It's a Tag Crafting Time!

Hello and Happy Sunday!  I do believe I am finished with Christmas card making so now on to making tags.  In addition to creating tags for my packages, this year I want to send tags, as gifts, to my Card Swap Buddies.  

The following tags were created using various scraps from several different Echo Park 6x6 paper pads, Tag Die from Gina K Designs, Baker's Twine and sequins and/or gems.

The tags were a quick and easy project as I used the cut apart cards included in the paper pads.  A little matting, a strip of glitter card and viola! complete tags ready to mail to my buddies.  Do you make your own tags?  I used to purchase tags, then became a paper crafter and purchasing store tags is impossible for me.  I have all the paper, embellishments, stamps and goodies to use...why would I purchase when I can create!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

C.R.A.F.T Challenge

Creative Knockouts

Cute Card Thursday

Cardz TV

Cut It Up Challenge

All Sorts

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper

Di's Digi Design

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Tag Tuesday

Dies R Us

Paper Funday Challenges - Paper Nest Dolls

 Hello and Happy Wednesday!  Today starts a new monthly challenge at The Paper Funday Challenges with the theme being Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Christmas / Holidays.  The sponsor for this month is the wonderful Paper Nest Dolls.

For my design team project, I used the Gingerbread House digital stamp to create a fun little Christmas Scene.

I colored the house with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, fussy cut and adhered flat to my card front.  The designer papers and Sentiment are from the Echo Park "A Gingerbread Christmas" 6x6 paper pad and the Poinsettia Floral Embellishment is from The Paper Studio.  

I die cut 2 snow banks, embossed them with a Swiss Dots embossing folder and used glue with loose glitter to create sparkly snow on the roof, Chimney top, over door, window boxes, tops of gum drops and tops of snow banks.  

This was a fun card to create and as I went along, I kept thinking of more things to glitter....why not?  One can never have too much Sparkle at Christmas!  Please join us this month at The Paper Funday Challenges, we would love to see your holiday projects!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

May Your Days Be Merry and Bright

 Hello and Happy 1st Day of December.  Wow, this year has flown by!  Let's hope 2021 brings us all a COVID Free Environment so we can go out without masks!  Until then, we must continue to create holiday projects.  My make today is a quick card featuring a large die cut and stamping.

I die cut a large Poinsettia with Leaves and pieced together; edging with Stickles Gold Glitter Gel.  The sentiment is from a stamp set that came with a papercrafting magazine a few years ago.  I liked the large MERRY and was the main reason I purchased the magazine.  I used Gold Mirror card for a thin border around the focal panel and added a Gold Gem to the flower center - which is very hard to see.

I believe I have finished my card making for the holiday season.  Now on to tags for packages and for swap goodies; something I want to include with my Christmas card swaps this year.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Crafty Sentiments

Digi Choosday

TTCRD

Lemon Shortbread

Ike's World

Christmas Kickstart

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

A Bit More Time to Craft

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra

Dies R Us

QKR Stampede

A Perfect Time to Craft

Anything But a Card at Catch the Bug Blog

 Hello and Happy Monday!  If you celebrated Thanksgiving last week, I hope you had an enjoyable time with lots of love, laughter and good food! 

 Today on the Catch the Bug Challenge  Blog, it's Anything But A Card Monday.  The design team shares projects with the hope of inspiring you to create something other than a card with Bugaboo images.  For my project today, I used the Gingerbread Christmas Pocket digital image to create a Post-It Note Pad holder.

This is a design inspired by several I saw on Pinterest; it's an Easel Design and it's basically an Easel Card with a note pad adhered to the bottom, very easy to make and very cute.  Would make a great gift and the image is just too stinkin' cute!  

The designer papers are from the Echo Park "A Gingerbread Christmas" 6x6 paper pad and I added some Nuvo Crystal drops in the colors Red and Green for sparkly accents.

Please stop by the blog and see what my team mates created; you may be inspired to create something other than a card.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Dream Valley

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Pixie's Crafty Workshop

Cupcake Inspirations

Colouring in Scrapland

Beccy's Challenges

613 Avenue Create

Crafty Hazelnuts

Kraftin' Kimmie's

Gem of a Challenge

Crafty Catz

Polkadoodle

Cardz TV #128

Penny's Challenges

Christmas Craft Creations

Snowmen Selfie - Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge

 Hello and Happy Monday!  Today begins a new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies with the theme being Anything Goes.  Our sponsor this week is the talented SheepSki Designs.  For my design team project, I colored up the Snowmen Selfie image.  It is truly an adorable image and perfect for a Holiday or Winter themed project.

I chose to color the image in traditional Christmas colors.  The designer paper is from the Carta Bella "Merry Christmas" 6x6 paper pad.  I didn't add any embellishments to this project but did use a Sakura Gelly Roll Sparkle pen to hat brims here and there for an added bit of sparkle.  The sentiment is from a very old Hero Arts set.

