Just a Card

Nothing much to write about today . . . actually, not much "time" to write anything.  I'm getting the final details, papers, items, etc. ready for our community's Annual Art & Craft Fair. Only a little over a week to go.  I may be the chairperson, but I have a HUGE support system.  The Craft Club members really rally together to pull off a wonderful event.  And our community has the best artists and crafters around - - I can't wait to see all their creations.  However, I'll be happy when I can get back to my crafting.

 

This card is for the monthly progressive challenge at Imagine That. I received the goose image for free because I entered last month's challenge. I can't wait to see what they send me for the November challenge.  Check them out and join along. What a wonderful way to get a free digital stamp.

 

The inside is "almost" done, but my color printer ran out of black ink so I can't print the sentiment.  I thought I would use the card as a "Welcome to the Neighborhood" card. Somehow the goose with the pie just seems like a "welcome" image to me. I added a digi fence and cut a strip of grass.

 

Keep Crafting,

I love Fall

I love the Fall season. Living in Central Florida I still get to see a few Fall colors, just not like when we lived in Michigan. So I relive those Fall days and colors in the cards I make.

 

 

This card is for From The Heart Stamps' monthly challenge. It's a progressive challenge; enter the challenge once using the monthly digital image, and you'll receive a free digital image to use the following month. Harvest Medley is the free image I received for playing along in September.

 

 

The digital stamp has a set of 3 images in a square. I decided to cut them apart and put the sentiment on the front with additional die-cuts and use the other two images for the inside.

 

 

I colored the B&W digis using Copics. I sponged the edges and white paper using Memento Brown. The DP is from the Amber Autumn Matstack by DCWV. The cornstalks are from Die-namics and I'm not sure where I picked up the leaf punch.

 

    

 

I'm also entering this card in their weekly I {heart} Card Sketch Challenge #39 

 

Happy Birthday!

Imagine my horror yesterday as I was writing my blog post and mentioned that the deadline for the challenge was "October 24" . . . October 24 ! !  That just happens to be my Dad's Birthday. Yup, and the card was still on my table . . . unfinished and unsent.

 

So, I scrambled to put it all together and I'm showcasing it today. This way my mom can show my dad a picture of the "card he isn't getting in time for his birthday" {smile}   Sorry, Dad.  I hope you know how much I love you, in spite of the fact that I'm enjoying your birthday card in person and you're not.

 

I suppose I should have used a "belated birthday" sentiment for the inside, but then this card wasn't late when I first started working on it.

 

Happy Birthday, Dad.  All our love, forever.

 

Card Recipe:

  > Digi image and front sentiment: Necktie Banner-From the Heart Stamps

  > Inside sentiment: Stampin' Up!

  > DP: Mat Pad-me & my Big ideas

  > Copics

Down to the Wire

  I have another card for you today. Nothing like waiting until the last minute to get a card done for a Challenge that offers a free digital stamp set when you enter (the deadline is Oct 24). 

 

You've heard me mention Doodle Pantry before; but to illustrate how wonderful their digis are, I was able to print, cut and put together the following card in under 1/2 hour--that included the time it took me to reprint the sentiment image because I didn't size it right the first time.  Now, for me . . . that is a HUGE change from my normal "work ALL DAY on a card and maybe finish it" scenario.

Now, to be fair, I didn't sponge any of the edges. I really liked the crispness of the white, so I thought I would leave it "as is."  And, I didn't enhance the colorized swag digi with Copics either. What you see is how it came off the printer.  The DP is from the Christ Your Treasure set;  the Holly Swags are from the Seasonal Swags set; and the Sentiment is from the Holiday Greetings set.  I cut the circles with Die-namics Stax 1 and 2.

 

Yes, that 1/2 hour even included finishing the INSIDE of the card. How wonderful is that.  In fact, I think it took me longer to photograph the card and write my post than it did to make the card.  Oh, I am entering this card in Doodle Pantry's Monthly Digital Challenge #39

 

Keep Crafting, 

Halloween Characters

  This will be a very short post today (I promise).  But I wanted to share what the challenge this week is over at Crafty Creations Challenges.  It's Halloween Characters. I love this!!

 

This cute image is "Frankie" from Pollycraft. Unfortunately, they are closing their website; but, before they closed, I was able to purchase 60 colored digis for a very low price. They had really cute digis, so I'll certainly miss them. I'll share another card with you tomorrow that I made using another image from Pollycraft

 

I lighten colored digis before printing them. This allows me to add my own colors, highlights and accents where I want them. I colored the image using Copics.  I used a white gel pen to accent the white streaks in her hair. And, yes, there is no picture of the inside of the card for a reason. I haven't finished it yet. I barely had time to finish the outside for it to be included in this week's DT inspiration. I added twine and a large brown brad.

