Stitched Up

Hi! 

Happy Wednesday! 

There is a new challenge up at Little Red Wagon.

This week the theme is "Sew It!"

Imke is our hostess and she would like to see stitching either real or faux.

 

I chose to do the faux stitching.

 

I used these two stamp sets:

Lawn Fawn - Sewn With Love  & Sugar Pea Designs - Knit Wit

To all of you who sew.....May your bobbin never be empty!

'till next time,

Doni

 

Candy Cane Wishes

Hi!

Happy Wednesday! 

Time for a new challenge over at Little Red Wagon.

Kate is the hostess and her theme is 

"It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like  Christmas".

Here's what I made:

This cute stamp set is from Sugar Pea Designs and is called Merry Makers.

Thanks for looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Rad Roses

 Hi!

I'm joining in on the fun with the ANYTHING GOES challenge

over at Paper Smooches!

I'm lovin' this Rad Roses Die from Paper Smooches.

It's hard to see in the above photo, but the flowers have a really pretty shine to them.

I got the cool colors and neat shine by die cutting the Rad Roses from

glossy paper that I had smooshed in distress ink. Like these:

This is so easy to do:

I use my glass matt and smear some distress inks around, spray with water and then smoosh the glossy paper around on it till you like it!

Hope you give it a try!

'till next time,

Doni

Butterflies

Hi! 

Happy Wednesday! 

There is a new challenge up at Little Red Wagon.

This week Brenda is the hostess and her theme is Happy Repeat Day!

 She challenges us to create a card using one of the elements more than one time.

I used the butterfly three times.

 

Here's what I did on the inside:

 

 The other day, I spent the afternoon playing with watercolors.
I made a big mess and ended up with a bunch of papers with colors smooshed
all over them. Amazing how when I put the butterfly die cut over them they looked much better!!
So that's what I did....glued the butterflies down
 and then cut them out as close to the butterfly as I could.

Supplies used:

Memory Box - Leavenworth Butterfly Trio

                             (used only the large butterfly)

My Favorite Things - sentiment from Beary Special Birthday

Stampendous - Inside sentiment 

4mm sequins assorted colors

Thanks for looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Tacos

Hi!
  Today I'd like to share a birthday card that i made for the
Dies R Us Blog.

This card was easy and fun to make, especially if you love to color!

Start with random stamping. Easy to do because there is no wrong way.
I used Copic Markers.  YR21, YR24, and E55 make a yummy looking Taco shell!
On the inside of the taco have some green for the lettuce, red for tomato and yellow for cheese.
The party hats can be any color...I think next time I do this, I'll make each hat a different color combo.
This is what I used to make this card:

Lawn Fawn - Year Nine

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.

'till next time,

Doni

 

Cool Summer

Hi!

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

For Challenge #176 Miranda would like to see Clean & Simple Summer Cards.

 

So, here's mine:

 

 

Clean and Simple!

 

Hope you all have a great summer.

Addicted To Stamping Challenge will be taking a summer break.

See you again in September!

😃

 

Thanks

Hi! 

Happy Wednesday! 

There is a new challenge up at Little Red Wagon.

This week the theme is "Much Ado About Nothing". 

Jan would like to see cards that aren't for a specific occasion.

 

Here's what I made:

This is pretty simple.

I cut the "Thanks" once out of black cardstock and

the matching background die 4 times out of white.

I embossed the black one with VersaMark and clear embossing powder 

then layered them all together for some great dimension.

supplies used: 

Sue Wilson Designs - Linear Leaf

Simon Says Stamp - Thanks

Simon Says Stamp - Tiny Words

 

Hope you like it!

'till next time, 

Doni

Beautiful Day

Hi!

I just got this new die from paper smooches

and I thought I'd use it by entering their 

June  Photo Inspiration Challenge .

 

This is the inspiration: 

 

 

I loved the colors, so this is what I made:

 Thanks for looking! 

'till next time,

Doni

Thinking of You

Hi everyone!
 Today and I have a 

lovely no special occasion card to share.

I love the dimension of the sentiment banner and hopefully
you can see the little bit of shimmer
I put on the open parts of the leaves in this closer look:

Oh well, maybe not so much.... you can see way more sparkle IRL.

Below are the supplies I used to make this card:

Sue Wilson Designs - Linear Leaf 

 

Lawn Fawn - Wavy sayings

 

Lawn Fawn - Fancy Wavy Banners

 

 Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.

'till next time, 

Doni

Birthday wishes

Hi!

This is the card I made today.

 I like the dimension you get when you stack up the die cuts.
Here's a closer look:

This card by Lisa Addesa was my inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by.
'till next time,
Doni

2 scoops

Hi! 

Happy Wednesday! 

Time for a new challenge over at Little Red Wagon.

  I'm the hostess this week.

The theme I chose is summer fun. 

That means  what you all like to do for fun in the summer,

such as: boating, swimming, catching frogs, playing with squirt guns,

making somemores...well you get the idea!

