CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY

Hi! 

I'm really excited to be a brand new member of the Design Team 

at Addicted To Stamps Challenge Blog!

Here's the card I made for this month's theme 'Christmas Comes Early'.

I used a cute little digi stamp which I colored with Copic Markers

and framed with some Christmas patterned paper from my stash .

There is still time to play along with this fun challenge.

'till next time,

 Doni

Surfing

This is the card I made today:

 

This is a digi stamp from "From The Heart Stamps".

Sadly the storefront has closed so this stamp is unavailable.

 

I'm entering this at The Paper Players blog (sports)

 and at

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog 

Bling it on ( there is glitter on the wave foam)

 

Got to run!

 

'till next time,

Doni

Tweet

Hi!

Time for a new code word from Addicted To Clean and Simple.

  Carolyn is our hostess and she chose the code word TWEET.

Our Sponsor is Happy Little Stampers 

and  Kylie is offering the winner a generous $20. GC to the store!

Here's my card:

 

and this is what I put inside:

 

and here's what I used to make this card:

plus Copic markers and foam squares.

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni

Happy Thanksgiving

Today I'm playing along with
MFT Sketch Challenge #402.

Here's the sketch

 

I started off by going through my stack of hand made backgrounds.

 

I came across this background with all these stripes of gorgeous fall colors

that I had made while watching a video of Jennifer McGuire's.

This used distress inks and a masking paper ( a post it note) to make the stripes, 

and then of course you sprinkle a little water on it!

I thought this made the perfect background for the little girl sitting on the pumpkin.

The stamps I used are from My Favorite Things new release. 

This set is called ' Fall Friends'.

Colored with Copics.

Thanks for stopping by!

'till next time,

Doni

Santa Paws

Made a CAS Christmas card to play along with the

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog.

 

Here's what I used:

MFT Die-namics - stitched rounded rectangles

Simon Says Stamp - You Are Pawesome stamp set

Pink & Main - Santa Paws sentiment

Santa hat - a digi stamp from my collection ( source unknown)

Memento-  tuxedo black ink

Copic markers -  A14, A29 and E43, E44, E49

 Stickles - diamond

Thanks for stopping by!

'till next time,

Doni

Best Friend

I made a birthday card for a friend.

 

I was inspired by the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge.

 

I started by creating a galaxy background with my distress inks.

You can see a video on this technique HERE.

I used the MFT Space Explorer stamp set . After I colored this cute space explorer

and used the die to cut him out, I didn't like all the white space between the balloon strings

so I took my C7 Copic marker and colored in those areas. Then I added just a few tiny white dots

 with my Signo uni-ball white pen. It really does look a lot better.

The whole panel was popped up using foam tape.

The sentiment is from the MFT Anything -but-basic friendship stamp set that was just released.

I stamped it with Versamark on black card stock and heat embossed it with

 detail white embossing powder.  This sentiment strip was also popped up using foam tape.

I'm am also submitting this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

Time for breakfast....don't ask me why I was wide awake at 5:30 this morning!!

'till next time,

Doni

'Pop' A Wheelie

Hi! 

Today's card was inspired by the challenge over at 

Double D Challenges.

The challenge is to use anything that has wheels.

To help our creative juices get going they provided a great inspiration board.

 

I was inspired by the bottom right picture and here's what I came up with:

 Here's what I used:

Dies: Impression Obsession - Wheelbarrow(DIE165-H)

Impression Obsession - tiny flowers (DIE140-D)

Memory Box - Leafy Foliage

W plus 9 - Doodle Buds Stamps

Glossy Accents- (used as glue)

seed beads

ms. sparkle & co. - neutral woodgrain paper pad

Thanks for stopping by today

and a special thanks for leaving a comment. 

They really do make my day!

'till next time,

Doni

Casing Ksenija

Hi!
To all of you that celebrate it...Happy Labor Day!

So, this morning I was commenting on the cards in the new
 challenge over at Addicted To CAS .
Ksenija is the Guest Designer this time and I fell
in love with her blog, especially this card:

I loved the way the dog looks like he's flying right out of the center frame.

