Challenge #231 - the Crafter's Cafe (Flora and/or Fauna OR Pocket)

I chose this adorable pig for my fauna theme for the current challenge at the Crafter's Cafe.  The image is Hamilton Celebrates from the Creative Bug.  I used the aqua pen to color.  Paper Studio paper, some ribbon, dew drops, and a computer sentiment complete the design.  We hope you will join this challenge during the next two weeks.
Sketch:  Sketch Saturday
Critter:   2craftycrittercrazies 
Any:   A Perfect Time to craft.
Psattern Paper:   Craftyhazelnut 
 

HB, Spencer

Our grandson recently had  a successful moose hunt - with a bow and arrow.  I dug this image out of my Wish RAK box - I thought he would enjoy it.  The camo bg is by Paper Studio, and the trees from Paper Pizzazz. The strip is a bit of decorated duct tape and I used Dazzles for the black strips.
Sketch:   Cheerful Sketches
Make some one smile:   Penny Black at Allsorts (removed due to subject matter)
2 patterned papers:   Crafty Friends
Any:   2 Crafty Critter Crazies 
            Crafters Castle
 

HB, Adrienne

There are several family birthdays coming up.  This is for our youngest granddaughter - she is on the Wings of Blue team at the Air Force Academy - yes, she parachutes out of perfectly good planes!  I used chalk and fussy cut the image - it is from my files but I forgot to list the source.  The planes are clip art, and I used an embossed cloud background - lightly sanded.
Sketch:   House that stamps built
Take flight:   Simon says stamp Monday
Any:   Jo's scrapshack.
           2Crafty critter crazies 

Some new old items to use

I belong to a local crafter's group.  Our leader some times gets items a family is wanting to give to good homes.  The last time, I scored on several lengths of lace and other trims.  I finally had a chance to use the orange lace and the dragonfly trims.  They were a good match for the Our Daily Bread image ( one i had already colored).  I used Spellbinder circle dies and DP from my stashand I added some  shiny orange gems to the dragonflies.
Sketch:   Feeling-sketchy
Circles:   Art Impressions 
Bling:   Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge 
Dies:    Happy Little Stampers
             Scrapyland
Dragonfly critters:   2 crafty critter crazies    
Lace:    Creative craft cottage
Any:   A bit more time to craft

The Crafter's Cafe challenge #204 - DT card

• Challenge #204 at the Crafter's Cafe is to follow a seasonal theme - either spring or fall.  Here in Arizona it is hard to think of anything but summer - the forecast is for close to 110 on Saturday!  That being said, as fast as this year is passing by, Halloween is really just around the corner!  This cute Halloween Sign  image is from Paper Nest Dolls.  I used several scraps of paper from a collection by The image is colored with water color pencils and an aqua pen, and I added some shiny gems.
• Please join us with a maximum of 3 entries over the next two weeks - you will have a chance at one of several prizes.  
• Sketch:   Cheerful Sketches
• "B" - bat, black:   Stamping Sensations
• 3 or more layers:   Crafty Gals Corner 
• Fall:  Aud Sentiments
• Critter:   2 Crafty Critter Crazies
• Any:   Pammies Inky Pinkies 
•             Sum More Fun     
•             Paper Nest Dolls

HBirthday to a sailor

This is another card I will donate to a local group called Hearts for the Troops.  The organizer, a Navy mom, sends birthday cards to her son's shipmates.  I wish I had time to make more!  This is a Dearie Doll colored digi.  The vertical stripes are Washi tape, the horizontal ones are ribbon, and I used Spellbinder circle dies.
Sketch:   Tuesday Morning Sketches
Die Cuts:    Scrapyland
                   Simonsaysstamp Wednesday
Critter:     2craftycrittercrazies
Ribbon:     Thepapershelter
Cat:    Showusyourpussies
Any:    Craftingbydesigns



 

Guest DT for DS4J "Dropping in"

It is my honor to be the guest designer for the mid-month inspiration post at Digi Stamps 4 Joy.  The challenge is Anything Goes - with the option of bright colors.  I selected this image - "dropping in" - so I could use bright colors for the parachute. The details are here.  I wanted to make a card for our granddaughter.  She is a member of Wings of Blue at the US Air Force Academy.  At last count she had some 450 jumps.  Of course, her parachute is much more subdued!
The bright stars DP is Recollections.  I chose the darker bg paper to look like a night sky - but the details do not show up on the photo!  It is embossed with my new cloud embossing folder.  Dotted ribbon, red gems, and the die cut greeting (Cuttlebug) complete the look.
Challenges entered:

