Merry Little Christmas

Good morning, today is the last post for a couple of weeks for Catch the Bug, the Bugaboo DT are taking a vacation! Today is Sunday which is a Stella Says Sketch and a great challenge.

 I printed Bugaboo's Christmas Girl Sitter off twice so I could pop up her hat and legs. You have two weeks to play along with the sketch and you could win fantastic stamps!

I'm entering this into:
Send A Smile 4 Kids: Christmas in July
Crafts 4 Eternity: anything goes
Sister Act card Challenge: anything goes
Crafting with an Attitude: anything goes

Stamps: Bugaboo Christmas Girl Sitter, Amy R stamps sentiment
Paper: pacific point, whisper white
Ink: none
Other: ribbon, deckle trimmer, rhinestones, petals a plenty embossing folder, sakura gel pen

Miss You

Good morning today is August 1st so a new Ants in My Pantry Digital Challenge (it starts at noon est)  which is anything goes! I merged two images to create a sympathy card I needed. I first layered 4 sprigs from Genuine Love and then merged the two Calla Lilies from Lily Collection.

Drop on by Doodle Pantry and give the AIMPDC#8 a try, you can use any digital image and win fantastic stamps!

I'm entering this into:
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards: use a flower in your image
Crafts 4 Eternity: anything goes
Morgan's Artworld: use three of something
Simply Create Too: anything goes
Simply Papercraft: anything goes

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Genuine Love, Lily Collection, stampin up sentiment
Paper: mossy meadow, whisper white, dp paper, vellum
Ink: summer sun
Other: liquid pearls, pearls, spellbinders, MS butterfly punch,  prisma pencils and markers, leaf die, flower punch

Windowbox Wishes

Good morning, today I have a card to share I made for a friends new home. I printed Doodle Pantry's Windowbox Wishes off 4 times to pop up the box, leaves and flowers, window itself, I cut out the drapes then  I sponged the background to look like siding.

Here's a closeup of the flowers

and I put a pocket on the inside so a gift card could be added. 

I'm entering this into:

Digi Galore: new home

Crafty Calendar challenge: add a sentiment

My Time to Craft: spring flowers

Crafts 4 Eternity: anything goes

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Windowbox Wishes

Paper: bravo burgundy, dusty durango, whisper white, basic black

Ink: cajn craze

other: pearls, leaf die, flower soft

Dandelions and Butterflies

Good morning, today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and its a photo challenge.

I chose to use the colour blue and flowers as my inspiration for this card. 

I used Bugaboo's Dandelion Butterflies printed it only once, added stickles and used the sakura glitter pen on the large bubbles. When using the glitter pen on larger surfaces you can see streaks so this time I went over the pen with a copic marker...no streaks! I added black liquid pearls and embossed the background. I was in a hurry and didn't take the time to properly check that I had stamped the entire background so am a little disappointed in some of the spotty sections, but it still looks good. Drop on by Catch the Bug and give the challenge a try you could win gorgeous stamps!

I'm entering this into:

Brown Sugar: anything goes

Crafts 4 Eternity: anything goes

Digitally Sweet Challenge: anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge: anything goes

Stamps: Bugaboo Dandelion Butterflies (digital), impression Obsession Butterflies (rubber)

Paper: basic black, midnight muse, whisper white

Ink: bashful blue(brayered background)

Other: copics, sakura glitter pen, stickles, liquid pearls, ribbon, pearls

Make a Wish

Good morning, today is Tuesday which means a new release at Bugaboo. Well this release image is so gorgeous! I took Make a Wish Dandelion and removed the sentiment and frame and made it one large card. I added a sakura glitter pen and stickles and popped up the butterfly. I LOVE this image!

Drop on by Bugaboo New for April and see what other images are available. Remember sometimes the images are not added until later in the day.

