a special OWH fundraiser.  The new sets,  Missing You and With Heart, have been bundled together; and have been marked at a bargain price of only $5.00!  Here's a preview of everything these bundled sets include:

Doodle Pantry will be donating about 70% of the profits of each sale of the BUNDLE from Nov 11 thru Nov 30.  You can use these sets for everyday cards for your own family and friends OR for heroes to send home.  They are very versatile and the With Heat set, in particular, would also make Great Valentines for kids!  

If you are a big supporter of OWH, you know how desperately they need monetary help and hand made cards for our heroes to send home while deployed.   Please hurry and get these adorable, downloadable digital sets before Nov 30 so that you can help support OWH and their mission.  Click HERE to go directly to the bundle at the Doodle Pantry shop,

Above is a card I made for OWH Sketch Challenge #198.  I used one of the  adorable penguin images and one of the sentiments from the bundle to make my card.

Thanks for supporting OWH and for joining their sketch challenge for a chance to win a Doodle Pantry gift certificate.

Have a great day and Happy Crafting.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Merry ChristmasTree

Hi All!  Just finished a quick and easy Christmas card using Bugaboo's Merry Christmas Tree image.  I combined the cute tree and sentiment with non traditional colors.  After coloring the tree I added clear glaze to the stars, ornaments and berries; and finished the design with candy dots.

I will be entering my card in the following fun challenges:

Catch the Bug November Challenge -- Anything Goes

Polkadoodles and Studio 12 Week 44 Challenge -- Anything Goes

Scraping 4 fun Challenge #5 -- Holiday or Christmas card

Aud Sentiments Challenge 92 -- Christmas Sentiments

Outlawz Greeting Card Challenge GCC1028 -- Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Snowman Pile-Up

Hi all!  I'm back with another card.  This one is for Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge 40 which starts today and closes at 8 pm central time on November 24.  You may use Any Company's Digital image and will be entered for a Final Prize Drawing coupon.  if you use a Doodle Pantry image (an actual drawn illustration, character or object), then you will be entered for the final draw AND you will get the featured product emailed to you for free!

Below is  a preview of everything included in this month's  featured set, Snowman Pile-Up:

 

BTW, when you check out all the new sets and samples at the Doodle Pantry store, be sure to check out the Specials Page to get your coupon code good from Nov 1-10 for 25% off the new November products .  Also you can enter the 'free with purchase' set to your cart from November 1-24.

Sure hope you join us for the challenge!  Have a great weekend!

Coffee & Biscotti

Happy November!  A new release has been added to the Doodle Pantry store, and I am happy to share a card made with  the new Coffee & Biscotti set.  Nothing like a cup of coffee with a biscotti to jump start a Monday or any day for that matter.

This new set comes with both colored and outline images as well as matching digital papers and sentiments.  I started with an outline coffee mug image which I paper-pieced digitally with one of the dig papers from the set.  Then I merged  one of the biscotti images in front of the coffee mug before adding the sentiment.     This was a fun and easy card to make and perfect for enclosing a Starbucks gift card which I am going to slip into our son's Christmas stocking.

I will be entering this card in the following inspiring challenges:

The Corrosive Challenge #186 -- Tic Tac Toe (digi paper, digi image, sentiment)

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge 25 -- Anything Goes + option use kraft paper

Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge #86 -- Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday Challenge PTT#144 -- Anything Goes

Just Inspirational Challenge -- Photo Inspiration - Kraft

                                                 

Thanks so very much for stopping by; and have a great day!