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

Let's Craft & Create: Vintage Christmas

Hello crafty friends!  I'm getting ready for my family to start arriving for Thanksgiving.  Some come and stay a week, some 3-4 days, which I enjoy each minute with my family.  I just found out that we will have 16 people in our house for at least 3 days....and I do ALL the cooking.  I'm already exhausted.  Wish us luck :o)

Anyway, it's time for another challenge at Let's Craft and Create.  We want to see some "Winter" creations.

I create this wintery card using vintage stamp set from Flonz called Vintage Christmas Pack 4.  I love old vintage items.  As you can see one paper is winter and the other is more decorative. I decided to sponge this image instead of coloring it, that's because it was part of a 20 card commission and I already colored tons.

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

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Old Fashion Christmas
• Fantasy Stampers Challenge - #76 Vintage Christmas

stamps: Flonz: Christmas Pack 4, Stampin' Up: Snow Swirled
paper: the Paper Studio: cream, blue&brown paisley, classic snowflakes-blue
embellishments: Wyla: lace, metal corners

Dr Digi - X Files

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here today with my Dr Digi post.  Yes, it's a very unusual kind of Christmas card, but it's exactly what my friend loves.

I created this cute little alien card for a friend who loves the X-Files.  When I saw the sentiment stamp in my stash, I knew I had to use it.  I think this cutie is exactly what my friend would love in a Christmas card.  He was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  He is cute with his hat and offering of a candy cane :o)

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: Dr Digi: X files X Mas, Stampin' Up: Four the Seasons
paper: Stampin' Up
die-cut: MFT: Sentiment Strips, corner punch
embellishment: recycle ribbon

Creatalicious with Winter Flurries

Hello crafty friends!!  I'm excited to announce that I'm on a new DT,,,Creatalicious.  For my first DT project I created something a little frosty with sponsor image from Cute As A Button.  For the next 2 weeks our challenge is Anything Goes with the optional to Use a Sentiment.

Winner will receive 3 images.

I worked with this beautiful image Winter Flurries from Cute As A Button.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I couldn't help myself with layering lots of paper and using a dark navy blue as my base.  Some lace, gauze, Stickles and distressing to give it a flurry look.

Here's the inside with the optional sentiment.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Cardz 4 Galz - #35 A Contemporary Christmas
• Craft Your Passion - #338 Anything Goes
• Crafting With An Attitude - #21 Anything Goes
• My Time To Craft - #333 Distress It!
• Southern Girls Challenge - #148 Anything Goes
• The Merry Christmas Challenge - #7 Snowmen
• Winter Wonderland - Add Ribbon or Lace and/or Christmas Flowers 

stamps: Cute As A Button: Winter Flurries, Amy R Stamps: Frosty Sentiments
paper: Bazzill, Recollections, MR Designs
embellishments: 3 Girl Jam: lace, Stickles: crystal, gauze

Scrapping4fun #78 Naughty or Nice?

Hello crafty friends!  Even though November is speeding by quickly, I hope you are finding time to craft, cook and be creative.  We have another wonderful challenge at Scrapping4fun and you should join in to get another Christmas card or project off your list.  For the next 2 weeks...we want to see some Christmas creations.

For this challenge I worked with this cute, but naughty image from Fabrika Fantasy called Naughty Cherry Elf.  It doesn't look like he is sharing very well.  This was a cute and challenging image to color with my Prismacolor pencils.  The challenging part was the glass jar full of cherries and to make it look like that.
I had the sentiment in my stash of stamps, that just seem fitting.  The sparkling green paper, which is a glitter paper, was leftover from another project.  There was glitter everywhere after running it through the die-cutting machine :o)  By the way, the base paper is wild cherry...

Here's the inside with another stamped sentiment.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge.

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

• Aud Sentiments - #168 Anything Goes + Sentiment
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge - #8 Anything Goes: November
• Crafting with an Attitude - #21 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #97 Use a Sentiment
• Fabrika Fantasy - #3 Christmas is Coming
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - #15 Anything Goes

stamps: Fabrika Fantasy: Naughty Cherry Elf, CC Designs: Funny Christmas, Stampin' UP: Four the Holidays
paper: MFT: wild cherry, Tracy Way: christmas, green glitter paper
die-cuts: MFT: Let It Snowflake & Tag Stax
embellishments: timeless twine

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #89 Fancy My Fold

Hello fellow crafters!!  It was nice to have a week off to catch up on a few crafty things, but I hope you are already to play in the new challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks we want to see some "Fancy Folds".  Don't forget you must have some stamping on your project, either rubber and/or digital.  If you don't have stamping on your beautiful project, enter that into our sister blog Love to Craft! Challenge Blog

We have 3 wonderful sponsors, that means the DT will pick 3 awesome winners.

The winner will receive 3 images of choice.

The winner will receive 3 images.

The winner will receive 2 images of choice.

For this challenge I create a Dutch Fold card using sponsor image Me and My Snowman from Star Stampz.  I thought this was an adorable image.  I colored it with my Prismacolor pencils and added some snow with white paint.  A little bit of bling was added to the musical notes, as well as the snowflakes.

