It Moose be Christmas

Hi! 

Happy Christmas Eve!

I'd like to share this card with you and wish you all 

a very Merry Christmas.

One of my favorite card designers is Kim O'Connell, so when  I 

got this cute moose stamp set from Sugar Pea Designs I had

to CASE (copy and share everything) her  cute tag.

Check out her tag by clicking HERE

 

Here's another card from that stamp set:

 

Thanks for stopping by.D

'till next time,

Doni

Jingle Bell Birdbrain

Hello!

It's sketch time at From The Heart Stamps.

 

 

I used the Jingle Bell Birdbrain Chick digi stamp. You can find it HERE.

 

Today's sketch:

 

Thanks for stopping by ...the next sketch challenge at FTHS will be Jan. 4th.

 

Enjoy the holidays,

 Doni

 

Toboggan Ride

Happy Monday!
This is the card I made for today's
 sketch challenge at  From The Heart Stamps blog.
I did both the sketch and the twist this week!

This cute little digi stamp is called Toboggan ride and you can find it HERE.

Here's the card recipe:

white card blank

designer paper (from my stash-blue shades ,green shades, smudgy snowflake images)

solid matching blue cardstock for matting the image panel

white cardstock 3 1/8" by 4 1/4" for the image panel and some scraps to cut hills from

falling snow stencil from Simon Says Stamp

3-D molding paste 

super fine white glitter

Quickie glue pen

Copic Markers

Metal snowflake brad from my stash

Here's the sketch:

 

Hope  you can join us this week!

'till next time,

Doni

Birthday Wishes

Today I would like to share with you

a card I made to play along with 

Color Throwdown #372

and

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #299

 

That was fun!

I used a digi stamp from From The Heart Stamps 

that you can find HERE.

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni 

Less is More

Hello!

  Less is More  is having a Color Challenge this week

and the colors are Green & Blue.

 

 Love these colors!

                                       
card recipe:

Blue card base

strip of blue designer paper from my stash

stamp (birthday word) from Stamping Bella

white cardstock for matting

white embossing powder 

Happy die from Whimsey Stamps

Lime green cardstock

tiny stars die (Holiday Shapes) from Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni

SNOWMAN

Hello!

Happy Monday!

This is today's sketch at From the Heart Stamps.

 

 Here's what I made using just the sketch:

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I used the  Snowman Medley digi stamp that you can find Here.

This stamp has a trio of sweet snowman. For this card I just

 used the one image and made it the size I needed...that's why I love digi stamps!

Thanks for stopping by today.

'till next time,

Doni

Joy

The Christmas season is upon us,

which is why I was so excited to see that Sarah G. selected

the code word JOY for Challenge # 78 at Addicted To CAS.

 

You can check out the design team cards and join in the challenge HERE.

 

 

 

I fell in love with this Joy Stamp & Cut set from Hero Arts when I first saw it, however

every place I tried to order it said it was out of stock...so frustrating.

While I was still moaning and groaning about not being able to get it,

my darling daughter Jennifer found it at scrapbook.com and had it sent to me as

a early Christmas gift.  YEA!

Since this is a pretty simple design, I wanted to add some interest by adding dimension,

so I cut the word out of a foam sheet and one out of white sparkle paper.

maybe this will show better what I mean:

 

 

That's a lot easier than cutting four or five layers.

The little green holly leaves were cut the same way

using an Impression Obsession die (DIE023-X).

Then I colored the edges of the white foam with a green marker.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

'till next time,

Doni

 

 

 



Christmas Wreath

Happy December 5th! 

Today it is my great honor to be the guest designer

for the Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

 

Our challenge was to use stars.

Here's what I used:

Cream card base

Matte gold cardstock

brown cardstock

gold sticky back glitter paper

wreath die from impression obsession (DIE023-X)

star dies from Simon Says Stamp ( Holiday Shapes # S131)

star die from My Favorite Things (Die-Namics stacking stars)

Peace sentiment from Happy Little Stampers (Mixed Christmas Sentiments)

I hope that you'll join us in this month's Christmas challenge.

'till next time,

Doni

Birdbrain Birthday

Welcome to our From the Heart Stamps blog hop.
We have a Birthday Theme this month.
Try and guess what month I was born in based on my card...
here's a hint (showers bring a certain kind of flowers)

 Check out all the  gorgeous projects from the design team!
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.

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

Here is my project, using Flower Chick.

I did a CAS one layer card colored with Copic markers .
The Happy Birthday was stamped using an impression obsession stamp (B5513).

This month we have an extra Challenge:
You too can create a Birthday Card
and link it up on the FTHS Blog.
 One random selected winner will win a $10 voucher to the store .
Yea! one more way to win!

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

Thanks for hopping with us today.
The hop will end on Monday December 7th at 6 am EST.
Winners will be posted on the From the Heart Stamps Blog on Wednesday December 9th.

