Introducing The Digi Shack's New DT...

Good morning all you love muffins!  Welcome to September!  I can hardly believe it's September already, can you?  Later this month will be my 2 year blogaversary and there will be an awesome amount of candy to be had!

With the coming of this new month also comes the Design Team announcement for The Digi Shack!  Yes, Toni is a glutton for punishment and has asked me to stay on again as a Senior Design Team Member.  :O)  Yay!  Be sure to check out my sidebar to see who else has made the team!

On to the FUN STUFF!  My card for today features a not-yet-released image by the talented Brian Lock.  You are going to be knocked out by these images if you love Halloween like I do!  Look for this image to be released in the next week!

The next card uses the current Mojo Monday sketch for inspiration...The more I look at this witch the more I think she's all sauced up!  She shouldn't be riding that broom around!  :O)

Visit the rest of my teamies and give them your congratulations on making the DT!  Feel free to grab the TDS glitter I made too!  :O)

You're So Delicious....... I Mean Sweet!

'Morning, Friends!
I made my little cuppie card for two challenges today. This week's CAS challenge over on Split Coast - the theme for our card was "Delicious". What could be more delicious than three frosted cupcakes, huh?? (hopefully they are chocolate inside!! LOL!!)

And I used Fridays Taylored Expressions sketch for my card design.

I used two nested long classic Nestabilities to cut my frame and popped it up on foam dimensionals. I colored my cuppies with copics and added a little bling to their flowers as well as the sentiment. My stamps are also TE.

Thanks for stopping by today! We're having a heat wave here in New England - in the 90's and sunny - after a week of rain - it's a great way to end the summer!

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Downtown Diva
Paper: Blue Bayou - SU, Vintage Cream - PTI, DP October Afternoon/thrift shop/collectors item Ink: Memento tuxedo Black
Accessories: quickie glue pen, foam dimensionals, Copics: YR00, BG10, YG63, R20, R29, R32, long classic rectangle Nestabilities, circle punches, tiny gems - Taylored Expressions, modern label punch - SU

You're Special

DT Calls...

Hello everyone!  I just wanted to make sure all you crafty people knew that there are some Design Team Calls out there right now.  Here are two that I am applying for!

WINK WINK INK

THE PIXIE COTTAGE

Click on the links above to see the details...GOOD LUCK!!!  :O)

Five Little Purses

It's that time of year for me when I start making all kinds of crafts to sell at the Card Stamping Table at my church's Harvest Fair in October. Two friends and I make cards and other stamped crafts for our table.

Here's one of the things I've made - little bucket purses! I used several different sentiments on them so people could use them for different occasions.

I got the paper flowers at Michaels in the wedding section - they come white and there were 9 blossoms in a package. I sprayed them with Walnut Inks by Tsukineko. I used Willow, CornFlower, Cherry Blossom and Lilac. (I've had these spray inks for more than three years and this is maybe the 2nd time I've used them!)
I made the purses out of textured Bazzill card stock that I got at Michaels - I love the embossed dots on it!
I used two different ribbons - some silk and some striped grosgrain both from Sharon's Stamp Simply Ribbon Shop.
All the sentiments are from the Fancy Phrases set by Waltzingmouse.

If you frequent my blog - you've seen this little bucket purse here several times - I think it's just so cute! - The pattern was designed by Mel and you can find it here.

Aren't these great little gift boxes?! You could slip something as simple as chocolate (Yum!) in these, a gift card, or some jewelry!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you have a great Monday!

Gettin' Sketchy with PTI

Good evening everyone!  I wanted to pop on and share a card I made with a newly acquired stamp set from Papertrey Ink called Guide Lines.  It was a tad difficult to place the grid correctly...as you can plainly see!  LOL!  Still, I am pretty happy with it...love black, gray and yellow together.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and started out white...I love my Copics!  I used the sketch over at Get Sketchy Card Challenges for this one.  :O)

Buy One Get 47 FREE!!!

Good afternoon everyone!  I just wanted to let everyone know that Dustin Pike of Doodle Dragon Studios is at it again!  When you buy this little fella...

...you will get all of these for FREE!  That's right!  BUY ONE GET 47 FREE!!!  Is that a deal, or what?

I used Drac Dragon for my sample today...he's quite the character!

Waltzingmouse Sketch - Happy Anniversary

Please scroll down to my post below to see my Speedy the Cats' Friends Challenge card - Friendship theme!



It's time once again for the Saturday Waltzingmouse Sketch - surprise! no circle this week!! LOL!!!

