Party Is Winding Down

Today is the last day of our party at Digistamps4Joy.  We've been celebrating Margy's 4th year of ownership of DS4J.  There have been freebies, prizes, etc.  I hope you have enjoyed participating with us.  This is my card combining the last two freebies given away.  The turtle is by Margaret Keiser and the frame is by Riette.

Card Supplies:
A2 Card Base
Background paper-from my stash.  I actually have had the birthday paper for years.
Images - colored with Promarkers.

Thank you for visiting with us today and hope you will come party with us this last day.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges:
Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine - 2W, F, E3, (no pre-colored images) Anything Goes (W2 of 2
Great Impressions - M, 3E, - FEBRUARY  Let's Celebrate
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st & 3rd Sun) E3 #28 Anything Goes  (W2 of 2)

Let's Color Saturday Linky Party  2W E and C unlimited  (Must include hand colored image) 

(w1) anything goes with something colored - always 

Scrappers Delights  M, First Saturday of the M  Always Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - 2W, 3E -  Anything Goes (W2 of 2)

QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 180 - Birthday Cards

Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 24 (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes

Christmas Card - Week #7

This is the 7th week for making cards on the FaceBook Group, Only Christmas Cards/Projects.   This is their challenge for the year of 2016.  

This is my card for this time.

Card Supplies:
5X7" Card Base
Embossing with a Cricut Snowflake Cuttlebug Folder
Silver Snowflakes-Anna Griffin Die Cut
Merry Christmas - Cut from silver foil paper.  It is a file found in Cricut Access.  I used Cricut Design Space and my Explore to cut it.  I love how well the Explore cuts intricate files.

Thank you for visiting today.  I hope you working along with us to complete your Christmas cards early.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
ABC Christmas Challenge - 2W, Christmas -  'D' is for Don't Over Do It (Week 2 of 2)Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - M, 2E, must be Winter Holiday (February) - Snowflake
Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #86 Always Anything Goes/ optional twist Wet and/or Dry Embossing  (Week 2 of 2
Fab 'n' Funky - W,1E, C10 - #293  Christmas
Stampin' Royalty - W, C3 - #318 - Sparkle and Shine
A Snowflakes Promise 2W, E3, Must be Christmas/winter themed  #17 - Anything Goes with a Winter or Christmas Theme (Week 1
One Layer Christmas Card Challenge 2W, (1st & 3rd Tuesdays, Must be Christmas, Cards Only) C10 -  #26 - Anything Goes (Week 2)

Second Freebie-Digistamps4Joy 4th Birthday Party on FB

The party is still going on at Digistamps4Joy's 4th  Birthday.  
Connie Fong has released another freebie for everyone to use for entering our competitions.  It is named Abbie with Cake.  You must go to the Event page above to download her.  This is my card.

Card Supplies:
A2 card base
Die Cut Frame from Anna Griffin All Hearts Dies
Image  - Abbie with Cake by Connie Fong
Flowers
Image colored with Promarkers

Thank you for joining me today.  I hope to see your beautiful 
creations in our celebration challenges.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy 

Challenges for this card:
Crafty Gals Corner -  W, E2 - #60 Anything Goes
DoubleClick Skittles - 2W, E1, F -  #42  Happy Birthday  (Week 2 of 2)
Inspiration Destination - W, F- #74 Always Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - W, 5E - Anything Goes
Fairy Tale - 2W, 2E - No. 140 - Balloons (week 2)
Passion For Promarkers Challenge W - must use promarkers - #334 Dies and/or Punches

Mod Squad Weekly Challenge

Today is my day to host the Mod Squad Challenge along with Regina Cooper.  We have 2 lovely sponsors, Kat Scrappiness and Sparkle n Sprinkle,  along with 2 great prizes.  So you will want to enter.  You may enter as many as 3 times.

Our theme is Add any Animal you like.  Easter is coming soon so I chose "Easter Bunny and Chicks" for my animals.  This is a Sparkle n Sprinkle image.  They have a lot of cute digis for you to choose.

