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

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