Doodle Pantry Release Time....

Happy Saturday, I am so excited to show you what I created with some of the 

new releases from Doodle Pantry this month. You are going to love what Laurie has created as well as releasing with new colors and papers some of the sets she created in the past for CDS. 

My card above uses images from the new sets Tree Glee 2 and Wagon Hellos 2 (snowball piles) 

                                        

I also made a gift bag, on this I used Papertrey Ink snow dies along with more of the glitter

snowflakes, this time in the navy glitter paper.

I also used the set Jesus Hands to create an Easter card and tags for Easter gifts. I used the image that features the brown robe but it comes it more colors. I love this set so very much and can't wait to make more things using it. For my card I printed the sentiment and His hands on design paper adding the crown thorn image from DP's set Holy Land Flowers Color 1 . Laurie's

Holy Land Flower sets (there are 3 of them) have long been my favorites!

I used the top note die (imported from MDS to Cameo) and re sized it.

I added a layer in chocolate brown over the royal color design paper (Moulin Rouge-Prima)

I also created a couple of tags.

This one uses the same design paper as my card along with another camel thorn flower.

I increased the transparency of the flower so that my sentiment would show up better.

This tag I did as a print and cut using one of the design papers from the "Jesus Hands" set.

I can't wait for you to see all the new goodies, so head over to the store.

When you click on the set, you will see samples from all of the team---

stop by for a visit to see how they were created.

Specials:

Save 30% on all the new release sets February 1-8 using code NEW4FEB 

February 1-8  Select Valentine's Day images marked 30% off

No coupon needed

February 1-24  Free with purchase set

Featured set for DPDC43 starts noon Feb 1

Use a Doodle Pantry image for the challenge and

get this set free.

How's that for loads of specials and wonderful items and this 

is not the half of it, so off shopping you should go.

Happy Day and thanks for stopping by!

It's a SALE and a FREEBIE!

Good Morning!!

I know you are all busy after what I hope was a wonderful Christmas

but I do want to let you know about the sale now going on 

at Doodle Pantry .
Now through January 2nd, use code HAVEFUN2014 and
save 40% off everything in the cart (excluding gift
certificates - $2.00 min purchase) and don't
forget there will be a new release of items
on January 1st!

Also from now until January 1st you can go HERE and download
"New Years Birdie" for FREE!



It includes newly colored images plus new digital papers.

Just as a quick note, here are two cards that I made using one of this month's new sets Winter Birthday. I used the outline images and colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers.

I also wanted to show you the tags that I made for my packages this year.

This uses Candy Cane Poem . Using the Cameo software I made

the candy image more transparent so that I could layer the poem 

on top, cut the tags, a bit of twine and ready for packages!

I will be guest designing one more month in January, can't

wait to show you what Laurie has come up with for next month!

From me and all of the gang at Doodle Pantry,

Happy New Year!

A Christmas Wish

Silent and Peaceful, this is what I was going for in this Christmas card. The inside

has a very simple: Peace, Joy, Love sentiment and that is what I am wishing 

our friends this Christmas. It will be a difficult one as they lost 

their 30 something son last Christmas Eve night.

He collapsed during the night and was found the next

morning and to say it was a shock is an understatement.

I love this Pine Grove image from Beccy's Place and love to use

it for different seasons. I added a bit of white gel pen, glue and glitter to add 

to the winter feel. 

I am entering this at Beccy's Place in their December Challenge - Use a Beccy's Image (Free ones onsite if you don't have one.

I wish each of you a Merry Christmas.

Please take the time to appreciate all of your loved ones, family and friends.

Rick and I will be hosting our family tomorrow and in

our hearts, each of you our online friends.

Love to you all and a healthy and happy New Year.

"Merry Deer"- Home Decor

Are you like me and love looking for things that you can alter or use in your crafting?

I found this frame at one of my local consignment stores for only 75 cents....what a find!

I knew as soon as I saw this that it would work beautifully with the set released in November at Doodle Pantry called Merry Deer . Laurie has released this month a SVG cut file Holiday Deer which works with the Merry Deer set as well as an older set Holly Stag .

I had printed my images last month before the release of the new SVG , so I had to trace the beautiful deer making an offset and cutting it with my Silhouette, but so happy to now have the file!

This now has a place in my den----now it is your turn. 

Keep an eye out for those treasures or use some that you have stashed.

I am entering this at:

  Anything But a Card - With a Holiday Twist 

Dream Valley Challenges Challenge #71 Anything But a Card 

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge 62 Show us Some Blue 

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Blog Challenge #6 Re-cycle  

Me and Doodle Pantry....

Hello everyone, so happy to see you stopping in!

Many of you that have visited in the past remember when I was on the Design Team for Doodle Pantry and how much I have always been a fan of Laurie's images. So I was thrilled when she asked me to Guest Design for the month of November. 

I was so happy that I have created three cards for the release today of Laurie's new images for November!

My card above uses the new "Pineapple and Coconut" set. I used the outline and colored it myself with Spectrum Noir markers, I love coloring although I do wish I were much better at it.

I also used coconuts from the same set along with "Palm Tree" to create a fun look to this card.

I enjoy merging digital images to create something just a bit different from what it started out as, this is 3 of the color palm trees overlaid and resized to create a grove. I also printed them again and using my Cameo I traced and cut the palms so that I could pop them up with foam tape. Don't you love this sentiment that comes in the "Pineapple and Coconut" set?

I also made something with the new "Igloo Fun" set, so many cute images, sentiments and papers included in this one!

I am using each of the 3 elements from the set in this one, lol! What a fun card to cheer someone on this winter. I again printed the color image of the igloo and animals twice, cutting one of them to place atop the one that I printed directly on the design paper. 

If you are new to Doodle Pantry or digital images in general I hope you will stop by the store and take a look at all of the inspiring creations by the rest of the team using this month's release and/or stop by at the DP Blog where you can see more cards using DP images and join in the challenge for this month(starts at noon today). Just for entering you will get the new release "Snowman Pileup" . There is also a free with purchase set from November 1-24 called "Vintage Fan" . Hope you have time to check it all out.

Hugs and Happy Day.....

Card Details:

Vintage Pineapple:

Paper-Prima "Reflections" and Doodle Pantry digital from set Gina K Designs chocolate brown card stock

Images: Doodle Pantry "Pineapple and Coconut"

Other: Silhouette frame cut files, Papertrey Ink button, SU linen thread, Dollar Tree grosgrain ribbon, pop dots

Beach card:

Paper: GKD chocolate brown cardstock, SU whisper white

Images: Doodle Pantry "Pineapple and Coconut" and "Palm Tree"

Other: Scrap ribbon and pop dots, pop dots and oval cut with Cameo

Igloo card:

Paper-SU whisper white, DP design paper, Recollections card stock

Images- Doodle Pantry "Igloo Fun"

Other- Sheer ribbon-Dollar Tree

Snow in July

Hello everyone, no snow outside but plenty on my scrapbook page that I created for the sketch at MDSM23 . It has been fun making these digital scrapbook pages and if you would like to give it a try, there is still a bit of time before this challenge ends.

These pictures were from the foot of snow we got in mid January this year and shows Rick trying to shovel the little porch and a path for our outside cats and their house.  Unfortunately some of the neighbors trees did not survive and had to be trimmed back. The cats love having this to curl up in and look out through the windows. . Since the previous owner's grandchildren had all grown up and no longer had a need for it, Rick was able to pick it up for a reasonable price a few years back and convert it to a play house for our outside girls.

Now in the summer, they love lying on the front porch and surveying the back yard and when winter comes again, they will curl up in the baskets on the shelves and soak in the sunshine.

My papers are from the Christmas Jingle kit and the snowflakes are from the set "Bright Hopes".

I love being able to design so quickly in MDS and one of my favorite tools is the color picker so that you can match perfectly.

Hope you will check out this great challenge.

Have a happy day.....

2 New Challenges

I love finding new challenges and these are usually found through my visits with you!

So I hope that if these are two new places for you as well as for me, that you will enjoy finding

them as much as I have.

The first is Muse where the challenges just started last week. The focus is on a Muse inspiration card that allows you to interpret it in your own way, listing your interpretation and a link back to Muse. They

call themselves a card making club because they ask all of the participants to join in by commenting on  

at least 3 of the entries and then voting for the top 3.

Here is the Muse card:

For my inspiration I took the hearts, scalloped border and the pinks to fashion my card.

I am also using  sketch #173 at Tuesday Morning Sketches .  

Lol, I just can't seem to get away from all of the great sketches lately! So much fun....

Last week in my reader I saw a hop going on at DayDream Designs Have you seen their images? Gorgeous. I had a blast doing the hop and seeing all of the inspiring projects by the girls! 

Imagine my surprise and delight when I learned that I had won the $20 gift certificate being given as a prize. I had a difficult time deciding on just what to buy.

I picked up papers, sentiment sets and images and can't wait to show you some

of these in the next few weeks.

Today's card uses the Sweet Warm Ups Papers and Color Digi set . 

I used the Cameo to trace the mug, create a mat for the mug and cut the snowflakes and border.

Love that machine! It is so wonderful to able to integrate it 

with all of the wonderful digital things that I own as well as the Silhouette files.

I was able to use the color picker to match the color for my mat and center

panel perfectly from the digital paper.

I had so much fun playing with the images and designing this card. 

Now, I have given you three places to check out, so what are you waiting for?

Thanks for stopping by to visit with me!

Justrite and Snow....

Hey guys, I had hoped to have this card posted earlier than this but unfortunately I have

been a bit busy shoveling, watching our kind neighbor help us scrape our drive out and cleaning

my car off! We got around a foot of snow last night.

I never thought we would get any where near this much as our ground was so saturated from 

the previous three days of rain we had gotten and the all day rain leading up to the 

snow starting around mid afternoon yesterday...shows you why I am not a meteorologist doesn't it?

I have some pictures of the snow after my card if you want to see those.

Last year I purchased my first clear Justrite stamps and fell in love so when I saw this sketch challenge at the Justrite blog, I just had to play along.

I used two different sets to create this card..."Shabby Chic Labels 4" and "Bon Voyage"

I stamped on my design paper using the Eiffel Tower and Paris stamps, aren't they lovely on the Moulin Rouge papers from Prima.....how appropriate!

I used my Silhouette Cameo to create my banner shapes and inserted a free cut file from a

very talented lady whose blog is called Bird's Cards . She is not only super talented but also super generous with her lovely cut files. You can find the Swirl Border that I used by going here and while there I know you will want to look around. I used the swirl on both banners and then layered these over the dsp.

I colored my label with Spectrum Noir markers, added some lovely trim from a local

outlet and a button from my stash and we are done.

On the inside I used more of the stamps from these sets and added the swirled border that I cut

from my banners to decorate the inside.

I hope you will check out this challenge as it will be open until

Wednesday, January 23rd at 6:00 pm central time.

Did I mention they are giving away some great prizes.

I hope to be back with another entry as you can enter as many times as you want.

Now on to my snow pictures!

This is the play house Rick found a few years back, purchased and moved onto the back 

corner of our lot for our outside cats. It has shelves for the cats to sit and look out the 

windows and lots of warm cozy beds. 

The trees are on our neighbors side of the line and have thin branches that hold onto

their leaves and drop off in the spring so the snow latched on.

Will have to wait and see if they return to an upright position or there 

will be more work ahead as in trimming.

The next couple of pictures look across the street from our back door where we have around 11 acres

of land and an open field and barn. We are blessed to have all this green 

space inside town limits or I guess at the moment it is all 

white space!

Those in the path of this storm, I hope and pray you are all safe and sound.

Wishing you a wonderful afternoon.

Be sure and keep an eye out for my Sugar Creek Hollow post in the morning.

SSW with A Day For Daisies

Yeah, it is finally Wednesday and I can show you my card for this week's challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday where this week's sponsor is the fabulous A Day for Daisies and if you are our Grand Prize winner for the week, you will get a $12 gift certificate to spend in Tammy's fantastic store!!! I love shopping there. Be sure and leave a comment at the SSW blog on this week's post to be eligible , along with your post of your beautiful card.

I love this image and couldn't wait to use it....it is called  " Five Robins in Winter". My ivory card stock is textured and along with that I ran it through the Cuttlebug embossing folder "Snowflakes" which was distressed with Tim Holtz distress inks. My brown card stock was stamped with snowflakes from Stampin' Up's Winter Post set with versamark and embossed with SU glassy glaze enamel. I die cut two of the snowflakes using Spellbinders snowflake dies and then sponged distress inks on the ivory one. I used Stickles glitter glue along with Martha Stewart coarse and fine glitter to create the sparkle on my card. Here is another angle, hoping you can see the glistening.

I have plans to recreate this card to send out this Christmas to some of my loved ones. I hope you will stop by and check out Jacki's post for the team at Sweet Sketch and then get your thinking caps on for this week's beautiful sketch by Arlana....here it is!

So thankful for all of you that stop by for a look and thanks to you that take the time to leave me a comment, I love hearing from you. Wishing you all a happy day!!

Card Details:
Paper: Rubber Cottage Ivory, Stampin' Up chocolate brown
Ink: Tim Holtz distress inks, versamark, SU glassy glaze enamel
Other: American Crafts ribbon, Studio 18 gem, Cuttlebug EF, Stickles glitter glue, Martha Stewart glitter, Spellbinders snowflake dies
Image: Five Robins in Winter ADFD