QKR Stampede - DT card for challenge #275 - ATG with a Santa option

MERRY CHRISTMAS!   I am sending wishes that all of you will have a blessed Christmas season, and all the best in the new year.  We have had our share of health issues in our family this year as well as the loss of friends and family members.  In spite of the sadness, we have had more than our share of joy, and are thankful to God for the many blessings we receive each day.

This is probably my first Christmas card for 2018.  I do have one final card ready to mail for 2017 - just waiting for an address.  I think we are not receiving as many cards, and I am trying to cut back a little - and sending some by e-mail.
The weekly challenge at  QKR Stampede is the usual anything goes, with the option of including Santa.  My version, called "Bringing a Tree", shows a Santa about as far behind in preparations as I am.  At least his miniature tree will not take long to decorate LOL!  I used Twinkling H20 ink, markers, and stickles (for the fur and tiny snowflakes) to finish him.  The sentiment is also available through the QKR Stampede Store.  The dies are Spellbinder Labels 4, and the snowflake is a punch.  The strip is glittery wire edged ribbon.
CHALLENGES ENTERED:
Sketch:   Sketch-Tanten
Christmas:    Cuttlebug Mania 
                       Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge  
                       Come and get It
Traditional Christmas Colors:   Glitter n Sparkle
                                                       Incy Wincy
Holiday:    Die Cuttin Divas
Holiday Fun:    Paper Girls
Inspiration (Santa):   Cupcake Inspirations
Snowflakes:    Crafty Sentiments
Glittery:   Southern Girls
Winter:   Die-Cut-Divas
Use a digi:   Hiding in my Craft Room 
Any:   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Recycled Christmas card 2017 - 12/9

All the cream colored pieces are cut or punched from an old card.  The sentiment stamp is Studio G.  The gold strips are both metallic ribbon.  The embossed images are shiny IRL.  The circles are cut from dies.
Note:  it is so sad to see a few more challenges closing at the end of the year.  All the best - but the challenges will be missed.
Sketch (reversed):  Verve sketches
Christmas:   Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge
                      Aloha Friday Challenges
Christmas Scene:  Tuesday Throwdown
Carol - O Holy Night:   Dies R Us
Any:    Come and Get It

DT card for QR Stampede Chalenge #263 - Anything Goes - Option: dies or punches

This week there is another easy option for the Anything Goes challenge at the QKR Stampede - Cut it up with punches or dies  Remember, the option is up to you.  You have until 3 p.m. Thursday for up to 3 entries,  Winners receive digis from the QKR/Eureka store, and if you use one of their images you can win more! My image has such an original name - Old Car!  The sentiment is also from QKR Stampede.   I used Spellbinder Nestabilities for the ovals, and a border die for the loops.  The embossing is Distressed Stripes, sponged with black ink.  I used black and white - one of my most favorite color combos.
CHALLENGES ENTERED:
Sketch:   Sketch Saturday
Favorite colors:   Inky Chicks
Any:    Pammies Inky Pinkies 
             Lemon Shortbread 
             Digi Choosday.
             Come and get It    

Imagine That - 8-10-17 Inspiration

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

For a few months I have the pleasure of being a guest designer for Imagine That Digistamp.  This cute Jenn is my card for today.    If you visit the blog here you will see the great cards created by the other designers.  And if you visit the store, you will find this set including Jenn and several sentiments, a well as a lot more.  The pixilated dp is available in a set here as well as a part of this bundle.
I colored her with Prismas, backed her with Textile embossing, and added a shiny pink bow.  The oval die is by Spellbinders Majestic Elements.  There is some glitter, and I used shiny paint for her boots and trim on the hat.
Challenges entered:
Sketch:   Sketch Saturday
Die cuts:   Come and Get It
Monochrome:   Glitter n Sparkle 
Any:  Lemon Shortbread 
          Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
          Angies 
          Classic Design Team Challenge
          

 