Please join us this round at Pammie's.  We would love to see your creations and we hope to inspire you with ours.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Sheepski Designs Challenge #54

Creative Moments

Scraps of Life

NBUS #20

Dragonfly Dreams

Try It On Tuesday

Lemon Shortbread

Rustic Noel

 Hello and Happy Sunday!  It's a rainy Sunday here in Central Florida, so what better day to craft and work on Holiday Cards and Tags.  Today's make and share features a Snowflake from Gina K. Designs, Rustic Designer papers and heat embossing.

This card measures 5.5" square, I stamped and using fine detail gold powder from Ranger, heat embossed a Snowflake from the Gina K. Designs Sparkle and Shine Stamp Set.  The sentiment is from the same set, which I stamped in Gina K's Red Velvet ink.  The papers are from The Paper Studio "Rustic Noel" 6x6 paper pad.  For finishing touches, I added Nuvo Crystal drops in Copper and Gold ribbon.

Have a wonderful day and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

A Bit More Time to Craft

QKR Stampede

Classic Design Challenge

Crafty Sentiments

Creatalicious

Createful Heart

Word Art Wednesday

Crafty Catz

Crimbo Crackers

Craft Rocket

Simon Says Stamp

Penny's Challenges

Ornamental Shaker Card

 Hello and Happy Saturday!  I've had a lovely day at the Craft table and I hope you had the opportunity to do some Holiday crafting as well.  Today's make features elements from the Hero Arts October 2020 Monthly Card Kit, Silver Mirror Card, Glitter and Fine Eyelash Yarn. 

I created a shaker card using the Ornament from the Hero Arts Kit.  I die cut the ornament using silver mirror card, die cut 2 Reindeer and put the shaker element together adding 2 types of fine glitter for the inside.  The designer papers are from the Doodlebug Designs "Winter Wonderland" 6x6 paper pad, the sentiment and tiny Reindeer are also from the Hero Arts kit, the fine eyelash yarn came from my stash (purchased from an Etsy Seller a few years ago).

I'm pleased with the results as Shaker Cards are definitely not my specialty.  I took an extra bit of time making sure to get every piece of the shaker element correct.  My husband said just the ornament would make a nice gift to include in Happy Mail; I'm not sure I have the patience to create more than 1 of these at a time.  It is pretty though and I like the non-traditional colors of the designer papers.

Thanks for visiting and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Christmas Card Throwdown

Crafty Hazelnut's

A Gem of a Challenge

Inkspirational Challenges

Crafter's Castle

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Dream Valley Challenges

Crafty Catz

Polkadoodles

Cardz TV #128

C.R.A.F.T Challenge

Creative Knockouts

Just Us Girls

Friday Freebie at Bugaboo Stamps

Hello and Happy Fri-YAY!  That means it's Friday's Freebie at Bugaboo Stamps.  This funny Stella image titled "Today's Menu" will be available today and yours for the taking!  

Digital Stamps are so versatile; in this case the image isn't specifically for the Holidays however I made it a funny Christmas Card by my choice of colors, patterned papers and sentiment.  The papers are from the Carta Bella "Merry Christmas" 6x6 paper pad, I added the additional sentiment of Merry Christmas, which is from the Cardz TV "Mini Messages" Stamp set.

Please stop by and grab today's Friday Freebie.  I'm thinking of coloring an 8x10 of this digital image, framing it and hanging in my kitchen :)

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Crafty Catz

Polkadoodle

Cardz TV

Di's Digi Design

Pattie's Creations

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge

Cute Card Thursday

Crimbo Crackers

Craft Rocket

Lil Red Wagon

The Paper Shelter

Penny's Challenges

Christmas Stash Busting

 Hello!  Today's make and share features stash busting and using what you got.  I have several 6x6 paper pads from past Christmas projects, going back a few years, and thought it was time to use up the paper pads.  I had just enough in an older Echo Park paper pad to create 6 Christmas cards.

The card out front is the one I would like to showcase today.  An easy make and to embellish, I added blue gems and a snowflake button.  The sentiment is from a stamp set I purchased at a Church Sale this past summer.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Crafty Sentiments

Digi Choosday

TTCRD

Lemon Shortbread

The Holly and Ivy

Always Fun

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Dream Valley

A Bit More Time to Craft #128

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity

QKR Stampede

Crafty Calendar

Deck the Halls - Fa-La-La

Hello and Happy Monday!  We are quickly approaching the holidays and I've been busy with Christmas Card making.  Today's make and share features foil, a die cut, designer paper and lots of Holiday Spirit!

I created a simple and quick card with papers from the Echo Park "Lumberjack Christmas" 6x6 paper pad, a Fa-La-La die cut from red foil paper and red sequins.  A super easy and festive card for the holidays.

I hope you were able to make progress on your holiday crafting this past weekend.  I'm going to try and work on cards again this week with another power session the weekend coming up.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

A Bit More Time to Craft

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra

A Perfect Time to Craft

Arty Divas

Classic Design Challenge

Corrosive Challenge

Crafters Castle

QKR Stampede

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Dragonfly Dreams

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge