Jingle Friends

Happy Tuesday Crafty Friends!  Here in the States, we are on the Countdown to the Thanksgiving holiday and it's our family's tradition to put up the Christmas Tree and decorations the weekend after the holiday.  My husband is already grouching about hanging outside lights...but I digress...I have a cute Christmas card for you featuring the Jingle Friends Stamp Set from Penny Black, No. 30-739.

I've colored the images using Spectrum Noir Illustrator Alcohol Markers, the patterned paper is from the "My Favorite Christmas" 6x6 paper pad by Echo Park. I've die cut the focal panel using a nesting stitched rectangle die from Catherine Pooler.

Since it's a Christmas card, I've brought out the Crystal Stickles and applied to the white fur on Santa's hat and Pom Pom, as well as Rudolph's nose.  The sentiment is from the same set and I've accented with silver gems from Kat Scrappiness.

My Christmas card creating is now in full swing, I just need to coax the Grinch out of my dear husband so I'll have twinkling lights around the house this year!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

Unicorn Challenge

Aud Sentiments

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge

We Love Stamping

Inkspirational Challenge

Polkadoodles

Polkadoodles Gem of a Challenge

Send a Smile 4 Kids

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round

Crafty Animals

Critter Crazy Challenge

A Bright and Beautiful Autumn

Hello Crafty Friends and Happy Monday!  I hope your weekend was splendid and you found time for some crafty goodness.  I had lots of time in my craft room this weekend and I have a quick share for you today.  Using the Waffle Flower Layered Sunflowers Stamp set, I've created a bright and cheerful Autumn card.  Yes, I'm still working on Autumn cards but Christmas is next!

This is a stamp layering set, which I've had in my stash, and thought it needed to see the light of day.  The floral images are quite large, as you can see it takes up a lot of real estate on the front of this A2 sized card.

I've used Catherine Pooler inks to stamp the layers.  The patterned paper is from my stash, a leftover snippet from a Carta Bella pad I believe, and the sentiment is from an Altenew set.  To finish everything off, I've popped the focal panel on craft foam for dimension, then added orange twine and bronze sequins.  

That's all I have for today.  I hope your day is fantastic, as well as your week ahead.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Dream Valley

A Place to Start

Outlawz Monday Greetings

Little Patch of Crafty Friends

613 Avenue Create

Crafting Happiness

Crafty Calendar

Crafty Catz

Creative Fingers

Creative Crafters

Classic Design Challenge Nov/Dec 2024

Hi Friends, I'm back with my second post for this Friday, as it's a new challenge month at The Classic Design Challenge Blog.  Our generous sponsor this month is Mirtillamente and I've used one of the holiday icons from the Svario About Christmas No. 1 digital set.  This set includes 6 Christmas icons that are cute and easy to color.  I've chosen the Penguin 1 for my Christmas design.

Isn't this little fella adorable?  I love Penguins and especially in Holiday cards, which I've chosen to create here.  I've colored this little guy with alcohol markers and fussy cut him, then popped him on foam pads for dimension.

The patterned papers are from the "Winter Time" 6x6 paper pad by Carta Bella, the blue tones give it that Frosty feel.  I used a cut apart as a panel for him to land on, I liked the small tree on the bottom left.  The Joy die cut and shadow are from Paper Roses Studio.  I cut the word from blue glitter card, and the polka dot ribbon is from my stash.  Lastly, silver gems from Kat Scrappiness were added for additional interest.

Please stop by the challenge and join in the fun!  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Crafty Catz

Creative Fingers

The Outlawz Festive Fridays

Pattie's Creations

Creative Friday

Krafty Chicks

AYLI - I love festive ribbon on Christmas cards, just adds an extra bit of fancy and whimsy

Craft Rocket

Lil Red Wagon

Digi Choosday

Creative Inspirations

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards - "J" is for Joy

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge Nov/Dec 2024

Happy Fri-YAY friends!  It's time for a new challenge month at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge Blog.  We have a pretty Optional Inspiration Mood Board for you.  The mood boards are Always Optional, the only requirement is your design must be FLORAL FOCUSED.

I was inspired by the colors in this mood board and tried to match the Autumn colors in my design.  Using the Painted Flowers Stamp Set from Altenew, I've created a somewhat CAS styled card.

I've stamped the images randomly on a Tim Holtz watercolor card panel and colored them using Gansai Tambi watercolor paints.  The sentiment is from a Gina K. Designs Stamp Set.

To complete the design, I've added copper gems from Kat Scrappiness to highlight the sentiment.  The team and I hope you'll pop in and join us at the challenge, so see you there!  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie

Creative Crafters

Creative Knockouts

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Word Art Wednesday

Dream Valley

Outlawz Monday Greetings

Path of Positivity

Pammie's Inky Pinkies

Pumpkin Blooms by Penny Black

Happy Saturday Crafturday Friends!  Are you planning on crafting something today?  Me, yes and I have a quick share today featuring the new Pumpkin Blooms Die set from Penny Black.  

I've die cut the pieces from the die set using Tim Holtz watercolor card and painted the pieces using Gansai Tambi watercolor paints.  To give the pieces some depth and shading, I've inked using Ranger Distress inks in coordinating colors.

In my continued effort to use as much from my stash as possible, I took a snippet of patterned paper and a cut apart tag from the "Welcome Fall" 6x6 paper pad and coordinating ephemera pack to decorate the front.  I've also embossed the white panel using the "Texture" embossing folder from Penny Black, and placed bronze gems in the blossom centers.  The card base is "Cajun Craze" from Stampin' Up.

I hope you find time for a but of crafty fun today, until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Crafty Calendar

Crafty Catz

Cut It Up Challenge

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge

Let's Craft and Create

Creative Inspiration

Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Growing the Big One with Shannen Doherty on Hallmark Channel 

Word Art Wednesday

A Place to Start

613 Avenue Create

A Cut Above

Paper Funday Challenges - November 2024

Hello to you and Happy Wednesday!  It's time for a new challenge month at The Paper Funday Challenge Blog.  This is the last challenge of 2024, the team will be taking a holiday break for December, and will return with new challenges on the 1st of January 2025.

Our sponsors this challenge are Amanda Jayne Designs and Fred, She Said.  For my team project, I've used the Christmas Corgi digital image from Fred, She Said and I've colored the image using Prismacolor Pencils.

Isn't he a cutie?  After coloring the image, I fussy cut him and popped him on foam pads for dimension.  The patterned papers are from the Bo-Ho-Ho 6x6 paper pad by Hobby Lobby, the sentiment strip is from Simon Says Stamp and the sequins are from my stash.

I believe this may be my dear husband's Christmas card this year.  He loves dogs, Queen Elizabeth II and he HAS been a pretty good guy this year.  

Please stop by The Paper Funday Challenge and play along, we love seeing all the amazing projects shared with us each month.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Daisy Chain Challenge

Polkadoodles Digi Choosday

Creative Inspiration

Unicorn Challenge

CD Sunday +

We Love Stamping

Send a Smile 4 Kids

Beccy's Annual Month of Holiday Cards

Critter Crazy Challenge

Crafty Animals

Inspiration Station Challenge #67 - November 2024

Hello Friends and Happy Monday, I hope your weekend was awesome! On Saturday, we had lunch with my youngest brother and his fiancé...yes, that was a surprise and the reason we were invited to lunch.  I'm over the moon happy for them, they couldn't be a better match, and I know our Mama in Heaven is smiling down on them. 

Today begins a new challenge month at The Inspiration Station Challenge Blog.  Our inspiration photo is a yummy one, I'm a huge fan of lattes and cappuccinos, especially Vanilla Caramel, doesn't this photo give all the Snuggly feels?

I was directly inspired by the Cappuccino and leaves in the photo.  I have a few "coffee" themed sets but I love the designer series papers from the Latte Love Bundle by Stampin' Up.  The dies included cut out the cups from the paper, so this card came together quick.  My color theme doesn't match the photo, but I love light blue and brown together. 

The card base is Pecan Pie from Stampin' Up as well as the patterned paper, which is from the A Little Latte paper pack.  I've used the nesting Ruffles and Dashes Dies from Catherine Pooler for the mats. The bottom cup as well as the sentiment strip and small middle panel have been popped on foam pads for dimension.  

Lastly, I've added Baker's Twine and gold leaf embellishments for that Autumn vibe and shine.  We would love to see your inspired projects this month, we are always amazed how the photo inspires everyone.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Double Trouble Challenges

A Cut Above

A Place to Start

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

613 Avenue Create

All Sorts

Crafty Calendar

Inkspirational Challenges

Give a Crafter a Cookie

Crafty Catz

Cut It Up

Pumpkin Blessings by Penny Black

Hello Friends, I hope you're doing well and enjoying the Autumn Season.  I have a quick share for you featuring the lovely Autumn Splendor Stamp Set #30-372 from Penny Black.  I've featured 3 cards created from this set recently, and I can't get enough of the pretty artist drawings.

To start, I've stamped the image on Tim Holtz Watercolor card, using the textured side, and painted using Gansai Tambi watercolor paints.  A tip I like to use, and one I picked up from watching Micheline Jourdain videos on You Tube, (she's fantastic with painting and creating scenes using Penny Black sets) is to leave the stamp in my Misti stamp positioning tool, and after the painting has dried, re-stamp the image for to darken up the lines.  

I've taped off a 1/2" border around the image, using Mint Tape from Scrapbook.com and blended Vintage Photo Distress ink to create a "frame", then splattered using Dr. Ph. Martin Pen White ink. Once the splattering was dry, I've stamped the sentiment from the Autumn is Calling Set #30-863 from Penny Black, and this card was complete.

That's all for today, until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Krafty Chicks

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Double D Challenges

Fab 'n Funky

Word Art Wednesday

Ciao Bella Moth of the Night

Hello and Happy Wednesday Crafty Friends!  I have a quick share today featuring a Moth of the Night, from the Ciao Bella "It's All Good" Stamp Set.

To start, I've stamped the image on Tim Holtz Watercolor card and painted using Gansai Tambi watercolor paints.  The card style is clean and simple in terms of how I create CAS cards.  

When the watercolor was completely dry, I've ink blended black ink around the perimeter and stamped the sentiment, then splattered black ink on the panel.  The watercolor card has a nice texture on one side, smooth on the reverse, and I like how the this textured side gives a bit of vintage to this card.  The card has been mounted on a black card base. 

Halloween is in a few days, and this is the last of my Halloween cards for 2024; I thought it would be nice to have a simple design.  That's all for today, until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge

Digi Choosday

Fab 'n Funky

Everybody Art

Cardz 4 Guyz

Make My Monday

AAA Card Challenge

Addicted to CAS

Sweet Stampin'

Snarky Stampers

 

Autumn Silhouettes with the Double Trouble Challenge

Hi Friends and Happy Tuesday!  I'm back to share my second Guest Designer project with The Double Trouble Challenge.  This challenge is for 1 week and it's a Something, Anything, Everything Challenge. The are other optional twists you can play along with if you choose.

I've created a CAS styled Autumn card using the Autumn Silhouettes Stamp Set from Gina K. Designs and blended a pretty sunset in the background using Catherine Pooler inks.

After stamping the image, I heat embossed and masked off a thick border using mint tape from Scrapbook.com.  I ink blended the colors and once dry, splattered using Dr. Ph. Martin's Pen-White ink. I like this white ink because when it's dried, it does not take on any color from underneath, it stays bright white.

I've popped the focal panel on craft foam for dimension, not before adding natural colored linen thread.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.  I'm very pleased with the look of this card, CAS just isn't my forte but I do like how this card turned out.  

I thank Double Trouble for having me as a Crazy Cousin this month, I always have a great time creating with the gals and we hope you'll stop in a play along!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

A Place to Start

613 Avenue Create

Aud Sentiments

Outlawz Monday Greetings

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Creative Fingers

Crafty Catz

C.R.A.F.T Challenge

Creative Knockouts

Creative Inspiration