I don't know why, but this made me think of this cute little stamp I got
a while ago from Stampingbella. I hadn't used it yet, so I got her inky today!
This is what I made:

 

and while I was at it , I did this one too:

Thanks to Ksenija for inspiring me today!

I'm linking this card up over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
The theme is Anything Goes.

'till next time,
Doni

Apples

Hi!

Time for a new code word from Addicted To Clean and Simple.

  Anja is our hostess and she chose the code word Apples.

 

 

Perfect time of the year for some bright red apples!

 

 

and here's what I put inside:

The stamp is from Lawn Fawn and I colored it with these copics:

E31,E35, E55  -  R08, R14, R27, R29  -  G14, G19  -  Y11

I hope this inspires you to make your own apple card. 

'till next time,

Doni

Handmade stencil

Hi!

I was looking for something ( I can't remember what )

in a drawer in my craft room when I came across a 

piece of cardstock that I had used as a mask when

 I made this card way back in 2012.

 

 This is what I'm talking about:

to make the hills    

 

and to make the sky  

 

and to stamp the trees  

 

By the time I made a bunch of these cards my mask was pretty grungy .

I have no idea why I saved it but I'm glad I did!

Here's the card I made from that old mask:

 

All I had to do was trim it down, add a tiny black mat showing only on the cut edges

 add a die cut sentiment (Avery Elle) and slap it on a matching card base.

This was fun...and super easy! lol

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni

Polar Bear and balloons

Hi!

Today I'm working on a card for

My Favorite Things Color Challenge.

 

 

Here's what I came up with:

 

Pretty basic, but I got all the colors covered, lol!

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni

Let it snow

Hi!

Here's the card I made today:

 I'm playing along with MFT Wednesday sketch challenge

 

and AAA Cards clean and simple challenges

to use a stencil

 

I used :

Simon Says Stamp- falling snow stencil

embossing paste that I added glitter to

vellum

MFT - stitched circle die

MFT - snowflake die

Pretty Pink Posh - snowflake sequin mix

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - You're so cool! stamp set ( sentiment)

Thanks for looking!

'till next time,

Doni

Birthday Bowler

Hi!

I've been in the house all morning.

When I stepped outside to go to lunch it was like walking into a sauna!  Whew!

I love air conditioning!

Here's a card for today:

 

I'm playing along with CASology.

 

Bowling is a sport...right?

Here's a closer look at how I popped up the focal panel:

 

 

I got this AI stamp at Michaels.

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni

Berries

Hi!

Time for a new code word from Addicted To Clean and Simple.

  Bobby is our hostess and she chose the code word BERRIES.

I first thought of strawberries, but that's all the further my mojo

took me on that idea!

So I searched berry clip art and found this:

I liked the idea of the berry branches in a vase.

This is what I ended up with:

 

Here's what I used:

Stampscapes - leafy branch 277F

Technique Tuesday - Berries-Greenhouse ( 2013)

Copic Markers - C0, C1, C2, R29

Cuttlebug Embossing folder - oxford

My Favorite Things - Die-namics (vase)

What does the word "Berries" make you think of?

'till next time,

Doni

In the sky

Hi! 

Today's card was inspired by the challenge over at 

The Sisterhood Of Crafters.

The challenge is to use a printed page as a background

Here's what I came up with:

 

It's funny the way creativity works. I had no ideas so I looked through my pinterest 

boards for something to spark my interest. I came across this card by Cindy Elam:

 

I liked the stenciled clouds so that's where that came from.

...and whats a sky without some birds, so I stamped some (Inkadinkado- coastal).

Then I thought of the bunny in the hot air balloon, a stamp from

The Cat's Pajamas (2011) , so I stamped it on white cardstock

colored it with copic markers and fussy cut it out.

I don't know if you can tell it or not, but I had to stamp the center section on a scrap of the background word paper and paperpiece it so that the words would be behind the bunny 

and not just the white paper.

