Knocking Down that Stash!

Every Halloween card gets me closer to not feeling bad when I go hit up the Halloween clearance soon! This card is for this week's Sketch Challenge at The Outlawz and uses a digi from A Day for Daisies that I colored LAST October, two Heidi Grace rub-ons (the spider and sentiment), some old K&Company paper, a little Recollections bat brad, and a chipboard sticker. All of these things have been in my stash for one or two Halloweens!

Here's the easy sketch for the week if you want to play along:

Thank you Sandi for a simple sketch! I've been too worn out to think hard on some of the recent ones...  I hope to see you over at the Sketch Challenge; we have a prize from Noor Design plus the great site-wide prizes from Oozak, Jackson's Digital Expressions, Paper Temptress, and MORE!!

**Challenges: Craft Your Passion - Witches,  Eureka Stamps - Halloween, Forever Friends - Halloween/Autumn, Lexi's Creations - Halloween

EWW!

Two things before I tell this story. 1. I hate roaches. Yes, I pick up worms and have no problems moving a non-jumping spider outside without killing it. But roaches?? Not happening. They make me itch just thinking about them. 2. I live in a neighborhood which is still forest-like. The appeal when this neighborhood was being built was that the builders didn't just level all the trees to put up houses. Therefore, many of the forest creatures seem to think people houses are their homes too...

SO, today I was handling some business in the bathroom. I was having a great time playing a word game on my Kindle; there was definitely no rush to get up. Once I finally decided it was time to go (my foot was falling asleep), I stood up, looked into the bowl, and saw this 2.5 inch roach chilling inside the bowl!! UGH! You have never seen a person jump away from a toilet so fast! Thankfully, that big granddaddy roach did not fly out of the toilet; he let himself go to a watery grave. All I could think about after was the roach being so close to lady parts... GRODY! (Yeah, I really still say grody.) :D

Okay, okay, you can stop laughing at me now! To make up for telling all that you really didn't want to know, here's a card I sent Abby, my 2011 Secret Pal, last year.

Digi from A Day for Daisies. Sentiment from the former $1 section @Michaels.

Looking on my external HD, I finally found the pictures to update that other post about last year's Secret Pal! It's only been three months since the post went live! :S

**Just one more day for the Fancy/Lacy challenge at Little Miss Muffet!
**Things with Wings challenge at Guylou's Inimitability is rocking!

Electronic Santa

First, I would like to thank two very talented ladies who have recently given away candy that I happened to win!! Lorie at The Peddler's Gallery gave away some Copic markers on her blog last weekend. There aren't any markers to win right now, but I think you should mosey on over there to see the beautiful projects she makes! Plus, you never know when she might have some other goodies... :)  The second person who deserves a big thanks is Fern from Fern's Creations. You may have seen her badge in my sidebar; she was giving away $100 and a pack of M&Ms. This morning, while still laying in the bed, I opened Reader in my phone, clicked a link, and saw my name in bright red letters as the winner of her candy! You wanna talk about excited?! Thank you both so much!!

Second, I did go download those Christmas songs from Target. I sing along with You'll Never Find My Christmas when it's on tv, but Electronic Santa is my song! :) I know it sounds crazy, but I listened to that song about twenty times in a row last night. (I was working, and it's only about two and half minutes.) I just heard it for, like, the seventeenth consecutive time but turned it off because The Sing-Off came on. I thought about embedding it on the page, but I hate when my computer gets slowed down because it's trying to load a playlist or song as I'm surfing...

And now, because I don't think the few of you who come here do it to read my dribble, here's a card!

The card is for a lady in one of the groups I'm in online. I think she got married the other day, but I can't remember when her date is/was... The card is really simple: Wedding Veil digi stamp from A Day for Daisies colored with Copics and glittered, a piece of embossing with a Fiskars Scrap Boss sheet, and some pink cardstock! (If you're interested, ADFD is giving away a free digi to the first 300 people who sign up to follow the new blog using FeedBurner...) 

Sorry this was so long!

Challenges: CES Challenge Blog - #16 Anything but a Christmas Card, Karber Weekly Challenge - #18 Anything Goes Using a Digi

Time to Get Back to Work!

So, I really slacked off on card making over the holiday. I had to move all my supplies out of the dining room, and toting things from an upstairs room back downstairs then running up and down for all the supplies I forgot the first seven times is not the easiest way to make cards...  I'm getting the hang of it though. I want to get the stuff organized upstairs and not bring it back to the dining room. (Christmas is coming and I don't want to start back over...)

Anyway, I made two cards yesterday. One I can't show you until the 3rd. It's for an upcoming challenge at Guylou's Inimitability. (Have you made your elegant card yet? I know you've made something that's classy/classic/elegant in the last week... Link it up!)  The second card I made was for a challenge at Copic Challenge Corner on Simply Scrapping Crafts. We were supposed to use our Copics and some other coloring medium. Here's what I made...

The image is digi stamp called A Special Gift from A Day for Daisies. I colored Mary, Jesus, and the star with Copic markers, then used my colored pencils and OMS for the background. It's simple, but I just felt like the image was enough; it didn't really need any embellishing or a sentiment. I have a feeling that I'll end up making some more copies of this card...

PaperAddict Catherine and some other bloggers are having a "Jesus is the Reason" blog hop that started this morning. I'm heading over to hit that up right now. They have a spot for faith-based Christmas projects at the end, and I'm planning to put my card there.

I'm Sorry!

I forgot to put in my post yesterday that if you join the A Day for Daisies group on CDAC or SSC, you will get a free digi. If you sign up to get the newsletter, you can pick your own freebie. Plus, there's a freebie for the current challenge on the ADFD blog!

Also, if you become a follower of the blog for Guylou's Inimitability or join the CDAC group, you can get a free digi!

You know I like to keep you up on free things, BUT don't just get your free stuff and disappear on the wonderful artists who share with you. Leave them some love, show them what you make with their images, and buy something when you find spare change around your house!

It's Growing On Me...

I made a card last night simply because I needed to make a card. I only made one thing last week, and looking at this week, I knew last night was the best chance for me to sit down and finish a card. Well, after I finished, I wasn't feeling it. But I put it up in the Copic Challenge Corner on Simply Scrapping Crafts and got good feedback. I retook pictures of the card in today's wonderful sunlight, and I'm liking it more than yesterday... I even found some challenges to put it in last night! I think I'm going to send this card to the relative of a friend who has cancer. The sentiment inside is from Elzybells; I think it says, "wishing you all the best things," but I'd have to look to be sure...

 

The image is Born from Blossoms from A Day for Daisies. She was colored with Copics and her wings have a coating of that good ol' Elmers glitter. The papers are from Basic Grey's Olivia collection and Twitterpated from CTMH.

Challenges: SSC Copic Challenge Corner Nov 3 - Winged Image, Fairy Tale Challenges - Anything Goes, 365 Cards - #254 Wishes, The Crazy Challenge - #40 Things with Wings, and Little Red Wagon - Do it in 3s

Where did the week go?

I think I made one card this week, and I can't figure out where the time has gone. I've been running family around a lot and haven't been able to just sit and create anything. I have been coloring though. A friend asked me to put some cards together for her (Thanks Hope!), and I've colored up some stuff for them. I've been working on some cards for my Secret Pal on PCP.  And I'm planning to start working on something for the new challenge at A Day for Daisies. The challenge is Black Out, and there's a cute, FREE!! digi if you want to participate!

Since I don't have any cards to post (yet), I'm sharing the cards I got the other day from my Secret Pal... She also sent me a rubber stamp. My Secret Pal is awesome!

UPDATE: I did finish two cards for my secret pal. I hate that I can't show them to you; I don't know how hard my pal will try to figure out who's sending her stuff and don't want to make it easy... I'm going to make a post for next Oct (!) when we all reveal ourselves. I'm just gonna update it every time I make something for her.

Let It Snow

I'm having a moment. I can't think of anything I want to say about this card. I like it; I think it came out really cute. I just don't feel like thinking about something to say...

 

The cute digi is Hot Co Co from A Day for Daisies. It's one I picked when I won the challenges the other day. (FYI - Every day is "the other day" for me...) Hope you can see the little pink nose & cheeks from the cold, snowy air! The sketch is #27 from Craft Your Passion Challenges.

I'm trying to make a few more cards this week, so I'm going to try not to enter this card into every challenge that I know it fits into... :)  I am going for Craft Your Passion - Sketch 27, Alphabet Challenge Blog's X is for Xmas, Craftalicious Challenge - #10 Anything Goes, Paper Sundaes - #39 A Change of Season, Stamp Something - Something Punchy, A Spoon Full of Sugar - #125 Winter Wonderland, and Ooh La La Creations Challenges - #64 Nothing Floral.

And in case you were wondering... Papers: DCWV - Christmas Combo & Glitter, atd - Christmas Party; "Let it Snow" - Mary Engelbrett; Copics; Colorbox Ink - Baby's Breath (blue); Sakura Gelly Roll pen (white), unnamed silver gel pen; MS Snowflake punch

Celebrate YOU!

A few days ago I added a few more digis from A Day for Daisies to my stash. I really love the images that Tammy makes; plus they're versatile. As a new cardmaker, I need to be able to get my money's worth from a stamp... Anyhow, this stamp is Picture Perfect. There's a lot more to the stamp (long flowing dress covered with flowers...), but since it's a digi, I knew I could blow it up and just use what I wanted. To me, this lady is WORKING IT! Tyra gave her a good pep talk about knowing her angles, and she listened...  :)  

I got the sketch for the card from Bunny Zoe's Craft Challenge blog. I think I could swing this card as a bday or congrats card easily.  But use aside, I did find some challenges to enter her into.  First is Bunny Zoe's, of course. Next is A Day for Daisies Flower Basket Challenge. The theme this time is "Let's Celebrate." I'm also going to enter the challenges at Crafty Catz - Chocolate & Green, Bee Crafty - Fashion & Digi, and Digital Tuesday - It's All About the Girls.  I have to say thank you to Karen at Feline Playful for keeping up with so many challenges and making it easy for me to figure out what challenges I can put a card into. (She has candy still if you haven't been there...)