I'm entering this into:

Crafting from the Heart: anything goes

Craft Your Passion: anything goes

Scribble and Scrap: anything goes

Crafts 4 Eternity: spring

The Stamping Boutique: spring

Stamp: Make A Wish Dandelion

Paper: basic black, tangerine tangelo

Ink: none

Other: stickles, sakura glitter gel pen

Wedding Doves

Good morning! Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring 613 Avenue Create and their theme is anything goes/optional twist Birds of a feather: birds, feathers, wings, open to your interpretation. I used Doodle Pantry's coloured Flying Dove and printed it off one way and then turned the dove and printed it again. (notice I didn't write I flipped the bird, lol! Yes I have a sick sense of humour)

The birds look 3D IRL because I used a large ball stylus to shape them. I really like how this turned out! Hop on over to 613 Avenue Create and give their challenge a try. If you hurry you can enter Doodle Pantry's challenge as well. Good luck!

I'm entering this into:

Digi Galore: Anything goes
Hiding in my Craft Room: lets get digital
Crafts 4 Eternity: anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge: anything goes

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Flying Dove, sentiment Stampin Up
Paper: early espresso, brown sugar, very vanilla, whisper white
Ink: barely banana
Other: pearls, ribbon, stampin up heart dies and fancy fan embossing folder

You've got Purse-nality

Good morning! I hope its warmer where you are its -36C here Brrrr! Its the beginning of March which means a new release for Doodle Pantry and I got to play with Purse Parfait. This great set comes with pre-coloured images as well as black and white. I actually learned how to paper piece (OMG) so made my own purse with 3 papers from Classy Styles Digi Paper. Just about when I was ready to throw the computer out the door my son came over and helped me figure it out, thank you so much BJ!

Drop on by the rest of the Design Team and see what they created with their sets. From today until March 8 all new release sets are 30%off just use the code NEWMARCH30. And at noon today  Doodle Pantry Digitial challenge #44 begins which you can enter as long as you use a Digital stamp. If you use a Doodle Pantry stamp (Freebies Page) you receive Carousel Pig free.

I'm entering this into:
Crafts 4 Eternity: Texture
Digitally "Sweet" challenge: anything goes
Sister Act Card challenge: anything goes
MilkCoffee Challenge: wet or dry embossing
Simon Says Stamp: anything goes with pearls

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Purse Parfait, Doodle Pantry Classy Styles Digi Papers
Papers: reflections beige, early espresso, Digital
Ink: none
Other: ribbon, Stampin up fancy fan embossing folder, pearls, spellbinders circles

Luv U

Good morning! Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring The Squirrel and The Fox and their challenge is Love. I made a card that could be a valentines card but it would also make a great baby card, especially for twins!  I used Loving Critters then added hearts, CAS and lovely.

Drop on by The Squirrel and The Fox and give their challenge a try. If you use a digital image you can enter our challenge AND if you use a Doodle Pantry image you will receive an image for free! This month the image is Easter Peeps!

I'm entering this into:

Addicted to CAS: Love

Catch the Bug: Love

Open-Minded Crafting: show some love

Digi Galore: Valentine

One Sweet Challenge: Love

Crafts 4 Eternity: with love

Cut It Up: Valentines day

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Loving Critters

Paper: Strawberry slush and whisper white

Ink: strawberry slush

Other: prisma and copic markers, stampin up fancy fan embossing folder, cuttlebug heart dies, spellbinders oval dies.

Black Eyed Susan

Good morning, or should I say what a great morning, I'm on vacation and travelling! Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Craft Your Passion and their challenge is to 3-D it. I love adding dimension to my projects so I just added a little more. I printed off Doodle Pantry's Black Eyed Susan 3 times and just started to cut out petals and then added butterflies, I absolutely LOVE the butterflies!

 Hop on over to Craft Your Passion and give their 3-D challenge a try!

I'm entering this into:
One Stop Craft Challenge: add flowers and ribbon
Crafts 4 Eternity: anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge: anything goes
Stampin' for the Weekend: sparkle and bling

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Black Eyed Susan, Hearfelt Creations Daisy Patch
Paper: summer sun, early espresso, whisper white
Ink: clear versa mark and embossing powder
Other: ribbon, rhinestones, MS butterfly punches, spellbinders circles, stickles

Spring is in the air

Good morning! Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Incy Wincy Designs and their challenge is Spring is in the air and what could be more spring like than babies! I created a baby card with the new stamp Quirky Stork.

