Let's Get Sketchy!

**For the Blog Hop and Fairy Challenge please scroll down**

Good morning!  It's time for another Digi Doodle Shop Challenge!!  Woot woot!  This week we are challenging you to create a project using this sketch and either snowflakes or flowers (in place of the flowers in the sketch).

Pretty, huh?  I had a lot of fun working with this sketch.

I used the beautiful Winter Snow Bird. I just love this image...between the cute little bird, the fabulous trees and the lovely holly along the edges...it's one of my favorites.  =D  I colored the image with Copics.  It's kind of hard to see, but the majority of lines in the snow are outlined with Stickles.  The snowflakes (which were part of a Martha Stewart border punch I cut apart) are also outlined with Stickles.  I wish y'all could see it in real life...it's SO sparkly!  =D

Well, now that you've seen my card, slide on over to the Digi Doodle Shop's Best challenge blog to check out the amazing creations by the rest of the team.  They are just **fabulous**!

Remember, you don't have to use a Digi Doodle Shop stamp, but if you do it will be entered twice.  Also, you can enter as many times as you want...as long as it's with a new card/project each time.  Plus, all animal stamps are 25% off for the month of November!  PLUS, if you spend $7, you'll get one of these fabulous images:

and a chance to support Pet Pardons! 

I hope to see you join in our challenge this week!  Thanks for stopping by, and we'll catch ya later.  =D

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes + Brown (the trunks of the trees and mailbox post)

Crafty Catz: Anything Goes

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long: Favorite Sketch

Daisy Doodles: Anything Goes with a Digi

Papertake Weekly: Christmas

Top Tip Tuesday: Anything Christmas Goes

New ATC Challenges!

**For the Blog Hop and Fairy Challenge please scroll down**

Hey y'all!  I am here to share some exciting news.  If you haven't heard yet, the amazingly sweet and talented Jenn from Stampin' Angel Jenn has started a new challenge blog!  It's called Wicked Wednesday Weekly ATC Challenges.  How awesome is that?  A challenge blog for just ATCs!  I don't know about y'all, but I am just thrilled. Now, this blog actually started about a month ago...but I've been a little bit MIA for a while, so I missed it until now.  Well, I fully intend to start making up for that now!  =D

This week's challenge is to create an angel ATC.  A little while ago I purchased the Sugar 'n' Spice images from Tiddly Inks.  I just love these images, and had printed them and colored them...but not yet created anything.  So, what better way to use one than for my first ATC entry?  The image was almost too big for the ATC, but I think I got it to fit alright...

For this ATC I used the adorable Angel Spice.  Isn't she awesome?  I love her hair.  She actually came with two flying hearts, but I ran out of room so had to leave the second one off.  I colored Angel with Copics, except for her lips and eyes, which are colored with Spica Markers.  The base of the ATC is a Bicycle Joker playing card, which I covered with my background paper.  The dp I think is from BoBunny.  I outlined the clouds with Stickles to make them stand out a little more.  The ticket is a stamp from Stampin' Up that I stamped, outline with a teal Le Pen and wrote my sentiment in the middle.  Then the ticket was also outlined with Stickles.

I was pretty happy with how this one turned out...especially her hair!  =D  I usually have such a hard time with ATCs....I always feel mine are too plain, but if I embellish them too much I feel like they're too heavy and overdone.  Then again, I have the same problem with my cards.  LOL 

I am entering this ATC in the following challenges:

Wicked Wednesday: Getting Angelic

Tiddly Inks: Anything Goes Continued

Digital Tuesday: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope to see you again soon! =D  By the way....if y'all haven't gone through my blog hop or challenge yet, you have until Saturday at midnight.  Lots of prizes, including gift certificates to some of my favorite companies (including Tiddly Inks).  Hope you check it out!

It's a Blog Hop!!

Hey y’all!  Happy Sunday!  If you’re new to my blog, welcome to my little corner of blogland.  =D  A year ago tomorrow I wrote my first post on this blog.  Over this first year, I have found so many dear friends and had so much fun entering challenges, being part of some fabulous design teams, and just creating for the joy of creating.  I decided this first anniversary needed to be celebrated in a big way, since this crafting community has become such a big part of my life.

On top of my one year blogaversary, I wanted to celebrate the birthday I just had.  One year away from the big 3-0….time passes by so fast!  Also, a couple of months ago I actually passed over 100 followers!  It’s just so hard for me to believe there’s that many people out there who want to see what I’m up to and (hopefully) are inspired by me and my creations!

As part of my celebration, I decided to have a blog hop.  I wanted to introduce y’all to some of the people who have really inspired me over the past year.  All of these ladies are extremely talented, kind and caring.  I would not be where I am today without their friendship and support.  I hope y’all enjoy visiting them!