Here's what I like to do....eat! lol :)

 

Hope you can pop over to Little Red Wagon 

and play along with us.

'till next time,

Doni

Sea it

Hi! 

Happy Wednesday! 

There is a new challenge up at Little Red Wagon.

This week Imke challenges us to create a card about the sea.

I found two little fishies that like to swim in the sea!

I've named them Clyde and Rufus!  lol

I created the background by sponging Distress Ink-salty ocean, chipped sapphire and seedless preserves onto the bottom right corner then flicking some water onto it.

The fishies are from Rubbernecker stamps. I stamped them on white , colored with Copic Markers and then fussy cut them out. Hard to tell from the picture, but they have black glaze gloss for their eyes and Wink of Stella on their fins. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp - Best Fishes.

I can't wait to see all your underwater treasures!

'till next time,

Doni

Mr. & Mrs.

Hi!

 I'm playing along with today's CAS Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers.

The theme is June Weddings.

I don't have any weddings to go to this month, 

but it will be nice to have a card ready to go when I do need it!

supplies used:

 Cuttlebug embossing folder - oxford

Tutti Designs Die- stitched nesting hearts

Sue Wilson craft dies - Mr & Mrs

Simon Says Stamp - Holiday Shapes (tiny hearts)

Embossed vellum 

holographic glitter paper

Instead of using foam tape to pop up the large heart shape

I cut out 5 hearts and glued them all together.

....I have TONS of scrap white card stock, so this is quite cost effective!

'till next time,

Doni

Welcome To The World

Hi! 

Happy Wednesday! 

There is a new challenge up at Little Red Wagon.

This week Kate is challenging us to make projects to celebrate a baby's birth.

 

Here's what I came up with:

 

The stamp is from Rubbernecker - Animals in the window

and the sentiment is from My Favorite Things - Welcome baby

Why not join our challenge this week?

 Head on over to Little Red Wagon , link up and check out all the cute baby cards. 

'till next time,

Doni

Hello

Hi!
 Today I'm sharing a CAS summer scene.

 

I just love this cute garden gate die from Memory Box and the sweet cats from 

Impression Obsession's are just the right size to sit on and beside it. 

Add a little snip-it of basic grass and a few little flowers to complete the scene.

Here's how I made the flowers look so sweet:

As you can see the tiny little flowers are flat. To give them dimension, 

place them right side up on some fun foam then gently press down in the center with

 an embossing tool. This curves the petals up. To finish I added a seed bead in the center.

I used glossy accents for this, but any adhesive that dries clear would work.

I placed my scene in the lower left of the card front. This left lots of room for

whatever sentiment you would want to use.
I used The Hand Lettered Hello stamp set from W plus 9.
 After it was all done, I noticed that the 

white gate on the white card base was a little hard to see so I outlined the right sides of the 

gate boards with my B00 Copic Marker. I think it did make the gate stand out a little.

Below are the supplies I used to make this card:

Memory Box - Cottage Garden Gate

Impression Obsession - Cat Set

Impression Obsession - small grass border
Impression Obsession - Tiny Flowers

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.

 'till next time,

Doni

Guy Card

Hi!

 Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Addicted To Stamps Challenge

Danoesja chose "For a Boy or Man" as this month's theme.

I used two stamp sets. Shark Bites and Shark Frenzy,

both by Newton's Nook Designs.

This is definitely not a girly fru-fru card!

Here's what I did on the inside:

Can you hear the music from the movie "JAWS"

duunnn dunnn... duuuunnnn duun... duuunnnnnnnn dun  

You can listen to it here

This was a fun card to make! 

'till next time,

Doni

ornate background

Hi! 

I got a new stamp today (Ornate Background from Simon Says Stamp).

Had fun playing with it already.

Here's a quick to make note card using it . The sentiment die cut word hello

 is also from SSS.

That's all for today!

'till next time, 

Doni

Upcycle

 

Hi! 

Happy Wednesday! 

There is a new challenge up at Little Red Wagon.

This week Brenda is challenging us to learn about Composting Day.

 She would like us to upcycle something headed for the trash.

Ok, I must confess, 

 this one gave me a hard time...I could not come up with an idea! 

Until I was putting away groceries and noticed the bag of onions.

After a few missteps on attaching this to a card front,

I finally settled on wrapping the bag around to the back and taping it). 

This is what I came up with:

 Who would have imagined  elegance from trash!

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is  anything goes this
week so I'm linking up there. :)

Hope you can create some amazing stuff out of trash this week!

'till next time,

Doni

Just Ducky

Hi!

Today I'm sharing a sweet little no-occasion card that I made for the Dies R Us Blog.

I love Lawn Fawn. When I first saw these cute little ducks on the 

Rub-A-Dub-Dub stamp set , I thought of the saying, I hope your day is just Ducky!

However it was not on the stamp....so I had to print it on my computer.

I have a piece of clear plastic that is cut to a A2 card size so can visually 

figure out where and what size to make the words.  