 

Check out the Crafty Creations Challenge blog this week (I wrote it).  I would love for you to see what the other DT members have created . . . and perhaps join us for a wonderful prize from Clearly Besotted Stamps.

 

Keep Crafting, 

It must be Sunday

Yes, it must be Sunday, since I have another Christmas card to share with you. The weeks are flying by quickly this year.  The challenge this week at Christmas Card Challenges is a Color Combo:

 

Pink, Brown and White

 

Not your traditional Christmas colors, so . . . I decided to make a "non-traditional" Christmas Card.

 

When I saw this digistamp from Melonheadz, I knew I had to use it for the pink/brown/white card this week.  The sentiment is computer generated  The paper is digipaper from Doodle Pantry (Seasonal Swags-Paper 5). The ribbon is from my stash (it's ages old) and tied to a wire ring.

 

The inside is finished with like papers/colors/ribbons; however the light I use to take pictures stopped working, so I only have one picture to share with you today (I'm just glad I was able to get a picture of the card front before things went haywire).

 

Keep Crafting,

 

 

Wishing You Well

We're having a fun Challenge this week at Crafty Creations . . .

Easy as 1-2-3. 

Use 1 ribbon, 2 embellishments and 3 papers.

 

How fun is that? Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish and I received the cutest digistamp ~ Five Little Froggies ~ for this challenge.

 

I colored the image with Copics and Sharpies. I added brown grosgrain ribbon and two bronze pearls. For the three papers I used polka dot DP from The Bewitched Stack by DCWV and brown and green cardstock.

 

I carried the papers to the inside and computer-generated the sentiment. I couldn't resist the pun.

 

Please stop by the Crafty Creations blog to see what the other Designers have created for you this week. And why not play along . . . you just might win a fabulous digital prize from Robyn's Fetish.

 

 

 Keep Crafting,

It's good to be Home

I really enjoy spending time with my parents and extended family (they all live out of state, so I don't get to see them as often as I would like) . . . but I also like getting back to a "normal" routine and not living out of a suitcase.

 

Since I haven't posted much over the past 2 weeks (only my required cards for the Design Team Challenges),  I thought I would share a card with you today.  Even though this was a "Welcome to your new Home" card, I felt the "home" image fit the fact that I'm now, well, home.

 

 

I punched a "sun" template using a circle punch and created a "cloud" template by punching holes with my standard hole punch (I now have a cloud die, but I didn't when I created this card).  I sponged it all with various Memento Ink Pads.  The house stamp is from the dollar bin at Joanns which I colored with Copics ~ I also fussy cut it out and raised it up using dimensionals. Some ribbon from SU! and Spellbinder die cuts finished off the front.

 

Now for my Oops!  Since I had very limited internet access during the past 2 weeks, it was a scramble getting my posts done for the Design Teams I'm on.  So, I just noticed I forgot to post the Photo for the Photo Challenge at Christmas Card Challenges this past Sunday. There's still time to play along (it's a prize challenge also).  Check out my post from Sunday, October 6 for details. Sorry for any confusion.

 

Keep Crafting,

It's Christmas Sunday

Since I’m still visiting family, this post will be short. I've had a wonderful vacation even though it's been a LOT of running around ~ we attended 6 high school sporting events in 7 days.

 

Since it's Sunday that means another Christmas.  Join us every week at

Christmas Card Challenges

and you'll have plenty of cards ready by the time Christmas rolls around.  This week's theme is:

Photo Challenge

 

 

I found a perfect FREE image from AJ Digis, Christmas Lights. I enhanced the lights with Glossy Accents.

 

The sentiments are from Doodle Pantry, Holiday Greetings. I received it for FREE several months ago and have been using it quite a bit.

**Note: I won a super prize from Doodle Pantry last week and I can’t wait to get home so I can create cards with all the digi stamps and papers and sentiments. I just love Doodle Pantry . . . mainly because you can get a black & white version and a color version, so if you’re short on time you can use the color digistamp to quickly create a card. 

 

 

 OK, back to Christmas Cards . . . be sure to visit the Christmas Card Challenges website so you can see what the other Designers have created for you this week.

 

 

Keep Crafting

Card Recipe:

  ~ Digital Image: AJ Digis Christmas Lights
  ~ Red & White Cardstock from stash
  ~ DSP: DCWV Christmas Stack
  ~ Sentiment: Doodle Pantry Holiday Greetings
  ~ Memento Dye Ink: Green and Red
  ~ Glossy Accents