2016 Year In Review

Happy New Year's Eve!

We are down to the last Saturday in 2016, can't believe it! 

Today, I have 5 of my favorite cards made this year.

This card uses "Love Songs" from Sugar Nellie. 

The Funky Kits store is closing, 

so if you like this image it is only £1, while still available.

Image colored with Copic markers and background is chalk.

This is Bebe, which is found in the Simply Adorable Digital

section of the Sugar Nellie store.  Funky Kits is closing so

image available for only a short time.

Image colored with Copic markers and background is chalk.

This is Scrapberry's To My Best Friend.

The image was colored with Copic markers, background is chalk.

It is an image released by The Angel Company in 2011.  

The artist is Phyllis Harris, who draws for Unity Stamps now.

This is image was water colored.  

This image is from Penny Black Blooming Garden.   
I used a classic tile technique, image was colored with Copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings in 2017!
Deb

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Eve Day!

Today, I have a prototype card I made for this year,

but making 90-100 seemed like too much for the 

time I had to make them.

It is a simplified version of a posted card idea on 

Taylored Expressions website, for the Nativity border die.

The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions set Rejoice!

Cardstock is PTI White, Kraft and Black.

Inks are PTI black and Pure Poppy.

The red and white striped grosgrain ribbon is May Arts.

I hope to use this card next year.  This has never happened, imagine to

have a Christmas card design a year in advance and even a few made!

Thanks for stopping by...

May your Christmas be blessed.

Deb

Christmas Cards 2016

Happy Saturday!

This year for my Christmas cards, I made two variations of the same card.

I made 97 cards this year, about half of each design.

I cut the white panel with the star cut out on my Brother Scan N Cut.

I stamped the mini Nativity in the lower right hand corner.  

The stamps are from PaperTrey Ink - only $5 for a great mini nativity!

  

The inks are PTI Enchanted Evening and Dark Indigo.

Cardstock used is PTI White and Enchanted Evening.

The second card below, I used stamps from Taylored Expressions - Rejoice!

I added Metallic Silver Washi tape strip down the left side and also
to the blue cardstock behind the star, so it would be silver.

A great way to add a little sparkle. 

Inside Verse:

“And she will bear a Son, and

you shall call His name Jesus, for He

will save His people from their sins.”

Matthew 1:21

May the beautiful gift of Jesus

fill your home this holiday season

and throughout the coming year.

 Merry Christmas!

It was nice to make a handstamped card this year.  
The last couple years I used printed images for the sake of time.

Next week, I will have another Christmas card prototype,
which I hope to use next year.  This has never happened, imagine to
have a Christmas card design a year in advance and even a few made!

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Happy Anniversary 2

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have another Anniversary card I made this year.

This card uses several dies.  

The white cardstock perimeter with dot border

was cut with Spellbinders pierced rectangle.

The diagonal stitching was cut with Die-namics Stitched Strip. 

The hearts are part of this die set.

The Happy and Anniversary stamps are from Hero Arts

stamp and cuts set - Happy.  
I used the Happy die to add a layer. 

Cardstock and ink are PTI White and Pure Poppy.

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Butterfly Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card inspired by one made by NinaB.

This is my version, using stamps I had in my stash.  

The birthday background is from My Favorite Things.

The butterfly (TAC) was colored with colored pencils.  

Found some new colored pencils earlier this year - 

Raffine Marco Fine Art Color pencils 72 color

I'm really happy with them.  The colors are really bold.  Love that!

Challenges:

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

The Pencil Case - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Watercolor Birthday Barn

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have another birthday card.  This image is one I've wanted to use 

for years!  It is an image released by The Angel Company in 2011.  

The artist is Phyllis Harris, who draws for Unity Stamps now.  

Watercolors seem to be really hot right now 

so I found some on Amazon which are really amazing.  They are from

Japan - Kuretake MC2036V Gansai Tambi 36 Color Set.  

The pigments are really bold for watercolors.

Close Up: 

Challenges:

The Pencil Case - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - T is for Trees

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Penny Black - Blooming Garden

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a fun card that uses a tiling technique. 

I happened to be looking through some card images I saved for inspiration 

and saw this technique again. It is very simple to do.  

I stamped the poppy image.  

This image is from Penny Black Blooming Garden.   

This was my first Penny Black stamp purchase.  It is a clear stamp set, 

you never know with clear stamps how well they will stamp.  These were really nice and firm and gave a crisp image.   

I stamped the poppy image on a white piece of cardstock 2-5/8 x 4-1/8",

then colored it with Copic markers.  I cut the image down the center (1-5/16") and in 3 equal pieces (1-3/8") lengthwise.  
Then I layered it on some smokey shadow cardstock 3x4.5", leaving a 1/8" border to give the tile effect. 

The base card is 5.5" square.  Sentiment is from Biblical Impressions.  
I also made a couple using 'Thinking of You' and 'With Sympathy'.

Close Up:

Challenges:

Artbymiran - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Creative Corner - Anything Goes
Pattie's Creations - Birthday
Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

A Day for Daisies - Beauties

Happy Saturday!

