OSU Houses

Hello!

I wanted to share with you some more of the houses I'm making

for the Fall Festival .

 

My friend Becky suggested I make one for all the Ohio State fans in the area,

so here 's what I came up with:

I thought these would be perfect with a big bag of Buckeyes inside...

for those of you not in Ohio, they're really good chocolate -peanut butter candy.

 

Check out the little footballs in the window boxes:

 

Whew... I still need to make a bunch more, so I'd better go get busy.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

'till next time,

Doni

Sketch 120

Hello!

It's a new week and a new sketch at From the Heart Stamps.

I used both the sketch and the twist which was to enlarge and crop the digi image.

The digi stamp I chose is a new release called Peaceful Autumn Wishes.

You can find it HERE.

 

Is she not the sweetest little kitty ever?!

I colored her with copic markers and used

Memory Box's abc die and Simon Says Stamp's Holiday shapes die

for the sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

'till next time,

Doni



Dream

 

Wow!

It's the last Saturday in September already!

Time for a new challenge at Addicted To Clean And Simple.

 

 

Sweet Kobylkin is the hostess and she chose the code word - DREAM.

 

Here's the card that I was inspired to make:

 

My two cats ( Bitsy and Gracie ) do a lot of sleeping.

I can only imagine what they dream about.

 

Here's  what I did for the inside...

 

I ended up using three different stamp sets.



Here's the card recipe:

 

  Avery Elle - Furry Friends

 

  Recollections - for the word dream that I white embossed on a strip of black cardstock.

 

  studio g - stamp set for the dream bubble and self adhesive gems used on the pillow.

 

  Copics - BG53, BG57

 

  Memento - Tuxedo Black

 

  Ranger Distress Ink - peacock feathers (stamped on acrylic block, spritzed with water,

  used as a wet paint to flick on to the card front using a small paint brush tapped against my finger).

 

  Darice - adhesive foam strips used to pop up the kitty and the pillow.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

 

I'd like to encourage you to enter the challenge.

The prize is three free images from our sponsor Scribbles Designs.

 





 

 

'till next time,

Doni

 



 

 



CAS(E) this Sketch

Hi! Hope you're having a good Wednesday.

 

I made a card following CAS(E) this Sketch  #141.

 

 

Here's how it turned out:

card recipe:

Maya Road - Geometric Designs Stamp Sheet

Paper Smooches - Halloweenies

Craftsmart - mummy stamp from the dollar bin at Michael's

Simon Says Stamp - Quadrangle Frames Die

Black pearls from my stash

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Versafine Smokey Gray Ink

MFT - Award Ribbon Die

designer yellow/orange paper from my stash

 

WHEW! No wonder my desk is a total disaster!

 

Here's what the inside looks like:

 

 

His little face just makes me smile!

 

Have a great day!

 

'till next time,

Doni





Sketch 119

Good morning! Today I'm playing along with sketch 119

over at the From the Heart Stamps Community Blog.

 

I'm using both the sketch and the twist (the spotlight technique).

I love this little Birdbrain guy...He's a digi stamp and you can find him HERE.

 

The sentiment is my own...seriously watching too much Game of Thrones! lol

I used the abc soup die from Memory Box to cut out the little letters.

Sticking the little letters down can be a little tricky...so here's how I do it.

Place the letters where you want them and then put a strip of removable tape over top of the letters.

Lift the tape....with the letters stuck on and then turn the tape over and put adhesive

on just the back of the letters.

Now position the tape with the letters back on your card and leave it alone till the adhesive dries,

then you can remove the tape.

Much easier than trying to glue and  line up one letter at a time!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

'till next time,

Doni

 

 



Big News

Woo-Hoo!

I entered this card in the Design Team Call

for From The Heart stamps

and I was one of the six that were chosen !

Check out their community blog HERE.

 

 

And if you have fallen in love with Birdbrain like I have...

check out the shop Here.

 

 

I have a really big smile on my face...

hope you're having a good day too!

 

'till next time,

Doni

Leaves

 

Hi!

Welcome!

It's my turn to host the Addicted To CAS challenge.

I thought and thought and finally settled on the code word - LEAVES.

 

Our sponsor for this challenge is Create a Smile.

The prize is 12.50 euro ( 1 stamp set) to our winner!

 

Although I don't want to rake them, I do enjoy their beautiful coloring!

So, this is my leaf inspired card:

 

I chose a tan cardstock for my base, then stamped the leaf with VersaMark

and used black detail embossing powder.

The greeting was printed in word from my computer.

Now comes the fun part...a little bit of Quickie glue pen here and there and then smooshing

some foil metal flakes....I found a baggie full in my stash!

Here's a closer look:

I love the way the light catches them and makes them sparkle in real life.

 

of course I made a real mess...but that's how I knew I was having fun!!

 

Just in case you were wondering...

 this leaf stamp was made by a company called PSX

and I've had it since 1999.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

'till next time,

Doni



Love You!

Todays sketch:

You can check out the design team's cards HERE. 

 

 I also used the colors from Color Throwdown

orange, light blue, dark blue, and kraft...I stuck a little yellow in there too!

 

Just got the news that my granddaughter became

a National Merit Semifinalist. So I'm sending this to

congratulate her.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

'till next time,

Doni

 



CAS Holly

On to my second post for the day and I'm switching from Halloween to Christmas!

 

To check out the Happy Little Stampers Challenge Blog click HERE.

 

This is the card I made to enter:

 

 

and this is the inside:

Here's the card recipe:

 

Hero Arts - celebrate the season stamp (sentiment on card inside)

Imaginisce snag 'em stamp- Holly and berries

Stampabiities- sentiment, Merry Christmas (Hobby Lobby)

paper smooches -Warm hearts stamp set ( small holly on card inside)

Memento tuxedo black ink

Distress Ink- mowed lawn

Copic markers, YG01,Yg25, YG67, R27, R69

sequins, green and clear

white cardstock

black cardstock

sheet of thin craft foam

glossy accents

 

Goodness, that seems like a lot for such a CAS card!

 

Hope you liked it.

 

'till next time,

Doni



Halloween Houses

 

It's official...I signed up for a craft show that will be on October 10th.

So, now I need to make some more stuff  to sell.

 

Today I made Halloween Houses.

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

'till next time,

Doni