Sending You Bugs of Love

My card today is for Digital Delights and is the next in my Spring series. I used Bugs from the Bugs of Love Bunny Set as my central image.

I was looking for a different fold to try and ended up with a Joy Fold.  I got the template and tutorial from Split Coast Stampers.

This is the card when it is closed

I colored Bugs here with Copics.  It is difficult to see, but I stripped the shirt with green and yellow.

The top frame and image opens up

You can add your tidings on the inside of the Joy Fold.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights Bugs of Love Bunny Set

Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, GinaK
Markers/Ink: Copics, Distress Spun Sugar

Embellishments: Spellbinders Heart Squares, BoBunny Ribbon, TPC Studio Gems

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Crafting by Design - Include an animal
• Digi Stamps for Joy - Anything goes
• Inkspirational - Anything goes
• Die Cuttin Divas - Anything goes
• Shopping Our Stash - Valentines (The last bit of a GinaK pad that I bought 2 years ago)
• Tuesday Alchemy - Anything goes
• Twisted Tuesday - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

You Melt My Heart

I am just loving these new Valentine images from Digital Delights.  This my third in the Valentine series of cards I am making to send to special friends.

I started with the new Love Me Accessories Heart and added  Luvvy Bear to the centre.  I added some heart lace from the fabric store and then some very old ribbon that I once used on my daughters dress (made the dress when she was 2 and she is now 27!).

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights Luvvy Bear, Love Me Accessories Set, Love is in the Air sentiment set

Paper: Fabcraps, SU Eggplant
Markers/Ink: Copics, Distress Dusty Concord

Embellishments: Bulgaria green lace, Wild Orchid flowers, fabric store lace and ribbon, Crealies leaf die, SU Label punch

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• The Shop Blog - Anything except Magnolia
• Lady Anne's Challenge - Anything goes
• Crafting by Designs - Polka Dots (on the ribbon)
• Creative Belli - Purple and blue (background paper has all the blue)
• Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Anything goes
• Whimsical Designs - Love
• Word Art Wednesday - Uplifting sentiment
• Shopping Your Stash - Use oldest ribbon (25-27 years if pretty old)

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Don't forget to check out all the other new images for your Valentine cards!

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Bling It Up with Creative Craft Challenges

Hi all!  Today my card is for Creative Craft Challenges and we are laying on the Bling!  I added Stickles to my handmade flower and Spica sparkle to Tilda's dress.

Card Recipe:

Image: Tilda with Gifts

Paper: Bazzill Pink, Kaiser Craft and SU Garden Green

Markers/Inks: Copics, Spica green and yellow, Stickles

Embellishments: Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight and Fancy Tags, Crealies Creative Flowers die, MS leaf punch, Wild Orchid pin

Hop on over to the Creative Craft Challenge blog and check out all the great inspiration by the Design Team.  

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Dutch Magnolia Lovers - Bingo (knot, pearl, floral)
• Bunny Zoe's - Anything goes
• Cheerful Stamp Pad - Tickled pink
• Created with Love - Anything goes
• Magnolia-licious - Anything goes
• Corrosive Challenges - Put a pin in it
• Order of the Opus Gluei - Pink (hope this is enough pink!)
• Mid-Week Magnolias - Pink, pearls and ribbon (on the gifts)

Have a Great day!

NancyD

Happy Mardi Gras

Wendy over at Digital Delights just released new super cute images for Mardi Gras.  Now I have to say that Mardi Gras is not high on my list, but I had to do something with this little guy because he is just so darn cute!

The set is a great value with sooo many images and paper! 

I made an eye mask that my grand daughters wanted to play with too.
                                                                         

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights Mardi Gras Set Colored

Paper: SU Eggplant, American Crafts Glitter paper, FabScraps
Markers/Ink: I used a pre-colored image, Distress Dusty Concord

Embellishments: Spellbinders Label 18, Prima pearls colored with Copics, Ribbon, MS Edge Punch, Feather,Karen Foster Designs Pin

This is a pre-colored image.  I added pink to the cheeks and the white highlights.

Challenges for this card:

• Send a Smile 4 kids - Anything for kids
• Sweet Stampin - Frills
• Card Crafter's Circle - Layers
• Crafty Catz - Anything but a card (my mask)
• Fat Pages - Sentiments (anything goes)
• Simply Create Too - Anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Glitter and Sparkle - Sentiment

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Peek-a-Boo Bee Friends

I have another Peek-a-Boo card to share for my Digital Delights card this week.

The bouquet of flowers is made with a corner die from Spellbinders that is rolled around on itself and glued.
Then I inserted the rosebuds and added the bow.

When you start to open the card you can see the images change.

The final stage shows the hidden image.

