Polkadot Orchard - Believe in Yourself

Hello Friends and Happy Saturday!  Today is a quick share for the Polka Dot Orchard Creative Team.  I've created a gift tag using the Believe in Yourself Digital stamp and Sentiment.

I love the sketchy drawing of the flower; Polka Dot Orchard has many images drawn in this way and they really appeal to me.  I thought the image would make a nice tag for a Thank You gift I have going out next week.

I've ink smooshed the tag, made from watercolor card, using distress inks.  I've colored, using alcohol markers, and fussy cut the Rose, apply ultrafine glitter, then splattered with white acrylic paint and adhered to the tag using foam tape.  Lastly, I've added silver sequins and black twine.  

That's all I have for today, thanks for stopping by.  I wish you a wonderful weekend and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

All Sorts

QKR Stampede

WWO DT Challenge

Creative Crafters

Outlawz Crash Your Stash

Alphabet Challenge

Penny's Challenges

Word Art Wednesday

Passion for Markers

TTCRD

A Perfect Time to Craft

613 Avenue Create

Cheers to Pour Decisions

Hello and Happy Monday!  I hope your weekend was wonderful and you did something you enjoy.  Today I'm featuring a Mixed Media Tag created featuring the Cheers to Pour Decisions Digital Stamp from Polkadot Orchard.

Using a pre-cut watercolor tag from Joggles, I've adhered snippets of decoupage papers from Studio Light and Washi Tape from my Stash.

I've printed the image using a Laser Printer and hot foiled using a laminator.  I've also colored her skin using alcohol markers.  I thought about leaving the skin uncolored but decided it would look better colored.  

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

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

SSS Mon Challenge

Mixed Media Lovers

Creative Artiste

Alphabet Challenge - Interest is Wine Tasting LOL

Everybody Art

Outlawz PAM

I'm Happiest When I'm With You

Hello and Happy Friday!  Father's Day is fast approaching (here in the States, it's this Sunday, the 19th of June) so I've had a play with a bit of ink and stenciling to create a Vintage Tag.  

I'm not great at creating Vintage or Shabby Chic themes but I've had the Tim Holtz Paper Dolls in my stash for a long time, so I thought to myself "a challenge is a good thing"..and it helps creativity.

Using a Mixed Media Tag from Joggles, I ink smooshed Distress Inks in shades of Blue and Brown to layer some color.  In between dries, I stamped clock and text images using the same distress ink colors.  I also stenciled splats and drips.  

I've fussy cut clock and timer images from ephemera I have in my stash and adhered to the tag, as well as washi tape.  I've adhered the paper dolls flat and traced around with a fine liner black pen, then adhered quotes from the Tim Holtz Small Talk Sticker pack.  Lastly, I tied some seam binding, thread and twine to the tag and called it complete.  

I will give this to my hubby for Father's Day, the back is blank and ready for a sentiment.  Maybe he will hang it from the rear view mirror in his truck.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Crafty Catz

Beyond the Blue

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

Through the Purple Haze

SSS Wed Challenge

Creative Inspirations

The Male Room

Crafty Gals Corner

Avenue 613

Dare 2B Artsy

Ally's Angels

Creative Crafters

Holiday Tapestry

Good Morning and Happy Saturday.  Today's make is another Tag Card featuring Gina K. Designs, Heat Embossing, Ink Blending and Designer Papers.

Black isn't a color usually associated with Christmas but I've noticed a trend of non-traditional holiday colors being used in decorating and crafting this year so I thought I would give it a go.  

I stamped an image from the Gina K. Designs Holiday Tapestry Stamp set on a Tag dies cut that is from Gina K. Designs also, the heat embossed it using Simon Says Stamp White Sparkle powder.  You cannot see how sparkly the embossing is but it's lovely, perfect for a holiday card.  I ink blended over the stamping with Festive Berries Distress Oxide ink then added Nuvo Drops in White.

The background paper is from the Echo Park "My Favorite Christmas" 6x6 paper pad, the ribbon from my stash, the fancy circle die cut was given to me in a swap and the sentiment is from the Gina K. Designs Ornamental Snowflakes Stamp Set.

My Christmas card crafting is well underway.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix

ABC Christmas Challenge

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge

Sweet Stamping

A Gem of A Challenge

Polkadoodle

Creative Fingers

Cute Card Thursday

Craft Rocket

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

Bugaboo Saturday Challenge - Photo / Color Inspiration

 Hello to You and Happy Saturday!  I hope you're well and ready to join in the Bugaboo Saturday Weekly Challenge.  I'm a Surprise Guest Designer for October and for today's challenge, the Theme is Photo/Color Inspiration:

I had a great time creating a fun Tag for my design team project this week.  I used the Bugaboo Brat Basketball Boy image and colored the image to match the colors in the inspiration photo.  I also blended a background using Distress Oxide Inks in the colors Faded Brick, Dried Marigold and Fossilized Amber.

It's a sweet tag that can be used for a Birthday Present, Christmas Gift or any time you just want to let someone special know they are an All Star.  We hope you'll join us this week at Bugaboo for one of the many challenges they have going on.  It's a great opportunity to win some cute images.

Until Next Time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

A Gem of a Challenge

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra

Arty Divas

Cards Galore

Crafty Friends

Crafty Chicks

Lil Red Wagon (Things with B - Basketball)

Creative Moments

Polkadoodle

Watercooler Challenges

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges - Anything Goes

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  It's time for a new challenge at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges.  The challenges are now bi-weekly and the sponsor for this round is Fred, She Said Designs.  The theme is Anything Goes and I had the opportunity to use a pre-colored set titled Dahlia Sets.  Since they were pre-colored, it made creating this large Tag for my design team project quick and easy.

We hope you'll join us this round at Penny's for your chance to win some awesome digis from Fred, She Said Designs.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna