Stitched

Hello! 

Welcome to a new challenge at Addicted to Clean and Simple.

 

The super talented Ceal is our hostess. When I first read that she chose the

code word STITCHED the first thing that popped into my head was..

...you keep me in stitches...

however, I don't think that's what she meant,

so here's what I did:

 

Here's the inside:

CARD RECIPE:

4 1/4" square card

kraft cardstock 

sentiment from Kraftin' Kimmie -you're so cool stamp set

white embossing powder

sparkley white fiber from my stash

brown chalk

INSIDE:

kraft cardstock

white cardstock

images from The Cat's pajamas 

white embossing powder

Thanks for looking.

I hope you can play along with us .

Our sponsor is

www.createasmilestamps.com/

till' next time,

Doni

CASEing Lisa

Hi!

I came across a birthday card that was just so perfect

I decided to CASE (copy & share everything)it.

I've been a fan of Lisa Addesa's for a long time.

You can find the card I'm talking about on her blog from March 20, 2014.

And here's what mine looks like:

 I also liked it before trimming off the balloons:

I figure to mail it I'll just use a slightly larger envelope.

This is what I did on the inside:

The balloon stamp came from W plus 9 -unforgettable stamp set.
The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions - another year older stamp set.

till' next time,

Doni

HUGS

Hi!

Welcome to the From The Heart Stamps September Blog Hop.

If you came from Cammy's Blog ,you're in the right place.

This month each design team member was assigned a 

randomly selected image to use.

Mine was Hold Tight Hugs.

 

I made a shaker card.  Here's a close up:

I filled the shaker with glitter shapes by Recollections (from Michael's)

 and some turquoise Baby Beads from Queen & Co.

I love the sentiment : life is full of ups and downs, Let's hold on tight!

So that's what we are all going to do right now...hold on tight !

Hugs to you all. 

We will be taking a break while Faith recovers.

Now hop on over to Imke's Blog

and see what she has created.

Harvest

Hello!

Time for a new challenge at Addicted to Clean and Simple.

The hostess for this challenge is Sweet Kobylkin
 and she chose HARVEST as the code word.

I was excited that the new stamp I ordered from Lawn Fawn

 came in the mail in time to use on my card.  Here's how I used it:

Here's a closeup to better show the texture and dimension.

Our sponsor is:

Prize is $12 gift card

www.adayfordaisies.com
I hope you can play along.

Silhouette

Hi!

It's my turn to host the challenge at Addicted to Clean and Simple.

I chose the code word "SILHOUETTE"

Here's the card I made:

I started  out by playing with watercolors on Canson watercolor paper.

I used Distress Ink (mermaid lagoon) and stamped it onto an acrylic block

then used a water brush to make a puddle . 

Then I just made pretty blue messes on a couple of 

pieces of paper!

I liked this blue splotch the best ...so then I stamped ( after it dried)

  images from Inkadinkado( meadow) and sentiments from

Stampin' Up (Hello Life).

Here's the other tries...I'll save them, ya never know! lol

 I hope this inspires you to get messy with silhouettes!

'till next time.

Doni

Fishing

Hi!

It's time for another sketch challenge 

from From The Heart Stamps

 

 

You can get this cute birdbrain image HERE.

 

I switched the design to the left side because it worked better with the image I chose.

Colored it with copics and added a die cut sun (from W plus 9).

Thanks for looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Tardis

Hi! 

The card I made today was inspired by a card made by Taheerah.

I loved her background but she didn't say how she made it so I had to wing it!

This card is going to a die hard Dr. Who fan!

 

 

so , to get the swirl effect I cut my own stencil: 

 

I didn't have plastic, so I drew the swirls on white cardstock 

and the covered the whole thing with scotch tape before I cut parts

of it out with my exato knife.

Then I started with light lavender paper and added distress inks:

                                   I sprinkled some water on it and cut the panel to card size

To make the Tardis  I used the phone booth stamp from the Newton's Nook stamp

called Newton Dreams of London.

Finishing touches were to add some custom white pen work to the phone booth and 

then some purple and blue glitter because everything looks better with glitter!

Hope you have a great weekend!

'till next time,

Doni

Music

Hi!

Welcome to a new code word from

Addicted to CAS.

 

 Here's what I came up with:

 

Here's a side view so you can see the dimension a little better:

  

Card Recipe:

black card base 

light grey designer paper ( source unknown)

Memory Box- Leavenworth Butterfly Trio  Die

(using only the outline part)

music printed designer paper (source unknown)

MFT Die-namics-blueprints #13

sentiment from Technique Tuesday-Glee

Glossy Accents

Black 3-D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Hope this inspires you to play along.

Our sponsor is Happy Little Stampers and

they are offering a $15 gift  certificate as the prize.

'till next time,

Doni

Surf's Up!

Hi!

Welcome to the FTHS August Blog Hop
As you hop along, please leave a comment on each blog. One random commenter will be selected on each blog to win an image of choice from the FTHS store. And one lucky commentator on the FTHS blog has the chance to win a $ 15 voucher.

If you arrived from Cammy's Blog you are in the right place,
if not why don't you start on the From The Heart Stamps,
so you don't miss anything.

Here's my project, using the Surf's Up Birdbrain image:

 

Here's a closer look:

Now you can see the glitter on the waves a little better... I have a huge container of all kinds of glittery stuff in my stash. I thought the white Doodlebug Sugarcoating
looked good on the wave foam.

 Also from my stash I used this blue watercolor background:

 
I spent one whole afternoon just playing with my paints making a total mess,
but I now have lots of samples in my stash to choose from.

I cut the front panel of my card from this big sheet because it reminded me of the ocean.

Now head over to Imke's Blog and see what she has created.