Card Supplies:
4.5"X6" Card Base - is from Elegant Embellishments cartridge. The item number in Cricut Access is #M90773.  
The ribbon background is from the new Anna Griffin cartridge Ribbon and Bows.  It was introduced on HSN (which is when I purchased it).  It will be available sometime in the Spring.  It has some gorgeous ribbons and bows on it.
Image colored with Promarkers
Ribbon

Thank you for visiting with me today and I look forward to your entries in our Mod Squad Challenge.  See you there.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Addicted to Stamps 2W  Must include Stamping (no pre-colored digi's) #119 Die Cuts (W2 of 2)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st & 3rd Sun) E3 #28 Anything Goes  (W1 of 2)
Scrappy Hands - 2W – #59 Forest Animals (W1 of 2)
The Ribbon Girls - W, must use ribbon, must be a card – (Feb 21) "Use Any Image Challenge"  (not sure if changing from W to 2W - tried to contact Feb 7) (W1 of 2)
Crafty Friends Challenge 2W,(W2) -girly
Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 186 - Anything Goes
Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W2 of 2) Anything Goes

There's A Party Going On......

right here.......Celebrating Margy's 4th Digistamps4Joy Birthday.  Who can say it better than Margy herself and here is what she posted.

 I (Margy) took over ownership of Digistamps4Joy on the 

23rd February 2012 - 4 years ago - and what a wonderful 4 

years this has been! I have invited Conie Fong Art & Design 

to join in our celebration, and between DS4J and CFAD we 

are going to have a fabulous PARTY for all our members!

Come and celebrate with us.

The digi on this card is going to be a freebie so I hope you will join us for the fun.

Card Supplies:

A2 Card Base

Cuttlebug Folder - Happy Birthday

Image - by JenLee 

Colored with Promarkers

The balloons and It's a Party image are from Cricut Access.  I chose them in Design Space, flattened them to make them Print then Cut, Printed them and cut them.  

Thank you for visiting with me today.  I'm going to be looking for you at the Digistamp4Joy party.  Be sure you tell Margy you ready about it on my blog.  God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine - 2W, F, E3, (no pre-colored images) Anything Goes (W1 of 2)

Crafting When We Can - 2W, 2E, C5 -  #113 Use A Digital Stamp (W1 of 2)

Glitter n Sparkle - W, F - #176 Anything Goes

Great Impressions - M, 3E, - FEBRUARY  Let's Celebrate!

Allsorts W,3E birthday wishes  

Crafting with Dragonflies 2W,1E, Cards only (W1) birthday cards

Di's Digis Designs 3E,2W,SIO (W2) birthdays 

Let's Color Saturday Linky Party  2W E and C unlimited  (Must include hand colored image) 

(w2) anything goes with something colored - always

MONOGRAMMED RED TOTE FROM WALMART

Hi Everyone - it has been FOREVER since I made a post on the blog.  Mom has threatened to remove me completely from the blog and fussed at me about my inactivity.  I made several things off and on but I would forget to make pictures.  Well, this morning, I went over to Mom's and we worked on a project that I've been wanting to do for a while.

A few weeks ago, I saw a post on the Cricut Facebook page about a reversible tote for $9.97 that people where putting monograms on.  So off to Walmart I went and I bought one of the totes.  To make the monogram, I downloaded the app, Monogram It, to my phone.  With the app, you can build the monogram on your phone and save it.  Then you send the monogram to your email, save it to your computer, and upload it into the Cricut Design Space.  Easy-peezy!!!!

So at Mom's house, I sent my monogram to my mom's email.  She uploaded it into Cricut Design Space and then we cut the monogram out of iron-on vinyl.  Using Mom's iron and a towel between the iron and the purse, I ironed the monogram on.

This is the before picture:

With the initials ironed on:

I simply LOVE all the things that you can do with the Cricut Explore!!  It's a wonderful machine and allows you to make some amazing things.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  We appreciate your visits and your comments.  Have a good day and God Bless You!  Donna

·         613 Avenue Create - W, 3E, Any Craft Accepted - #164 Anything goes with optional twist: Create Your Own Color Challenge

·         Come and Get It - W, 3E - #? Mixed Media

·         Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st & 3rd Sun) E3 #28 Anything Goes  (W1 of 2)

·         Scrappers Delights  M, First Saturday of the M  Always Anything Goes

·         Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 186 - Anything Goes

·         Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W2 of 2) Anything Goes

·         Creative Artiste Challenge - M, E3, C5 - February - Anything Goes with Mixed Media

·         Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No.126 - Anything Goes

This Can Be a Fast Card But.....

I had a little time this afternoon so I thought I would make a quick card for the blog.  What was supposed to be a quick card turned out to take a long time.  Why was I surprised?  I decided on a background and started to cut it with my Cricut Explore.  Everything went fine until I got to the intricate top layer.  My machine started tearing the design.  I tried a couple of things but then called Cricut support.  A lovely lady named Heather stayed on the phone with me for an hour and 2 minutes until the problem was solved.  Thank you, Heather.

