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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

Join us this week over at Delightful Challenges for our 
"Let It Snow" challenge.


This easel card is made with two new images from Digital Delights, Winter Background and Flurry the Snowman.






Card Recipe:
Stamps: Digital Delights Flurry the Snowman, Winter Background
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Light Grey, Glossy Black, Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas, 
Markers/Inks: Copics - G17, G14, R37, R39, Y28, Y06, B00, C1, C3, C5, C8, Distress Tea Dye
Embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, Maya Road wood snowflake, Spellbinders Label Four, Stickles, FlowerSoft


Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp with a $20 gift certificate.


Challenges for this card:



Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  I hope you join us this week at Delightful Challenges and I look forward to visiting your blogs to see your fabulous creations.  


Have a great day!
NancyD
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Bring on the Snow!

I have a card today with an image that I won from Paper Shelter a while back.  I really like their images and I was able to pick out quite a few from my win back in July.


I followed the Mojo Monday sketch for this card.

Card Recipe:
Images: Paper Shelter Snowman, SU Merry Christmas
Paper: Whisper White, Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas
Markers: C1, C3, C5, R29, R39, B00, E15, E17, E18, YR02, YR04, E11, Y02
Embellishments: Two SU punches for the sentiment, Really Reasonable Ribbon, craft button, Stickles, SU Pearls, Spellbinders Lacy Squares, EK Success edge punch


Challenges for this card:

Have a wonderful Monday!
NancyD
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Santa Needs Little Helpers This Year

Join us this week over at Delightful Challenges for our 
RED and GREEN challenge.


Poppet the Fairy is Santa's Little Helper today.  He is touching this scene with a dusting of sparkly snow for the holidays. If I could add motion capture techniques to my card I would have two scenes. One with a plain tree and one with a decorated tree so that Poppet could wave his magic wand and make the change.






Card Recipe:
Stamps: Digital Delights Poppet the Fairy, Window Background Set
Paper: Whisper White, Sharon Anne's Magic Christmas Collection
Markers/Inks: Copics - G17, G14, R37, R39, Y08, Y06, B00, E13, E00, E01, R20
Embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, Spellbinders Scalloped Oval, Stickles, Wild Orchard Lace


Our sponsor this week is none other than Wendy from Digital Delights with a $10 gift certificate.


Challenges for this card:


Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  I hope you join us this week at Delightful Challenges and I look forward to visiting your blogs to see your fabulous creations.  


Have a great day!
NancyD
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Tilda Wishes You Sweet Christmas Dreams

Today I made a card for several Magnolia blog challenges.  I needed to include ribbon, a button, red and white, Christmas themed and follow a sketch in order to qualify for the various challenges.




This card was a lot of fun to make with all its various elements.  It was a challenge to make it look reasonable, but I was able to fit it all in.




Card Recipe:
Stamps: Christmas Tilda with candle, Sweet Christmas Dreams
Paper: Sweet Christmas Dreams paper pack, Whisper White
Markers/Inks: Distress Tea Dye, Fired Brick, Copics - G17, G14, R81, R83, R85, E01, E02, Y08, Y06, R37, R39, W03, W05, W07, E15, E17, E18
Embellishments: Wild Orchard flower and lace, Really Reasonable Ribbon, SU pearls, Spellbinders Leaves, Label Four, Hero Arts flower pieces, craft button, sparkly red and gold craft ribbon, Tim Holtz flourish die, cheese cloth, Gold Stickles


Challenges for this card:

Happy Stamping!
NancyD
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Let's Talk Turkey - redo

The new Paper Cutz challenge this week is Let's Talk Turkey.  Make your card or project this week with a turkey.


I confess that this is the second time I posted this card.  I posted it last week when I thought this new challenge was getting underway.  Unfortunately, my dates were mixed up.


I am posting it again so that you can see what the design team created to encourage you to make something and enter it into the challenge.








Card Recipe:
Stamps: Digital Delights Turkey, Tickets Sentiments
Paper: Bo Bunny Garden Girl Collection, Bazzill Basics
Markers/Inks: Copics, Distress Tea Dye
Embellishments: Ribbon, EK Success punch



Hop over to Paper Cutz Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created.  I am looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations for our Let's Talk Turkey challenge.


