DSC #107 Music

It's another Friday and it's time for the weekly challenge at Digitally Sweet Challenges! Here is my Design Team project for this week...a card:

I made an easel card this time using one of our sponsor's digi stamps. You can find this stamp here at Bugaboo Stamps. I took the stamp and coloured it in with my Copic Ciaos I then printed off a music sheet that I colourised in Photoshop and laid that as a base top and bottom all edges with Black Soot Distress Ink. I also printed out the music notes and fussy cut those out. I made the sentiment myself. Finally added 2 black bows and aqua blue gems.

Yeah I know I know...another BLUE project...lol. I know I've been using a whole lot of blue lately. Sorry about that. I'll make sure to use a diferent colour next time. I hope you enjoyed this week's card and I do hope you will join us for this week's challenge at Digitally Sweet Challenges!

My Bearly Mine Inspiration Project

Hello all! As I posted the other day, I am one of the new Design Team gals for Bearly Mine Designs and it's my very first inspiration project using Bearly Mine digital papers. I created a cute little hybrid crafting wedding mini photo folio!

Here is what it looks like inside:

This is sute a cute and quick project to make. I followed a video tutorial by CreationsbyChristie and it uses only one sheet of 12" x 12" cardstock. I used a sheet of textured white card. I took a piece of white ribbon and glued it to the front and back covers. I covered over top the covers with papers I printed from a Bearly Mine Designs paper kit called Summer Floral Delights. I used an edge punch on a 4" x 4" square of the blue pattern to wrap the binding putting that over top a lovely rose print I also printed out eight 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" rectangles of more of the papers to make the photo mats for inside the folio. All the papers were edged in Broken China Distress Ink.

On the cover, I printed out the sentiment I created in Paint Shop Pro to match. Then put that on dimentional foam pads and added some pale blue pearl embellies from my stash. Finally I added these lovely fabric wedding stickers I just bought. They came in a big job lot of stickers I got off of eBay. The album measures 3" x 4" and it was quick and easy to make.

We have a monthly challenge on over at the Bearly Mine Challenge blog, so please check out the current challenge. I sure hope you join us! God bless your today, thank you for having a peek at my blog and, as always...

Happy Crafting!
Dorothy

CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Scribble and Scrap Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart Challenge - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Bling and/or Pearls
Crafty Boots Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers and more - Ribbon/Lace and Pearls
Inky Chicks Challenge - Anything Goes
Diva by Design Challenge - Anything but a Card
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes
A Creative Romance - Anything Goes

New Design Team Member!

Yep, I did it again! I am now a new member of a Design Team. I am one of the new dsigners for Bearly Mine Designs! I get to work with their absolutely gorgeous digital paper designs and I'm so excited. You can join us on the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog as well to see gorgeous inspiration projects and enter into challenges to win great products too! Keep an eye out tomorrow when I show off an inspirational crafty project using Bearly Mine papers.

I want to also thank everyone at Bearly Mine for choosing me to be a part of the team...they are such a talented group of carfters and designers, I hope I will do you all justice!

DSC #106 Rock It Out

Welcome to today's post everyone! It's Friday and you know what that means...time to show you this week's challenge and DT project for Digitally Sweet Challenges! This week's theme is "Rock It Out" and it's open to interpretation. Our lovely sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps and we had some great images to work with. Here is a digital card front I made for printing:

I used a Coosey Creations kit called "Saxy Frog" to create this digital image. I just love the colours in this kit. the blues and greens are so pretty. I used 3 of the paper designs and the frog digi stamp which I coloured in Photoshop. I overlaid one of the papers over him as well to give him a textured spotty look. The digital ribbons and corners were from my digi stash and I made the sentiment myself. The font I used in it is called Howser which you can find here at kevinandamanda.com.

I hope you all will join us over at Digitall Sweet Challenges this week and join in the fun! Have a terrific weekend too. God bless!

Happy Crafting, Dorothy

My 1st DT Project for Crafty Creations!

Hi everyone..it's time for my very first Design Team project for Crafty Creations Challenges! I do hope you will join us for this fortnight's challenge and the theme is VINTAGE! So come and show us your Vintage-ness...lol. Our sponsor for this challege is Whiff of Joy Stamps and they are offering an adorable Christmas mouse rubber stamp to the winner. Go HERE for more on this challege.

Here is my project...a sweet vintage box:

Ain 't it cute? LOL This is a vintage digital project, you know how I love doing digital. I started off with a template I downloaded free from Belle's Printables. I opened it in Photoshop and added a vintage dark digital paper and the free lady images which are from French and Sparrow (lots of gorgeous images there!) I then printed it off, cut it out and glued it together. Then it was a matter of decorating the box with lace, lace flower, felt flower, ribbon and the sentiment. It was simple to make and I hope you will give it a go too!

SUPPLIES USED:
Box Template - Belle's Printables (I used the one called Small Hex Box)
Vintage Ladies - French and Sparrow.com (link goes to the images page)
Sentiment badge - Xcut 5-Piece Large Nesting Dies Doorplate 
Lace & Felt flowers were made by me with stash
Ribbon, lace, Vintage letters from my stash.

