Last Card of the Month

Last minute card for this last day of October.  Just playin' around today with a few images and decided to post this one.  The digital image is by Doodle Pantry.

 The sketch is Your Next Stamp.  Last day for this sketch too.

Pretty simple card - just colored with pencils and used some fun (old!) designer paper pieces.  Base is Kraft.

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Challenges:
Simon Monday - anything
Simon Wednesday - anything
Sister Act - anything
Word of Art Wednesday - anything

Paper Makeup's Challenge

I am so happy to let all you, my dear peeps, know that I am now on the design team at Paper Makeup.  So honored that I was asked to join.  So here is my first card for them, using a Paper Makeup digi of course.
The challenge this week at Paper Makeup is to use scraps.  Well, I have a ton of them so this was an easy challenge for me - hehee!

This was a perfect image to do some paper piecing.  Her hat and dress and heart are from one little piece.  Her apron and backing to the image panel are another.
I used a Stampin'Up! stamp to put flowers on the Vanilla card base.   Even though it makes for a busy card, it looked too plain before I stamped them.
She is such a cute digi.  The way she is dressed reminds me so much of one of my granddaughters - leggings, big hat and apron.  Love it.

I want to thank Paper MakeUp for accepting me onto the team.  I am excited to share with you each week.  They have some adorable digital images that I am looking forward to using. And I want to encourage you to join the challenge this week.  You can find it here. Just use a digital image and some scraps and you might just win 3 digital images by Paper Makeup.

Thanks for looking and thank you for taking the time to comment.

Challenges:
What if Wednesday - paper piecing
Your Next Stamp - photo inspiration colors
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Wags and Whiskers - paper piecing
Simon Says Wednesday - color inspiration
House of Gilli - thanks

A Chocolate Chuckle For Today

Raise your hand if you love chocolate?  I see a lot of hands.  Both of mine are raised!  Some of the stamps and digital images with chocolate quotes are so cute.  This stamp (image and sentiment on the same stamp) by Verses gives me a chuckle.

 
The base is dark Kraft from Kraft Outlet.  Brown ribbon with white stitching is from GKD.  I love it.  And the twine is also my favorite twine ever.  It is hemp cord from Kraft Outlet.  It is so pliable; easy to work with.
The patterned papers are scraps from the MME  "Dolled Up" 6 x 6.
Sketch at Bearly Mine

Thanks for looking and thank you for taking the time to comment.

Challenges:
Kraft Journal - colors
Simon Says Wednesday - colors
What if Wednesdays - paper piecing
Wags and Whiskers - paper piecing
Creative Knockout - favorite ribbon and twine
Pile it On - 2 embellishments (ribbon and twine)

Fun Frugal Cards

My stash of Christmas paper (especially scrap pieces) is crazy.  To say I have a plethora of it is an understatement.  And much of it is up to 10 years old.  So I have been trying to use up some of those pieces.  I don't want to look at them for too many more years!

Both of these cards are very basic CAS card.  I printed out a few pre-colored poinsettias from the Doodle Pantry Poinsettia set then fussy cut them.
I love the gingham ribbon on the first card - last little piece of this color in my ribbon scraps.  Of course, I have no idea where I purchased it but I need to look for some more.

How are you coming with your Christmas cards?

Thank you for looking and thanks for taking time to comment.

Challenges:
 Timeless Tuesday - fussy cut
Perfect Sentiment - poinsettia Christmas
Cards Galore - flowers
Creative Knockout - favorite ribbon /twine
Totally PaperCrafts - no square
Word Art Wednesday - anything

YeeHaw! A Western Sale!

Howdy Partner.  Today through October 27 there is a sale going on at Doodle Pantry.  30% off all Western digital sets .  So head on over to the Doodle Pantry corral and round up some great digital images.  Seriously, there is a wagon load of western images to choose from - western wear, pistols, barns, parchment, barbed wire, buckets, hay bales, even out houses! Here is one I found fun to play with:

How easy to make cards with Laurie's pre-colored images!  Most of her sets come with outline form and pre-colored images, sentiments,  as well as matching papers.  Here is a pic of this set that I used. 

Happy trails to you until we meet again.

Time For Another Birthday

Image, paper, and sentiment all in one place - that place is Doodle Pantry.  I just love this set, "Old Watch". 

Here is the card I made with that set:

I used two of the patterned papers, stamping a clock onto them with a Hero Arts stamp. After fussy cutting the watch image, I popped it onto the sentiment strip, adding Clear Star Sakura pen for a metallic sparkle.  One of the layers behind the image panel and the backing for the sentiment is Antique Gold metallic paper.  Base and brads are Dark Sage.
Several guy birthdays in our family are coming up soon and I think this turned out great for a masculine card.
The sketch I used is MFT 

      
   
  I still had a piece of the digital paper left over after several projects so I used a piece for the inside of the envelop and then stamped another clock from the Hero set onto the front of the envelop.

Thanks for looking and thank you for taking the time to comment.

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Crafty Creations - sparkle and shine
Penny's Paper Crafts - anything
A Blog Named Hero - envelope
My Favorite Things - sketch

Thankful For You

Here is another card with another Doodle Pantry digital image.  LOVE these pre-colored images.

The sketch I used is found at Seems A Little Sketchy

 On the Banana layer, I stamped a leaf by StampinUp.  The three leaves in left corner are also stamped with a StampinUp stamp.


Thanks for looking and thank you for taking time to comment.

Challenges:
Penny's Paper Crafting - anythin
Craft 4 Eternity - leaves
Sister Act - anything
Your Next Stamp - fall colors
Stamp and Create - fall