To finish it off, I used die cut letters to spell hello (memory box- abc soup die).

Thanks for looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Sunflower

Hello!

Today I'm playing along with two challenges:

The Paper Players

and

CAS Watercolor Card Challenge

Here's my card:

At Paper Players it's a color challenge

 

I'm pretty sure all those shades are in there!

Over at the  CAS Watercolor the challenge is sunflowers.

 

This little Sunflower Girl is a Pure Innocence stamp from My Favorite Things.

This is one of the first stamps I bought (2009) and 

she holds a special place in my heart.  

It was fun to get her inky again!

 Thanks for looking!

'till next time,

Doni

Dragonflies

Hi! 

Hope you're enjoying this very relaxing summer Sunday!

I've been

 thinking about my oldest Granddaughter

who will be starting a new life adventure this week

 and also thinking about my friends blog challenge (Double D Challenges).

Strange as it may seem they came together in the form of this card: 

The challenge theme is " Don't bug me!"

and here's the mood board they gave us for inspiration:

 

I of course zeroed in on the dragonfly.

Here's what I used:

The Rubber Cafe - Small Paisley Dragonfly

Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Circles Die

softly water colored  background ( Distress inks) from my stash

my computer - sentiment I found after Googling dragonfly thoughts

Now all I have to do is wait for my granddaughter's new address so I can send it to her!

Thanks for looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Masculine

Hi!

Time for a new code word from Addicted To Clean and Simple.

 

  Ellenor is our hostess and she chose the code word MASCULINE.

 

 

Here's my card:

 

 

I started off by cutting a square out of a basic white card front panel

using MFT Die-namics (Blueprints # 13) to cut the panel

and Avery Elle Elle-ments Die (inside out stitched squares) to die cut the opening.

Then I used distress inks to lightly sponge a background on the card front:

The really cute stamp set I used is from PoppyStamps

#CL430 called No Truffle at All.

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni

Dragon Affairs

Hi!

 I want to share a card that I made today.

I started out by using hand made backgrounds that I'd been 

making using some Distress Oxide Inks. ( wilted violet,lucky clover and broken china)

I was playing around with some Distress micro glaze from Tim Holtz.

It's supposed to bring a bright finish to the soft colors of the oxide inks. 

However I missed the little point of needing to start with glossy (photo) paper.

I was using watercolor paper...well duh!... no wonder my background still looked soft and muted!

It still made a great background for this sweet Dragon from My Favorite Things.

 

I googled "dragon sayings" and found this, and it really touched my funny bone!

Here's the inside:

 

Hope it made you smile!

I'm linking to:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - make your own background 

and 

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

'till next time,

Doni

I love Christmas!

Hi!

I'm welcoming in a new month (August---already!)

and a brand new monthly challenge blog called

Merry Little Christmas Challenge.

Here's my very first entry into this fun challenge:

 

Yep! You know by now that I love box cards, so it seemed only fitting that I start out with one!

I made the basic box using Green cardstock and the Lawn Fawn scalloped box card die.

I used a pretty Christmas paper by BoBunny called Mistletoe

 to decorated the sides and flaps of my box. 

The Merry Christmas sentiment flap was made using a stamp and cut set from Hero Arts (Merry).

Next on to the fun part of choosing what cute things to put in the box!

I chose to use the Santa and reindeer from There She Goes- design by Torico.

I'm sad to say that the There She Goes website closed at the end of 2013,

so this stamp is no longer available. However, it will always remain one of my favorites!

The cute trees I used are from Sugar Pea Designs- It Moose be Christmas.  

I used Copic Markers to color everything:

Reindeer  :  E31, E33, E37

                                                            Reindeer Nose:   E27, E25

                                                            Trees:  YG25, G28 

                                                            Tree trunks:  E23, E25

                                                            Santa face:  E00, E11, R20

                                                            Santa suit: R14, R29, R89

                                                            Belt buckle: YR24

Hopefully by playing along with this blog every month, I'll get a good start on my 

Christmas cards for next year! Anyway, that's the plan!

'till next time,

Doni