OWH Sketch #244

Happy Christmas Eve!  I'm fortunate to have this day off from work and I finished up some wrapping, chores and fit in time to make some cards.  The latest sketch from OWH is #244 which I changed a bit to fit my Doodlepantry image from the Spring Critters collection.  It's been a while since I made a card, so using a digital image is an easy way to get back into that crafty mode.  And who can resist their cute images?

I was so motivated that I made three cards using Doodlepantry images.  Here's the first, following sketch #244:

The paper is BoBunny Double Dots, along with a scrap behind that cute little chick.

My next two cards use images from the Silly Critters collection:

I traced and cut the images using my Silhouette and it's so fast to get a card done that way.  I hope I can make more cards during the holidays - I miss it so much!

I hope you have a lovely holiday and thanks for stopping by.

Octopus hello!

One of the last colors in any set of paper I buy is purple.  I just have such a hard time with it and I've decided to push myself and use it as my first color choice for the rest of this month.  I found a Doodle Pantry image with purple in it - one of the cute octopus designs from Little Octopus .  This little guy was my color inspiration for this card: 

I used my Silhouette to print and cut the octopus and the greeting.  The circle background is design #61195 from the Silhouette store.  I embossed the top half of the card with the Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder.  Purple and green go very well together, so I'm happy that I used up some of my purple paper stash!

I'm entering this card into the Ocean/Sea theme over at the Mod Squad challenge.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Mother's Day to my sister

I used this Sketch #223  at OWH to make a Mother's Day card for my sister.  (I know - waiting until the last minute!)  The images on my card are by Doodle Pantry - the Petite Bouquet::

Although the photo doesn't show, I distressed the image with Antique Linen to blend in with the shabby papers by MME Dolled Up.  I was so happy that this Doodle Pantry set came with multiple sentiments for mothers, sisters and in-laws.  It was perfect!

I'm entering this in the Mother's Day challenge over at The Squirrel and the Fox which is sponsored by Doodle Pantry.  

Thanks for stopping by and happy Monday to ya!

Doodlepantry redux

Yesterday, I put away my masculine papers and brought them out again after seeing that today's OWH sketch (#219) is sponsored by Doodlepantry. It's a coinkydink that I also used Doodlepantry files for yesterday's cards.   I chose their mallards image for a set of Father's Day cards like this one:

I used the Silhouette Print and Cut feature to cut perfect circles around the mallard.  I added Antique Linen distress ink to the image so it blended in with my papers, which are from my stash.

 

I've print & cut 7 more images and will use them to make more cards.  I'm learning how to put my cards together a bit quicker - but still have that quality that we want for OWH cards.

 

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

 

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Father's Day cards

Saturdays go by way too fast, don't ya think?  Today I got a lot of things done around the house and fit in some time to make some Father's Day cards.

 

My first one uses an SVG file that I got years ago from the blog Just Yolie .  I paired it behind some diamond pattern paper and used a diamond border cut file to add some gold to the card:

I made 6 cards from this one design!  Yeah!  I'm entering this card into this month's diamond challenge at Words 2 Scrap by.

 

My next card uses SVG files from Doodlepantry.   In addition to making wonderful digital images, they also make cut files.  I bought this set of files:

I used the fish and bear for two cards:

I've got many more masculine images that I can use on Father's Day cards and I can't wait to print and cut them out.  I'm entering my bear card in this month's Doodlepantry challenge.

 

Hope you're enjoying your weekend.  Thanks for stopping by!

 



You're a Star!

This month's Doodle Pantry challenge is Anything Goes and I've become addicted to their digi stamps.  I used the Tree Glee stamp to print and cut the designs on my Silhouette for this card:

 

I kept the design simple to focus on the stamps and also because it was late and my mojo was slipping away.  The best thing is that I cut out two more designs and can quickly put a couple of cards together for OWH.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Doodlepantry and Chalkboard technique

Hello there, frozen bloggers!  We're going to climb out of our deep freeze here tomorrow and I cannot wait!  To keep me warm and busy, I cards for a few challenges.

 

I have fallen in love with Doodlepantry images since they offered a set for OWH and using my Silhouette to print and cut them makes it so easy to use them on cards.  I had this cute elephant printed out and went through my scraps to create this quick card:

 

I stretched my green paper by piecing it behind Mr. Elephant and the dots around the edges are done using a Pearl Pen. This is my first time entering the Doodlepantry monthly challenge and I'm going to do this regularly - check it out over at their blog here . You get a featured digi image just for playing along, which is wonderful!