Hope you will join in the challenge at Crafty Creations! Have a Craft Happy Day!
Hugs, Dorothy

DSC #105 "Charm"ing

Good morning lovlies! It's dat time...it's time for this week's new challenge at Digitally Sweet Challenges! We have a terrific sponsor this week...you could win your choice of digi stamp from Lacy Sunshine Stamps! She was kind enough to let us on the Design Team have an image each to work with. I chose this beautiful stamp called Emily Snow Princess. Our theme this week is "Charm"ed - Add a charm to your project.

LOL it's hard to see the white card base, this is what happens when I photograph at night. There is just too much glare on the photo. I used an extra light but guess I shouldn't have...can we say "overkill?" LOL This is an extra large card. It measures 6 3/4" by 6 3/4" which I made out of A3 white cardstock. I printed out the digi stamp and the 4 digital papers and sentiment. These were from a freebie scrap kit I had downloaded awhile back. I coloured Emily with my Copics, then added corner dots, a ribbon and a charm which is metal with a heart on it.I definitely didn't use traditional Christmas colours on this one but I went with the colours of the scrap kit I used. All supplies are listed below.

SUPPLIES USED:
Emily Snow Princess Digital Stamp - Lacy Sunshine Stamps
Creativ Christmas Free Digi Scrap Kit - Regina Falango (kit no longer available but she has other freebies)

A3 Cardstock Base - Papermill Direct
Copic Markers
Card Candi
Green Cardstock - Core'dinations Gemstone Cardstock 12"X12"

Thanks for having a peek...hope you will join us at Digitally Sweet Challenges. We would love to see your creations!

Happy Crafting!
Dorothy

New DESIGN TEAM Member Here!

I really enjoy being a Design Team member. I'm not very confident in my crafting so when I applied for my first DT position and got it, well I was chuffed. Welllll, I applied to another DT and I am again proud to say I was accepted!

I am one of the newest Design Team members at...

 http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Crafty Creations Challenges has a new challenge every other Wednesday. The current challenge is now on and you can check it out HERE. You could win your choice of 3 digi stamps from Stitchy Bear Designs!

I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone at Crafty Creations for choosing me and I will do my creative best!

Thanks for reading...Happy Crafting!

Dorothy

Swap Received: Criss Cross Box & Cards

I received another swap and this time it's from Shirley! I'll be making mine to send to her this week but Shirley was fast so sent mine early. The swap for UK Ireland Craft Swaps was to make a criss cross box with a set of 6 cards inside. Here is how to make the criss cross box: Tutorial.

Here is what Shirley made for me plus a little gift as well:

Here's a look at the cards inside the box and the earrings she sent as a gift:

Aren't these wonderful! Thanks so much Shirley for the lovely swap. I do hope you enjoy what I send you as much as I love mine from you!

Happy Crafting!
Dorothy

My Rosette Creations

I participated in a crafty swap over at UK Ireland Craft Swaps Facebook group and were challenged to create 6 rosettes with packaging. My swap partner was Jacqui and I showied you what she made me in my video HERE.

Here is what I sent her:

I made 2 sets of matching rosettes and set them on extra long tags. Here is a clser look at all 6, click on image for larger view:

 I do hope you check out our wonderful swap group at UK Iremand Craft Swaps if you like to craft and swap with others. It's so much fun and the different challenges really push my creativity!

Happy Crafting Everyone!

SUPPLIES USED:
Spellbinders Dies - Scalloped Circle & Fancy Circle
Martha Stewart Scoreboard to make rosettes
Old butterfly punch
Lace, feathers, black tassles, flowers, jewelled flower, pink lace butterfly, chipboard mask & corset, pearl strands all from my stash
Black & white papers from- Colorbok Paper Plus+ Fruit Punch 12" x 12" paper pad
Pastel Floral & Polka Dot papers from - First Edition by Tanya Whelan Floral Pavilion 12" x 12" paper pad

DSC #103 Chocolate & Cream

Happy Friday peeps! I'm here with my DT project for Digitally Sweet Challenges! Our sponsor this week is Lunagirl and she let us have some wonderfully vintage images all dealing with CHOCOLATE! I loved this image so made a card.

 Much of this card was printed out from my computer: the main image by Lunagirl of course, the sentiment and one of the backing papers. I started with a 6" x 6" kraft card and matted using black card. I added a couple different laces and chipboard corners which I coloured with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. I found a chocolate sentiment online and opened Photoshop to type it out. I added a background colour to the sentiment to match the image.

Thanks for looking and hope you'll join us over at Digitally Sweet!

SUPPLIES USED:
Main Image - Lunagirl
6" x 6" kraft card base by Papermania Square Card Blanks w/ Envelopes
Black cardstock - Papermill Direct
FLoral pattered paper - First Edition Desert Blooms Paper Pad 6 x 6 inch
Printed out Text Backing paper - Far Far Hill
Sentiment made by me in PS CS3
Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Laser Cut corners - shop no longer in business but find great laser cut mdf by Fernli Designs
Laces from my stash