Doodle Pantry New Releases

I'd like to say a big welcome to Esther, my newest blog follower.  I hope my creations will inspire you !

Today is Tuesday, which means Doodle Pantry has a few new digital sets available (and they're 25% off today only).

I fell in love with Little Boy Valentines. It seems I always find cute images for girls, but who knew that images for boys could be just as darling !

One image from the set is this adorable dinosaur. I added the clouds and a bit more "grass" to the grass area. I also went over the pre-colored image with my Copics.

The Designer Paper and sentiment are from the digi set also. I love how all the bits and pieces of every Doodle Pantry digital set coordinate to make cardmaking so easy.  A homemade candy dot and a bit of embossing finish off the card.

Can you tell I love this little critter? I had to include him on the inside along with a second sentiment from the set.

Stop by the Doodle Pantry store to take advantage of 25% off this and other new releases today.  And there's still time to play along in the monthly Ants in My Pantry Digital Challenge #1. Check out all the details by clicking on the image below.

Doodle Pantry + Send A Smile For Kids

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Send A Smile For Kids Challenge. Their theme for the next two weeks is Valentine/Love.

I was more than happy to get away from Christmas cards for awhile, so I had to play along. Also, who doesn't just love making cards for children, right??

I used the chicks from Doodle Pantry's Spring Critters set (pre-colored, but I went over the colors with Copics ~ ok, I'm not sure this really does anything to the image, especially if I use a color very close to the printed color; but it makes me "feel" like I'm coloring . . . so I'll continue doing this LOL)

I used the heart from Calendar Mini's, but I digitally removed just one heart because I didn't like the way the two hearts looked with the chicks.  Thank goodness Laurie, the Doodle Pantry genius, also includes png files so you can combine multiple images to create one image (below).

The sentiment is computer-generated and I did color this one on my own using Copics (RV10, RV11 & RV13)

Stop by Send A Smile For Kids Challenge and play along. What child wouldn't just love to receive a beautiful Valentine's Day or I Love You card this year?

And while you're at it, stop by the Doodle Pantry store to pick up several really cute digital sets for those "children" in your life.

  

Side Note: In 2015, the Doodle Pantry Challenges will start the first Tuesday of each month ~ so hop over to the Doodle Pantry Challenge Blog in a few days to join in the fun (Tuesday, January 6).

Imagine That . . .

I received the cutest digital stamp (Winter Love) with sentiments from Imagine That for playing along in their monthly progressive challenge in January.  However, since I didn't get my card done by Valentine's Day (wow, what a surprise; not), I decided to use a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps ("where ever you go, go with all your heart) which will make this digi one I can use all year long.

 

"Winter Love" came with both black and white and color digis.  I used the colorized version, but went over the colors with my Copics. I like digis that come with the black and white line art as well as a colorized version. When I need to make a card quickly, I can use the color version. And, I can also use the color version as a guide when I color the black and white line art. 

 

 

Items used:

Brown, red and white cardstock, ribbon and DP from my stash, Spellbinders dies-Labels Two and Three, Copics and Stampin' Up! punch.

Another Last Minute Card

One more card done. This one is for {From the Heart} Stamps: Stamp of the Month Challenge. And January's cute digistamp is "Caught Your Heart" provided to me free because I entered December's Challenge.  I used the simple cat with heart design, but the set also included the cat sitting under an old fashioned mail shoot and the cat with love letters.  The sentiment is computer generated; I thought it was purr-fect for this card (sorry, I couldn't resist).

 

Enjoy. . . and don't forget to make a couple Valentine's Cards, it'll be here sooner than you think.