Have a wonderful day!
NancyD
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Christmas Blessings

Sleepy little Oralie mouse wants you to join our BINGO challenge over at Delightful Challenges.


With a bingo challenge there are a lot of options for you to choose from for making your creation this week. I chose Buttons, Ribbons and Flowers.   My card uses Oralie The Sleepy Mouse, gifts from Candy Cane Accessories, and Winter Ticket Sentiments.


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Oralie The Sleepy Mouse, gifts from Candy Cane Accessories, and Winter Ticket Sentiments
Paper: Very Vanilla, Kaiser Kraft Belle Collection
Markers/Inks: Distress Tea Dye and Pine Needles, Copics - R37, R39, C1, C3, C5, C7, Y02, Y06, Y08, G28, G14, R20
Embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, Hero Arts flower pieces, Michael's brad, button, sparkly string, MS Sprig punch


Our wonderful sponsor this week is Crafty Emma's Store with a $10 gift certificate.


Challenges for this card:

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  I hope you join us this week at Delightful Challenges and I look forward to visiting your blogs to see your fabulous creations.  

Thanks for stopping by!
NancyD
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Sweet Magnolia Family Christmas

Trimming the tree in our house is definitely a family affair. We like to set out all the ornaments, dad or one of our sons will hang the lights and then everyone pitches in adding ornaments until the family is satisfied that the tree is full of all our decorating personality. 


I created this Magnolia scene as kinda my homage to those bi-gone days. The kids are all older now, three of them are married and two have children of their own.  I think I might need to change up the Christmas decorating and ask all the grand kids over for a decorating party and start a new tradition.

This cute little Tilda is like my daughter, Liz. she is colored with Copics V04, V06, B0000, E01, E02, E15, E19, E35, White gel pen, and yellow and pink Spica pens.
Edwin is like my youngest son, Phillip. Always helpful and tall enough to add the star at the top of the tree. Edwin is colored with Copics - E01, E02, G17, G14, B05, B06, C1, C3, C7, E15, E19, E35, White gel pen and several colors of Spic sparkly pens.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Magnolia Edwin with Lights, Tilda with Present, Garland Tilda, Digital Delights tree from Christmas Accessories Set
Paper: Very Vanilla, Graphic 45 Christmas Past collection
Markers/Inks: Distress Tea Dye, Copics - listed with each Character
Embellishments: Paper pieced tree, Hero Arts flower pieces, Michael's brads, Stickles on Tilda's dress, Really Reasonable Ribbon tied with the Bow easy, Baby Buttons from Michael's, Spellbinders Holly Accents, Tim Holtz flourish die, Sparkly twine, Wild Orchard flower, Bo Bunny sentiment charm, Prima Pearls, Lovely lace



This little Tilda with a gift is like mom and dad who add all the Christmas presents after the tree has been setup. She is colored with Copics - R37, R39, Y06, Y08, B05, Stickles, C1, C3, C5, C7, E15, E19, E35, White gel pen


Challenges for this Stair Step card:


Well that's it for today.  Have a wonderful evening.
NancyD
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Merry Brown Christmas

Today our challenge at Critter Sketch is to make a card using just one color.  For my card I used shades of Brown and this cute new Christmas image from our sponsor Digital Delights.




Card Recipe:
Paper: Bazzill Basics
Markers/Inks: Just about every brown Copic I own - E01, E02, E08, E11, E15, E17, E18, E35, E37, Distress Tea Dye
Embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, Close to My Heart pearls, Spellbinders Label Four and Circle, Sizzix dots embossing folder




Challenges for this card:

Hop over to the Critter Sketch Challenge blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created.  I am looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations for our Monochrome challenge.


Have a wonderful day!
NancyD
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Friday, November 11, 2011

Let's Talk Turkey

The new Paper Cutz challenge this week is Let's Talk Turkey.  Make your card or project this week with a turkey.


