Amazing Blog Candy Giveaway

Hey y'all.  I just had to post this.  Anna Stillwell from Cuttlebug Cuties has teamed up with Sew Crafty Angel for a massive giveaway.

Click Here to go and check it out.

Marvelous Monday with Digi Darla

Good Morning.  Today is the start of a new week and that means a new challenge at Digi Darla.  Thank you to all of you who joined in last week's Inspirational Photo and Quote Challenge.  Our winner, Susan Kennedy, made this beautiful card:

Congrats, Susan.

This week, our theme is a Copy Cat Challenge. Everyone gets the same image and makes a creation using that image.  To get the image, go to the Digi Darla blog and save it to your computer.  Here's my card using the image:

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I printed off the image on Neenah Solar White card stock and die cut it with Classic Circles Spellbinders. I then used Crayola Colored Pencils to color it in.  I then outlined it with Spectrum Noir  BGR1.  I layered the image onto a Lacy Circe die cut in Green.  The DPs are DCWV's  The Christmas Combo from last year.  I used my Fiskars Scalloped Circle Border Punch on the middle layer of Light Green paper.  I found two raffia ribbons in my stash and tied them around the middle.  The sentiment is mine from the computer and colored in with Sakura Glitter Gel pen in Green.

I hope y'all enjoyed your visit today.  Maybe we will see ya over at Digi Darla this week.

Make sure to come back tomorrow for Day 2 of the 12 Days of Creepmas.  Have a wonderful Monday and God bless y'all.

I am going to enter this card into Scrapbook Stamp Society's #30 challenge.

Day 1---12 Days of Creepmas

Hello and welcome to the first day of the 12 Days of Creepmas Blog Hop sponsored by Smeared and Smudged.  For those of you who participated in the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop in October, y'all know how this works.  For those of you who are just visiting for the first time, let me explain.  There will be 12 days between now and Christmas that the Jolly Bloggers will be posting a gothic, horror, or just a little bit off center Christmas card.  You can take up the mantle of Merry Hopper by visiting each blog listed to the right of this post on the days listed for the hop.

Here are the scheduled days of the hop:
Sunday December 1st
Tuesday December 3rd (Smeared Ink Day)
Thursday December 5th
Saturday December 7th (Smeared Ink Day)
Monday December 9th
Wednesday December 11th
Friday December 13th (Smeared Ink Day)
Sunday December 15th
Tuesday December 17th (Smeared Ink Day)
Thursday December 19th
Saturday December 21st
Monday December 23rd (Smeared Ink Day)

Each person on the blog roll will have a project posted on these days.  Make sure to stop on by and leave some love for each one.  The complete list of rules and sponsors can be found on the Smeared and Smudged group.

For my first project, I chose to use the master of the macabre...Poe.  Yes, I know, most people don't consider him as part of Christmas, but remember, this is Creepmas.

This image is from Ike's World.  I love it.  It's my first ever Edgar Allen Poe image.  The background paper is also designed by Ike.  I colored him with BIC Markers and printed off the sentiment from my computer.  It's a very simple card as I wanted Poe to be the focus.

I hope y'all enjoyed your first visit to my blog for the 12 Days of Creepmas.  Make sure to hop along the rest of the blogs to see what my blogging friends have for you.  I'll see you back here on Tuesday, December 3rd for another Creepmas card.

Challenges Entered:
Creative Craft Challenges 2--Non traditional Christmas
Shopping Our Stash--Holiday/Winter

Horsing Around

Hi there.  I have a birthday card that I made for one of Kierstynne's friends to show y'all today.  She is obsessed with horses.  She is even taking riding lessons now.  Dani loves them.

I decided to go with black and white for this card.  I used the running horse from the Inkadinkado set "Horses".  I inked up the stamp with Versafine Black Onyx ink and stamped it three times without reinking.  This gives the appearance of the horse running across the page.  The sentiment is The Paper Studio "Clearly Speaking".  I added some black and white gingham ribbon and three black rhinestones to finish off the card.

Dani's party was a Thanksgiving morning breakfast and when she saw this card, she had a fit.  Yeah, she loved it.

Thanks for stopping in.  I hope y'all have a great night and keep warm.  God bless y'all.

QKR Stampede's Challenge: It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas

Hello my friends.  Welcome back to my blog.  I'm a bit late posting this.  I should have had it up yesterday.

Our new challenge for this week is : It's Beginning to Look alot Like Christmas.  

I used "Christmas Cheer" to make this card.