I printed the stamp off twice and cut out to pop up the baby sling, bow and wing of the stork. Hop on over to Incy Wincy Designs and give their challenge a try. If you use a Doodle Pantry image you can enter our challenge as well and receive this gorgeous stamp just for entering!
I've entered this into:
Sweet Sketch Wednesday: sketch
Challenges 4 Everybody: anything goes
One Stitch at a Time: anything goes
Catch the Bug: anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity: 3 items with the same letter (baby, blue, bundle)

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Quirky Stork
Paper: tempting turquoise, whisper white, recollections blue
Ink: tempting turquoise
Other: stampin up clouds embossing folder, epoxy dots, ribbon, spellbinders
 

Two as One

I needed a wedding card and haven't used this stamp before. I had started out with just very vanilla and early espresso but it needed some pop so I added apricot appeal. I quite like it.

I've entered this into:
Ribbon Carousel Blog: celebrations
ABC Challenges: wedding/anniversary
Crafty Boots Challenge: celebrations
Challenges 4 Everybody: anything goes
Great impressions: celebrations
Crafty Catz: anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity: tic tac toe (ribbon, scraps(apricot appeal strip in corner, bling)

Stamp: The Stamp Barn
Paper: early espresso, very vanilla, apricot appeal
Ink: apricot appeal, early espresso
Other: pearls, early espresso embossing powder, corner die cut, crystal effects(for rings) ribbon, spellbinders die, stampin up embossing folder

So Happy

Its the first of the month which usually means a new Doodle Pantry release but April Fool's! The new release this month is on April 5, so you need to wait a few more days, lol! But I couldn't resist this cutie pie Clover Worm and needed to make a card for a friend. I coloured him myself with copics for the gummy worm and prisma markers for the clover. They both were too dark so I used the copic blender pen to lighten both, I find that the copic works better than the prisma blender pen. I really like how it lightened both the worm and clover.

I used sakura gel pens on the butterflies. Come back on April 5 for Doodle Pantry's new release and the challenge also begins on April 5 at noon!

I've entered this into:

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge: cute

Stella Says Sketch: sketch not entered

A Gem of a Challenge: make it cute

Catch the Bug Challenge: anything goes with cardstock and bling

Crafts 4 Eternity: cute as you like

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Clover Worm

Paper: gumball green, whisper white, miscellaneous dp

Ink: cajun craze (the dots on the dp paper)

Other: prisma/copic markers, sakura gel pens, rhinestones, butterflies and perfect dots embossing folder, ribbon, stampin up punch, spellbinders

Dream Away

Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Craft Your Passion and the challenge is Torn and Distressed Edges and may I say what a challenge it was for me! I very rarely do distressed cards because I'm not very good at it.

I printed and cut out Doodle Pantry's Dream Catcher and then popped up the whole image. I distressed all the papers but not the sentiments. I dug around in my jewellery bag and found some metal feathers I had left over from making my son's dream catchers years ago. I made three, one for each son and then two more for my niece and nephew, then I did a crossed stitched dream catcher for our living-room, I love them!

Even though I don't do distressed I do like how it turned out. Hop on over the Craft Your Passion and give the challenge a try. If you use a Doodle Pantry image you can also enter Doodle Pantry's challenge #23 and receive a free image just for entering!

I've entered this into:

Come and Get it Challenge: Lets hear it for the boys
That Craft Place Challenge: One for the boys
Just Tracys Crafts Challenge: anything goes
Catch the Bug Challenge: anything goes
Mark's Finest Papers: use 3 of something
Crafts 4 Eternity: Maypole ribbon
Polka Doodles: May de-stress
Wags 'n Whiskers stamps: distressing

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Dream Catcher
Paper: early espresso, tangerine tango, whisper white (used prisma marker to create cream), confetti cream
Ink: cajun craze, early espresso
Other: prisma markers, metal feather, ribbon, brad, spellbinder tag and circles, stampin up oval punch,

Pansy Turtle

Good morning everyone! Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Tuesday Morning Sketches and what a great sketch it is! I used Doodle Pantry's Pansy Turtle and coloured him myself.  I printed him off twice so I could pop up the turtle and flowers.