I confess looking at this image from Digital Delights makes me feel a little cheeky and so I printed his sign "Save a Turkey".  Well, we all know organizations that ask us to help save the xxx - whatever.  I am sympathetic to many of them but today I am making a little fun.






Card Recipe:
Stamps: Digital Delights Turkey, Tickets Sentiments
Paper: Bo Bunny Garden Girl Collection, Bazzill Basics
Markers/Inks: Copics, Distress Tea Dye
Embellishments: Ribbon, EK Success punch



Challenges for this card:

Hop over to Paper Cutz Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created.  I am looking forward to seeing all your wonderful pink creations for our Let's Talk Turkey challenge.


Have a wonderful day!
NancyD

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Thanks Snow Much!

Join us this week at Delightful Challenges 
for "add snowflakes" challenge!


My card today features the new Snowie McFee from Digital Delights with his snowflake light.  He is all decked out for Christmas visiting.  One of my favorite things about Christmas is that we make more time for visiting family and friends.


I added a snowflake from Maya Road and added a copious amount of Stickles to make it sparkly. This wonderful lace is from Wild Orchard Crafts and makes me think of ice cycles.

Card Recipe:
Paper: Sharon Anne Christmas Magic, Very Vanilla, paper doily
Markers/Inks: Distress Pine Needles, Copics - R37, R39, G17, G28, B000, R20, Y17, Gellyrole Gold pen (on the snowman's snowflake)
Embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, Maya Road wood snowflake, Wild Orchard lace, Spellbinders Label Four


Challenges for this card:
Our wonderful sponsor this week is The Cutting Cafe:




Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  I hope you join us this week at Delightful Challenges and I look forward to visiting your blogs to see your fabulous creations.  

Thanks for stopping by!
NancyD

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Time To Hang The Holly?

It's Monday and I am playing with a new Tilda from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection. It is the one with a string of holly and of course, it makes me think about getting the Christmas decorations out from under the stairs.

I am following the Mojo Monday sketch for this week and it seems to be working.  I didn't have time to play in my craft room all weekend.  I am up early, thanks to day light savings time, and thought I would get a card made before I start work.


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Magnolia Sweet Christmas Dreams Tilda with Holly
Paper: Very Vanilla, Simple Stories 25 Days of Christmas
Markers/Ink: Copics - E01, E02, E15, E17, E33, G17, G28, R35, R37, R39, Distress Tea Dye, Inkssentials Opaque Pen
Embellishments: Stickles (on the leaves), Prima pearls, Spellbinders Oval, Holly Accents, Leaves, BossKut Poinsettia, Wild Orchard flowers, MS Sprig punch, Cheese cloth, Spellbinders Lacy Circles


Challenges for this card:

Have a wonderful day!
NancyD

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Six Geese a Laying

Hi everyone! Today my card is for the 12 days of Christmas at Digital Delights and my day is 

Day 6 - Six Geese A Laying.


I added FlowerSoft so that the nest would be fluffy and soft.


Pop over to Digital Delights blog every day to see the images in the 12 Days of Christmas. At the end, day 12, the full set of images will be available for purchase in the store.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Digital Delights Six Geese A Laying
Paper: Graphic 45 Christmas Past Collection, Christmas Emporium Tags 2, Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler
Markers: Distress Tea Dye, Copics - E31, E33, E35, R37, R39, Y38
Embellishments: Craft ribbon, SU Pearls, Flowersoft, Stickles, Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Rectangles and Accents

Challenges for this card:

Have a great day!
NancyD
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Friday, November 4, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving from the Original Cooking Team

This week at Paper Cutz our challenge is "Gobble, Gobble"!  We want to see your card, layout or craft project that incorporates a recipe of your favorite Thanksgiving dish.

My card this week uses two of the newer characters from Digital Delights Thanksgiving Pilgrims and Indians. I also followed the Mojo Monday sketch for this week.


