Little Lighthouse

Hi everyone!  The card I have to share today combines Doodle Pantry and CDS precolored digital images.  I love to mix and match sets and really had fun combining the lighthouse image and digi papers from Doodle Pantry's Little Lighthouse set, with one of the sailboats and seagulls from Smooth Sailing, by CDS.  The sentiment is from Doodle Pantry's Forget Me Nots set. 

I also had fun incorporating various dies and punches into my design.  The sketch is by Sketches by Carly #54.  I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Sketches by Carly #54 -- Sketch

Crafty Friends Challenge #2 -- Use Two Die Cuts

Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge -- Use a Digi

Craft Your Passion Challenge 106 -- Use at least one punch or die cut

Incy Winchy Designs Challenge 142 -- Digi's Only

Lexi Creations Challenge 63 -- Use your punches and dies

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Happy Crafting!!

Umbrella Ants

Hi everyone. It's a beautiful sunny day here in Maryland... Although, we really do need some rain to lower the pollen count.  With that in mind, I have a fun card to share using the new Doodle Pantry set called Umbrella Ants.  This set is free with purchase for a Limited Time; plus the NO FOOLIN! Special -- 25% off cart total -- has been extended through April 24!  To see these offers and another fun new set that is being offered free with purchase.  Click here!

For my card above, I used the outline image, a sentiment and one of the sheets of digi paper included in the Umbrella Ants set.  I did some digital paper piecing on the raindrops and umbrella; and colored the image with Copics.  I also added some glossy accents.  The fun dotted papers are from another DP set -- Balloon Ants COLOR plus.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:
Party Time Tuesday's Challenge #63 (PTT#63) -- Water
Crafting For All Seasons CH#24 -- April Showers
Just Keep On Crafting Challenge #1 -- Anything Goes
The Pixie Cottage Challenge #16 -- Paper Piecing
Scrapalicious USA -- April Showers

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

Happy Easter!

Hi All!  Hope everyone enjoyed their day.  Just wanted to share one of the Easter favor boxes I created to hold some chocolate goodies. Yum!  This fun digital image and sentiment are from Bugaboo's Easter Stella set.  I used a Sizzix die to create the box and Nestabilities to diecut the image and background layers.

I will be entering this creation in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Challenge -- April's Anything Goes

Gingerloft Challenge (GL37) -- Anything but a card

Craft Your Days Away Challenge #42 -- Easter

Dilly Beans  -- Easter Challenge

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge (SNSDC48) -- Happy Easter

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Enjoy your week.

Quirky Parrots

Hi everyone!  Just a quick post today before I fight the crowds to do my Easter shopping.  The card I'm sharing today showcases the new digital Quirky Parrot set by Doodle Pantry.  It's the free set that all participants who play the Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge 22 (DPDC22)  will receive!  This challenge runs through April 24.  Sure hope you can join us!  If you can't play with us, this set will be available for purchase at Doodle Pantry after the challenge closes.  BTW, this set comes with both outline and colored images as well as digital paper and sentiments.  

For my card, I used 2 of the parrots that come with this set.  Both images were colored and shaded with Copics.  I paper- pieced parts of both images digitally as well as by hand.  I also used pastels to create the cloud background.  The dotted background paper comes from another Doodle Pantry set called Balloon Ants Color Plus.

I will be entered this card in the following challenges:

Sketches by Carly #53 -- Sketch

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge 84 -- Flowers

Do You Stack Up #66 -- Friendly Critters

Cupcake Craftroom April 2012 Challenge -- Bugs n Birds n Wings n Things

Twisted Tuesday Challenges (2TC1) -- The Clouds are Coming (I used pastels to create the clouds.)

Inspire Me Fridays 53  -- Anything Goes

Thanks so much for your visit.  Wishing everyone a  wonderful weekend, and a very Happy Easter!

MMSC137 -- Sunflowers

Hi everyone!   Just a heads up to let you know that April's Midnight Madness Monthly Sketch Challenge (MMSC137) has been posted; and it's your pick -- make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between.

You can enter one or both styles of April's sketch in the challenge.  You are also more than welcome to enter up to 4 cards during the whole month of April.  The extra little theme for the April MM Monthly Sketch Challenge will be to use at least one flower .  Please note that this theme is merely for inspiration and not a requirement to play.  Be sure to stop by the Midnight Madness Challenge Blog to see if you are one of last month's awards/prize winners and to check out the new sketch and April's prize information.

For my interpretation of the sketch, I combined the Sunflower Digi Set of 3 by"priscillastyles" with a lovely vintage photo that I had in my stash.  Unfortunately I failed to note the name of the site where I got the photo.  If you know, please leave a comment with the information so I can give proper credit.  Thanks!