'till next time,
Doni

Christmas Stockings

Today I'd like to share with you a card I made 

to play along with Splitcoaststampers.

The challenge was to "put a sock in it",

and since I used such a cute stamp from The Cat's pajamas

I think I'll also enter it in the TCP Winter BlogHop 

for a chance to win a $50 gift voucher.

Like I said, the stamp is from The Cat's Pajamas.

I used word on the computer and wrote ...and the stockings were hung..

The coloring was done with Copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni

Angel Joy

Hello!

It's Monday and that means a new sketch challenge at From the Heart Stamps.

 

 

 

This week I  used the sketch rotated to the right 90 degrees

and here's what it looks like:

 

 

I used the digi stamp Angel Joy (Faithful Friends) that you can find HERE.

I colored her with Copic Markers and added gold glitter to her wings for a little sparkle.

 

The pine bough was a Impression Obsession die ( DIE021-N) that was too wide

for the space I had, so I cut it apart and used only the parts that I liked.

 

Next I went looking for a Christmas sentiment that was vertical and found the perfect one

for this card in the on the digi stamp Long Stocking that you can find HERE.

 

 

It's amazing how much better I like this sketch turned on it's side.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

 

'till next time,

Doni



Cookie Time

It's Monday and that means

time for another sketch challenge !

I love this little image, you can find it HERE.

 

 

Have fun today and I hope you've been inspired

to play along with our sketch challenge.

 

'till next time,

Doni

Christmas Lights

Good Morning!

I haven't done a Splitcoaststampers Challenge for awhile, so this card

is for their Featured Stamper Challenge today.

I am also entering it in The Cat's Pajamas  anything goes challenge.

 

 

Here's what I did on the inside:

This was a fun and easy card to make and (Yea!) one more card to add to my Christmas stash.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

'till next time,

Doni

ATCAS 3rd. Birthday

Woo-Hoo!

Addicted to CAS is celebrating it's Third Birthday.

Be sure and stop by and help us celebrate and check out all the great prizes that you could win. 

Loll is the hostess for this challenge

 and she chose the code word - DIMENSION.

I am loving being on the Design Team , here's the card I made to honor this

special Birthday...(notice the three candles on the cake).

 

Ok...just so you know, this is way more dimensional in real life.

Here's a closer look from the side:

 

I found this cake image in my stash of digi stamps,

sorry I cannot remember where it came from.

I printed out six images and fussy cut each one, then adhered three

uncolored layers together. The last three layers were colored with

copic markers and then layered like this ...

first the yellow cake and the plate layer,

then the orange and green layer on top of that ,

then the top blue  layer with the candle on top of that.

I placed the finished cake on two layers of stitched rectangles.

( theses are Memory Box Dies)

I found the little Happy Birthday sentiment on a

Simon Says Stamp set called Birthday Messages.

 

Thanks for stopping by today,

if you want to make my day leave a comment !

I love hearing from you.

 

'till next time,

doni



Blowing Kisses

I hope you're having a good Monday.

Welcome to my Blog!

 

Time for a new sketch at From The Heart Stamps.

This was fun... here's mine:

 

I paper pieced the sweet little snow girl, but when I fussy cut

I didn't try to cut around the hat ties.

Here's what I mean:

by printing the image on the background when you add the fussy cut layer

over top, the hat ties appear.

Here's the supplies I used:

Memory Box - stitched rectangles dies

MFT- Snowflake Die-Namics

Craft Foam

Copics - W0, W1,E21, E23,R39, YG99

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

'till next time,

Doni





Christmas Crazy Bird

November 14th....I think it's finally starting to sink in

CHRISTMAS is not far away!

 

Less is More has a one layer challenge with the theme "Santa" this week.

 

So, since I really need to get busy working on some Christmas cards, here it goes.

 

I love these Crazy Bird stamps by Tim Holtz and

I was really excited when they came out with a stamp set of accessories

for them called Crazy Things.

 

It took a few tries (four !! ) to get this layout because I stamped the hat and

 the present first, made a mask for each if them and then stamped the bird over top.

I colored with  Copic markers and since I never think a one layer card looks finished, I took a deep breath and drew a line around the edges.

Yea! One more Christmas card for the stash.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni



Eat More Pie

Welcome!

Another Monday means another new sketch challenge at

FROM THE HEART STAMPS

 

This week I just did the sketch, no twist.

 

 

Here's what the inside looks like:

Happy Turkey Day is a stamp from Lawn Fawn.

The pie slice is on the Eat More Pie

digi stamp that you can find HERE.

 

I hope this inspires you to play along with this week's sketch challenge.

 

'till next time,

Doni



Hero

Hello!

 

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

This challenge is hosted by Anja and she chose the code word - HERO.

 

Birdbrain is My hero...so here's the card I made:

If you love this Super Birdbrain you can find the Digi Stamp HERE.