I colored this little guy with my trusty Crayolas.  I fussy cut him out and adhered him to a hexagon cut from my new Spellbinder's Die set.  The patterned papers are from Colorbok's Hootenanny collection.  I printed the sentiment and matted it onto a piece of green card stock.  I know the candy cane looks black and white, but it's actually glittery red and white.

I hope to see you guys over at QKR Stampede this week with some great Christmas cards.  Have a great day and God bless y'all.

Stay tuned Sunday for the first posting of the 12 Days of Creepmas sponsored by Smeared and Smudged.  

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge

Hello there.  Welcome back to my little spot in blog land.  I am so grateful to everyone of you who take the time to come see what I have been up to.

Today's card is for the new Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog challenge.  It's Anything Goes and the DT used Eureka images this week.

I chose "The Legend of the Butterfly" for my card.  It's a beautiful story.  I trimmed it down and inked the edges before matting it on a piece of Cream card stock.  The card base is made from the same Cream Recollections card stock.  The patterned papers are from K & Co.  All those cute little butterflies are made from the Martha Stewart punches, but I'm not sure of the names.  The one punch has the larger butterfly and the other has three smaller butterflies.  I added some pearls to the bigger ones to finish off my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all will consider joining us at TCCCB this week.  Have a great day and God bless!

Fall Colors with Melonheadz Friends

Welcome back friends.  Today begins a new challenge at Melonheadz Friends.  Our challenge this week is "Fall Colors".  I used the Fall Bundle to create my card.

I combined four images from the set to created this cute little scarecrow.  My papers are DCWV and I added some leaf brads that I took the prongs off of and added with 3D glue dots.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you will join in our challenge this time at Melonheadz Friends.
Have a great day and God bless!

Kenny K's DT Call

Hello there.  Guess what time it is?  It's DT Call time at Kenny K's.  

We are looking for six (6) talented designers and four (4) VIP Guest Designers to join us for the New Year!
Are you excited? We sure are!

KENNYK*KENNYK*KENNYK*KENNYK*KENNYK*KENNYK*KENNYK*KENNYK*KENNYK 

1. Do you currently have a craft blog and/or a Facebook craft page?
2. Do you love creating paper projects?
3. Do you enjoy coloring beautiful digital images?
4. Do you like to inspire other crafters and your team?
5. Would you like to actively be part of a friendly and dynamic team?
6. Can you take clear pictures of your work?
7. Can you meet deadlines?

Did you answer yes to all the above? This call might be perfect for you....Then go here to read all the information on how to enter.

I love Kenny's images.  They are so fun and funky. I am entering this DT Call.  I think y'all should too.

Here's a card that I created earlier this year, but I definitely love it.  I'm using it for my entry card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope that y'all will make a card and enter the DT Call, too.  You never know, you might be picked. :)

God bless and have a great night.

It's Cold Here

Good Morning.  Happy Sunday to ya!  My husband just checked the weather here in good ole Northeast PA and it's 15 degrees this morning.  It snowed a bit yesterday...just a dusting.  The high for today? 21.  That's a bit too cold for me.   For Thanksgiving?  The high is 21, the low?  -2.  That is why I am not going Black Friday Shopping.  I'm not freezing my butt off for a sale.  I hope y'all are warm and cozy wherever you are.  

Have a great day and I'll be back tomorrow with another wonderful challenge for Digi Darla and Melonheadz Friends.  Stay tuned.  God bless y'all.

Spectacular Saturday with Paper A La Mode

It's Saturday.  I got to sleep in today.  Yippee!!  I don't get to sleep in very often and boy, did I enjoy it. 

Today starts a new challenge at Paper A La Mode.  Last week's challenge, "Snowflakes and Stars" brought in some beautiful cards.    

This week's challenge is "Die Cuts/Punches"  and I used my Spellbinders Hexagon dies and an image from Beccy Muir.

I colored the birdhouse with my Crayolas and fussy cut it.  I used a K & Co paper for the hexagons.  I added a couple pieces of washi tape at the top because it just looked too plain.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

I hope to see your creations at Paper A La Mode for this week's challenge.  Thanks for stopping by today.  God bless ya!

Christmas Baubles at My Time to Craft

Hello my friends.  Welcome back to my blog.  I have been hard at work crafting away.  I'm so bad though, I haven't started my Christmas cards yet.  Hopefully I have enough that I have made between last year and this to send out.  I'm shortening my list drastically, but still need quite a few.