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

Bunny Zoe Crafts Challenge 22 -- Shabby Chic/Vintage

Ooh La La Creations Challenge 102 -- Vintage

Crafty Catz Challenge 126 -- Use a digi image

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Happy Crafting!!

Doodle Pantry Release and a New Challenge (DPDC22)

Happy April!  Sorry I've been absent.  My husband and I have both been under the weather.  We are now feeling better and I am delighted to be back to posting in time for today's Doodle Pantry release.  My cards above combine three new digital sets -- Ant Accents Color plus,  Birthday Accessories COLOR plus, and Birthday Party Paper Pack.  I really had fun playing with these sets; my head is just spinning with ideas as the possibilities are endless!

After playing with the Birthday Accessories and Birthday Party Papers, I couldn't resist combining the Ant Accents COLOR plus with another new fun set, Sombrero Hat.   For my card pictured below, I used the colored images, sentiments and one of the digi papers that comes with Sombrero Hat. (This set also includes outline images.)  

There's lots going on at the Doodle Pantry Store this month!  Be sure to stop by to see all the fabulous new sets and check out the awesome specials  -- including 25% off cart total (excludes gift certificates and watermarks) and a special free with purchase set -- April 1st through 3rd only.

Finally, April's Doodle Pantry Digi Challenge (DPDC22)  starts today at noon (EDT) on the Doodle Pantry Blog.  All you have to do to participate is create something using a Doodle Pantry image.  To read the challenge details, prize information,and see the free digi set that all challenge participants will receive, just click here!  Sure hope you join us!

So glad you stop by to visit!  Have a wonderful week!

Happy Mother's Day

Good Morning everyone!  Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the Fab and Funky Challenge 113.  The challenge theme is Mother's Day, and I used the super fun Super Birdie digital set to create a Mother's Day card for the challenge. This set includes both outline and colored images as well as digital papers and sentiments. 

I colored the outline birdie with Copics, then coated the cape and bow with some dazzling diamonds.  I also used some Sulky holoshimmer thread to do the Spirelli technique around the scallop circles. This is such a fun and easy technique to do, and I recommend you give it a try; be forewarned though it's addictive!  There's a great tutorial on SCS explaining this technique and even includes a video by Beate.  I also used some SU! silver cord, and a handmade flower and leaves  to embellish my card.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #137 -- Things with Wings

Paper Creations Ink Challenge #21 -- Things with Wings

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #55 -- "Tie It Up" - Must use a digi and ribbon or cord.

Uae Your Stuff Challenge #26 -- Anything Goes  (I used a metal flower brad that I recently rediscovered in my stash .)

Hope everyone is enjoying their week. 

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SSS106 -- Bentley

Hi everyone, Last time I posted I was talking about spring.  Well, temps are now in the 80's  and the sun is shining brightly -- looks like summer is making a showing -- love it!  I also love this fun Bentley image by Bugaboo stamps.  It just cracks me up, and I had to have it as my nephew and his wife are expecting their little boy any day now.  Hope they enjoy the humor.

This card is my interpretation of  Stella Says Sketch 106.  Love this sketch as it was perfect  for creating a gift card/check holder.  I colored the fun image with Copics and pastels, and paper-pieced the jammies digitally.  Although it's not noticeable in the photo, glassy accents were added to the tears.  

I love dots and used the dotted sweet dreams digi paper from My Graficio, and will also be entering this card in the Cupcake Craft Challenge 182.

Sure hope the sun in shining in your neck of the woods.  Thanks so much for your visit today!

Easter Bunny Tulips

Happy Sunday and the start of a new week.  Yep, spring is definitely in the air, and I'm loving that we will now have more hours of daylight with the arrival of DST. 

Today's card is my interpretation of Sketch by Carly #51.  I combined Bugaboo's cute Easter Bunny Tulips image with a new Easter Basket die set from Taylor Expressions.  The tuiips background paper is from one of the new digi paper sets by Doodle Pantry called Easter Fun Digi Paper Pack.  Other printed papers are from PTI.  Coloring was done with Copics and I used pastels to create the sky.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Spring is in the Air!

Don't know about you, but I am so ready for Spring's sunny days, blue skies and gorgeous flowers; and with Easter fast approaching, I've been getting a jump start on my cards while thinking of jellybeans and yummy Easter Eggs from Wockenfuss Candies.

This Easter card combines 3 Doodle Pantry sets.  The  digital papers are from the new Easter Fun Papers.  The image is from Easter Egg Sheep, and the sentiment is from Easter Birdie.  After cropping the image, I colored it with Copics. Then cut it out with a Spellbinder's die and shaded the edges with pastels.  In keeping with the Spring theme, I used a flower and butterflies to embellish my card.  I will be entering this card in the following fun challenges:

Flutter by Wednesday -- Spring Time

Cupcake 182 -- Yellow and Red

Paper Creations Ink -- Spring is in the Air

Crafting When We Can -- Animals

Thanks so much for your visit!.  Have a great day! 