For my card - I turned the sketch on it's side and made it clean and simple with few embellishments to keep it a little bit masculine. The Love Potion label is from Rescue Remedies and the hearts are from Sweethearts.

And here's what I stamped on the inside. I drew my frames with a Sakura Gelly Roll pen that has a little glitter to it. The lines give some definition to all the white space!

So check out the WMS Sketch Blog and see the great sketch cards the Mischief Makers and other DT members have created this week!

Then make up your own card using the sketch and link it there by Thursday 9/2 at 11:59 pm EST - you could be a Top Mouse next week!!

Thanks so much for coming by today! Leave me a comment - I'd love to come by and visit you too!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Wanda's Pantry, Sweet Hearts

Paper: Vintage Cream - PTI

Ink: Ranger Distress - Tea Dye & Stormy Sky

Accessories: Ribbon - PTI, Labels Four Nestabilities, foam dimensionals, Sakura Gelly Roll Pen, Sponge & Applicator - Inkssentials/Ranger.

Speedy the Cats' Friends Challenge #18 - Friendship

Good morning everyone! It's Saturday and time for another Speedy the Cats Friend's Challenge. This week Vicki has challenged us to make a Friendship card!

And here's mine!

I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch for my card and some pretty DP's from Cosmo Cricket. I just love this bird don't you?!

Come on over to Marks Finest Papers Blog and link your friendship card there. You could win an MFP stamp set!! There will be a winner for every 50 entries!

This is my last week as a Friends of Speedy DT member - I've had such a blast using these wonderful MFP stamps these last 3 months! Thanks for having me ladies!

Hope you have something fun planned for your weekend - summer's almost over!

Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers - Bird/Tweet Blessings, Sentiment/Pears & Hollyhock
Paper: Red - MFP, white - PTI, DP Cosmo Cricket Togetherness
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Barn Door
Accessories: Flower die - PTI, narrow silk ribbon - PTI, Foam dimensionals, Scotch quick dry adhesive.

Make a Wish with Wink Wink Ink!

Good morning everyone!  I hope your Thursday has started off with a bang...it's Friday eve!  :O)  I'm getting ready to head over to my Mom's house.  She took the day off and we're going to do some shopping, get pedicures and have lunch!  How fun does THAT sound?

For my card today I have used several Wink Wink Ink images.  The chair, table and poodle are all in the Grandma's Parlor Collection Set.  The hat, balloons, pressie and sentiment can be found in the Birthday Necessities Set.  Too cute!  The chair was paper pieced using some of that yummy BG Olivia paper.  I have entered this into the JUGS color challenge and Simon Says Challenge - paper piecing.  :O)

Would YOU like to be part of the design team for Wink Wink Ink?  Now's your chance!  Check out all the deets RIGHT HERE!  Deadline is September 24th!  Good luck!  :O)

Doctor's Orders

I thought I'd play along with the Taylored Expressions sketch this week.



I inked up the Doctor's Orders Set for my card today, did a little stitching and added a wrinkled seam binding bow! I used some fun Cosmo Cricket papers too.

If it doesn't make you better - it'll at least make you smile right???!

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Doctor's Orders

Paper: vintage cream, pure poppy - PTI, blue bayou, apricot appeal - SU, DP Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck Togetherness

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: copics, gem - Michaels, wrinkled seam binding, sewing machine, swiss dots embossing folder, foam dimensionals, circle nestabilities, circle punch - Fiskars, corner rounder - EK Success

In My Garden

Good morning again, crafty friends!  Sorry for the lateness of my post.  It's time for Wild Flower Wednesday Challenge #29 at the Wild Flower Patch!  This week's challenge was issued by our lovely DT coordinator, Donna Wardle.  BLACK & WHITE!  A tough one, I think, but everyone really pulled out all the stops for it!  I'm so impressed by my fellow design team sistahs!!!

I used the flower image that was a freebie over on WFP Paper Craft Planet Group.  These were photo that I just took a couple of weeks ago out in my garden.  While I was out weeding, pruning and watering I had several visitors!  I saw a giant walking stick, a praying mantis and there was the most beautiful butterfly out there that looked solid black until he moved his wings...then they turned a deep shade of blue.  By the time I ran in for my camera the praying mantis was the only one I could still find to photograph.

You will definitely want to check out what the other design team members did for this challenge!  Check out their links on my sidebar!

A True Beauty...

Good morning everyone and Happy Hump Day!  It's time for the Showcase Showdown at The Digi Shack!  I have decided to do another digital layout for my creation this week.  I asked my hubby to take some photos of me for my blogger pic and, of course, I had to ham it up a bit.  *grin*  My cutest little doggy, Princess Lizzi Bear has accompanied me in one of them.  :O)  The butterflies on this layout are from The Digi Shack and can be yours for only $1!  That's right, just a buck!  I colored them in Photoshop to match my layout.  Neat, huh?  I'm entering this into the Flutter By Wednesday Challenge too. 

Check out the rest of the design team's creations too...links are on my sidebar!  :O)

Inspired by Metal

I've really been enjoying the Shabby Tea Room challenges that I recently discovered. This week the inspiration photo was this lovely bracelet and the challenge is to use metal on your inspired card or project.


Here's my inspired card.

I used alcohol inks to make my colorful swirl on glossy card stock - and I have to tell you the top and bottom color is really a cranberry NOT purple so it looks more like the bracelet gems IRL! For some reason alcohol inks do not photograph true! Then I stamped my Asian lanterns from Waltzingmouse Stamps with silver pigment ink and added the silver brads. Then I adhered the image panel to a black panel over a silver panel.

This card is also for the Teapot Tuesday challenge over on Split Coast which you will find here.

After having a wonderful sunny hot summer here in New England so far - we are suddenly having a week of rain! I'm glad I didn't take this week as vacation. Our gardens and lawns did really need the drink though!

Thanks so much for coming by today - what does this bracelet inspire you to create??

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Asian Gardens, Asian Gardens Additions

Paper: Glossy white CS , Basic Black - SU, Silver - unknown

Ink: Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Stone Washed, Rust, Cranberry, Wild Plum, Color Box Pigment Ink - Silver, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Alcohol ink applicator - Ranger, Silver Brads, Making Memories

Ready For Fall!

Hello all!  I just thought I'd stop by with another installment of card fronts I made for the swap I'm in.  This one was Thanksgiving or Fall.  I used some pretty stamps from Inkadinkado for these.  I love the way they turned out!  :O)

A Patriotic Bird

My blogging friend Mary Marsh is hosting the Our Daily Bread Designs - In Time: On Assignment Challenge (SNTODBD16) The challenge is to use ODBD stamps and to use a bird with a seasonal theme.

So I thought I'd join in the fun! Since I have the "In God We Trust' ODBD stamp set - I made my bird card with a Patriotic Theme using red, white and blue.

Check out Mary's Our Daily Bread Designs challenge here: for all the details and to see what you can win!

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs: In God We Trust

Paper: Vintage Cream, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy - PTI, DP Basic Grey/Infuse

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress - Worn Lipstick

Accessories: Fancy tags Spellbinders, foam dimensionals, copic E09, Sticky Pearl -Michaels, Tim Holtz Alterations Bird die, Nestabilities Big Scalloped circle & Pinking Circles, wrinkled seam binding.

What? No Pretty Paper?

Hello everyone!  Sorry for my absence!  I got pretty sick and slept FOREVER!  I am feeling {mostly} human today.  Since I missed out on sharing Jake's 1st day of school photo earlier this week, I'd love to share it now.  The first picture is last year's 1st day of school, followed by this year's...WOW!  You never really realize how much they grow until you compare like this!

It's time for another challenge at Doodle Dragon Studios Challenge Blog!  The next 2 weeks, through September 5th, your challenge is to use any DDS image and NO DESIGNER PAPER!  What?  No pretty papers?  That's right!  A difficult challenge for me!  Here's what I came up with using the sketch at Card Patterns...

Come on over and join us for your chance to win a free DDS image of your choice!  Check out the rest of the team's creations too!

Waltzingmouse Saturday Sketch #11 - Good Luck!

Please scroll down to my post below to see my Speedy the Cats' Friends Challenge card - Harvest Theme!

Are you ready for this weeks Waltzingmouse Sketch?!?! Well - here it is - in all its glory!!


And here's my card using the sketch. It seems that every card I make lately is shabby chic! I went from not being able to create in that style to not being able to stop! I guess it all started when I was trying to create something for last Tuesday's Friends of WMS challenge in the forum when Shabby Chic was the theme! Now I kind of get the hang of how to do it!

I used a Big Scalloped Circle Nestabilities to cut my round card and a circle Nestability to cut the center image. My circle is stamped with a label from Vintage Circles Small, the flower, bird and sentiment are from Asian Gardens. The tag and heart are cut with a Sizzix dies. Then I added a vintage shimmery button, some sticky pearls and wrinkled seam binding.