Now, before I get to the list for the blog hop, let’s talk about prizes, shall we? There are actually two parts to this celebration.  The first is the blog hop.  Every person that visits every stop in the hop and leaves a comment on each post gets entered into a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate to one of my favorite stamp companies.  One will receive a gift certificate to Tiddly Inks, one to Guylou's Inimitability, one to Simply Betty Stamps and one to Digi Doodle Shop.  Click on the links below to visit their stores and browse around!

The second part of the celebration is…..the challenge!  Since I just LOVE fairies, I’m hosting a fairy themed challenge!  All you need to do to enter is to create a fairy themed project and link it to Mr. Linky below!  Only one entry per person, and please remember to link directly to your post and not to your blog.  You have until 11/12/11 at midnight CST to enter.  The candy pictured below is the grand prize for this challenge!  It has a little bit of everything, so I hope it looks yummy!  I tried to get a good picture....but there was too much stuff.  =D  You can't see everything, but you get the gist of it. 

I am just so excited to share this celebration with you, so let’s get started!  Below is the blog hop list, and below that is Mr. Linky.  Remember, you have until midnight CST on 11/12/11 for both the blog hop and the challenge!  Head on over to Vicki at Songbird’s Nest to start the hop, and you should finish up right back here.  Have fun!


Vicki
Cely
Charlene
Lynn
Sara
Gina
Brenda
Tracy
Kim
Guylou
Starla

(P.S. There might be some issues with the timing due to Daylight Savings Time....if not all of the posts are up yet, please bear with us!  LOL  We'll get them all up ASAP)

Winter is Here!

Just in case you weren't aware.  =D  At least it is in the northern hemisphere, and it's coming with a vengeance!  So, to celebrate, Digi Doodle Shop wants to see some Winter cards for this week's challenge.   Have you gotten a start on your holiday cards yet?   Maybe this is a good time to start!  =D

The first thing I always think of when winter comes is caroling.  I've only done it a couple of times, but it was so much fun!!  Unfortunately I don't currently live in the kind of neighborhood that would be good for that....but maybe some day!  For now, I'll just have to stick to making cards with carolers on it.  =D  I used A Christmas Carol, which can be found here.  Aren't they just adorable?  They reminded me of something from a vintage ad, so I decided to do a distressed card.  Papers are from Tim Hotlz and Stampin' Up. Sentiment is from Doodle Pantry.  Image was colored with Copics, and papers were edged with Distress Ink in Pumice Stone.  Ribbon and snowflakes are from my stash.

Well, now that you've seen my card, jump on over to the Digi Doodle Shop's Best challenge blog to check out the amazing creations by the rest of the team.  You do not want to miss anything by these talented ladies!

Remember, you don't have to use a Digi Doodle Shop stamp, but if you do it will be entered twice.  Also, you can enter as many times as you want...as long as it's with a new card/project each time.  Plus, all animal stamps are 25% off for the month of November!  PLUS, if you spend $7, you'll get one of these fabulous images:

and a chance to support Pet Pardons! 

I hope to see you join in our challenge this week!  Thanks for stopping by, and we'll catch ya later.  =D

I am entering this into the current Crafts and Me challenge: Let the Music Move You

Mahalo!

Hey, y'all!  It's time for another Digistamps 4 Joy challenge!  This challenge's theme is With Gratitude.  We want to see any kind of project, as long as it says "thank you" in some form on it.  It can be for any reason....and who doesn't love getting a little thanks?  

I used the gorgeous Hula Honey, which can be found here, and colored her with Copics.  The papers are from Stampin' Up.  I printed the sentiment using Word with a fabulous font called Hawaii Lover, then outlined it with Spica marker and cut it out.  Mahalo means thank you in Hawaiian.  The flowers and ribbon are from my stash.

I just love how tropical this is.  I could DEFINITELY use a Hawaiian vacation...how about you?  =D

Just in case that isn't an option, why don't you head over to the Digistamps 4 Joy challenge blog to see the fabulous creations by the rest of the design team?  They are very inspiring.  =D  Remember, you don't have to use a Digistamps 4 Joy image to play along, but if you do you have two chances to win!  

Thanks for stopping by, and we'll see you tomorrow!

November Sales and Specials!

Good morning, everyone!!  I'm dropping in to let y'all know about the November Sale and Special going on at Digi Doodle Shop.  This month, we have 25% of ALL animal images!!  How great is that?  There are some fabulous images...especially if (like me) you've procrastinated and have not yet made your holiday cards. LOL

Now, you know that every month Digi Doodle Shop has a special, where if you spend $5 you get some lovely freebies.  This month is a little different.  There is something very special happening this month at Digi Doodle Shop. Instead of getting the special images if you spend $5, you'll get it if you spend $7.  Why the increase in price this month?  Because $2 of that money will be given to a wonderful organization called Pet Pardons.