Thanks for hopping with us today.
The hop will end on Sunday Aug 7th at 6 am EST.
Winners will be posted on the From the Heart Stamps Blog on Wednesday Aug 10th.

 'til next time,
Doni

Cheers!

Hi!

I've made a card using this week's COLOR THROWDOWN

colors of peach, yellow, light pink and white.

 

 

 And since it's Wednesday I'm also going to link it up 

to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog.

This week the challenge is Anything Goes.

 

Here's the recipe:

MFT Di-namics- Blueprints #13

Memory Box- stitched rectangle layers

Papertrey Ink die - uncorked (cheers)

Syampin'Up - Cheers to you

Distress Ink - Spun Sugar and Dried Marigold

craft foam sheet

White cardstock

Black cardstock

Hope you like it.

'till next time,

Doni

Welcome!

Hello!

Welcome is the new code word at Addicted to CAS.

 

This challenge is hosted by the lovely Bhavana.

 

Here's my take on the code word:

 I immediately thought of this great sentiment from a stamp set 

by Papertrey Ink called Homemade.

I wanted to use the tiny houses to represent a neighborhood

but it was a  Memory box die and I didn't want to use it that way,

so I die cut it out of masking paper and used those tiny masks to 

make my neighborhood. 

After masking off the bottom of the card I sponged away!

 One of the great things about the distress inks is the way they react to water.

So. I dipped my hand in water and flicked my fingers and wa-la..cool looking background!

I hope it inspires you to play along !

 

'till next time,

Doni

 

 

wings

Hi!

This week the Wednesday challenge 

at Simon Says Stamp is to make a card 

using things with wings.

I started by stamping the butterfly (from Inkadinkado)

and then added turquoise water color ..which when it reached the butterfly

made the ink run and it turned darker teal.

But, hey...I went with it . I didn't like the inside of the butterfly being darker,

so I went over the insides with my  signo uniball white pen.

To finish it I added a sentiment from paper smooches.

Lesson learned...wait for ink to really dry or better yet use embossed image!

 

Thanks for looking.

 

'till next time,

Doni

Summertime

Hi!

Back with a new sketch from From The Heart Stamps.

 

 

It's  Summertime and Birdbrain is enjoying it to the fullest!

You can find this cute image HERE.

I found this great colorful dot paper in the Doodlebug 6x6 paper pad called hip hip hooray.

Hope you have time to float in your own inner tube with a drink in your hand!

Have fun!

'till next time,

Doni

Mr. & Mrs.

Hello!

Here's a card  that I made for the sketch challenge

at Splitcoaststampers.

 

Here's the sketch:

 

This was a real challenge for me because I am CAS at heart! lol

 

Hope you like it.

 

'till next time,

Doni

Grateful

Hello!

Great colors this week at Color Throwdown, so I'm playing along .

 

Here's what I came up with:

 Card Recipe:

green cardstock

white cardstock 

Happy Little Stampers- tiny circle stamp

Create A Smile- leaf stamp

W plus 9 - sentiment

Distress Ink - mowed lawn

Copic markers- G12, G05,R14, R29, R59

Memento tuxedo black

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni

Stripes

Hello!

Time for a new challenge at Addicted to Clean and Simple.

The hostess for this challenge is Deepti
 and she chose STRIPES as the code word.

After looking through every stripe paper in my stash,

I settled on this pretty pink diagonal stripe.

The Happy is a die from Whimsy Stamps. It's hard to tell, but I die cut 

three Happy's from black cardstock and layered them together to add a little dimension.

The Birthday was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black using the

mix mash stamp set from Happy Little Stampers ( sponsor for this challenge).

To finish it off I added  three enamel dots . Doodlebug calls these sprinkles and 

they come in a kabillion colors! I of course ,want them all!

Don't forget to link up your stripe card at the ATCAS blog.

You could win the prize of a $15 gift certificate from Happy Little Stampers!

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni

Spectacular!

Monday means sketch challenge time at

From the Heart Stamps!

I did the sketch but not the twist this week.

 

I colored this cutie-pie Birdbrain with copics and used glossy accents on his glasses. 

The die cut glasses are from an Impression Obsession die. To give them more dimension I 

cut four of each color and glued them together. 

Here's a closer look so you can see what I mean:

Thanks for looking!

'till next time,

Doni

fungi

Hi!

Today I made a card to link to this weeks challenge 

at CAS(E) this Sketch.

 

Here's the sketch:

I used the images from a stamp set from DRS Designs and

the sentiment is from a stamp set from Poppystamps called No Truffle At All.

Colored with copics and sponged with distress ink ( antique Linen).

It's good to get an addition to the "guy" card stash!

'till next time,

Doni

Flying by

Welcome!

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS.

This great code word was chosen by Jaydee.

 Create a Smile is the sponsor this time,

check them out Here.

 

There are lots of things that fly,

one of those is a kite.

 

I used a cloud stencil and distress ink to make the sky.

Here's the rest of the supplies I used:

Everything except, right at the last I used clear Wink of Stella to 

glitz up the kite a bit.

I hope you can find the time to join us on this challenge.

Thanks for looking.

'till next time.

Doni

Purple doodle flowers

Hello!

I wanted to share a card I made today.

 

I'm entering it in the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge

 

 

I was totally inspired to do these flowers by this card by Kelly Latevola:

You can check out her blog post HERE.

 

I've been having such fun with this doodle buds stamp from W plus 9. 

Check these out:

 

OK.. I may have gone a bit over board!

I hope you  have some fun today!

'till next time,

Doni

Summer Calories

Hello!

Monday brings a new sketch challenge from 

From The Heart Stamps.

 

I flipped the sketch on its side

and made a shaker card.

 

 

You can find the frog digi stamp HERE.

Thanks for looking!

'till next time,

Doni