SCS DTGD 2017 ~ LuvLee

I purchased this stamp at a yard sale - it is by Art Impressions but I don't know what it is called.  I think this cute bear is pretty happy to be celebrating a nice summer day with an abundance of flowers!
Recipe:  Coloring with Prisma pencils; Cuttlebug border dies; Spellbinder ovals;  honeycomb pattern from a stencil.
Flowers:   Come and Get It
Fur/Feathers:    Aurora Wings
Critter:   2crafty Critter Crazies. 
Anything but Square:   Making Memories 
No Sentiment:    Aud Sentiments

HB, Terry

This probably should have a belated sentiment as I doubt the mail will get it to our son-in-law on time.  I just did not get it finished yesterday!  As long as I keep finding new fishing images, I am set for his birthday, as he loves to fish at every opportunity.  This is a pre colored freebie from TLC - (cut with oval dies) thanks once again.  I found a piece of red and white dp in my scrap stash that just about matches that pre-colored shirt!  The sentiment is a digi from Eureka.  To finish the card I used some cord for the diagonal lines, and, since the fish on the line looked a bit small I added a couple more (rub ons).
Part of the inside verse says:  "FISH:  an animal that grows the fastest between the time it's caught and the time the fisherman describes it to his friends."
Sketch:   Sketch Saturday
Summer colors:   Pink Gem
Men/boys:   Crafty Friends
A question of Sport:  Allsorts
Red, white, blue:  Angies Digital Stamps
                               Cupcake Inspirations 
                               Dragonfly Journeys
                               Simon Says Stamp Monday 
 Colors of your nation (U.S.):   Come and Get It 
Primary Colors:   Pile it on Challenge
 Layer it up:   Di's Digidesigns
                         Dies r us
Any:   Jo's Scrapshack
            Simon Says Stamp Wednesday
            Create-with-tlc-

Special thanks to Julee and Mojo

This is a bittersweet Monday.  Julee Tilman has produced Mojo Monday sketches for nearly 10 years - this is sketch #500!  WOW!  She has decided to end the challenge in order to have more time for her family, including 5 year old twins.  Sad for us,, but great for all of you!  Thanks for all you have given.
Sometimes various elements just seem to come together - certainly makes me feel good when that happens.  I selected the freebie from TLC - I like to have encouraging cards on hand.  Then I found a strip of DP (bottom panel)  that was part of a terrific yard sale bonanza.  Unfortunately. there is only anough left for one more card.  No labels so I have no idea of the origin.  The top panel was in that same purchase.  I added some Washi tape, metallic cord, and a bit of ribbon trim - also a yard sale find. 
Sketch:   Mojo Monday.
Any:    Incy Wincy
             Pammies Inky Pinkies
              Come and Get It 
              TLC

Sept. 16 QKR Stampede Challenge #209 - anything goes

The challenge this week at QKR Stampede is a favorite - anything goes.  You may enter up to 3 times, before 6 p.m. Thursday September 22 - for a chance to win great QKR digital images.  This image is Nurse Rag Doll. 
Sketch:    Tuesday Morning Sketches
Polka dots:    Come and Get It
2 or more flowers:   Love to Scrap
Garden:    DLArt
Any:      Crafting Circle
               Crafty- Girls
               Digichoosday
               Julia Spiri 
               

Christmas 2016

Addicted to Stamps

I have not yet decided on the image to use for our Christmas cards for this year, but it maybe this great shepherd boy (QKR digis).  I prefer to use mostly the same image, and for me simple is best!  This layout works well, but there will be other sketches out there to use!  I am just not sure DH will go for the non-traditional colors, but I like this striped paper!  The tabs are a glittery gold ribbon, and the star is punched from glitter paper.  I edged the image layers with Memento London Fog ink. The cs is shimmery Champagne from Recollection.
CHALLENGES:  
Sketch #2:   Verve Sketches
All lined up:   Frilly and Funkie
Stripes:     Come and Get It 
Christmas:     Deep Ocean
                        C.R.A.F.T. 
                        Fussy and Fancy
Holiday:          Addicted to Stamps
Any:                Word Art Wednesday
Song "Do you hear what I hear...  said the shepherd boy..."   Holly Jolly
                        