What is Pet Pardons?  It is a Facebook application that focuses on saving the lives of shelter animals.  As of June 7, 2011, it had already saved over 3,000 pets from Death Row across America.  It's goal is to save shelter dogs and cats on Death Row, and also to promote no-kill shelters. 

Here are the special images!

Stay tuned for a special card, using one of the special images, to promote this fabulous organization!

Angel Kisses

Well, happy Halloween to all of my fellow Americans!  To everyone else....Happy Monday!  =D  I hope your weekend was fabulous, and your new week is off to a fantastic start!

I'm here today to bring you my entry into the FIFTH round the Progressive Challenge over at Crafters Digital Art Center (CDAC)! I can't believe we're already almost to the last round...it's gone by so fast!  (If you didn't participate in the first Progressive Challenge, you should definitely check it out for the newest one starting in mid-November <I think>.  It's a ton of fun!)  The challenge this time is Festive and Fancy, with an additional little challenge of using cool colors.  Unfortunately, I didn't see the thing about cool colors until after my card was made.  Whoops!  However, most of the colors are cool, so I hope it's still ok...

I used this adorable image from Just Some Lines.  I just think he's so cute!!  The blue papers are from Stampin' up, the flower paper is from DCWV's Sweet Stack.  The sentiment I printed out on Word.  The image was colored with copics, and then stickles were added to the wings and halo.  I used a souffle pen to outline a heart on the heart stickers.  The silver elastic ribbon is from Michaels.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous day...and for my friends in the Northeastern USA...I hope you're all safe!  I've been thinking about you, and just know that pretty soon we'll be in the same mess over here.  =D 

Stop by tomorrow for some fun new sales information, and don't forget my blog hop coming up next Monday.  LOTS of prizes to be won!  =D

Thanks for taking a look!  We'll see you soon...

Blog Hop Fun!

Hey y'all!!  I'm just posting real quick to tell everyone about a fun little blog hop that's coming up in a little more than a week.

A little while ago (thanks to Cely's hop) I reached 100 followers, and I was so super excited!  I'm just honored that so many people actually care what I am writing and creating.  LOL  Then, last Sunday was my birthday.  Before you ask....29.  One more year to the big 3-0!  Surprisingly....I'm not stressing about that.  =D  Lastly, November 7th is my one year Blogaversary.  I just can't believe it's been a year already!!  Sometimes it feels like I've been doing this forever, and sometimes it seems like only yesterday.  I can still remember sitting at Archiver's this time last year, creating my very first cards for the Michelle Perkett, Guylou's Inimitabililty and Midnight Madness challenges.  I like to think I've grown since then, and I have met so many amazing people in this community that continue to inspire me every day...not only with their creativity and talent, but also with their big hearts.

So, to celebrate all of these milestones....I am having a blog hop and challenge!  That's right!  I'm so excited...and also nervous.  LOL  I've got a ton of incredibly talented ladies helping me out, and there are going to be quite a few prizes...so I really hope you'll stop by!!

I hope to see you there!



Good Morning!!!

Hello and happy Thursday!  Only one more day 'til the weekend!  Woot woot!  Is everyone ready for Halloween?  (Well, everyone that celebrates it, anyway. LOL) I know I am.  Plus, my aunt from Cali comes into town tonight, so I'm super excited to spend some time with her over the weekend.

Well, let's get down to this week's Digi Doodle Shop's Best challenge, shall we?  This week is an easy one....anything goes!  My favorite.  =D

With winter coming up (too soon...), I decided to make a "home for the holidays" card.  I used the fantastic Christmas Globe, which can be found here.  I merged it with a sentiment in Word.  I colored it with Copics, a silver Uniball pen and souffle pens (for the ornaments on the trees).  I covered the globe with Glossy Accents, but it just didn't look right.  Then I realized that my favorite part of snow globes is all of the glitter!  So, once the Glossy Accents dried, I used a ton of Stickles.  Then, to get that glassy sheen, I did another layer of Glossy Accents.  The papers and flowers are from my stash.

Well now that you've seen my card, head on over to the Digi Doodle Shop's Best challenge blog to get some inspiration from the rest of the DT.

Don't forget, for the month of October all Halloween and Scenic images are 25% off!  PLUS, there's the fall special...where any purchase of $5 or more gets you these images FREE!  So, if you're not ready for Halloween, this is a good way to get it done.  =D

Head on over to the Digi Doodle Shop to snap up these fabulous deals while they last!

I hope you'll join us this week with some of your fabulous creations!  Remember, you don't have to use a Digi Doodle Shop stamp, but if you do it will be entered twice.  Also, you can enter as many times as you want...as long as it's with a new card/project each time.

Thanks for stopping by!  We'll see you soon!