 

This week's throwdown challenge over at OWH is a chalkboard technique.  I learned this last year, but this time, I used the Picket Fence Distress marker to make the shadow effect on my embossed images:

I went over some of the embossed swirls with Inktense pencils to add a little color.  It was fun to revisit this technique.  Great challenge idea!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 



One more card for today....

Before I head off to catch Season 4 of Downton Abbey, I made a card for today's OWH Sunday sketch challenge - #206 .  I used a Doodle Pantry image, which I just learned how to Print and cut with my new Silhouette.  I didn't follow the sketch exactly and it has the colors of the Denver Broncos, which is a team I know that Cheryl at Gone Scrappin  roots for, so I hope she likes it:

 

Just to warn ya, Cheryl - the Carolina Panthers may be playing your Broncos soon!  Ha ha!  It's all good fun to root for your home team.  That would be a fun challenge - to make a card using a team's colors?  Mid week throwdown perhaps?

 

 



OWH Sketch #200

OWH's latest sketch is number 200!  Wow!  When I joined in on the fun, we were at sketch #134.  I've learned so much about cardmaking from Sandy and the gang and am happy to contribute to a great cause. 

 

My next box of OWH cards will have 47 holiday Any Hero cards - the most I've ever made.  Woo hoo!  I've also been on a mission to make cards for kids and once again, I used the Doodle Pantry images for today's sketch card:

 

I made the heart embellishment gold and stamped paws from the Paper Smooches Santa Paws set.  I made another version of this sketch:

 

I'm looking forward to our Thanksgiving holiday, but not the weather because it will be chilly (highs in the 40's) and rainy. 

 

Hope you get some time to play in today's sketch challenge! Thanks for stopping by.

 



Miss You + Love cards

Yeah - it's Sunday!  Boo - tomorrow is another work day!  Time to get in a few cards for OWH - right?

 

Today's  OWH sketch is here:

and my card:

I've had those heart brads for ages!  I threaded a hot pink ribbon through them.  The sentiment is embossed in pink - "Miss You" (my camera sure didn't pick that up very well).  Yes - this is pink overload!

 

Supplies:

Hero Arts Clink Lattice Background

Paper Smooches Sentiment sampler

Papers from my stash

 

I've had fun putting together more cards using the Doodle Pantry digital stamp set.  I thought I'd share some of them:

 

 

Those images are so cute and I hope they make a soldier's child smile!

 

Thanks for checking in.  Have a nice Sunday night!

Embossed tree

The Midweek Throwdown challenge at OWH is Dry embossing and I chose an embossing folder that I've never used - a tree embossing folder.  All of my other embossers are patterns, but this one is just a tree.  After embossing it, I colored it several times with Inktense pencils and chalks and decided I liked the chalk best:

 

It's very hard to see it in this photo, but here's a closeup:

 

I only made one of these because I heard Sandy's request to make more cards for kids.  I'm just loving the Doodle Pantry set that we learned about last Sunday and here's one of the cards I made using one of their images:

That chunky cat is too cute!  I layered her up for a girly card, but I'm going to use the dog for some boy cards. 

 

Thanks for checking in and Happy Hump Day to ya!

 



Hero holiday cards

I've been making holiday cards to send to our Heroes and I've burned through one 6x6 MME holiday pad - finally!  I've had the pad for two years now - why has it taken me so long to use it up?

 

This week's sketch is great for using up those last strips of paper and I made these two cards:

 

Did you get the OWH digi stamps from Doodle Pantry ?  I did - they are soooo adorable!  I'm going to use them for Love/Valentine's Day cards!

 

Next week I'm taking the Holiday Card Workshop class and I hope to participate in the lessons.  Sometimes, I can't keep up with daily lessons, but they've slowed the pace down and will post lessons every other day, which should help me keep up.  I hope to see some fellow OWHers there!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

OWH Sketch #169

Hey there!  In the South, we usually say "Hey" instead of "Hi" and that's the inspiration for today's OWH sketch challenge.   Doodle Pantry is the sponsor of today's challenge and I got some freebie and purchased digis from them for today's cards.  Thanks Doodle Pantry!

 

I just had to get their Hay digi stamp and sentiments, which I used to make my first card:

I used the colored version, which makes it quick to put a card together.  Paper is from Basic Grey "Fact" (which I got for 99 cents!) and from Echo Park's This & That.  I added a bit of twine, because it seemed appropriate for a bale of hay.

 

My second card is more feminine, using papers from Basic Grey's Out of Print.  This is one 6x6 pad that I can't seem to use up, as much as I try to.

The digi sentiment is free from Doodle Pantry with a purchase - it's called Rounded Wishes - and I think I'll be using them quite a bit on my cards.

 

Stay crafty!