Two Bears and a Fairy

I love this sweet Sherri Baldy digi of a girl and her teddy bear. Plus it has an adorable name- Little White Dove and Running Bear! It was fun to color the image on Kraft cardstock and even more fun to find a few “treasures” in my stash that I could use to decorate the card.

Supplies: 

·    Sherri Baldy Digi- My Besties (Little White Dove & Running Bear)

·    Inside  sentiment- Love SVG (Dream Really Big)

·    Printed on Kraft Cardstock

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Memories Sticker Label, stars and assorted bling- From my stash

·    Thin leather ribbon, feather charm, beads, ribbon, and a small silver medallion from my stash.

·    A strip of kraft cardstock cut into a fringe, shaded with markers and crunched to “age”

     A small strip of this fringe was made into a "tassle" that hangs from the silver   

     medallion.

Challenges: 

Besties Challenge- Dec Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge- Anything Goes #109

Path of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #75 (Optional Twist- Peace)

Classic Design Team Challenge- #12 December

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday- Anything Goes 

This card also has a cute teddy bear… this time made with a vintage PSX stamp. I wanted to create a card for Pixie’ Snippets, so I cut strips from scraps of paper, vellum and upcycled floral calendars to create a backdrop for the cute teddy bear. The funny sentiment is from my files (I’ve had it for a few decades and don’t have any idea of the source. I even checked the web and had no luck. Sorry.)

  

Supplies: 

·    Teddy Bear Stamp- PSX (retired)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Front sentiment- Computer-generated

·    Inside sentiment-Celebrate – a freebie from Desert Diva

·    Inside  sentiment-It’s Your Birthday (from a Power Poppy digi set Cuppie Cupcake)

·    Inside  sentiment-  We Are 3 Christmas Sentiment can be found HERE.

·    Scraps of assorted paper, vellums and upcycled calendar pages cut into strips- From my stash

Challenges: 

Pixie's Snippets-Week #368      

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #418-419 Anything Goes                   

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #614 Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Dec                                  

My final card for this post features a beautiful Christmas fairy from Digi Doodle Studios with an elegant name- Starling Moonglow.  After I colored the sweet digi, attached her onto music score vellum and added the sentiment… it just felt like the card needed something else. I noticed a few vellum snowflakes scattered near my markers… and inspiration struck!  I scattered the pretty flakes across the page and gently slid one between the fingers of her outstretched hand. Voilà! That was just what the card needed to add a bit of magic. (Which also inspired the inside sentiment!)

 

Supplies: 

·    Fairy digi- Digi Doodle Studios (Starling Moonglow)

·    Front Sentiment (Christmas Kisses)- from a Lili of the digi set (Christmas Wishes)

·    Inside sentiment- Magical Christmas is a freebie from Birdscards

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Vellum music background- from Hobby Lobby

·    Vellum snowflakes made with a Martha Steward punch

Challenges: 

Digi Doodle Studios- FB Challenge “Anything Goes” Dec  

Outlawz Challenges- Songs and Rhymes- Let It Snow

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #470 Anything Goes 

Luminaries

A short time ago I “met” an artist on FB who is pretty amazing. Her name is Sherry West and she recently wrote and illustrated a kid's book named “It’s Raining Cats, Dogs And Pollywogs.” It's her first book and the first run on Amazon sold out in record time. How exciting is that?!! Sherry draws adorable critters and beautiful angels. Although she has put her Etsy shop on vacation for a bit, she often offers free digis to her followers on FB. This card features one of her angels that is available until Dec 31. (You can join Sherry's FB group HERE .)

Supplies: 

·  Angel digi- Sherry West FB Coloring and Crafts (freebie until Dec 31) join FB page HERE then go to photos… find this image and click. It will take you to the contest where you can download the image.

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Background paper, scraps of ribbon and silver photo corners from my stash.

Challenges: 

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #614 Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Challenge- #12 December

For the next two cards, I used die-cuts that are actually cut from the front of luminary bags that I purchased at the dollar store a while ago. (I didn’t take a photo of the ornament luminary, but do have a pic of the sleigh one that I provided below.)