Digi - Picture Perfect from A Day for Daisies, colored with Copics, Staedtler colored pencils, and a teeny bit of chalk pastels; Paper - DCWV Latte Stack, Flowers - Recollections, Sentiment - Printed myself

It's A Girl...

So, my mother has two co-workers who recently had babies, and being a supportive mother, she asked me to put some cards together for them. Well, I got the Baby Love digi from A Day for Daisies and went to work. I colored the first image then messed it up trying to ink the edges. Then I colored it again, thought it looked ok, assembled the card, then took a pic...

Grrr, is that a big streak on the face?? So I go to color over it again with my Copics... Arrrgh, did I get glue on the face?? The ink was not soaking into the paper, and the mom's face was absolutely ruined... I'm gonna try again and see if I can just pop the circle up on top of the first one.

Anyway, I wanted to enter the challenge on ADFD. The theme is "Happiness Is..." I don't have any kids, but I love a sweet, sleeping baby on my shoulder. Quiet baby breaths, baby powder, snuggling... It works for me. I'm also entering Going Grey Challenge #27 - Gotta Go Digi over at Scrap-Creations by Kristen.

Paper: DCWV Nana's Nursery, Ribbon: Offray, Sentiment: Making Memories, Digi: Baby Love from A Day for Daisies - colored with Copic markers, Pink: Colorbox (Baby's Breath)

Elves at Work

I've been trying to figure out what to do with this cute image (Elves at Work) from A Day for Daisies for a couple of days now. (Yet another FREE digi to members of the ADFD group on CDAC... I told you that you wanted to join.) I had this paper from Close to My Heart's Jingle collection chosen when I colored the image, but this paper seems too busy for the image. I tried to scan it and shrink it, but somewhere between my scanner, monitor, and printer, the colors were all off.  I did manage to shrink one paper from the kit and used it to paper piece the present. I was going with sketch #83 from IC Sketches and used the black paper to help tone this card down a little bit. I'm entering this card into Sparkle Creations Weekly Christmas Card Challenges #41 (Christmas Trees) and Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #49 (Paper Piecing). The card looks a little dark on my monitor (recurring theme...), but I hope it's okay on your end.

Supplies: Image - "Elves at Work" - A Day for Daisies (colored with Copic markers and Staedtler colored pencils), Paper & Trees- Close to My Heart Jingle Kit, Punch - MS Simple Scallop, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

First Flight

Boy! I stayed up so late last night because I wanted to finish this card... I only have around 35 Copic Markers, so I had to bust out my Staedtler colored pencils to help fill in some areas. I think it worked out a-ok. (I mean, I've made less than ten cards; I shouldn't expect perfection, right?) I think I'm going to enter this card into Die Cut Dreams' challenge #65 (Sweet Little Girls - digi) and Southern Girls Challenge (Anything Goes). I had a different card in mind for the Die Cut Dreams challenge, but who knows if I'll actually get it made... (I have those kind of problems...) :)

If you like this image, it's another one from A Day for Daisies. It was FREE to members of the ADFD group on Crafter's Digital Art Center. Tammy, ADFD's owner, is offering the group a sneak peek and a custom digi every week. I think you want to sign up...

Supplies: Black Cardstock - @the OFFICE; Moon - MS Cardstock cut with MS Circle Cutter, inked with Colorbox Inks; Starry Background - DCWV Rock Star Stack; Stars - beads from Hobby Lobby; Image - "First Flight" from A Day for Daisies, colored with Copics

Anniversary Card

I'm supposed to be going to an anniversary party this evening and whipped up this card today. I think it came out well. I tilted the angel over a little too far, and she looks like she's spilling the hearts instead of dropping them out of the bowl. BUT, hey...

In case you actually want to know, the stamp is from A Day for Daisies. She's Angel Love. I colored her with my Copics, slapped some Elmer's 3-D Paint on the wings, and put her onto a cut out piece of Airbrushed Waves paper by The Paper Studio. It doesn't show well in the pic, but there are darker blue swirls on the paper... The ribbon is from Offray, and the sentiment was printed out using Smiley Monster and Susie's Hand fonts. The hearts and sentiment are popped up with some dimensional adhesive from Target's $1 bin.

Thinking of You

Surprising! I actually FINISHED another card! I have a whole bag full of colored images but the actual finishing of a project rarely happens for me. I used sketch #58 from Tuesday Morning Sketches, and hopefully this fits into Crafty Cardmakers Glitter & Sparkle spotlight challenge.

Alright-y, the details are as follows: Digi: Born from Blossoms, A Day for Daisies; Sentiment: EK Success; Flowers: MS Hydrangea Punch; Swirly Rub-on: Colorbok; Glitter & Flower Centers: Elmer's 3-D Paint Pens (I don't have any Stickles) ; Ribbon: Offray; Paper: white - Recollections, red - some 3lb paper pack I got at Michael's. I used my Copic markers to color the digi stamp and a combination of greens from the Rainforest set of Colorbox inks.

PLEASE go check out Tammy's work at A Day for Daisies or visit the group on CDAC. The members there are really nice and supportive...