Dr Digi: Happy New Year

Hello crafty friends!!  I'm here today with my Dr Digi post.

Looks like Phoebe here, is having a little too much fun at the office party.  I'm hoping she brought a good friend along to clean up the mess she'll be leaving behind :0P  I thought this was a fun image and colored it up with my Prismacolor pencils.  Dr Digi has a lot of fun images, this here is Photocopy Phoebe.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Happy New Year!!!

stamps: Dr Digi: Photocopy Phoebe, Art C (banner letters)
paper: MFT: red hot, MME: alphabet soup girl, Bazzill, the Paper Studio: mirror paper
die-cut: Art C

Hanging Stockings

Hello again crafty friends!!  Just posting a few more Christmas cards.

For this card I used Saturated Canary image Hanging Stockings.  Even though she has closed her shop, she offered a subscription to receive 4-5 images each month for the next year.  These are images that never made it to her shop.
This beautiful image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils

Here's the inside.

Merry Christmas!!!



I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• {Pin}spirational Challenge: #181

stamps: Saturated Canary: Hanging Stockings, Unity: entwined poinsettia (outisde sentiment), SU: It's Snow Time (inside sentiment)
paper: Bazzill, BoBunny: Winter Joy Brrrr, Coordinations: Grassroots
embellishments: lace

Jolly Santa

Hello crafty friends!  Just posting some more Christmas cards I made this year :o)

Here's a jolly ole' man.  This happy image is from Bloobel called Jolly Santa.  I colored it with my Prismacolor pencils.  Love this happy image :o)

Here's the inside.

Merry Christmas!!


I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Colouring in Scrapland: Christmas
• Die Cutting Divas: #297 Santa or Reindeer
• If You Give A Crafter A Cookie: #59 
• Merry Monday Christmas: #227 Holiday Cheer
• The Merry Christmas Challenge: #12 Santa
• The Ribbon Girl Blog: Dec Any Image

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie:  the dots and red and white









stamps: Bloobel: Jolly Santa, Stampin' Up
paper: Bazzill, SU
die-cut: MFT: Rounded Banner Stax
embellishment: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Candy Cane Christmas

Hello crafty friends!  I'm going to try to post some of the different Christmas cards I made this year for my family and friends.

This cutie is Tiddly Inks, Sweet Dreams Molly.  I found her adroable :o)  I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils.  Some gauze, lace and twine were added for the whimsy look of Christmas.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Merry Christmas!!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafting When We Can: #134 It's Christmas

• Tiddly Inks: #197 A Very Merry Christmas

stamps:  Tiddly Inks: Sweet Dreams Molly, Stampin' Up: All Holidays
paper: Bazzill, the Paper Studio: white
die-cuts: MFT: Let It Snowflake
embellishments: gauze, 3 Girl Jam: lace, twine

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #92: Get Well

Hello crafty friends!!  The New Year is coming fast, but let me say first "Merry Christmas"!  We have one last challenge for you this year and it's a crowd pleasure.....Anything Goes.

We have 3 wonderful sponsors and that means 3 winners will be chosen by the DT.

 Winner will receive $7 gift certificate

Winner will receive 3 images

Winner will receive 3 images

I designed a card using sponsor image Get Well Little Bear from A Creative Need.  Such a sweet image.  There has been some major bugs going around and I know someone who could use this right now.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils. I figured this design paper with flowers could brighten up anyone's day.

Here's the inside where I stamped a sentiment from Stampin' Up.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Craft-Dee BowZ: December Challenge: Anything Goes with a bow
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stamps: A Creative Need: Get Well Little Bear, Stampin' Up: thoughts & prayers

paper: Bazzill, BoBunny: petal pushers-notes

die-cuts: MFT: oval stax 1 & stax 2

embellishments: 3Girl Jam: saturday morning ribbon, Bead Landing: heartlines

Let's Craft & Create: Mother Mary

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here today with the mid-challenge post for Let's Craft and Create.  This month's challenge is Christmas and/or New Year.

Many of you know that Saturated Canary closed their doors to pursue new things and spend more time with family,but she offered subscriptions to still receive images that were never in her shop.  Every month you will receive 4-5 brand new images or you could get bi-monthly (maybe some other packages), in your mail box.  This image called Mother Mary was one of those beautiful images in my mailbox.  It's just a gorgeous image and a great reminder what this season is all about.  The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• Come and Get It: Christmas Challenge
• Colouring in Scrapland: Christmas
• Crafting From The Heart: #141 Anything Goes
• Deep Ocean: #144 Silent Night
• Dream Valley: #146 Christmas
• Merry Monday Christmas:  #227 Holiday Cheer

stamps: Saturated Canary: Mother Mary, Unity: Remember YOU baby Jesus (outside sentiment), Stampin' Up: God's Blessings (inside sentiment)
paper: Bazzill, the Paper Studio: blue & brown paisley
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax 1 & stax 2
embellishments: 3 Girl Jam ribbon, metal corner pieces

Creatalicious: Santa's Coming

Hello crafty friends!  It's hard to believe how fast this year has went by...just slow down just a little please.  Hopefully you are finding some time to craft during this busy season, at least bake some goodies.