Sketch (reversed):    Feeling-Sketchy
ATG - opt. "me time":   Creative Moments 
ATG with a critter:    2 Crafty Critter Crazies
All creatures:    House that Stamps Built
Inspiration - colorful transportation:   Give a Crafter a Cookie
Any:   Crafters Castle
 

Surprise Kitty DT card for Crafter's Cafe World Art Day

This  is my DT card for the new challenge at the Crafter's Cafe.  We are recognizing World Art Day by creating works of art or using artistic techniques. That sounds like just about anything card makers would do - so be sure to get your entries in!    Take a look at the blog to see the artistic creations done by my fellow DT members as well as to check out the details of he challenge.
 Here is my framed portrait of Surprise Kitty by Knitty Kitty Digis.  You can buy this cute image at their store here.  I colored her with Prismas and Twinkling H20's- to add a bit of shimmer to the cake.  The words on the bg paper include "I love my kitty" and Purrrrrrrr....
Challenges entered
Sketch:   Cheerful Sketches
Critter:    2 Crafty Critter Crazies
Any cat:    Show us your Pussies
Any:   Creative Moments
            Crafters Castle. 
            Angies Digital Stamps
 

For MMTPT502 - 5 year old Payson

This week, the destination for SplitCoastStampers Teapot Party is 5 year old Payson.  She has alrady had 2 heart surgeries and faces more.  The challenge is to use a border (an embossed Darice sentiment).  She likes purple and cats - and of course the hearts (various dies) represent her surgery.  The image is by Dearie Dolls, colored with water color pencils.  I added some sequins - usually a favorite of little girls!  I have trouble arranging items at random - they just don't look right!  Ideas?
Sketch:   Tuesday Morning Sketches
Cats:    Show us Your Pussies
Layers:    Crafty Catz
Die cuts:   Creative Knockouts
Have  a Heart:   Addicted-to-Stamps
Feminine:   Creative Craft Cottage  
Circles:    Ple it On
Fairy tale - 3 kittens/lost their mittens:  Allsorts 
  (Can you see the kitten showing its bare paws?  And I think the mother is there, too!)

Any, with critter:   2crafty Critter Crazies

SCS Tea pot party #500

Once again, I have used this Impression Obsession stamp (borrowed from a fellow stamper) to create a card for the 500th challenge at the Tea Pot Party at SplitCoastStampers. If you are looking for a heart-warming place to send your extra cards, try us out.  Each week teapotters create cards to send to someone in need of cheer and support.  (This week is a bit different - we can send to someone we personally know, and I will send this to a former member of our church who has moved due to health issues.)  The theme of the challenge is a mode of transportation - well, I am stretching that a bit, but I wanted to try out this borrowed stamp and pair it with the scripture from TLC.  I completed the card with an embossed piece, Washi tape, and shiny gems.  I also had to "stretch" the sketch due to the size of the stamp.  This is similar to a previous card, but I used white rather than beige, and the layout is different.  If you have seen both - which do you prefer?
Sketch:  Stella Says Sketch
Critter:   2 Crafty Critter Crazies
Animal:   Mod Squad
For a friend:   Aud Sentiments 
Nature:   Southern Girls (10 Ch. Max)
Any - with TLC verse:   Create-with TLC- Challenge
Any:   Corrosive Challenges 
            Lemon Shortbread
            Word Art Wednesday

Tea Pot Party card for a friend

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Some of you may have seen previous posts about the Tea Pot Tuesday challenge at SplitCoastStampers.  This is a challenge open to any one (to post in the gallery, you must join the SCS site, but that is easy to do).  Each week there is a theme and destination posted - usually, some one in need of support and cheer.  This week is the 500th challenge - what a milestone!  In honor of the occasion we are to select some one we know to receive our cards, and the theme is transportation.  Well, I stretched the theme a bit - this is such a great Scripture, and I just borrowed this stamp, so I had to use them.  I will send the card to friends from church who moved to another city.
Stamp - Impression Obsession; verse - freebie from TLC; Washi tape, shiny gems
Sketch:   Tuesday Throwdown
For a friend:    Aud Sentiments
A way with words:   House that Stamps Built:   
Any - TLC verse:  Create-with TLC- Challenge
Any:   Crafting With an Attitude
           Digi Choosday
           2 Crafty Critter Crazies
           Word Art Wednesday

