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

Take 3 Challenge - A Dog and His Boy - Take 3

Okay, so here is my Take 3 using the October Afternoon set Kite Tales.  Except this time it might need to be called a Dog without his boy.  LOL

I used my mirror image stamp to make a few dogs facing the other way.  Then I could set them around with that adorable sad face, looking like they will miss their friend!!

Wow, that was a fun card to create!

Well, that is it for this week's Take 3 Challenge.  What a fun stamp set to play with!!

Thanks for visiting!

Donelda

Take 3 Challenge - A Dog and His Boy - Take 2

Here is my second card using this cute little dog and boy image from October Afternoon's Kite Tales stamp set.  It all started with those clouds .. they are rub ons (from Studio Calico) that I got at 75% off at my local scrapbook store.  Love them!!

I adore this cute little scene.  Today, the boy is coloured with Copics while yesterday's
card was paper pierced.

Okay, one more card ... my Take 3 using this little stamp set will be here tomorrow.  It is a very
different take from these last 2 cards.....

See you tomorrow!

Donelda

Trigger Tuesday - Blue Bird and Red Gingham

Anyone who drops by regularly will know that I LOVE red gingham!  So, when I saw the Trigger Tuesday inspiration picture from Moxie Fab World, I really wanted to play along.  Problem was ... when I looked, I didn't have a scrap of red gingham paper to use!   Can you believe it ... I couldn't!!! 

So, I had to create my own, which I did using Papertrey Ink's Faux Ribbon stamp set and some ColorBox red ink!  And check out the background paper ... a perfect match to the photo.  It came from the Seaside 8x8 paper pack (October Afternoon).

The bird is a Magenta chipboard bird covered with somelight blue paper and sponged with Broken China and Walnut Stain Distress inks.  Sentiment if from Bird Watching (Papertrey Ink).

Off to check out what everyone else did with this spectacular inspiration photo.....

Thanks for dropping by...

Donelda

Take 3 - Week of July 4 - part 3

And welcome back to see Take 3 of this week's challenge. 

Today's card is a different layout!  I love that plaid background paper (from October Afternoon) and think it works well with this particular image.  This would be a great card for a little boy celebrating his special day! 

Well, that is all 3 takes for this image.  What might next week's Take 3 challenge look like??  Just one way to find out .. you'll have to drop back in for a visit to see!! 

Donelda

Sweet Strawberries and Friends

I adore these hand cut strawberries with the gingham hulls and polka dot flesh!  They look good enough to eat :-) 

The papers are from October Afternoon.  The Kraft base is stamped with the berry from Green Thumb (Papertrey Ink) and the letters are Hero Arts. 

Donelda

Enjoy the Moment

I picked up a great package of clear stamps from Maya Road.  I am a big MR fan as their products are always top notch!!

Pulled together this quick card using the cute polka dot tree!  The shadow is a "stamp" I created myself out of left over rubber from some other set that you need to cut out. 

The striped paper comes from one of my new Campfire paper by October Afternoon.  The colors are so yummy!! 

Thanks for dropping by!
Donelda

A Boy and His Dog - Paper Piecing

Good evening everyone.  I wanted to use some of the new stuff I bought and to participate in one of the Moxie Fab challenges that are going on right now.   I haven't done some paper piecing lately and I knew this October Afternoon stamp set called Kite Tales would work perfectly.  This little boy and his dog are adorable!!  Going through all the designer paper that I have gathered in an attempt to use some (for a change) I decided to us the Mellow 6x6 pad (BasicGrey).  I choose 4 of the patterns - stripes (for his shirt), brown solid (for his pants), green solid (for his speech bubble), and cloud page (for the background).  The sentiment is from Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)  See

that awesome grass ... it is a piece of Banana Leaf Festive paper by Creative Imaginations.  It is the coolest stuff ... soft and green and flexible!  I fringed it and then smooshed it all around the boy and dog's feet. 

This was a FUN card to create. 

Thanks for dropping in.  Off to see what others paper pieced for the challenge.

Donelda

Get Well Teapot

I adore this wonderful set from Papertrey Ink but I find that I rarely pull it out.  So a few days ago I did grab it and created a card. 

I had also bought a package of 8x8 papers from October Afternoon called Fly a Kite - it was 50% off!!!  I adore the designs on the papers.  They are so vintagey and fun.  So I used the yellow pattern, called Dandelions, for the teapot!!!

The card is pretty basic, just some various sized strip of paper anda bit of cutting with my deco scissors!!

Supplies- Stamps: Tea for Two (Papertrey Ink); Paper - Fly a Kite (October Afternoon), Bitty Dots in Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink), Very Vanilla cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Ink - Chocolate Chip (SU!); Other - large scallop scissors (Provo Craft), marker.