I found the gorgeous yellow marble paper at a stationary store and used the swiss dots embossing folder on it as well as wet embossed the background. I added the epoxy dots to the flowers and it adds so much IRL.

Hop on over to Tuesday Morning Sketches and enter their challenge, you might win. If you use a Doodle Pantry image, freebies here, you can also enter Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #22 and you automatically receive a free image (quirky parrot) just for playing. Its a win, win!

I've entered this into:
Catered Crop Recipe Swap: use brads
Digi Design Challenge: emboss it ( I used wet and dry)
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays: spring
Crafts 4 Eternity: 3 of a kind (3 brads, 3 epoxy dots)
Delicious Doodles Challenge: textures
Stampin with the Dragon: Spring is here

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Pansy Turtle, Hero Arts Large Flower background
Paper: cherry cobbler, really rust, whisper white, garden green, marble yellow
Ink: craft really rust
Other: prisma markers, classic/scallop circle, epoxy dots, brads, stampin up modern label punch, cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

Happy April Fool's Day and Doodle Pantry Release!

Happy April Fool's Day everyone! I'm not answering the phone until after noon today because I am so gullible I always get fooled...my Mom was the best at it, she tricked me every year. 

Today's also the new release for Doodle Pantry and its huge this month! I've seen Dragon fruit before but have never eaten it. I was a little worried about colouring it but it turned out fantastically. I may have to buy one and give it a try, lol.

The Doodle Pantry team have come up with gorgeous creations, stop by their blogs and take a look. At noon today begins Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #22. Just for entering the challenge, with a Doodle Pantry image, you receive another image, the Quirky Parrot. If you don't have an image there are freebies at the store. AND if that isn't enough from today April 1 until April 3 Doodle Pantry is offering 25% off all stamps! Run over and take a look at all the great stamps and go shopping.

I'm entering this into:
Catch the Bug, Stella's Sketch Challenge: sketch
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge: Die cuts and/or punches
Crafts 4 Eternity: use 3 of something
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge: use a digital image
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: anything goes
Whimsy Stamps Challenge: no patterned paper

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Thai Dragon Fruit
Paper: handsome hunter, green galore, cherry cobbler, regal rose, whisper white
Ink: regal rose
Other: prisma markers, cuttlebug argyll and swiss dots embossing folder, stampin up designer label and ticket punches, stampin up button, dew dots, ribbon, whimsy vine die cut

What Balls?

I made this for our friends birthday yesterday, Happy Birthday Ian! Bugaboo stamps has the best Gus birthday images, lol. I've entered this into:

Party Time Tuesdays: anything goes

Catered Crop: follow the recipe (I used pattern paper, senior, punches, masculine and funny)

Crafts 4 Eternity: at least one metal embelllishment (I used 7)

Stamps: Gus golf

Paper: brocade blue, night of navy, whisper white, Stampin Up dp hostess pack paper

Ink: bashful blue

Other: recollections brads, Stampin Up decorative label and crystal effects,

Sam's Birthday

This is such a Sam image, lol! Sam is my son's girlfriend and I made this card for her birthday. I used the new Stampin up embossing folder on the background and added stickles, lots of glitter, pretty simple. I finished this card before leaving for holidays, thank goodness. However I didn't have time to finish a card for the new Doodle Pantry Challenge today. The only requirement is to use a Doodle Pantry image and if you don't have one there are freebies here. Hop on over and take a look and give it a try. I've entered this into:

StampFairy Challenge: birthdays

Dream Valley Challenges: monochrome

Crafts 4 eternity: anything goes

Stamps: Kenny K Scarlet West

Paper: Pacific Point, whisper white

Ink: none

Other: prisma markers, diamond stickles, snowburst embossing folder and ticket punch

Kiss Me

I haven't done a Christmas card for a while and finally had few minutes last night. I finished it at midnight but I did get it done. This stamp is one that comes without a backing so you put glue on it yourself and I missed placed the package. If anyone knows what stamp company he is from please tell me, so when I find it I'll publish the name of the company, he is so totally adorable! I've entered this into:

Creative Card Crew: anything goes

Heart Song Inspirations: anything goes and/or favourite colour combo (I did both!)

