Image Swap - April

Hello!  Today I am sharing the card I created for a swap I am in.  This image, from Tanja is so cute.  She added the challenge to use red and blue, which I think was a perfect choice for the image.

While you can't see it in the photo, the stars are all painted with Twinkling H2O and looks really shimmery in real life! 

And see my sentiment bubble ... made with felt!  So fun!!

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda

CAS-ual Friday #44 - Changito Wedding

Hey everyone!  I am back from my work trip and I had to get back in my craft room and create!!  I received this sweet image from Angela as part of a challenge swap I am in.  Sweet!!  I decided to use it for the Retro Sketches #2 challenge as well (but of course you know I'm too late to add it to the challenge .. sheesh!!)

And the final project also works for this week's CAS-ual Friday challenge #44 - to use a pattern, an image, and a sentiment ... and still keep it clean and simple. 

I picked up this georgous paper from my local scrapbook store last week (Ring Around the Rosie by October Afternoon) and wanted to cut right into it (or I would just hoard it!! LOL).

 I kept the whole thing clean and simple to allow the focus to be on the cute monkeys and that beautiful background paper.  The tearing and the texture on the strip of yellow paper adds just enough oomph.

 

And notice the boy monkey's tie ... he just looked too plain so I decided to give him one.  A bit of diamond stickles on his tie and her hair piece makes all the difference!!

Thanks for dropping by for a visit!

Donelda

Image Swap - Patti's Gals

This is my January card for an image swap I belong to over at SCS.  This month Patti sent us this great image to play with and challenged us to come up with an appropriate sentiment to go with it! 

I decided to add my "sentiment" into a word bubble .. it says, "Life is too short to order the small slice".

Here is a side view to see the dimension of the gals!!  Doesn't that chocolate cake look delish!! 

Thanks for visiting,

Donelda

November Image Swap - Squirrely Christmas

This is the latest image we recieved for our image swap on SCS.  This time Tracie sent us this cute squirrel!  

We always send at least 3 copies of the image (just in case) so I colored all 3 and used them for dimensional by popping them up.  Here is a side view:

I coloured it in with Copics.  The star on top and all of the other yellow ornaments have gold sparkle gel pen added for a bit of sparkle.  Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.  This is a new layout for me! 

If you want to see all the other cards from our swap, check out our gallery HERE.

Thanks for visiting.

Donelda

September Image Swap

This month, Pat sent us this awesome Lockhart image to create with!  Look at those awesome pumpkins and apples and corn cobs~  It was so much fun to create with this image.

The background papers are from BasicGrey - I'm happy to say that I am continuing to use them and stop all this crazy hoarding!!  LOL!!  A piece of rafia and some simple tearing was all the addition this lovely image needed!

Thanks for dropping by!
Donelda

Image Swap - Suzanne's Aug. Image - Invitation

This month is our SCS image swap it was Suzanne's turn to share.  And boy did she ever give us a doozie!!  Suzanne sent us image bits and pieces of a scrapbook store front and challenged us to create our own Store.  What a brilliant idea!!  So much fun.  Now, I must confess that I had a bit of a different idea!  I decided to create an INVITATION to come to my house for a  stamping party.  I have been planning to invite a few friends over to make Christmas cards and thoguht this would be the perfect opportunity. 

Here are some photos of my end invitation:

The front of my Invite.  The "your invited" sentiment if a Studio g stamp.

A close up to show some of the details.  See the bottle of pink glitter - real glitter on that baby!!  (click pic to get a larger image).

More details - see the wood grain door, the vellum window panes, and the gold door knob.... so  much fun!

And here is a picture to show the details inside my 'house'.  I used one piece as a bench and shelf and added things to it.  I cut off the top few woodmounted stamps and added it to the bottom pile.  I also covered a few of the scrap books and recolored them so that it did look too repetative.  Also, I had to change the 'Paper For Sale' sign (because at my stamping party I would not be selling stuff but would be sharing my stash with my friends) to Help Yourself!  I picked a background that might look like wallpaper, and even added a piece of artwork ....

And here is the back of my Invite ... it has all the details!   A full day of stamping, laughing, and having fun! Wish all my swap friends could come!!!

Well, have a great Sunday. 
Next week I have a new Take 3 Challenge so drop back in on Monday!

Donelda

Image Swap - My June Image

This month it was my turn to share an image with everyone in the Image Swap over at SCS.  I wanted to go with an image that was a bit different than what we were using (mostly cute little girls) so I picked these tulips from The Stamp Barn.   I sent some images on basic rectangles and also one cut with an oval die cut.  To make things a little "fun" I asked all the ladies to create a card that is more Clean and Simple than their typical style.  That doesn't mean it has to be a true CAS card, but rather they need to reduce their layers, embellishments, etc. than what they would usually use.  I am sure some of them are ready to kill me!!  LOL!!  I hope not and I hope that they simply use it as a way to stretch their creativity!!! 

Can't wait to see what everyone else did.  You can come and check it out over HERE.

Thanks for dropping by for a visit. 
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

April Image Swap cards

Yup, I ended up with 2 cards!  And the reason is because I forgot to use the lovely white ribbon and silver cord that Joanna was nice enough to include!!  Sheesh, I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached (and anyone who knows me knows that that is really the truth!! LOL)

Enjoy both and don't forget to check out our whole gallery over on SCS that you can link to HERE.

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