Soar up up and away - and back down again

This is my card for this week's Design Team samples at QKR Stampede.  The theme is Up up and away.  You may enter up to 3 times and you have a chance to win images from the QKR digi store.
As is often the case, I have a story behind this card.  If you have seen previous cards you may recall we have a granddaughter who is beginning her second year at the US Air Force Academy.  She recently completed her requirement to earn her military freefall wings.  Even their first jump is a solo.  So of course the sentiment is not quite accurate - she was certainly not sitting! ( But I could not resist.)    Reading her description - it must be a magical experience.
Recipe:  Parachuting birdie image and sentiment - QKR digis; DP by Sugartree; twine:  Washi tape; Prismas; chalk; star sequins;  Cheery Lynn cloud die cuts;  Spellbinder label dies;  glitter on clouds and goggles
Challenges:  
Sketch:  Tuesday Morning Sketches
Things with wings:   Simon Says Stampblog.Wednesday
Up up and away:    Dragonfly Journeys.
Travel:      The Paper Girls
Magical:   Incy Wincy
Stripes:    Come and Get It
Any:     Sparkle n Sprinkle
              Little Claires Designs   
              Dragonfly-Dreams
              Classic Design Team
              Crafting-With-Friends
              Great Impressions 
              Through the Craft Room Door
              Love to Scrap
              Word Art Wednesday 

For Terry

The challenge at Art Impressions is to create a card using a slider or otherwise concealed image.  Since I do not have their new slider die, I made do by creating my own slider "frame" which I also paper pierced.  You most likely cannot see the piercing on the screen - nor can you see the true brown color of the Washi tape strips!   Oh, well...   It was after I made my choices that I realized this fisherman is an AI stamp - one I got a few years ago, probably at a yard sale!  It is marked 1996, so has been around for a while, but still timely.  This is for our son-in-law, and there will also be a birthday check concealed under the image.  He is an avid fisherman, so I can always find a theme!
At    http://anythingwisconsin.com/fishsayings.htm     I found the following to print on the inside:

 things that I have learned from fishing:
1. There is no such thing as too much equipment.
2. When in doubt, exaggerate.
3. Even the best lines get weak after they have been used a few times.
4. Sometimes you really have to squirm to get off the hook.
5. The fishing is always better on the other side of the lake.
6. Good things come to those who wade.

CHALLENGES ENTERED:
Sketch:    Sketch Saturday
Slide on by:     Art Impressions 
Summer:    Addicted-to-stamps
All about the boys:   Dar and Diane
Piercing:    Come and Get It

Cream and blue birthday

Verse by Verve; 7Gypsies sentiment; shimmery champagne cs, Spellbinder circle dies; cream lace; Swirls embossing folder (Cuttlebug); cream ribbon, star charm. The Cupcake photo inspired the champagne colored swirls.
Sketch:     Verve sketches #2
Birthday:     Star Stampz
                      Allsorts Challenge
                      Dies R Us
                      Polkadoodle
                      Digi Choosday 
Inspiration     Cupcake Inspirations
Embossing:    Cuttlebug Mania
Texture (lace, embossing):  Incy Wincy
Ribbon and charm:  Come and Get It
Star:    Pile It On 
Any:     Word Art Wednesday  
              Classic Design Team Challenge

Fluffles

Fluffles image; Lily of the Valley DP; peach embossed with Embossalicious EF; colored with watercolor pencils and aqua pen - highlights with white gel pen; black bow. Fluffles is enjoying his/her own tiny garden!
CHALLENGES ENTERED:
Sketch:                 Sketch Saturday  
Creature:             Fantastic Tuesday
                              Penny Black at Allsorts
"B" -black bow:  DRS
Garden:                 Come and Get It
Any:                       One Crazy Stamper 
                                Jades Sparkly Butterflies 
                                Creative Fingers    
Water color with white highlights:   Art Impressionsstamps               

Tea Pot Tuesday for Carolyn

teapot-tuesdays--butterflies-#394 - for Carolyn
This is the link for this week's Teapot Party challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  Looking for a place to send your cards?  Join this weekly challenge - the mods select some one in need of cheer, or who deserves a special recognition.  This card will go to Carolyn who has had many health problems and could use a little cheer.  Butterflies were included in the suggested themes.
1-2-3 challenge:  Image by Stampemdous; I used shimmery silver cs to emboss the butterflies (Darice) - my favorite cs for embossing.  The second cs is poppy red. There are 3 shiny gems in a color close to the strawberry milkshake of the color challenge. The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.
Sketch/color:   Share Joy Challenge
1,2,3:               Come and get it
Embossing:     Frilly and Funkie
Any:                Inspiration Destination
                         Simply Papercrafts for all Occasions
                         One Crazy Stamper  
                         The Sisters of Craft