The first card features the sleigh luminary adhered onto a wonderful snowflake background with foam tape.  I had fun using non-traditional colors on this card. Am entering it into several challenges including Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge and We Craft Cards Monday Challenge-Clean and Simple (This is not a CAS challenge. It is actually a creative challenge to simply clean up some of the little bits and pieces, i.e. leftovers on our craft table/desk to make a card.)

 

Supplies: 

·  Luminary Bag, snowflake paper and bear sticker- from my stash.  

·  Pile of Gifts Image- from a Beccy’s Place digi set (Celebrations) the tall tower of gifts was cut in two pieces. The bottom two are on the inside of the card, and the rest of the pile is on the front of the card.

·   Inside sentiment-Computer generated

Challenges: 

Outlawz Challenges- Songs and Rhymes- Sleigh-Bells

Beccy’s Place Challenge- Nov      

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Dec                                  

We Craft Cards Monday Challenge-Clean and Simple (NOT CAS!)

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge (Photo)

The other luminary card features traditional Christmas colors starting with a red ornament die-cut from a luminary bag. The background paper features a green pine tree. I decorated the ornaments with assorted embellishments, metallic cardstock, and ribbon scraps. I topped the patterned paper with a scrap of vellum that allows the ornaments to stand out after the die-cut's attached with foam tape. The silver photo corners, plus the Merry Christmas circle on the front and the inside sentiment are all from my scrapbook stash.  

Supplies: 

· Luminary Bag, tree paper, photo corners, sentiments tags,sparkly gems and miscellaneous embellishments are from my stash.  

Challenges: 

Outlawz Challenge- Saturday Paper Ala Mode- All About Ornaments   

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #418-419 Anything Goes                   

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #469 Anything Goes 

It’s Time for Father Time

It’s Friday, so time for another challenge at QKR Stampede!  Stop by the challenge, which is always “Anything Goes” and several prizes are awarded. Maybe you’ll be inspired to enter a card or two yourself? My DT card features an aged but friendly-looking Father time ready to herald in the new year and an inside sentiment that provides an encouraging note about the future (both the image and the sentiment are available from Stamp On It. Am entering this card into several challenges including Outlawz Twisted Thursday with the optional TWIST of Clock or Timepiece (I think an hour glass fits the timepiece category?)

Supplies: 

·    Father Time digi- QKR Stampede-Father Time Digital Stamp (Q-digi14405)

·    Front Sentiment- Computer Generated

·    Inside  sentiment- Eureka Stamps-Another Year Digital Stamp (ES-digi35602)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Small calendar page and gold frame image (behind Father Time) - From my stash

·    Sparkly stars- made with a star template, glittery cardstock and a nice, sharp scissors.
Challenges: 

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Happy New Year

Simon Says Monday Challenge-Partytime                                             

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Party Time                                      

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday- Anything Goes

I made this card to enter it in the Power Poppy Challenge that notes, “Create anything
you desire” using one of their stamps. In the midst of Christmas and New Years celebrations
I decided to make this sweet card with a stamp from the Tea in the Garden Clear Stamp Set.

 

Supplies: 

·    Power Poppy- Tea in the Garden Clear Stamp Set

·    Front Sentiment- from a Beccy’s Place digi set named “Keeping It Simple.”  

·    Inside sentiment- from an Imagine That digi set named “Ice Cream to my Cone.”  

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Assorted background papers and paper lace- From my stash

·    Sheer black dotted swiss ribbon- JoAnne’s
Challenges: 

Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- Free For All  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #418-419 Anything Goes                   

Classic Design Team Challenge- #12 December

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Dec                                  

My second card features a wonderful digi from a talented artist and author named Sherry

West. Sherry has put her Etsy shop on vacation for a bit, but has a very active FB page

where she often offers free digis to her followers. That is where I picked up this beautiful

digi. Actually, during December Sherry is offering several freebies during December. (You

can join her FB group HERE to download the image and possibly win more of her amazing

digis.) I created the background with a Christmas Subway Art freebie from HERE. Am

entering this card into several challenges including Outlawz Tuesday color challenge and

Festive Fridays.

 

Supplies: 

·    Angel Penguin  digi- Sherry West FB Coloring and Crafts (freebie until Dec 31) join FB page HERE then go to photos… find this cutie and click. It will take you to the contest where you can download the image.

·    Christmas Subway Art Background- Freebie from Paper Charm Designs HERE

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Inside  sentiment- TLC Creations (Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas)

·    Sparkly stars- made with a star template, glittery cardstock and a nice, sharp scissors.

Challenges:

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge 

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #614 Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #469 Anything Goes                 

Holidays!

I love this beautiful digi image from Ching-Chou Kuik named “Cardinal Gray scale.” I’d only seen one red cardinal before we moved to Wisconsin about 12 years ago. Now we have one that lives in our yard. I love their melodic call! And, although we see them year-round, they are especially striking during the winter when the snow flies. (So, I’m entering this card into Scribbles Favorite Christmas Symbol challenge… as I especially like seeing them at Christmas!)

 

Supplies: 

·    Cardinal digi- Ching-Chou Kuik (Cardinal Gray scale)

·    Inside sentiment from a Beccy’s Place digi set named “Lamb of God.”  

·    Merry Die- Stampendous

·   Filigree Vine Die- from my stash, company unknown

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Golden Holly Leaves- fussy cut from an old Christmas card

·    Red berries are made with Nuvo drops

·    Assorted background papers- From my stash

Challenges:

Ching-Chou Kuik's FB Challenge- [FB] Happy Christmas/Happy Birthday

Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration & Challenge- Happy Christmas

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #418-419 Anything Goes                   

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #469 Anything Goes 

Scribbles Designs Challenge- #84: Favorite Christmas Symbol

This is my final card for Double D’s Challenge- 12 Days of Christmas. Once again, I thought a bit outside of the box… with the help from a wonderful digi of a piper (a BAG PIPER!) I’d actually found this image a while ago, it’s a freebie from TLC Creations, and saved it because I thought it was a hoot! (Yes, some of use living in this part of the country actually say that, out loud, in public!) I had fun coloring the piper. After looking at photos of bagpipes on the web, I added the tiny plaid print to the bagpipes with assorted fine line markers and gel pens. So fun!  I’m entering this card in several challenges including Incy Wincy Designs where the focus is “Happiness.”  The little piper and the “Joyful Noise” sentiment both make me smile. (Actually, I think that calling the sounds that come from a bagpipe “Joyful Noise” might be a stretch!)

 

Supplies: 

·    Bag Piper digi- a freebie you can find HERE.  

·    Santa Claus So Jolly Sheet Music- A freebie From the Graphics Fairy

·    Inside  sentiment-  We Are 3 Christmas Sentiment can be found HERE.

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen and silver gel pen

·    Assorted background papers- From my stash

Challenges: 

Double D’s Challenge- 12 Days of Christmas- Days 7-12                  

Incy Wincy Designs- Happiness                                                            

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #614 Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Challenge- #12 December

My final card features a whimsical image of two cows… getting ready to celebrate the New Year and party until… well.. THEY come home! The wood-mount stamp  is from Petersen Rubber Stamps (a husband and wife small home business in South Dakota in the late 1990’s. They were nice people!)   The background paper is actually the inside of an envelope from a recent bill from my dentist. (I really do upcycle a lot.) Please ignore the paper clip. I need to get some removable tape to hold cards shut but keep forgetting to pick some up!

Supplies: 

·    Cow Stamp- Petersen Rubber Stamps (no longer in business)

·    Sentiments- Computer Generated

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Assorted background papers- From my stash (and an upcycled envelope)

·    Sparkly stars- made with a star template, glittery cardstock and a nice, sharp scissors.

Challenges: 

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Happy New Year

Simon Says Monday Challenge-Partytime                                             

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Party Time                                      

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Dec