Tag/book mark

I thought I would make a few simple tags to enclose in thinking of you cards - they can be used as inspiration or as book marks.  The stamp is one I have had for a long time - by Rubber Stampede.  I used chalk to sponge around the edges and added some yellow.   Not much too it, but It will serve my purpose.
Tag:   Simon Says Stamp Monday
           Incy Wincy
Blue:   Paper Shelter
            Pink Gem

DT Card for QKR Stampede challenge #277 - Anything Goes

Beginning with this challenge, the QKR Stampede weekly challenge will be a favorite - Anything Goes.  You have a chance to win some QKR images - more if your entry uses a QKR/Eureka digi or stamp.  The deadline (up to 3 entries) is Thursday at 3 p.m. EST.  We hope to see your entry!
The digital image I selected is called Bandaged Cat.  I am not sure if this is technically paper piecing - since I printed and fussy cut the entire image from a piece of DP!   The sentiment is also from QKR Stampede.  I used various pieces of patterned paper, adding sequins and bits of ribbon. The images are new for this challenge, and the sequins are from a never used pack.
Sketch (10 challenge max):   Feeling-Sketchy
New:    Simon Says Stamp Monday
             Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 
Cats only:   Show us Your Pussies
Any:     Scrapbook Stamp Society
             2 Crafty Critter Crazies
             Corrosive Challenges
 

Final Christmas 2017

I thought I had finished cards for 2017, but here is one more, using the same image I have already used a lot - it is an older freebie on a blog called Beyond the Fringe.  Thank you!  This card is alrady in the mail as of yesterday so I cannot re-do the photo - I just noticed that the gold sticker strips I used along the edge (below the stars) is not visible.  For the integrity of the sketch - they are there!  I printed the inside verse on a sheet of paper, and used the gold cord to hold it in place.
Sketch:  Feeling-sketchy
Inspiration:   House that Stamps Built
Christmas:   Star Stampz 
                      Sinkin Inkers
                      Fussy and Fancy 
                      Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge
                      Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge2
                      Pink Gem  
Spirit of the Season:   Dare 2b Artzy
Red and Green:   Incy Wincy
Pattern Paper:    Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper
Any:     Morgans Artworld 
             C.R.A.F.T.  
             Tuesday Morning Sketches 
              Word Art Wednesday
            

 

More recycled Christmas Cards, 2017

I am still trying to figure out how to use this great die cut.  This time, I used an old, glittery Christmas card as the backdrop.  The sentiment is computer generated.  The metallic gold ribbon is also glittery.
Sketch:  Sketch Saturday
"G" (gold, glitter):  Beccys Place

Scribbles Designs Guest Designer

DT Call

Scribbles Designs will be turning FIVE in January and we are looking to expand our team. If this is something you might be interested in, you can head HERE to find out all the info you need to know in order to apply.

Whether you have previous experience or have never been on a team, it doesn't matter. We'd love to hear from people with all levels of experience.

DT Call ends December 15, 2017. 

We look forward to meeting you!

COZY

This is the card I made for the inspiration post this week at Scribbles Designs.  This image is called Cozy.  It has already been sent, and received by our Granddaughter-in-law.  She has a beloved dog named Gracie - do you see her name?  She loved the card, and told us that Gracie's favorite spot is on the back of the sofa!  Check out the lovely inspiration photo for the weekly challenge here.
The Happy Birthday sentiment is a freebie available at the Scribbles Store.
I used papers from a DCWV Stack called Teens, and a snippet of ribbon from my stash.  I added a few bones - I have a tiny punch from the $ bin at Michaels!
Challenges entered:  
Sketch:    Cheerful Sketches
Critter:  2 Crafty Critter Crazies 
Any:     A Perfect Time to Craft
             Crafty Girlz 
             Creative Fingers 
             Jo's Scrapshack
             Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
             Corrosive Challenges 
             Paper Nest Dolls      
 
 

Imaginethatdigistamp - Psalm 91

I need so many cards to support those in need and it is often hard to find something that is more masculine in theme - I think this precolored combination of an image and Scripture is appropriate.  This comes from the set by Imaginethatdigistamp called Psalm 91.  I sponged additional chalk at the edge of the circle.  Other supplies:  burlap, duck tape, DP by Beau Papier; textured dark blue cs.  Colors include blue, green, peach, a touch of yellow and dark brown.
Sketch:   House that Stamps Built
Critter:      2 Crafty Critter Crazies
Boys/Men:    Creative with Stamps  (11 challenge limit) 
Colors:     Your Next Stamp
Encouragement/colors:   Calling all Sistahs
Any:     Word Art Wednesday