It's time for another challenge at Creatalicious, it's Anything Goes with an optional twist of Christmas.  If you are still trying to finish up a few more Christmas cards you can enter them in this challenge.

We are sponsored by Make It Crafty.

Winner will receive $10 gift certificate

For this challenge I created a Christmas card using sponsor image, Hopter Santa.  It's a little steampunk, but very cool Santa.  I'll be giving this card to my brother since he has a love for anything that flies and to this day, still works on anything that flies.

I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and believe me, some of those details were tiny.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge!

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• ABC Christmas Challenge: Y for Yikes and Z for Zoooom
• City Crafter: wk 342 Christmas Things That Float or Fly
• Come and Get It: Christmas Challenge
• Crafting By Designs: Here Come the Holidays
• Crafty Creations: #330 Masculine
• Creates and Makes: #6 Anything Goes with option red, gold and green
• Deep Ocean Challenge: #144 Silent Night
• Dream Valley: #146 Christmas
• The Male Room: #50 Christmas/Winter Wishes/Celebrations

stamps: Make it Crafty: Hopter Santa, C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps: Funny Christmas
paper: Discount, Bazzill, The Paper Company: Indian gold, the Paper Studio: back & white
embellishments: Art Minds: leather cord, Bead Landing: Found Objects, Tim Holtz: gears, Rub'nBuff, Stampendous: shabby white fantage, scrap ribbon

Dr Digi - BBQ Dragon

Hello crafty friends!  Today is my post for Dr Digi :o)  I'm finished with my Christmas cards, thanks goodness.  So, this card is all about the New Year that fastly approaching.

I created this card using Dr Digi BBQ Dragon.  I was thinking about using this image for Christmas, but I couldn't really think how to make it work.  So, New Year's resolutions with dieting came in mind.  The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  The sentiment is also from Dr Digi, it's from the Funny Sentiments Sheet 1 packet.

Here's the inside.  I just typed up the sentiment.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• A Bit More Time to Craft:  #33 Anything Goes
• Card Mania: #87 Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion: #342 Anything Goes
• Crafting From the Heart: #140 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore: #36 Anything Goes
• Kleuren met Potloden: Anything Goes

stamps: Dr Digi: BBQ Dragon, Funny Sentiment Sheet 1
paper: Bazzill, Bo Bunny: Winter Joy Snow Angels
die-cuts: MFT Circle stax 1 & Stax 2
embellishments: 3 Girl Jam Ribbon: lemon-lime, Darice: gems

Scrapping4fun #80 Christmas

Hello crafty friends!  Christmas is coming SO fast!!!  I'm still working on my Christmas cards to get them out.  This new challenge at Scrapping4fun will help you get some of those last minute Christmas projects out of the way....it's a Christmas Challenge.

We have 2 wonderful sponsors....so....I have 2 Christmas cards for you today :o)

First, I created a card using sponsor image Santa Claus Sleepyhead from Alicia Bel.  Such a cute image.  I colored it with my Prismacolor pencils.  Kept the design very simple and easy.  The stripe paper is from Tracy Way's Christmas Cheer digital paper.

Here's the inside.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Ribbon: #179 Christmas
• Crafty Gals Corner : #100 Anything Goes
• Deep Ocean: #143 Santa Is Coming To Town
• The 12 Months of Christmas: #24 Welcome to the North Pole

stamps: Alicia Bel: Santa Claus Sleepyhead, Stampin' Up: All Holidays
paper: Bazzill, the Paper Studio: white, Tracy Way: Christmas Cheer
die-cuts: MFT oval stax 1 & stax 2
embellishments: Recollections: adhesive rhinestones, RRR (really reasonable ribbon)

For my 2nd card, I used sponsor image We 3 Kings from Digistamps 4 Joy.  The digital stamp is actually 3 individual stamps.  You could just use one of the wise men for a project if needed.  This scene was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.

