Penguins and news

Hi Everyone, I have been asked to be on the DT of 2CCC, I was thrilled and said yes. Although a correction here, as far as I was aware I was GDT last month, then read the blog and it seems I was full DT all the time, oh! old age!

This is my card for the 40th challenge of 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies

I really couldn't make up my mind which image to use of Jan's Digis, so I used 2, one ready coloured and one I coloured myself. Such fun to do. Both sentiments are in the set, with others. I used dies and my Silhouette to add the mistletoe and snowflakes and to print and cut the images. I added a dp paper to the card and added the images cut out 3 times, then added the details. I used fluffy stuff to the one penguin and 3D gloss to the beaks after layering 3 pieces of them. I also used a silver sparkle pen to the lettering of the sentiment on the right card.

Under the Mistletoe - Jan's Digi Stamps

left card - ready coloured

right card coloured with - Distress inks

mistletoe - Deedees no longer available, I doodled the string

snowflake dies - unknown

fluffy stuff - Cosmic Shimmer

silver sparkle pen - Uniball

Silhouette Cameo 2 to cut out images and mistletoe.

Also Wonderful news

Jan's Digi Stamps

has a 25% off SPECIAL SALE

on all her Christmas sets, throughout the entire month of July

how is that for an offer?

Sheepski Design Challenge

12 months of Christmas Link Up

Jan's Digi Stamp Challenge

Crafty Animals Challenge

Pisces!

Hi everyone, I saw that the Less is More Challenge had a Horoscope theme, so after a VERY long time I decided to join in, seeing as I'm a Piscean and my birthday isn't to far off! The card looks curved in the photo, it isn't! I couldn't get it better looking on this bad day, sorry.

fish ready coloured- Dee Dee's Digis, sadly no longer available.

fish - Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens 

3D gloss - Anita's, on the eyes.

paper - Carin Grobe

film frame - Carin Grobe, cut with Silhouette Cameo

sentiment - with thanks to Paulette at Create with TLC for a play on her quote.

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2019/03/challenge-390-horoscopes.html

https://crafterscastle.blogspot.com/2019/03/march-challenge-15-february-winner.html

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/03/march-challenge.html

http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2019/03/challenge-24-sponsor-imagine-that.html

A CAS Christmas card

Hi Everyone, I am sad to say here is my last DT post for Deedee's Digis I have used her Birdie's Snow Day set, everything on the card is from the same set.

You still have a couple of days before Deedee closes her shop permanently 

A simple card and very glittery, it really has a lot of sparkle which doesn't show up too well. I coloured and paper pieced the image, I made the bird a robin, as we don't have Cardinal birds in the UK. I included DP's from the kit, then laid out in PS and saved as a png file, Cameo print and cut then I added Tonic Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter.

I hope you all had a Happy and Fun Christmas

Crafting from the Heart FACEBOOK Challenge - Always Anything Goes

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/challenge-92.html Anything Goes

Forget me not

HI Everyone, a DT card that I have a card for you today is made for Deedee Anderson of Deedee's Digis. She is closing her store and retiring her images at the end of the month. I have had so much joy using Deedee's images from the first one I ever did. I was lucky enough to be Guest Designer and then asked to join the Design Team. It has been a joy to be amongst such lovely people especially Deedee and Kathy who is the sponsor coordinator. I shall not forget you. Thank you for the opportunity to be challenged to the hilt sometimes LOL.

Deedee has 75% off her wonderful images go get some before they disappear on the 31st December  HERE

Here is my thank you card for Deedee, which I am entering into the "Allsorts Challenge - Anything but Christmas" that Deedee is sponsoring.

I used a layering image from the set and coloured it in Photoshop then added a outline to the image, added the check paper to the vase and sentiment from the set. Print and cut on the Cameo and layered onto the card and 3D gloss onto the vase. I wanted a CAS card to show off Deedee's image.

Blog Hop WINNERS

Hi Everyone here is a copy from Deedee's blog, I'm happy to say Pamellia has been Deedee's choice as my chosen winner.

Everyone remember that Deedee has a 70% off sale as she is retiring the shop at the end of December. She has fabulous kits.

Blog Hop Winners!

Thanks so much to all of you who participated in our blog hop! As promised, we have winners to announce today. First up, here are the winners from each of our participating designers' blogs. Each of the ladies listed below have won their choice of any one (1)  digi set of your choice from our shop.

(Carol)  -  Cotnob  

(Deedee)  -  KTFitKitty

(Donna)  -  Sarah W.

