Roses, a Santa and Bears, Oh My!

I am honored to have served as a Guest Designer for Beccy Muir at Beccy’s Place and am now one of her “Contributors” which means that she provides me with digis or clear stamp sets four times a year and I get to create cards or other items with them. It is always fun to see what items she will invite me to use.  This time, the digi set is a beautiful one with a shabby chic feeling. I loved using the roses, birdhouse, and sentiments from the set. Beccy encourages us to create a color chart to accompany our creations. So I’m including the one for the Spectrum Noir alcohol markers that I used to color the roses and birdhouse in this post. (The weathered wood on the birdhouse was made with layers of various marker colors and a white gel pen that I applied and then smudged with my fingers.) I used scrapbook paper for the card base because I liked the border it provided across the top of the card front and the swirl on the inside top edge. After trimming around the swirl with an Exacto knife, I tucked the sentiment beneath the lovely swirl! 

 

Supplies: 

·   Image and Sentiments-Beccy’s Place Digital Set (Shabby Chic Roses)

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

·   Assorted scrapbook papers and a paper doily from my stash

Entered into:  

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Beautiful Botanicals                  

Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- Inside Out!       

A Perfect Time to Craft 2020-Anything Goes- Aug Challenge #8-2020

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #82 (Optional Twist- Exploring The Fantastical)

        Since I’m a DT for this months sponsor, Beccy’s Place, I’m entering this challenge just for fun!

A few months ago, after winning a challenge at Scribbles,  I picked this wonderful Woodland Santa image as my prize. I have been looking for a time to use it… and Scribbles current challenge, “The Great Outdoors” seemed like a perfect fit, especially when I perched the Santa atop a wonderful wintry background from The Paper Shelter. Alcohol markers, Liquid Pearls, (white opal on Santas robe and buttercup on the tree topper) plus silver photo corners help add some fun texture and bling to the card.

 

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Scribbles (Woodland Santa)

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

·   Card front Background- The Paper Shelter digi set (My Christmas Snowball)

·   Front Sentiment “Peace Joy Love”- Embossing Arts (company is no longer in business)

·   Inside Sentiment- upcycled from an old card

·   Liquid Pearls- Buttercup and White Opal

·   Assorted background papers and silver photo corners from my stash

·   Sheer black dotted swiss ribbon- JoAnne’s

Entered into:  

Scribbles Designs Challenge- #91 The Great Outdoors (SD)      

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #504 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge-Week 34 Anything Goes                         

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                

Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

For my last item on this post, I created a gift bag to enter into the current Do-Al[l] Creative challenge, named “Teddies and Anything But Cards.” The gift bag was made with an inexpensive brown paper lunch bag.  I added the fun texture with a Darice embossing folder. The tag features an adorable bear digi is from Sheepski Designs. I used decorative chalks to color the digi, partly so I could enter it into this month's Crash Your Stash challenge at Outlawz and partly because I love the delicate look of chalks (applied with Q-Tips and my fingers) on this cute digi. After finishing the bear tag, I printed off a colored the smaller sentiment tag, then folded the top of the bag down, punched a few holes then attached the tags to the bag with a scrap of black ribbon.

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Sheepski Designs (Panda/Bear)

·   Colored with Decorative Chalks

·   Sentiment on the small tag from Beccy’s Place digital set “Bear with Me” (retired)

·   Darice Embossing folder- Basket Weave

·   Brown paper bag (school lunch size)

·   Cardstock, wiggly eyes, and a strip of black ribbon from my stash  

Entered into:  

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #648 Embossing

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #454-455 Anything Goes                   

Do-Al[l] Kreatives #44 Teddies + Anything but Cards

        Since I’m a DT for this months sponsor, Sheepski Designs, I’m entering this challenge just for fun!

Outlawz Challenge- Crash Your Stash- Blending Chalks

               

Weekend Fun!