Furry Sherlock

Hi everyone, hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.   Since my hubby is a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, I almost flipped when I saw Doodle Pantry's new Detective Sheep set; and couldn't wait to share the card I made with it.  To create the scene, I merged the little detective sheep over another image, Harvest Bounty.  Talk about fun!

i colored the images with Copics and also used some pastels to highlight the sky and foreground.  Finishing touches include Flower Soft, Glossy Accents and a big bow with sentiment.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Colour Me Creative Copics Challenge -- Fuzzy Wuzzy Furry

The Outlawz -- Copic/Promarker Challenge - for men only

Inspire Me Fridays 48 -- Anything Goes!

Polkadoodle Week 9 -- Polkadots, stripes or both

Sundays with Crissy Challenge 27 -- Animals

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Happy Crafting!

Doodle Pantry Release and New Challenge (DPDC21)

Happy March!  A new collection of digital images and papers have been released by Doodle Pantry today, and I am pleased to share two cards showcasing the new Resurrection Digi Paper Pack.  This set of digl papers includes 8 different digital patterns and comes in 8 full plus 4 duo sheets.  The duo sheets combine 2 different patterns in coordinating colors, making them user-friendly and cost effective.

For my first card pictured above, I matched up the digi papers with a cross image from Doodle Pantry's Christ's Gift set.  Sentiment is from the Lion and Lamb set.  For those that may be wondering, the embellishment in the center of the cross is a jewelry spacer. 

For my next card, I pieced paper squares to form a simple quilt block.  What tickles me most about this card is that I was able to incorporate all the Resurrection Digi Papers into one design.  Sentiment is from Clover Patch Ants.  I also used Sizzix and Spellbinder dies to create the daisy and frame the 'quilt'.

In addition to the release, a new Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge (DPDC21) will be posted today at 11 AM on the Doodle Pantry Blog.  It's easy to join in the fun -- just create a card using a Doodle Pantry image.  For challenge details, featured product for playing, and prize information, click here.  We would love to see your Doodle Pantry creations!

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

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 136 (MMSC136)

So glad you were able to stop by today as it's the first of the month and the start of March's Midnight Madness Monthly Sketch Challenge (MMSC136).  Pictured below are the sketches for March (MMSC136) -- It's your pick -- make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between.

  

You can enter one or both styles of MMSC136 in the challenge.  You are also more than welcome to enter up to 4 cards during the whole month of March.  Also, we would like to challenge you to use the COLOR GREEN on your creations.  Please note that this theme is merely for inspiration and not a requirement to play.  Be sure to stop by the Midnight Madness Challenge Blog to see if you are one of last month's awards/prize winners, and to check out the new sketch and this month's prize information.

Now, a little about the cards I pictured at the beginning of my post... For my first interpretation of  MMSC136, I kept things pretty clean and simple and used the fun, new "priscillastyles" set called Dog Bone Treat (set of 9).  The cute dog with bone was colored with Copics and pastels.  For my "color green" I added grass strips to the panels and a green bow with fabric button.

Next up is a fancier interpretation of MMSC136.  The "priscillastyles" set I used on this card is Frog Digital Stamp Set (set of 9).  I merged the frog on top of two different digi papers before printing.  Coloring was done with Copics and a bit of glitter was added to the flower.

Have a great day.  I am looking forward to seeing all the entries this month!

First of Christmas Cards 2012

Wondering where I've been?  Heaven help me, I've been cleaning...  Must have been bitten by the cleaning bug (haha)!  

I also have been playng with a new Taylor Expressions die and made some Christmas cards.  Inspiration came from a card I saw on Susan Raihala 's blog, Simplicity. To see her card, click here.

I love Susan's work... Her one layer, CAS designs are pure genius.  Although I seem to be lacking the CAS mojo gene, her inspiring work prompted the card I am sharing with you today.  Thanks, Susan, for kickstarting this year's Christmas stash. 

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by.

Quirky Owl

Good Morning and Happy Sunday!   Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the OHW Stars & Stamps Sketch Challenge #109.  Talk about an easy sketch that is a dream to work with!  I combined the sketch with a pre-colored image and sentiment from Doodle Pantry's Quirky Owl set to create a clean and simple birthday card.

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Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Irish Cupcake Ants

Hi All, hope everyone had a fun and happy Valentine's Day.  Today I have a card to share that was inspired by Digital Tuesday Challenge #147 -- use your stash.

 Since I love to mix and match sets, I went through my stash of digital images and found 3 sets ( one old and 2 new) that would work well together to create a whimsical St. Patrick's Day card.  Three different Doodle Pantry sets were used --  image from Cupcake Ants, Clover Patch Ants COLOR Plus digi paper, and a sentiment from Irish Birdie.