Card supplies:
6X6" card base
Background - Rose Bow Background from Anna Griffin Ribbons and Bows Cricut cartridge
Flowers - Anna Griffin embellishments.

So you can see, it should have been easy, not stressful to make this card.  I didn't put a sentiment on it until I send it.

Thank you for visiting with me today.  God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Addicted to Stamps and More - W - C10 - #181  Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - W, F- #73 Always Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft  (2W, P1/15, E3 C unlimited) #14 Anything Goes
Card and Scrap (2W, P1/15) #112 Layers
Creative Craft Cottages Challenges (2W,P1/15,E3) #57 Anything Goes
Scrap N' Challenge (M, P15) Anything Goes
The Sisters of Craft (M,P1) Anything Goes
Colour Sisters (M,P1)  #29 Colour Challenge
Paper Sweeties (M,P1) #40 Photo Inspiration

Anniversary Card

Have you ever made a card and when you finished it, you thought, "I'm going to make a second one of these to have on hand."?  This is one of those cards.  Now I must confess, when I quit working on it last night I thought it was a lost cause.  The paper and the colors I was trying to put together just would not satisfy me.  So, I put it aside until this afternoon.  I decided this afternoon to discard some of the die cuts I was using and to use a different color for the top die cuts.  I love it now.  This one will go to my brother in Texas and his wife who will be celebrating 40 years of marriage in March.

Card supplies:
6X6" card base
Background paper - DCWV Lace & Linen Stack
Dies:  
Anna Griffin Fretwork Die
Anna Griffin Bow from the All Hearts Set
If you don't have the AG Dies, I believe these cuts are available in AG cartridges too.
Spellbinders Labels 13
Butterfly Punch by Martha Stewart
Pearls

Thanks for visiting with me today.  I hope you will try something like this and let me.  I would love to see your creations.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Cuttlebug Mania W, 3E -  I {heart} You (Week 1)
Creative Card Crew 2W - #106 Love (week 2)
Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects Always Anything Goes (Week 1) 
Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown W- #281 -  Layer It Up

Christmas Card Week #6

This is the 6th week for making cards on the FaceBook Group, Only Christmas Cards/Projects.   This is their challenge for the year of 2016.  

I did a little something different for this one.  I'm sure you've heard about the "foiling" craze using Heidi Swapp and Anna Griffin's Minc machines.  I bought Anna Griffin's when she first shared it on HSN last year.  As usual, when I get a new machine I let it sit for a while before using it.  Don't ask me why, I'm just funny that way.  I decided to try foiling on this card.

Card Recipe:
5.5" Square Card Base - Red Metallic
Background paper- Silver Metallic paper embossed with an Anna Griffin Christmas embossing folder
Wreath and center piece are from a packet of Christmas toner embellishments from Anna Griffin.  Wreath is foiled with green and Noel is foiled in red.  The way the light is shining on the green it makes it look two toned but it isn't.  It's actually all like the lighter green.

Thank you for visiting with me today.  I hope you all have a wonderful week.  God Bless You!!  Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st & 3rd Sun) E3 #27 Anything Goes  (W2 of 2)
Sweet Stampin W, 2E  clean and simple
Creative Fingers -  2W , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.102 - (W2 of 2) Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 23 (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations 2W,3E Always Anything Goes

Digistamps4Joy February Challenge - Add A Tag

We are mid-point through the February challenge at Digistamps4Joy.  The theme is always Anything Goes with a twist. The twist this month is "add a tag".  The design team has created some lovely projects to inspire you.  The top prize - DT's choice - is $10 worth of digis from the  store. One randomly chosen winner will win 2 digis of your choice from the store. 

This is my card:

Card Recipe:

A2 Card Base

Image - Drawn by Jenlee.  It was a free digistamp for DS4J's 200 member celebration, which was some time back.  She has other lovely images for sale in the store.

Colored with Promarkers.

Butterflies - Martha Stewart Punch

Ribbon

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope to see you again tomorrow for another Christmas card.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card.

Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine - 2W, F, E3, (no pre-colored images) Anything Goes (W2 of 2)

The Paper Players - W, C3 - #282 Color Challenge*

Crafty Friends Challenge 2W,(W1) -girly

Just Us Girls W  add a tag  - see below