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

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

Colour Crazy Challenge - Winter Snowflake

 Hello and Happy Fri-YAY!  Today begins a new challenge at the Colour Crazy Challenge with our sponsor being Ching Chou Kuik.  I'm a Guest Designer at Colour Crazy for the forseeable so for my design team project, I had the pleasure of using Winter Snowflake for my card.

I've created an A2 sized Holiday card in non-traditional holiday colors.  I die cut a large panel for the background and die cut the focal image, which I popped up on foam pads.  I colored the image with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, added Wink of Stella to her wings and placed some clear drops for additional interest. 

We hope you'll join us this week at The Colour Crazy Challenge, we would love to see your projects and hope to inspire you with ours.

Until next time, Happy Crafting

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Polkadoodle

Cardz TV

Creative Fingers

Di's Digi Design

Pattie's Creations

Winter Wonderland

Cute Card Thursday

Crimbo Crackers

Craft Rocket

Lil Red Wagon

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

Christmas Joy

 Hello and Happy Wednesday, the week is half spent and the weekend is in sight!  I've started Holiday crafting and wanted to quickly share my 1st Christmas Card for 2020.  I used the Simon Says Stamp Prismatic Snowflakes Stamp Set, Heat Embossing and Die Cuts to create my card.

I created my own background of snowflakes; heat embossing them with blue embossing powder.  I stamped a snowflake as a focal image and heat embossed it with white powder.  I inked the background of the fancy circle with Distress Oxide Inks in various shades of blues, used Alphabet dies to cut the work Joy which I covered in Glossy Accents.  Lastly, added ribbon and a bow to complete the card.

Christmas is my favorite crafty time of year and my favorite holiday of all.  Have you started your Holiday card making yet?  I always try to get a head start but usually fall behind sometime around our Thanksgiving holiday.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Lil Red Wagon

Creative Inspiration

Crafty Creations

Watercooler Challenge

CCC Digi Creations

Creative Craft Cottage

Creative Moments

Dream Valley Challenges

Craft Dee Bowz Challenge

12 Months of Christmas

Bugaboo Stamps - New Release Tuesday

 Hello!  I hope you're well and having a Terrific Tuesday.  Today is New Release Day at Bugaboo Digital Stamps and the newest image is this fun Turkey with his Knife and Fork.  

I've been invited to stay on as a Designer with Bugaboo and I couldn't be more thrilled.  My first project was working with the newest release and I've created this card to showcase the image.  This Poor Guy is asking we Eat More Beef!

I colored the image with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers and the DSP is from the Carta Bella "Fall Market" 6x6 paper pad.  A few sequins rounds out the design and I hope you like it.

Please stop by Bugaboo Stamps, check out the new releases and play along in the challenges.  We would love to see what you create.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Crafty Sentiments

Digi Choosday

TTCRD

Lemon Shortbread

Artsy Stamper

Crafting Happiness

Cardz TV

Cute Card Thursday

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Avenue 613

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

 Hello and Happy Monday!  I hope everyone is well and had a wonderful weekend.  Today begins a new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies with the challenge theme being Anything Goes.  Our generous sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps and it's always a pleasure working with their images.

For my design team project, I used the clever Ruby Thanksgiving which is part of Bugaboo's Monthly Calendar of images.  This image represents the month of November and I'm still finishing up Autumn and Thanksgiving cards, so I couldn't resist using this image.

My Ruby is a Southern Lady; she reminds me of my momma when the Bouffant hair-do's were popular.  My momma went to the Beauty Parlor every Friday and came home with her hair stiff with hair spray and piled up HIGH!  

I created the sentiment in my Word Processing Program as I didn't have one with the "y'all" and that was a must for my Southern Ruby!  The DSP is from the Echo Park "Celebrate Autumn" 6x6 paper pad.  I colored the image with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers and added some sequins for sparkle.  What type of Pie do you think she has made?  If it were my momma, it would be Apple.....Hot Apple Pie with a big scoop of French Vanilla Ice Cream on top!  

Please visit us at Pammie's Inky Pinkies this week and play along with us in the challenge.  We would love to see your creations.  Until Next time, Happy Crafting Y'all!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Incy Wincy

The Paper Girls

Crafting Happiness

A Bit More Time to Craft

QKR Stampede

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra

A Perfect Time to Craft

Arty Divas

Color it Create it Show it off

Classic Design Challenge

Crafts Galore Encore

Cute Card Thursday

Artsy Stamper

Slimline Foil Transfer

 Good Sunday Morning to You!  I have a quick post today sharing a slimline card I created that's fairly simple in design using foil transfer.

This card was created using Deco Foil Duo Transfer Gel and the Deco Foil Autumn Watercolor Foil. To adhere the foil, I used my laminator but with the Duo Gel, heat in not required.  You can achieve the same result using your die cutting machine.  The sentiment is from the Gina K. Designs Zen Flowers Stamp Set.  I did stencil very lightly on the sentiment strip and inked around the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. 

I hope you have a wonderful day.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Corrosive Challenge

Dare 2 B Artsy

A Bit More Time to Craft

Creatalicious

QKR Stampede

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra

Cardz TV

Mix It Up Challenge

Your Scrapbook Place

Crafts Galore Encore

The Paper Funday Challenges - Bugaboo Stamps

 Hello and Happy Wednesday!  Today begins a new challenge month at The Paper Funday Challenges with our sponsor being the fun and fabulous Bugaboo Stamps.  The theme at Paper Funday is Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Give Thanks/Grateful/Thankful.

For my design team project, I used the Scarecrow Autumn Leaves Digital Image with Designer papers from the Carta Bella "Fall Market" 6x6 paper pad.

I colored the image with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers and fussy cut.  The sentiment is from a tag pack that matches the paper pad, I die cut a focal panel for the center, added ribbon, gems and called this card complete.

We hope you'll join us this month at The Paper Funday Challenges.  We would love to see your creations and we hope to inspire you with ours. Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Fab 'n Funky Challenges

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges

Crafty Creations

Crafty Sentiments

Digi Choosday

TTCRD

Lemon Shortbread

Unicorn Challenge

Crafting Happiness

The Paper Girls

Season of Gratitude

 Hello, Happy Sunday and the 1st day of November 2020.  For those who changed the time back 1 hour for Daylight Savings Time, I hope you feel good with that extra hour of sleep.  Today's make and share is a Autumn card using a non traditional color scheme.

I created my own background by stamping, heat embossing and distress oxide ink blending .  The stamped images and sentiment are from the Gina K. Designs Zen Flowers stamp set.  I used the coordinating dies to cut out a flower and leaves for the focal panel.  I stenciled the focal panel and stamped the sentiment for a completed card.  

Thanks for visiting and have a pleasant week ahead!  Until net time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

A Bit More Time to Craft

Creatalicious

Dies R Us

QKR Stampede

Pixie's Crafty Workshop

A Perfect Time to Craft

Arty Divas Challenge

Classic Design Challenge

Die Cut Divas

D.L Art Nov Linky Challenge

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Crafter's Cafe