Everything is sponged in Ranger Tea Dye & Mustard Seed Inks.

So waltz on over to the WMS Sketch Blog and find out what the Mischief Makers have created this week for our inspiration! Then make up your own card using the sketch and link it there - you could be a Top Mouse next week!!

I appreciate your stopping by today!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Vintage Circles Small, Asian Gardens

Paper: Vintage Cream - PTI, Cork, DP October Afternoon/Thrift Shop/Still in Bag

Ink: Ranger Distress - Tea Dye, Stormy Sky, Mustard Seed

Accessories: Glue dots, Big Scalloped circle & Circle Nestabilities, sticky pearls - Michaels, Aizzix tag and heart dies, foam dimensionals, wrinkled seam binding ribbon, vintage button - PTI, narrow silk ribbon - PTI

Speedy the Cats' Friends Challenge - #17 Harvest Theme

Well, it's Saturday and that means it's time for another Speedy the Cats' Friends Challenge - this week Geri challenged us to make a card with a harvest theme - colors, fruit or flowers!

The Apples & Camellia set by Marks Finest Papers is just perfect for this challenge today. I inked the large apple in this set using Memento Dew drop ink pads which allowed me to color each section as I wanted - brown stem, green vine and red apple. There is actually a little butterfly on the stamp that I inked in peach - but then decided to put a punched butterfly there for a little dimension.

I sponged all my edges with Ranger Tea Dye and Mustard Seed inks. I embossed the frame on the card and adhered a piece of ribbon around the center of it. I stamped the image on a piece of CS, cut it out with a square Nestability die, sponged it and layered it over the embossed frame using foam dimensionals. Then I popped the little charm under the corner.

How will you use the harvest theme on a card this week!?! Come on over to Marks Finest Papers Blog and link your card there. You could win an MFP stamp set!! There will be a winner for every 50 entries!

If you load your card on Split Coast please use Speedys Friends in your keywords.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Stamps: Marks Finest Papers - Apples & Camellia

Paper: Vintage Cream - PTI, Peach - MFP

Ink: Ranger Distress Ink - Mustard Seed, Tea Dye, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy, Rhubarb Stalk, Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Ribbon & Charm - MFP, glue dots, square nestabilities, foam dimensionals, Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart

The Delicate Cottage Rose

Ok - so now that I've figured out how to do Shabby Chic - I can't seem to stop!



This week's Shabby Tea Room inspiration photo got me thinking about making another little box similar to the one under the table in this photo.! Isn't this a wonderful shabby chic scene?! I don't decorate my home in this style - but I do love looking at it!

I started with a little oval wood chipboard box 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" and covered it with patterned paper that had been sponged with Tea Dye Ink (of course!) I made my cluster of roses using red felt - you can see how I made these on my post here. I painted and sparkled a grungeboard scrolly and tucked it under the sentiment panel - to mimic the white leg on the table in the photo.

The sentiment and frame are Waltzingmouse.

I even made a handle for my little box. I punched a hole on each end with my Cropadile and threaded a piece of hemp twine through the holes knotting the ends on the inside. This is actually long enough to pull up and use to carry this little box!

The dress hanging on the wall in the photo also inspired me. I have a wonderful stamp by Serendipity that is 3 beautiful vintage dresses hanging on a line. I inked just one of them for my card and added some flower soft at the bust and hem to give the feeling of the chennille in the picture.

I used my Scor Pal to make lines like the tile floor in the picture. I made this flower out of Mulberry paper. I stamped the dress on pink flowery paper, cut it out and layered it over the 'wallpaper'. The frame is Spellbinders and is popped up on foam dimensionals as is the dress.

The sentiment is Waltzingmouse.

Hope to see you tomorrow when I'll have my Speedy's Challenge card as well as my Waltzingmouse sketch card! A busy posting day!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Fancy Phrases, Afternoon Tea, Serendipity - three dresses

Paper: White, vintage cream - PTI, Mulberry - AC Moore, DP - Retired SU, Imaginesce - Fairest of them All.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress - Tea Dye, Barn Door

Accessories: Skotch quick dry adhesive, cropadile, red felt, hemp twine - SU, sticky pearls - Michaels, lace - May Arts Ellen Hutson LLC, sponge & applicator - Inkssentials/Ranger, grunge chip board - Tim Holtz, white acrylic paint - Michaels, glitter - Blumchen & Co., spellbinders classic frame, flower soft - sweet pea, flower soft High tac PVA glue, foam dimensionals, lacey punch - Martha Stewart.