Stamps R Us: anything goes

Christmas Stampin all year long: monochromatic

Crafts 4 Eternity: recipe #34 anything Christmas

The Paper Shelter: anything goes

Stamps: Main image (?), Doodle Pantry Merry Mistletoe (sentiment)

Paper: cherry cobbler, whisper white

Ink: bashful blue chaulk(take the white off the image)

Other: prisma markers, classic/scallop spellbinders circlers, cuttlebug snowflakes, MS snowflake punches, Stampin Up decorative label punch, michaels ribbons, diamond stickles glitter

Roses and Brownies

Its the 15th of the month so a new release from Clear Dollar Stamps! This gorgeous rose is June's flower of the month and made a perfect wedding card. I printed it off twice, cut out the roses and a couple of leaves to pop up, added some stickles and there you have it. The second card took a lot more thought. I was very unsure of what to do and finally decided on a double pocket card with recipes and a jar of mix. One of the recipe cards has what is inside the jar(mix) and the other card has the recipe for making the brownies. Too cool.

I coloured the jar on the outside of the card myself as well as added the dots around the scallops with gel pen but the image that is on the recipe card and inside the card are both coloured stamps. If you do a lot of baking and giving baked goods as gifts, this stamps for you! Check back tomorrow I've got another card for Clearly Inspired challenge #32! I've entered these cards into:

Crafts 4 eternity: recipe 3-2-1 roses (3 dp papers, 2 roses, 1 sentiment) jar(3 brads, 2 recipe cards, 1 image)
One Stitch at a Time: anything goes
The Crafty Pad: lots of texture
Digital Tuesday: spellbound (use 1 or more dies) roses I used 2 dies, jar I used 3
Amber's Crafts and Stuff: embossing (both cards have wet embossing)
The Rubber Cafe: spellbound by spellbinders roses I used 2 dies, jar I used 3

Rose Card
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Rose June Flower of the Month, Stampin Up Floral background and whimsical words
Paper: garden green, cajun craze, summer sun, whisper white, Doodle Pantry Tweet house digital paper, sample paper (floral background from stamp magazine)
Ink: Stampin up craft summer sun, classic cajun craze
Other: prisma markers, spellbinders deckle rectangles, MS border punch, michaels ribbon, recollections rhinestones, Stampin up scallop oval punch, yellow stickles, foam pop up

Jargon Mix card
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Jargon Mix, Stampin Up Chicken Wire
Paper: whisper white, pacific point, Lynn Norton Parker and The Paper Company
Ink: craft chocolate chip, white gel pen
Other: Spellbinders classic/scallop oval and wonky squares, eyelet, ribbon, red stickles, recollections brads, foam pop dots, clear embossing powder

Christmas Blue Birdies

I'm in a Christmas mood and these Doodle Pantry Winter Song Birdies are just so cute. I cut out the birds, man did the foliage take forever, and popped them up, in IRL it looks soooo good. The background paper is shimmer white and I got to use my new MS branch punch. I've been looking for it for about 2 years and finally found it in a very small town in a Walmart store. Go figure! I've entered this into:
Stamp Something: punched something
Crafts 4 eternity: colour challenge red and white
Papertake Weekly: anything goes
The Shabby Tea Room: embossing
Craft your Passion challenge: anything goes
Creative Belli Blog: Branches

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Winter Song Birdies
Paper: Real red, whisper white, shimmer white
Ink: none
Other: prisma markers, MS branch and snowflake punches, Stampin Up perfect dots embossing folder and scallop oval punch, cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder, spellbinders label 6, diamond stickles