Here's the inside.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• A Snowflakes Promise: #34 Winter Theme
• Crafting by Designs: Here Come the Holidays
• Crafting With An Attitude: #22 Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations: #30 Anything Goes
• Digistamps4joy: #131 Anything Goes
• Holly Jolly Christmas: #86 Christmas or ABC
• Moving Along with the Times: #35 Christmas Scenes
• The Male Room: #50 Christmas/Winter Wishes/Celebration
• The Pencil Case: #34 Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes: Dec 6th

stamps: Digistamps4joy: We 3 Kings, Stampin' Up: God's Blessings
paper: the Paper Studio: kraft, white, blue & brown paisley, Bazzill

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge!

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #91 Winter Wonderland

Hello crafty friends!  I'm sure everyone is feeling the pressure of the holidays now;  getting shopping, baking and cards finished.   Hopefully this new challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog will get you going on your Christmas projects.  Just remember, you must have some stamping on your creation.

We have 3 wonderful sponsors and that means 3 wonderful winners will be chosen by the DT.

 Winner will receive 4 images

The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate.

The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate.

I worked with this beautiful image from Little Blue Button Stamps called Decorating Christmas Tree Regina.  It's an elegant image.  I colored it with my Prismacolor pencils.  Making sure to stay true to the challenge, I kept the colors blue and wintry.

Here's the inside....(ssshhh, I forgot to stamp the sentiment before I took the pic)

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• Come and Get It:  Christmas
• Crafty Boots: Christmas
• The Crafter's Cafe:  #162 Christmas and/or Birthday

stamps: Little Blue Button Stamps: Decorating Christmas Tree Regina, Stampin' Up: Short & Sweet
paper: Bazzill: blues, BoBunny: midnight frost dot
die-cuts: MFT: Circle stax1 & Stax2, Let it snowflake
embellishments: Recollections: adhesive rhinestones, YNS: gumdrops

House of Cards - Kitty has a List

Hello crafty friends!  Can you believe we've are at the end of our fourth term here at House of Cards?!  Unfortunately we are saying a fond farewell to some of our DT members and fortunately we are so happy to those staying on.  To say goodbye and thank you, we're celebrating with a blog hop!  You should have arrived here from Susan. This hop will run FROM December 1ST AT 6:00 AM CST THROUGH December 15TH AT NOON CST,  ANY CARD STYLE is welcome and we've got a gorgeous photo inspiration for your crafting enjoyment!

***PRIZE WINNERS FROM THE BLOG HOP WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE 20TH OF DECEMBER. CARD WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEXT MONTH ON THE 15TH, AS PER THE USUAL HERE AT HOC.  THANK YOU!***

BEFORE WE START--we'd like you all to know that this blog hop is also a DT CALL!!! We're looking for crafters comfortable in any card making style and it might just be YOU!  You will be contacted by December 20th  to know if you've made the team. :)   Each DT member will just be in charge of one card/project per month plus commenting.  If you're interested in working with us a HOC for a six month term from January through June of 2017, please email Mynn at onastampageATgmailDOTcom with the following information:   

• A link to your blog.
• Attached cards showing your style--3 maximum.
• A brief description as to why you'd like to join the team at House of Cards.
• Any major life happenings you KNOW you have coming up in your life from January-June 2017 that might interfere with your DT responsibilities.

Please email Mynn at onastampageATgmailDOTcom if you have any other questions!  And now...

Here is the photo inspiration~

Here's my inspiration card for the blog hop.  I used sponsored image Kitty Christmas List from Cute As A Button.  Isn't he the cutest thing ever.  He was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I kept seeing circles in the inspiration photo and decided to go with circles.

Here's the inside....

So, are you ready to get hopping?!  Yep, it's time, but first we've got some fabulous sponsors to share with you!  Make sure you leave a comment at each person's blog along the way because the prizes are hidden and we'll be doing random drawings from the blogs where they are hiding! :)  After you're done, make a creation to share with us here, too, for another chance to win!

Here are all of our fabulous sponsors.

Our team will be using a variety of products

from these amazing companies!

Beccy's Place

Prize: 1 stamp set or 3 single images

Cute as a Button
Prize: 3 single images

Great Impressions

Prize: Prize Package

MHKDesigns

Prize: Any three products of your choice!

And now, here's your hop order~

You're here ---> Tina<---You're here

Mynn | Cohenna | Donna | Em | Heather | Jane | Judy 

Karen | Katarina | Katy | Leslie | Linda | Merethe

Michele | Paula | Rocky | Rosi | Ruza

Shawna | Shirley | Sue N. | Susan | Tina | Toni

Now get to hoppin'!  Your next stop is Toni's Blog!  Don't forget to link up a project with us after completing the hop for an extra chance to win a mystery prize from one of our fabulous sponsors, too!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all! :)

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Please check out our rules before linking up.  Can't wait to see what you make for us!  Happy crafting!

stamp: Cute As A Button: Kitty Christmas List
paper: the Paper Studio: white, Bazzill, SU
die-cuts: MFT: Circle stax1 & stax2, looped border

Love to Craft! Challenge Blog #5 - Christmas for December

Hello Crafty Friends!  It's a brand new month...December (this is hard to believe), and that means a new monthly challenge at Love to Craft! Challenge Blog.  Any kind of craft is allow at this challenge blog, so please share your what you are currently making.