 

Super Birdbrain was printed on white , then colored with Copics and fussy cut.

I adhered him to the striped paper strip at a cute angle and stamped the sentiment

(from  a Mama Elephant stamp set called- Tiny Hero's)

I added a black border to the stripe strip and then popped the whole panel up on foam.

 

Thanks for looking.

'till next time,

Doni

 

 

FTHS Blog Hop

Hello!

Welcome to the From the Heart Stamp Blog Hop.

If you have arrived from Cammy's Blog , you are in the right place,

if not why don’t you start on the From The Heart Stamps Blog,

so you don’t miss anything.

 



                                       We have a CAS and Over the Top theme this month.

I chose to use the image SWINGING SNOWMAN.

Clean and simple is in my comfort zone, so this first card was a joy to make.

I did use the branch and a few leaves from the Lawn Fawn stamp set

called season's tweetings  and the sentiment from the Happy Little Stampers

stamp set called mixed Christmas sentiments.

( I won this set in one of their challenges-woot-woot!)

 

 

I did bling it up a bit by using two little red seed beads on the leaves

and super fine glitter on the fur.

 

Now, on to the over the top card!

So here we are with the sweet little snowman

( same image , same size, same colors)

and how different this card looks:

 

Yep, I made my very first easel card. It was fun and easy and if

you are like me and have not made one before, click HERE to find a really great tutorial.

 

Here's what the inside looks like :

The little directions are a free printable that I found HERE!

Read down through her blog and you will see where to download these.

 

I really had fun making this card, I got to add die-cuts with glitter and sequins

 and designer paper and lots of layers. Here's a close up :

 

See how cute the fur looks....I put down glue and sprinkled white flower soft ,

and he's got glossy accents on his nose.

Here are supplies that I used:

Copics
 snowman- CO, C3, R20
nose- YR14, YR18
hat and candy cane- R27, R59
boots- E35, E29
scarf- R27, R59, G09, G28
outlined in B000
Designer paper from my stash
MFT Die-namics -snowflakes
Polar White Flower Soft
White super fine glitter
assorted moonshine sequins
green sequins
glossy accents

 

Thanks for hopping with us today.

 

Don't forget to leave comments, one random commenter will be

selected from each blog to win an image of their choice from the From The Heart Stamp store.

 

Now head on over to Imke's Blog and see

what she has created.

The hop will end on Monday November 9th at 6am EST.

Winners will be posted on the From The Heart Stamps Blog

on Wednesday November 11th.

 

See ya later!

 

Doni

Birdbath Chick

Hi!

It's time for a new I (heart) sketches challenge

at From The Heart Stamps.

I did both the sketch and the twist.

 

I used Glossy Accents on the bubbles, here's  a closer look:

You can find this cute Birdbrain image HERE.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

'till next time,

Doni

 



Sweet Sunday Sketch

Taking a little time to play along with

today's Sweet Sunday Sketch.

 

 

Here's the sketch

Love the colors that Judy Collins used in her Design Team card,

so that's what got me started.

The image is a digital image that you can find at From The Heart Stamps.

 

Thanks for stopping by, I'm off to go back outside and enjoy some more sunshine!

 

'till next time,

Doni

 

 



You Glow Girl

I have a stamp set that I've had for quite awhile and haven't used yet.

It's called Caroline and it's made by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Here's the card I made:

 

and I used a MFT stamp set called Grand Greetings for the inside.

 

I'm entering this card in the Wonderful Wednesday Challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie's.

and in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog.

 Oh, and I used the colors from this weeks Color Throwdown.

 

Now all I have to do is wait for someone I know to get pregnant !!!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

'till next time,

Doni

Sick Chick

It's Monday, so that means it's time for a new sketch at From The Heart Stamps.

I needed to make a get well card, so here's what I came up with:

 

I just love Birdbrain. Here's a close up of his poor sick self:

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

'till next time,

Doni

Spooky

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

 

 

The very talented Ceal is the hostess for this challenge

 and she chose the code word SPOOKY.

 

Here's what I came up with:

 

 

I did a lot of sponging with distress inks after first masking off a circle shape.

The inks I used are: fossilized amber, wild honey, and shaded lilac.

I found a spooky looking tree in my stash made by Scrappy Cat

and to that I added some bats and a little pumpkin from other stamp sets.

The inside is pretty simple:

Hope your Halloween is Happy!

 

'till next time,

Doni



Cornucopia

Good Monday morning!

 

 

Today is sketch challenge #123 over at From The Heart Stamps.

Here's the sketch:

 

Here's the card I made using both the sketch and the twist.

I wanted just a touch of color to keep the soft look...which I'm happy with,

however, for the life of me I could not get the sewing machine tension adjusted

so that the stitching looked good. Could be that my machine is ancient! lol!

Thanks for stopping by.

 

'till next time,

Doni