I made 2 birthday cards this summer using 2 of my favorite 

A Day For Daisies images.  The first image is 'A Braid in my Hair'.

This card was made for my sister.

Close Up:

My second card uses the same layout, different AD4D image.

This is Pearls in my Hair, which I thought was perfect for our

niece's 16th birthday.

Close Up: 

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Happy Anniversary

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a card made on my Scan N Cut machine.
I saw something similar on Pinterest but did not have the dies, so
I created the heart cut pattern on my machine.

I used notebook cardstock from Amuse Studios and cut

3 hearts of various sizes using my Scan N Cut machine.

I added the stitching around the hearts with a black pen and

the Happy Anniversary sentiment.  Then backed the front panel

on red polka-dot paper with pop dots.  

One last embellishment of a ribbon and the card with finished.

I used this same design for Mother's Day cards too.

Challenges:
Crafting With Dragonflies - Spots and Stripes
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Tim Holtz - Bird Crazy

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card I made using Tim Holtz - Bird Crazy.
Colored with Copic markers.


Challenges:
Colour Crazy Craft - Anything Goes (Hand colored)
Creative Corner - Birthday
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Paper Shelter - Vintage Seamstress

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a card I made for my mom's birthday last year. 

The image is a pre-colored image from A Paper Shelter

called Vintage Seamstress.

Challenges:

Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Purple Coneflower Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today I thought I would share a card I made for my sister-in-law, 

whose birthday was in August.

The image is from Stamping Sensations - Coneflower.  

The sentiment is from Biblical Impressions.  

Love this full sheet B372- so many great images. 

Close Up:

Challenges:
That's Crafty Challenge: Clean and Simple
Simply Papercraft: Anything Goes
Polkadoodles: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...

Abundant Blessings,

Deb

Sugar Nellie - Gorjuss Girl

Happy Thursday!

Today, I used this Gorjuss girl,

 which I could not find in Sugar Nellie shop anymore.

My last card from the design team, which did not make it into an

official design team post.

Close Up:

The image is colored with Copic Markers.

E00, E11, E21, E31, E33, E41, E42, E43, YR21, YR24, R02, BG10, BG72

You can find this image and many others here...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Deb

Sugar Nellie - Made With Love

Happy Monday!

I made this card using 'Gift Wrapped' and 'Made with Love'.
One of 2 left over cards from the Sugar Nellie design team, 
which have not been posted. 

You can find this image and many others here...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Deb

Sugar Nellie - Victoria Standing

Happy Thursday!

This week on the Sugar Nellie blog the design team is featuring

digital stamps.  I used Victoria Standing.

Sadly, this is my last post for Sugar Nellie.  It was a fun year!

Close Up:

The image is colored with Copic Markers.

E00, E11, E21, E31, E33, E41, E42, E43, YR21, YR24, R02, R20, R22

You can find this image and many others here...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Deb

Sugar Nellie - Anything but a Card

Happy Thursday!

This week we have an 'anything but a card' theme Sugar Nellie Blog.
I made a gift tag using 'Gift Wrapped' and 'Made with Love'.

Bag:

You can find this image and many others here...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Deb

Sugar Nellie - Christmas 'Little Helpers'

Happy Thursday!

This week we are featuring Christmas images on the Sugar Nellie Blog.

Today, I used Little Helpers, which is on the retiring list. 
There are a lot of Christmas images retiring so now is the time 
to snatch these great deals before they are gone.     

You can find this image and many others here...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Deb

Sugar Nellie - Picket Post

Happy Thursday!

This week we have any image theme Sugar Nellie Blog.
This is 'Picket Post'.

Here is another using the same image...

You can find this image and many others here...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Deb

Sugar Nellie - Simply Sassy "Book Club"

Happy Thursday!

This week we are featuring digital images on the Sugar Nellie Blog.

Today, I used "Book Club".  

Close Up:

The image is colored with Copic Markers.

E00, E08, E11, E21, E31, E33, E35, E37, 
E40, E42, E43, E57, YR21, YR23
B21, B23, R02, R24, R29, T1, T3

Chalk background

You can find this image and many others here...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Deb

Sugar Nellie - Elf Made Magic

Happy Thursday!

This week we are featuring Christmas images on the Sugar Nellie Blog.

Today, I used Elf Made Magic, which is retiring.  
There are a lot of Christmas images retiring so now is the time 
to snatch these great deals before they are gone.    

You can find this image and many others here...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Deb

Sugar Nellie - Penguin Party

Happy Thursday!

This week the theme is flowers on the Sugar Nellie Blog.

Today, I used Penguin Party, which is unfortunately already gone.  
There are a lot of images retiring so now is the time 
to snatch these great deals before they are gone.    

You can find this image and many others here...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Deb

Sugar Nellie - Gorjuss "Guardian Angel"

Happy Thursday!

This week on the Sugar Nellie blog the design team is featuring

Gorjuss stamps.  I used Guardian Angel.

Close Up:

The image is colored with Copic Markers.

E00, E11, E21, E31, E33, E35, E37, R02, R24, R29, T1, YR30

You can find this image and many others here...

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Deb