Next, color some cute images....die cut a scalloped frame ...add some distress blue ink 

for the sky above the words and a strip of grass for below the words....

add them all together to get your really cute picture.

I cut all the extra white card stock away from around the scalloped frame,

popped this up with foam tape and the added it to the yellow plaid card front.

 You may notice I found some flowers, clouds and a butterfly on a different Lawn Fawn stamp set.

I like to combine different stamps to get a new look.

I do hope your day is just Ducky!

Below are the supplies I used to make this card:

Lawn Fawn - stitched scalloped rectangles 

 

 Lawn Fawn - Rub-A-Dub-Dub

 

Lawn Fawn- Butterfly Kisses

 

I hope I was able to inspire you to use your dies, create a project and come play along at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog for a chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store. 

'till next time,

Doni

yellow and grey

Hi!

I'm getting my bathroom remodeled. They will be starting on it Tuesday.

The only reason I'm mentioning it is because the new color scheme is going to be yellow and grey.

So, that's where my head is at...lol!

This is the card I made this morning.

Surprise, surprise...it's yellow and grey!

Here's the inside:

Lots of room to write you own message.

The flower stamp is from Simon Says Stamp.

Have a great weekend! 

'till next time,

Doni

Birthday flowers

Hi! 

Happy Wednesday! 

There is a new challenge up at Little Red Wagon.

This week  JanR is challenging us to make our InLinkz board 

into a Floral Frenzy!

You can use just one flower or a bunch.

Here's my contribution:

 The flowers are from BoBunny - simply flowers stamp.

The stripe paper is from My Favorite Things.

Here's what The inside looks like:

Oh, and I used Wink of Stella on the flowers. Here's a close look of the front:

They look real pretty and sparkly IRL

 Hopefully you can find time to try your hand at making a flower card.

'till next time,

Doni

Happy Bird-Day

Hi! 

Happy Wednesday! 

There is a new challenge up at Little Red Wagon.

This week it's my turn to choose a topic.

I chose " Happy Bird-day". Include a bird somewhere on your birthday card.

 

 

Here's what I did on the inside (super simple)!

 

I hope you have fun this week and I can't wait to see all your Bird cards!

If you'd like more inspiration be sure to check out
the wonderful projects the Girlfriends have created over at the Little Red Wagon.  

'till next time,

Doni

 

 

pink to yellow

Hi!

I like to design cards. Creating makes me happy!

However, sometimes you see a card 

and you just want to make one just like it!

.....and even when you're trying to copy,

it always ends up a little different...but that's good! 

That's what I did today :)

Now here's Debby Hughes' card:

 

Click HERE

for the video. Give it a try...It's fun!

'till next time,

Doni

Imke's sketch

Hi! 

Over at Little Red Wagon, Imke has a cute sketch for us to follow.

Here's what I did:

I just got these stamps and dies from a company called HELLO BLUEBIRD. 

I love all the sweet animals!

Thanks for looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Mother's Day

Hi Everybody!

 Today I'd like to share a clean and simple card celebrating Mother's Day.

I have a lovely patch of Lily Of The Valley growing in my side yard.

This time of year everything outside is turning green and coming back to life,

so that's why I chose green and white for this card.

To make this card I cut a green rectangle 2 inches by 4 1/2 inches and then matted it on a shade lighter green mat. I added three more rectangles under this to build it up for some dimension.

Next, I die cut the flower from white cardstock and placed it on top of the green mat. Can you see how the top little bells hang over the edges?

To finish the card, cut one panel of the Quilted Backdrop from Lawn Fawn and trim off a quarter inch from each side. Then position this on  a solid green card base (A2 Size- 4 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches).

Now, before you pop the rectangle with the flowers onto the card front attach a greeting of your choice onto the front.  I chose to stamp a small happy Mother's Day in Versifine ink onto a strip of vellum and heat emboss it with black fine detail embossing powder.  I liked the look of the vellum and it was easy to just wrap the strip around and attach it on the back with tape.

Put it all together and now you're done!

I think a Happy Birthday greeting would also work well...or perhaps use shades of light grey and white and use the sentiment, with sympathy.

Below are the supplies I used to make this card:

Lawn Fawn - Quilted Backdrop

 

Impression Obsession - Lily Of The Valley

 

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store. 

 Thanks for looking!

'till next time,

Doni

Birthday Flowers

Hi Everybody!

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

Darlene chose "FLOWERS"  as the theme for challenge #174.

Here's what that inspired me to create:

Here's what I used:

 

I love this big bold sentiment from Picket Fence Studios and I thought these flowers 

from Simon Says Stamp went well because of the black bold outlines.

The only problem was that I wanted the flowers to curve a little more to fit around the letters....

so fussy cutting to the rescue!! 

A little tip I learned was after fussy cutting run a black marker around the edges...waa-laa.. then you don't see any white spots and it looks like you cut it out perfectly!

I hope you like it.

'till next time,
Doni