When the bottom flaps are opened they serve as an easel to hold the card up.  I decided to put some more snowmen inside the card.

Here's the inside.  I used a stamp from Stampin' UP.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 613 Avenue Create - #191 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #31 Anything Goes
• Crafting Musketeers - #43 Christmas Wishes
• Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes with Pattern Paper
• Get Creative Challenges - #51 Anything Goes
• Scrap From Your Heart - #3 Christmas

stamps: Star Stampz: Me and My Snowman, Stampin' Up: Four the Holidays
paper: Bazzill, MR Designs: Christmas Time, the Paper Shelter: white & country snowman, Bo Bunny: wild berry red dot
die-cuts: Sizzix: Label Regal
embellishments: Recollections: rhinestones, white paint

Dr Digi - The Night Before Christmas

Hello Crafty Friends!  It's another Dr Digi post.  It's becoming crunch time for all those Christmas cards.  I decided to use an image that most use as a Get Well image and turned it into a Christmas one.

When I saw this image, Nightcap Derek, all I could think of was the story "The Night Before Christmas".  Nightcap Derek is all Chrismassy with his Christmas nightgown on.  It also looks like maybe he had a little too much eggnog and has a tummy ache.  I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and tried to make it look like nighttime.  I picked a line from the story as my sentiment.  The design paper is also from Dr Digi called New Wave.

Here's the inside of the card, which I used Dr Digi Christmas Sentiments.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• A Snowflake Promise - #32 the Seasons
• Allsorts Challenge - #387 Let's Make a Start on Christmas
• Christmas Card Challenge - wk 46~Oct 23: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - #336 Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs - Nov: Anything Goes
• Deep Ocean - #141 Use Dies-cuts or Punches
• The Merry Christmas Challenge - #5 Anything Goes
• The Pencil Case - Wk 31 Anything Goes

stamps: Dr Digi: Nightcap Derek & Christmas Sentiments
paper: Bazzill:, Dr Digi: New Wave
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax 1 & stax 2 & Fishtail Flag Stax
embellishments: YNS: gumdrops, metal corners

House of Cards - Christmas Layers

Hello again fellow crafters!  This is my second post for today.  It's a new month, so a new challenge is starting at House of Cards.

Here's the beautiful inspiration pic.  The theme is lots of layers and/or colors.

I created a non-traditional color Christmas card with layers for this challenge.  You can never have too many Christmas cards.  I really love the soft colors of this pic.  I used a Stampin' Up stamp for this card.  Added a little sparkle with some pearls and rhinestones.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• A Snowflake Promise - #32 the Seasons
• Addicted to Stamps - #134 Lots of Layers
• Allsorts Challenge - #387 Let's Make a Start on Christmas
• Christmas Card Challenge - Wk 46 ~Oct 23:; Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - #336 Anything Goes
• Crafting From The Heart - #134 Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends -#30 Anything Goes
• Create and Make - #5 Anything Goes / optional ribbon or lace
• Cute Card Thursday - #449 Lace and/or Pearls (used both)
• Holly Jolly Christmas - #84 Trees or Christmas Trees

stamps: Stampin' Up: Snow Swirl
paper: Bazzill, MR Designs: Vintage Peach
embellishments: Recollections: pearls & rhinestones, gauze, Celebrate It: lace

Love to Craft! Challenge Blog: #4 Pick My Nose

Hello fellow crafters!  It's a new month already...it's hard to believe how fast this year is flying by.
A new month means a new challenge at Love to Craft! Challenge Blog.  Anything that you create, we want to see.

This month past month I have been busy working on this Fall Festival game.  Yup, that's right, I want you to pick my nose.  I did a Google search on some fun games and I saw a funny face where they had kids pick the nose, but goo would come out of it.  It was like snot coming out of the nose.  I didn't want the candy and toys to be all gooey and the kids would need something to clean their hands off.   We were not allowed to have anything scary at the festival, so I decided a scarecrow would be fun and to stuff the nose with straw.

Here's how I made it.  I used a gate fold project board.  The type kids use to make school projects.

I laid out the face and played around with the colors on the first layer.  The white part was left, so I knew where to cut the hole for stuffing.

The opening was cut out easily with an exacto-knife.  Some chicken wire was measured and shaped for the nose.

The first 2 layers of the nose, I used regular newspaper to paper mache.  I was worried about the chicken wire poking through if some aggressive little hands got to picking the nose really hard.  I had some brown packing paper from a shipment.  Tore it into strips and paper mached 2 more layers of the nose with the brown paper.  It was really thick paper and I made sure the edges where getting extra when wrapping around.  Because I use the heavy paper, it took an extra day to dry.  Maybe if I put it out in the sun, it could have dried faster.

For the inside of the nose, I used some packing I got from a huge gift basket.  It was soft and hairy looking and it gave the straw something to grip to.

To give the scarecrow a realistic look and to make sure the kids couldn't pulled the hot glued nose off, I gave it some stitching.  I used a drill to drill the holes and a make-shift needle from some heavy wire.  The stitching was some heavy twine I had from another project.

A little straw showing from the nose, made it all better.

Here they are digging for the gold ;oP

The kids loved this game and kept coming back to it.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Try It On Tuesday - Handmade By You