Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! A new year and gorgeous new images from Doodle Pantry like these two cute Love Worms. They come in colour with paper but I chose to colour them myself. Its hard to see the background but I stamped it with hearts, in deep red and then promptly put two thumb prints on either side of my image... that's why there is a large bow on the left and three butterflies on the right. UGH!

The new DPDC challenge begins at noon eastern and just for entering you receive the cutest Cupid Turtle  and here's the free with purchase image, it goes great with a martini! BEST of all from now until Jan 3 there is a 35% sale on all images, just use 35BLOWOUT in the coupon code. After shopping for some great stamps drop on by the other DT members I know that you'll love their creations too!

I've entered this into:
Digi Makeover Challenge: anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody: anything goes
Stampin' for the Weekend: anything goes
Charisma Cardz: anything goes
Cute Card Thursday: anything goes

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Love Worms, Impression Obsession Heart Swirls
Paper: early espresso, cherry cobbler, whisper white, vellum
Ink: cherry cobbler
Other: prisma markers, grass diecut, pearls, MS butterfly punch, Stampin Up oval punch, ribbon, spellbinder rectangle deckle, stickles
 

Be My Huckleberry

Good morning! This is what greeted me this morning...

Originally we were suppose to get a ton of snow but now they say not so much. However its suppose to snow again later in the week and next week too. Hello winter! So onto fun stuff. Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring One Stop Craft Challenge and the theme is anything goes, which I love. So as to NOT encourage winter blues, lol, I used Doodle Pantry's Huckleberries for my friends 50th birthday.

I printed the stamp off twice and cut out to pop up the leaf and berries. I just got my Dahlias from Stampin Up and was reminded to not collect them but actually use them, thank you Glenda, lol! I added stickles to the geometric centres, the huckleberry flowers and the corner die cut. 

Drop by One Stop Craft Challenge and give the challenge a try. If you use a Doodle Pantry image you can enter our challenge too!

I've entered this into:

Sketch N Stash: sketch, new stash - dahlias

Cute Card Thursday: got glitter

Deep Ocean Challenge: anything goes

Stamps: Doodle Pantry huckleberries, Impression Obsession splotches and stitching

Paper: midnight muse, rose red, garden green whisper white

Ink: craft garden green, classic rose red

Other: prisma markers, spellbinders ovals and circles, geometric embossing folder, stampin up dahlias, memory box madera corner

 

Remember

Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Chocolate, Coffee & Cards and the challenge is Ribbon for a Cause. I used the Doodle Pantry I Will Survive set and  coloured it purple for Alzheimer's (I know it looks blue but purple doesn't photograph well)

My Dad has dementia but he's 81 and with advanced age sometimes that happens. But I sat and talked to my sister-in-law a couple of days ago and we had a great conversation. But when I got up to leave I knew deep in my soul that to her I was only the lady who was walking a dog who stopped by to talk. She had no clue as to my name or that I was related to her. She's 53. When Alzheimer's hits someone that young its so tragic, not really for the person because they just don't know, but for the family. Her husband of 28 years is devastated. He's angry at the disease and its the family of the victims who need the help.

I've entered this into:
Cute Card Thursday: bling it up
The Paper Shelter: anything goes
Whimsy Stamps Challenge: lots of layers
Simon Says Stamp and Shop: no rules

Stamps: Doodle Pantry I Will Survive, marble cube, sentiment computer generated
Paper: basic black, whisper white, handsome hunter
Ink: gumball green
Other: heart embossing folder, spellbinders deckle, ribbon, rhinestones

 

A Very Merry Christmas

I'm falling behind on my Christmas cards so this is what I worked on yesterday. I know (or am pretty sure) she wasn't intended as a Christmas stamp but after I coloured her I saw the holidays. I have been practising colouring hair and I really like how her's turned out.  

Here's a closeup of her hair. 

I"ve entered her into:

Catch the Bug challenge: sketch

Cute Card Thursday: Anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge: Let's get digital

Stamps: Bugaboo Kidz girl 'n cat, stampin up sentiment

Paper: cherry cobbler, brilliant blue, whisper white

Ink: bashful blue

Other: cuttlebug snowflake dots and swiss dots embossing folder, stampin up snowburst embossing folder, rhinestones, spellbinders deckle rectangle, MS snowflake punch and snowflake border, prisma markers