Stitched Flowers

Hi! 

Sorry it's been forever since I last posted...but here's what I worked on today:

 I fell in love with this card by Lin. 

 

 You can check out Lin"s blog here

:https://heartshugsandflowers.blogspot.com/2019/03/welcome-spring.html

 

So I did what comes naturally and cased hers.

It was fun to use The Stitched Die-Namics from My Favorite Things.

'till next time, 

Doni

Steampunk

 Hi!

It's good to be back in my craft room...hopefully my mojo will show up!

Today I made a Steampunk Box Card . I saw this idea from the Stamperia DT.

Last month ..(and I do mean that I worked on it for a month) I took a series of on line classes 

and learned how to make a Vagabond Briefcase using paper packs from Stamperia.

I will do a blog with lots of pictures of the briefcase soon!

But for now... Here's the box card using the leftover pieces and parts:
 

 

 

a side view:

and the back:

Steampunk is a definite departure from my clean and simple style!

Thanks for looking.

Doni

Margaret's Birthday Card

Hi!

Today I'd like to share with you the card I made for my sister-in-law's birthday.

 Can you tell she's going to be 81?  Lol!

this is the inside:

               The hardest part was getting the inside oval cut out to match up with the card front oval.

I needed to do this to hide where I taped a piece of acetate over the oval.

Here's what I used:

My Favorite Things - Old Friends

My Favorite Things Die-namics  - Confetti Numbers

Oval Dies... these are so old that I don't remember where their from

and of course, colored with Copic Markers.

Thanks for looking.

till next time,

Doni

Peony

Hi!

Today I spent the morning coloring with my Copic markers .

I just got the Peony Perfection stamp from My Favorite Things and decided to make a card just like the sample from Debbie Olson.

I  did one stamped with black ink and one no line coloring

(stamped with a light ink-Momento Dessert Sand) 

Which one do you like better?

Thanks for looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Sunshine & Rainbows

Hi! 

It's been awhile since my last post...

I've been making a hand made mini album and I'll have lots of pictures to show you when I'm finished! 

But today I needed a break , so I made a card to submit to The Monday challenge blog at Splitcoaststampers .

 The challenge today was to include clouds on your card.

Back to the mini book.....

'till next time,

Doni

Valentine Love

Hi!

Check out the fun challenge at Double D Challenges.

 Here's the card I made to enter:

I was inspired by the pillow

 

Thanks for looking! 

'till next time,

Doni

Big Cups

 Hi !

This is the card I made today:

 

Sending this to a friend that loves coffee and has a wicked sense of humor.

 

If this inspires you to make a coffee card...check this out ...

Splitcoaststampers Ways To Use It Challenge

 

Supplies used:

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps - sentiment

Sparkle N Sprinkle - Expresso yourself stamp set

My Favorite things - wonky stitches rec stax dies

Lawn Fawn dies- quilted Backdrop

 

Thanks for stopping by.

"til next time,

Doni

Inspiration Challenge

 Hi! Today I'm playing along with the Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.

This was my inspiration:

and here's the card I came up with:
 

 

 

I liked the black stripes and the black dots on the beige and the pretty little flowers on the shoes.

I couldn't find any paper like  that in my stash...so I had to make my own.

Lol...a lot of work , but I like the way it turned out.

Stay safe everyone.

'till next time,

Doni

Basket of flowers

Hi!

Today I was cleaning out over stuffed drawers in my craft room 

and I came across the pretty basked of flowers from my Quilling days, so I created this card 

and I'm entering it in the Double D Challenges blog.

  Thanks for stopping by. I hope all is well with you.

"till next time,

Doni

Navy & Cream

Hi!

Todays card was inspired by the challenge blog Color Hues.

 Although it looks a tad bit black in the photo it really is Navy and Cream.

I used The Simon Says Stamp - ornate background

and The Simon Says Stamp Die- Thanks

'till next time,

Doni

Cupcakes

Hi! 

Today I am playing along with  CAS(E) This Sketch #402.

 

and over at Double D Challenges  they are celebrating their 5th anniversary with cupcakes 

...so I combined the two challenges and came up with this:

I used Lawn Fawn ( Baked with Love ) stamp and colored the cupcakes with Copic markers.

On the cupcake tops I added Wink of Stella to add  a little sparkle ...on the photo the sparkle shows up mostly on the chocolate cupcake tops as strange little dots! Go figure!?

Thanks for stopping by.

"til next time,

Doni
 

Winter Birthday

Today  I'm playing along with this month's Color Hues challenge (Red & Grey).

Since my oldest daughters birthday is next week

 this will be going to her.

  Thanks for looking.

"till next time,

Doni

with sympathy

 I'm glad it's 2021 however...

it's cold and grey and raining ice water...

so todays' card reflects that mood.

 I'm playing along with The Inspiration Challenge

over at Splitcoaststampers .

you can also check it out Here 

 

Thanks for looking

"till next time,

Doni

Hip To Be Square!

Hi!

Happy Wednesday, every body!

  Brenda is our hostess  for challenge #580  at Little Red Wagon this week.