I'm sharing a card this challenge.  This was part of a 20 card commission and based upon another card I did earlier this year.  It was a lot of work coloring this image SO many times with my Prismacolor pencils.  I've decided I don't like making the same one over and over again...lol.  I love vintage, so this stamp from Flonz is fabulous find for me.

Here's the inside with a stamp from Stampin' Up.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: Flonz: Happy Family, Stampin' Up: Snow Swirled
paper: the Paper Studio: cream, blue & brown paisley, classic snowflakes-blue
embellishments: lace, metal corner pieces

Dr Digi - Tinsel in a Tangle

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here today with my Dr Digi post.  Still trying to get some Christmas cards knocked out of the way.  I feel like I work on them ALL year around.

I create this festive card using a FREE image from Dr Digi called Bauble.  This image will not break your budget.  I used 4 of this image and sized them down to the size I wanted.  Colored them with my Prismacolor pencils, then fussy cut them out.  String them on some ribbon I had lying around.  The sentiment is also from Dr Digi from the Christmas Sentiment Sheet.  Just changed the color to the words tinsel and tangle in photoshop.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create: #191 Anything Goes
• Allsorts Challenge: wk 391 Anything Christmas
• Aud Sentiments: #169 Anything Goes + Sentiment
• Christmas Card Challenge: #50 Anything Goes
• Crafting From the Heart: #138 Anything Goes
• Make My Monday: #35 CAS Christmas 
• The Crazy Challenge: #236 Getting Ready For Christmas
• Through The Craft Room Door: Nov 29-Dec5: Anything Goes

stamps: Dr Digi: Bauble & Christmas Sentiment Sheet
paper: MFT: wild cherry, the Paper Studio: white
embellishment: ribbon

Scrapping4fun #79 : Kitty Christmas

Hello crafty friends!   Happy Thanksgiving to the American crafters.  Right now I'm sure I'm in a turkey coma from all the good food I ate today.  I always love how the house smells when cooking.

I hope you are ready for a new challenge at Scrapping4fun.  For the next 2 weeks you have time to get some more Christmas creations completed, because our challenge is "Christmas".

I got to work with the darling image from Ike's called Kat Tree.  I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils.  I kept the card very simple and used rustic colors.
I really like this image, because I know a few cats that like to tear up the Christmas tree.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• Creative Knockouts - #169 Tis The Season
• Kleuren met Potloden - Christmas
• Moving Along With The Times - #34 Anything Goes with Christmas
• Open-Minded Crafting - #11 Christmas/Hanukkah
• SYUP - #12 Furrything Goes
• The Crafters's Cafe - #161 Christmas Comes Early

stamps: Ike's: Kat Tree
paper: Bazzill, Carta Bella: Christmas Day
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax1 & stax2

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog: Angel

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here today with the start of our new challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  It's a busy week here with Thanksgiving this Thursday and my family is already starting to arrive.  By Wednesday there will be 16 people in my house...sleeping, eating and gathering.  That's a lot of cooking and cleaning for me, I'm already exhausted :o)

Hopefully you will find time to enter our challenge, it's an easy and favorite one....Anything Goes.  Just remember, we want to see some form of stamping on your creation.

We have 3 wonderful sponsors and that means the DT will select 3 wonderful winners.

Winner will receive 1 digital stamp set & paper pack

Winner will receive 2 images of choice

Winner will receive 7 images of choice

Still working on my Christmas cards, I created this card using sponsor image from Julia Spiri called Ofelia Angel.  I wanted the angel to look wintery.  The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I know this is probably an unusual type of Christmas card, but I think it works.
 

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafting From the Heart - #139 Anything Goes
• Incy Wincy - Use a Non Traditional image to create a Christmas Creation
• Inkspirational - #122 Chill
• Julia Spiri Challenge - #26 Anything Goes with twist use a new media
• The Crazy Challenge - #236 Getting Ready For Christmas
• The Pencil Case - Wk 33 Anything Goes

stamps: Julia Spiri: Ofelia Angel, Unity Stamps: Jacqueline Girl (sentiment)
paper: Bazzill, Recollections, Tracy Way
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax2 & Let It Snowflake
embellishments: Recollections: adhesive rhinestones, Lace, String