(Faith)  -  Pamellia Johnson

(Helen)  -  CTGirl

(Kathy D.)  -  Super Stamp Girl

(Marji)  -  TN Granny 

(Nancy)  -  Tracy

(Rhonda)  -  Vicki

(Sheena)  -  Cyndi Malzahn

And the winner of the Grand Prize of a $15 gift code to our shop, drawn from those who commented here after completing the hop, is:

Tricia from Spain

Congrats, ladies! Please contact Deedee at deedeesdigis@gmail.com regarding your prize.

Deedee's Digis Blog Hop

 Hi Everyone, My first of two posting today, the DSC Challengewill be posted at 2pm.

Happy December! It's a brand new month, and what better way to celebrate than with a blog hop?!? This hop is a little different than our usual. This month we are proudly sponsoring the quarterly blog hop at the House of Cards challenge blog, where all of their hop creations are centered around this lovely inspiration photo.

If you participate in their hop, you could win one of several prizes from a variety of sponsors. But we thought, why not make it a true PARTY and offer you a TANDEM HOP?!?

So here's how OUR hop works:

• Based on the same inspiration photo, some of our designers have created projects to inspire you.
• You have until 11:55 PM Pacific Time this Saturday, December 5, to visit our participating designers' blogs and leave them some love.
• At the end of our hop, each participating designer will choose a winner from the comments left on their hop post, and each winner will receive one digi set of their choice from our shop.
• All winners will be announced here on Monday, December 7th.

Sound like fun? But wait -- there's more!!! When you've completed the hop, be sure to stop back here and leave a comment to tell us so. Those who do will be entered to win our grand prize of a $15 gift code to the shop.

Last but not least, no Deedee's Digis blog hop would be complete without a FREEBIE to kick it off. Our new "Gift of Love" digi set is available to download for FREE in the "Try Before You Buy" area of our shop through December 6.

Wow -- that's a lot of FUN! Now let's get going! Here are the designers to visit. Happy hopping! :-)

Carol Longacre

Deedee Anderson

Donna Rinckel

Faith Anderson < you are here >

Helen Nile

Kathy D.

Marji Franklin

Nancy Nickel

Rhonda Miller

Sheena Mckee

Anyhow on to my creation. I followed the inspiration picture to make an unusual colour way Christmas card and I am quite liking it. I used the outline image candle from Deedee's Digis "Open Window" I laid it out and coloured it in Photoshop, printed it out and decided to scrape the edges of one of the layers. After layering the candle and it's papers I sewed around the edge, (just wish my little sewing machine was a better stitcher!) I added glitter glue around the candlelight and the snowflakes.

http://asnowflakespromise.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/challenge-11.html Winter Christmas - Yep!

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/winter-challenge.html  Winter - Yep!

http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/challenge-no-60-merry-christmas.html  Merry Christmas - Yep!

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/anything-goes.html Anything Goes

http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/ttcrd-anything-goes-challenge-december.html Anything Goes

http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/challenge-247.html Non traditional Christmas colours - Yep!

http://www.unicornchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/challenge-4-winter-time.html Winter - Yep!

Sad news.

This is from Deedee's blog today.

Shop Closing December 31

My dear crafty friends,

This last year has been a very challenging one for my family, and it has become increasingly difficult for me to keep up with running a business around the twists and turns of life. Although I'm sad to do it, I have decided to close Deedee's Digis so that I can better focus my attention where it needs to be -- on my family.

So that we can honor our sponsorship commitments, the shop will remain open through December 31, and we will continue to share inspiration here until then. If there are digi sets that you've been wanting, please do order them before December 31. Also, if you have prize codes that you've been holding on to, please be sure to use them ASAP, as I will not be able to honor them after December 31. All of our digi sets are, and will remain, on 75% discount through the closing, so you should be able to get a lot for even a little.

Normally we would have a new Digi of the Month challenge to share with you today, but because we are closing, we have decided not to have one this month. Those who played in last month's challenge, however, should have received a special set, as promised, in your email.

I thank you all for the last six, wonderful years of being able to share digis with you. Although I won't be running the shop anymore, I do hope to continue crafting. You can find my long-neglected personal blog at http://stampingsunshine.blogspot.com/, where I hope to soon be able to share my personal craft projects again, if you are interested in keeping up. Who knows...as much as I love to draw, I might just have a little treat to share there with you now and again, too. ;-)

I wish you and yours a very happy holiday season, and everything good in the new year!

Hugs!

Jumper Christmas

Hi Everyone, a DT card for Deedee's Digis who is sponsoring a challenge at Cupcake Inspiration Challenge the colours are so delicate I was wondering what I could do and then decided to do a Christmas card, to add to my low stock. 

The Inspiration colours are unusual for a Christmas card but what the heck. I am pleased with the result as Deedee's Ugly Jumpers are great to make an unusual card, especially as included in the kit is a plain jumper so you could add what you want to the front of the jumper, (a name?).

I laid it out and used the overlay style in PS, for the sentiment on the coral layer and the star on the yellow layer, I used the third colour to surround the jumper image. I coloured the image on the jumper in the same colours and added a die branch and glitter dust over them and the stars and 3D gloss over the duck image.  Although it looks simple, I used quite a few kits of Deedee's to make it. 

Tattered Lace die 

http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/challenge-336.html colour inspiration - Yep!

http://www.storytellernorge.blogspot.no/2015/11/utfordring-43-jul-med-utradisjonelle.html Christmas with unconventional colours - Yep!

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/wrap-up-warm.html  Wrap up warm - Yep!

Three Kings

Hi Everyone, my DT card for Deedee's Digis today is for the sponsored challenge at The Crafters Cafe Challenge which is for a song inspired card, as you can see, my song is actually a Carol, it just jumped into my mind, I expect, because I am becoming aware of the days being crossed off to Christmas!!!!!!!!

I used 2 of Deedee's kits to make this shaped card. They are so very good with the choices in them, they mix and match and you can even colour your own images and use the sentiments provided.

I used the "Merry Christmas" kit for the digi paper and resized the label for the card also "Wise Men" of which I used the ready coloured image, I added a pale holly overlay over the DP. then added a music score of the We Three Kings, I added a rolled corner for the score. The sentiment came from the "Snowman Tags" kit I used my Cameo to print & cut out the shaped card, Wise Men and label and star, I 3D'd the elements and added gold Stickles and 3D gloss on their eyes.

Holly overlay Brooke Gazarek

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/week-43-crafting-challenge-at.html Add sparkle, glitter. bling - Yep!

http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/anything-goes-as-long-as-its-christmas.html Anything GOes as long as it's Christmas - Yep!

http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-96-winners-94.html  Anything Goes - Yep!

World Card Making Day at Deedee's Digis

Hi Everyone, my DT post for today is reminding you about Deedee's Digis WCMD.

If you look at the tic tac toe recipe I have chosen line 6, this was the hardest for me and as it's a "challenge" I decided to go for it. I chose the fox from the Pumpkin Pals kit, and I've done it AGAIN, not looked at the kit and haven't used the perfect papers provided.  Using them, would have saved me at least half an hour looking for papers to match - oh! dear when am I going to learn? I just saw foxy and that was it. I was so worked up with deciding to hand colour I didn't look any further, 'til I was ready to post.

I cut the centre papers out with my Tonic rectangle dies and the Scripture verse with a Tonic square die, I also embossed the dies.

The Scripture verse was one I thought suited me, as I intend not to give up on my colouring, but it also was apt for myself and a few bloggers of late, who are going through hard times, personally and family wide. This card is for you, may you have many blessings when your struggles are over.

Go over to Deedee's Digis and enter, the latest date is the 16th so you still have a chance to enter.

Anyhow here is my card and a view of the kit used.
Foxy is coloured with Spectrum Noir markers. These are the colours I used -
green stem DG3, DG4

fox TN7, TN8

pumpkin OR1, GB8

white shadow IG1.

check and dotted DP by Megan Turidge
brown DP Linda Cumberland Designs
word DP Just Jamie Designs

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/hand-colored-image-challenge-please.html  Hand coloured - Yep!

http://eurekastamps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/eureka-stamps-challenge-162-pumpkins.html  Pumpkins - Yep!


"Pick Your Pal" World Card Making Day Challenge!

World Card Making Day ("WCMD")!!! A day set aside worldwide to celebrate our craft. Naturally we couldn't let it pass us by without a special event to celebrate! So here's what we've got for you today: "Pick Your Pal" Tic-Tac-Toe!

As you can see, we've created a fun game board for you. (Click on it to enlarge it if you need to!) How do you play? Easy-peasy!

1. Choose a row on the Tic-Tac-Toe board, make a card using one of our digis that matches that row, share it on your blog or public gallery, and then link it up to our WCMD challenge post using the linky tool.  No back-linking please. You must create a new card for this challenge.

2. Each numbered row on the Tic-Tac-Toe card coordinates to a "Pal" digi that you will receive as a prize for completing that row. There are a total of eight "Pal" digis that you can win, including four from our "Pumpkin Pals" set...

...and four from our brand new, not-yet-in-the-shop "Stocking Pals" set!

3. When you link up your card, please state which row number you followed to create it, and verify that your email address is 100% correct in the link-up so that Deedee can email you your prize!

4. You may participate multiple times to get multiple digis. Each entry must be linked separately, even if you include them in a single blog or gallery post.

5. If you complete the whole Tic-Tac-Toe card ("Blackout") via one card OR by completing three cards representing either all three vertical rows or all three horizontal rows, you will receive both full sets including the additional elements shown in the photos above!

6. In addition to the "Pal" digi prizes shown above, we will also have TWO additional prize drawings at the end of the challenge:

• One entrant will win a spot as our Guest Designer here on the blog for the month of November! Now, we know that some of you would not be interested in this, so to make sure that we're only drawing from those who are, please, if you are interested in entering this drawing, remember to put "GDT" next to your name in your link-up(s).

• We will draw for a number between "1" and "9" (eight numbered Tic-Tac-Toe rows plus the number "9" for "Blackout"). Everyone who entered a card for that number of row on the Tic-Tac-Toe card will win a $10 gift code to the shop!

7. DEADLINE: You have until Friday, 16 October, 2015 to complete this challenge. Drawing winners will be announced here on Saturday, 17 October, 2015.

Pumpkin Card

Hi Everyone and Welcome to my new follower, I appreciate your support very much.

Now on to my card for today, it's a DT card for Deedee's Digis and the Allsorts Challenge that Deedee is sponsoring. The Theme is "no patterned paper / designed paper, That really started me thinking, as I love my DP's,  Krewella Kreations was giving a cut file of a Pumpkin, how did she know I needed it? Thanks Krewella. I made the pumpkin into a card file with orange card and layered the leaves and stalk with green card. I dry embossed the pumpkin and the leaves with different embossing folders. I added thinking mouse, well it had to be him didn't it? The sentiment comes from the kit. I added 3D gloss to his eyes and tail and glitter to the leaves and stalk, you have to have a little glitter don't you?

Thinking Spot kit Deedee's Digis
Pumpkin cut file by Krewella Kreations
Cuttlebug Swiss dots folder and D'vine Swirl folder
Clear 3D Gloss Anita's
Ultra fine glitter Craftime

http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-15.html Anything Goes - Yep!

http://www.blogquickquotes.com/2015/10/friday-challenge-56.html  Pumpkins - Yep!

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/lets-all-go-to-pumpkin-patch.html Pumkin Patch - Yep!

Halloween card

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge where I had a choice of Autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Bonfire, I chose Halloween, something I don't do every year. I have had lots of fun in Photoshop doing this, doing new things (for me) and lots of papers and blending options in PS, I know lots of you don't know what the heck I am talking about, but if you DO want to know, I'm here to help :)

I used a Bat background cutting file from Birds cards behind the one layer DP background and a Cameo cut and print 3D upside down Bat and tree from the Deedee digi kit.  When I was putting this together the times I nearly stuck the bat the wrong way up, whoa! so very nearly! The sentiment is from the fabby kit too. Adding the kit promo here, I have just realised, I should have looked at the kit closer as there is a moon and bat in it, would have saved me looking for a moon - duh! I even placed the little bat, in near enough the same areas! I love the upside down bat, he's got a cute expression.

Bats Deedee's Digis
Sentiment tag is a PS shape
metal moon Pixelscrapper
Orange DP Pixelscrapper
Purple DP B Gazarek
Leaf DP MeloVrijhof
Doodle borders Pixelscrapper
Victorian edge - unknown
Spider web Sheila Reid
Bat background Birds Cards
fuchsia card background stash.
Ribbon Docrafts

http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/ants-in-my-pantry-digital-challenge-10.html  Anything Goes - Yep!

Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge October 5, 2015 Halloween Party!  Halloween - Yep!

http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/halloween-with-crafty-calendar-challenge.html
Halloween - Yep!

"Pick Your Pal" World Card Making Day Challenge!

World Card Making Day ("WCMD")!!! A day set aside worldwide to celebrate our craft. Naturally we couldn't let it pass us by without a special event to celebrate! So here's what we've got for you today: "Pick Your Pal" Tic-Tac-Toe!

As you can see, we've created a fun game board for you. (Click on it to enlarge it if you need to!) How do you play? Easy-peasy!

1. Choose a row on the Tic-Tac-Toe board, make a card using one of our digis that matches that row, share it on your blog or public gallery, and then link it up to our WCMD challenge post using the linky tool.  No back-linking please. You must create a new card for this challenge.

2. Each numbered row on the Tic-Tac-Toe card coordinates to a "Pal" digi that you will receive as a prize for completing that row. There are a total of eight "Pal" digis that you can win, including four from our "Pumpkin Pals" set...

...and four from our brand new, not-yet-in-the-shop "Stocking Pals" set!

3. When you link up your card, please state which row number you followed to create it, and verify that your email address is 100% correct in the link-up so that Deedee can email you your prize!

4. You may participate multiple times to get multiple digis. Each entry must be linked separately, even if you include them in a single blog or gallery post.

5. If you complete the whole Tic-Tac-Toe card ("Blackout") via one card OR by completing three cards representing either all three vertical rows or all three horizontal rows, you will receive both full sets including the additional elements shown in the photos above!

6. In addition to the "Pal" digi prizes shown above, we will also have TWO additional prize drawings at the end of the challenge:

• One entrant will win a spot as our Guest Designer here on the blog for the month of November! Now, we know that some of you would not be interested in this, so to make sure that we're only drawing from those who are, please, if you are interested in entering this drawing, remember to put "GDT" next to your name in your link-up(s).

• We will draw for a number between "1" and "9" (eight numbered Tic-Tac-Toe rows plus the number "9" for "Blackout"). Everyone who entered a card for that number of row on the Tic-Tac-Toe card will win a $10 gift code to the shop!

7. DEADLINE: You have until Friday, 16 October, 2015 to complete this challenge. Drawing winners will be announced here on Saturday, 17 October, 2015.

Autumn Colours

Hello Everyone, my DT project today, is for Deedee's Digis sponsored challenge at Creative Moments, with the theme being Fall Colours. Here is my offering, the fabulous scarecrow from Deedee's Pumpkin Patch kit. I printed the image, to which I had added sky and clouds, cut it to fit the bag, which I had cut on the Cameo, the leaves are punched out. With the obligatory choccies inside the bag yum yum!

Bag cut file by Wendy Bird Designs at Scraporchard.

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/autumn-leaves-challenge.html  Autumn Leaves - Yep!

http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-113-autumn.html  Autumn - Yep!

http://our-crafty-corner.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-1.html  Autumn Colours - Yep!

http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/autumn-colors.html  Autumn Colours - Yep!

Sympathy Card

Hi Everyone, my DT card for Deedee's Digis today is for the sponsored challenge at Clear it Out. The theme for the challenge is Sympathy with embossing. My card has a butterfly from the "Fluttering By " kit by Deedee, I used a freebie embossing folder which was on a magazine, which I haven't used and have had for an absolute age. The orange ribbon is something I don't use often either. I decided to use the colours of the butterfly for the background paper and ribbon.

DP is by Melo Vrijhof at Pixelscrapper

Make Peace!

Hi Everyone, my DT card for Deedee's Digis sponsored challenge is a bible verse provided by Word Art Wednesday . I very rarely use a bible verse on the front of my cards, so this was a big challenge for me to try and use the meaning of the words.

I decided to use a cat and mouse who usually chase each other and have decided to make peace and learn together which I believe is the meaning of the Bible verse. It's something the world needs don't you think? Hope you like it.

Deedee's images from the Homework Helpers kit and the Risen Lord kit inside the picture frame.
Bible verse from Word Art Wednesday.

Evening Stork

Hi Everyone, a DT card for Deedee's Digis, she is sponsoring a challenge at Crafters Cafe with the theme of "make a sky scene".

This was a last minute card for me and I really didn't know what to do, so in my naivety I thought I would be able to make clouds with my Spectrum Noire markers, I am trying so hard to like colouring by hand, this would have been so easy digitally. Anyhow I took 3 colours and just went for it and do you know I really like the sky LOL.

I fussy cut the image and added it to the centre, then added the image die cut with my Tonic circle dies, then thought it toooooo CAS, what to do? Then I thought of doing doodles as I have seen some of you do beautifully, around the edge, I have never done it before so not sure if it OK. overall I am happy for something quite new to me. I think I have to get a fine marker if I decide to do more doodles.

The picture is a bit dark due to late evening taking it and the awful weather we are having.

Rolling along!

Hi Everyone my DT post today for Deedee's Digis  was for a Black and One Colour challenge that didn't appear for some reason, so I am going with Addicted to Stamps. Anything Goes. I have chosen the fun zebra image from Deedee's Digis I've given him a fun frame and a stripy font too. I used him from the Go Wild kit, these animals make great CAS cards. This time I decided to frame him, add zebra paper and buttons, the buttons I have had for yonks! thinking I would use them a lot, I bought a few! but struggle to find something suitable, thankfully they suit this card LOL.

Image Deedee's Digis

frame Kristin Aagard Designs

Zebra paper mine made in PS

http://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.gr/2015/09/ikesworld-challenges-46-one-for-men.html  One for the Men - Yep!