She says "It's hip to be square", which means she wants to see 

a square somewhere on your card.

 

Here's mine:

I made my square element into a shaker and added my favorite Christmas penguin.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

"till next time, 

Doni

 

Snow Days!

Hi!

  JanR is our hostess  for challenge #579 at Little Red Wagon this week.

She has chosen the phrase "Snow Days!" for our challenge this week,

meaning we're free to make anything that has to do with snow.

Remember it doesn't have to be a card it can be anything you want to make

that has to do with snow! 

 

Here's what I made:

Happiness is....

watching snowfall

through a window.

Yep! So glad I'm retired and don't have to go out in the snow if i don't want to.

 

Heres the supplies I used to make this card:

6x6 Whimsy Paper Pack (Blurry Flurries)

Simon Says Stamp - Eliza Snowflake Die

Hello Bluebird - Let It Snow Die

 

'till next time,

Doni

 

Santa Hats

Hi!

There is a Santa Hats Challenge going on at  Double D Challenges.

Here's my entry:

I splattered white paint on the dark green background...

only I wasn't too smart about it and I now have little white splatters all over 

my desk and keyboard!  lol

Thanks for looking.

 

"till next time, 

Doni

LRW Challenge #578 - Winter Birthday

 Hi there!

 It´s Wednesday and time for a brand new Challenge at Little Red Wagon.

 I'm  the hostess this week.

  I would like to see your cards that celebrate a WINTER BIRTHDAY.   

While I was on a roll I also made this one:

 

For the snow I used a stencil from Simon Says Stamp and Nuvo Glimmer paste.

You can see the texture and sparkle better against the blue but it looks just as pretty on the white IRL. 

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the little house is a die from SSS.

Thanks for looking.

 

"till next time, 

Doni

Christmas Tags

Hi!

Happy Wednesday, every body!

  Imke is our hostess  for challenge #577  at Little Red Wagon this week.

She would like to see us get prepared for Christmas. 

 

I chose to get started on making Christmas gift tags.

 

 These are smaller tags ( around 3/4 inch ) perfect for little gift bags.

I used stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn (Tiny Tag Sayings)

For a bigger gift bag I made this one:

This tag from Pretty Pink Posh measures 3 inches across.

The little snowman is from Lawn Fawn.

I can't even imagine what Christmas will be like this year....

doesn't look like we'll be able to have our big family get together.

 

In any event, I'll be sure to keep Christmas in my heart.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

"till next time, 

Doni

 

Winter Blues

Hi!

Winter Blues is the new challenge over at Double "D" Challenges.

Here's my entry:

 The first thing I did was Ink blend the background (Distress Inks) and then splatter on some water.

This is what else was used:

Sizzix thinlets - (tree)

MFT Die-Namics - Believe

Lawn Fawn - Cardinal ( from the Birch trees die)

Wink of Stella (clear) - to add a little sparkle to the cardinal

Thanks for Looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Say it Loud!

Hi!

  Kate is our hostess  for challenge #576 at Little Red Wagon this week.

She would like to see us "Say it Loud" by using a big sentiment or word art.

 

I was lucky enough to find this really old stamp from Art Impressions,

so word art it is!

 

 

 

 This is what I put on the inside...also an Art Impressions stamp.

 Hope you can join us this week.

"till next time, 

Doni

 

 

CAS Christmas

Today I'm playing along with

 The Paper Players and Dragonfly Dreams 

with this clean and simple Christmas Card:  

I used:

Hero Arts - Stamp and cuts 

Hello Bluebird - O Christmas Tree

Simon Says Stamp - Sentiment Strips Reverse Holiday

Thanks for Looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Christmas

Hi!

  Brenda is our hostess  for challenge #575 at Little Red Wagon this week.

This week she would like to see Christmas cards with Non Traditional colors.

 

Here's the card I made:

I used a stencil from MFT

Blended distress ink (picked raspberry)

Added snow flakes from Impression Obsession 

and 

a sweet little bunny from MFT (Christmas Cheer)

Thanks for looking.

 

"till next time, 

Doni

 

Two Old Bats

 Hi!

Here's my November Halloween entry.   Check out Two Old Bats  

and see what I'm talking about!

 

 

Thanks for looking.

 

'till next time,

Doni

 

Pine Trees and/or Pine Cones Challenge

Hi!

This is the card I made especially for Double "D" Challenges.

 It started out when I found the background paper in my scraps. I have no idea where I got it , but this  is the only scrap I could find and believe me I looked for a long time! Lol!

Added a die cut tree ( Sizzix Thinlits) and stamped the greeting using  Momento Rich Cocoa ink.

Thanks for looking.

'til next time,

Doni

Color Me Happy!

Hi! 

This week it's JanR's turn to choose our challenge and she would like us to do some coloring .

Coloring does make me happy, so I printed out a digi stamp  and got on with the happiness.

You can find the digi stamp I used Here.

The sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps. 

 

Thanks for looking and I hope you get to enjoy some time coloring this week.

 

'till next time,

Doni