Today's card is for the My Time to Craft's challenge "Christmas Baubles".  I made a CAS card for this challenge.

These ornaments are from one of my first stamp sets and I have no idea who designed it.  I stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a card base made from GP card stock.  I colored them with Sakura Glitter pens.  I added a sentiment at the bottom.  That's it..very simple.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a great day.  God bless ya.

Digital Stamps 4 Joy Stitching Challenge

Welcome friends.  Thanks for taking time out of your day to visit me.  I truly appreciate it.

The card I have for y'all in this post is a bit of a twist.  The challenge over at DS4J is stitching.  Since I don't have a sewing machine and I don't have the patience for hand stitching, I used faux stitching.  The image I chose is not a Christmas image, but I turned this Misteri image into one.

I noticed the bells attached to her skirt and immediately thought of the song, "Jingle Bells".  So, I colored her with reds, greens and gold.  I pulled two patterned papers from The Paper Studio Holly Jolly 6x6 pad.  The wreath stamp is an old, old set that I bought when I first started stamping in 2010. I had to write the sentiment because I didn't have a stamp that said anything about bells or jingling.  I used two different BIC Markers for the faux stitching around the image and the sentiment.

I hope y'all enjoyed your visit today.  Thanks again for stopping by.  God bless and have a great day.

I am also entering this card into the Fab and Funky Anything Goes challenge.

Simply B November Challenge

Hello there.  I haven't posted in a while, but I'm back tonight with a card that I made for the Simply B Fan Page challenge for November.  You could pick either the Indian Betty or the Pilgrim Betty.  I chose Indian Betty.

I had to color this girl twice.  I tried the first time with my Spectrum Noir, but I couldn't get her hair to look right.  So, I printed her out again and colored her with my trusty Crayolas.

Isn't she adorable?  I made my background paper with Martha Stewart Stamps.  Some of the are leaves and some are feathers.  I used Memento inks to stamp with.  I added some paper flowers die cut from a Cuttlebug die and added some rhinestones to the centers.  The sentiment is from Mary at Cardz TV.  I just love her stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a great day.  God bless y'all.

I am also going to enter this card into the following challenges:
Simply Create Too--Give Thanks
Sentimental Sundays--Giving Thanks #181
Created with Love--Anything Goes  #67
Papertake Weekly--Give Thanks
V's Sweet Ideas--Color Challenge

Saturday with Paper A La Mode

Hello there.  Today is Saturday...yippee..and this starts another new challenge over at Paper A La Mode.  Last week's challenge was sponsored by Rick St. Dennis.  Y'all know how much I love Rick's images.  The winner is going to receive 2 images of their choice from Rick's new zibbets store.

This week our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps.  Jodie has some wonderful designs over in her shop.  The winner of this week's challenge will receive 2 images of their choice.

Our theme for this week was chosen by Theresa, and it's Stars and Snowflakes.

Here's what I created:

The stamp set that I used is from Jenny Ellory and the papers are from DCWV Winter Basics 6x6 paper pad. Even though the card stock looks green it is actually turquoise.  I used the rosettes stamp to make the circles and added some light turquoise gems to the center. The bows are part of the stamp set and I just stamped them on the patterned paper and cut them out.  It's a very simple Christmas card, but I like it.

Thanks for stopping in today and I hope y'all enjoy your day.  God bless ya!

I am also going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Oldie but a Goodie--CAS Christmas
Papertake Weekly--Snow and Ice
Shopping Our Stash--Use Something on Your Desk--stamp set
Twisted Tuesday--Pop Dots and Polka Dots (sentiment pop dotted; polka dots in patterned paper and the circle background)
Hiding in My Craft Room--Die Cuts (Cuttlebug)

Fridays with QKR Stampede

Happy Friday, friends.  Today starts another challenge with QKR Stampede.  Our challenge this week is Western World.  There are quite a few western images in the store for you to check out.  

I chose the Cowgirl and Saddled Snail to make my out of the box Christmas card.

I wanted something a bit different for one of my friends who is from out west.  I am going to send this to her and her husband for Christmas.  I began by coloring with Crayola colored pencils and OMS.  The background papers are from Basic Gray and the circle is SU Crumb Cake.  I needed a grounding point for the snail and cowgirl so I created some hills on the bottom of the circle.  The sentiment is Barbed Wire Merry Christmas.  I added some dash lines around the sentiment and circle.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Take a chance and join us at QKR this week.  Your card just might win.  God bless.