Ack! The new Blogger format is doing weird things with font size, indentations and bullet points! I cannot fix it no matter what I try. Sorry if this makes it harder to read. 

I had fun creating a grunge card using this wonderful digi from Createful Heart Design, Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and some texture items from my stash. My grandpa had a truck like this, but it had wood accents on the back. So... I cut some scraps of woodgrain paper into thin strips to create a wood truck bed (I think that is what they call it?!) The fun sentiments are based on an item I’ve had in my files for several decades. I found a few versions on the web, but don’t have a clue of its original source. If you know it’s the source, please let me know so I can credit them.

  

 

Supplies: 
Digi- Createful Heart Design (Worn Out Truck)

Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
Front Sentiment- Desert Diva Freebie sentiment (Happy Birthday- grunge style)   
Inside Sentiments- Computer Generated (not sure of original source) 
Assorted background papers and texture items from my stash
Entered into: 
Simon Says Monday Challenge- Grunge it Up 
Createful Heart Designs- Challenge #23
Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- For Him
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #452-453 Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- August
A Perfect Time to Craft 2020- Anything Goes- Aug Challenge #8-2020

Last year I met a talented young artist named Sherry West via her FB page. The images she creates are adorable, so I was thrilled to win a few of them through contests on her FB page HERE. This sweet image is being provided as a freebie for a “Name this Digi” contest, which runs through the 28^th of August. So join Sherry’s FB page to obtain a copy of this fun digi and to be alerted to future freebies and challenges. (BTW- Sherry is also an author. Her first children’s book, named “It’s Raining Cats Dogs and Pollywogs,” quickly sold out the first run on Amazon after its release. You can find it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other sources across the web.)

 

Supplies: 

Digi- Sherry West (Get Your Diva On)
Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
Stickles- Star Dust (adding sparkles to the Diva’s wings)
Front Sentiment- Computer Generated
Inside Sentiment- TlcCreations Freebie (Every Day Is Tiara Day)

Assorted background papers and rhinestones from my stash

Entered into:
Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- Inside Out! 
Polkadoodles Challenge-Week #33 Anything Goes
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays
Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #140 Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Studios Blog- Challenge #30 Things with Wings

                       
The current Day of the Month Challenge celebrates National Watermelon Day. So, my final card for this posting features a cute watermelon eating bear digi from Gerda Steiner. I used the current Outlawz Sketch as my layout, and had fun adding ants to the yummy scene! I’m entering this card into several challenges, including Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge (I printed the bear on Kraft paper, added two bright colors- red & green- plus added lots of little ants), Outlawz Sketch Challenge (I know that the watermelon slide is much bigger than the little circle on the lower part of the sketch... but I hope that it kinda fits?!) and Scribbles Designs Challenge (when I think of the great outdoors, I think of camping, picnics, yummy watermelon and.... ants!)

 

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Gerda Steiner (You Are Beary Sweet)

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

·   Mini Ant Stamp- JudiKins (retired)

·   Front Sentiment- “Sweet Thoughts of You” Cuddly Buddly Crafts (Sweet Kitchen Sentiments)

·  Inside sentiment “Sending Sweet Birthday Wishes”-Imagine That digi set (Ice Cream to My Cone)

·   Large Daisy and Circle Punches- Stampin’ Up!

·   Cardstock and red checked paper napkin  from my stash

Entered into:  

Day of the Month Challenge- National Watermelon Day
Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge- Kraft plus 2 colors and a twist
Gerda Steiner Designs- Share Your Designs Challenge-August 

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge- August 2020 #41
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Oh So Cute
The Paper Shelter- #437 Punches & Dies

Scribbles Designs Challenge- #91 The Great Outdoors
Outlawz Challenges- Wednesday Sketch
        Since I’m a DT for Beccy’s Place (sponsor), I’m entering this challenge just for fun!

