Polkadot Orchard - Trust Your Journey

Happy Saturday Crafty Friends!  I hope your weekend is off to a great start.  This weekend we are in Helen, Georgia for the Oktoberfest.  The town resembles a Bavarian Village and there are loads of Oktoberfest festivities going on.  And to top it off, it's my dear husband's birthday today.

I have a quick share for you today using an image from the Polka Dot Orchard "Let Your Dreams Be Your Wings" digital set.  This set includes 1 image and 5 sentiments and I chose to work with only a sentiment for my design.

I printed the semtiment using a laser printer and hot foiled using toner reactive foil from Thermo-web.  I then cut the panel using a stitched rectangle die and mounted on craft foam for dimension.

The background is an ombre colored panel of patterned paper and I've added strips of white glitter card to create the illusion of blocks of colored card.  Lastly, I've added silver gems from Kat Scrappiness or additional sparkle.

That's all I have for you today, now it's time for more Oktoberfest shenanigans.  Thanks for stopping by and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Crafty Catz

Creative Fingers

My Time to Craft

Your Next Stamp

As You Like It - Tough Choice but I'm loving Metallics lately, I've been foiling everything! 

Stamps Fun Creativity

Word Art Wednesday

Free Floral Bouquet from Varada Sharma Designs

Hello Crafty Friends and Happy Thursday!  Today I'm sharing a Friendship card created with a Free Digi Stamp courtesy of Varada Sharma Designs.  There are 2 floral images included in this Free Bundle and you can find it HERE.

I've printed the image and sentiment using a laser printer so I could hot foil them using toner reactive foil and a laminator.  I've colored the image with alcohol markers and due cut the focal panel with a tag die.

The patterned papers are from a Recollections 6x6 paper pad that I've had in my stash for ages.  I was looking for a particular color of blue and found it in this older paper pad.  Gold Flecked Gems from CTMH have been added as accents and Gold Thread from Altenew is added to the tag.

Thanks for visiting and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Rabisco

Outlawz Twisted Thursday

Craft Rocket

Creative Inspirations

Modern Christmas Trees

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Today I'm sharing a Christmas in August card featuring a set of Modern Christmas Trees.  The digital image is from Varada Sharma Designs and is part of a larger set which can be found HERE.

The simplicity of the images appealed to me and I thought this image would be great foiled.  In order to foil digital images, they need to be printed using a laser printer.  I have an inexpensive HP Laser printer I use for crafting and I like it because it handles heavy card like a champ.  I printed the image and hot foiled using a laminator and toner reactive foil.

While photographing, I tried to pick up the shine of the foiling, it really adds lots of pizazz to these simple, modern trees.  I added color using alcohol markers, the plaid paper is from the Memory Box Christmas Plaids 6x6 paper pad and the mini sentiment is from Cardz TV.

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Have you started creating your holiday cards yet?  Do you post cards every season?  I do and usually send an average of 30 handcrafted cards each year to family, friends and neighbors.  

Thanks for stopping by today and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

Christmas Kickstart

Make My Monday

Use Your Stuff

Outlawz Sunday Songs & Rhymes

Peace on Earth

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas

Outlawz Festive Friday

Krafty Chicks

Cardz 4 Galz

12 Months of Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper

Red Dahlia Happy Birthday

Hello Friends!  Today I'm sharing a card created using the Altenew Fashion Monger Dahlia Layering Stamp and Coordinating Die Set and Stenciling.

This card started as an idea for my final Altenew Level 1 Course assignment but I did not photo the instruction steps so it has now become a card for my Birthday Stash.

Using the Fizzy Art Stencil by Gina K. Designs, I lightly stenciled on a panel using Catherine Pooler Ink.  It's a very subtle pink, which is what I was going for.  I proceeded to stamp the blooms and leaves using Catherine Pooler Inks, die cut them and layed out my arrangement.  To keep it all in place, I placed Press and Seal plastic wrap over top, picked up the arrangement and set aside to finish off the panel.

I die cut an aperture in the middle of the stenciled card, matted the stenciled panel with black card and adhered to a cardbase of Neenah Solar White 110 lb. card.  I mounted the oval die cut piece on craft foam and replaced in the aperture.  I placed the floral arrangment on the panel and added a hot foiled sentiment strip.  Lastly, clear sequins were added for a touch of sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time, Happy Crafting.

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Outlawz Festive Fridays

Scrapping 4 Fun

Creative Knockouts

Inspired By

Corrosive Challenge

All Sorts

Red and Gold Christmas

Good Sunday Morning to you.  Today's make and share is a Christmas card featuring die cuts, heat embossing and hot foil transfer.

I enjoyed the process of creating this card.  I die cut snowflakes and heat embossed Gold powder on them 3 separate times which gave them a thick, enamel like appearance.  I then heat foiled the sentiment using Gina K. Designs/Thermoweb Foil-Mates Holiday Cheer.  These are pre-printed ink toner sentiments that are run through a laminator.  The foil them adheres to the toner and you have a foiled area.  I found a couple packages of the Foil-Mates on eBay for a great price.

The papers are from the Memory Box "Christmas Plaid" and the Echo Park "A Gingerbread Christmas" 6x6 paper pads.  Lastly, I added  Gold Gems for that finishing touch.  

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna  

**Challenges Entered:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Pixies Crafty Workshop

Corrosive Challenge

Chocolate Baroque

Dragonfly Dreams

Gem of a Craft Challenge

Christmas Card Throwdown

Creative Knockouts

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge

Creative Fingers

Merry Christmas Gnome

 Hello!  Today's make is a Card with a Tag on Top, featuring a Gnome, Foil, Glitter, Flock, Die Cuts and Stenciling. 

To create my card, I started with the tag first.  I used the Gina K. Designs and Thermo Web "Gnome for the Holidays" Stamp and Stencil Kit.  This kit was a collaboration between Thermo Web and Gina K. Designs and includes Foils, Stamps Stencils and Dies.  

The designer papers are a mixture of scrap and a large panel from the Memory Box "Christmas Plaid 6x6 paper pad, the Gnome beard is White Flocking, the baubles in the trees are die cut from red foil and the starry background is Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Texture paste over a stencil. 

For a final touch, I added a bit of ribbon, attaching it to the tag with my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher and covering the staple with the sentiment strip.

Christmas crafting has begun and if I stay on track, I won't be pulling my hair out come December 15th...the day I give myself to have all cards in the mail.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

C.R.A.F.T Challenge

Cute Card Thursday

Gina K. Designs Monthly Challenge

Crimbo Crackers

A Bit More Time to Craft

Crafter's Cafe

QKR Stampede

Crafty Hazelnuts

Digi Doodle Studios

Do-Al(l) Creative