Digistamps 4 Joy: Best Friends

Hello Crafty Friends!  I have a couple of posts today, so bare with me.  I'm excited that I was asked to Guest Design for Digistamps 4 Joy this month.  This months' challenge is " All About Love".

This adorable image is Best Friends from Digistamps 4 Joy.  Sometimes our pets are much more to us than animals that live in our house.  They can be our best friends and show us unconditional love.  That's why I chose this image for this challenge.  I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils.  The background paper has some hearts on it to add some love, but I went ahead and added more hearts.  The sentiment is from a stamp set I've had forever and never used, it seemed perfect.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Crafting with Friends: Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations: #332 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner: #105 Use Patterned Paper
• Jo's Scrap Shack: #171 Anything Goes
• Kleuren met Potloden: Animals Card!
• The Crafter's Cafe: #165 photo inspiration

stamps: Digistamps 4 Joy: Best Friends, MFT: From the Bottom of My Heart (sentiment)
paper: Bazzill: ash, SU, BoBunny: Smoochable Love Potion
die-cuts: MFT: Heart stax
embellishments: lace hearts

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!

Scrapping4Fun #73 - Stripes

Hello again crafty friends!  I promise this is the last post for today :o)  It's time for a new challenge at Scrapping4fun.  For the next 2 weeks, we want to see projects with "Stripes" on them.

I created a card with this beautiful sponsor image from Digistamps4Joy called Artistic Touches.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils, then fussy cut out. The background papers are from Pion and MR Designs (Michele R Designs).

Here's the inside.  I stamped a sentiment from Unity Stamps that I thought was fitting.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge.

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

• 613 Avenue Create - #188 Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - #327 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #87 Anything Goes
• Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
• Ooh La La - #212 Girlie
• The Crafty Addicts - #23 Anything Goes: Use lace or pearls
• Through the Craft Room Door - Aug 30-Sept 5 : Anything Goes
• World Wide Open DT Challenge - #13 Anything Goes

stamps: Digistamps 4Joy: Artistic Touches, Unity: She
paper: Bazzill: cream, Pion Designs: Grandma's schoolbook; leaves & red clover, MR Designs: shabby blue charm
embellishments: Prima flowers: French Riviera, the Paper Studio: light pink/yellow daisies, Tim Holtz: lace, Recollections: floral embellishments pearls, RRR twine

Scrapping4fun #64 Fantasy

Hello crafty friends!   It's time for another challenge at Scrapping4fun !

Our sponsor for this challenge.

For the next 2 weeks, we want to see projects that fit "Fantasy".

I got to work with sponsor image Phantasi 6.  The image is colored with my color pencils.  With all the bead work in the head dress, I decided to do some of my own beading.  I stringed some beads on twine in the same pattern.  A metal connector was added and I made sure some extra twine was strung through, because it is heavy.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Check out the rest of the DT for inspiration !

stamp used: DigiStamps4Joy: Phantasi 6
paper used: Recollections. Crate Paper: Oh Darling, MME: the sweetest thing
die-cuts: Spellbinders: classic scalloped ovals, MFT: oval stax1 & stax 2
embellishments: bakertwine, Halcraft: czech beads & turquiose howlite, Blue Moon:metal connector