Happy Mother's Day

I had intended (and had put) a Happy Birthday sentiment on this and then remembered I had better start making Mother's Day cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids Canada. (I was thinking a young teenager would love to give this to their mother) So the sentiment changed and I have my first Mother's Day Card. The sketch I used is from a scrapbook store near me Scrapbook Memories & More, who have a challenge going on with a great prize.

Most of my cards have the inside decorated with no sentiment which I can always add later. 

I've entered this into:

Scrapbook Memories & More: sketch

Totally PaperCrafts: monochromatic

Paper Crafting Journey: use a sentiment

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge: use a sentiment

Tuesday Throwdown: focus on sentiment

Stamp: Stampin up Long Time Friend

Paper: rich razzleberry cardstock and dp, michaels dp

Ink: rich razzleberry

Other: stampin up border punch, silver twine, ribbon, spellbinder

Gingerbread Ants

Good morning! I'm off to Yoga this morning so its a great morning, I feel soooo good after! Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Pile It On challenge and their theme is Oh Yummy. I always need  Christmas cards so decided to give the Gingerbread Ants a try.

I used Liquid Pearls as icing but next time I want to use just plain white not opal. I printed it off twice to pop up all of the gumdrops. I love all the details in this stamp! Drop on by Pile It On and give their challenge a try. If you use a Doodle Pantry image you can enter our challenge as well, just add it onto the Pile, lol!

I've entered this into:
My Time to Craft - Food or drink
Crafty Catz: All stitched up
Totally Papercrafts - punch it
Clearly Inspired - use die cuts
Creative Moments Challenge - Add a Sentiment
Pile It On - Oh Yummy

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Gingerbread Ants
Paper: basic black, whisper white, dp dollar store
Ink: none
Other: stampin up chaulk, spellbinders scallop ovals, holly vine, rhinestones, stickles, petals a plenty embossing folder, gel pen, paper piercer

Let it Snow, let it snow, MAKE IT STOP

Happy July 1st Canada! There are a ton of celebrations going on in my neck of the woods, how about yours? Its also the first of the month so a new release from Doodle Pantry and what a release it is! I'm a little behind in my Christmas cards so I chose Doodle Pantry's Quirky Snowmen to work with.

I did a legal size card so I could get all three snowmen on. The first snowman has a few snowflakes falling, the second a few more, the third snowmen is in a blizzard, lol! The snowflakes turned out pretty light so if you click on the photo you can get a better look. Take a look at Doodle Pantry's Digi Grab bag, the items in there are marked down 25%, what a great deal! DPDC#25 starts at Noon EST hop on over and give the challenge a try, there's a free digi in it for you!
I've entered this into:


52 Christmas Card Throwdown: anything goes
Secret Crafter: Christmas
Totally Paper Crafts: can you digi it
Charisma Cardz: anything goes
Crimbo Crackers: anything goes Christmas


Stamp: Doodle Pantry Quirky Snowmen
Paper: midnight muse, whisper white
Ink: none
Other: prisma markers, stampin up modern label punch and perfect polka dots embossing folder, spellbinders deckle rectangle

Sweet Dreams

I needed a baby card and this little dragon is so cute! I just love adding clouds in the background its so fast, easy and is a great background.

I added stickles to the dots as well as the wings, just the right amount of glitter. Its hard to see but the dragon's belly is a light purple (lilac)

I've entered this into: 

The Poodles Parlour: going dotty

Totally PaperCrafts: bingo (I used Die Cut, lilac(tummy) glitter)

Do You Stack Up: friendly critters

The Pixie Cottage: sketch and/or sweet treats

Digi Stamps 4 Joy: glitter and bling

Fab 'n Funky: emboss it

Stamps: The Paper Shelter Whimsical Dragon

Paper: pacific point, whisper white, summer sun, discount paper
Ink: ballet blue
Other: prisma markers, yellow stickles, cuttlebug d'vine swirls embossing folder, rhinestones, stampin up button and perfect polka dots embossing folder, spellbinders label 15 and deckle rectangle

Lots and lots of presents

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge and this is my take on the sketch! I printed the presents and cut them out to pop them up and after I assembled everything I sprayed the front with smooch/alcohol mix. I've entered this into Totally Papercrafts challenge which is snow and snowflakes, PaperPlay challenges which is let it snow, and the Crafty Calendar challenge which is snowflakes.

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Santa Accessories
Paper: whisper white, brilliant blue
Ink: none
Other: prisma markers, MS snowflake punch, ribbon, smooch/alcohol spray, stampin up perfect dots embossing folder

Baby's First Christmas

As soon as I saw the Santa hat Laurie made I knew I wanted to try it out on the giraffe, teddy, and the turtle. The giraffe is perfect for a baby's first Christmas, he's just so cute, and I computer generated the sentiment. Its really hard to see I tried taking multiple photos but I sprayed the whole card with smooch/99% alcohol mix and it has the most beautiful subtle sparkle sheen to it like falling snow, gorgeous! I've entered this into Charisma Cardz which is to make a baby card, Creative Cottage challenge which is to make a card for someone special and Totally Papercrafts Challenge which is to use snow or snowflakes.

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Sweet Giraffe and Santa accessories, computer generated sentiment
Paper: cherry cobbler, gable green, whisper white
Ink: cherry cobbler
Other: Stampin Up chaulk (ballet blue, garden green) ticket corner punch and markers, cuttlebug snowdots embossing folder, spellbinders tag, red and diamond stickles, smooch/99% alcohol spray, MS snowflake punch, snowflake brad, ribbon