The image was colored with Copics, and the cupcake liner was 'paper pieced' digitally.  Before cutting out the image and mounting with dimensionals, I added Glossy Accents to the ants and glitter to the sprinkles. To finish the design I added a flower made with the help of a Spellbinders die and MS clover punch. What a fun card to create!

Thanks so much for visiting.  Hope you enjoy the rest of your week!

Clover Patch Ant

Hi everyone.  Gosh, time really has gotten away from me; sorry I haven't posted in almost a week!... Don't you just hate when life gets in the way?

Today's card uses a pre-colored image from Doodle Pantry's newly released Clover Patch Ants COlOR Plus set.  Isn't this image the cutest!  I thought it would be perfect with Sketch by Carly 49.  I did tweaked the sketch  -- substituted a circle instead of a square for the main panel. 

Also, this is the first time I tried Spirelli string art. -- so easy and fun to do. You can find a great tutorial for this technique on SCS -- just click HERE  to go directly to the Spirelli tutorial. 

This card was really a fun one to make.  The sketch is a dream to work with and using a pre-colored image really made quick work of getting my card made and posted.  As always, I'm so glad you stopped by to visit.  Enjoy your day!

Snowdrops

Hi everyone.  Yesterday I had to make a sympathy card for a dear friend whose mother passed away.  Don't know about you, but I find sympathy cards very difficult to make.  By keeping my design simple... just a floral image with sentiment on the main panel... this card  came together easily and quickly.   The floral image I used is from Doodle Pantry's Snowdrops set.  The sentiment is one of three sentiments included in the new Sympathy Sentiment Freebie set.  This set is also by Doodle Pantry and can be found on the freebies page and downloaded for free without making other purchases.  Thank you Laurie!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  Thank you for visiting today!

DPDC20 and a new Doodle Pantry Releae

Hi everyone!  Today's the day Doodle Pantry is releasing their new February sets, and I am showcasing one of the fun new sets called Ski Sheep.  This set comes with both outline and colored images, 2 matching digital papers as well as 3 sentiments.  I also used one of the coordinating digital papers from another new release -- Sport Paper Pack.

For my card, I used the set's outline image, which I colored with Copics.  Although it's barely noticeable in the photo, the sheep's fleece was covered with a fluffy layer of Fun Flock.  I also added MS chunky glitter to the foreground to give the look of snow.  Lots of layers and a simply bow with brad on the front panel finish my design.  To see all the new sets up close and personal, click here.  You won't be disappointed!

In addition to the release, a new Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge (DPDC20) will be posted today at 11 AM  on the Doodle Pantry Blog.  It's easy to join in the fun -- just create a card using a Doodle Pantry image.  For challenge details, featured product for playing, and prize information, click herel.  We would love to see your Doodle Pantry creations!

Besides DPDC20, I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenge 24 -- Animals

One Stitch at A Time Challenge 98 -- Use a Digi

Gingerloft Challenge (GL32) -- Let it Snow

Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge - Winter Wonderland

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by.   Enjoy your day!

MMSC135 -- Heart Wreath

Happy February, and the start of February's Midnight Madness Monthly Sketch Challenges (MMSC135).  I am very excited as this is my very first post as a member of the new Midnight Madness Design Team!  The challenges will pretty much remain the same; however, you will have the whole month to submit your creations.  So be sure to mark your calendars  and join us the first of each month for a new challenge!

For my take on the MMSC135, I used the beautiful "priscillastyles" Hearth Wreath to create a traditional Valentine.  My image was colored with Copics, Prismacolor pencils with gamsol, as well as glaze pens.  Elements included in my design are an embossed white panel, flowers, die cut hearts, die cut leaves, ribbon, and a punched sentiment.   

Besides using MMSC135, I will be entering my card in the following challenges:

The Corrosive Challenge #141 -- I (heart) you-hearts

Paper Sundaes Challenge #105 -- Valentine's 

The Craft Pad Challenge 155 -- Show some Valentine/Anniversary Love

Allsorts Challenge -- One or more hearts

Crazy4Challenges  (C4C121) -- Lots of layers and embellies

Outlawz Greeting Challenge (GC13012 -- Must use hearts

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Pictured below is February's Midnight Madness sketch 135...it's "YOUR PICK" -- Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between.

Enter one style or both 

You are more than welcome to enter up to 4 cards during the whole month of FEB.  Also, we would like to challenge you to make a Valentines/Love themed creation. Themes are merely for inspiration and not a requirement to play. Just have fun and come play with us!  Looking forward to seeing all the entries this month.

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Our MMSC135 sponsor is....

http://priscillastyles-store.blogspot.com/ 

$10 Gift Voucher redeemable for any digi images in the "priscillastyles" Store

And......

This awesome stamp set that includes a stamp block!
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Please click HERE to go directly to the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge for challenge details and a listing of last month's winners.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Happy Crafting!