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