Halloween's Night Sky

Hi! 

I have another Halloween card to share with you.

I was going through the drawer where I stash all my painted and ink blended backgrounds

and I came across this white paint splatter on black cardstock.

so, here's what I did with it:

quick and easy since the bat was already colored . 

The bat is from My Favorite Things- Witch way is the candy set.

The Boo was embossed with white from a stamp by Studio g.

'till next time,

Doni

Haunted House

It's midway through October, so it's time to get SPOOKY!

Here's the haunted house I worked on today:

 I've had these Honey Bee House builder die cuts for quite awhile ,so

I thought it was a good time to break them in.

I also used the Honey Bee Halloween add on dies and a really neat 6x6 paper pack called

 Home Essentials...also from Honey Bee.

This was a fun card to make .

I entered it here:

https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/mid-october-challenge-reminder.html

Thanks for looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Fall Thank You's

Hi! I have a friend getting married this fall, so I thought 

I'd make her some fall inspired thank you cards.

      I used My Favorite Things Stitched Flowers Die-Namics

and Lawn Fawn Wavy Sayings stamps and Fancy Wavy Banners Dies.

 Thanks for looking. 

'till next time,

Doni

 

You're the man

My cousin has a birthday today...

He and his wife are coming to play cards tonight. 

 I looked through my box of birthday cards and everything looked too 'girly'.

So I got busy and made this:

the inside says:

I remembered your birthday!

at our age that is quite a feat!

Thanks for looking.

"till next time,

Doni

   

Best Witches

Hi!

 October is almost upon us...so my thoughts turned to Halloween.

Lots of coloring ...but I love my Copic markers.

This was a fun card to make...I used the MFT A2 Stitched Circles Die-Namics and

the MFT Witch way is the candy stamp set.

Here's my designing thought process:

I cut the largest circle out of black cardstock ...then when you

fold it in half it stands on it's own...gota love it!

The night sky was blended with distress inks and splattered with white paint.

The inspiration piece was a coffin box I saw on pinterest ( I loved the colors she used...sorry I don't have a link or a name to give credit)

I also entered the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge- September Anything Halloween
https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge...halloween.html

Thanks for looking.

"till next time,

Doni

Stitched Flowers

Hi! 

Sorry it's been forever since I last posted...but here's what I worked on today:

 I fell in love with this card by Lin. 

 

 You can check out Lin"s blog here

:https://heartshugsandflowers.blogspot.com/2019/03/welcome-spring.html

 

So I did what comes naturally and cased hers.

It was fun to use The Stitched Die-Namics from My Favorite Things.

'till next time, 

Doni

Steampunk

 Hi!

It's good to be back in my craft room...hopefully my mojo will show up!

Today I made a Steampunk Box Card . I saw this idea from the Stamperia DT.

Last month ..(and I do mean that I worked on it for a month) I took a series of on line classes 

and learned how to make a Vagabond Briefcase using paper packs from Stamperia.

I will do a blog with lots of pictures of the briefcase soon!

But for now... Here's the box card using the leftover pieces and parts:
 

 

 

a side view:

and the back:

Steampunk is a definite departure from my clean and simple style!

Thanks for looking.

Doni

Margaret's Birthday Card

Hi!

Today I'd like to share with you the card I made for my sister-in-law's birthday.

 Can you tell she's going to be 81?  Lol!

this is the inside:

               The hardest part was getting the inside oval cut out to match up with the card front oval.

I needed to do this to hide where I taped a piece of acetate over the oval.

Here's what I used:

My Favorite Things - Old Friends

My Favorite Things Die-namics  - Confetti Numbers

Oval Dies... these are so old that I don't remember where their from

and of course, colored with Copic Markers.

Thanks for looking.

till next time,

Doni

Peony

Hi!

Today I spent the morning coloring with my Copic markers .

I just got the Peony Perfection stamp from My Favorite Things and decided to make a card just like the sample from Debbie Olson.

I  did one stamped with black ink and one no line coloring

(stamped with a light ink-Momento Dessert Sand) 

Which one do you like better?

Thanks for looking.

'till next time,

Doni

Sunshine & Rainbows

Hi! 

It's been awhile since my last post...

I've been making a hand made mini album and I'll have lots of pictures to show you when I'm finished! 

But today I needed a break , so I made a card to submit to The Monday challenge blog at Splitcoaststampers .

 The challenge today was to include clouds on your card.

Back to the mini book.....

'till next time,

Doni

Valentine Love

Hi!

Check out the fun challenge at Double D Challenges.

 Here's the card I made to enter:

I was inspired by the pillow

 

Thanks for looking! 

'till next time,

Doni

Big Cups

 Hi !

This is the card I made today:

 

Sending this to a friend that loves coffee and has a wicked sense of humor.

 

If this inspires you to make a coffee card...check this out ...

Splitcoaststampers Ways To Use It Challenge

 

Supplies used:

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps - sentiment

Sparkle N Sprinkle - Expresso yourself stamp set

My Favorite things - wonky stitches rec stax dies

Lawn Fawn dies- quilted Backdrop

 

Thanks for stopping by.

"til next time,

Doni

Inspiration Challenge

 Hi! Today I'm playing along with the Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.

This was my inspiration:

and here's the card I came up with:
 

 

 

I liked the black stripes and the black dots on the beige and the pretty little flowers on the shoes.

I couldn't find any paper like  that in my stash...so I had to make my own.

Lol...a lot of work , but I like the way it turned out.

Stay safe everyone.

'till next time,

Doni

Basket of flowers

Hi!

Today I was cleaning out over stuffed drawers in my craft room 

and I came across the pretty basked of flowers from my Quilling days, so I created this card 

and I'm entering it in the Double D Challenges blog.

  Thanks for stopping by. I hope all is well with you.

"till next time,

Doni

Navy & Cream

Hi!

Todays card was inspired by the challenge blog Color Hues.

 Although it looks a tad bit black in the photo it really is Navy and Cream.

I used The Simon Says Stamp - ornate background

and The Simon Says Stamp Die- Thanks

'till next time,

Doni

Cupcakes

Hi! 

Today I am playing along with  CAS(E) This Sketch #402.

 

and over at Double D Challenges  they are celebrating their 5th anniversary with cupcakes 

...so I combined the two challenges and came up with this:

I used Lawn Fawn ( Baked with Love ) stamp and colored the cupcakes with Copic markers.

On the cupcake tops I added Wink of Stella to add  a little sparkle ...on the photo the sparkle shows up mostly on the chocolate cupcake tops as strange little dots! Go figure!?

Thanks for stopping by.

"til next time,

Doni
 

Winter Birthday

Today  I'm playing along with this month's Color Hues challenge (Red & Grey).

Since my oldest daughters birthday is next week

 this will be going to her.

  Thanks for looking.

"till next time,

Doni

with sympathy

 I'm glad it's 2021 however...

it's cold and grey and raining ice water...

so todays' card reflects that mood.

 I'm playing along with The Inspiration Challenge

over at Splitcoaststampers .

you can also check it out Here 

 

Thanks for looking

"till next time,

Doni