Wishing you many more anniversaries

This pre-coilored digi by Dearie Dolls is perfect for a quick ansiversary card. Items used:  New DP by Beau Papier; blue cs from my stash; new sentiment from Inspired by Stamping; washi tape, rhinestone gems, Congrats embossing folder - all from my stash.  The edge of the circle uses direct to paper inking.
Sketch:               Come and Get It
Sweetheart:        Fan-tastic Tuesday
Animal:               Suzy Bee
Love in the air:   Incy Wincy Designs
Love, Marriage, Anniversary:  Die-cut-divas
Any:                     Inspiration Destination

Another one for Saidey

I was not satisfied with the first card I made for this little girl - I like this better.
Image - Dearie Doll (pre-colored digi, highlighted with a shiny red gel pen); glitter on her name; die cuts for the letters and ovals; DP from a Martha Stewart pack; brad hearts; computer generated sentiment; new red cs.
Sketch:       Come and Get It
Hearts:       Crafting Desert Divas
Valentine:   DLArt
                    C.R.A.F.T.
Love:          Classy Cards n Such
Bling:         Allsorts  
Kids:          Cuttlebug Mania
Any:           Jo's Scrapshack
                    Simply Papercrafts
                    Simon says Stampblog Wednesday 

Christmas 2015 #41

This continues my series of similar yet different cards using an unknown image received as an RAK.  I used shimmery silver cs (Recollection) and added some shine with ribbon, glitter (on branches), and metallic gold on the star.  The sentiment is computer generated matted on a Spellbinders Labels 43.  The DP is from my stash.  I used torn edges to add contrast. The branches are Cheery Lynn dies.
Sketch:                   http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2015-12-09T06:00:00-05:00&max-results=2
Christmas::             http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/Shine and sparkle:  http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.ca/
Stamp and ribbon:  http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/
Any:                         http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/
                                  http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/

Christmas 2015 - 38

Does any one know this image? It is in my stash of items received through Wish RAK at SplitCoastStampers, and is one of many I have failed to document.  I will try to do better!
For the computerized tag I used Labels 43 for the mat. This is 5x7.
Sketch:        http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/
Christmas:  http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/  
                     http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/           
                     http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/       

                     http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
 Any:            http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

Sparkly Christmas 2015 #37

Image by Stampabilities; snowflakes embossing - Cuttlebiug;  "trees" - Lifestyle Crafts; Nestabilities ovals; Fiskars star punch; glitter (on stars); Celebrate It ribbon; shimmery champagne cs; green cs.
Sketch:           http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/
Stars:              http://classycardsnsuch.blogspot.com/2015/12/ccns-challenge-115-starry-starry-night.html
Christmas:     http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/
                        http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/
                        http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
Christmas (traditional):  http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
Brrr...                                http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/
Any:                                  http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/ 
Any (w/ stamp, ribbon):  http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/ 
A favorite from 2015:       http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/ 

Christmas 2015 #36 - starry

What an adventure ach time I enter two photos here.  I cannot seem to figure out how to do the layout.  Oh, well - variety adds interest, right?
Stamp by Stampabilities; sentiment by Stampourri; dies - Nestabilities.  The blue cs and shiny star cs are new and all the rest (ribbon star, dp) have been around quite a while. (I hope you can see the stars on the larger bg paper.)
Sketch:               http://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/    
Old and new:      http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/
Starry night:       http://classycardsnsuch.blogspot.com/
Any Christmas:  http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/
                             http://lauralcraft.weebly.com/dragonfly-dreams-challenge 
                             http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ 
                             http://scrap-craft-inspiration.blogspot.co.uk/
Blue and white:  http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2015/12/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-170.html 
A special birthday - Jesus Christ is born!    http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/
Any:                     http://crafty-girls-creations.blogspot.co.uk/