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Digital Delights Thanksgiving Indians set and Thanksgiving Pilgrims Set
Paper: My Minds Eye Sunshine Collection, Very Vanilla
Markers/Ink: Distress Tea Dye, Copics - E01, E02, E11, E15, E17, E33, E35, C00, C01, C03, C05, C08, B06, R20, Y08
Embellishments: Prima Pearls, Wild Orchard flower and Corner piece, Tim Holtz leaf die, Spellbinders Label Six, Label Four, Scalloped Circle, Grand Scalloped Square


My favorite Thanksgiving recipe is for bread stuffing to go into the turkey.  This is my step dad's recipe and I think it came from his Irish mother.

Ken's Stuffing

  • Use 3 full loaves of three different kinds of bread (white, wheat and rye are nice)
  • Cut the bread into cubes and moisten with about 2 cups of water or chicken broth sprinkled over the cubes (in a very large bowl).
  • Add these dry ingredients to the bowl and mix
    • 4-6 crisp pieces of bacon crumbled
    • 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)
    • 2 tablespoons of cinnamon
    • 2 teaspoons of nutmeg
    • 1 teaspoon sage
  • In a large skillet (my dad used an iron skillet with bacon grease)
    • Add a tablespoon or two of your favorite cooking oil
    • Saute a large chopped onion
    • Add 1 cup of chopped celery
  • Now add the bread mixture to the skillet
  • In a small bowl combine 2 eggs and 2 cups of milk.
  • Pour the milk/egg mixture over the bread in the skillet and saute (keep folding over the layers) until the egg looks cooked - about 10 minutes.
  • Stuff both ends of the Turkey with the stuffing and cook as normal
  • Be sure to remove the stuffing from the bird as soon as it comes out of the oven.


Challenges for this card:

Hop over to Paper Cutz Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created.  I am looking forward to seeing all your wonderful pink creations for our Gobble, Gobble challenge.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday!
NancyD
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Unto Us A Child Is Born!

Join us this week at Delightful Challenges 
for "A Very Sparkly Christmas" challenge!

For my card this week I used a brand new Christmas set from Digital Delights - Three Wise Men Set.  My paper is very sparkly with lots of stars and I added a strip of stars to the top of my z-fold card.



Of course the Wise Men are on their way to see the Christ child.


The Christ child is from the A Child Is Born Nativity set.




I used Liquid Applique to puff up the edges of his coat and the beard below.



Card Recipe:
Stamps: Digital Delights Three Wise Men Set, A Child is Born Nativity Set, Caroling Sentiment set
Papers: Very Vanilla, Plum, Little Yellow Bicycle - Sharon Anne Christmas Magic Collection
Markers/Inks: Copics E15, E17, E18, Y02, Y06, Y08, E01, E02, E11, E13, R37, R39, W1, W3, W5, B24, B26, Distress Tea Dye
Embellishments: Liquid Applique, Wild Orchard Flowers, Ribbon, SU Pearls, MS Star Punch, craft gem, Bell Charm


Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp with a $20 gift certificate in the store.

Challenges for this card:


Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  I hope you join us this week at Delightful Challenges and I look forward to visiting your blogs to see your fabulous creations.  


Thanks for stopping by!
NancyD
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Tilda is a Lovely Christmas Angel

My card today features Tilda as a Christmas angel, and an angel she is in her lovely green gown.  I sparkled her wings, halo and star wand with a sparkly gel pen.  I am also using my new Joy Tree stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs.  Back in September I won a gift certificate from Stamping Sisters in Christ to the ODBD store and this is one of the stamps I purchased.

I decided that it had been too long since I made an easel card and these images lent themselves nicely to this classic card shape.

This is the standup view

This is the flat view from the top
You can't see it in this picture, but I added the sparkly gel pen to the large words for maximum emphasis. 
Here's our little angle with freckles and all

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Magnolia Tilda Angel, Our Daily Bread Designs Joy Tree
Paper: Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabe, The Sharon Ann Magic Christmas Collection from Little Yellow Bicycle
Markers/Ink: Copics of course - E01, E02, E25, E29, G21, G24, G28, Distress green
Embellishments: Su Pearls, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Hero Arts Pointsettia flower pieces, Michael's brads, Sparkle gel pens in gold and green



This is the lower half of the card inside.  The top half has space to write your personalized note.
 Challenges for this card:

Have a great day!
NancyD
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