Crafty Creations Challenge - 329 - Merry Christmas

Hello everyone,
WOW!! Do you believe it, tomorrow is Thanksgiving and it's the start of the Christmas season. (Well we all know it started back in September for a lot of merchants)

Let me start by wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Crafty Creations Challenges has started their next challenge and the theme is Christmas

And since the Christmas season has started here's my card that celebrates this season.

Isn't that snowman the cutest. 

 The sponsor for our newest challenge at Crafty Creations is Robyn's Fetish.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is

owned by Robyn Weinrib.  Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to award 3 digital stamps of the winner’s choice to the winner of this challenge.

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE I SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digital image - Robyn's Fetish - Primative Bird House, Home For The Holidays, Rubber Stamp - Sentiment - Recollections Paper/Card Stock: Blue CS, White CS, DP Accessories: dimensional foam, Just Imagine Kreations Corner Punch #312, Distress Markers - various colors, Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations - Chall 168 -  Always Anything Goes (#39)
• Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes (#69)
• Love to Scrap - Chall. 90  (Week 1) Anything Goes (#43)
• The Crazy Challenge -  Chall. 236 - (Week 1) Christmas  (#7)
• Whoopsi Daisy -  (November) Lots of Layers (#19)
• A Snowflakes Promise Must be Christmas/winter themed  #33 - Anything Goes with optional theme : The Seasons (week 2)  (#66)
• Cardz 4 Guyz  - #147 - Snowman (#2)
• Crafty Sentiment Designs  - Anything Goes (#13)
• Digi Choosday Challenge - #47 - Anything Goes (#5)
• Inky Chicks- #75 - Winter Wonderland (week 3) (#92)
• Sunny Day Crafting -  #24 Anything Goes  (#3)
• Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes (#13)

Time to get your Christmas card entered in the Crafty Creations Challenge. 

This  challenge will end Dec 6

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 46

Hello everyone
Well it time for the newest challenge over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends and the theme is always Anything Goes. 

For this challenge LPOCF has 2  sponsors 

** Sponsor 1 **

Conie Fong Art & Design

Prize ~ 3 Images

and 

** Sponsor 2 **

Michele R Designs

Prize ~ €10 Gift Certificate

The images at the Conie Fong store are so cute 

and

Michele R Designs has phenomenal digital papers in her store.

Hope you check them out!

Let me share my project with you

The patterned papers I used on the trees, the pennent, the bow and that framed background are all from the Christmas Time Collection from Michele R Designs.

That darling image from Conie Fong is Sally & Little Squirrel

Hope you can  join in the fun and submit a project over at the 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge.

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE I SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Digital Stamps:  Conie Fong (Sally and Little Squirrel),  Paper/Card Stock: Digital Design -  Michele R Designs (Christmas Time Collection - used on the trees, the pennent, the bow and that framed background) printed on white CS Ink: Memento - Bamboo Leaves Dies Used: Sizzix Tim Holtz - Pine Trees, Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Mixed Media (NOEL Letters) Accessories: Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Spectrum Noir -various colors

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Allsorts  #390 O Christmas Tree (#5)
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas   #308 Cute or Anything Christmas (#17)
• Scrappers Delights  November -  Anything Goes (#33)
• Brown Sugar - No. 225 - Anything Goes (#45)
• Colour Crazy Challenge -  Anything Goes (W2 of 2) (#49)
• Crafting-With-Friends -  Anything Goes (#29)

• Creative Corner - Anything Goes (#28)
• Just Add Ink –  No.337 - Just Choose Two - from Doily, Die Cut, Patterned Paper (#14)
• Polkadoodles -  No.46 - Anything Goes (#94)
• Simply Papercraft - No. 41 - Anything Goes(#29)

Thanks for stopping by and I will be back soon

Crafty Creations Challenge -328

Hello everyone

Time for a new challenge over at Crafty Creations.

The theme is ANIMALS

This challenge will end Nov 22 at 10:00 p.m. ET

Stop over there for more info on their current  challenge

Their theme is animals and this is such a fun theme. After digging around and looking at the animals in my stash I decided to use a pretty reindeer outline stamp. 

I stamped the reindeer on brown card stock and as I looked at it, I decided to do some paper piecing. I stamped the scarf area on red CS and the antlers were stamped on a light tan CS. I fussy cut the deer. Next I fussy cut the antlers and the scarf and placed them in the area where they are on the original stamped image. Added a red colored half pearl for his red nose.

I had a vision that the deer would be next to some pine trees. So I die cut two pine trees using CS and DP.  I also mounted the deer on layered ovals and as I was laying this out on the card the background just looked so naked. I decided to add a stamped forest scene on that background. After adding that and as I layered the die cuts and the mounted reindeer over that background, it just came together.

This will make a perfect man card, or a Christmas or winter card.

Hope this has inspired you.

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE I SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Make an Impression - Reindeer Outline, Stampscapes - Pines and Rocks, Pine Tree, Babbling Brook Paper/Card Stock:White CS, Green CS, Green Shimmer CS, Light Green mottled CS, DP, Red CS, Tan CS, White CS Ink: Memento - Olive Grove Dies Used:  Gina Marie - Stitched Ovals, Sizzix TimHoltz - Pine Trees Accessories: Pearl (colored red - placed on his nose)

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• A Snowflakes Promise  #32 - The Seasons (week 2) (#83)
• Cardz 4 Guyz #145 - Oh, Christmas Tree! (#3)
• Deep Ocean Challenge - use Die Cuts or Punches (week 2) (#163)
• Digi Choosday Challenge - #45 - Anything Goes (#4)
• Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - #84 - Trees or Christmas Trees  (#40)
• Sunny Day Crafting -  #22 Anything Goes (#9)
• Try It On Tuesday  Trees Are Green ...or any other color  (#6)
• Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes (#72)
• Critters and Creatures - (November) Always Anything Goes with a Critter/Creature (#7)
• Get Creative Challenges -  Anything Goes (#126)
• House of Cards - - (November) Lots of Layers and/or Colors* (#15)

Thanks for stopping by and I will be back soon

Ornaments For Your Door

Hello Everyone
Thanks for stopping in today,
I want to share with you what I made for my front door. I call it my "door ornament".

I had wanted to make a spray for my door and looked at Michael's and spied the perfect sprays. These sprays are a little larger and I bought 2. Brought them home and within 10 minutes I had the sprays wired together and ready for the finishing touch - a bow. And of course I used my Craft-Dee BowZ tool to make that fluffy bow. Since the ribbon is wired it will definitely hold its shape. 

Another great thing about wired ribbon is that next year after bringing this out of storage, just rework the loops and fluff them up a little and this will look like you just made the bow. 

(That's why I love wired ribbon so much)

Really -  this project was ready in less than 30 minutes and that is great news when you have lots on your plate to get ready for the holidays.

This tool will be your lifesaver for making bows and a whole host of other things this tool can help you with, for your various projects. Click here to go to Craft-Dee BowZ and check out the video links on the left sidebar to see what else the tool can help you make.  Click here to order your own Craft-Dee BowZ tool and if you order yours now, you will get it in plenty of time for all your holiday bow making needs. 

Don't forget that the November challenge is in progress over at Craft-Dee BowZ and we'd love to see your project. On the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge blog click on the Monthly Challenge tab at the top and choose November 2016 to take you directly to this months challenge. We would love to see what you have made - remember the challenge theme is always
ANYTHING GOES with a HANDMADE BOW.

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Accessories used: Christmas Spray, Ribbon, wire,  Craft-Dee BowZ  tool

I am submitting my "Door Ornament" project in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create -  Any Craft Accepted- #190 Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Anything Goes (#70)

Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes (#33)

Get Creative Challenges - 2W, 3E - (Week 2) Anything Goes (#106)

Thanks for stopping by today. I will see you soon

Time for Ornaments

Welcome to November 1 and all that comes with the next two months. Halloween is a fading memory and Thanksgiving is fast approaching with Christmas right on its heals.

Today my project focuses on an ornament that is all glittered and ready for the Christmas tree,

I decided to make a double loop bow. 

I didn't want to overpower the ornament. 

I also added an ornament topper to jazz the up the ornament just a little more.

The bow is the perfect addition to the ornament

and adds the perfect adornment.

The Craft-Dee BowZ bow maker is a tool that lets you make the perfect bow. It lets you decide the bow size and it gives you the capability to choose the amount of loops in your bow

 to compliment your project. 

This tool is small but packs a powerful punch for your bows. 

Need to place an order? Click here to purchase one. 

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE I SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Ornament Topper - Outlines Stamps (No longer in business) Paper/Card Stock: DP Ink: VersaMark Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, Pearls, Glitter, Glue pen, Ornament

I am submitting my project in the following challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes (#123)
• Crafting from the Heart -  Always Anything Goes (#16)
• Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes (#19)
• Get Creative Challenges - Anything Goes (#5)
• Amusing - W, 2E, no digi - Anything Goes with a Rubber Stamp (#13)

Thanks or stopping in today. I will be back soon with another creative project for you.