Flowers and a Sea Horse

Since it’s the 20^th of the month, I’m sharing a DT card for the August Sheepski Designs FB Challenge. This month’s theme is “I Spy… B” so all entries must feature something that starts with the letter B. I used a beautiful Sheepski Designs digi named “Poppy Field,” which includes Butterflies. I used a simple color scheme so the silhouette digi could take center stage. That said, delicate chalked clouds and an intricate die cut butterfly both nicely compliment the poppy field. The sentiment is computer generated.

I’m entering this card into several challenges including the Butterfly Challenge. This month’s theme is “B is for Bow Fronted Card.” This card features one color (Beau Blue) and one theme (Butterfly.)

PS Stop by the Sheepski Designs FB challenge to learn more about the monthly challenges. Maybe you’ll be inspired to enter a card or two yourself and have a chance to win some wonderful digis created by artist Andrea Norris!

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Sheepski Designs (Poppy Field)

·   Colored with Decorative Chalks and Light Grey Spectrum Noir Marker

·   Cloud Template

·   Butterfly Hello Die-Cottage Cutz

·   Front Sentiment- Computer Generated

·   Assorted cardstock and black gems from my stash

Entered into:  

SheepSki Designs FB- Anything Goes (Twist- Something Beginning with a B)  

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday- Anything Goes 
Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge
Butterfly Challenge- #145 B is for Bow Fronted Card       

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge- August 2020 #41                        

         Since I’m a DT for this months sponsor, Sheepski Designs, I’m entering this challenge just for fun!

I love anything that relates to oceans and beaches… so the current challenge at Pattie’s Creation called to me.  Artist/owner Pattie Gomez is providing a wonderful sea horse as a freebie during August. I printed the digi onto grey parchment cardstock and colored it to compliment the beautiful background paper that I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I fussy-cut one of the anchors from specialty Kraft and metallic scrapbook paper from JoAnnes, tied it onto a strip of gold cording and draped it over a curved sentiment from Imagine That. The inside sentiment is from Bugaboo.

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Patties Creations (Sea Horse) Digi is the August Freebie

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

·   Front Sentiment- “Swishing by to say Hi” Imagine That digi set (Mermaid Swimming)  

·   Inside Sentiment- “Wishing You Oceans of Joy” Bugaboo Stamps (Under the Sea digi set)

·   Golden wave patterned paper from Hobby Lobby

·   Kraft paper with golden anchors from JoAnnes

·   Small star with anchor embellishment created with a paper punch and small sticker from my stash

·   Other assorted cardstock and gold cord from my stash

Entered into:  

Pattie's Creations Challenge- #173 Beach/Under the Sea

Incy Wincy Designs- Mermaids and/or Sea Colors

Outlawz Challenge- Saturday Paper Ala Mode- Nautical             

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- August                   

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #452-453 Anything Goes                   

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                

My final card this post features a sweet new image from All Dressed Up named, appropriately “Sunflower.” I decided to color it with decorative chalks so that I could enter it into the Outlawz Crash Your Stash challenge. (However, when finished the colored image looks a bit too blah, so I have to confess that I added a bit of grey alcohol marker for shading and white gel pen for highlights.) I used a strip from an upcycled calendar that featured sunflowers. Don’t you think that the inside sentiment, from We Are 3, is the perfect fit for the card?!  

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- All Dressed Up (Sunflower)

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

·   Front Sentiment “Hello”- Scrapbook&Cards magazine Freebie

·   Inside Sentiment- We Are 3 Harvest Sentiment set can be found HERE.

·   Assorted background papers and upcycled calendar page from my stash

Entered into: 

Bugaboo Stamp- Stella Says Sketch Challenge #813                    

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Oh So Cute                                            

Double D’s Challenge- Sunflowers                                               

Outlawz Challenge- Crash Your Stash- Blending Chalks

All Dressed Up- Anything Goes- #108 Anything Goes (August) 

A Perfect Time to Craft 2020-Anything Goes- Aug Challenge #8-2020

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #82