All is Calm (Journal Page)

Hi!

 

Mixed Media Place has a challenge running where they want us to use the emotion "calm" and create with it.  The first thing I thought of is sitting in my living room early in the morning with all of the Christmas lights glowing softly.  It is so calm and soothing. 

 

So, here is the page that came from that feeling. Painted the background.  Stamped woodgrain image using darker paint.  Added wood panels (walls) with a home-made stencil and coloured modeling paste.  added more dark colours to the bottom corner then painted my tree branches.  Added "light bulbs" to the branches with their soft glow. 

 

 

Here is a close up of the glittery lights.

 

I added some journaling with a white gel pen to the bottom right page after taking the photos.

 

Off to create another page. 

Donelda 

Downhill Tubing Fun (Scrapbooking)

Welcome back!  Here is another layout created based on Shimelle's Sketch 6. 

 

It was a perfect sketch for this event where I had a number of photos I wanted to include.

 

 

Remember how I am trying to not spend money but use what I have.  Well, I am always so tempted to purchase all the great labels that different companies sell.  But I don't and instead, I created my own labels that you see here using my circle and rectangle stamps from Papertrey Ink. 

 

 

This was a lot of fun to create! 

Thanks for visiting my small piece of the www

Donelda

Crafty Creations Challenge #166 - Yellow + another colour

Today is another Group 1 week at Crafty Creations Challenges #166 ... but you all know I love to play along with my friends!!  Today's challenge is to use Yellow plus one other colour.  I decided to go with grey, London Fog (Memento) to be precise.  A few weeks ago I went searching for a good grey and this was what I ended up purchasing at my local scrapbook store.

Not sure if you can tell but I covered lots of the flowers with dazzling diamonds glitter (Stampin' up!).

The glitter is amazing in real life ... so, like usual, I kept the overall card very clean and simple so not to compete with all that glittery goodness!

Okay, make sure you head over to Crafty Creations Challenges blog to see the rest of the design team cards and to upload your creation for a chance to win this great prize package

See that 6x6 Picadilly BasicGrey pack ... totally worth it .... my all time favourite BasicGrey paper!!

Thanks for dropping in.

Donelda

Crafty Creations Challenge #165 - Flower Power

Hello and welcome to Crafty Creations Challenge #165 - Flower Power!  I love using flower images.  I decided to use Flower Garden (Papertrey Ink) and add a bit of sparkle ... okay maybe A LOT of sparkle! 

I stamped the flower image on some clear cardstock and let it dry.  Then I coated the back with Orange Stickles (Ranger) and cut out the flower once it waws all dry.  It was so pretty that I didn't want it to compete with lots of other card elements so I went clean and simple... like usual :-)

Time to see what the other gals from Team 2 created using flowers....

Peggy

Jaime

Lindsey

Kathleen

Okay, now it is time for you to create a project using Flowers to win from Whiff of Joy.  Link it up over at the Crafty Creations Challenges ... and good luck!

Donelda

Crafty Creations Challenge #148 - Embossing and Glitter

This week Crafty Creations Challenges #148 is to use Embossing (heat or dry) and Glitter on a card.  Even though this isn't my week to share a DT sample, I decided to play along anyway!!  I mean, how much fun is embossing and glitter!

I decided to go with dry embossing and ended up with this clean and simple thank you card:

and here is a close up of the yummy blue stickles for the glitter!

The star was stamped onto a transparency and left to dry.  Then I cut it out and popped it up onto the blue glittery circle with foam dimensional.  Covered the tell tale foam with a tiny button. 

I think this might even be a masculine card ... well maybe not with the glitter...

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda

PaperCrafts Magazine CASE - Lindsey's choice

My blogging buddy, Lindsey, and I are at it again!  This time we each picked cards in the Nov./Dec. issue of Paper Crafts magazine.  Today is Lindsey's pick and tomorrow will be mine.

Lindsey picked this stunner by Kelly Eubanks seen on page 67 of the magazine.

I focused on the color combo (vanilla, black, and red - so classy) and the music sheet designer paper..... and here is my card:

You might not be able to see it very well in the main photo but I've added a strip of black glitter along the bottom.  It looks pretty snazzy in real life.  Here is a close up ...

Now I can hardly wait to see what Lindsey did with her interpretation of this card.  Don't forget to drop back in tomorrow to see the card I picked out of the magazine and then what we both did with it!!

Donelda

Crafty Creations Challenge #147 - Warmed by Friends

Welcome to  Crafty Creations Challenge #147.  This week the challenge is to make a Christmas project and include a sentiment.  This week's sponser is Lily of the Valley so join in the fun to win some great stamps.

I enjoyed coloring this wonderful Lily of the Valley digital stamp using Copic markers (click on the image to see a larger image for details).  The sentiment is one from Made of Snow (Papertrey Ink).

I hand cut some holly leaves from Distressed Dots designer paper (Papertrey Ink) and punched the berries.  The Terricotta Tile twill is also from Papertrey Ink.  And I added lots of shimmery white glitter to the girls' dress and hat.  (Thanks again Imke for all the goodies!).

Be sure to admire some the rest of the Crafty Creations Design Team's Christmas projects:

Peggy

Jaime
Jenni

Donna

Lindsey

Kathleen

Then link up your creations HERE to join in the fun and you might win a prize from our sponsor, Lily of the Valley.

 

Donelda

Moxie Fab Challenge - Award Medallion

Cath always has some fun challenges going on over at Moxie Fab world.  Right now she is celebrating her 3rd year of posting!!  This card is created for the Award Medallions Challenge.

The black paper is glittery (but hard to see in the photo) and the black on the designer paper is nice and fuzzy creating all kinds of texture in real life!!   That is why I kept the card fairly clean and simple!

Thanks for looking
Donelda

Take 3 Challenge - Pumpkins - Take 2

Welcome back to my Take 2 card this week using this great pumpkin stamp.  Today's card is a thank your card and so very Clean and Simple!!  and oh so different from yesterdays!!

The pumpkin was coloured with some Orange stickles (thanks Secret Sister!!) and the leaves are colored with Diamond stickles.  The effect is amazing in real life.  I tried to capture it here ...

I'd also like to say that this is my entry for Susan R's Gratitude Challenge.  This card will be heading off to someone whom needs to hear that I am thankful for them!! 

Okay, that's 2 takes down and just one left, which will be here on the ole blogo tomorrow!  Hope you pop back in to check it out!!

Donelda

CAS-ual Fridays #24 - No Orange Halloween

Over at CAS-ual Fridays the latest challenge is to create a Halloween card that does not have any orange in it!  Well, that isn't really so hard now .. is it??!!

Here is what I ended up with ....  I really like it ... but it kinda makes me think of batman ... no it totally makes me think of batman!!  LOL!!

The bat was cut out of Sookwang tape and then covered with black glitter ... here is a closer picture that almsot captures the sparkliness of the glitter:

If you are a regular here you know that I love to create CAS (Clean and Simple) cards.  This is the first time I've played along with a CASual Fridays challenge but I am sure to be there again!! 

Thanks for dropping by,
Donelda

Moxie Fab Sketch 3

(note - this is my 3rd post for today ... to see 2 other Moxie Fab sketches, scroll down ...)

And here is another Moxie Fab World sketch ...

And my card ....

I love, love, love these embellishments from K&Co.  Anything with feathers makes me smile!!  And the 3 squares are made using a sticker (from Making Memories) placed on double sided adhesive and then the rest is coated with that awesome teal glitter!  More smiling! 

Thanks for looking.
Donelda

Image Swap - Denise's May Image

This is the latest image that has been swapped in the image swap that I am in over at SCS.  I believe this is a Mo Manning image.  I decided t use this piece of awesome BasicGrey paper.  That gave me my color combo.  I picked out yellow, pink, and blue copic markers and went to town coloring this gal in.  Then, I broke out the Stickles and added some to her wings, edge of her tutu, and ont he stars and sprinkles on the cupcake. Yummy!

If you want to check out more of the cards made by the other girls in the swap you can do so by looking in the gallery HERE.

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda

One Layer Wednesday (OLW) 49 - Pink and Green + Unused Stamps

Jennifer set the One Layer Wednesday #49 challenge this week:  "Make a one-layer card with any stamp (or stamps) that have never seen ink and include the colours green and pink."

I bought this Gel a Tins set called French Country Postage a few years ago at a neighbor's garage sale for a steal of a price but have yet to use any of the images in the set.  Great time to pull it out for this girly card.  The double square image and the crown were both in the set.  The sentiment comes from Everyday Classics (Papertrey Ink Anniversary Set) which has seen limited ink and this particular sentiment has never been used. 

I added a bit of Studio g glitter glue on portions of the crow for a bit of sparkle!

Thanks Jennifer for a great challenge to get me back in the card making mood!!
Off to see what everyone else did!

Donelda

Image Swap - Imke's March Image

This is the image we recieved for an image swap I am in over on SCS.  Isn't this the cutest little thing!!  Imke also sent the little sun charm with the images to make the challenge even more fun!!

I decided to color this gal in using my new Copic markers.  That was a ton of fun.  I started with her yellow hair and then decided to go with purple!  The addition of the ginham paper was required as I love it so much!  I added some yummy blue sparkles to her wings!! 

You can check out all the other creations at our March Gallery.

Thanks for dropping by. 

Just so you know, my life is a bit crazy these days at work.  I hope to get back to posting more regularly but it might be another few weeks before that can happen.  Thanks for understanding.

Donelda

PTI - Make It Monday #3 - Glitter Strips - Apple Well

This week's Make It Monday #3 on Nichole Heady's blog is to use glitter strips with sco re tape.  Here is my creation -- proudly made with all scraps (with the exception of the card base).  Yup, all those components you see were in my "bin" so I used them LOL!! 

All supplies are Papertrey Ink unless indicated - Stamps: Teacher's Apple, Wedding Day, Vintage Picnic; Ink - Pure Poppy, New Leaf; Paper - Pure Poppy; Other - glitter (Stampin' Up!), dimensionals.

I can't wait to see what this coming MIM #4 is going to be!!

Thanks for dropping in.
Donelda

PTI Anniversary Tag - Tiffany Pastor

Papertrey Ink is having their Anniversary Bash and to celebrate their designers have created free tags that can be downloaded. And, in true PTI form, Nichole is giving away a great prize to one random entry!! Go to her blog to see all the details!!

I decided to use the images to make 3x3" cards. This is the first of 7 (I didn't use 2 of the tag images as I ran out of time).

This tag was created by Tiffany Pastor. I colored in the swirls with soem Raspberry Fizz ink (PTI) and my blender pen. The light blue around the swirls is a Copic marker.  There are 2 designer papers used here, the light blue circle is from Pretty Pastels (PTI) and the polkadot is from Raspberry Fizz Mix (PTI).  This ended up being another very simple card to create with just some dimensionals and a bit of glitter to make it sparkle.

This is the 3rd of 7 posts using these great free images from PTI.  Make sure you check them all out.  And drop over to Nichole's blog to see all the fun!

Donelda

PTI Anniversary Tag - Lisa Johnson

Papertrey Ink is having their Anniversary Bash and to celebrate their designers have created free tags that can be downloaded. And, in true PTI form, Nichole is giving away a great prize to one random entry!! Go to her blog to see all the details!!

I decided to use the images to make 3x3" cards. This is the first of 7 (I didn't use 2 of the tag images as I ran out of time).

This tag was created by Lisa Johnson.  Soft and sweet!!  I colored the heart in with some Sweet Blush ink and a blender pen.  The light blue along the bottom is colored with a Copic and there is some glitter added along the lines.  The sentiment if from Mixed Messages (PTI) and is the perfect size in there!!  The background designer paper is from Pretty Pastals (PTI). 

This is the 4th of 7 posts using these free lables from PTI.  Make sure you check them all out ... they were fun to create!!
Donelda

PTI Anniversary Tag - Dawn McVey

Papertrey Ink is having their Anniversary Bash and to celebrate their designers have created free tags that can be downloaded. And, in true PTI form, Nichole is giving away a great prize to one random entry!! Go to her blog to see all the details!!
I decided to use the images to make 3x3" cards. This is the first of 7 (I didn't use 2 of the tag images as I ran out of time).
This tag was created by Dawn McVey.  It features another Martha Stewart butterfly coated in blue glitter this time!  The sentiment is from Mixed Messages (PTI) and the designer paper is from In Bloom (PTI). 

This is the 6th of 7 entries ... make sure you scroll down and see them all!!
Donelda

PTI Anniversary Tag - Alli Miles

Papertrey Ink is having their Anniversary Bash and to celebrate their designers have created free tags that can be downloaded.  And, in true PTI form, Nichole is giving away a great prize to one random entry!!  Go to her blog to see all the details!!

I decided to use the images to make 3x3" cards.  This is the first of 7 (I didn't use 2 of the tag images as I ran out of time). 

This tag was created by Alli Miles.  I did a bit of adjusting (cut away the outer circle).  The designer paper is from the Pretty Pastals paper (Papertrey Ink), the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and coated with pink glittery goodness!  The flower and brown parts are colored with Copics.

This is the 7ths and last post using the free PTI tag images that Nichole gave out on her blog this morning!!  Make sure you scroll up to see all 7 of my cards and there is a group shot on the first entry!

Thanks for visiting.
Donelda

Masculine Glitter Card

I just found a blog called Critter Challenge!!  (edited to add ... guess what ... the challenge is actually closed ... story of my life!!  Ha!)

This week's challenge is to create a masucline card .. but you have to use glitter on it.  At first I thought that would be hard...but then it turned out being VERY easy!!  :-)

Simply adhered some Sookwang tape onto white cardstock, stamped the rocketship image onto the sookwang tape and cut each section off glittering as I went!!  Easy peasy!! This would make a great gift tag for a young boy (or maybe even an old one!). 

Stamp set: Robots by Recollections; Glitter Ritz, Sookwang tape, white cardstock (Stampin' Up!).

Off to see what everyone else did with glitter.  Maybe I'll make a few other glittery cards while it's all out on my desk.  You'll probably see them in the near future.

Donelda