I found this pattern on Norma's blog - From My Craft Room.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights Barnaby and Beatrice Bee, Love is in the Air sentiment set

Paper: Bazzill Red and old Michael's paper
Markers/Ink: Copics, Distress Fired Brick

Embellishments: Spellbinders Corner Die, Decorative Label 18, Heart and Scalloped Hearts, EK Success Heart Punch, Wild Orchid Rose Buds

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Crafting for All Seasons - Something new (Barnaby and Beatrice Bee are new from Digital Delights)
• Crafts and Me - Something new
• Crafty Creations - Something new
• Fresh Brewed - Anything goes
• Cards Galore - Anything goes
• Craft Room Challenge - Valentines
• Stamping Sensations - Friendship

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Don't forget to check out all the other new images for your Valentine cards!

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Snowy Cottages - Craft a Scene Challenge

This is the second week of the Craft a Scene Snowy Cottages challenge.  The Spellbinders frame really helps to make it look like a scene out a living room window.

My card uses A Snowy Mailbox as the central image.  I colored the sky with PanPastels and the rest of the image with Copics. A white gel pen helped to add the highlights of snow.

Card Recipe

Images: Delicious Doodles

Paper: SU Garden Green, Kaiser Kraft
Markers/Ink: PanPastels, Copics, Gel Pen
Embellishments: Spellbinders Floral Ovals, Prima pins and pearls, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Stickles (on the path)

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Allsorts - Dies and punches
• Card Makin Mamas - Anything goes
• Delicious Doodles - Favorite Colors (yes green!)
• Fat Pages - Anything goes
• Stampin for the Weekend - Anything goes
• 613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
• Challenge 4 Everybody - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Craft a Scene design team has come up with for your inspiration. 

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD

Sending All My Love

My card today features a new Digital Delights Valentines image - Mailer Mouse.  This little guy is sending all his love to someone special.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights Mailer Mouse, Love is in the Air sentiment set

Paper: Melon Mambo, Authentique - Splendid
Markers/Ink: Copics, Distress, Fired Brick

Embellishments: Spellbinders Decorative Label One, Fantastic Flourish One, lace, Michael's brads, MS heart border, flower punch

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Crafting for all Seasons - Something new
• Crafty Creations - Something new
• Divas by Design - Anything goes
• Fresh Brewed Designs - Anything goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything goes
• Craft Room Challenge - Valentines
• Loves Rubber Stamps - Dies or punches

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Don't forget to check out all the other new images for your Valentine cards!

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Live in the Present!

As we enter the new year most of us take stock of the recent past and sometimes make new year's resolutions.  My resolution is to "live in the present" as much as possible. 

I love this Just Right sentiment and it goes well with my resolution and this scenic card.

I started my scene by stamping Tilda - Key Largo and then masked her for the rest of the scene development.  I added Sutter stamps water G795, Art Impressions psalms, Coronado Island sailboat, and Stampscapes 302A Gulls.

Card Recipe:

Image: Tilda Key Largo, Stampscapes 302A Gulls, Sutter G795, Coronada Island sailboar, Art Impressions psalm trees, Just Right sentiment

Paper: Bazill Teal, GinaK Poolside, Black Glossy

Markers/Inks: Copics on Tilda, Adarondack Sandal, Ginger, Shell Pink, Stream, Stonewashed, Aqua, Sunshine Yellow, Printworks Ivey Green, Distress Tea Dye, White Gel Pen

Embellishments: Spellbinders Fancy Tags, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Starfish

Hop on over to the Creative Craft Challenge blog and check out all the great inspiration by the Design Team.  Our sponsor this week is of course, Crafty Ribbons.

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Artistic Impressions - Anything goes
• Creative Creations - Anything goes
• Lexi's Creations - Anything goes
• Dream Valley Challenges - Anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Magnolia Down Under - Anything goes

Have a Great day!

NancyD

Snowy Cottages - Craft a Scene

Today marks the beginning of the second year over at Craft a Scene and they also have a new challenge.  The theme is to create a Snowy Cottage and the design team is using Delicious Doodles images.

My card uses A Crofters Winter as the central image.  I colored it with PanPastels and framed it with Spellbinders of course.

Card Recipe

Images: Delicious Doodles, Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment

Paper: Bazzill Teal, Little Yellow Bicycle, Whisper White
Markers/Ink: PanPastels
Embellishments: Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight, SU pearls and label punches, Really Reasonable Ribbon

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• 2 Sisters - Anything goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Christmas no Santa
• Crazy 4 Challenges - Ribbons and bows
• Totally Gorjuss - Anything with a ribbon
• ATC's and Cards with Attitude - Anything goes
• Card Crafter's Circle - No business like snow business

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Craft a Scene design team has come up with for your inspiration. 

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD